what classic movies do you hate?

[Toad]

i think citizen kane is really overrated, so is back to the future.

[IanTheCool]

Interesting thread, though you should maybe tell us why you don't like those movies because I really can't see where anyone wouldn't like Back to the Future. And my advice to you for Kane is simply to watch it again and perhaps you will appreciate it more.

As for me, I don't like the Sound of Music, mostly because I find the songs very irritating.

[Big-Lead5]

Ill go along with ya on the Sound of Music. But thats cause i hate musicals lol...But Back to the Future will never be overated its Great Movie

[Doomsday]

Define 'classic.'

I can't stand Field of Dreams, if that's considered a classic.

[Big-Lead5]

i always thought classic was over 25 years,,but u have some ppl say a certin movie is instant classic...so who knows

[the elmo zombie]

The Deer Hunter. was there any reason they felt they needed to bore me to death for the first hour?

[Where's my elephant?]

Braveheart
Shakespeare In Love

[IanTheCool]

Braveheart
Shakespeare In Love

Why Braveheart?

[Doomsday]

Two movies I never got the hate for were Braveheart and Dances With Wolves. I usually hear "historically inaccurate," but only the history channel concerns itself with accuracy, seldom do films. Not saying this is the case with elephant, but lots of times film nuts don't like a BP winner just to go against the grain and sound sophisticated.

Shakespeare in Love sucked hard though.

[JustinW]

Citizen Kane is hardly overrated, but I can't stand most of these ridiculous old war movies with John Wayne. Many of the old westerns were entirely overrated (but John Ford made some incredible films, like The Searchers).

[Big-Lead5]

Did u say John Wayne overated im Shock how can ya say that..he was good actor maybe not the Best but he was up there..have u even seen john Wayne movie?Rent The Sea Chase Or In Harm's Way or True Grit Or The Shootist. After let me know u still feel same way

[JustinW]

I have seen plenty. He plays tough guy roles far too much for me to ever consider him diverse.

Brando and Stewart put him to shame.

[Big-Lead5]

u should watch The Quiet Man u may change ur mind.

[Tornado]

I've never been wild about Casablanca.

[IanTheCool]

I've never been wild about Casablanca.

I love Casablanca. I understand everything about why this movie is considered so great and one of the most popular films of all time.

[Andrey83]

I've never been wild about Casablanca.

*nods*

mhm.

[Doomsday]

Yeah, put me on the Casablanca bandwagon. It's one of the few movies I've seen that I heard was one of the best films ever made, and after I watched I thought "that is one of the best films ever made."

[JBond]

I have seriously never heard of ANYONE not liking Back to the Future.

And as for Casablanca, I've only seen it once and I wasn't too hot on it...then again, that was some time ago and I plan to watch it again some time.

And I don't enjoy Citizen Kane or almost any western.

[SnoBorderZero]

i think citizen kane is really overrated, so is back to the future.

Why don't you like Citizen Kane? What exactly is your reason? And if you hate BTTF there's something wrong with you.

Not a fan of The Shining, West Side Story, and I think Raging Bull is good, but not nearly on the level of being #4 on AFI's list. When he's boxing it's excellent, when he's not it's just not that interesting.

[JBond]

Not big on Raging Bull, Shining is alright, I like West Side Story.

[SnoBorderZero]

I have only seen one musical I liked, and that was Singin' in the Rain. Not a big fan of people just bursting into song.

[Tornado]

I loved The Shining and really enjoyed Raging Bull, but I'm not a fan of Singin' in the Rain either. Musicals in general aren't my cup of tea.

[JBond]

Singin' in the Rain was enjoyable, I generally like musicals.

[JustinW]

I have seriously never heard of ANYONE not liking Back to the Future.

And as for Casablanca, I've only seen it once and I wasn't too hot on it...then again, that was some time ago and I plan to watch it again some time.

Ditto on both accounts.

