Cult Classics That Suck
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I can't really think of any cult-classic games that I've played and didn't enjoy, so I'll just say random movies that were supposedly cult classics but were just rubbish to me.
Primer. If you've heard of this movie, you've probably also heard of how confusing it is. I usually don't mind a smart movie, and I will admit that this movie does have brains in it, but it is just so fucking boring. BORING. The acting was awful, the plot was incomprehensible (And this is coming from someone who was able to get Memento in its entirety on first viewing) and...just...BORING.
Mad Max. Okay, so Road Warrior was a great movie and all, but I just didn't like Mad Max. Perhaps it just hasn't aged well, in comparison to other revenge flicks I've seen.
Boondock Saints and its sequel. They were just pure shite. It seems to me that it's the kind of "cult classic" that mainstream audiences that saw it and liked it keep bragging about liking it because it makes them feel cool for liking something that's (for the most part) unknown to most mainstream audiences (At least that's how I feel about it in my school). Seriously, watch something good like Pulp Fiction instead.
Primer. If you've heard of this movie, you've probably also heard of how confusing it is. I usually don't mind a smart movie, and I will admit that this movie does have brains in it, but it is just so fucking boring. BORING. The acting was awful, the plot was incomprehensible (And this is coming from someone who was able to get Memento in its entirety on first viewing) and...just...BORING.
Mad Max. Okay, so Road Warrior was a great movie and all, but I just didn't like Mad Max. Perhaps it just hasn't aged well, in comparison to other revenge flicks I've seen.
Boondock Saints and its sequel. They were just pure shite. It seems to me that it's the kind of "cult classic" that mainstream audiences that saw it and liked it keep bragging about liking it because it makes them feel cool for liking something that's (for the most part) unknown to most mainstream audiences (At least that's how I feel about it in my school). Seriously, watch something good like Pulp Fiction instead.
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ninjastovall0 said:
Does anyone here actually know what a cult classic is?Pegghead said:
Some people do know what a cult classic is, but others not so much. I mean, how are games that received so much coverage be considered as cult classics? On top of that, a movie that won several Academy awards?Baby Fark McGee-Zax said:
I loved most cult classics I've come across. If not for the fact that they were terribly awesome, then because they were so hard to find at the time that getting them made watching them worth it.
Cult classic movies like Planet 9 from OuterSpace, 2001 Space Odessy, and Lost Skeleton of Cadavra were freaking terrible to the point of being hilarious a decade or two ago, but most people getting into them these days weren't living in the era they were meant for long enough to understand where the movies are coming from.
Similarly, FF7 (which is not a cult classic) is hated mostly due to the fact that many people who play it now weren't around or sanely able when the game first came out for the PS1. It was insane how popular it was. It brought RPGing to a new dimension with such a deep plot with many interesting hardcore characters and many people bought their PS1 for that game. I love it to this day, but only because I played it when it first came out. A 'newbie' playing it today with no recollection of the past may be too guppied by the graphics or differences of today's culture to fully appreciate it. It was so awesome that people found it cool to hate it when it was re-released as a 'best seller' five some years after the fact. Now people hate it either for no reason (ie, it's 'cool' to simply hate it, even if it's never been played), or because they grew up in a different age and place.
Back to the thread topic, I love most cult classics. I loved Shadow of the Collosus, Okami, the original GTA (and GTA:london), Lufia 1 and 2, Valkyrie Profile, Vagrant Story, Rhapsody: a Musical Adventure for the PS1 (which was insanely hard to find back then), Way of the Samurai, Day of the Tentacle, 7th Guest and 11th Hour, Return to Zork (for crying out loud!), and the such. What's up with all the hate? So much pessimism.
So... Nope, don't think I hate any. Fact, even games like Spore (and I don't believe that quite reaches cult classic yet) has its charms, even if everyone was insanely disappointed by its release.
Cult classic movies like Planet 9 from OuterSpace, 2001 Space Odessy, and Lost Skeleton of Cadavra were freaking terrible to the point of being hilarious a decade or two ago, but most people getting into them these days weren't living in the era they were meant for long enough to understand where the movies are coming from.
Similarly, FF7 (which is not a cult classic) is hated mostly due to the fact that many people who play it now weren't around or sanely able when the game first came out for the PS1. It was insane how popular it was. It brought RPGing to a new dimension with such a deep plot with many interesting hardcore characters and many people bought their PS1 for that game. I love it to this day, but only because I played it when it first came out. A 'newbie' playing it today with no recollection of the past may be too guppied by the graphics or differences of today's culture to fully appreciate it. It was so awesome that people found it cool to hate it when it was re-released as a 'best seller' five some years after the fact. Now people hate it either for no reason (ie, it's 'cool' to simply hate it, even if it's never been played), or because they grew up in a different age and place.
Back to the thread topic, I love most cult classics. I loved Shadow of the Collosus, Okami, the original GTA (and GTA:london), Lufia 1 and 2, Valkyrie Profile, Vagrant Story, Rhapsody: a Musical Adventure for the PS1 (which was insanely hard to find back then), Way of the Samurai, Day of the Tentacle, 7th Guest and 11th Hour, Return to Zork (for crying out loud!), and the such. What's up with all the hate? So much pessimism.
So... Nope, don't think I hate any. Fact, even games like Spore (and I don't believe that quite reaches cult classic yet) has its charms, even if everyone was insanely disappointed by its release.
Okami. That game sucks. The graphical style may be incredible but that's the extent of what that game does well.
Silent hill 2, It didn't scare me or frighten me all it did was frustrate me by the fact I could barely controll my charecter I got so frustrated by the fact I couldn't find the thing that moves the plot beyond the bathroom that I quit and never played the game again.
Wow. This to a t. Well I played XII too and I didn't like it either. Then again, FF is by no means a "Cult Classic".Deadlock Radium said:
OT: Shadow of the Colossus. It was "okay" at best, but I just didn't get all the hype...
This thread is kind of ridiculous. This is just stating opinions. Half the people either like teabagging in shooters on xbox live or watching ff cutscenes. Apparently being psycologically connected with the game and gameplay is quote "boring and bland".