NFT: Movies that critics and fans liked but you don't

Day Off.

w/ The Rock.

Dr. Strangelove. Thought it was boring, and I love Peter Sellers. I think he's a comedic genius, but I thought Dr. Strangelove sucked.

2001: A Space Odyssey. I could've saved myself a lot of time and gotten the same out of it if I fast forwarded through the whole movie.


Eraserhead. Complete and utter garbage. Probably the most painfully terrible thing I've ever sat through. Anyone who thinks it was genius and ahead of its time needs to have his/her head examined.

awful

Cant remember a movie I was looking forward to seeing more.....and being so disappointed by. I had a book when I was a kid called "bloodletters and Badmen", kind of an encyclopedia of crime throughout history. My favorite section was on the Five Points gangs of the late 1800's/early 1900's. Wyhos, Dead Rabbits, Plug Uglies, etc....and that movie just didnt give me what I was looking for. Cameron Diaz was NOT mentioned anywhere:) But most people I know liked it, so I guess they reached the audience they were looking for. Just not me.

and the English Patient

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w/ The Rock.

I don’t know anyone who liked this

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and the English Patient

The english patient is even better the 2nd time

Agree on Natural Born Killers and 2001. Didn’t really enjoy them.

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Annie Hall
The Departed: Thought it was incredible until the last half hour. That ruined it for me.

of recent vintage, I thought the new version of Star is Born was really overrated

I never understood the appeal of this incredibly stupid movie. It stated with an interesting premise but then degenerated into one absurdity after another. I was looking at my watch waiting for this thing to end and the payoff what what ? Brad Pitt was really Ed Norton ?

I was so disappointed in it. I was also disappointed walking into IKEA the other day for the first time, but that's another story :)

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I never understood the appeal of this incredibly stupid movie. It stated with an interesting premise but then degenerated into one absurdity after another. I was looking at my watch waiting for this thing to end and the payoff what what ? Brad Pitt was really Ed Norton ?

I'm with you on Fight Club

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I was so disappointed in it. I was also disappointed walking into IKEA the other day for the first time, but that's another story :)

Yeah, I was really looking forward to it. They just couldn't capture the tension using 3,000 soldiers on a beach that are supposed to represent 340,000

It insists upon itself.

NBK is the first that comes to mind. It felt like Stone somehow concentrated a week's worth of watching MTV into one movie. I can't think of another more outright annoying movie-going experience.

I'd also go with Sin City.

Into the Spiderverse. I hated the animation in the trailer and people kept saying it's better if you see the movie. It's like a living comic book. It wasn't and as a reader of many comic books, no, it didn't feel any more like a comic had the animation not been a weird marriage of stop motion and CGI.

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Cant remember a movie I was looking forward to seeing more.....and being so disappointed by. I had a book when I was a kid called "bloodletters and Badmen", kind of an encyclopedia of crime throughout history. My favorite section was on the Five Points gangs of the late 1800's/early 1900's. Wyhos, Dead Rabbits, Plug Uglies, etc....and that movie just didnt give me what I was looking for. Cameron Diaz was NOT mentioned anywhere:) But most people I know liked it, so I guess they reached the audience they were looking for. Just not me.

Gangs of New York was god-awful but it was Scorcese. Anyone else and it would have been panned.

I thought it was ok, but I didn't like nearly as much as some people.

of movies that critics liked..

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Dr. Strangelove. Thought it was boring, and I love Peter Sellers. I think he's a comedic genius, but I thought Dr. Strangelove sucked. 2001: A Space Odyssey. I could've saved myself a lot of time and gotten the same out of it if I fast forwarded through the whole movie. Eraserhead. Complete and utter garbage. Probably the most painfully terrible thing I've ever sat through. Anyone who thinks it was genius and ahead of its time needs to have his/her head examined.

When did you see 2001 ? I can see how it would be boring to today's audiences or even audiences in the last few decades. When it came out though times were different. It was the "golly gee whiz" era of science fiction. The real "star" of the movie was the technology. At that time people dreamed of interplanetary space travel and advanced computers. Thats why the movie sends so much time on long scenes the the spaceship, the anti gravity scenes, HAL's internals and the various gadgets. Also it was one of the first high budget technicolor movies with a symphonic sound track. That was a big deal when the only other form of entertainment were crappy cathode tube television sets.

There’s a Repo Man, which is great. And Repomen which I never saw but I safely assume to be garbage. Are you sure you saw the right one?

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In comment 14498488 pjcas18 said: Quote: and the English Patient The english patient is even better the 2nd time

The Elaine, Seinfled plot about English Patient was perfect.

