Critically Acclaimed stuff you don't 'get'

[Trebort]

Avatar, the new JJ Star Trek, Twilight, Rap, Religion.... pfft, the list is endless.

 

[MadeinHell]

I usually completely piss at critical acclaims in music genre because let's be honest, they are all just full of shit.

I do the same with most of the movie reviews. Not with the Movie Bob though (wink wink)

And it is somewhat different for me in case of games reviews. For some reason those are usually OK (EXCEPT FOR SPORE REVIEWS! ARGH! I HATE THIS GAME) and actually quite close to the truth. It's still best to ask the actual players what THEY think though.

But basically what I don't get is how the hell did all this shitty, piece of crap, goo covered, broken and repeatedly puked out music makes it to the radio and how did it manages to be called "Great" by the DJ's. Are they MAD? Or just underpayed?
And after that how does the same piece of crap wins multiple music awards? Maybe I'm just weird but when I see that literally everyone comments that "this song sucks" and yet it gets multiple awards and is constantly played on the waves... something is really wrong here.

 

[Omikron009]

I don't understand why GTA 4 is the highest rated game ever. It's a good game, but not perfect, and definitely one of the series' weaker offerings.

 

[Turbo_Destructor]

Most people seem to really like GTA 4, but honestly I think it's shit as well. It's trying desperately to be 'realistic' which in the end just means you get killed more quickly by the shocking combat system.

I also really x 20 hate dance music. Not old 70s-80s stuff but modern dance music, like rave and shit like that. I know it's not really critically acclaimed, but it is so ridiculously popular and I just don't get it. endless repetition, no real instruments or vocals, only the occasional melody and all the fucking songs sound the same - THESE ARE ALL BAD THINGS! Why would anyone like that shit??

 

[NoNameMcgee]

Oh. Okay then.. Wow. You're one of the few people I've ever seen that doesn't like L4D on the PC. Do you like the other Valve games or do you only dislike Left 4 Dead?

I love all the other games Valve have done, and I love Steam. Half-Life is my favorite series! I refuse to be a fanboy though, and although I did give L4D a fair shot it just never grew on me. Maybe I'll try it again sometime and see if it can change my mind.

I have never played L4D2 though.

 

[Caiti Voltaire]

First popular console FPS with aliens. On the PC, AVP came before it and Half-Life came before that, and then waaay back was Doom.

Just to point out, there have been console ports of Doom, SNES for one. And Half-Life had Half-Life Decay on the ... PS2 I think it was? Something like that.

 

[NoNameMcgee]

First popular console FPS with aliens. On the PC, AVP came before it and Half-Life came before that, and then waaay back was Doom.

Just to point out, there have been console ports of Doom, SNES for one. And Half-Life had Half-Life Decay on the ... PS2 I think it was? Something like that.

Yep, I actually have the PS2 port of HL and it's quite decent!

 

[Kiju]

Lesse...I have a list! Here's my top ten. I understand some of these aren't 'critically acclaimed' stuff, but...yeah.

1) Drama TV shows. I just...don't understand why people like this stuff.
2) Porn. Yes, I went there. Why do people find it sexy to watch horrible, ugly actors do it?
3) Halo. I just...don't get what's so amazing. It's competent, but it didn't blast my socks off.
4) Half Life. Same as Halo. I was disappointed with this game/series when I tried it. It sucked.
5) Detective Shows. You know, you like...CSI and crap. They're terrible, and completely fake.
6) Horror Flicks. I actually don't get why people like being scared. It confuses me...
7) Mega Man. All the games of his I've played were snorefests. Even MegaMan 2.
8) Mystery novels. What's so fun about a book you can only read once?
9) Romance novels. It's fake and gives you a completely backwards outlook on true romance.
10) And finally, I don't quite understand why Rap is bashed on so much. It's just (Badly written) poetry "sung" to a pretty entertaining beat. Remove the words, and it's awesome in my book.

 

[NoNameMcgee]

Godfather. It wasn't a boring movie, but it really wasn't an entertaining movie. The only scene I liked is

Spoiler

When that director wakes up with a horse head in his bed

I agree with you, except I did find it boring.

 

[Oyster^^]

I don't get acronyms.

Ah. "Drag me to hell" is what I was referring to. That movie was great fun

Lots of other popular things that I hate, but yeah not many of them are critically acclaimed...

