Have You Ever Watched a Movie and Realized You Didn't Enjoy It? if So, What Movie?

SnowDragon on 08/09/2020 - 08:13
Last edited 09/09/2020 - 16:12

I watched I'm Thinking of Ending Things last night after seeing the trailer on YouTube. The trailer made me hopeful - it seemed somewhat like the movie Get Out where a man is meeting his girlfriends family and strange things begin to happen.

What I got was two hours of pretentious dialogue and not much else. A suspenseful thriller becomes a 10 minute long dance number (apparently from the musical "Oklahoma"). The whole time I was waiting for something interesting to happen. The movie has a rating of 7/10 on IMDB and I just don't understand why. It's not a drama nor a thriller. It's a surreal movie that achieves nothing and I wish I had seen something else. You could argue that the point of a movie is to make you feel something and it achieved that by making me feel angry. It reminds me of the time I slogged through an hour of The Lobster.

Maybe I just don't appreciate art. I've never been one to walk into an art gallery and marvel at someone who has thrown paint at a canvas.

Anyway, what films have you hated/walked out of the theater/returned to the DVD store in disgust?

Edit If you disagree with people's opinions, write a comment. Don't just neg vote them because they hate a movie you like.

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        • Indiana1501 on 09/09/2020 - 11:28
          +1

          @Boogerman Eyes Wide Shut was a complete train wreck.

          • Deals For Days on 09/09/2020 - 18:59

            @Indiana1501: Did you know what it was about?

          • Pacify on 10/09/2020 - 22:32
            +1

            @Indiana1501: One mediocre film. 9 or more borderline masterpieces.

            Ya'll on crack. Kubrick is one of the most important directors cinema history.

        • skid on 09/09/2020 - 11:34
          +3

          Blade Runner was directed by Ridley Scott and the best movie of all time. Surely you're thinking of another Kubrick movie?

        • monky on 10/09/2020 - 19:26

          Say what you want about Kubrick, but I'm standing firmly in defense of Barry Lyndon: Every frame of that film is a work of art.

    • Deals For Days on 09/09/2020 - 18:59
      +1

      Haven't seen Blade Runner but the other three are spectacular. 2001 is slow, and yes the end is weird, but the idea is truly intriguing. The Shining, a great adaptation with Kubrick's own thematic ideas. A Clockwork Orange I probably enjoyed the least, but again never failed to at least entertain me.

      • Boogerman on 09/09/2020 - 19:11

        Clockwork Orange is a cross between Pulp Fiction and Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory

        • srr on 09/09/2020 - 23:12

          The book is genius.

          • Boogerman on 10/09/2020 - 12:51

            @srr: The Big Bang Theory episode where Sheldon trains Penny was better

      • Ghost47 on 19/09/2020 - 20:37

        Stephen King himself has actually stated he hates the Kubrick version.

    • Pacify on 10/09/2020 - 22:29
      +1

      Wow how edgy

      All 4 of those are easy 10/10 films.

      • Boogerman on 11/09/2020 - 10:13
        +1

        Acting & story writing has become more complex & realistic since then
        A bit like how horror movies prior to circa 1990 were so fake they were comedies

    • blorx on 11/09/2020 - 08:49
      +2

      Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049 + The Shining and Doctor Sleep are all great films.

      • Ghost47 on 19/09/2020 - 20:38

        Doctor Sleep was so (profanity) good. I'm surprised I didn't hear much about it last year when it was released.

    • try2bhelpful on 11/09/2020 - 13:16

      Loved the first Blade Runner but the sequel sucked canal water. Beautifully shot but just an obnoxious film.

      • Boogerman on 11/09/2020 - 13:21

        I switched it off after 10 minutes

    • Cave Fire on 11/09/2020 - 15:46
      +1

      Blade runner in the cinema is great. You can see the scale of the visuals properly.

  • barghunt1 on 09/09/2020 - 10:48

    Aloha
    This means war

    • funeste on 11/09/2020 - 00:41

      Aloha is a great movie to watch drunk. Recommended!

      • barghunt1 on 11/09/2020 - 10:45

        Aloha did succeed in putting me to sleep.

    • parismeow on 11/09/2020 - 18:15

      I came here to comment Aloha as well… Waste of time and money

  • odc on 09/09/2020 - 11:15
    +1

    Only movie I've walked out half way through it was Lala land.

    • Boogerman on 09/09/2020 - 11:34
      +4

      The English Patient?

    • John Kimble on 12/09/2020 - 19:56

      Yep, couldn't get into that movie either.

