What are some movies everyone hated but that you think rule?

Hey, if yurbud gets to re-up the other list, I get to re-up mine.

My submission: a little-known Annabella Sciorra/Jamie Farr/Alan Alda film called "Whispers in the Dark" from 1992 that is a) not that horrible and b) 1,000 times better than most of what has been in theaters this year. It was successfully suspenseful and intriguing without being contrived, the plot was actually quite original and believable, I think, and I had to admire the fact that Alda agreed to be in it even though it meant he was cast so entirely against type that it made the twist at the end of that film just unpleasant to behold. Which is another thing: great scenery, which evoked the mood flawlessly. And, seriously? I'm still desperate to find a copy of that soundtrack, because the score for that film was beautiful. Can't find a review of it anywhere that went above two stars.

I am a bit of a comic geek, and I think, Frank Miller is a gifted writer/artist, but most of the people I know, think Sin City sucked. I on the other hand, thought the movie was fantastic, and the black/white aspect of the film, was amazing...

I didn't get much of the movie, but I did think the visual technique of filming it was way cool.

It was far too violent for me, and I couldn't follow the plot well.

Hey it won Multiple Golden Raspberry Awards, You got to love that Tom Green turned the joke around on them and went accepted the awards in person.

who won the Razzie for Leonard Part 6 and showed up at the ceremony to accept the award and make a very funny speech.

FYI, I thought FGF was funny too.

Daddy would you like some saus-a-ges.

Daddy would you like some sausage?

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I nearly pissed myself laughing at that.

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I never met anyone who says that movie was crap! Sorry, that you are surronded by folks who dont' like fear and loathing...

"I have a powerful urge, for some red salmon"

"BARF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"......classic...

"Somebody get these dinosaurs, some fucking golf shoes man!"...

"I got just one question for you, how much for the monkey?"

Depp's face grinning out of the convertible with the whole drug speech running down the side of the poster.

so maybe now not everybody hates it, but it really got hammered by critics on its theatrical release. It is a hilarious movie, though :toast: (and at times, surprisingly beautiful)

"It's okay, he's just admiring the shape of your skull."

"Who said anything about slicing you up, man? I just wanted to carve a little 'z' in your forehead."

:rofl:

I was a major fan of the book when I was in high school, and when Gilliam made a movie of it a few years alter, I HAD to see it in the theatres. So I dropped a couple hits of acid, drank a six pack of Dos Equis, and popped some trucker's speed, and went to see it with some friends. AND I LOVED IT. I would have been so dispoointed had it been unfaithful to the book ala "Where the Buffalo Roam," but Gillam's vision and Thomspon's madness dovetailed nicely. If only for the first twenty minutes alone, I thought it was a masterpiece.

I was just as baffled by the dimal reviews. Like, "did this asshole see a different movie?!" baffled.

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Harrison Ford .... Rick Deckard
Rutger Hauer .... Roy Batty
Sean Young .... Rachael
Edward James Olmos .... Gaff
M. Emmet Walsh .... Bryant
Daryl Hannah .... Pris
William Sanderson .... J.F. Sebastian
Brion James .... Leon Kowalski
Joe Turkel .... Eldon Tyrell
Joanna Cassidy .... Zhora
James Hong .... Hannibal Chew

rip-off, but it was one of the only ones I liked (except "Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead," which I thought at least had decent dialogue). Denis Leary was so cute in "Suicide Kings."

I've recommended it to a ton of people and they all hated it. It's one of the very, very few movies that I've watched more than 5 times.

Grrrr.

Course i'm weird and thinks she should have run off with Alan Alda...poor guy. :evilgrin:

HAAAAATED. He was so...smug. And chauvinist. And ugly.

*dodging tomatoes*

the pitbull we fed the cardboard display to after we got it out of the theatre. Sweet dog. We just had him trained to go after the cardboard cutouts. He loved real people and animals though.

Anyone else?

the critics were not nice talkin' about these two movies. I watch them both, often.


Tikki

Young James Spader romancing older woman from wrong side of the tracks Susan Sarandon....Better than most of what's out there today.

someday if we are lucky they will release the original 2+ hour McTiernan cut.

It'd be wonderful if there's a longer cut out there somewhere. It reminds me of the Prince Valiant comic strip with it's revelations about European history during the Dark Ages. The juxtaposition of so many different cultures is something that we were never taught about in school.

I remember seeing a scene with them on the water in the theater, that was cut out of the Video release. I know that often happens, but it made me wonder what else was slashed down.

Definately a favorite movie of mine. A fantasy film with an Arab hero. As an Arab, I'm sold...even if the part is played by a Spaniard.

