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Tommy_Carcetti

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5. The Dark Knight was highly overrated to me.

Thu Oct 30, 2014, 10:16 AM

Oct 2014

People talk of it as some sort of classic, but the story seemed choppy and silly, and the acting from many of the actors was uninspired.

It wasn't horrible, but it was thoroughly "meh" in my book.

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What critically acclaimed or "block buster movies" do you not care for? [View all] Liberalynn Oct 2014 OP

I hated Good Will Hunting sharp_stick Oct 2014 #1

It's so hard when you can't stand the movie Liberalynn Oct 2014 #20

These days, essentially all of them. NRaleighLiberal Oct 2014 #2

Come to think of it, that's the case with me too Populist_Prole Oct 2014 #7

the last movie I went too that I liked Liberalynn Oct 2014 #18

I hated Forest Gump... 3catwoman3 Oct 2014 #3

That's okay Liberalynn Oct 2014 #19

I've only ever seen snippets Dyedinthewoolliberal Nov 2014 #77

me too d_r Oct 2014 #53

Any movie that seems pipi_k Oct 2014 #4

Titanic wasn't Liberalynn Oct 2014 #23

The Dark Knight was highly overrated to me. Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2014 #5

Didn't see that one. Liberalynn Oct 2014 #24

It also went on about an hour longer than it needed to Ampersand Unicode Nov 2014 #67

I have to go back a while.. sendero Oct 2014 #6

I haven't gone to many of the Superhero movies. Liberalynn Oct 2014 #25

Any of those Indiana Jones movies Populist_Prole Oct 2014 #8

Didn't care for those either Liberalynn Oct 2014 #26

I sure caught hell from friends and others who liked those Populist_Prole Oct 2014 #37

LOL Liberalynn Oct 2014 #45

2001: A Space Odyssey sarge43 Oct 2014 #9

Have never watched that one all the way through. Liberalynn Oct 2014 #27

didnt like it either Liberal_in_LA Oct 2014 #32

It's a lava lamp with great sound design Tom Ripley Nov 2014 #69

That's snarky; I like it. sarge43 Nov 2014 #74

I'm with you on Star Wars Ron Obvious Oct 2014 #10

I thought A Fish Called Wanda was unwatchable geardaddy Oct 2014 #11

Agree with you both on a Fish Called Wanda Liberalynn Oct 2014 #30

There were moments for me Liberalynn Oct 2014 #29

Mel Gibson's "The Patriot" geardaddy Oct 2014 #12

Totally Agree. Liberalynn Oct 2014 #31

Even "The Road Warrior?" cemaphonic Oct 2014 #38

I never really did get into the Road Warrior. Liberalynn Oct 2014 #44

Edge of Darkness was pretty darn good I thought. GGJohn Oct 2014 #64

Such a shit movie. Signs was 1000X more horrific, though. chrisa Oct 2014 #63

"Braveheart" was even worse. Odin2005 Nov 2014 #82

I never saw it. geardaddy Nov 2014 #88

Everything Tolkien. Xyzse Oct 2014 #13

I liked the cast in Lord of the Rings Liberalynn Oct 2014 #34

Absolutely. Xyzse Oct 2014 #36

"Ferris Bueller's Day Off" skypilot Oct 2014 #14

"Maybe it was something that needed to be seen in the '80s when it first came out." cemaphonic Oct 2014 #33

I've never seen it . Liberalynn Oct 2014 #35

I loved it d_r Oct 2014 #54

You needed to see it on a day when you and friends ditched school and ordered pizza NightWatcher Oct 2014 #56

Forrest Gump, Gladiator, Braveheart bigwillq Oct 2014 #15

Braveheart Liberalynn Oct 2014 #39

No Country For Old Men Kingofalldems Oct 2014 #16

Didn't see that one. Liberalynn Oct 2014 #40

Don't know anybody who liked it. Number9Dream Oct 2014 #66

Avatar. What a steaming pile of shit. Throd Oct 2014 #17

YES!!! d_r Oct 2014 #55

YOU SHUT YER PIEHOLE!!! Odin2005 Nov 2014 #83

Yes! I knew RW morons who thought they cared about poverty and ecology because of Avatar! bettyellen Nov 2014 #91

Did not care much for Gravity, despite the 10 Academy Award nominations and 7 Oscars won aint_no_life_nowhere Oct 2014 #21

I wasn't a big fan of Gravity either. Watch this: Initech Oct 2014 #28

I was thinking about going to that one. Glad I changed my mind now. Liberalynn Oct 2014 #42

I wouldn't change your mind about a movie just because someone said they didn't like it. Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2014 #46

I loved Gravity. Watched it on Comcast. RebelOne Oct 2014 #57

ghost wfulro Oct 2014 #22

Hello bigwillq Oct 2014 #41

Agreed Liberalynn Oct 2014 #43

Men in Black hibbing Oct 2014 #47

I haven't liked most recent blockbusters Lydia Leftcoast Oct 2014 #48

Lincoln GeorgeGist Oct 2014 #49

Blair Witch projectile. BlueJazz Oct 2014 #50

I didn't get why the Big Lebowsky is supposed to be funny. Saw it in 2009 and shrugged. arcane1 Oct 2014 #51

Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man. bettyellen Nov 2014 #97

I've never seen Titanic d_r Oct 2014 #52

The English Patient KamaAina Oct 2014 #58

Or as a friend of mine calls it, 'The Endless Patient' Rob H. Nov 2014 #71

That was a Seinfeld reference KamaAina Nov 2014 #72

LOL, I thought my friend came up with that herself Rob H. Nov 2014 #75

I hear the show has been rerun once or twice KamaAina Nov 2014 #76

I avoid blockbusters, actually. I miss entire franchises. kwassa Oct 2014 #59

I think I'm the only person in the world who couldn't stand.. Laffy Kat Oct 2014 #60

come on out of that hiding place... ailsagirl Nov 2014 #80

Here is my list. IrishEyes Oct 2014 #61

All saccharine overload movies like Forest Gump. Also, any Tarantino movie. So pretentious. chrisa Oct 2014 #62

Don't care for "blockbusters" at all. They're all about Special Effects for foreign distribution/$$. WinkyDink Oct 2014 #65

I try to avoid all "blockbusters" Special effects, car crashs and men in tights don't interest me. Tom Ripley Nov 2014 #68

The Hunger Games, Fast & Furious, Twilight, GOLGO 13 Nov 2014 #70

Since LWolf Nov 2014 #96

"The Big Chill" hunter Nov 2014 #73

The Matrix. The closest I've ever gotten to simply leaving the theater halfway through LanternWaste Nov 2014 #78

It's a very well made movie, but I don't *like* Goodfellas.... Tommy_Carcetti Nov 2014 #79

the writing and directing in Wolf is just awful though. Hated it. Goodfellas was so well done. bettyellen Nov 2014 #90

Ingrid Bergman was right-on ailsagirl Nov 2014 #81

All the Christopher Nolan Batman films jmowreader Nov 2014 #84

"Explosions and Shit" "Another Fucking Elf" Manifestor_of_Light Nov 2014 #94

The Dark Knight and Napoleon Dynamite Ampersand Unicode Nov 2014 #85

"Lost In Translation" Wolf Frankula Nov 2014 #86

I can't bear special effects that make movies more like animation. betsuni Nov 2014 #87

2001 Space Odyssey Ino Nov 2014 #89

Titanic,anyone of us could have come up with a better script. Tripe. bettyellen Nov 2014 #92

Most Steven Spielberg.. sendero Nov 2014 #93

Titanic. LWolf Nov 2014 #95

Scent of a Woman HeiressofBickworth Nov 2014 #98