Are there movies out there that you hate that everyone else seems to love?? There are several on my list, and I don't understand why they are considered great films, when I just don't like them.

Dancing With Wolves
Braveheart
The English Patient
Lord of the Rings

Those are just a few off the top of my head. Anyone else?

Umm... it's only just one of the best epics of all time!!

The Pope of Greenwich Village comes to mind for me, though.

I'm not a big fan of Forrest Gump. Most people seem to think it's so inspiring, but I find it very depressing, although there are some good things there. I think The Shawshank Redemption, released the same year as Gump (1994), is infinitely more inspiring and definitely should have won Best Picture instead of Gump getting it.

By the way, it's "Dances with Wolves" not "Dancing with Wolves."

Chicago and The Wizard of Oz are on my list.

i never did care for the godfather, the godfather part II, and goodfellas.
























also too i am joking lol

Star Wars
English Patient
Space Odyssey 2001
Pulp Fiction

That's only a few. I know there's more, but I'm drawing a blank.


TIS

Let me add Lost in Translation and Sideways to my list. These, I actually liked, but the hype and fanfare that developed after awhile made me like the movies less.

Blaspehemy!

Spoken like a true nerd from Joisey .

From Seinfeld:

CAROL: Elaine. Elaine, did you just see The English Patient?

GAIL: (tearful) Didn't you love it?

LISA: How could you not love that movie?

ELAINE: How about, it sucked?

Coming from The Poop of Greenwich Village?

I have to agree. PLUS "Lord of the Rings" gets such a high rating

Geoff's saving grace is that he likes "The Godfather". I think he does, anyway.

"You stand between me and my lord and kin. Begone, if you be not deathless! For living or dark undead, I will smite you, if you touch him."

or
"I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor. The dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udûn. You cannot pass."

Any movie (LOTR) that has lines like that I HAVE to love.. It was one of my favorite books growing up and I thought PJ did a great job with the movie.

I don't know about "hate" but "Titanic" never really appealed.
I didn't like Coppola's "Dracula". I have no interest in seeing "Avatar" so I don't know if I would hate it or not but likely..

Exactly! As for Titanic, I liked it in the theaters, but it doesn't stand up to repeated viewings (although my niece will disagree). And Pope of Greenwich Village? LOVE that movie!

As for LOTR, I think you're either a Tolkien person or you're not. I am not. Just like I never loved the whole Star Trek thing. Star WARS on the other hand, I love.

Although not a bad movie, I think The Sound Of Music was way over rated. And, how to you explain those movies that simply don't interest you? For me Any LOTR, Forrest Gump, and Avater to name a few that I am not interested in seeing.

Btw, I loved Titanic. I can't say I see it a lot (it's been years) but it is one of my favorites.


TIS

how is the sound of music over rated?

Geez, it won upteen awards, it was played and replayed in the theaters and for a while on tv constantly. The acting was good but not anything wonderful IMHO (I think Julie Andrews won award). It's a matter of opinion of course, but I saw it once, it was good, but once is enough for me. I had a friend in high school who saw it about 30 times. She absolutely loved it. I never was that into it.

TIS

I was that kind of Sound of Music person. I've seen it dozens of times. I loved it. It's now a bit dated, though.

Edit: One musical I never liked that everyone seems to love is "South Pacific".

I think I only saw SOM maybe twice. My friend that saw it so much, was so inspired that she became a nun. Our senior song was "Climb Every Mountain" (which is not a bad song).

My parents loved South Pacific. I forgot who the male singer (or voice of) was, but they liked his voice. I believe they have the soundtrack too (Bloody Mary, Gonna Wash That Man Right Out Of My Hair). Some fun songs.


TIS

I fell asleep in the theater when I seen it.

PB, I was waiting on someone to reference that Seinfeld episode.

I was always opposed to Sound of Music because my mom would go on and on about how beautiful it is and how she loved it since she was young, etc. She got me to watch it when I was little, and I took to rolling my eyes and teasing her in the years to follow. I bought it for her on DVD awhile back, and we watched it...and I fell in love with it. I can't even deny it now, I just think it's a beautiful story - romantic and dramatic, and cute. She thinks I'm weird, though, because my favorite song is the Lonely Goatherd.

As for Lord of the Rings, I've only seen the first one, which I think I only watched for Orlando Bloom...sorry, Geoff!

Gina, when my husband was a kid, he took a family vacation to Vermont and actually met Maria Von Trapp! I remember seeing Sound of Music when I was a little girl, and I was shocked to find out later that it was based on a true story, that Maria was a real person! And how beautiful is the scenery?

I always loved Edelweiss, but the Lonely Goatherd is SO much fun!

Maybe judgement for LOTR should be saved for those who've actually SEEN the entire film (all 3 parts -- they're not sequels, it's one film)

Geez, pb was right. You really are a nerd.

I saw all three, fwiw. (I read all the Tolkien books as a kid). It's a good story but I just couldn't get into the movies.

The following films do nothing for me:

Forrest Gump
Pulp Fiction
Leaving Las Vegas
The Stars Wars films from the 1990s and the 2000s

WEll SB you & I don't agree on much but on those 4 movies we agree. I would also like to add

Titanic
The Dark Knight

Tolkien guy here... Didn't want my buddy JG to fight the good fight all by himself. For me, the LOTR trilogy is one of the best ones ever.

Sound of Music is one of my and my wife's favorites. Simple, easy to watch and very enjoyable.

Chicago nerd!