What movie do you hate that everyone else loved?

12/10/17 | Simon Green

[Simon Green]

The first that comes to mind for me: "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial". Sappy and overly sentimental.

(And while I'm at it, "Titanic")

[exDemMom]

I’ve tried to sit through many a Woody Allen movie, but for the life of me, I can’t get past his nebbish persona that infiltrates all his movies. I will admit I have not seen any of his movies since the details of his relationship with his adopted daughter came out.

I was a Woody Allen fan before that sordid affair, but after that depravity, no more. There is a new movie being advertised which actually looked like it might be decent--then I saw the name "Woody Allen" in the ad, and I know I won't be seeing it.

[nopardons]

Probably; Mia is a VERY unstable, immature bitch and that relationship ( Mia and Woody ) was an extremely rocky one for most of it.

And sadly, many here only know what they find on the net, a lot of which is slanted at best...absolutely FALSE at worst.

IRRC, the thing with Dylan began with Woody helping the kid change her underpants/cleaning her up, after she had had an "accident", but soon that story changed, once Mia found out that he had been seeing Soon-Yi ( who was 19 or 20 at the time ) behind her back.

[kosciusko51]

All I have to say about it is that anyone thinks what happened in this instance is acceptable is not someone I want to engage in a dialogue.

[Chickensoup]

same here. I read good books growing up and so did my homeschooled kids.

There is very little that is good in new publishing and frankly Seuss started a trend to the ugly.

[nopardons]

Granted that the Dick & Jane readers were boring and inane; however, there were plenty of great books, for beginner readers, available, before and after the horrible Dr. Suess crap!

[morphing libertarian]

Then we’re done. You can’t cite the problem who would dialogue with you

[nopardons]

Why cut your nose off to spite your face?

If you see it when it hits T.V., then you won't be putting any money into Woody's pockets and I bet that you like certain actors/actresses and movies made by/written by/directed by even worse people than Woody Allen.

[exDemMom]

I loved a lot of books when I was a kid, and I raised my son on them (except The Bobbsey Twins):

Where the Wild Things Are.

Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel.

The Bobbsey Twins.

And, of course Dr. Suess.

[nopardons]

We are in complete agreement!

Besides being banal, not to mention mind numbingly stupid, the Dr. Suess books don't help a child to learn how to read, have a love books, nor develop a great vocabulary! But good children's books, do all of that, whether read by an adult to a child, or by the child him or herself.

Granted, some of the early Victorian stuff is kind of "heavy", even for a 9 year old, often full of religious preachiness, but late Victorian/Edwardian books for children are marvelous. And fairy tales are some of THE best things ever, for all children to know.

[Robert A Cook PE]

On the other hand, Bullwinkle’s Fractured Fairy Tales are very good. Very subtle in many ways.

[nopardons]

Oh dear......................:-(

[exDemMom]

I doubt I’ll see it on TV, either.

These days, I’m happy enough to watch youtube. It has plenty of variety, not to mention cat videos. I see one or two movies a year these days.

[nopardons]

Those were FANTASTIC; however, for them to make sense, one has to know the original fairy tales. :-)

Rocky & Bullwinkle was a great show and appealed to children, teens, and adults!

[TEXOKIE]

FWIW I have never understood “Gone With the Wind.” It certainly is beautiful film work, and has some amazing good scenes, (Mz. Scarlett I don’t know nothin’ ‘bout birhin babies!” - but as a whole, I really dislike the story and Scarlett. I have not ever understood why Rhett put up with her for so long. Or why she was so gone on Ashley.

I read the book a couple of times too just to see if I could find redeeming value, and I confess I never could.

Oh well.

[miss marmelstein]

It’s not about that either. It’s about the catchphrases moms uttered in the 50s. “You’ll shoot your eye out” was just one of them along with “eat all the food on your plate, there are starving children in Africa.” It’s a joke!

[nopardons]

There are plenty of GREAT movies on T.V. ( on TCM ), that are not only "worth watching", but which would add much to your life...unlike watching cat videos.

If you FRmail me about the kinds of topics you would enjoy to see in a movie ( history, epics, romance, musical, thrillers, etc. ) I would be please to make a list of good movies for you to try to see.

[TEXOKIE]

Amen. See my post 414!

[Scarpetta]

I don’t know if this is common knowledge, but Debra Winger was the uncredited voice of ET.

[GingisK]

I prefer "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly", "Second-hand Lions", or "Quigly Down Under".

Russian history wouldn't help Dr. Z because it is no more than an epic chick flick.

[BenLurkin]

No way!