Casino Royale, Twilight, High School Musical, Borat, Superbad and the Saw films.
(The last one was because I dont like torture.)
(The last one was because I dont like torture.)
A Movie that you hate that everybody else loves.
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2001: A Space Odyssey. I could barely get through the first half. It's like watching a race between a snail and drying paint.
AvauntVanguard said:
How is saying I dislike most horror films shutting down a genre? If you want specific reasons, then you should have just asked. Also, 'Bond films' aren't a genre.
I dislike most horror films because they rely on cheap 'jump' tactics most of the time, rather than building any sense of tension or paranoia to the film. I never feel involved with the characters and as such I care very little if they die, so I cannot feel any sense of anxiety or tension when a character is in a situation that is potentially life-threatening. Indeed, in most films just about anyone can point out the characters that will die, and sometimes in what order. The films often present tired stereotypes (dumb, sexy blonde, nerdy, genius, spectacle-adjusting lad) and so the characters are very hard to view as anything but actors playing a part for some quick dosh.
Hell, even The Blair Witch Project was better than most horror films, in my opinion. It used a hand-held camera, which made the screen shake in a way that was visually offsetting; you never got quite relaxed while in a cinema setting, because it appeared the whole world shuddered around you. Most horror films I have watched even seem to signpost things to the audience, so that they can later refer to them; "Hey, you say that scythe above that doorway can cut a person in half? Wowzers!" The plots are almost always complete jokes.
In short, I find them stupid. Not "I dislike them" stupid, but literally lacking the depth that is required to actually evoke an emotion response from a generation of people who are so desensitised to violence and gore that we laugh at the fact that people once took horror in seeing another character be decapitated; now we need a Saw-esque gore-trap which slowly mutilates a character before we even see it as anything abnormally gory, and even then half the time its just more repugnant than actually horrifying.
We never get a slow, steady decent into paranoia- we see a chainsaw-wielding chainsaw-zombie jump over a fence with a loud "DUH-DUN!" of music, before we see something get ripped to death as gratuitous amounts of blood fly in all directions. I personally find a scene in which the audience is almost hurled into the body of an on-screen character as they keep looking back behind them, running in fear from something terrifying and almost monstrous, but is simply a crazed human, reflecting the darkest nature of our humanities, a much more effective method of instilling anything resembling fear in an audience. An example is that scene in the hedge-maze in The Shining. That's a damn sight scarier than seeing someone have a knife thrown in their throat.
That's my personal opinion on the subject. That's why I condemn most horror films, but I am still happy to view any I might consider a pleasant surprise; and I don't think I've had such a pleasantry for several years. If you're going to try and be a typical Escapist "hard-ass bastard", then at least bring something more to the table than a half-arsed analysis and bold font.
Yes, you caught me at the wrong time.
You are my new best friend.blindmessiah6 said:
Also:
Godfater I
Pulp Fiction
Twilight
Crash
All of the "Scary Movies"/"Dance Movies" (Except for SM I)
Iron Man
300
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Resident Evil I, II, III
Slumdog Millionaire
High School Musical
And more...
Hmm... let's take a look:
-Dark Knight (more dislike than hate)
-Iron Man
-X Men
-Transformers
-Harry Potter
-Spiderman
-All the other ridiculous super hero movies
-Just about all modern horror
-Anything with Will Farrel
-Napolean Dynamite (Hate with a burning passion now, because it's the movie that started "Your Mom" jokes)
-Dark Knight (more dislike than hate)
-Iron Man
-X Men
-Transformers
-Harry Potter
-Spiderman
-All the other ridiculous super hero movies
-Just about all modern horror
-Anything with Will Farrel
-Napolean Dynamite (Hate with a burning passion now, because it's the movie that started "Your Mom" jokes)
This too.LewsTherin said:
Agreed. It felt really awkward and made think negative thoughts like;Quackster42 said:Napoleon Dynamite cant stand it... I even tried drinking that didn't help
"Am I just as pathetic?"
there are 2.
Hancock!
This movie sucked SO MANY balls. The amount of balls in its mouth were inexplicable, and, being a fan of arrested development, I was ECSTATIC to see Jason Bateman.
And honestly, it was fun at the beginning. I enjoyed the premise, and i liked the characters.
And then Charlize Theron threw Will through a window and i literally stood up and said "No." throwing my hands in the air, a gesture the rest of the folks in the Alamo Drafthouse seemed to not care for, which i was blown away by. I even got a boo. So i sat, and for the next hour and a half smoldered quietly. By the time i learned that the "bad guy" was the guy in the bank, I couldnt take it any more. I HATED that movie. i HATTTTTED IT!
the other... I actually forgot. I mean it. My hatred for Hancock has caused me to forget all contenders. and im not being funny
Hancock!
This movie sucked SO MANY balls. The amount of balls in its mouth were inexplicable, and, being a fan of arrested development, I was ECSTATIC to see Jason Bateman.
And honestly, it was fun at the beginning. I enjoyed the premise, and i liked the characters.
And then Charlize Theron threw Will through a window and i literally stood up and said "No." throwing my hands in the air, a gesture the rest of the folks in the Alamo Drafthouse seemed to not care for, which i was blown away by. I even got a boo. So i sat, and for the next hour and a half smoldered quietly. By the time i learned that the "bad guy" was the guy in the bank, I couldnt take it any more. I HATED that movie. i HATTTTTED IT!
the other... I actually forgot. I mean it. My hatred for Hancock has caused me to forget all contenders. and im not being funny
2nding that ... Napolean Dynomite is just retarded and BAD.Quackster42 said:Napoleon Dynamite cant stand it... I even tried drinking that didn't help
MI2&3, risky business, a few good men and neary all the rest. His only good films are top gun, war of the worlds and the last samurai.Daveman said:
Also, scientology, need i say anymore
Really? No one's said it yet? Fine, I'll do it. Donnie fuckin Darko. Holy crap, that movie was so horrible I think it gave me cancer. Okay, we get it! This movie is dark and brooding and introspective and artsy and the perfect thing for young troubled kids to dye their hair to so they can be non-conformists by all dressing the same. And yes there were a lot of good actors in that movie (Jake Gyllenhaal,Mary McDonnell,Patrick fucking Swayze) but it seemed as though all of them forgot how to act the minute they were handed a script....or the script was so god awful that they could do nothing with it.....I'll go with the first one.