[SnoBorderZero]

I loved Singin' in the Rain. In fact, I was SHOCKED at how much I loved it.

I think also sometimes some movies need to be watched twice. For example, the first time I saw A Clockwork Orange I didn't like it. I watched it again and realized how amazing the themes Kubrick represents are. So I tell a lot of people who didn't like Citizen Kane to read about it after they watch it (Roger Ebert gives great in-depth stuff on it) and watch it again with those things in mind to truly appreciate it.

[brutus]

Blade Runner is one movie I never understood the hoopla for. Saw it for the first time several months ago and got bored by it.

Another one that almost had the same effect is Alien. Good movie, don't ge me wrong, but I sometimes hear people say its better than Aliens(which I loved) and scarier. The chestburster scene was voted among the scariest of all time and it was gruesome, yet I thought the chestburster scene in Aliens(before the marine ambush) was scarier and more gruesome.

[Tornado]

Blade Runner and Alien are two of my all-time favorite films, with the former placing somewhere in my top 10.

Also, I think A Clockwork Orange is a tad overrated. I definitely enjoyed it (mostly for the brilliant cinematography), but I couldn't empathize/sympathize at all with Alex. I saw that as a big flaw, as I can identify to some extent with most characters of his nature. Hell, even the Joker in The Dark Knight was easier for me to identify with.

[iv3rdawG]

In Alien you didn't even know what a chestburster was.. that's what made it so scary. Wherein Aliens we knew what would happen already. I re-watched both a couple weeks ago and Alien is still my favorite of the two but Aliens is a lot more fun to watch.

[JustinW]

I enjoyed Alien a lot more. Alien is more intense and much more frightening than Aliens.

But both are good in their own respect. And I definitely agree that Blade Runner is a masterpiece.

[brutus]

In Alien you didn't even know what a chestburster was.. that's what made it so scary. Wherein Aliens we knew what would happen already. I re-watched both a couple weeks ago and Alien is still my favorite of the two but Aliens is a lot more fun to watch.

You make a good point about the chestburster. Hadn't thought of it that way.

[JBond]

I used to be sure I liked Aliens more than Alien, but years later I start to wonder...

And I don't think you're suppose to sympathize with Alex in Clockwork Orange.

[Carnage Escobar]

Never really was into E.T. that much. I always thought it was a bit overrated. Same with Blade Runner. But then again, it's been a while since I've seen Blade Runner.

[jackassfan]

Blade Runner
2001: A Space Odyssey

[prongsfan1989]

Titanic. Too much of a romantic story.

[JustinW]

What were you expecting...? Look at the poster and DVD cover, it is a bit of a given.

[chewie]

Hate is a pretty strong word. I was never that big on Citizen Kane or Nashville.

[unity768]

i was never able to sit through Casablanca..ZzZz

[Big-Lead5]

I love lot of old movies buti have hard time wtching Gone with the Wnd.i dont think its bad movie its not but i dont think its a great movie either

[IanTheCool]

Well, the fact that its 4 hours long makes it hard too. Though i do like Gone with the Wind despite that.

[Big-Lead5]

ya the 4 hours is what gets me and i like Clark Gable a lot hes great actor

[Doomsday]

Another one that's very highly rated is Tootsie. Has anyone even seen that movie? Compare that to the other movies on those lists. Really very average, and I love Dustin Hoffman.

[Big-Lead5]

Another one that's very highly rated is Tootsie. Has anyone even seen that movie? Compare that to the other movies on those lists. Really very average, and I love Dustin Hoffman.
i will agree with ya on this 1 ive only sen this movie once.ive seen Little Big Man.Straw Dogs...Midnight Cowboys Many times.

[Doomsday]

Any of those three movies are waaay better than Tootsie.

[JBond]

"Some Like it Hot" is pretty damn overrated for being the #1 Comedy on the AFI Top 100 list.

