"Critically acclaimed" films that you hated

Well if you're idea of horror is things jumping out and going "boo" at you, then clearly you'll be disapointed. Like the best horrors it's not about cheap scares, it's about leaving you feeling uneasy and disturbed.

But it's a total cult film, which by definition means it doesn't appeal to everyone. Personally I think it's a classic, and has the best ending of any film ever. Bit of a shame about the ropey camerawork in a few places though.

Dave
 
Eyes Wide Sh*t (who enjoyed it? - not me, - Kubricks worst) Jerry MagDire and....oh some unimportant unknown, really crap film called Battleship Potempkin :D. Boring maybe but one of the most critically acclaimed films in cinematic history.

Grant films like Notting Hill, Four Weddings are said to be "critically acclaimed". Why oh why!!

In fact every movie I've suggested has been "acclaimed" by at least once source which begs the question - what makes a film "critically acclaimed?".......
 
OMG all my favourite films are getting trashed:
Trainspotting : quite possibly the funniest film about drug taking ever made,who cannot see SpuRAB bed scene and not crack up,put me off fry ups for a while I can tell you:D

Pulp Fiction : Tarantino's finest moment nuf said

The Matrix : Awesome


The English Patient: Have to agree total arse.
Oh and the Wicker Man is the greatest too.
 
agreed - have to say that american beauty has been the film that people have gushed over the most that I've hated.
Add all that Spielberg 'Oscar-toss' post Jaws to the list, Forest Gump, Intacto, Tom Hanks movies and American Pie (just not funny at all I'm afraid). Some of the Coen Bros stuff is pure liquid sh*te as well (Big Lebowski in particular).

In terms of 'ye olde classics' - Citizen Kane is seriously boring and many critics do have the balls to slate it; even with the technical innovations, it still wasn't as advanced as people would have you believe and many other directors got there first in terms of the famous shots it's been credited for.

It's A Wonderful Life - it did average at the box office, and only achieved its cult status through the lack of copyright and cable television! It's seriously sugary and the only film in the world where suicide is but a passing phase for the main protagonist :confused:
 
It's the Emperor's New Clothes syndrome. They don't understand but they think they should, so they rave over it. The other critics have to follow suit to maintain their peer credibility.
 
I think 2001 is a film to be marvelled at, rather than be entertained by. I think it's amazing, but I have to be in the right frame of mind to watch it, and it's no exaggeration to say quite a lot of it is kind of boring. :D Seeing Leonard Rossiter always amuses me though. :rolleyes:

I thought of another. I was really intruiged by the concept of this film, and read so many rave reviews, but missed it at the cinema. So I bought the DVD when it came out, and was utterly dissapointed. That was of course "Being John Malcovich" - what a load of boring, badly directed rubbish that was.
 
You raise an excellent point.

SONY PICTURES, in fact, paid some movie reviewers to write favorable reviews of their movies in some papers.

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Yes Corin - fake reviews demean the whole film industry.

Also - there is a practice of studios or producers of films with luke-warm or bad reviews picking soundbites from backwater newspaper reviews - for example - the review headline on the film poster says "Terrific. This movie is a must-see" and when you look closely - the quote came from a journalist working for a virtually unknown local paper.

Worse still - [allegedly] some studios and production companies pay underpaid junior journalists from local papers (and some national!) to 'spice up' their reviews so they can use their direct quotes in movie posters/adverts etc.

Only one person can critically acclaim a film - the person watching it :) (and it took three debt-ridden years studying film to reach that conclusion:confused: )
 
I'm so glad other people found The English Patient as much crap as I did... how it won all those oscars I'll never know. It was tedious in the extreme.

Also hated Moulin Rouge.. only redeeming feature was Ewan McGregor who looked as sexy as always:)
 
Stars wars for me as well. never got into it much. and I hate it now they seem to have turned my beloved star trek into star wars, judging by the latest film ;(.
 
People seem to think The Matrix was critically acclaimed. Now maybe, but when it was released it wasn't really overly praised by too many critics. Word of mouth made it popular. Anyway, movie critics tend to be woefully inaccurate, mind you they are only giving their own opinion. Personally Jonathon Ross tenRAB to be my favourite reviewer, he'll say a film is absolute critical rubbish if it is but point out that it could be fun to watch etc. Also I don't remember Chicago, Road to Perdition, Moulin Rouge or Gangs of New York getting exceptionally glowing reviews. Most said they were pretty good but not great. Of course everybody is going to disagree because this is a very very personal thing. I was really bored by Fellowship of the Ring but I reckon had they got rid of that whole elven forest bit I might have liked it more. I can still appreciate the difference between critical acclaim and technical acclaim though. I might be bored by a film but be astounded by its technical merits, or vice versa.
 
I agree with the person before, Citizen Kane is the most boring film ever, and its so silly. How can anyone search to find what his last worRAB meant when he died alone and noone heard them???????????????????????
 
Yeah Memento was abysmal :mad: . Matrix Reloaded is 1/3 of a film which hopefully has an ending. I rented the DVD (after seeing it in the movies), but I couldnt be arsed finishing it. CG generated stunt scenes. :yawn: :yawn: :sleep: :sleep:
 
Wow. TBL easily makes my top 5 and The Dude is one of the funniest movie characters I've ever seen. .....maybe I can just relate to him a little more than I'd like.
 
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