People Break Down Which Widely Beloved Movies They Absolutely Can't Stand

The Notebook (2004)

"The Notebook. Both leads are so unlikable and horrible to each other it's not even enjoyable in a 'so bad it's good' way."

"Especially when she actually breaks up with him, gets in a stable relationship with another guy who's not awful...and then ditches that guy to get back with the main love interest because respectful relationships are sooo boring, everyone real love requires being unable to be in the same room without coming to literal screaming matches."

dumbest-thotticus

Honestly, aside from some very good acting, the script of this film is pretty terrible.

But it's Nicholas Sparks, we're talking about.

The English Patient (1996)

"You can call me Elaine because I hate The English Patient more than anything."

simpleple

This is a highly acclaimed and beautiful film... that I saw once and I was okay with that.

The Blind Side (2009)

"The Blind Side. They turned an interesting real life story into Hollywood crap."

pamela9792

Even the film's subject dislikes it.

Sandra Bullock beating her competition for THAT? She was much better in Gravity.

Frozen (2013)

"Frozen. I hate it too much, but I can’t help it. People kept saying how it was the best Disney movie ever and it wasn’t even top ten."

MrWapuJapu

Disney really did this film a disservice by shoving it down everyone's throats for much of the last decade.

Les Miserables (2012)

"I know Les Misérables was super acclaimed and all that, but it was really nothing like the book. It made me sad."

jeff-the-nurse

It wasn't meant to be an adaptation of the book, it was meant to be an adaptation of the musical (which a lot of people don't like because it condenses many of the elements from the book).

That said, I can't stand this film either. It's horribly directed.

Grease (1978)

"Grease. I HATED it. I can appreciate the choreography, but the storyline is awful, cheesy (not to mention misogynistic, which at my first viewing I didn’t know what that was). Couldn’t stand Stockard Channing’s character. Really bad acting too."

GuardMost8477

It's just a bit too hokey for my taste – it makes it difficult to enjoy.

I did see a stage production years ago that was a lot more fun.

Top Gun (1986)

"Top Gun. It was just boring to me. And I hate Tom cruise."

daddypenn

This is just not a particularly interesting flick. Sorry. I said what I said.

Hocus Pocus (1993)

"Hocus Pocus. For some context, I don’t actively hate the movie, but my entire family thinks I LOVE it and I don’t know why because I’ve never said so. I just don’t care for it. I don’t get the hype."

like_bookends

Avatar (2009)

" Avatar. It's just Pocahontas in space, God dammit."

fretfulmushroom

I prefer Dances with Wolves in space myself.

I rewatched this earlier during lockdown and dropped my DVD off at a local community center afterward. And who the hell asked for three more sequels?

Black Panther (2018)

"It has a nice looking setting, and it was good to see a movie featuring a majority black cast with a positive/comic book storyline rather than the stereotypical urban/hang setting. So to that end it read a good movie."

"At the same time, it was also just yet another unmemorable marvel movies - I know I have seen it, but I have no memory of what actually happened in it. Remove the political/seeing element of it and it gets completely lost in the crowd."

mrsyns

Considering that Marvel films do absolutely nothing for me, I was not surprised by Black Panther or the fact that it was more of the same.

We all have our tastes, sorry to disappoint. Besides, we're certain that you have a film or two you dislike in your arsenal.

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