P.S. portal rules

 

[Icehearted]

Twilight, Titanic, Harry Potter.

I don't get the appeal, but apparently they've all made obscene amounts of money, so their creators must be on to something.

 

[Bek359]

I found Portal unfunny, the puzzles insultingly easy and although there were aspects I did like the whole thing was incredibly short. I did like the song, however. I can just remember my heart deflating over the credits as I thought "what? That was it?"

The advanced challenges are much harder than the normal campaign, but I can understand if you don't want to check them out. You have a right to dislike it, but I just felt I had to set the record straight on that point.

 

[Burningsok]

AVATAR
oh DEAR GOD, Avatar. A thousand times over, Avatar.
Critically acclaimed (to some degree), rabid fanbase, and yet, I disliked it. But BECAUSE of the overhype and stubborn jackasses who state it's the resurrection of God, my dislike turned to absolute hatred.

I loved it but even that managed to turn to hatred. Really don't get what the fuss is all about anymore.

Thousands of people went into depression because they wished they were blue (best friend included) >.<
I don't think any film deserves that kind of attention unless it's the best damn thing ever created, after all it's just a damn film

Exactly, also for those who are blind by statistic, high grossing does NOT = a good movie, hype does that for yeah. I can make the shittiest movie ever and hype it up enough to make me tons of money.

 

[Jerious1154]

Radiohead. I respect them for being "artists" and I recognize the uniqueness of their music, but it's so completely unenjoyable that I don't even see the point. There's nothing wrong with serious music, but Radiohead just refuses to let anyone have any fun at all.

 

[shemoanscazrex3]

Star Wars was and has been pretty boring to me I do like Darth Vader I just think he's cool for some reason. I don't get Naruto or Full Metal Alchemist. Maybe because I've watched the english dubs perhaps? Lastly Halo seems like a pretty generic FPS to me. Also Lil Wayne he's ok to me right along with Jay-Z he's ok the only reason he made it so far is because he played it safe. Radiohead. I've only listened to two albums(kid a and in rainbows) but so far they're alright. Another is the whoel Indie Rock music in general. All these kids praise its creativity when a shit load of bands sound the same. Its like pop music they just make less lol. The iPad its a huge iPod Touch the end. Mac computers. I actually want one really bad but wtf justifies the price tag, seriously. I think that is all that comes to my brain now

 

[likalaruku]

Anything by Pixar or Disney & why anyone likes them.

 

[shemoanscazrex3]

6) Horror Flicks. I actually don't get why people like being scared. It confuses me...

Why do people like horror flicks when they are barely scary and in general suck and have the same kind of plot. Especially the teen ones where the chick somehow overcomes all this crap while her 200 plus pound six five football player boyfriend gets killed in an instant along with the rest of the football team

 

[Sacman]

I stay away from current FPS games, like the Halo games, MW2, and other games like that. If something is that overhyped, I'm put off from getting it.

thank you in my opinion Bioshock is the best shooter of the current console generation because it's not a dumbed down over hyped multiplayer space marine mess with muddy graphics. it felt more like a game that was thought up around the Deus Ex System Shock time of intelligent shooters before the genre simply preyed on every ones instinct to kill. so yeah I think most current shooter aren't even worth looking at other than the occasional exception like S.T.A.L.K.E.R. or the Half-Life series... though Metro 2033 sparked my interest I have yet to try it...

let's see here:
Heavy Rain
One Piece
Twilight(books and movies)
Lady Gaga
Ninja Gaiden(I liked the original one on the Nes but once team Ninja started it just went bad)
and finally peeps

 

[Gundark927]

Bob Dylan. Also Hendrix, and Joplin. Also the Rolling Stones.

And the magazine Rolling Stone.

Sorry. I'll just go back to my cave in Afghanistan now.

 

[zohmbee]

Obvious answers for me would be anything Twilight, Beiber, Jonass, or Cyrus/Montana related.

I didn't get Precious. Well, no, I got it. But I didn't understand why everyone was saying it was such an amazing and incredible movie and they all cried rivers while watching it. I watched it, and didn't cry a single manly tear and was bored during the entire thing. Same thing with The Lovely Bones though, I found it boring (both the book and the movie) and everyone loved it.

Bands like The Stereos, Ke$ha or whatever... actually these are all things my friends love. To paraphrase Paul Rudd, "I need some new fuckin' friends."