What heavily hyped movie by critics and friends, did U NOT like, or didn't see?

@AmbiePam (94117)
United States
April 5, 2007 8:23am CST
Now when I mean heavily hyped movie, I mean a big one. For instance, I have never seen 'Titanic.' Almost everyone I know, including my mother who had to be persuaded by my sister, saw 'Titanic.' I didn't and don't want to. As for a heavily praised movie I saw and didn't like - that would be 'Dances with Wolves.' I didn't see it in a theater, but on the TV, and I kept hoping it would end. My dad was transfixed, but I however, was completely bored. What about you?
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@cipher2004 (1183)
• United States
5 Apr 07
I have never seen 'Passion Of The Christ'.My mom wanted to see it but before she could she passed away.Therefore even though I would like to see it I just can't do it.As for 'Dances With Wolves'.I was not so impressed either.I also did not like 'Braveheart'.Maybe because I was tired and the movie was so long.
@AmbiePam (94117)
• United States
5 Apr 07
I've never seen 'The Passion of the Christ,' but I won't because I know I'll cry too much. I'm sorry you lost your mother. That is an umimaginable heartbreak. I didn't like 'Braveheart' either.
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@AmbiePam (94117)
• United States
5 Apr 07
Well, I think it means more to people to are active believers. I don't know if you are or not, I have no knowledge of that. : ) But the people at church that have seen it and my family and friends loved it. I remember hearing two cases where men went to see it and then went to the police to confess to their crimes. I read that on foxnews and cnn and thought, wow! That must be a powerful movie!
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• Canada
6 Apr 07
I haven't seen it either nor the Nativity Story because I suspect they will bore me to tears
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@raijin (10345)
• Philippines
5 Apr 07
I didn't saw the movie 'Collateral' by, Tom Cruise and Jamie Fox. I don't know, maybe I just don't like those two actors!;)LoL I'm not a fan of those two, and I think the only thing that makes them popular is because they are having more media-mileage. The movie that made me bored by watching it was, 'Ocean's Eleven'. I did not like the plot, their story was very obvious and the way they planned the heist can also be done in any other movies.
@raijin (10345)
• Philippines
6 Apr 07
To jessigirl: My username can already give you the idea, if you have played FF8. My avatar is tonberry king, a creature from FF8 found in the Centra ruins!;)
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@AmbiePam (94117)
• United States
5 Apr 07
Yeah, I kind of thought Ocean's Eleven was just OK. My sister loved it though.
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• United States
5 Apr 07
I know this is totally going off subject but... I soooo recognize your little icon guy, but my mind is drawing a blank. I looked at him for a long time and it almost came to me, but it didn't. He reminds me of a Final Fantasy guy, maybe from Tactics. It's the only FF game I've ever played. The others were hard for me to like.
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@emeraldisle (13139)
• United States
5 Apr 07
There are a few of these for me actually. One is "Gladiator". I have yet to see it because I got so tired of everyone trying to shove it down my throat. Three movies come right to mind though among ones that were hyped up and I thought were ok but not worth all the talking everyone did about them. One is "Forrest Gump". Cute movie but it was not that great of a movie in my opinion. Another is "Castaway". I couldn't even get through it. I was that bored with it. The other is "The Matrix". It was a decent movie. Storyline was ok but it was not the absolute greatest film of the century which is how some people seemed to act with it.
@emeraldisle (13139)
• United States
5 Apr 07
That's about it with Castaway. At least from what I saw of it. I did think of another though "The Godfather" series. It's ok but I just don't find it that great of a series. I know many love it to the extreme but for me it's something I tolerate while the others watch it.
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@AmbiePam (94117)
• United States
5 Apr 07
I liked The Matrix (the first one). I didn't care for Gladiator and was surprised because people just went ga-ga over that movie. I realized the message of it, I just thought it was a long drag of a movie. Joaquin Phoenix's incestuous role didn't help either. : ) People have told me Castaway was just basically watching Tom Hanks talk to a ball the whole time. I could do that by watching some of my cousins!
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@tammyr (5946)
• Etowah, Tennessee
6 Apr 07
I wanted to see the movie "The Village" so bad. My daughter would hide her face at just the commercial and run from the room. I thought it was going to be REALLY scary. It was so lame I even let the kids watch it and she was all for it when I told her it was not scary, and she watched it all with out being scared.
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@AmbiePam (94117)
• United States
6 Apr 07
I liked 'The Village', but like you, I thought it would be scary. I was spared from disappointment when my sister told me not to expect that because it was more suspense than scary. Else, I probably would be disappointed too.
