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There’s been some talk about why I hate The Notebook. Well. I would think that would be obvious. But a lot of people seem to think it’s “romantic” and “moving” and “Ryan Gosling doesn’t have retarded face, what are you talking about?”
Of course it’s moving. It’s the most emotionally manipulative movie ever. I cry at the end. Sure, I cry at the end. You tell me a story about a child whose only friend is a dog and then the dog gets run down by a lawnmower, I’ll cry over that, too. Buckets. I cry over the dog in I Am Legend. But it won’t necessarily make it a good story, it will just make me someone who has really common feelings.
I guess I also hate The Notebook because I find it’s a movie that men who really, under any normal circumstances, just want to watch Goodfellas for the 500th time (which is fine with me, I love Goodfellas) throw up to show that they have feelings. “Yeah, I’m kind of a softie, I like The Notebook.” Bullshit. Bullshit, you like The Notebook. You want to have crying swamp sex and then build a house while crying? You think dementia is romantic? Fine. Whatever. I’m going to be over here, learning how cool prison is when you’re in the mafia.
(Incidentally, for a movie about how dementia is romantic that is fantastic – just in case that was a sentence you really zeroed in on – Away From Her. You want to cry, at least cry for Julie Christie.)
So, anyhow, I hate The Notebook. Everyone else loves it. Fine. I guess a lot of people in Germany loved Nazis at one point.You know what else people loved? Slavery. People love lots of things that are terrible.
I’m pretty sure I’m not alone here. What “good movie” do you hate that everyone else loves?
Hate it. Hate the movie. Hate the book. Jane Austen. Charlotte Bronte. Those ladies new how to write romance without referring to fire between legs or nipples hard like little rocks. You would think it was authored by horny 15 year old boy. Get real!
The Shawshank Redemption. My dad loves it and watches it at every available opportunity, but the mere sight of the opening scenes makes me want to flee for the hills.
Okay, I am outing myself as a nerd, but the Kiera Knightly version of Pride and Prejudice makes me want to punch her (knightly) in her cockney horseteeth face.
Sleepless in Seattle. Dear God. Never again.
I completely agree with your assessment of The Notebook AND I also totally bawled when the dog died in I Am Legend.
I didn’t care for WALL-E. Yeah, it’s cute. And teaches morals about the environment and obesity and blah blah blah. But that doesn’t make it good.
Anything with Nicolas Cage in it. He is awful.
I hate romantic comedies in general. It doesn’t matter who is in it, they’re all the same. I know, some people enjoy the formulaic plots (how the hell are they ‘comforting’?) but it’s just boring to me. Maybe I’m a snob, but I like a movie to inspire some thought, or at least make me laugh.
The Princess Bride. I can’t stand that movie.
I am so glad people mentioned “Grease” and “Dirty Dancing.” These are 2 movies everyone seemed to love and made me watch when I was in high school, and I wanted to stab my eyeballs out. Hated them. With a passion. Especially because Olivia Newton John took up smoking to impress…. JOHN TRAVOLTA?!?!
I hate The Notebook, too. I basically hate any sad movie (with the exception of Stepmom. I dont’ know why I love that movie, but I do). Or and long and historical movie (Pearl Harbor). And I love Goodfellas, too!
Remember the Titans. I don’t know why … I love football, Denzel Washington is easy on the eyes … but I have hated this movie since the first time I saw it in high school. I’ll add my vote for hating A Clockwork Orange too … everything about it is disturbing and uncomfortable, plus I spent most of my time trying to translate the weird made-up slangy talk. In fact, that might be the movie I hate most in the world.
True stories! My roommate and I can never agree on movies to watch beacouse she always picks a movie out and I give a look of disagreement but her rebuttal is ALWAYS “but its a true story”. I tell her everytime that just because its a true story doesnt mean its a good movie.. I have enough true stories every day of my life that doesnt mean I should be in a movie (well i should but thats beside the point).
I find true story movies usually bad and full of depression. I want to be smiling and laughing when I go see something of entertainment value then go back to the real world with “true stories” all around me. True story! : )
I was told The Notebook was a romantic movie but I couldn’t find anything romantic about a woman cheating on her fiance …
sound of music,born free, titanic,bridges of madison county,etc,etc
Pulp Fiction.
Hate it!
Ugh. Where do I begin? On the same theme as The Notebook, I hated PS. I Love You and The Time Traveler’s Wife. They were not movies, they were experiments in how much women can be manipulated into bawling during a 2-hour period.
I also hated Harry Potter (I only got through one), The Big Lebowski, Saw, and Christmas Vacation.
I hate Julia Stiles. I think she is a terrible actress. The only movie I liked her in was Save the Last Dance, but that’s because it was the first time I’d seen her in a movie. Every other movie she acts exactly the same, she has no depth. Her dramatic acting seems forced and unnatural. I just can’t believe her as an actress. and her sex scenes are terrible. Consequently I am disappointed by Season 5 of Dexter, because she is in it.
Oh, God, I hate her too.
Ummm….can I just throw “Braveheart” and “Gladiator” into the mix? I mean, ugh! These are terrible and if you even say you might not like them you might as well be beheaded yourself.
And I agree with the Notebook. I tried to watch that with a group of my girlfriends and couldn’t even get through the first 10 minutes.
Where the Wild Things Are. It got so many good reviews because it made no f*cking sense. HATE movies like that.
hmmm. Good reviews plus crap story… could Dave Eggers be involved? Yes, and he adapted his own adaptation in a novel. Spluh. I know I know, he does a lot of good in the world, but still. Spluh.
I agree about “Citizen Kane.” I can’t believe it’s considered the best movie of all time. Ugh.
Okay, Citizen Kane Remade With More Dick Kicking http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2010/06/citizen-kane-remade-with-more-dck-kicking
will never cease to be funny. Watch it 500 times.