  • OzHunterNSW on 09/09/2020 - 12:12
    +2

    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
    I was forever waiting for the fight scene.

    • SnowDragon on 09/09/2020 - 12:23
      +1

      I saw the movie back when it came out and again recently after I read all 3 of the original books.
      The movie is quite confusing without all the background knowledge of the book.

      I'd like them have Rooney and Daniel do the next 2 movies but that'll never happen.

      • Rockets84 on 09/09/2020 - 13:38
        +1

        I thought the three Swedish movie adaptions are good if you don't mind subtitles.

        • gromit on 09/09/2020 - 20:56
          +2

          yep, loved the 3 swedish versions, even having to read subtitles is better than the english remake. After seeing the first by accident I hunted down the other 2 immediately.

        • SydStrand on 09/09/2020 - 20:59

          I thought this was one of the few (if only) times the American adaptation was better than the 'original.' The Swedish films were cheap and rushed to capitalise on the popularity of the novels. And while Noomi Rapace has been great in other projects, IMO, she was incredibly poorly cast as Lisbeth Salander.

  • pe arl on 09/09/2020 - 13:53

    Dark Knight Rises; that was really painful to sit through. Also left in the first 20 minutes of Lala Land but hoping to give it another go sometime.
    Fell asleep during Harry Potter and gave up after an hour of trying to like The Truman Show. Sometimes, especially with more "artsy" movies, I don't "get" the storyline and end up leaving confused and slightly annoyed both at myself and at the movie. Probably need to watch more movies and develop a better understanding of cinema maybe :p

    • BaarOzGain on 12/09/2020 - 19:14
      +1

      Really ? I really enjoyed it, had one heck of an ending too like most of Nolan movies

  • Nebargains on 09/09/2020 - 14:01

    Borat. Sure there was an amusing gag here or there but for all the hype it received I found it pretty ordinary. Guess it just wasn't my style of comedy.

    • monky on 10/09/2020 - 19:23

      Double up with Bruno: People were walking out of the cinema at the showing I went to.

  • Seraphin7 on 09/09/2020 - 14:06

    I've seen a lot of howlers in my time, but The English Patient remains the only movie I've ever fallen asleep in at the cinema.

    Ironically, having slept though probably more than half of it, I still new exactly what the overall storyline was. Three hours of dross that could have been done in 80 minutes.

    • Boogerman on 09/09/2020 - 21:23
      +2

      Elaine, youā€™re fired

  • skid on 09/09/2020 - 14:14

    Cars 3. It's woke and pales in comparison to the magnificent first two.

    I can tolerate woke reboots like Ghostbusters, MIB but Cars 3 lost the essence of the Cars story.

  • bardlee on 09/09/2020 - 14:14

    Xanadu. Fantastic soundtrack unwatchable movie.

    • papachris on 10/09/2020 - 01:28

      If you hired the video, it certainly became unwatchable when Olivia appeared in her white roller-skating outfit. It was almost like lots of boys had watched and re-watched the same scenes for some reason…

  • postform on 09/09/2020 - 14:19
    +13

    Mulan 2020. Don't even bother. Themes are forced, political and .. out of all the disney movies this has got to be the worst.

    • Mosher on 09/09/2020 - 17:56
      +2

      Mulan 2020

      Made to cater for the chinese propaganda

    • Ghost47 on 19/09/2020 - 20:39

      Free HK

  • Greem85 on 09/09/2020 - 14:21

    'Funny Games' (from 2007) - sat down to watch that as a 25yrs old, not knowing what to expect. I was so horrified with this movie's treatment of its characters from the first minute, that I ended up feeling sick by the end of it.

    To top things off, I have followed it up immediately afterwards with the original Korean version of 'Old Boy'. That evening was ruined in so many ways, it could not be salvaged afterwards.

    • beyondparadigms on 09/09/2020 - 17:17

      Woof - I would not watch those two movies back to back, though I find them both fascinatingly macabre. Funny Games (and most Haneke's other work) really STICKS to the brain.

  • lddv04 on 09/09/2020 - 14:47
    -2

    "The Road" and "Atonement", two of the most mind-numbing experiences I have endured!

    • BuyoTheCat on 09/09/2020 - 17:19
      +2

      I sat through Atonement purely because of keira knightly

    • Dancasper on 11/09/2020 - 23:47
      +2

      The Road? It is one of the most suspense filled horror movie I have ever seen. I'm not into those movies but it wasn't that bad!