I would seriously rather prep for a colonoscopy than have to sit through the English Patient.

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I thought it was ok, but I didn't like nearly as much as some people.

I second this!

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I was so disappointed in it. I was also disappointed walking into IKEA the other day for the first time, but that's another story :)

Agreed

Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

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In comment 14498479 Anakim said: Quote: Dr. Strangelove. Thought it was boring, and I love Peter Sellers. I think he's a comedic genius, but I thought Dr. Strangelove sucked. 2001: A Space Odyssey. I could've saved myself a lot of time and gotten the same out of it if I fast forwarded through the whole movie. Eraserhead. Complete and utter garbage. Probably the most painfully terrible thing I've ever sat through. Anyone who thinks it was genius and ahead of its time needs to have his/her head examined. When did you see 2001 ? I can see how it would be boring to today's audiences or even audiences in the last few decades. When it came out though times were different. It was the "golly gee whiz" era of science fiction. The real "star" of the movie was the technology. At that time people dreamed of interplanetary space travel and advanced computers. Thats why the movie sends so much time on long scenes the the spaceship, the anti gravity scenes, HAL's internals and the various gadgets. Also it was one of the first high budget technicolor movies with a symphonic sound track. That was a big deal when the only other form of entertainment were crappy cathode tube television sets.

Saw 2001 for the first time around 2003 or 4. The movie was dated, but it still was great. It’s a fantastic film.

of fire.

Three hours of hell. Only thing good was DeCaprio dying. Ship sank in like 10 minutes real time yet 90 minutes later still sinking. I guess I have to give Cameron credit. He made me feel what it was like to suffer a slow death

And for me Avatar was Dances w Wolves in space. And even Dances was a bit of a plot rip-off of A Man Called Horse. Soldier goes native Got it.

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Three hours of hell. Only thing good was DeCaprio dying. Ship sank in like 10 minutes real time yet 90 minutes later still sinking. I guess I have to give Cameron credit. He made me feel what it was like to suffer a slow death And for me Avatar was Dances w Wolves in space. And even Dances was a bit of a plot rip-off of A Man Called Horse. Soldier goes native Got it.

Actually, Titanic took @ 2 1/2 hours to sink.

but here's just a few at the top of the list

Prizi's Honor
Blair Witch Project
Joe Versus the Volcano
Bridesmaids
Paranormal Activity

...I know I am in the VAST minority on this one, but I just couldn't stand Edward Furlong. Also liked Arnold more as a villain in the role.

Also hated Blair Witch, but I think because it gave me horrible motion sickness.

The Last Jedi....it sucked major asshole.

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There’s a Repo Man, which is great. And Repomen which I never saw but I safely assume to be garbage. Are you sure you saw the right one?

The one with Emilio Estevez as a punk rocker repoing a car with aliens in the trunk

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The Last Jedi....it sucked major asshole.

I’m not sure if any of the recent Star Wars movies would count as movie critics and fans liked, would they? Except for Rogue One, which was quality IMO.

I actually liked Solo better that the critics and most fans did.

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In comment 14498539 Chris in Philly said: Quote: There’s a Repo Man, which is great. And Repomen which I never saw but I safely assume to be garbage. Are you sure you saw the right one? The one with Emilio Estevez as a punk rocker repoing a car with aliens in the trunk

you saw the wrong one LOL

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In comment 14498539 Chris in Philly said: Quote: There’s a Repo Man, which is great. And Repomen which I never saw but I safely assume to be garbage. Are you sure you saw the right one? The one with Emilio Estevez as a punk rocker repoing a car with aliens in the trunk

That’s the good one. You just suck. Haha

Professional movie critics are worthless anyway, loving boring ass Oscar winners that nobody watches.

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In comment 14498501 Ron from Ninerland said: Quote: I never understood the appeal of this incredibly stupid movie. It stated with an interesting premise but then degenerated into one absurdity after another. I was looking at my watch waiting for this thing to end and the payoff what what ? Brad Pitt was really Ed Norton ? I'm with you on Fight Club

another vote for fight club.

Wonder Woman
Black Panther
Grownups

Unnatural speech takes me right put of them. So many of the old black and white classics apply for me.

I think of professional critics as mostly useless.

Did anyone actually like it. I think that movie was just the product of incredible marketing of a shit product.

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In comment 14498613 montanagiant said: Quote: In comment 14498539 Chris in Philly said: Quote: There’s a Repo Man, which is great. And Repomen which I never saw but I safely assume to be garbage. Are you sure you saw the right one? The one with Emilio Estevez as a punk rocker repoing a car with aliens in the trunk That’s the good one. You just suck. Haha

LOL

Teddy bears defeat the Empire

Fucking horrible.