[donny]

Wasn't a big fan of Batman & Robin. I know everyone loves that movie.

[FranklinTard]

scarface
blade runner

[IanTheCool]

Wasn't a big fan of Batman & Robin. I know everyone loves that movie.

lol ah, this post made my day.:D

[Dracula]

Another one that's very highly rated is Tootsie. Has anyone even seen that movie? Compare that to the other movies on those lists. Really very average, and I love Dustin Hoffman.

The thing about Tootsie is, comedies are always going to seem a little... lightwheight, when it's put on a list like that. But really it sets out to do everything it's intended to do. I have the same situation whenever a Juno or Little Miss Sunshine gets an Oscar nomination over a serious also-ran. Maybe it is a little crazy to nominate Juno instead of say, The Wind that Shakes the Barley, but not every great movie has to be a serious meditation on a social issue, and/or a visual splendor to be great.

[Dhamon22]

I could never get into the Indiana Jones movies.

[DVDAVE]

LOL, I will proboably get bashed for this but basically all of Woody Allen's films I do not like. I just can't stand him or his movies.

[SnoBorderZero]

Well he is a real hit or miss guy. Aside from Manhattan and Annie Hall I haven't really liked his stuff that much either.

[JBond]

Sleeper's pretty funny.

[iv3rdawG]

I think a lot of the "big" movies are overrated. I don't hate them though.

[Dracula]

Well he is a real hit or miss guy. Aside from Manhattan and Annie Hall I haven't really liked his stuff that much either.

"hit or miss" is enevitable when you make a movie every single year. Check out Crimes and Misdemeanors if you get a chance.

[drob127]

cant stand a bronx tale and i dont think scarface is anywhere near as good as people make it out to be

[JustinW]

I'd agree with Scarface. I really disliked it.

[drob127]

finally someone who agrees with me...i live in south philly and its so annoying how many people adore this movie

[SnoBorderZero]

"hit or miss" is enevitable when you make a movie every single year. Check out Crimes and Misdemeanors if you get a chance.

Yeah definitely, but also his humor just doesn't register with everyone just like all comedy. I haven't seen many of his movies, but it seems to be that you either like Woody Allen's style or you don't, even though most agree that Annie Hall is great.

[Escape]

Scarface, Blade Runner, and even the Shining though I didn't hate that one. I just think it's over rated.

Blade Runner was overly depressing with the rain all day and all night. Tried twice to get into that film but couldn't do it.

[DVDAVE]

cant stand a bronx tale and i dont think scarface is anywhere near as good as people make it out to be finally someone who agrees with me...i live in south philly and its so annoying how many people adore this movie


I live in philly too. And yes those two movies are always on the tops of peoples list. I like "Scarface" alot more then I do "A Bronx Tail" I just like how over the top it is. But both are extreamly over rated movies IMO. Expecially for all the want to be thugs who have Scarface as the Holy Grail cause all the rappers love the movie, so basically that means they should too. :rolleyes:

[SnoBorderZero]

Scarface, Blade Runner, and even the Shining though I didn't hate that one. I just think it's over rated.

Blade Runner was overly depressing with the rain all day and all night. Tried twice to get into that film but couldn't do it.

Well that's the imagery it's going for. It wouldn't be nearly as effective if its vision of the future was happy and optimistic, especially when filmmakers could use visions of the outcome of the Cold War as a backdrop. I think also it depends which version of Blade Runner you watch. I'd say always watch the theatrical version first and then branch off so you get the gist of the story and then compare cuts later. But I agree on The Shining all the way.

[PsYkOoOoO]

Lawrence of Arabia.

So. Boring.

[tvseries]

Braveheart
Shakespeare In Love

I like Braveheart ^_^

[Knerys]

Gone with the Wind.

[JBond]

I'm starting to think no one likes Gone with the Wind

[Cartagia]

I've never much cared for Casablanca. Not that I hate it, but when I finally saw it, my first thought was "That's it?"

