well why don't you tell us what movies we should hate then?
― I ♠ my display name (sarahel), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 19:42 (fifteen years ago) link
peter jackson's King Kong! fucking horrible
― carne asada, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 19:44 (fifteen years ago) link
Serendipity.
― if, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 19:46 (fifteen years ago) link
xxp i just don't see how one can find it contemptible unless it's very MOR-ness is what makes it contemptible for you in which case whatever
― yellow card for favre (call all destroyer), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 19:49 (fifteen years ago) link
Love Potion No. 9 with Sandra Bullock is some shit
― akm, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 19:49 (fifteen years ago) link
I forgot - the one with the pianist, drillbit taylor, and that smarmy guy with bad facial hair on a train in India.
― I ♠ my display name (sarahel), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 19:49 (fifteen years ago) link
have any of you successfully gotten your money back for hating a movie? this seems like a fun thing to do and would almost be worth hating a movie for.
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 19:50 (fifteen years ago) link
i just don't see how one can find it contemptible unless it's very MOR-ness is what makes it contemptible for you in which case whatever
That's a large part of why I dislike it (and It's a Wonderful Life).
― I ♠ my display name (sarahel), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 19:51 (fifteen years ago) link
Conspiracy Theory but I'd have a hard time explaining why exactly
― canadian teen queen (wanko ergo sum), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 19:52 (fifteen years ago) link
Saw Watchmen for free. Asked my friend who works at the odeon if I could get those 3 hours of my life back, she called me an ungrateful cunt.
Paid for The Golden Compass though ;_;
― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 19:53 (fifteen years ago) link
it smells like challops in here.
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 19:54 (fifteen years ago) link
I can't really work up much vitriol for boring mainstream movies that are boringly mainstream.
― I HEART CREEPY MENS (Deric W. Haircare), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 19:54 (fifteen years ago) link
I can if I've wasted hours of my life watching them.
― I ♠ my display name (sarahel), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 19:55 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm generally too forgiving of boring mainstream movies, because I like almost all the ones sarahel listed above (especially Spice World which is delightfully campy, actually). I agree on the It's a Wonderful Life hate, though.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 19:58 (fifteen years ago) link
"i love everything"
― Lamp, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 19:59 (fifteen years ago) link
I hated the concept of It's a Wonderful Life for a long time, and then I actually watched it and thought it was great.
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 19:59 (fifteen years ago) link
I love It's a Wonderful Life--it's a wonderful movie!!!!
― Mr. Que, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:00 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah this is me not touching this thread with a ten-foot pole
― a misunderstanding of Hip-Hop and contracts (HI DERE), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:00 (fifteen years ago) link
awwwwwww c'mon
― Mr. Que, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:01 (fifteen years ago) link
also it's hard for me to hate a movie because i like movies and i love bad movies
The Dark Knight.
― Roman Polanski now sleeps in prison. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:02 (fifteen years ago) link
with the title of this thread, what did you expect? It's like being shocked to find challops in a thread with "Pitchfork" in the title.
― I ♠ my display name (sarahel), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:02 (fifteen years ago) link
with the title of this thread, what did you expect?
challops with less of a fishy smell, I guess.
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:05 (fifteen years ago) link
so I shouldn't suggest scallops as a viable pizza topping then?
― I ♠ my display name (sarahel), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Self-importance is the only quality in a movie that brings out hatred imo. Things that are just dull or poorly made I just don't care for (or I love, like Tiptoes.)
― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Ferris Bueller. or maybe Kids.
― abanana, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Mods, change thread title, plz
― Roman Polanski now sleeps in prison. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:09 (fifteen years ago) link
I hated Knowing because Nic Cage yelling his way through a movie is a quality in a movie that brings out my hatred.
― she is writing about love (Jenny), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:10 (fifteen years ago) link
how's that for a title
― a misunderstanding of Hip-Hop and contracts (HI DERE), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:10 (fifteen years ago) link
Re: It's a Wonderful Life
I probably liked it the first time I saw it, but it's been an inescapable xmas family tradition for more years than I care to remember and I'd gladly burn the master copy to avoid ever seeing it again even if it meant no one else could either.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:11 (fifteen years ago) link
good title!