But Black Panther is the most glaring one. Laughably stupid, without a redeeming quality.

And although maybe not critically acclaimed, I can’t get over how many people think that Al Pacino, Tony Montana thing is a good movie. Absolutely laughably bad. Unintentionally hilarious crap.

I don't get why people love this movie.

Shampoo

Scarface, Reservior Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Requiem for a Dream

Although I could be wrong about fans liking it. The plot and dialogue are awful.

I have always told my wife that. Showed here this. She was amused

and the Holy Grail. Do not laugh at all watching it.

Too many Tarantino films to mention.
Anything Woody Allen after 1980.

are grating.

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and the Holy Grail. Do not laugh at all watching it.

I don't like British humor.

Except for Benny Hill.

Most recently "Crazy Rich Asians". My wife enjoyed it, but I was bored to death. Just a slow, predictable simple movie.

Another one that comes to mind was "Gravity". I had heard a lot about it, and while some of the space scenes were impressive the movie was a let down from what I expected.

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I don't get why people love this movie.

For shame!

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Although I could be wrong about fans liking it. The plot and dialogue are awful.

I mean no one saw Gravity for the plot and dialogue. They saw it because of the amazing special effects.

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Too many Tarantino films to mention. Anything Woody Allen after 1980.

Annie Hall is amazing. One of my favorite films of all time. Hannah and Her Sisters is really good, for the most part.

Bananas, Manhattan Murder Mystery, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Manhattan, Sleeper...all sucked

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Most recently "Crazy Rich Asians". My wife enjoyed it, but I was bored to death. Just a slow, predictable simple movie. Another one that comes to mind was "Gravity". I had heard a lot about it, and while some of the space scenes were impressive the movie was a let down from what I expected.

Crazy Rich Asians is a chick flick. You may as well add "Pretty Woman" to this list. Every female on the planet thought it was great. Every male couldn't wait for it to end.

Or really any Tarantino movies.

Everyone raves about the dialogue and the homages to the 1962 movie that was viewed by 14 people that inspired this film or that, but all of his work feels so strained and forced that it seems like it needs Preparation H at this stage of the game.

Maybe my friend's mindless adoration of everything he did grated me and I have extra disdain for the films, but the only redeeming quality I find is usually the soundtrack/music.

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In comment 14498479 Anakim said: Quote: Dr. Strangelove. Thought it was boring, and I love Peter Sellers. I think he's a comedic genius, but I thought Dr. Strangelove sucked. 2001: A Space Odyssey. I could've saved myself a lot of time and gotten the same out of it if I fast forwarded through the whole movie. Eraserhead. Complete and utter garbage. Probably the most painfully terrible thing I've ever sat through. Anyone who thinks it was genius and ahead of its time needs to have his/her head examined. When did you see 2001 ? I can see how it would be boring to today's audiences or even audiences in the last few decades. When it came out though times were different. It was the "golly gee whiz" era of science fiction. The real "star" of the movie was the technology. At that time people dreamed of interplanetary space travel and advanced computers. Thats why the movie sends so much time on long scenes the the spaceship, the anti gravity scenes, HAL's internals and the various gadgets. Also it was one of the first high budget technicolor movies with a symphonic sound track. That was a big deal when the only other form of entertainment were crappy cathode tube television sets.

Like 2010. I can see why people would like it at the time and I don't disagree that Kubrick is a genius, but God, what a slow-moving bore.

Fucking awful.

And I’m not sure Old School fits the criteria, but I never got the appeal of it wing funny. Just a knock off from animal house.

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In comment 14498479 Anakim said: Quote: Dr. Strangelove. Thought it was boring, and I love Peter Sellers. I think he's a comedic genius, but I thought Dr. Strangelove sucked. 2001: A Space Odyssey. I could've saved myself a lot of time and gotten the same out of it if I fast forwarded through the whole movie. Eraserhead. Complete and utter garbage. Probably the most painfully terrible thing I've ever sat through. Anyone who thinks it was genius and ahead of its time needs to have his/her head examined. When did you see 2001 ? I can see how it would be boring to today's audiences or even audiences in the last few decades. When it came out though times were different. It was the "golly gee whiz" era of science fiction. The real "star" of the movie was the technology. At that time people dreamed of interplanetary space travel and advanced computers. Thats why the movie sends so much time on long scenes the the spaceship, the anti gravity scenes, HAL's internals and the various gadgets. Also it was one of the first high budget technicolor movies with a symphonic sound track. That was a big deal when the only other form of entertainment were crappy cathode tube television sets.

