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Field is Dreams is a crap film, so is Withnail & I

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plastique · 11/12/2016 18:35

I've pretended to like Field of Dreams for at least 10 years.. It's utter nonsense! Brought it up today with a mate.. Haha she hates Withnail & I but has always maintained she was a fan!!! If you understand where we're coming from. What film to you secretly hate that everyone else apparently loves ???

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The80sweregreat · 11/12/2016 19:09

I didnt understand the DD hype really.
Patrick was a good dancer but he is a creep and she was deluded.
The music doesnt gel either although the dance at the end is good!
Hate the Goonies and most 80s kids films with hysterical kids in it.

Champagneformyrealfriends · 11/12/2016 19:09

Sin not sim

SapphireStrange · 11/12/2016 19:09

Oh yes, The Shawshank Redemption. What's the POINT?

plastique · 11/12/2016 19:10

Hahaha re Harry Potter... When I took my kids I new I would a good hour and a half sleep

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CockacidalManiac · 11/12/2016 19:11

The Harry Potter films did get better as the kids learned to act. The first two are crap.

Gingerbreath · 11/12/2016 19:11

Dirty DancingShock

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The80sweregreat · 11/12/2016 19:12

I like Shawshank!
Most Melissa mccarthey films. Dh loved Spy and Bridesmaids, left me cold.

The80sweregreat · 11/12/2016 19:14

Life of pi,
Load of bollocks

MrsBernardBlack · 11/12/2016 19:14

I realised a while ago that most of what comes out of Hollywood is vastly overrated, so would definitely agree with you about Field of Dreams.

Withnail and I, however, is genius.

Dahlietta · 11/12/2016 19:14

I've never pretended to like a film if I didn't like it. Is this why not that many people like me...? Grin

happychristmasbum · 11/12/2016 19:14

Dirty Dancing is the biggest pile of poop ever.

I love Withnail!!!

GeillisTheWitch · 11/12/2016 19:14

Any Star Wars film. I find them tedious.

justdontevenfuckingstart · 11/12/2016 19:15

My girls think The Goonies is rubbish. Me and my sister were going to disown them. The Revenant and Atonement are two of the most boring films I have ever seen. The Holy Grail & Life of Brian are brilliant. but there was another Monty film with a fat man exploding after eating a wafer of chocolate that was absolutely crap! The Meaning of Life?
Twilight is shit obvs.
The Matrix is shit
Shawshank is amazing.

And everyone should watch Grosse Pointe Blank because it is the best film ever. Until someone says how shit it is They will be wrong of course.

Dahlietta · 11/12/2016 19:17

And yes, the Matrix is a big pile of steaming shite.

TwentyCups · 11/12/2016 19:17

I love some of the ones mentioned - withnail and I in particular.

However, I also hate Elf. I remember watching it in the cinema, thinking 'this is a bit shit' then over the next decade realising everyone else thought it was a lovable Christmas classic!! I am decidedly not a fan of will Ferrell Xmas Hmm

CockacidalManiac · 11/12/2016 19:18

I think the Matrix is ok as an action film. It has weird fans though, who seem to think of it as a mystical experience.
The sequels were shit though.

Oysterbabe · 11/12/2016 19:19

I love Withnail. Rarely a week goes by that I don't quote it. Usually it's "We'll be found dead in here next spring" to much eye-rolling from DH who is never cold.

notaflyingmonkey · 11/12/2016 19:20

Agree with Withnail. Overrated pish.

Notting Hill. Four Weddings. Love Actually. (I'm pretty sure all of which star Hugh Grant, so there may be a theme to my issues with foppish men with floppy hair).

catwrangler · 11/12/2016 19:20

The Princess Bride

There. I said it. It's rubbish!

justdontevenfuckingstart · 11/12/2016 19:21

cock I think you're right.The original was ok. Then it went a bit WTF

notaflyingmonkey · 11/12/2016 19:22

And Bridget bloody Jones. There're all a characature of British way of life that doesn't exist.

Dahlietta · 11/12/2016 19:23

I remember hating Donnie Darko, but I can't remember why except that it seemed to be pretentious, pseudo-philosophical twaddle

MrsJayy · 11/12/2016 19:23

Withnail and I is pretentious twaddle

Dare i say it but schindlers list i thought it was indulgent nonsense not thecstory obviusly but for spielberg

Cuttingthecheese · 11/12/2016 19:23

So far I like everything everyone has mentioned I think Blush . (Unless I've missed something)

Hated the hangover and bridesmaids though.
Withnail is an acquired taste, clockwork orange is very clever. The book more so but they did a good job with the movie. MASSIVE rocky horror fan here, though I now go to more stage shows than watch the movie. Tom curry in drag....... (swoon)

Strummerville · 11/12/2016 19:23

And everyone should watch Grosse Pointe Blank because it is the best film ever. Until someone says how shit it is They will be wrong of course

I love GPB! Can't imagine what sort of monster soulless husk person could dislike it.

I submit Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. I got quite annoyed watching it as on paper it was My Sort Of Thing, but it was just so boring and self-indulgent I couldn't even watch to the end.

Also agree re: Shawshank. I mean...it's OK...but I don't get the adoration it seems to inspire. At all.

Oh, and Hot Fuzz. Totally unfunny.

I wouldn't lie about not liking things, though, why would you?

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