PG-rated
10-10-2005, 09:29 AM
So reading the various "Movies You Hate" threads, I've realized that I very rarely actively dislike a movie, but I do have a lot of movies that just sort of disappointed me. I would still recommend them to people if I thought their tastes would match that particular movie, but they just weren't quite what I was looking for. I thought this thread might be a good place to discuss those movies, especially since I'm interested to hear what others might think about my picks.
To repeat: this thread is NOT for movies you hated and would never recommend to anyone, that caused you to walk out of the theater, fall asleep, return without finishing, or pray to God to give you those two hours of your life back. There are already at least two threads for those movies.
Also, some of these may contain spoilers, so if you see a movie listed that you haven't seen and don't want to know the ending of, scroll past that one.
I'll start:
Signs - I loved the acting and cinematography in this, but the ending really pissed me off. First of all, why would aliens invade a planet that's covered in a substance they're allergic to? Didn't any of their "advance teams" (the ones who made the crop circles) ever visit when it was raining? Second, I found the whole idea of fate as used in the movie to be extremely simplistic and fairly insulting to people of faith. Mel Gibson's son was "supposed" to have asthma so he could survive the alien attack? His wife's death had a "purpose" because she gave him the idea to defeat the aliens? I don't think so.
Like I said, I was really enjoying this movie until the end, so I appreciate the craft that went into it. And I would recommend it to anyone for whom suspension of disbelief comes a little easier than it does for me. But I was disappointed.
To repeat: this thread is NOT for movies you hated and would never recommend to anyone, that caused you to walk out of the theater, fall asleep, return without finishing, or pray to God to give you those two hours of your life back. There are already at least two threads for those movies.
Also, some of these may contain spoilers, so if you see a movie listed that you haven't seen and don't want to know the ending of, scroll past that one.
I'll start:
Signs - I loved the acting and cinematography in this, but the ending really pissed me off. First of all, why would aliens invade a planet that's covered in a substance they're allergic to? Didn't any of their "advance teams" (the ones who made the crop circles) ever visit when it was raining? Second, I found the whole idea of fate as used in the movie to be extremely simplistic and fairly insulting to people of faith. Mel Gibson's son was "supposed" to have asthma so he could survive the alien attack? His wife's death had a "purpose" because she gave him the idea to defeat the aliens? I don't think so.
Like I said, I was really enjoying this movie until the end, so I appreciate the craft that went into it. And I would recommend it to anyone for whom suspension of disbelief comes a little easier than it does for me. But I was disappointed.