S/O: Great Movies You Don't Like

[barkley]

Blasphemy! The older Eastwood westerns are some of the best ever made!

please tell me you don't include his musical western 'paint your wagon' in this category

 

[barkley]

i don't consider these to be good movies but i know they have legions of dedicated fans (including a couple of my household members) however i greatly dislike-

breakfast club
sixteen candles
everything everywhere all at once

 

[RedAngie]

I don’t know if these are generally acknowledged as “great” films but I didn’t like anything related to

Star Wars
Batman (except the campy 60s version)
Indiana Jones

 

[OKW8297]

I have hated The Wizard of Oz since I was a small child. DH loves it.

Yeah caught part of it on tv recently and I was appalled at how bad it is. Nostalgia had totally replaced reality in my mind.

 

[ScottOKW2K]

Gone With The Wind. I've probably seen the whole movie in bits and pieces but have never seen it in one sitting.

 

[Jennasis]

Barbie. Made it maybe 20 minutes in before looking at each other and going "with are we watching?"

 

[NotUrsula]

And what's wrong with that? It might not be your cup of tea, but there are many great films that feature unlikable protagonists or unpleasant subject matters. 12 Years a Slave or Requiem for a Dream comes to mind. Both are bravura. I never need to see the former again, however, as it was so relentlessly unpleasant.

I don't have any issue with protagonists who are unlikeable; that I expect. What I have no patience with, and don't like spending my valuable time watching, is an entire cast, and a plot, that is intentionally vapid.

I didn't happen to find that film great, and neither did DH; both of us thought it was dreck, but it won 5 Oscars including Best Picture, so a lot of people did apparently think it was great. Thus, I think my answer fits the criteria for the question. Sideways is widely considered to be a great film, but I just don't like it.

 

[DaisyDuck001]

Princess Bride
And another vote for Titanic

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

Until somebody mentioned it, I forgot about Princess Bride.

I just didn't "get it" I suppose. I saw it in the middle of the day, and was having to fight to stay awake.

 

[Cadiewampus]

I hated Pulp Fiction. I thought it was too violent. The English Patient was so boring.

Elaine is that you?