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Popular films that you think weren't much good.

227 replies

WildRosie · 03/11/2022 22:15

The Italian Job
Ghostbusters
Tequila Sunrise

These were in the days I still went to the cinema. Years ago. I didn't get the appeal of any of the foregoing. Is it just me ?

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merryhouse · 03/11/2022 22:51

La La Land. Although "not much good" isn't really accurate. I mean where do I start.

The original Star Trek film. Twenty minutes in and I kid you not they were still approaching the Enterprise in dock.

Elodie09 · 03/11/2022 22:54

@clary Thank you, you are correct. It was the best actor for Tom Hanks that got my goat, still mad , even all these years after.

Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 03/11/2022 22:55

Tenet - screamingly tedious, far too long and far too loud.

Chaiandchocolate · 03/11/2022 22:55

The English Patient - that was 3 hours of my life I’ll never get back

Avatar (reported at the time that people were falling into depression in droves because they wished their lives were just like in this movie?! It was fantasy world crap imho)

Robin60 · 03/11/2022 22:57

Titanic, was way too long.

I’ve recently been to see Banshee of Inisheren - one week later and I’m still trying to work out if it’s me or was the film overhyped?

HauntersGonnaHaunt · 03/11/2022 23:00

Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 03/11/2022 22:55

Tenet - screamingly tedious, far too long and far too loud.

I haven't seen Tenet but, "screamingly tedious and far too long" describes every other one of Christopher Nolan's films.

Pirrin · 03/11/2022 23:03

-Back to the future
-Star wars (didn't hate it but it really doesn't live up to the hype)

ScaredAndStressed123 · 03/11/2022 23:04

KenickiesHickey · 03/11/2022 22:27

Re watched Reservoir Dogs recently with the children, what a pile of poo. Hasn’t aged well at all.

Love Jessie Buckley, Jesse Plemons, David Thewlis and Toni Collette but I’m Thinking of Ending Things is one of the worst films I’ve ever seen.

The book is also awful. Thank goodness it was so short!

rookiemere · 03/11/2022 23:08

War Horse ( or Bore Horse as Dh and I renamed it)

NemoNotThatOne · 03/11/2022 23:09

Pretty Woman, urgh.

Pudmyboy · 03/11/2022 23:09

Titanic. So long, so boring. I thought it would never sink @eddiemairswife that really made me laugh!
However @APJ1 I loved Fargo, bought the DVD!
Muriel's wedding: treated her wheelchair using friend appallingly, mother is in abusive relationship and dies, yet so many people think it's a great feelgood film!

KatherineJaneway · 03/11/2022 23:10

YABU about Ghostbusters, brilliant film.

Citizen Kane. Never could understand the hype, was just bland and boring.

allthegoodusernameshavegone · 03/11/2022 23:10

I remember such a lot of hype about Avatar …….why?
Mama Mia…cringe
Grease….dreadful

whokilledlizandseb · 03/11/2022 23:11

Pretty Woman

Wishfulthinking1977 · 03/11/2022 23:17

Titanic- again couldn't wait for it to sink! Lord of the rings! - fall asleep every time I try to watch it! Hereditary - boring and very dull - most unscary apparent horror I've ever watched!.

IWannaDismemberFairies · 03/11/2022 23:22

Marley & Me. Just shit.

Another vote for Love Actually. Toe-curling.

Batiqueattic · 03/11/2022 23:24

Did Green Book really win the Oscar for best film or is my imagination exaggerating? Because not only was it not the best film of whatever year, it was literally one of the worst films I've ever seen.

Butteredtoast55 · 03/11/2022 23:25

LaLa Land was hugely over-hyped, and I can't stand Bridesmaids.

DrFoxtrot · 03/11/2022 23:28

Saving Private Ryan Blush I found it completely ridiculous that several soldiers were put at risk for the sake of traipsing all over to find one man.

DrFoxtrot · 03/11/2022 23:30

But I like Pretty Woman and Bridesmaids that PP don't like Grin I prefer my films lighthearted and to not engage my brain.

Monoprix · 03/11/2022 23:35

Avatar by James Cameron. Fantasy bullshit.

TonTonMacoute · 03/11/2022 23:38

Most Hollywood films to be honest, I’m a bit of art house kind of gal.

I did give The Greatest Showman a go though, lasted 25 minutes before switching off.

RaininginDarling · 03/11/2022 23:40

Deadringer · 03/11/2022 22:28

Dirty dancing.

Same! I hated it when it came out and I still dislike it now. See also: Pretty Woman. It always put my teeth on edge.

RaininginDarling · 03/11/2022 23:56

The Piano. So you're going to bring your massive musical instrument, across the world then onto a tiny row boat and then leave said piano on the beach with the tide lapping around it? Yeah, mate. Get in the sea (along your beloved treasure)

Lost in Translation. Meh.

The Road. Relentless.

Titanic. Mawkish.

Everything Everywhere All At Once. Come back to me when you've cut it down by at least an hour and removed the sausage fingers - which wasn't funny the first time we saw it and definitely wasn't the many times after.

The Northman. Just no.

Shakespeare in Love. Embarrassingly awful.

Ticket to Paradise - HOW do you manage to make a film this dull with those actors and that location? Amazing.

EineReiseDurchDieZeit · 04/11/2022 00:02

Robin60 · 03/11/2022 22:57

Titanic, was way too long.

I’ve recently been to see Banshee of Inisheren - one week later and I’m still trying to work out if it’s me or was the film overhyped?

Banshees Of Inisheren was terrible saw it this week. Unfunny, nonsensical and ultimately pointless.

Walked out of Tenet. Was impossible to know what was going on, including terrible audio. I vaguely know an incredibly pretentious person when it comes to film amongst other things and he raved about it which sums it up.

The film Roma. Endless shots of rain in puddles with the acoustic of barking dogs.

The Shape Of Water remains one of the worst films I've ever seen in my life. And that won an Oscar so what do I know?

There's quite a few British comedy films that seem very popular that I don't rate either. Hot Fuzz springs to mind.

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