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In reply to the discussion: What movie do you hate that everyone else loved? [View all]mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)It was one of the funniest flicks ever made back then, seriously ...
But maybe it's just not to your personal taste.
Heck ... some people (my wife) even hate Monty Python ... Even Life of Brian and The Holy Grail (most egregiously) ... to me that's just wrong. You have to totally lack a sense of humor (esp. for the first 1 hour ... it does get dumb after that point ... Tale of Sir Lancelot is the last great part). But to her, it's just all unfunny/dumb.
Humor is one of the most subjective things I can think of. And definitely requires a certain frame of reference in many cases. Some people don't like humor where you have to 'understand it' to 'get it' ... they like only really, really obvious stuff. If they have to really THINK to see why it's funny, it's off-putting. Not saying you are that way, just some people. I suppose the more esoteric humor is generally my favorite ...