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In reply to the discussion: What critically acclaimed or "block buster movies" do you not care for? [View all]Rob H.
(5,351 posts)71. Or as a friend of mine calls it, 'The Endless Patient'
I saw it in the theater and maybe it was just my mood at the time, but I really couldn't get into it.
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What critically acclaimed or "block buster movies" do you not care for? [View all]
Liberalynn
Oct 2014
OP
"Maybe it was something that needed to be seen in the '80s when it first came out."
cemaphonic
Oct 2014
#33
You needed to see it on a day when you and friends ditched school and ordered pizza
NightWatcher
Oct 2014
#56
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 wouldn't change your mind about a movie just because someone said they didn't like it.
Tommy_Carcetti
Oct 2014
#46
I didn't get why the Big Lebowsky is supposed to be funny. Saw it in 2009 and shrugged.
arcane1
Oct 2014
#51
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 Matrix. The closest I've ever gotten to simply leaving the theater halfway through
LanternWaste
Nov 2014
#78
the writing and directing in Wolf is just awful though. Hated it. Goodfellas was so well done.
bettyellen
Nov 2014
#90