Popular (book, movie, etc) that you simply don't like.

[Rick Nebiolo]

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Firmly convinced that the first Godfather and the first in the Alien series are by far superior to the sequels. And I mean not just a little.

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Agree 100% on Alien v Alien 2.

~ Rick

[daveT]

The Matrix: Every liked it because it was an action flick with a "complicated" story line.

Yes, it had fifteen minutes at the start, and fifteen minutes at the end. But what about the two hours in the middle that was "here is the story." Okay, tell me once, review once and only once, please. But no, they review, review, retell, restate ad infinitum. Ugh. The movie could have been 45 minutes and been the masterpiece it supposedly was.

I also blame this movie for the cheapening and over-use of CGI, using as a crutch to awe without telling stories. This movie ruined movies for a full decade.

[Rick Nebiolo]

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The Matrix: Every liked it because it was an action flick with a "complicated" story line.

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You must be under 40. Movies like "The Matrix" left everyone I know around my age cold (disclaimer: I only know about seven people around my age). Totally forgettable and meaningless.

OTOH "Fight Club" doesn't usually connect to people like me (because I'm 53 BTY) but I could see there was something there (revolt against the nanny state?; revolt against the emasculation of men by today's society?) That one I'll see again.

~ Rick

[daveT]

A little OT, but David Fincher (director of Fight Club) is a total o-hole. I hope he does nothing but beer commercials for the rest of his career. I am sure Zodiac was descent, but I am glad it tanked.

[Oski]

Greatful Dead

Jimmy Buffet

The Eagles

The Da Vinci Code: Neat Idea ... weak writing (and terrible ending).

Ok, ... The Princess Bride. I get it, but it doesn't make me laugh.

"Friends"

[Duke]

I never understood drinking. It makes me sick to my stomach and gives me headaches in the morning. I never feel good while I'm drinking, so I don't get it.

[[Phill]]

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Don't like tattoos at all. On women, anyway. If you're a guy I don't care what you do too much, but I gotta wonder how smart somebody is who gets ones that show up on job interviews. That last actually goes for the women as well.

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I used to hate inked and pierced chicks, then i moved to Manchester, started hanging out in the rock scene and started to dig it more.

I forgot to put it in my earlier post, but Disney. Every single schmaltzy tired old BS part of the entire Disney empire. There is a quote i really like from Mr and Mrs Smith - "Happy endings are just stories that havent finished yet".

[Phil153]

Pulp Fiction: A nasty and cynical view of human behavior. It would be OK if the movie had more wit, but it seems like a dumb shock film to me.

Oceans 11,12: Uber personalities just don't cut it. I don't care how powerful and cool your all start lineup is, the point of a movie is entertainment or storytelling, and your celebrity jerk-a-thon is just annoying

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napolean dynamite

[rothko]

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napolean dynamite

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racist ban, plz