Films you can't stand...

[Harvey]

Bah. I like the Howard Hawks version, but Carpenter's update is by far superior.

As far as films I can't stand go, how about Scorsese's The Departed. If the Academy wanted to rally around the director as a concillation prize for overlooking so many of his previous films, why not award him for the superior The Aviator rather than this excessive and unnecessary remake?

I'll echo the general dissatisfaction with Ben Stiller. He's even the weak link in his own movie, Tropic Thunder. I hear that he delivers a good performance in Greenberg, however.

 

[The Borgified Corpse]

Owen Wilson is exactly the same in every picture he's in. He always makes me think he just lost his surfboard.

At least give Owen Wilson credit for this: He co-wrote Rushmore.

 

[Too Much Fun]

I think Owen Wilson is a great writer based on the movies he co-wrote with Wes Anderson, but I think when he stars in any movie besides one of those, he gets annoying really fast. His stiff acting and lack of range in "Wedding Crashers" annoyed the hell out of me. Vince Vaughn and Isla Fisher were fantastic, but the crappy writing and Wilson's weak acting really dragged the thing down.

 

[Ward Fowler]

...

You are the anti-me. Not to be insulting, but how old are you and how long is your attention span?

 

[BolianAuthor]

I also forgot to add another major stinkfest...

- Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen

 

[RandyS]

Unbreakable. A broken movie if there ever was one.

 

[GalaxyX]

Hmm, I liked Unbreakable. The best M. Night Shalaman movie IMO. What it could have used was a little more action though.

I'm too easy on movies, but if I had to pick movies I completely hate:

Wing Commander - Dear God that was the most amount of nonsense I have ever seen packed into 2hrs of movie! The ships look like F4U Corsair "Corncobs", and the idiotic lines "They never existed!!"

I haven't seen Twilight, but from what I know of the story I would hate it with a passion.

Matrix Revolutions got sucked into its own black hole of pretentiousness. "Love is just a word, the emotion is much more" and other inane psychobabble. Trinity dies and Neo (for all intents and purposes) dies also. Great victory . I hate that movie, but will still watch it if it's on TV.

All the TNG movies were crap, even First Contact wasn't that good.

 

[Gaith]

The Princess Bride

The Departed

Yeah, it was pretty sophomoric. The Aviator was pretty bad, too. But Gangs of New York is only an unspired finale away from being a classic.

Casablanca: massively overrated

The last 3 Star Wars movies were fairly god awful as well. I really doubt that I need to explain why.

I've personally vowed never to watch any PT movie again, except maybe to live-MST3K with some drunk and equally dorky friends I don't yet have. I saw a fan-edited Episode II a few years ago that actually made it a fun flick, but ultimately none of them are worth the time.

"Apocalypse Now" slow, boring as shit, and ultimately pointless.

V for Vendetta is pretty good until the ending, which makes no sense whatsoever. V wants to restore democracy... so he blows up a building built for democratic debate? Dumbest climax ever.

Kung-Pow: Enter the Fist: The only movie I've ever graded an F.

Eternal (No, Seriously, it Never Ends) Movie of the Agonizing Pretentiousness: Blech. The very premise is too stupid to be borne. "Get rid of everything in your house that reminds you of your ex. No, your friends will never mention your relationship, thus causing you to wonder what they're talking about. Don't ask. It's an artful movie, so shut up and respect the hipster porn."

And my personal un-favorite:

... The Mummy Returns. For being half awesome, and half vomiting all over my second-favorite movie.

 

[Small White Car]

The entire catalog of Will Ferrell movies, except for The Producers. The rest need to be locked in a vault, never to be seen again.

Really?

You think 'Old School', 'Elf' and 'Stranger Than Fiction' all belong on the same list?

Because I can't think of 3 more different movies.

 

[Joel_Kirk]

As far as films I can't stand go, how about Scorsese's The Departed. If the Academy wanted to rally around the director as a concillation prize for overlooking so many of his previous films, why not award him for the superior The Aviator rather than this excessive and unnecessary remake?

I agree with that...

 

[Shazam!]

Any of the live-action Batman films after Burton's '89 -- that includes today's.

I don't hate any of the new Batman films, but high-fives for Batman '89. Easily the greatest Batman film to date.

 

[Shazam!]

The Mummy Returns. For being half awesome, and half vomiting all over my second-favorite movie.

There's an amzing bit in that where Arnold Vosloo charges into the corner of the frame and shouts "NOOOOOOOOO" whilst on one knee.

It makes the Vader 'NOOOOOOOOO' moment seem almost sensible.

 

[Nardpuncher]

Anything with Jack Black, Will Ferrell, Ben Stiller or Owen Wilson.

That right there is the cast list for The Hangover in some alternate universe I'm overjoyed we're not in!

 

[Klaus]

Besides the obvious [the PT], I'd say The Matrix is the biggest name on my list. Cheesy "philosophy" and silly twisting-in-the-air tricks to make the fans go "oooooo". Plus it has Keanu-- the defense rests.

 

[Deckerd]

Sunshine. Why don't people realise how awful it is? It tries to be hard science but gives up the moment they reveal the sun is on the blink... then the pilot just forgets how to fly the ship and break it.

it's a bad film.

Give that man a cigar.

 

[zakkrusz]

2001: A Space Oddesy (Cool science turned to trippy psychedelic light show)
Armageddon (A whole lot of meh)
Alien VS Preditor Movies (Alien movies and Preditor movies are good put them together and they suck.)
Children of Men (Put me to sleep)
Contact (Awful ending)
The Cell (Just plain bad, walked out on this)
No Country For Old Men (Awful ending)
Space Cowboys (See Armageddon)

 

[GalaxyX]

Children of Men

I didn't mention this one because I haven't seen it, or ever plan to see it.

But from what I know of the premise and story of it, I would hate it's guts.

 

[John Picard]

Children of Men

I didn't mention this one because I haven't seen it, or ever plan to see it.

But from what I know of the premise and story of it, I would hate it's guts.

Netflix thought I would like Children of Men. Unfortunately, I did not.

 

[stonester1]

Armageddon

I can forgive bad science to a certain extent. But if it is OBVIOUSLY bad, not just bad with a block of technobabble, then you combine it with a stupid script, hackneyed characters and schmaltzy Aerosmith tunes designed to appeal to the mall rat set...it makes Baby Jeebus cry.


Hulk Hogan in No Holds Barred

I walked out of it at theater at the Yuma Proving Grounds, Arizona. At a free showing. I much preferred to get as far away from that crapfest as I could. Found a cute lady generator mechanic's ass that was much more entertaining.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid-This one is for Middle School boys, big time. No one else.

 

[Truth_Seeker]

Armageddon

I can forgive bad science to a certain extent. But if it is OBVIOUSLY bad, not just bad with a block of technobabble, then you combine it with a stupid script, hackneyed characters and schmaltzy Aerosmith tunes designed to appeal to the mall rat set...it makes Baby Jeebus cry.

I agree! My biggest problem with this movie is that an asteroid is supposed to have almost unmeasurably low gravity, but the entire mission looks like it's happening under normal Earth gravity.