Not a big fan of 2001 either. I appreciate it from a technological and artistic standpoint, but almost every time I watch it, I fall asleep.

[IanTheCool]

I'm starting to think no one likes Gone with the Wind

I like it. Scarlett O'Hara is a wonderful character.

[King_of_Skid_Row]

Shakespeare in Love, Titanic, and Annie Hall. I just can't get into them :( .

[JustinW]

If you dislike Annie Hall, then you are a terrible person.

[SnoBorderZero]

Shakespeare in Love is a classic?

[King_of_Skid_Row]

If you dislike Annie Hall, then you are a terrible person.

I like Million Dollar Baby and Casablanca more.

[MasterChief117]

Scarface and The Godfather to me are highly overrated. Scarface especially, every wanna be 'gangster' has acquired themselves a Scarface poster. Its so annoying when they show it off.

[JustinW]

I like Million Dollar Baby and Casablanca more.

What does Million Dollar Baby have to do with The Godfather? It isn't even a classic, much less a good film. But I do love Casablanca...

[Escape]

Well that's the imagery it's going for. It wouldn't be nearly as effective if its vision of the future was happy and optimistic, especially when filmmakers could use visions of the outcome of the Cold War as a backdrop. I think also it depends which version of Blade Runner you watch. I'd say always watch the theatrical version first and then branch off so you get the gist of the story and then compare cuts later. But I agree on The Shining all the way.
Oh I do get the imagery they were striving for and it seemed to work for most folks. My opinion though is mostly based on emotion which all that damp dreariness gave me. I'm not downing the director's choice at all.

I'm not certain which cut it was though. I don't have one to compare the other with. It was older so I'm assuming it was the theatrical version. The Director's cut came out not too long ago I'm believe.

[JT3294]

Gone with the Wind.

I was gonna say that but figured I'd catch a s**t storm lol.

I just can't get into that stuff lol. Anything romance for me sucks lol. I just don't find romance entertaining.

[JT3294]

Scarface and The Godfather to me are highly overrated. Scarface especially, every wanna be 'gangster' has acquired themselves a Scarface poster. Its so annoying when they show it off.

You blame the movie for that and not the lame ass thugs? lol.

I think Scarface is slightly overrated (it's not the greatest thing since boobjobs or anything) but I still think it's a great movie.

[Art_of_crime]

Godfather
Scarface
On The Waterfront
A Streetcar named Desire
The Sound of Music
Gone With the Wind

[IanTheCool]

Godfather
Scarface
On The Waterfront
A Streetcar named Desire
The Sound of Music
Gone With the Wind

So you're not a Brando fan I take it?

[Art_of_crime]

So you're not a Brando fan I take it?
not in the least.

I'm also not a fan of Mafia movies, but I left a lot of them out.

[Big-Lead5]

Godfather
Scarface
On The Waterfront
A Streetcar named Desire
The Sound of Music
Gone With the Wind

Ok i can understand Gone With The Wind very long movie

The Sound of Music i understand i'm not musical kind of guy

But On the Waterfront is a Classic i love this movie.Have u even sat and watch this movie.

[Art_of_crime]

Ok i can understand Gone With The Wind very long movie

The Sound of Music i understand i'm not musical kind of guy

But On the Waterfront is a Classic i love this movie.Have u even sat and watch this movie.

yup. once on my own, and once in an acting class I took a little while ago. Its just not something that I was into.

[Big-Lead5]

yup. once on my own, and once in an acting class I took a little while ago. Its just not something that I was into.

oh well then its your loss its good movie.But i guess u can't like every movie

[Art_of_crime]

fair enough.
did you like cinderella man?

[Big-Lead5]

fair enough.
did you like cinderella man?

I haven't gotten around to watch it yet. I do plan to soon

[tvseries]

Braveheart
Shakespeare In Love

Why you hate these, for me both were good movie.