― yellow card for favre (call all destroyer), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:12 (fifteen years ago) link
xxp about as witty as we can expect
― some brood (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:12 (fifteen years ago) link
I think what brings me to hate a movie - as opposed to shrugging indifference - is when it fails at doing something that it is trying to do in a highly calculating manner. Self-importance is one way, ham-fistedly heartwarming is another, and obnoxiously "quirky," "clever," and "weird" is a third way.
However, I often find myself sympathetic to movies that are spectacular failures - like Manos Hands of Fate or Night of the Lepus or Godmonster of Indian Flats.
― I ♠ my display name (sarahel), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:14 (fifteen years ago) link
I recalled some also rans:* Deja Vu - wormholes in photographs WTF* That cruddy Nic Cage movie where he's a magician. With magician hair. * Because I Said So - Diane Keaton at her shrillest, most awful worst ACK I can't even standing thinking about that goddamn movie
― VegemiteGrrrl, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:17 (fifteen years ago) link
Mutual Appreciation. Now that I know how boring and pointless mumblecore movies are, I will never see another. Didn't walk out because I thought maybe my boyfriend was enjoying it more than I was, but nope, we both found it to be a huge waste of time.
― lindseykai, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:18 (fifteen years ago) link
"I hated Knowing because Nic Cage yelling his way through a movie is a quality in a movie that brings out my hatred."
Ha! I thought he didn't yell enough. Or punch people without seeming provocation. Like watching a muzzled circus bear, its spirit broken (which the old Cage would have punched an yelled at).
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:24 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, hating Nic Cage movies is like hating Plan 9
― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Tough call between AI and Eyes Wide Shut.
― this must be what FAIL is really like (ledge), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:30 (fifteen years ago) link
OTM.
And I am also fond of Night of the Lepus, because how the hell could you not be?
http://eccentric-cinema.com/images2005/movie_pix_j-p/night_lepus01.jpg
― she is writing about love (Jenny), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:31 (fifteen years ago) link
Self-importance is one way, ham-fistedly heartwarming is another, and obnoxiously "quirky," "clever," and "weird" is a third way.
I've been lurking around here long enough to know that everyone hates Whip It and am surprised at the lack of anticipatory snark. it looks like a Triple-Crown Winner
― Pigbin Josh (herb albert), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:33 (fifteen years ago) link
lepus is such a great word. The "scary" close-ups of the rabbits bring joy to my heart.
― I ♠ my display name (sarahel), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:34 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.headinjurytheater.com/Entertainment/NL%20scarry%20bunny%20shot%202.jpg
― she is writing about love (Jenny), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:36 (fifteen years ago) link
http://movieodyssey.com/files/2009/04/lepus-rabbit.jpg
― I ♠ my display name (sarahel), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:38 (fifteen years ago) link
WTH now I have to see this movie.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:40 (fifteen years ago) link
The parts that don't have rabbits in them are pretty boring, so I recommend liberal use of fast-forward.
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:40 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.headinjurytheater.com/images/godmonster%20picnic%20kids.jpg
Godmonster of Indian Flats is another wtf gem
― I ♠ my display name (sarahel), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:42 (fifteen years ago) link
That's a thread unto itself ... movies that are family traditions that you come to never want to see again. For several Christmases running (this was pretty recent) my parents insisted on watching this "charming" British movie about two brothers-in-law competing over Christmas light displays. It was kinda cute the first time, but I really don't ever want to see that movie again.
― I ♠ my display name (sarahel), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:48 (fifteen years ago) link
IAWL turns me into a challop monster. why does my dad insist on watching it *every* xmas argh
― steamed hams (harbl), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:49 (fifteen years ago) link
When I was growing up, my grandmother insisted on the family watching Clockwise every Thanksgiving. It wasn't just watching it every year, at every other family occasion it got brought up in conversation. "Oh, those hilarious little old ladies ..."
― I ♠ my display name (sarahel), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:53 (fifteen years ago) link
My aunt is the crazy one in my family about IAWL. She even still gets mad if people talk during the viewing. The last couple years, I've made sure to have non-family plans with friends on xmas night.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:56 (fifteen years ago) link