Yeah I still remember how I felt while watching that in the theater. There had been nothing like it to that point, ever.

And while yes it is slow paced many great movies of that time were slower paced compared with today's movies. In order for him to get the desired effect it had to be deliberately slow in comparison to what people were used to. I can see why a younger audience of today would find it too slow to enjoy but it was a great movie.

Painfully awful.

I'm a big Oscar Isaac fan, I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and watch anything he does. Jessica Chastain is good too. I just couldn't get behind the characters and I kept waiting for it to get interesting. Instead it just plodded along.

Terrible

No Country for Old Men


I just watched it a few months ago for the first time.. I guess I didn't get it.

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Fucking horrible. But Black Panther is the most glaring one. Laughably stupid, without a redeeming quality.

I thought I was the only one that thought Black Panther wasn't just a bad movie, but incredibly stupid. Whoever wrote that script should be banned for life.

I can't remember walking out of a movie except for Pulp Fiction and I've stayed until the end with some really, really shitting ones.

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And I’m not sure Old School fits the criteria, but I never got the appeal of it wing funny. Just a knock off from animal house.

Being honest and saying that movie wasn't funny in front of my high school friends was the best way to offend them.

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In comment 14498709 MOOPS said: Quote: Too many Tarantino films to mention. Anything Woody Allen after 1980. Annie Hall is amazing. One of my favorite films of all time. Hannah and Her Sisters is really good, for the most part. Bananas, Manhattan Murder Mystery, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Manhattan, Sleeper...all sucked

I'll give you Hannah. Annie Hall is pre-1980.
Sort of just using 1980 as an arbitrary year. He had a few good ones after that, but it's mostly the Woodman getting accolades solely from his rep.

and 2001 being mentioned before about the 10,000 other movies is stunning.

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and 2001 being mentioned before about the 10,000 other movies is stunning.

I like No Country, but There Will be Blood was tedious

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Painfully awful.

Absolutely it is.

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In comment 14498745 Sneakers O'toole said: Quote: Painfully awful. Absolutely it is.

I kept waiting for the ending to tie everything together and make sense and when it came I was like...
“You’ve got to be fucking kidding me.” My friends and I walked out in the last 10 minutes or whatever it was when he was in that stupid re-invention of himself

Was a tedious bunch of boomer nostalgia.

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...I know I am in the VAST minority on this one, but I just couldn't stand Edward Furlong. Also liked Arnold more as a villain in the role. .

You are definitely not in the minority on Furlong. He was incredibly annoying in T2

quentin tarantino

LIGHT WEIGHT

was a fucking snoozefest...

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It insists upon itself.

Haha great stuff from FG

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But I shut it off after 20 minutes. I like Amy Poehler, but that movie was cringe worthy bad.

Not bad, some good acting, but really unremarkable. Ridiculous saccharine ending. Way overrated.

Leaving Las Vegas. Total piece of shit. I mean total. How did so many people get fooled?

Any movie by Tarantino not named Pulp Fiction. Most people love Inglorious Basterds - totally lost on me.

Big Lebowski and many other Coen Brothers’.

Scarface - just brutal. A lot of it comically bad, including Pacino.

Agree on Fight Club.


Repo Man is a classic!

This is one that I kept reading about how good it was but I thought it sucked.

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I don't get why people love this movie.

Well, that’s just like, your opinion, man.

My list...

Crash
Forrest Gump
American Beauty
Get Out

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and 2001 being mentioned before about the 10,000 other movies is stunning.

Care to explain??

I mean the point is to think of critically acclaimed and objectively popular, loved movies that you personally didn't like...

So for me I thought about highly rated Rotten Tomato movies that I didn't like and Sideways and No Country for Old Men came to mind... Tons of movies I liked less but few that are objectively as "good" as those two.

If everyone posted about how they liked other movies people didn't (eg. I loved Black Panther and Get Out and will always love Gump) then this thread would be as tedious and anticlimactic as I felt No Country was... Lol

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In comment 14498700 Jay on the Island said: Quote: I don't get why people love this movie. Well, that’s just like, your opinion, man. My list... Crash Forrest Gump American Beauty Get Out

I didn't mind Get Out, but US was crappy

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In comment 14498808 montanagiant said: Quote: In comment 14498745 Sneakers O'toole said: Quote: Painfully awful. Absolutely it is. I kept waiting for the ending to tie everything together and make sense and when it came I was like... “You’ve got to be fucking kidding me.” My friends and I walked out in the last 10 minutes or whatever it was when he was in that stupid re-invention of himself

Just a strange weird-ass story that holds no kind of message

Blair Witch Project. Interesting concept, terrible execution.

