" Mine is Transformers 2...I enjoyed it, but seems like most people hated it "
That's because that movie was horrible :p
Um...I will stand by movies that I enjoy, even if people hate them. I love Paul Blart, You Don't Mess with the Zohan, Kung Pow: Enter the Fist, Rocky & Bullwinkle and quite a few other poorly received comedies.
@VinceNotVance: People hated Paul Blart: Mall Cop (or am I thinking of a different movie?)? And Kung Pow? I loved those movies.
I can't think of any movies that a lot of people hate, but I like. I'm sure there are quite a few, but for the life of me, I cannot recall any.
Did people hate Twister? I loved that movie. What about MiB 1/2, or Independence Day? I love those too. Oh yeah, also, I liked Star Wars 1-3. Everyone and their dog seems to hate 'em, but I thought they were entertaining.
I never really go out of my way to see how others think of movies I like though, pretty much why I don't have many answers.
Good Burger,Observe and Report. I'm actually really interested in all of the works by Jody Hill (wrote/directed O&R, directed The Foot Fist Way with a script by him, Danny McBride and Ben Best, which they all starred in, and co-created Eastbound & Down, which McBride & Best starred in.) It's probably his weakest work so far, but he's really talented in terms of comedy and film in general, and I would like to see him do other genres.
I'd venture to guess that a lot of people who didn't like Shoot 'em Up thought it was being serious.
But, um, I actually like End of Days and Collateral Damage. I hated the ending of End of Days, but otherwise it was solid. There aren't many Arnold movies where he plays an older, more realistic guy, and I guess that's why I like those two. By more realistic, of course I mean by Arnold standards.
Rambo III isn't bad. Especially when put up against Rambo II.
Ang Lee's Hulk. I absolutely don't understand the hate for this film. It's a thinking man's Hulk (or at least an artsy man's Hulk), if there can be such a thing.
Magnolia. I won't argue that it's not pretentious, and no, I don't understand why it rained frogs. Still, I love the movie, and Tom Cruise was very good.
The Machinist. I haven't seen a lot of hate, per se, but most people just call it weird and something they wouldn't watch again. I consider it a horror film, and it's pretty damn awesome.
I completely understand why these movies get so much hate but I really like them and own them all on blu-ray now: Transformers and ROTF, Matrix Reloaded and Matrix Revolutions and Final Fantasy the Spirits Within,
Theirs also a crazy amount of bad b to c grade action movies I own on dvd, most of them probably featuring jason statham or jackie chan lol. Also I thought Avatar was one of the greatest movies of all time and cant wait for the blu-ray. :P
Critically speaking, Richard Kelly's post Donnie Darko movies are universally panned as fucking baffling pretentious wankfests, which they are. But man, they're soo good. Soooo good. Ed Wood 2.0, you have to sincerely think you're making high art and fail as badly as Richard does to make such quality B movies.
Transformers 2. I liked it but everybody hated it. If anyone says they hated it because of the story then they shouldn't go to Transformers movies. Transformers is not supposed to have a clear story jackass!
The Matrix Trilogy. All three of them. Oh, and the last two Alien films. Kind of hard to defend them after the first two but they've still got their own brand of awesome.
Step Brothers. A lot of my friends hate it because of how juvenile the humor is, and critics hate it for this reason as well, but I really love this movie. "John Bonham's playing Moby Dick for real!"
@BjornTheUnicorn: jody hill is my favorite director at the moment. i love his characters, cinematography, and general direction. awesome director for sure. his next movie L.A.P.I is going to start filming soon!
" I'd venture to guess that a lot of people who didn't like Shoot 'em Up thought it was being serious. But, um, I actually like End of Days and Collateral Damage. I hated the ending of End of Days, but otherwise it was solid. There aren't many Arnold movies where he plays an older, more realistic guy, and I guess that's why I like those two. By more realistic, of course I mean by Arnold standards. Rambo III isn't bad. Especially when put up against Rambo II. Ang Lee's Hulk. I absolutely don't understand the hate for this film. It's a thinking man's Hulk (or at least an artsy man's Hulk), if there can be such a thing. Magnolia. I won't argue that it's not pretentious, and no, I don't understand why it rained frogs. Still, I love the movie, and Tom Cruise was very good. The Machinist. I haven't seen a lot of hate, per se, but most people just call it weird and something they wouldn't watch again. I consider it a horror film, and it's pretty damn awesome. I dunno, there's probably a bunch more... "
The Machinist is fucking awesome, So brilliantly done, I loved it.
A lot of movies posted so far people don't actually hate. You just wish they had to make you feel special and different. :) Con Air (wait wat?) Truman Show Highlander Avatar Mortal Kombat Smokin' Aces Are all decent movies. There might be some divisive opinions but saying most people hate them is a stretch. I mean even on geeky gaming forums like ours where people like hating on Avatar and Transformers 2 most people admit Avatar was decent or good, just over hyped.
SW prequels do seem to be hated on for mostly baseless reasons. Sure there was that one midichlorian blunder but that's about the only valid thing there is and I can look past that easily. If you were offended by Jar-Jar that's just being an uptight asshole thinking cute thoughts like the SW universe is all mature and serious and special and stuff. And Vader was a sissy indecisive bitch before the prequels anyway :P I blame nostalgia goggles for making people unable to criticize the originals. Overall I enjoyed 1-3 just as much as 4-6.
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