And I didn't even know this was the movie because they changed the name from "Eaters of the dead".

Lotta good stuff in it. Bandaras ain't that bad, either.

Lo, there do I see my father
Lo, there do I see my mother and my sisters
and my brothers

Lo, there do I see the line of my people back
to the beginning

Lo, they do call to me
They bid me take my place among them
in the Halls of Valhalla

Where the brave may live forever...

:)

Beautifully skewers the Southern California lifestyle (though my brother lives there so I know not everyone there is that shallow) plus has a couple brought together by a magical traffic sign. What's not to like?

"Your breasts feel strange."
"Oh. That's 'cause they're real."

I love that movie...funny throughout!!!

Getting a high-colonic on a lunch date...shootout on the freeway!

The brunch scene is classic

I like them both. The David Lynch one took some awful liberties with the book, but still ended up with a very cool movie stylistically and artistically. The Sci-Fi channel's version was closer to the book, and much longer so it got more into the good stuff, but iddn't manage the grandioseness of the Lynch film. Still a very good movie, though.

OK, not as good as the book, but still a pretty good movie.

And Drugstore Cowboy, which features Burroughs as a junkie priest, is one of my favorite movies of all time.

Fagen and Becker got the name "Steely Dan."

:D

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about the android boy -- it was terrific, and nobody i know liked it

i liked bicentennial man, too. it was along the same lines

oooh - and let's not forget the best movie nobody's ever seen - tourist trap with chuck conners.

my husband and i were discussing various aspects of it for days afterwards...

we're both big science fiction fans, though

It was such a :wtf: sort of ending.

So, you'd recommend it?

Since I liked "Howard the Duck" I'll probably love it.

course, i also liked buckaroo banzai. went back to it later, and it turns out i was only lusting after all of the cute guys in it!

i think if you're in a serious mood, you might like the movie. you'll be thinking about it for days afterwards

If they had left off the last 30 minutes or so. The movie really and truly felt over at the point where he's underwater looking at the fairy statue. Then, all of a sudden, there are aliens running around??? :wtf:

it went too spielberg-y - turned into a disney flick. i liked the sentimental ending but it was kind of jarring

One of the earliest VHS tapes I can remember watching as a child. Boy did I hate that truck as a child.

i thought it was brilliant. no one else seemed to.

I thought it was stylish and very well-acted and it was one of those movies I thought about for days

But, it was too long.

Yeah, I know that plenty of people thought this movie was hysterical, like me....but everyone I know (except for hubby) hates it. :(

DUCK!

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Sin City, Fear and Loathing, Monkeybone, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Spaceballs, Twin Peaks- Fire Walk With Me, From Dusk Till Dawn, Wild at Heart.....

It was the only movie that ever freaked me out. Everyone I know hates it.

The freaky thing about it was that it wasn't in your face. It didn't help that I lived in the woods either.

I mean, how much money did it cost to shoot and how much money did it take in? Brilliant.

Totally freaking hilarious!

Sordid Lives

wierd scifi, but probably on the money

and owned it on VHS for a while. I think I even have the tape somewhere still.

I actually only watched it for the first time a few days ago and enjoyed it. Rickman is just so damn entertaining in this film.

And have it on VHS!

it was part of the Comcast on-demand free movies service around Halloween and I watched it at least five more times.

"Or in your case, a whole loaf of toast!"

LOL!!! Many laughs to be had!!!

'The Boy Who Could Fly' and 'The Last Supper'

The second one is not so much hated by my peers, but simply unknown. The first one, almost every friend I have says it's too cheesey and sappy (but most of my friends don't like films unless it's actually rebelling against something), but it's one of my favorite films and although it actually is cheesey and sappy, I still well up a bit at the last shot.

I liked it when I went to see it, but I went with a crowd of 10 people. 1 thought it was okay, and the other 8 hated it. And, I discovered that co-workers that had seen the movie also disliked it quite strongly.

I don't think the movie ruled, but I thought it was very good.

The one with Melanie Griffith that won her a Razzie for worst actress. I can watch that one over and over again for some reason. :)

But her performance there was actually one of the only Melanie Griffith ones I can stand. A Razzie? That is so mean.

I like that film, too, because my beloved Swiss are represented with dignity and accuracy. It's weird it should be mentioned in this thread, I was just thinking about it the other day. I haven't watched it in years and I was wondering why--oh, right, because stories about fascism were entertaining until fascism was a part of my daily reality in my own nation. I just--that one scene...

"And I confess, except for you, I have no use for Jews."

Shudder.

It's Richard Linklater's first movie - and one of my favorite films of all time.

But most people who try to watch it either don't finish it or if they do they say, "That gave me a headache."