Good movies you hated, bad movies you loved

[Slacker]

I heard only good things about Munich. I found it exhausting. Never has such a violent movie bored me more.

As for a bad movie, I kind of liked Empire Records, despite the fact that by all accounts it's a pretty stupid movie. And boy it doesn't stand the test of time. I saw a few minutes of it on TV not too long ago and decided I need to invent a time machine so I can go back and slap some sense into 20-year-old Slacker.

[Bryson]

I hate and will continue to hate Casablanca. And I think it's complete b.s. that I'm supposed to revere it just because everyone else does. I think it's overly sentimental drivel and the only thing I really enjoyed about it was that it was short. There, I said it.

As for bad movies? I guess I really like the second Addams Family movie... and that Son in Law movie makes me laugh when it oughtn't.

good thread.

[Cop]

I thought Munich was pretty good actually...

I don't think I can post a decent reply in this thread, what with all those atrocious movies I love and all those 'classics' I avoid...

Well, maybe just one:

Didn't care for Casino in the slightest. Mafia related movies just aren't my thing (I thought the Godfather was ok, to watch once, but I don't need to ever see it again either). Casino was just uninteresting from start to finish despite all the violence. I didn't relate to anyone, I just didn't care about whatever it was they tried to do in the movie and it just kept on going...

As for bad movies... ...I started looking in the IMDB's bottom 100 until I came across a movie I liked. The first I have to admit to like is at #64: Battlefield Earth...

I also passed 2 Uwe Boll movies getting to #64, but I just can't say I actually liked either of those. Battlefield Earth on the other hand is enjoyable camp... ...with Harriers...

[dopaMEAN]

I absolutely hated Crash. I get angry even thinking about it's premise and the fact that it won best picture. I want to punch whoever wrote it in their racist face.

I also hated Sideways the first time I saw it. I don't mind it now, but I hated it then.

Meanwhile, I loved Stargate, I must have seen it over a hundred times now since me and my friend watched it every few days for a year.

I also loved Man in the Iron Mask, but I swear it's because I love Dumas, not because of the acting.

All Dogs Go to Heaven remains one of my favorite kids movies, and I've loved it since I was little.

Finally, Hostel: Part II was really good.
(I tried to find things in the 30-40% range, I couldn't find things much lower)

[5_day_forecast]

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[opus512]

Originally Posted by Bryson

I hate and will continue to hate Casablanca. And I think it's complete b.s. that I'm supposed to revere it just because everyone else does. I think it's overly sentimental drivel and the only thing I really enjoyed about it was that it was short. There, I said it.

As for bad movies? I guess I really like the second Addams Family movie... and that Son in Law movie makes me laugh when it oughtn't.

good thread.

You don't have to revere it, just acknowledge it for what it is and when it was made, it's a noir classic, it set the standard for an entire movie niche for decades to come. Personaly, I like to catch it now and then but it's been a long time since I sat through the etnire thing. I'd much rather catch Key Largo or The African Queen as far as Bogie goes.

Anyway, to paraphrase I might not know art but I know good andbad movies, and there'sa lot more inbetween. It comes down to what you think makes a movie 'good' or not. Personaly, I can't stand half the action bullshit on the screen today, all CGI and no substance. But that doesn't mean it's not entertaining.

Also, I can appreciate things and people for their talents or artistic quality even though Idon't like it or them. Michael Jackson, perfect example. No matter what you think of him that doesn't take away from his talent. Thriller's a modern classic, but I don't own it and never will.

I like bad movies that knowthey're bad and revel in it, role in it likea dog rolling in a rotted carcass on theside of the road, just oblivious to it's own badness. An aside to that is I like parodies and black comedies, though not so dark as to be sickening. There's a line somewhere I draw that constantly wavers as to how low something cango before I can't take it.

Dumb & Dumber is a perfect example. I despise that movie, though I Carey and Daniels are great, love other stuff by them, but the movie itself was so inane it was devoid of any redeeming value.

There is no good or bad, there's only what you like or not.

[Maniac]

I couldn't really think of anything to post until I saw dopaMEAN's post about Crash and I must say that I thought the movie was absolute garbage. I even bought the movie before watching it because I figured that it couldn't be bad. The entire movie I was bored and I didn't care about any of the characters.

[Apoch003]

Crash was indeed, boring tripe.

Brokeback Mountain was hailed as a great picture, but it was long, drawn out, and overly boring.

I hated Titanic as well. bleah...

Add the Blair Witch Project to that list.

[dopaMEAN]

Yeah, I really didn't like Blair Witch Project either.

I was a ten year old girl when Titanic came out, so of course I loved it.

And I love gay guys, Ang Lee movies, and quiet landscape scenes, so Brokeback was good for me. I think that one was an acquired taste.

[Lollan]

Originally Posted by dopaMEAN

And I love gay guys, Ang Lee movies, and quiet landscape scenes, so Brokeback was good for me. I think that one was an acquired taste.

I don't know if that was intended, but I find it funny you post that right after Craig.

[dopaMEAN]

Is Craig the guy above me? I was responding to him, since I agree Brokeback could be seen as boring, and I wanted to justify why I liked it. I'm generally oblivious, so i don't know.

[Lollan]

Originally Posted by dopaMEAN

Is Craig the guy above me? I was responding to him, since I agree Brokeback could be seen as boring, and I wanted to justify why I liked it. I'm generally oblivious, so i don't know.

Yes, he's our resident sex machine.

[bt_refugee]

I Iike CoNAir for some reason, Steve Buscemi probably, it is piss fuckin poor tho... Sideways was gash, I hit Eject after less than an hour. I was disappointed by Collateral too

[kevinw]

love high school movies

hate james bond

[Icoop]

I always just turn Collateral off after the car flips and pretend thats the end of the movie, if you look at it that way its a pretty good ending.

I really like...Vanilla Sky, which no one else in the world seems to.

I very much despise Donny Darko, which everyone seems to love.

[JeDaGe]

Ok, I hated the Ocean's movies. Oceans 11, 12, 13, all of em. I thought they were really boring...

[Icoop]

Oh shit yeah, those movies are just masturbation material for middle aged women imo. I couldn't believe they made a second one, and when I saw the trailer for Ocean's 13 the second time I was snapped back into reality as I thought the first time I had seen it was actually just a dream

[EG]

I also thought Munich was pretty good also. There is the book Vengance which lays things out like they actually happened and makes the movie more understandable.

[1badjedi]

monster sucked huge. i think theron won the academy award for that role too yet i thought she was terrible. all ugly and skitzed out the whole movie. she was overacting imo.

and the only bad movie that comes to mind might be white noise. i know i didnt hear much about it and i dont believe in ghosts but that movie scared the crap outta me. i was very creeped out watching i remember.


btw great movie no one prolly ever heard of.....amongst friends. loved it!

[Icoop]

Originally Posted by EG

I also thought Munich was pretty good also. There is the book Vengance which lays things out like they actually happened and makes the movie more understandable.

I had no trouble understanding Munich.

Also "The Grudge 2", being a scary movie and a sequel I expected crap I believe the rest of the world agreed but it was actually the scariest movie I've ever seen.