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Leviarex wrote: Sat May 29, 2021 7:26 pm Off the top of my head:

'Godzilla's Revenge'
'Ghostbusters' 2016
'The Lego Batman Movie'
'Transformers: The Last Knight'
'TMNT' 2014
The last two films in the Godzilla Anime Trilogy
Most of the live action disney remakes (I made the mistake of seeing 'Maleficent' and actually enjoyed 'The Jungle Book' 2016)
Why the Lego Batman movie? I never saw it myself.
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The Lego Batman Movie is the unironic 2nd best Batman film of all time. Why someone wouldn’t want to watch it is beyond me :lol:
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I'll watch anything and everything.... they're just movies. I don't get emotionally invested in them and just either enjoy it or don't.

But one movie I'll never watch again is Godzillas Revenge..... That is one of the worst and stupidest Godzilla movies ever in my opinion. And I'll never ever watch that movie a gain.

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KK42 wrote: Sat May 29, 2021 7:37 pm
Leviarex wrote: Sat May 29, 2021 7:26 pm Off the top of my head:

'Godzilla's Revenge'
'Ghostbusters' 2016
'The Lego Batman Movie'
'Transformers: The Last Knight'
'TMNT' 2014
The last two films in the Godzilla Anime Trilogy
Most of the live action disney remakes (I made the mistake of seeing 'Maleficent' and actually enjoyed 'The Jungle Book' 2016)
Why the Lego Batman movie? I never saw it myself.
It just strikes me as way too juvenile for my tastes, and there's something about the animation that I can't help but find a tad unappealing.

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Lego movies in general suck.

Oh.... I watch everything at least once but one that I don't want to watch again the "The Grudge" the American nor the Japanese one.... fuuuuuuuuq that.

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goji89 wrote: Sat May 29, 2021 8:12 pm Lego movies in general suck.

Oh.... I watch everything at least once but one that I don't want to watch again the "The Grudge" the American nor the Japanese one.... fuuuuuuuuq that.
Minus the overall the film is presented (it has this ultra dark atmosphere) the Grudge is overrated. Speaking of, most stereotypical J-Horror is overrated as well.
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LSD Jellyfish wrote: Sun May 30, 2021 12:27 am
goji89 wrote: Sat May 29, 2021 8:12 pm Lego movies in general suck.

Oh.... I watch everything at least once but one that I don't want to watch again the "The Grudge" the American nor the Japanese one.... fuuuuuuuuq that.
Minus the overall the film is presented (it has this ultra dark atmosphere) the Grudge is overrated. Speaking of, most stereotypical J-Horror is overrated as well.
Maybe, but that movie just didn't sit well with me. I've seen real like real real life stuff messed up stuff but that movie just .......messed me up.

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LSD Jellyfish wrote: Sun May 30, 2021 12:27 am
goji89 wrote: Sat May 29, 2021 8:12 pm Lego movies in general suck.

Oh.... I watch everything at least once but one that I don't want to watch again the "The Grudge" the American nor the Japanese one.... fuuuuuuuuq that.
Minus the overall the film is presented (it has this ultra dark atmosphere) the Grudge is overrated. Speaking of, most stereotypical J-Horror is overrated as well.
Yeah, but atmosphere counts for a lot in horror, and J-Horror delivers on that aspect better than most Western horror these days (with exceptions, of course).


Anybody reading my posts this past month shouldn't be surprised by this, but since it's the thread topic: I personally doubt that I will ever watch Godzilla vs Kong ever again. I just really, really, really think it's that terrible of a film to sit through, and once was enough.
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'A Quiet Place Part II'- The first film wasn't particularly great in hindsight.

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Leviarex wrote: Mon May 31, 2021 10:40 pm 'A Quiet Place Part II'- The first film wasn't particularly great in hindsight.
I've heard 2 is pretty good and I'll probably see it, but I agree with your reason. Another sort of gimmicky horror film that's a tad overrated just because it's not complete schlock.
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Jermobooka wrote: Sat May 29, 2021 7:44 pm The Lego Batman Movie is the unironic 2nd best Batman film of all time. Why someone wouldn’t want to watch it is beyond me :lol:
I unironically agree :lol:

