Name five films you regret seeing

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I saw it in the theaters and it was full of parent’s with children. (to my horror)
 
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Autumn-Smoke said:
Rocky Horror Picture Show - why did I go see that?
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The first time I went because my friends wanted to go. The other four times it was because I was hoping to afterward commit a sin against a commandment with the girl I was going with.
 
  1. Event Horizon. Not a fan.
  2. The Exorcist. Still scares the crap out of me.
  3. Jacobs Ladder. Still not sure what it’s about.
  4. Highlander sequels (all of them).
  5. August, Osage county; any completely downer dramas of that ilk (Dad’s was one too, I think…)
 
I read all the books. Martin is bad enough but the TV show is worse. It’s like he wanted to undo all the noble things about LOTR.
 
I’m sure there are more but can only think of three…

Nil by mouth - pure violence no story

Blair Witch - only got interesting just before it ended. Waste of time.

Wrong Turn - stupid horror movie.
 
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The problem I have with Tarantino is that these movies are like chinese food - great going down, but ultimately not really filling.

Tarantino should’ve made Reservoir Dogs and stopped, then had his myth propagate…
 
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Hodos said:
Pearl Harbor. The whole love triangle thing killed it for me. This movie was interminable for me. This was a real disappointment for me because I typically like WWII movies.
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The guided missile destroyer behind the Arizona kind of killed the mood for me.
 
I liked Titanic, but more because that’s something I’ve studied. My favorite parts were the historical portions - sadly, many historical aspects of that movie got left on the cutting room floor. They are available on youtube as deleted scenes. Many are more interesting than the “Jack and Rose”-stuff.
 
blackforest said:
Fifty Shades of Grey : Yes, I’ll disclose to a Catholic forum that I saw it. But I’ve worked with too many domestic violence victims to find it even remotely amusing or titillating. I am a (Gasp! Faint! Clutch pearls!) feminist and couldn’t believe that anyone would find this backlash against women acceptable.
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Thank you.

My Mom carved out a great career in the fifties and sixties, and would often talk about how hard it was. She was a huge feminist; she just wanted an even shot. But she could never understand movies like that. She felt that she had worked for years for men to view her for her mind and what she could do; and that movies like this that were somehow ‘empowering’ just cut her off at the knees.
 
Tis_Bearself said:
Kes - I think I’ve posted before about my extreme dislike of this movie which has the thickest and least understandable English accents ever put on film and a miserable soul-crushing ending.
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I’ve read your previous post on this, and now I’m totally desperate to see this movie. Your description of how bad it is has had the completely opposite effect on me! Now I want to plumb the length breadth and depth of its soul-crushingness (yes, mixing metaphors here, but seems appropriate given the mediocrity of this film)

But then again, I am an MST 3K fan…
 
7_Sorrows said:
A Star Is Born (Lady Gaga)
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Yep, de gustibus non est disputandum. I thought this was a great one, almost as good as Judy Garland’s. And certainly it put Lady Gaga on the map for me; my aversion to post-'70’s popular music and her over the top costumery (meat dress?) had prevented me from recognizing her amazing level of talent. Her release with Tony Bennett is superb, and the video of her singing Lush Life in Brussels, while far from perfect, brings me to tears.
 
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I know this dynamic very well. What needs to happen is a genre that combines the two…
 
Jimbo said:
The guided missile destroyer behind the Arizona kind of killed the mood for me.
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If you like WWII movies, the recent movie Midway was awesome. The dive bomber scenes are pretty intense.
 
  1. Mama Mia!
  2. Mama Mia!
  3. Mama Mia!
  4. Mama Mia!
  5. Mama Mia!
    What in the world were you thinking Meryl ??
    I was a guest at a house, and they put this on… 😱 I actually felt like I was being tortured…
 
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neophyte said:
I’ve yet to see a Tarantino film that I didn’t want to see again.
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The only Tarantino movie I’ve ever actually liked was “Jackie Brown”.
I saw Pulp Fiction and the dialogue reminded me of every drug user I ever knew who thought they were being so profound when they were high.

I do however give ol’ Quentin a cookie for actually being a fan of “Ghetto Freaks”, a golden raspberry of a 1970s hippie musical set in Cleveland, that I have watched just to see video of landmarks and buildings from when I was young that mostly aren’t there anymore. Also to see the local weatherman, who I had a crush on when I was 5, appearing in a role as a hippie’s upset father.
 
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