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• United States
5 Apr 07
"Passion of the Christ" ranks up there with "Amistad". No thanks, too much gore. If you looked at my interests for movies you would think I was confused. Almost every movie on my list is a "blood-n-guts" movie, but there is a serious difference between Jason disemboweling someone and Christ being strung up. The Lord did not see fit to have me present for the original ordeal, I don't think He meant for me to be there to see it on the big screen. These are not the only movies, either. Alot of people are surprised at how many "good" movies I have purposely skipped. I don't like sappy love story drama. I am also not big on sequels. Like "Ghostbusters", they should have never made a sequel. I also need to add "Pulp Fiction", "Scarface", "Doom", and all of the "Godfather" movies.
@AmbiePam (94117)
• United States
5 Apr 07
I usually cannot stand gore either. Especially if it isn't necessary like horror movies. It's just gore for gore's sake.
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@foogirl (87)
• United States
5 Apr 07
I'm proud to say that I've never seen a Diehard movie. I don't like Bruce Willis and never planned on seeing any of the Diehards. I love action adventure movies, but these never did anything for me.
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@AmbiePam (94117)
• United States
8 Apr 07
Nice play on words! Two thumbs up. : )
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• Canada
6 Apr 07
well I love Die Hard all three and cannot wait for the forth
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• United States
8 Apr 07
I hope you enjoy it, but I won't be standing in any lines for it. My husband doesn't understand why I don't like them either, but I think it's just Bruce. Oh well, I know that the next one is very much anticipated by those diehard Die Hard fans ;)
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• United States
6 Apr 07
I finally watched Titanic on television last year. Still haven't seen Dances with Wolves. The only movie I actually went to the theatre to see was the Matrix. I'm not a big movie watcher, but I do like renting PPV and watching movies late at night on the DVR.
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@gberlin (3836)
6 Apr 07
I have never seen 'Star Wars'. I did not see it when it first came out like all my friends did. I have never seen it and I just don't have an interest in seeing it.
@AmbiePam (94117)
• United States
6 Apr 07
I think I was only 2 when the last one was released in theaters, but I have seen 2 of the Star Wars movies. I was sick, there was nothing on TV, and thus, I now can understand the references to Darth Vader. : )
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• Philippines
6 Apr 07
Me too I haven't seen that movie Titanic and to be honest, your the only person I knew who didn't watch that movie too. I just don't like the movie inspite of all the good critics they gave.
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@AmbiePam (94117)
• United States
6 Apr 07
I'm glad I'm not alone! : )
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@crazynurse (7482)
• United States
6 Apr 07
Add me to the list of those who has not watched the Titanic. I just have no desire to see it for some reason. As for a hyped movie that I did watch and felt didn't deserve the hype, gee, where to start?! First would be Castaways with Tom Hanks. I thought it would never end. Yes, it was 'cute' but certainly not what it was hyped up to be. I can't believe he made truckloads of money for talking to a ball. Second, I sat through one of the Santa Clause movies, heck, I can't remember the name. It was pathetic...nothing but a drunk cursing every breath!
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@AmbiePam (94117)
• United States
6 Apr 07
Do you mean Bad Santa? I didn't watch that. I have seen the Santa Clause movie with Tim Allen, but I don't remember a lot of cursing. Bad Santa was rated R and starred Billy Bob Thornton. Is that the one you are thinking of?
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@mobyfriend (1017)
• Netherlands
6 Apr 07
I have never seen Titanic either plus the Lord of the Rings and Passion of the Christ. Titanic doesn't interest me. I have a problem with LOTR because i don't want to replace the images in my head with filmimages (one day I might decide to watch it). And I don't think I can watch The Passion for several reasons.
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@AmbiePam (94117)
• United States
6 Apr 07
I think a lot of people are not prone to watch movies based on classic books because the beauty of the books can hardly ever compare to what some film producer comes up with. I mean, a lot of people are thrilled with LOTR, but then others don't like the interpretation and the casting or miscasting of the beloved characters in the books.
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@susieq223 (3742)
• United States
6 Apr 07
This one goes back a long way...I didn't care for Gone With the Wind. I loved Clark Gable, of course, but the story frustrated me with the back and forth, hit and miss between Scarlett and Rhett. Not to mention the ending was no ending...it just quit in the middle. I haven't and don't intend to see any of the "Hannibal" movies, including "Silence of the Lambs". I don't like those kinds of movies.
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@AmbiePam (94117)
• United States
6 Apr 07
I have seen Gone with the Wind. I like to watch it once a decade. It takes about that long to see! : ) I have never seen Silence of the Lambs or the subsequent sequels and prequels. I'm just not into gore.
