What movie is most likely to get caught in your challopian tube?

I forgot - the one with the pianist, drillbit taylor, and that smarmy guy with bad facial hair on a train in India.

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.

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).

Conspiracy Theory but I'd have a hard time explaining why exactly

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 ;_;

it smells like challops in here.

I can't really work up much vitriol for boring mainstream movies that are boringly mainstream.

I can if I've wasted hours of my life watching them.

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.

"i love everything"

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.

I love It's a Wonderful Life--it's a wonderful movie!!!!

yeah this is me not touching this thread with a ten-foot pole

awwwwwww c'mon

also it's hard for me to hate a movie because i like movies and i love bad movies

The Dark Knight.

it smells like challops in here.

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.

with the title of this thread, what did you expect?

challops with less of a fishy smell, I guess.

so I shouldn't suggest scallops as a viable pizza topping then?

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.)

Ferris Bueller. or maybe Kids.

it smells like challops in here.

with the title of this thread, what did you expect?

Mods, change thread title, plz

I hated Knowing because Nic Cage yelling his way through a movie is a quality in a movie that brings out my hatred.

how's that for a title

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.

good title!

xxp about as witty as we can expect

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 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

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.

"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).

Yeah, hating Nic Cage movies is like hating Plan 9

Tough call between AI and Eyes Wide Shut.

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.

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

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

lepus is such a great word. The "scary" close-ups of the rabbits bring joy to my heart.

http://www.headinjurytheater.com/Entertainment/NL%20scarry%20bunny%20shot%202.jpg

http://movieodyssey.com/files/2009/04/lepus-rabbit.jpg

WTH now I have to see this movie.

The parts that don't have rabbits in them are pretty boring, so I recommend liberal use of fast-forward.

http://www.headinjurytheater.com/images/godmonster%20picnic%20kids.jpg

Godmonster of Indian Flats is another wtf gem

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.

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.

IAWL turns me into a challop monster. why does my dad insist on watching it *every* xmas argh

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 ..."

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.

cold mountain? cold fuck yrself

I think last year I finally "cured" my parents of the Christmas Lights movie, and we watched Rififi instead.

nah i haven't even seen cm but i'm always suspicious of movies where it looks like the confederacy is about to get humanized something awful.

Tough call between AI and Eyes Wide Shut.

I have suggested you be banned.

I love It's a Wonderful Life--it's a wonderful movie!!!

yeah i think liking it is a 'c'(ugh) now, and i like it. I have to recharge on it though, once+ a year is pushing it at this point