      My brother said he saw Atonement with his wife and fell asleep in the first 10min.

    • Ghost47 on 19/09/2020 - 20:40
      +1

      Haven't seen Atonement but The Road was spectacular. That is the only movie where I really get destroyed at the end.

  • BargainCowboy on 09/09/2020 - 15:12
    +2

    I liked The Lobster. Boyhood and I think The Tree of Life are the worst movies I ever watched.

    • mjcoll123 on 09/09/2020 - 15:25

      I thought I was going to die of boredom in Tree of Life - and Iā€™m a big fan of Brad Pitt.

    • jeka1103 on 09/09/2020 - 20:07
      +6

      I really enjoyed Boyhood. Was such a fascinating concept!

  • kiitos on 09/09/2020 - 16:10

    Isn't It Romantic - badly scripted for a cast that should have produced a decent movie

    Prometheus - bad storyline, characters not behaving as they should, illogical magic liquid, a big letdown from Alien expectations

  • [Deactivated] on 09/09/2020 - 16:16
    +2

    I was forced to watch "Hitch". "Kill me now, kill me now, kill me now" said the voice in my head whilst watching.

  • jay2datee on 09/09/2020 - 16:45
    +3

    Terminator: Dark Fate. After hearing that Arnie, Linda Hamilton and Edward Furlong were all going to be in it, I thought "YES! The whole T2 crew are back! This is going to kick ass"

    Now I just wish I could go back in time to stop myself from seeing that film…

  • AlanHB on 09/09/2020 - 16:56

    The worst movie I saw at the cinema was Alien vs Predator 2. It was so bad that when people left the cinema, instead of being happy and chatty, the audience (including myself) left in complete silence, averting any eye contact and kinda separated in a silent agreement we'd never talk about this experience again.

    In terms of movies that others enjoy and I don't really, I really don't get Top Gun. Its just not that great, nothing much happens and I don't care for what little does happen.

    • BuyoTheCat on 09/09/2020 - 17:37
      +2

      Top Gun is about the bestest aircraft of all time. F-14 Tomcat

      • Mosher on 09/09/2020 - 17:55
        +1

        Saw this when it first came out in school and I have no desire to see it again

        • jmi on 10/09/2020 - 16:11

          How can you not like the iconic beach volleyball scene? /s ;-)

  • bargdebarg on 09/09/2020 - 17:01
    +8

    Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

    Christ, what a pretentious, indulgent and pointless wank of a film.

    I liked the older Tarantino films. Found this unbearable.

    • Mosher on 09/09/2020 - 17:53
      +7

      I enjoyed it but it isn't his best that's for sure

    • SydStrand on 09/09/2020 - 20:54
      +1

      Agreed. If you didn't already know about the Manson Family or Tate murders, you'd get almost nothing out of this. I've enjoyed all his other movies, but this was the first one that you needed to do your pre-reading for.

    • ribze1 on 09/09/2020 - 21:52
      +1

      I'm a big Tarantino fan, got an hour in and had to stop.

      • bargdebarg on 13/09/2020 - 17:01

        I watched to the end, just hoping for somethuto happen.

    • Pacify on 10/09/2020 - 22:38
      +1

      If you don't understand any of hollywood history, maybe.

      Even without knowing most of the history I still thought it was a fantastic film. And even better after reading up about it and rewatching it.

      • bargdebarg on 13/09/2020 - 17:01

        Yeah I did feel like you had to be Hollywood alumni or just really into the scene to appreciate the film. Even so, there just wasn't enough in it for me.

    • mrdevil on 11/09/2020 - 00:30
      +1

      Ha - that's almost exactly how my sister described it, and we're both big Tarantino fans - and have the same taste in movies. I've heard a few people say the same things, which is incredibly disappointing given the topic could have had potential (not to mention the stellar cast). Can't bring myself to even try watching it.

    • Dancasper on 12/09/2020 - 00:18
      +1

      I can't believe I had to scroll to page 3 to find this.

      I saw it with a half full cinema (pre-covid) and it is the only movie I've seen where the whole audience was just aching for…something?!..to happen. It was painful.

      I knew about the Manson family, etc but this went no where. Tarantino films typically have long dialogue scenes which usually end in a climactic point. This didnt. It felt like hours of pointless padding dialogue, one 5min scene of suspense (which goes nowhere) and a comical 5min action sequence at the end.

      There's even a sequence of Brad Pitt returning to his caravan, feeding his dog and having a beer - no dialogue - which runs for 10min.

