Movies You Love, But Most People Hate

[gwynplaine]

Escape from LA.

 

[Dark Victory]

Me, Myself, and Irene

 

[Darkness Falls]

X-men 2000 8/10

imo the best film in the franchise it has really stood well against the test of time

the film was great back in 2000, 9 years later it still is great

Ian Mckellen did an excellent job opposite patrick stewart, you really get the feeling of a giant chess game between the two, which is evident in the comics

"Why do you ask questions to which you already know the answer ?"

and the ending scene in the cell was pure gold

also the cast had great chemistry and shared the screen time

 

[kedrell]

Meet Joe Black

 

[Doctor Jones]

X-men 2000 8/10

imo the best film in the franchise it has really stood well against the test of time

the film was great back in 2000, 9 years later it still is great

Ian Mckellen did an excellent job opposite patrick stewart, you really get the feeling of a giant chess game between the two, which is evident in the comics

"Why do you ask questions to which you already know the answer ?"

and the ending scene in the cell was pure gold

also the cast had great chemistry and shared the screen time

Uhhh, most people like this film.

 

[Christmas]

Xmen is a great movie.

I was a huge fan of Inspector Gadget with Matthew Broderick.

 

[StylishHokie21]

Terminator 3 and Soldier are two I enjoy, but most people hate these. I can understand the hate for T3, but not for Soldier. Am I the only one who feels this way?

 

[Darkness Falls]

Uhhh, most people like this film.

D'oh

posted this in the wrong thread
meant to click the "last movie you watched 3.0" thread

my mistake

 

[Spoarz™]

Daredevil
Hulk
Fantastic Four
Superman Returns
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Star Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Clones
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith

My opinion of some of these films has greatly changed over the past few years. Sadly, I no longer feel much love for Fantastic Four or the Star Wars prequels.

 

[Figs]

Terminator 3 and Soldier are two I enjoy, but most people hate these. I can understand the hate for T3, but not for Soldier. Am I the only one who feels this way?

Nope. I also really like Soldier.

Part of it does have to do with me being a big Kurt Russell fan though.

I thought it had some good action in it and Russell was a badass. While some people thought his acting was cheesy I liked it. It was basically him having to use his eyes and face/body to act (kind of like in a silent film)without any dialogue.

Plus you have crazy ass Gary Busey in it as well.t:

 

[Matt Mortem]

I love the Resident Evil films. Most hate em, but not me. They were enjoyable

 

[Figs]

I love the Resident Evil films. Most hate em, but not me. They were enjoyable

I think if the games never existed I would have enjoyed them a lot more but since I'm a fan of the video game series I couldn't force myself to love those films.

They got a couple of things right but screwed up everything else...not a nice balance in my eyes for an adaptation.

 

[DarkKnight88]

Episode III IS a really good movie. It only gets lumped as bad because of the other two. But it's still rated pretty high among people.

 

[gwynplaine]

I enjoyed Eraser when it came out. I haven't seen it since.

 

[Doctor Jones]

Episode III IS a really good movie. It only gets lumped as bad because of the other two. But it's still rated pretty high among people.

Amen to that. I actually prefer it over ROTJ. Just by a little bit.

But it is damn powerful to me. You really get the sense that these two aren't just master and apprentice, they're brothers fighting eachother, and Hayden's acting when he shouts to Obi Wan is his best moment and Ewan's acting in that scene is great, and accompanied by Williams score. it's damn beautiful.

 

[Matt Mortem]

I think if the games never existed I would have enjoyed them a lot more but since I'm a fan of the video game series I couldn't force myself to love those films.

They got a couple of things right but screwed up everything else...not a nice balance in my eyes for an adaptation.

I view the movies and the games the same way I view uncanny x-men and ultimate x-men. Same characters, but different spins on 'em. I would have loved it if they had done films a little closer to the source material, but I always say take what you can get.

 

[The Apocalypse]

Watchmen - everyone I know has hated it and called it boring. Then again..they never even bothered reading the book.
Push - all my friends decided to make fun of it while it was on but i enjoyed it.

 

[tyler-durden]

No Offense but you're friends sound really uncool and close minded.

 

[Octoberist]

i agree; get new friends Apoc!

Ive got friends from all walks of life; some liked and some thought it was okay. But they all kinda admired in the long haul.

 

[Octoberist]

X-men 2000 8/10

imo the best film in the franchise it has really stood well against the test of time

the film was great back in 2000, 9 years later it still is great

Ian Mckellen did an excellent job opposite patrick stewart, you really get the feeling of a giant chess game between the two, which is evident in the comics

"Why do you ask questions to which you already know the answer ?"

and the ending scene in the cell was pure gold

also the cast had great chemistry and shared the screen time

I think the character interaction and development was better in X1 than in X2. (let's not talk about X3)

 

[tyler-durden]

I didn't realize alot of people hated X1, I thought it was great.

 

[Octoberist]

i don't think people hate X1; I think it's how people think of Mad Max 1.

Like X1 and X2, Mad Max was just limited by the budget and Road Warrior expand more into the mythos.

 

[Kakihara]

There's a handful of movies I like but others have heavily criticised, some seriously and others like guilty pleasures:

Doomsday-yes, it steals from mad max and early John Carpenter films, but if you watch enough movies you get that its more like an homage or love letter to those films and I'll be damned if anyone says the action isn't handled well. Rhona Mitra actually came across as a hard edged character to me as well and not just some hot chick who kicks ass.

D.O.A. -I'll admit this is a guilty pleasure. It's pretty perverted and pretty awful, but whatever. It's made for fun much like video games themselves and doesn't take itself seriously either. good ol' fashioned stupid fun.

The Blair Witch Project-I've always liked this movie. I knew going in it was done for literally no money as well, so I guess my hopes were set realistically before watching it. Many parts of it still creep me out, but you need to have an imagination to enjoy it somewhat.

King Kong(remake)-I've never understood people's hate for this movie,. It was expertly done and very very epic for me. The effects were great and the characters were fleshed out enough that I cared eventhough they really weren't the main attraction.

Vanilla Sky-Again, I don't get the hate this movie sometimes recieves. I'm not even a big Tom Cruise fan but politics aside, he was very good in this and actually(gasp) acting instead of being Tom cruise. Its actually one of the only remakes of a foreign film I prefer over the original, the other being The Departed.

Beowulf-What an amazing cg epic. I'm not much into fantasy, but I loved this movie. The animators should be commended as well as Zemeckis for doing a more mature themed cg film, both in content and execution.

I'm sure I'll think of some more...

 

[Kakihara]

I didn't realize alot of people hated X1, I thought it was great.

I really don't think this is the case. Maybe too many trolls got in the interwebs pipes once and made a stink. If anything I've heard the third movie brought up frequently when it comes to being bashed, but I've never heard about the first one. The second one is so amazingly well-made, though, that I can see the first one being overshadowed.

 

[Sam Fisher]

Rocketman.