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• United States
6 Apr 07
I agree about the silence of the lambs films. EW! That is GROSS! Plus Gone with the Wind I've never seen all the way through. My dad used to watch it lots when I was little and I saw pieces of it. Oh I forgot to say I've never seen "Its a Wonderful Life" just pieces of it. I told my family that once and they thought I was joking! *L* I should watch it ONE day I will :))
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@whyaskq (7523)
• Singapore
6 Apr 07
I am not a movie fan, and stopped going to the movies when they increase the price of the tickets. There are many heavily hyped movies which I did not watch and I do not feel I have missed any of it. This even so when my friends talked about it. They were surprised I have not seen itm, yet what they were discussing, I am not enticed. I guess I am extra-ordinary :P
@AmbiePam (94117)
• United States
6 Apr 07
When I see a movie, it's usually borrowed from a friend or rented. Or, there's always the dollar movie! : )
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@taymouse (585)
• United States
5 Apr 07
I actually really like 'Titanic'. It's one of my favorites. But anyway, I haven't seen 'Passion of the Christ'. And the last movie I went to see in theater was with my friend, and it was 'Epic Movie'. It's not a famous or a classic or anything, but in this area it was hyped up and talked about all the time by friends and such. I thought it would be funny but it wasn't really, it was sort of a waste. There maybe only two or three funny lines in the whole thing, and it's supposed to be a comedy, a spoof. But really it's not that great. I actually haven't seen a lot of things, I guess, but that's just the few I can think of off the bat.
@tentwo67 (3382)
• United States
6 Apr 07
I never saw any of the Raiders of the Lost Ark movies and have no desire to ever see them. I never saw a Die Hard movie either. I never saw Braveheart and don't want to see it. I saw and hated Dances with Wolves. I only saw one of the Austin Powers movie and I hated it too. I couldn't stand Ace Ventura either. And after snoring through the first Lord of the Rings movie, I never went back. Boy, it sounds like I hate movies, doesn't it???? I don't! I completely adore movies. I guess my tastes are just not totally mainstream, although I have enjoyed many other blockbusters.
@AmbiePam (94117)
• United States
6 Apr 07
Yeah, after you mentioned these, I'm thinking, man, I haven't seen that many movies! Because I haven't seen Lord of the Rings and the movies that followed or Ace Ventura.
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@Angelwriter (1954)
• United States
7 Apr 07
I've never seen Forrest Gump, The Matrix, any of The Godfather movies. I watch a lot of classics, but I've never seen Citizen Kane, and really don't care to. I've seen Casablanca, but I honestly don't see what the big fuss was about.
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• United States
6 Apr 07
I haven't seen any of the Saw movies, for the simple reason they are hyped up to much in my area, plus I am not into torture and gore type movies. The other movie I haven't seen because people here say I must see it since it was filmed in Kentucky is Elizabethtown. If I want to see Elizabethtown I just have to drive 20 miles to go see the real thing. I don't need to see some made up love story that just happened to be filmed in area that is close by.
@red158 (333)
• Canada
6 Apr 07
Now this might sound weird but I didn't think Forrest Gump lived up to all the hype, not that I didn't like it, I just expected so much more. I have never seen E.T., my children have the movie but I have never watched it. A Wonderful Life, I fell asleep before it was over. Fargo, two hours of my life I'll never get back. Unbreakable, add two more hours of useless life, kept waiting for it to get good, it didn't. You know it's a bad movie when only one person out of a group actually got it. I did get it, had to explain it to hubby and still thought it was bad. Now I did like Dances With Wolves, and I loved Braveheart. Have no desire to see Passions of Christ.
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@diannebcrs (1549)
• Philippines
6 Apr 07
i wasn't able to watch 300 but i wanted to. i didn't wanna watch it alone but my friends had watched it ahead of me and when they were done they started to talk about the movie and how things turned out, what happened to this guy, how it ended. it really ruined my mood so i ended up not watching it. i watched The Prestige. i guess it was a good film coz a lot of people praised it and gave out good reviews. i slept thru the rest of the film though, i was bored. i guess i expected something spectacular. my mistake, it was supposed to have the early 19th century set up so of course there wouldn't be any breathtaking magical stunts there.
@Debs_place (10520)
• United States
6 Apr 07
Braveheart, gladiator, all of the matrix movies, the color purple, Evita (but I liked the music), Blair witch project ---I thought they were all awful. I have seen Titanic, or most other movies - other then Happy Feet, Harry Potter and this weekend - premonition (which I did not like) I usually don't get to see many movies
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