      I think the sum expression from the audience was WTF? when it was over.

      • bargdebarg on 13/09/2020 - 16:59

        I know right. I couldn't believe I was the first to comment it. The film had potential. But nothing happened. So much pointless dribble.

  • BuyoTheCat on 09/09/2020 - 17:33
    +2

    Winter's Bone (2010) staring Jennifer Lawrence.
    Great cinematography. Won shitloads of awards. I learnt that just because it wins awards doesnt mean I will enjoy it
    I think a lot of it is cultural context that is lost on me.

    Star Wars: The force awaken
    Went for the opening night screening all excited. Watching the moving trying to see where the series fit in the canon. Chewy is alive….Han dies…..what! Where is Jana? Left the movie confused and feeling that it is a generic scifi. replace storm troopers with Klingon it still works. replace the x-wings with transformer, still works.

  • CatKing on 09/09/2020 - 18:38
    +1

    the latest "Mulan" movie, freaking ancient chinese spoke english, that's really weird.

    • Pacify on 10/09/2020 - 22:39
      +4

      Like a literal million other films?

      Since when does a hollywood film set in another country EVER not have english dialogue. You are tripping mate lol

      • tryagain on 11/09/2020 - 22:10

        The Passion of Christ?

  • ilsan0 on 09/09/2020 - 19:03
    +7

    I might be negged big time but Tenet was pure shite IMO….

    • SnowDragon on 09/09/2020 - 19:35
      +1

      I want to see it. I hear the plot is confusing as hell but the premise is good.
      It's also one of the only blockbusters released recently so perhaps that's why everyone is going to see it.

      • Theycott on 09/09/2020 - 23:06
        +2

        It's really not that confusing IMO if you pay attention. I loved it. The closest Nolan will come to making a James Bond movie.

    • Dancasper on 12/09/2020 - 00:29

      I agree with you mate. The premise is great but there are giant gaps in the logic filled with bull$hitium which my mind does not accept willingly, even if it is well polished.

    • Ghost47 on 19/09/2020 - 20:46

      The audio was absolutely abhorrent. Couldn't tell what the (profanity) they were saying 90% of the time and thought my ears were wrecked or the cinema had stuffed the audio settings or something. Found out later that was by design, like wtf lol.

  • maximum on 09/09/2020 - 19:05
    +2

    Mother! I have never felt so ripped off by paying to go to the movies (and I'm someone who went and watched Holmes and Watson) boring and pretentious.

    • Carmen Sandiego on 14/09/2020 - 17:23

      Hardcore agreed.

      One watch was more than enough for me.

      Too preachy and Biblical (clearly, I am a lapsed Catholic)

  • Greihawk on 09/09/2020 - 19:23
    +5

    Snowpiercer! Had friends rave about it, so went to see it, i can't believe how awful it was, figured out after it finished that my so-called friends must have decided that they didn't want to be the only idiots who payed to go and see it and therefore the great reviews.

    • ilikeradiohead on 10/09/2020 - 02:41
      +2

      Finally someone mentioned it! It has 94% on Rotten Tomatoes, and 84% on Metacritic! And during the whole film all I could think was why would anyone recommend this nonsense.

  • aliam on 09/09/2020 - 19:48
    +1

    Greyhound (2020) - The tom hanks submarine movie on appletv. I generally liked anything submarine related, like Das Boot, Crimson Tide, Hunt for Red October and U571. But this movie was just so boring. There really wasn't any character development that I enjoyed. Then I found Das Boot TV Series on sbsonline… that is good.

    Movies I've walked out of are:
    Ghostbusters 2 - just terrible

    The Avengers (1998) (the one with Ralph Fienes) - I went to take a leak after 30 mins and realised I was enjoying not being in the cinema, so didn't bother going back in.

    Movie i didn't enjoy but everyone likes - The Full Monty

  • juicy j on 09/09/2020 - 19:57

    Sucker Punch, Ocean's 12 and 13 šŸ™„ Avatar the movie šŸ¤¢ Most remakes of Disney Classics, The Forbidden Kingdom starring Jackie Chan and Jet Li

    • SnowDragon on 09/09/2020 - 20:04
      +2

      Avatar the movie

      James Cameron's?
      If so, the plot was pretty mediocre but the technology for it's time was amazing.

      • juicy j on 10/09/2020 - 16:37
        +1

        Sorry, Avatar the Last Airbender šŸ˜¬

  • jeka1103 on 09/09/2020 - 20:05

    I find it difficult watching a movie that's been hyped or talked up… Generally, I find they don't live up to my expectations and end up getting really frustrated by the end at the waste of my time and wondering what all the fuss was about.

