Movies you didn't like, that everyone else loved. - General

Zombieland was pretty meh and avatar was very boring.

Lord of the Rings trilogy Matrix Trilogy Avatar

I'm gonna get flak for this. The Dark Knight. I'm sorry, but they missed the ENTIRE point of the Joker.

[QUOTE=Swilly;37317906]I'm gonna get flak for this. The Dark Knight. I'm sorry, but they missed the ENTIRE point of the Joker.[/QUOTE] How does one miss the point of the Joker? The Joker's characterization depends on the author. Basically the only thing that is consistent with the Joker is that he is a psychopath who is basically driven by the purpose of being Batman's enemy. Can you elaborate on what you mean?

The batman movies by Tim Burton. I just don't know why but those movies irritate me. The very literal interpretation of everything doesn't appeal to me. I guess it's just because I'm a bigger fan of the Rocksteady approach (which is still comic-bookish but less silly).

[QUOTE=N-12_Aden;37319863]How does one miss the point of the Joker? The Joker's characterization depends on the author. Basically the only thing that is consistent with the Joker is that he is a psychopath who is basically driven by the purpose of being Batman's enemy. Can you elaborate on what you mean?[/QUOTE] The joker is a psychopathic prankster, not just a psychopath. In everything he does you don't know whether you get the short end of the stick or not. His goal is to prove that EVERYONE is insane, the Killing Joke was basically the explanation of his ideology. He does everything for a purpose but that purpose is missing to us, in the movie, it was quite clear what his entire intention was in everything he did.

[QUOTE=Swilly;37333384]His goal is to prove that EVERYONE is insane, the Killing Joke was basically the explanation of his ideology.[/QUOTE] Umm, no. The origin story in the Killing Joke is not necessarily what actually happened, as barely anything about the Joker is consistent from one writer to the next. The Joker of the Dark Night saga is different from the Joker of Batman: The Animated Series, which is a different Joker than in Burton's Batman, which is different from the joker in Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader or Arkham Asylum. The only thing that remains the same between all these versions is the name and general character design. Hell, the reason for the color of the face is different! (Is he wearing makeup, is his face discolored from a chemical accident? Who fucking knows?)

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So I just finished 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' (The original one) And my god, that was one of the silliest movies I have ever seen. I know it's an 80's movie and times have changed, and a couple of scenes are good. But seriously, for the most part is Freddy being cooky and silly things happening. At some points it seemed like I was watching a parody like 'Scary Movie'. It wasn't terrible or anything, but from what I've just seen it is grossly overrated.

[b]A Clockwork Orange[/b] - I thought the adaptation was done poorly. It was cheesy, looked really cheaply made, and had a lot of terrible acting. The book was far better. [b]Juno[/b] - Tried so hard to pretend it was an indy film. Failed.

How can a movie pretend that it's indie. It's either indepenent or not, there's no middle ground.

[QUOTE=Cathedral;37376406]How can a movie pretend that it's indie. It's either indepenent or not, there's no middle ground.[/QUOTE] They were trying to copy the style and humor of a lot of popular indy films at the time. They overdid it and the movie just came off looking pretentious.

Taken It was just [i]bad[/i], the plot was uninteresting, the characters were unlikeable, the action was terrible, and the ending was just bleh. It was just a big boring mess of a movie.

127 Hours I almost feel bad for not liking it, most of the friends love it and think I have no soul for having an opposing opinion. I wanted to like it because I have enjoyed most of Danny Boyle's previous works, but something was missing. Overall, the cinematography was great, but I wasn't able to make a connection to Aron Ralston.

[QUOTE=Melkor;37376585]They were trying to copy the style and humor of a lot of popular indy films at the time. They overdid it and the movie just came off looking pretentious.[/QUOTE] Whether a movie is indie or not has to do with the way in which the movie is funded and made, not with its actual content. Reservoir Dogs and Gummo are indie films, as is Juno, there is no actual format to the way in which every indie film has to be filmed, written, acted and whatever in order to constitute as an indie film.

ITT get rated dumb if you don't like a film that most of FP loves.

[QUOTE=Cathedral;37378733]Whether a movie is indie or not has to do with the way in which the movie is funded and made, not with its actual content. Reservoir Dogs and Gummo are indie films, as is Juno, there is no actual format to the way in which every indie film has to be filmed, written, acted and whatever in order to constitute as an indie film.[/QUOTE] I like to break them into two categories. "Independent films" and "Indie films". Independent films are funded independent of major studios. "Indie" films are pretentious off-beat comedies with terrible acoustic soundtracks. I think he meant something like that.

The Love Guru. It's just terrible. In every way possible.

[QUOTE=Drasnus;37405664]I like to break them into two categories. "Independent films" and "Indie films". Independent films are funded independent of major studios. "Indie" films are pretentious off-beat comedies with terrible acoustic soundtracks. I think he meant something like that.[/QUOTE] I think Homestar Runner summed it up quite well in saying that independent films are films that are actually shot with a small budget while indie films spend money trying to [I]look[/I] like they were shot with a small budget. Seriously, look at the difference between Paranormal Activity 1 & 2.

[QUOTE=rikimaru6811;37413000]The Love Guru. It's just terrible. In every way possible.[/QUOTE] No one really actually loved that movie. So everyone hated it anyway

[IMG]http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/upload/yuiupload/852292826.jpg[/IMG] I like zombies, and Emma Stone, but this movie didn't do anything for me.

Donnie Darko. I hated it.

The Hunger Games, it just felt like a kiddie clone of Battle Royale.

i haven't enjoyed a single paranormal activity that's come out all my friends are like dude you gotta see this movie it's fucking scary so i give it a whirl and it was the most boring bullshit i've ever seen passed as a horror movie, how anyone can actually get scared by this crap is beyond me

[QUOTE=Itachi_Crow;37551955]i haven't enjoyed a single paranormal activity that's come out all my friends are like dude you gotta see this movie it's fucking scary so i give it a whirl and it was the most boring bullshit i've ever seen passed as a horror movie, how anyone can actually get scared by this crap is beyond me[/QUOTE] I went to see the first one with a friend while it was still in theaters. The whole time he was just absolutely flipping his shit (along with most of the theater). I really never got why people get so freaking hysterical about these movies.

The Hangover. Everyone was talking about how outright hilarious it was and I saw it a week or two after it came out and only laughed once or twice at Galifianakis.

Shutter Island. It's just a big mess of mindfuck.

[QUOTE=Zovox;37561867]Shutter Island. It's just a big mess of mindfuck.[/QUOTE] how is this a bad thing?

Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows (Part 2) 7 movies and the final fight scene between him and voldemort was over in less than a minute.

yeah I was pretty disappointed with the final one... it felt really rushed to me.