I keep forgetting that y'all aren't talking about the freaky Cronenberg-directed Crash, with James Spader.
I kissed him, and I told him that I loved him. And I killed him.
Buffy ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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Steph L. - Jul 14, 2010 5:47:12 am PDT #9747 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Vonnie K - Jul 14, 2010 5:49:16 am PDT #9748 of 30000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Hee! I had no idea there was so much Eternal Sunshine hatred. (It's one of my all time favourite films; the end never fails to reduce me to fits of sobbing.) I was annoyed by Magnolia, but I LOVE the sing-along to Aimee Mann's "Wise Up."
I don't know if I hate any critically acclaimed / fan-favourite films with the heat of thousand burning suns. I mean, there are revered films that don't do much for me (like Princess Bride -- hey, stop throwing things at me!) and tropes I find annoying (e.g. the whole Manic Pixie Girl thing) and I slept through parts of Malick's The New World, but hate is too strong a word for those.
Daisy Jane - Jul 14, 2010 5:53:02 am PDT #9749 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Yay for the stamp of approval on Inception! I am so excited for that movie!
Tom Scola - Jul 14, 2010 5:55:47 am PDT #9750 of 30000
hwæt
I remember walking out of the theater with a deep, intense hate-on for Grand Canyon, after which I learned to avoid films like that.
tommyrot - Jul 14, 2010 5:56:18 am PDT #9751 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I'm trying to think of any movies I really hate - there must be some but perhaps I've repressed them.
I did hate E.T. when it came out. I watched it again a few years ago and didn't feel the same hatred.
Oh, I sorta' hated Flashdance. Oh, and then there's Escape to Witch Mountain....
And I liked Contact, except I completely hated the "See? Science requires faith too" ending....
tommyrot - Jul 14, 2010 5:59:00 am PDT #9752 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Oh, I knew there was a recent movie I totally hated. Pearl Harbor! God did that suck in so many ways.
Connie Neil - Jul 14, 2010 6:02:10 am PDT #9753 of 30000
brillig
I haven't seen most of the movies you folks hate, because I have no real desire to see them. Then again, if it doesn't have things blowing up and/or an actor I really like and/or a Pixar-ish vibe, I don't see many movies, so my statistical universe is biased.
§ ita § - Jul 14, 2010 6:03:08 am PDT #9754 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't think anyone liked Pearl Harbor, tommy.
What counts as a nihilistic action film? I suspect I love or hate them.
Jessica - Jul 14, 2010 6:04:13 am PDT #9755 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I used to see just about everything, so my ratio of movies I hated to movies I didn't was much higher. These days I only go to things I really want to see and not even all of those, so the overall quality is much higher.
Polter-Cow - Jul 14, 2010 6:06:52 am PDT #9756 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
We're planning on seeing Inception in IMAX on Saturday. So far it's been receiving lots of rave reviews!