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zwackerm
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 Universally hated films you love
Cars 2 Pirates of the Caribbean 4 The Lone Ranger Pocahontas
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Algren
now we know
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:31 pm Posts: 68230 Location: Seattle, WA
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This is a Libs-free thread! 
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Tue Dec 23, 2014 9:09 am |
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Chippy
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Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 4:45 pm Posts: 63026 Location: Tonight... YOU!
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I'm sure there are many.
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Tue Dec 23, 2014 11:01 am |
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Price
Gamaur's sex slave
Joined: Tue Dec 20, 2005 7:15 pm Posts: 8889 Location: Los Pollos Hermanos
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Norbit. I don't 'love' it, I just like it.
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Tue Dec 23, 2014 1:38 pm |
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Heinrich Himmler
Cream of the Crop
Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 5:17 pm Posts: 2716 Location: Berlin, Germania
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freddy got fingered the nutt house - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105034/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1robert altman's popeye
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Tue Dec 23, 2014 1:47 pm |
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Flava'd vs The World
The Kramer
Joined: Sat Oct 23, 2004 11:36 am Posts: 25193 Location: Classified
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Strange Wildnerness has a 0% on rottentomatoes, and never achieved the cult status of Grandma's Boy. So I'll go with that. A more recent example is Dumb and Dumber To.
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Tue Dec 23, 2014 3:04 pm |
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Dr. Lecter
You must have big rats
Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 4:28 pm Posts: 92093 Location: Bonn, Germany
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Depends on the degree of hatred I guess, but I really love the following:
The Lone Ranger Mission Impossible 2 Hollow Man Pearl Harbor Crash
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Tue Dec 23, 2014 3:33 pm |
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David
Pure Phase
Joined: Tue Feb 15, 2005 7:33 am Posts: 34865 Location: Maryland
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Vanilla Sky comes to mind. Upon release, it received a just-shy-of-dire score of 45 on Metacritic and a CinemaScore of D- (!), but I absolutely love it. Fascinating, hypnotic, suspenseful, deeply romantic, a bit perverse, and an improbable improvement on an already superb film, Open Your Eyes (Abre los ojos).
Another is Oliver Stone's Alexander. I believe it to be one of cinema's great historical epics, providing a riveting overview of Alexander as a lover, as a politician, as a soldier, and as a son. It does have moments of camp, but they only increase its charm, in my opinion. Alexander Revisited: The Final Cut is the best version.
Others:
Domino Heaven's Gate The Lone Ranger The Order (the Heath Ledger film) The Village
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Dr. Lecter
You must have big rats
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I love Domino too.
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Tue Dec 23, 2014 5:49 pm |
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Algren
now we know
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:31 pm Posts: 68230 Location: Seattle, WA
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Using this as a guide, mine are: Showgirls Striptease Batman & Robin Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever CatwomanAnd using this as a guide, I would also choose: Staying Alive Killing Me SoftlyI wouldn't say I "love" these films, but I do like them very much. Off the top of my head, I suppose Judge Dredd, D-Tox, and Stop! or My Mom Will Shoot are universally hated films that I do love. More popular blockbuster films that are disliked (not hated) that I love would be: Terminator Salvation The Matrix Revolutions The Village Pearl HarborCan't think of many more although I am sure there are tons.
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matatonio
Teh Mexican
Joined: Fri Oct 15, 2004 11:56 pm Posts: 26066 Location: In good ol' Mexico
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The Blair Witch Project The Village Showgirls Godzilla (1998) Crash (2005)
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Wed Dec 24, 2014 4:26 am |
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Algren
now we know
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:31 pm Posts: 68230 Location: Seattle, WA
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Yes, I also liked Crash.
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Wed Dec 24, 2014 9:32 am |
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Chippy
KJ's Leading Pundit
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 4:45 pm Posts: 63026 Location: Tonight... YOU!
