Movies That You Detest That Many Of Your Loved Ones Adore

[Emerson]

I HATE There's Something About Mary. It's like Cabbage Patch cards and Garbage Pail cards shuffled together, and I've never bought Stiller as a lead. If Jonathan Richman were in Chasing Amy, it would still be a piece of shit.

I watched Boondock Saints and couldn't believe how much I despised it. And I have a high tolerance for uninspired Tarantino knockoffs. I was surprisingly cool with Gummo, but I'm not sure why the world ever subjected itself to Kids.

Also, The Simpsons has started to grate on me. Sorry.

[Emerson]

I'm just really suspicious of anyone who really loves "A Clockwork Orange," especially if he (and it's always guys) has an Alex poster on his wall. Be honest--do people who really love this movie enough to watch it repeatedly kind of enjoy the rape scenes?  In a purely unironic way? 

Yeah, probably. It does seem to appeal to a lot of whiskey-dicked misogynists who don't normally seek out piercing social commentary. There's even an astoundingly shitty punk band that based its whole career on a Clockwork Orange costume party.

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

There was a year (1994?  95?) where I saw every movie high as a kite and loved almost all of them, including some truly hideous pieces of shit - Kids, Mallrats, and Natural Born Killers were among them.   I still didn't like Forrest Gump, though, and I saw it twice.

[yesno]

I liked the movie Kids because I think it accurately captured that kids of my age (and they were pretty much exactly my age when the movie came out) were pieces of shit.

[John Junk 2.0]

I know that every male friend of mine does NOT like "Lost in Translation" and every girl friend of mine loves it (including me). Interesting phenomenon. Just thought I'd point it out.

I like Lost In Translation.

My brother said he hated it because it's every snooty girl's dream to have an emotional affair with someone rich and funny and older and more experienced and who won't demand to get laid.  Like this is some kind of dark and evil fantasy the ladies have.  I guess that's just sort of an inversion of every guy's fontasy: to have sex with someone younger and less experienced who won't demand emotional attachment? Also, I wasn't so sure that Scarlett didn't want to bone Bill Murray in that movie, just didn't happen, which seemed pretty believable.  I think ultimately, the lack of boning gave this movie a blue-ball rating for dudes.  They're like "I sat through Bill Murray making fun of Chinese people in a hospital for ten minutes and I don't even get to see Johansen's ass again?  Maybe they feel that the dude from Meatball's should not be squandered on this mousey snob sulking around in a giant hotel.  Still, I really liked the film, but not sure if I could watch it again.

I sure do hate the director, though.  So there you have it.

[Spoony]

I watched Boondock Saints and couldn't believe how much I despised it. And I have a high tolerance for uninspired Tarantino knockoffs. I was surprisingly cool with Gummo, but I'm not sure why the world ever subjected itself to Kids.

I've spazzed out on the Boondock Saints on this board before, so I'm not going to do it again.

But yes, that is the worst movie ever made. I'm so glad that tool who directed it self-destructed before he could make any more garbage.

[Pat K]

I watched Boondock Saints and couldn't believe how much I despised it. And I have a high tolerance for uninspired Tarantino knockoffs. I was surprisingly cool with Gummo, but I'm not sure why the world ever subjected itself to Kids.

I've spazzed out on the Boondock Saints on this board before, so I'm not going to do it again.

But yes, that is the worst movie ever made. I'm so glad that tool who directed it self-destructed before he could make any more garbage.

Maybe this has come up before, but has anyone ever enjoyed the documentary about that guy crashing and burning, Overnight? Sooo satisfying. It almost makes the existence of Boondock Saints worthwhile, just for the poetic justice of seeing that FWD getting his just desserts.

[Omar]

Maybe this has come up before, but has anyone ever enjoyed the documentary about that guy crashing and burning, Overnight? Sooo satisfying. It almost makes the existence of Boondock Saints worthwhile, just for the poetic justice of seeing that FWD getting his just desserts.

Great doc.  I was listening to a Bryce call last night in which he called this his favorite movie of the year.

[ughwhy]

Children of Men? Really?

Yep.  I have to make sure that it holds up to repeated viewings, but I really do think that it hits my favorite sweet spot of dystopian sci-fi, social commenary, and innovative filmmaking.  I have a whole separate top-whatever list for this (some of them pure camp, like Planet of the Apes), but like Slavoj Zizek says on the DVD commenary, in Cueron movies the real story takes place in the background.

I also really love "Children of Men." For me it's the really excellent blend of the personal and the political, the reluctant individual forced to do heroic things and only barely accepting this as his fate. I think it's wonderfully shot and a lot more upsetting and moving than many more topical war films.