A movie I refuse to see is Batman & Robin.
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Voyager wrote: Tue Jun 01, 2021 2:08 am
Jermobooka wrote: Sat May 29, 2021 7:44 pm The Lego Batman Movie is the unironic 2nd best Batman film of all time. Why someone wouldn’t want to watch it is beyond me :lol:
I unironically agree :lol:

A movie I refuse to see is Batman & Robin.
Ah yes, the movie that put Batman on ice for years (thanks Schumacher) and caused Batman Begins to underperform since the general public still hasn't gotten the wretched taste out of their mouth. :lol:

Though it did lead to this very funny and quotable Nostalgia Critic review:



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Titanic. I've never seen it, and am glad I haven't. I don't know about anyone else, but in 1997 when this came out, the level of buzz around it was sickening. It was in theaters for well over a year, and of course was the highest grossing film for a long time. I've successfully avoided it so far (other than random clips and trailers which were unavoidable at times, and this was pre-internet for most people). I was 21 and working at a retail store and going to college at the same time. This was before the comic-book film boom of the 2000's, so it was rare that people went to theaters multiple times to see the same film (Batman ,T2, Jurassic Park, are good examples of exceptions). But some guy was bragging about how he had seen the film seven times in theaters. I've never said this since, but I just wanted to punch him in the face. I have no idea why, it's just the idea of seeing that movie so often was incredibly offensive sounding to me.

I appreciate the actual historic event which took place, and the massive loss of life was tragic. But this just seems like a shameless fictionalized glamorization of events, that no doubt didn't even come close to what actually happened.

Now on the far OTHER end of the spectrum, I refuse to see any film that depicts rape. I am happily married, and I love my wife. To me, as a male, the thought of an assault of that kind on any woman is horrifying, let alone my wife, daughter, mother etc...It probably doesn't help that I saw the *worst* parts of the film "The Accused" when I was way too young. My aunt thought for some reason it would be a good teaching tool for my female cousins. I'm not blaming THAT film for anything, but needless to say, their lives are not ideal today. It probably had to do with the overall parenting style (or lack thereof) by my aunt and uncle.
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o.supreme wrote: Tue Jun 01, 2021 10:23 amNow on the far OTHER end of the spectrum, I refuse to see any film that depicts rape. I am happily married, and I love my wife. To me, as a male, the thought of an assault of that kind on any woman is horrifying, let alone my wife, daughter, mother etc...It probably doesn't help that I saw the *worst* parts of the film "The Accused" when I was way too young. My aunt thought for some reason it would be a good teaching tool for my female cousins. I'm not blaming THAT film for anything, but needless to say, their lives are not ideal today. It probably had to do with the overall parenting style (or lack thereof) by my aunt and uncle.
Then definitely don't watch I Spit On Your Grave. I refuse to see that movie and its sequels because it combines two of my biggest repulsions into one fucked-up package: torture porn/exploitation and rape. I even hear there's a 30 minute rape scene. :shock: I hate to say their "art" reflects the mindset of the filmmakers, but in some cases (The Human Centipede movies for Tom Six and the filmmakers for the I Spit On Your Grave movies), these people must be truly fucked in the head.
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o.supreme wrote: Tue Jun 01, 2021 10:23 am It probably doesn't help that I saw the *worst* parts of the film "The Accused" when I was way too young. My aunt thought for some reason it would be a good teaching tool for my female cousins.
I'm no parent, but this sounds like a horrible idea. :|


Anyway, I forget if I posted here before or not; so here's a little list I made off the top of my head:

The Birth of a Nation (1915) – Yeah, it's a milestone for the art of film as a medium. Yeah, I consider myself a film buff. That doesn't mean I'm going to subject myself to this monstrosity.

Gone With the Wind (1939) - Between this and The Birth of a Nation, I'm not sure why film history seems to favor racist Confederacy propaganda. You won't be catching me watching this one and adding to its shamefully high revenue.

The Last House on the Left (1972) - I'm a horror fan. I like Wes Craven, ordinarily. Revenge porn based on explicit rape, however, is not my cup of tea. There's lot more movies with titles that escape me that also fall into this trap, so consider this entry to effectively represent the lot of this icky subgenre.

Cannibal Holocaust (1980) - Maybe it's just the reputation this film has, but this is one horror classic I'm quite happy with never seeing. The animal killing certainly don't help.

Freddy Got Fingered (2001) - I can sit through a lot of bad movies, but I do not need to see a real horse get sexually molested onscreen. That's a little too far past my comfort level.