[sapphirejewels28]

I've never much cared for Casablanca. Not that I hate it, but when I finally saw it, my first thought was "That's it?"

Not a big fan of 2001 either. I appreciate it from a technological and artistic standpoint, but almost every time I watch it, I fall asleep.

I definitely agree with you on Casablanca. It's okay, but I don't understand what makes it so amazing.

[Jack]

Classic is a loose word. With that in mind...

Vertigo
Aliens
The Shawshank Redemption
Duck Soup
Goodfellas

[MasterChief117]

You blame the movie for that and not the lame ass thugs? lol.

I think Scarface is slightly overrated (it's not the greatest thing since boobjobs or anything) but I still think it's a great movie.

Comedy at its finest.:)

No, I just didn't like it because it became so annoying with Al Pacino always screaming, doing crack and his sister that always wanted to do stuff with him. Just wasn't my kind of movie.

[JBond]

I watched MASH for the first time yesterday. I didn't really care for it. Then again, I'm not a huge fan of Altman's style. (Except for Short Cuts)

[Carnage Escobar]

Vertigo
Aliens
The Shawshank Redemption
Goodfellas

Wow, you actually hate these? Or did you simply not care for them? Cause if you actually hated them, you must be eliminated from these boards.

[Big-Lead5]

Classic is a loose word. With that in mind...

Vertigo
Aliens
The Shawshank Redemption
Duck Soup
Goodfellas

Is there a Reason u dont like these movies?

Vertigo is Great Hitchcock movie

[Doomsday]

Kinda broad, but with very few exceptions I am no fan of sports movies. There are some I like, but on the whole I have no interest in watching them. Glory Road, We Are Marshall, Friday Night Lights, ugh!

[IanTheCool]

Kinda broad, but with very few exceptions I am no fan of sports movies. There are some I like, but on the whole I have no interest in watching them. Glory Road, We Are Marshall, Friday Night Lights, ugh!
Well, don't worry. I don't really think those 3 will ever be considered classics.

[FranklinTard]

haha i was going to say... how are those classics...

[Doomsday]

They aren't, just a few off the top of my head from a genre I all but despise at this point.

[FranklinTard]

unaware this was the what movie genre do you hate thread...

[JBond]

Poor Franklin, gets upset so easily.

[IanTheCool]

The only sports movies i think that would be considered classics are slap shot, pride of the yankees, and maybe bull durham (which i didn't like at all), the natural and perhaps rudy.

[FranklinTard]

what about caddyshack?

[Doomsday]

I wasn't impressed by Caddyshack at all, but I wouldn't necessarily call it a 'sports' movie, just like I don't think I'd call Happy Gilmore a sports movie. Even Slap Shot only had a few moments of hilarity, I thought it was just so so. Rocky and Rudy are more or less the only ones I can tolerate.

[Big-Lead5]

What about

The Longest Yard

The Bad news bears

Brian's song


Eight men Out

Nort Dallas Forty

Breaking Away

[JBond]

I have to agree with Doomsday, sports movies are stupid.

[Art_of_crime]

Rosemary's Baby
Psycho was overrated, seriously overrated.

[steintym]

There are very few sport movies that I really enjoy. I'm a huge sports fan and the movies never do it for me. Rocky and Caddyshack are probably the exceptions, but the main story isn't about the sport.

[halo7]

Hey man, I LIKE Friday Night Lights. :(

[JT3294]

This review sums up EXACTLY why I'm not a fan of Clint Eastwood.

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/reviewsnews.php?id=49844

[Doomsday]

Not a fan of good movies, eh? ;)

But yeah, I heard Changeling was alright, and even based on the previews it was just screaming 'Mystic River.' I'll probably see it, but he does have a chance to redeem himself with Gran Torino if this turns out to be a disappointment.

BTW, if you don't like Mystic River, well......

[JustinW]

Rosemary's Baby
Psycho was overrated, seriously overrated.

