Films that everyone likes .... except you!

Someone we knew invited us to an adult pyjama party and it so reminded me of Cuckoo’s nest that we left really early. I couldn’t stand it. We refused to wear the stuff so we haven’t been asked to any of their ‘dos’ since.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, came out feeling physically sick

Any James Bond film.
Any Sci Fi film.
Any Harry Potter film.
Most of Clint Eastwood films.
Probably many more.
However I love most musicals and lots of others.

Crocodile Dundee 1 & 2, can’t stand him or her.
Fave film of all time is Mrs Doubtfire. It still makes me laugh when she’s in the restaurant and gets drunk!

Another vote for The Sound of Music, Mary Poppins and LaLa Land. Just awful rubbish.

Atonement - I hated the use of CGI when I saw that. It all looked so fake. If they were creating the beaches of Dunkirk in older films they actually used real people. I think crowd scenes are maybe better with CGI now, but the people on that beach looked fake and it distracted from the seriousness of what we were watching.

Mama Mia - thought the singing was atrocious and the whole thing cringe
La la Land - also cringe

I can’t think of any others right now, but those are two I particularly hate and my friends all seem to enjoy and watch repeatedly.

Lord of the Rings: dreadful, boring, worst film I've seen

Dunkirk: just noise, all the way through, disappointing

Star Wars: Awful film, a mess, my friend slept through it, I wish I had.

Re: Mamma Mia. I'm a massive Abba fan and only Abba should sing their songs. Seen clips of it, which were dire.

Totally agree about Mr Turner. I fell asleep even though I enjoy painting.

The remake of Alfie with Jude Law was rubbish because the original was of its time and I found it upsetting when I saw it as a teenager. There's no longer the stigma of unmarried pregnancy (thank goodness).

Over the weekend having missed the beginning of The Lake House - I got fed up with it quite quickly. But perhaps it was my fault !

I prefer old musicals because of the nostalgia , costumes dancing and also because people could actually sing !
It's why I don't like newer musicals and have to be discrete as to why with most of my friends ,who seem to love them .
I'm an opera and classical music lover .

A Night to Remember is such a fantastic film nanna8
It’s timeless.
I’ve got the audio version of the book on which it was based.
It’s by Walter Lord and read by Martin Jarvis.
I’ve listened to it several times. It’s absolutely compelling.
The research is amazing

Grannydarkhair I’m no critic of Tarantino.
He’s just a bit too much for me!
I’m more a Scorsese kinda gal.

henetha I quite like kitchen sink dramas, but they can be rather brutal.
Alfie was such a horrible character. The way he treated Jane Asher’s character was awful

During the original version of Alfie, the one with Michael Caine, I fainted during the abortion scene and was sent home in a taxi.
I saw the newer version, the one with Jude Law, and managed to see it all the way through.
I don't like the Star Wars series. But love Star Trek.

nanna8

The old Titanic movie, I think it was called ‘A night to remember’ with Kenneth More was better than that rubbish they put out more recently . Shagging in a car . What ? In those days ? Nah.

I was disappointed with Titanic the first time as I was expecting the story of the ship and its passengers, not a love story! I found the love story irrelevant, but have accepted it the second time around and it's rather sweet.

I hated every minute of The Deer Hunter. I had to stay and watch it as I was in the cinema with my boyfriend who loved it!

But La La Land I started to watch on TV and switched off during the first silly scene.

Petera Yes, I wanted to see that one, but COVID numbers were very high when it was on here, so gave it a miss. I’ve been to the cinema a few times in the last couple of years, but only in between peaks of infection.

GraceQuirrel I’m another Tarantino admirer, although I didn’t really enjoy his last one. One of my favourite films ever is From Dusk til Dawn which he both starred in and wrote the screen play for, but didn’t direct nor produce it.

FannyCornforth Maybe not tasteful, but highly influential.

The old Titanic movie, I think it was called ‘A night to remember’ with Kenneth More was better than that rubbish they put out more recently . Shagging in a car . What ? In those days ? Nah.

I don’t think that Tarantino would appreciate being called tasteful, Grace!

grannydarkhair I haven’t seen Tim Spall in a film since then.

Should appeal to all of us bus pass holders...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL416_Z89KQ

I liked The Greatest Showman much to my surprise and I loved the bright, colourful cheerfulness of Mama Mia.

Chestnut

Anything directed by Quentin Tarantino. Awful man who revels in violence.

Violence tastefully done! He’s a genius imo.

Mama Mia is dire. Any Harry Potter. Everything that’s a Disney cartoon film.

Anything directed by Quentin Tarantino. Awful man who revels in violence.

The greatest showman and Mama Mia, absolute drivel. I dislike musicals anyway but they were awful.
Lord of the rings, tried to watch several times but kept falling asleep.

BlueBelle Totally agree with you about the Turner film, but I remember that you, like me, really enjoyed the Lowry film. I haven’t seen Tim Spall in a film since then.

I haven’t seen The Greatest Showman, but after all the adverse comments in this thread, feel I’m going to have to watch it sometime to see if I agree ?
I’m surprised that quite a few people have mentioned Dirty Dancing and The Sound of Music, I really thought I would be the only one who disliked both of them.