Movies that sharply divide audience into love/hate factions

[MessiahDecoy123]

Speed Racer

 

[Octoberist]

I wanna say Juno.

It's really a movie that I like and I know that the hype kinda killed it. Besides the pop culture stuff, it's really a sweet and overall harmless movie.

 

[danoyse]

The Fountain
Paranormal Activity/The Blair Witch Project

 

[bullets]

Speed Racer

I thought it was ok so I'm in between on that one.

 

[[A]]

Speed Racer

Haha I was gonna post this one!

 

[Aesop Rocks]

Just to get it out of the way

Twilight

 

[Spider-Fan]

Good examples for on here:

Spider-Man 3
Terminator: Salvation
Superman Returns

I'd also include:

Pirates of the Carribean sequels
Matrix sequels

 

[SuperFerret]

I'm indifferent to just about all of those listed. I do want to see Paranormal Activity however. The others are just not on my radar (The Fountain), involve concepts I don't like but don't care enough about to "hate" (Speed Racer, Twilight), or I've seen them and had a neutral "it's okay" feeling about them (Juno, Blair Witch).

I'd say that very few movies are truly polarizing in that way.

 

[Jdeadevil]

The Dark Knight

 

[Bunker]

The Dark Knight

wat.

 

[Octoberist]

The Dark Knight

Sorry, I think many here will disagree. This thread is based on the public consensus. Dark Knight does not count because it's a well liked movie. I just don't think that the hate for this movie is strong enough.

You're gonna have people who will divided up (like Speed Racer) aggressively, but not Dark Knight. It's like putting Iron Man on that list too.

 

[SuperFerret]

I don't like the Dark Knight, but I wouldn't say I hate it.

 

[Aesop Rocks]

I didn't like The Dark Knight as a whole. But I enjoyed Heath, Caine and, Eckhart.

 

[Octoberist]

I didn't like The Dark Knight as a whole. But I enjoyed Heath, Caine and, Eckhart.

That's fine but The Dark Knight is not a film that is sharply divided amonst movie goers. I mean, I don't like 2001, but I'm not gonna place it here.

 

[Aesop Rocks]

Hey man, I said "Twilight".

 

[Deaths Head II]

Ang Lee's Hulk and Superman Returns.

 

[Octoberist]

Ang Lee's Hulk and Superman Returns.

The best examples ladies and gentlenerds.

 

[Octoberist]

Hey man, I said "Twilight".

I forgive you...my..son (dies)

 

[Aesop Rocks]

Didn't like either, Ang Lee's wasn't my cup o tea and Superman Returns was too goddamn long.

 

[SuperFerret]

Even then, among the general audience, are they even thought of anymore? (Ang Hulk and Superman Returns)

 

[Laderlappen]

Titanic.

 

[Octoberist]

but I see both films as admirable failures. I see what Lee and Singer were trying to do, but the execution were way off. Otherwise, on a tech level, both films looked good (besides Lee's comic book editing on Hulk)

 

[Aesop Rocks]

Even then, among the general audience, are they even thought of anymore? (Ang Hulk and Superman Returns)

Among the GA? No, probably not at all.

 

[Octoberist]

Even then, among the general audience, are they even thought of anymore? (Ang Hulk and Superman Returns)

I think they are..but I also think in time, they will be sadly forgotten. I didn't like them either but they're better Transformers 2, Wolverine or Ghost Rider (the three movies I hated in the past couple of years).

 

[Aesop Rocks]

Ghost Rider is literally the worst movie I have ever seen. It had nothing good going for it yet, it still beat out Punisher: Warzone in the BO.

Must be Eva Mendez.