There are so many things wrong with this.

[Knerys]

I have to agree with Doomsday, sports movies are stupid.

Not all of them. :rolleyes:

[Ashift30]

I personally love Breaking Away, North Dallas 40, the original The Longest Yard. I still remember going to them on opening weekend....years ago.

[moonlightangel89]

Respect by Aretha franklin

[Ramplate]

I like almost every movie you all have listed except for Scarface - couldn't get past his accent with that one.

Also I didn't care for The Natural - knocking the cover off the ball was stupid - not to mention impossible.

I was also bored with Out of Africa

[Doomsday]

Out of Africa is one of those 'that actually won Best Picture?' movies. I could throw on Crash, Shakespeare in Love, and Oliver! onto that list too.

[unity768]

what about "Ordinary People?"

[Ramplate]

Signs

Signs was a suspense thriller - it kept me in suspense wondering when it was gonna thrill me.

[FranklinTard]

not a classic.

[JBond]

But that movie has got to be, like, 10 years old!

[Art_of_crime]

what exactly is the "classic" age anyway?

[Big-Lead5]

I aways thought a movie to b classic was 20 years

[Ramplate]

There's a bunch of movies in this thread that I don't call classics either - and it doesn't have that much to do with their age.

A classic is a movie that everyone holds in high esteem - something that holds up viewing after viewing. Yes, it has to stand the test of time, but it has to have a special quality first.

Young Einstein is 20 years old but I'd never call it a classic just because of that - does anyone even remember Yahoo Serious? :meanie:
I mean REALLY remember him?

[steintym]

I agree, the age of the movie is only part of the formula. I think there are some movies that become instant classics and haven't been around long.

[FranklinTard]

yea but signs? seriously? who considers it a classic?

[Ramplate]

a lot of people I know loved it - almost all of my friends - and they couldn't belive how bored I was with it

[steintym]

Signs is probably not classic material. Actually one of my favorite movies, though. I didn't find it boring at all, but this does seem to be a movie that people either really love or really hate.

[JBond]

Signs has enjoyable moments, but the end is just....yuck. It kills it.

[Art_of_crime]

There are so many things wrong with this.
not my problem
loved rear window and vertigo, but psycho just didn't do it for me.
do i really need to unpack rosemary's baby?

[Jack]

Is there a Reason u dont like these movies?

Vertigo is Great Hitchcock movie

Jimmy Stewart is unconvincing, the plotting is slow, the ending is awful, and the famous technical aspects (the dream sequence and the camera zoom/pan) don't hold up over time at all.

Aliens is an overblown 80s action movie. The set design, the direction, the writing, and the entire concept is such a blunt and obtuse response to the sheer elegance and precision that is Alien.

The Shawshank Redemption : Men :: The Notebook : Women

Duck Soup is strange because given my tastes for smartass humor and overblown satire, you'd think I'd dig it. I really, really did not.

Goodfellas is obnoxious and cynical with no emotional weight. Some scenes with Pesci are admittedly well-done, but otherwise I found the whole movie to be pretty grating.

[FranklinTard]

^ very true... on all counts....

[Doomsday]

I'm also not the biggest Goodfellas fan. I didn't really feel drawn to any of the characters and didn't find myself caring for any of them. Then again, I also understand that it's also the point of the movie.

Duck Soup though, what's there not to like?

[Big-Lead5]

The Shawshank Redemption to me is great movie its 1 my top 10 movies of all time.

You have your opinion i have mine

[docstop]

A movie that I dislike heavily would have to be Titanic. The title of the movie says Titanic but it was actually a romance story. I know they couldn't just have the ship sinking and everything but the way they decided to go about the storyline bugged me. Maybe I just dislike the Celine Dion music.

[fantasticfour40]

Citizen Kane. Why so great?

[JustinW]

Edit.

[JustinW]

Citizen Kane. Why so great?

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