Little Miss Sunshine - I loathed every single character in this movie, including the little girl.

Birdman - it wasn't bad, but it got Citizen Kane level praise and I didn't see what all the hoopla was about. Kind of dull and depressing.

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Hold your tongue you sonofabitch

What a steaming pile of crap

Too long & just another comic book movie as far as I could tell. Not sure I ever even got to the end.

I enjoyed Rushmore, kind of enjoyed The Royal Tannenbaums, and then was unable to be moved by any other film of his. Reducing characterization to "the guy who always wears the chef's hat" or "the girl who never smiles" just doesn't do it for me.

Forrest Gump is everything wrong with late 20th century film. Just a total crap movie.

I challenge anyone to re-watch that today and say it was passable with a straight face.

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Fucking awful. And I’m not sure Old School fits the criteria, but I never got the appeal of it wing funny. Just a knock off from animal house.

Agree about Old School. Most of the Will Ferrell era of comedies were overrated dreck.

Saving Private Ryan

And I can't stand It's a Wonderful Life.

Hmmmm...I just realized that I'm a communist...who knew?

Monsters Ball … it just seemed to wander, going no where in particular and the most incomplete, unsatisfying ending I've seen.

The English patient was excruciating to sit through and try to figure out what the hell you were watching … but in the end it answered all the questions and a second watching was more satisfying.

On another note, a movie that committed suicide was Inglorious Basterds. I thought it was very good … until the last 20 minutes when it turned into a cartoon.

found Get Out to be boring.

Saw Late Night with the wife. I can't believe reviewers calling it hilarious. It was a total waste of 2 hours.

Also walked out of Lost in Translation.

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Unnatural speech takes me right put of them. So many of the old black and white classics apply for me.

+1

I totally agree....cringe worthy.

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In comment 14498603 Jints in Carolina said: Quote: The Last Jedi....it sucked major asshole. I’m not sure if any of the recent Star Wars movies would count as movie critics and fans liked, would they? Except for Rogue One, which was quality IMO. I actually liked Solo better that the critics and most fans did.

the critics went nuts for TLJ. IMO that movie was horrible...I will never watch it again.

Rogue One is the best of the new ones and yes I even enjoyed Solo.

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Saving Private Ryan

Yes. After the breathtaking invasion scenes, the rest of the movie is a by-the-numbers WWII movie. The invasion is still amazing though.

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Hmmmm...I just realized that I'm a communist...who knew?

Just now? You live in Maryland for crissakes! :)

The critics absolutely adored that steaming turd.

blowing Spacey for his performance in that movie.

In retrospect, it wasn't acting - it was a mirror image of his life!!

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Just now? You live in Maryland for crissakes! :)

This is true.

And add another war movie that not only won an Academy but got a lot of accolades...The Hurt Locker sucked. I absolutely hated that movie.

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
No Country for Old Men
21 Grams

and the absolute worst movie ever made, Pearl Harbor.

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TRASH.

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The movie made like a half a billion dollars in the box office, I am sure there were a few critics out there who praised that steaming pile of dog shit.

Critics hate Michael Bay

Hated it

No one has mentioned "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" yet.

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In comment 14498591 LauderdaleMatty said: Quote: Three hours of hell. Only thing good was DeCaprio dying. Ship sank in like 10 minutes real time yet 90 minutes later still sinking. I guess I have to give Cameron credit. He made me feel what it was like to suffer a slow death And for me Avatar was Dances w Wolves in space. And even Dances was a bit of a plot rip-off of A Man Called Horse. Soldier goes native Got it. Actually, Titanic took @ 2 1/2 hours to sink.

Matty's not a big fan of facts.

....was a movie I was looking forward to watching because the original was so good. And the critics loved it.

Simply awful.

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In comment 14498477 Canton said: Quote: w/ The Rock. I don’t know anyone who liked this

I liked it, but it was the winter on a Saturday or Sunday morning, and i was missing golf. In the first 3 minutes i decided to view it as a comedy. If you combine all those things its actually a pretty good movie.

it won best picture

i was really really bored the whole time

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In comment 14498743 dep026 said: Quote: Fucking awful. And I’m not sure Old School fits the criteria, but I never got the appeal of it wing funny. Just a knock off from animal house. Agree about Old School. Most of the Will Ferrell era of comedies were overrated dreck.

He plays the same character over an over. Ok when you are doing a 5 minute skit. 5 movies later? Same w Owen Wilson. Just boring after a while