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Godzilla (98) The Village Lady in the Water Matrix Revolutions
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Mister Ecks
New Server, Same X
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Two different flicks from those mentioned (I would agree on Domino, Crash, and for its so-bad-it's-good-and-even-still-it-isn't-that-bad Catwoman) are The Happening and The Love Guru.
Love Guru I hated on first viewing, but second go, it actually made me laugh a bit. It's by far Mike Myers at his post-Powers worst: instead of upping his game, he merely skates along with a character that seems less like a creation worthy of his own film and more like a scrapped side character meant for Austin Powers. But all that aside, it's not as awful as it was made out to be in 2008.
I refuse to apologize for The Happening. Wahlberg can trash it all he wants, but maybe he should stop trashing past career choices and start trashing current fare like Transformers 4. Bonus points for introducing me to Zooey Deschanel.
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David
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I also found The Love Guru fun. Absurd, of course, and light as a feather, but very amusing.
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CowboyFromHell
Your Knife, My Back. My Gun, Your Head.
Joined: Mon Sep 13, 2010 5:23 pm Posts: 2033 Location: Somewhere, USA
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Dee Snider's Strangeland Cabin Fever Hollow Man John Carpenter's Vampires
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Wed Dec 24, 2014 5:30 pm |
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zwackerm
Hold the door!
Joined: Sun Jun 01, 2014 10:26 pm Posts: 21470 Location: West Chester, Pennsylvania
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Dr. Lecter wrote: Mission Impossible 2
Is that really hated?
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Wed Dec 24, 2014 5:31 pm |
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Algren
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Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:31 pm Posts: 68230 Location: Seattle, WA
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zwackerm wrote: Dr. Lecter wrote: Mission Impossible 2
Is that really hated? No, it's not, but Lecter and Thegun love to suck each other's scrote.
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Wed Dec 24, 2014 6:25 pm |
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Algren
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CowboyFromHell wrote: John Carpenter's Vampires If that's universally hated, then add it to my list. But I don't think it is hated at all. After all, you have to be remembered to be hated. 
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Wed Dec 24, 2014 6:26 pm |
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Steve
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Joined: Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:09 pm Posts: 1882
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The Fountain? I know there's some love for this movie, but most seem to think it's a mess. I adore it. Same with I Heart Huckabees.
M. Night Shyamalan: Lady in the Water (one of my favorites). The Last Airbender (enjoyed this one a lot).
Seeing That's My Boy on that Wikipedia page.... really, people hate this movie? I thought it was hilarious
Vanilla Sky is an excellent movie, and The Lone Ranger was really enjoyable fluff.
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Wed Dec 24, 2014 6:51 pm |
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Algren
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Steve wrote: Vanilla Sky is an excellent movie That shouldn't even be in the damn thread. It's not hated at all.
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Wed Dec 24, 2014 6:55 pm |
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Webslinger
why so serious?
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Speed Racer. Yeah, it's too long and the kid is annoying as hell, but it's also massively enjoyable. Blasphemous as this statement might be on the internet, I actually prefer it over Cloud Atlas by a wide margin on the Wachowskis' filmography.
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Wed Dec 24, 2014 9:01 pm |
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Thegun
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Hmmm, I'm not going to include trashy cinema (Jason Takes Manhattan, Late Police Academy sequels) as I like them for how bad they are: Films I generally like though:
The Postman (I like it more than Waterworld, which gets a bad rap too) The Sixth Day Wild Hogs (In the non mainstream world at least) Superman IV: The Quest for Peace 3000 Miles to Graceland, Soldier, Escape from LA SW Prequels, Crystal Skull Star Trek Nemesis (did not kill the series at all quality wise (probably 4th or 5th out of 10)
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Thu Dec 25, 2014 12:37 am |
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Algren
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Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:31 pm Posts: 68230 Location: Seattle, WA
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They're not universally hated, but I also love 3000 Miles to Graceland and Soldier. They're more just ignored or 'not seen'.
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Thu Dec 25, 2014 12:51 am |
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neo_wolf
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Speed Racer, i love this film, to me its one of the Wachowskis best films.
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