The Human Centipede (2009) and its sequels - Gross. Actually gross.

The Lion King (2019) - The original 1994 animated film was one of the most important movies in my childhood growing up. Needless to say, I ain't impressed with this low effort cash-in.

Mulan (2020) - Oh boy oh boy. Disney's desire to suck China's rotten cock means ignoring genocide and going so far as to thank four propaganda departments and a public security bureau in Xinjiang, that is the site of one of the world’s worst human rights abuses happening today. You think Song of the South is bad? No, no, no, Disney. Song of the South has NOTHING on this. Fuck you. And fuck anyone who supported this movie financially, while we're at it. If you knew about this controversy and still legally payed for this, you are objectively a terrible human being and deserve every ounce of scorn thrown your way.

I'm sure there's more to this list, but that's all I can think of for now off the top of my head.
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I'm just mad the Mulan live action movie didn't follow the animated version oh and making Mulan into Rey Skywalker. She was just gifted and wanted that "Female empowerment" thing that just sucked. The animated version empowered her 1000× better than the movie.

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'Pacific Rim: Uprising'. What they did to Newt is unforgivable.

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'Avatar: The Way of Water'
'Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers'
The remakes of 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' and 'Fright Night'

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Cuties, I know there are some bad people who directed films, but usually I separate the art from the artist like Victor Salva. He’s a shitty person but at least Jeepers Creepers was generally a decent film. However with Cuties is generally one of the most disgusting movies I’ve seen, I haven’t watched it but I’ve seen enough clips from reviews to form my opinion about this sicking movie, I wouldn’t even call it a movie I would actually call it Soft Child Porn, what’s even worse is the message of this film is about how sexualizing children is bad, how can you be so fucking stupid to say that and then sexualize kids in a fucking movie, The Director of this movie should be behind Bars.
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Spuro wrote: Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:16 pm
o.supreme wrote: Tue Jun 01, 2021 10:23 am It probably doesn't help that I saw the *worst* parts of the film "The Accused" when I was way too young. My aunt thought for some reason it would be a good teaching tool for my female cousins.
I'm no parent, but this sounds like a horrible idea. :|


Anyway, I forget if I posted here before or not; so here's a little list I made off the top of my head:

The Birth of a Nation (1915) – Yeah, it's a milestone for the art of film as a medium. Yeah, I consider myself a film buff. That doesn't mean I'm going to subject myself to this monstrosity.

Gone With the Wind (1939) - Between this and The Birth of a Nation, I'm not sure why film history seems to favor racist Confederacy propaganda. You won't be catching me watching this one and adding to its shamefully high revenue.

The Last House on the Left (1972) - I'm a horror fan. I like Wes Craven, ordinarily. Revenge porn based on explicit rape, however, is not my cup of tea. There's lot more movies with titles that escape me that also fall into this trap, so consider this entry to effectively represent the lot of this icky subgenre.

Cannibal Holocaust (1980) - Maybe it's just the reputation this film has, but this is one horror classic I'm quite happy with never seeing. The animal killing certainly don't help.

Freddy Got Fingered (2001) - I can sit through a lot of bad movies, but I do not need to see a real horse get sexually molested onscreen. That's a little too far past my comfort level.

The Human Centipede (2009) and its sequels - Gross. Actually gross.

The Lion King (2019) - The original 1994 animated film was one of the most important movies in my childhood growing up. Needless to say, I ain't impressed with this low effort cash-in.

Mulan (2020) - Oh boy oh boy. Disney's desire to suck China's rotten rooster means ignoring genocide and going so far as to thank four propaganda departments and a public security bureau in Xinjiang, that is the site of one of the world’s worst human rights abuses happening today. You think Song of the South is bad? No, no, no, Disney. Song of the South has NOTHING on this. skreeonk you. And skreeonk anyone who supported this movie financially, while we're at it. If you knew about this controversy and still legally payed for this, you are objectively a terrible human being and deserve every ounce of scorn thrown your way.

I'm sure there's more to this list, but that's all I can think of for now off the top of my head.
I'm sure you could include I Spit On Your Grave (1978; originally titled Day of the Woman) and its new sequel, I Spit On Your Grave: Deja Vu (2019) to this list as well if you're inclined that way.
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