First rage at movie (Drag me to hell - SPOILERS!!) / What movie enrages you?

[Icehearted]

Ultraviolet. Kurt Wimmer can do better, I know this, we know this. He made Satl, Law Abiding Citizen, Equilibrium, that movie was just brilliantly executed (barring one thing that just bugged me, but it's trivial). That movie's entire plot was bullshit, the special effects were unimpressive, the action sequences were so silly it offended me. I sat through that movie expecting at some point that it would stop being deliberately stupid and it actually sank further into it's stupidity. The manager at the theater was cool about it, seemed to understand my feelings, and gave my friend and I free passes for another film when we complained about how craptacular it was.

I'm not going to go into it, I don't like thinking about it. I hear there is another version that may be better than the theatrical release, I just can't imagine how that's possible. So ends the hyperbole(ish).

Snip.

I maintain the opinion that Batman Returns is the best Batman film. I feel it was a better representation of the universe. But it really annoys me when everybody jizzes themselves over Nolan's films and refuse to acknowledge Burton's films.

I feel like Burton was a one-trick pony. You know a Burton film when you see it, and while his storybook set pieces and dreamy exhibitions are entertaining, I think his work just doesn't vary enough. His interpretation of Bats seemed to lean closer to classic comic books with a taste of the old show's "camp". I thought it was pretty good if taken in said fashion, but it feels like apples and oranges when, in one scene Batman plays back a recording by the penguin on a disc of some sort, like a DVD, and then played it like a scratch on a DJ'd turntable.

I mean, c'mon.

 

[Kenbo Slice]

Ultraviolet. Kurt Wimmer can do better, I know this, we know this. He made Satl, Law Abiding Citizen, Equilibrium, that movie was just brilliantly executed (barring one thing that just bugged me, but it's trivial). That movie's entire plot was bullshit, the special effects were unimpressive, the action sequences were so silly it offended me. I sat through that movie expecting at some point that it would stop being deliberately stupid and it actually sank further into it's stupidity. The manager at the theater was cool about it, seemed to understand my feelings, and gave my friend and I free passes for another film when we complained about how craptacular it was.

I'm not going to go into it, I don't like thinking about it. I hear there is another version that may be better than the theatrical release, I just can't imagine how that's possible. So ends the hyperbole(ish).

Snip.

I maintain the opinion that Batman Returns is the best Batman film. I feel it was a better representation of the universe. But it really annoys me when everybody jizzes themselves over Nolan's films and refuse to acknowledge Burton's films.

I feel like Burton was a one-trick pony. You know a Burton film when you see it, and while his storybook set pieces and dreamy exhibitions are entertaining, I think his work just doesn't vary enough. His interpretation of Bats seemed to lean closer to classic comic books with a taste of the old show's "camp". I thought it was pretty good if taken in said fashion, but it feels like apples and oranges when, in one scene Batman plays back a recording by the penguin on a disc of some sort, like a DVD, and then played it like a scratch on a DJ'd turntable.


I mean, c'mon.

Aw, come on. Batman is allowed to have a little fun while beating criminals.

 

[TakerFoxx]

I've seen some stinkers in my day, most of which just left me bored and/or disappointed.

But The Invisible left me enraged.

Don't remember it? Good. It deserves to be forgotten. But if you're curious, the plot was this kid gets jumped and killed (well, mostly killed) by a gang and becomes a ghost. He can interact with his environment (break things, push people around, move things around, etc.) all he wants, but the moment he looks away, everything goes back to the way it was with no effect left on it. In the meantime, he has to solve his own murder and try to communicate with his murderer, who has issues of her own. Sounds like a good premise, yeah?

Too bad the script was a dull, lifeless waste of time. Too bad the actors all had no chemistry at all. Too bad the main character is a completely unlikeable, self-centered douchebag. And the ending. Ugh, fuck that godawful, stupid, insulting ending. Fuck The Invisible. There is not a movie I hate more.

 

[Dwarfman]

Really?!?! I loved the ending to Drag me to Hell. It was perfect and proves that sometimes you're just gonna have to wear the consequences of your actions.

Man, fuck that stupid little gypsy lady...she was the one being all pouty and unreasonable while Christine was just doing her job in the coolest way she could. She had, what, 3 extensions already? Pay up or get the fuck out, old lady! But nooooo, she had to be an entitled ol' ***** about it and curse the poor girl. >_> I'm kinda with the OP, I was pretty damn upset that such a likeable character (in a HORROR movie no less) got such a fucked up deal. Which I guess would mean that the ending was effective since I had that same gut punch feeling...but still.

What can I say 'No good deed goes unpunished'.

Something I find interesting though. Both yourself and the OP have acknowledged the effectiveness of the ending. I'm thinking that regardless of the emotion you felt - in my case irony in both your cases rage and injustice - the ending was still perfect.

 

[Ubiquitous Duck]

Mine would be Daybreakers.

*Spoiler warning, going to talk vaguely about the ending*

I felt so angered by the end of this film that I made two of my housemates watch it again with me afterwards, so that I had someone to empathise with how angry it made me and justify my opinion on it.

To put it plainly, they drive off into the sunset in that 'end of film' kind of way, as if holding their heads up high as victorious and saving the world/solving the problem - but... they did literally like the worst fix/solution I have ever seen in a film. There wasn't a guarantee that anyone would really survive and they in fact caused mass murder. Genius.

It was just the way that they drove away like they were successful, that really pissed me off. I was actually shouting at the screen!

*Spoilers over*

Redeeming feature of the film though was a line from Willem Dafoe's character 'Elvis' in response to being asked if he thought their colony of humans was safe in a world ruled by vampires: "Living in a world where vampires are the dominant species is about as safe as bare backing a 5 dollar whore."

Genius.

 

[Kyrian007]

I don't get mad, just dissapointed if I expected better out of a movie. Weirdly enough I liked the end to Drag Me to Hell. Someone else mentioned Knowing... I liked that end as well. But abrupt "people die" endings don't bother me, I liked Southland Tales so something is wrong with me in that regard I guess.

No what got my goat recently was Man of Steel. I went in hoping high expectations wouldn't kill it for me so I kept telling myself "it's a summer blockbuster, all it needs is to be eye candy. Anything else is just gravy." Little did I know that 146 minutes of constant Cloverfield style shaky-cam later I couldn't even say it LOOKED good. It didn't meet the LEAST of my expectations. I was actually angry. I wanted my money back. I guess that's rage.