    This may be controversial, but The Greatest Showman was one of these movies for me. I watched it on a plane earlier this year (ya know, when travel was still a thing) and gave up about 3 quarters of the way through. I love Hugh Jackman as much as the next person, and there was nothing wrong with his performance, I just did not enjoy the movie at all.

    Frozen is another one, I watched it after visiting Disney World a few years back and thought there must have been something to it given how much Disney was hemorageing the merchandise and children were obsessing over it. I should have known better…

    Someone previously said Walter Mitty - agree. Was nice visually, but boring otherwise.

    Hurt Locker I watched in the cinema with a friend after it won heaps of awards, and neither of us could understand why. Was very boring and lacked a plot.

    • SnowDragon on 09/09/2020 - 20:26
      +1

      I agreed when I saw reviews saying that The Greatest Showman was Oscars bait.

      I didn't mind a few songs from it, but the movie itself was fairly average.

    • Pacify on 10/09/2020 - 22:41
      +1

      Are you say, between the ages of 6 and 12?

      If not, then it would be a little surprising if you were super into Frozen lol

  • sheebies on 09/09/2020 - 20:11
    +1

    300

    I just couldn't get into it at all, I went to see it at the cinema and I found it incredibly dull. I sat through it just to see if it got any better and I was incredibly disappointed.

    Doctor sleep.

    The shining didn't need a sequel in the first place let alone such a crap attempt at one.

  • ozzguy on 09/09/2020 - 20:26
    +1

    I remember "winning" a double pass to see Anaconda. Went with a mate and we were the only ones in the theatre. We were thinking of leaving early because the movie was a pile of…… but then thought it might be too obvious because it was only us there. I had to wake my mate up when the credits came on. He didn't miss much.

    • TransportPosters on 09/09/2020 - 20:34

      That happened to me when I won tickets to see A Civil Action. It was so boring, really not the kind of thing to see in a cinema.

    • jmi on 10/09/2020 - 16:14
      +1

      Oh, come on Anaconda was iconic. It is the only film where they have a scene of a waterfall with water flowing upwards.

  • TransportPosters on 09/09/2020 - 20:33
    +1

    Some recent viewings would be:

    • ARQ (time loop story like Groundhog Day)
    • G-Loc (sci-fi, was boring)
    • Batman and Robin (more for little kids)
    • Patrick (2013 remake, boring compared to the original)
    • The Goonies (I'm an eighties kid but just can't get into this for some reason, I'm probably quite alone in thinking this)
    • Escape from L.A. (Escape from New York is wonderful, this sequel is terrible)
    • Scenes From a Mall (wasn't as good as I remember it to be)
    • Bill & Ted Face the Music (loved the first one, don't remember the sequel much, and struggling to finish this third one)
  • gromit on 09/09/2020 - 20:38

    Titanic and Avatar.

  • stayhome on 09/09/2020 - 20:42
    -1

    Interstellar.

  • SydStrand on 09/09/2020 - 20:49

    There are a few unpopular opinions here.

    Harry Potter. I admit I read the first two before it was adapted, but this isn't a 'books are better!' rant, as there are plenty of great adaptations I read first like LOTR I love just as much as the source material. The HP films are very inconsistent, not just the quality or direction, but the aesthetic. Compare how different Chamber of Secrets looks from Prisoner of Azkaban. And while they nailed some of the casting (especially the kids), there are some real bizarre choices like Moody or Dumbledore 2. The film Hogwarts looks very different from what I pictured in my mind's eye when reading the books. It's smaller, plainer, the Great Hall was less grand, the school less magical. Big disappointment.

    Deadpool. Did not laugh once during this whole movie, I like comedies! Dumb and Dumber's toilet and the Stone Henge scene in Spinal Tap still get me, but zero Deadpool jokes landed and I found Ryan Reynolds's mugging obnoxious and unfunny. I also thought it looked kinda cheap.

    • SnowDragon on 09/09/2020 - 21:17
      +2

      Dumbledore 2

      Do you mean casting a different actor or his character?
      Because Richard Harris was ill/died when they started filming Azkaban and after.

      But if you mean the character of Dumbledore, then yes; in the movies he became very distant and didn't care about Harry or his students. In the book he was totally different.

      • SydStrand on 09/09/2020 - 21:48

        Michael Gambon.

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