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So in the modern day, things get a bit, well, I’ll call it odd. Every film seems to attract loonies off all kinds. Those that support. Those that detract,

But if I may, I’d like us all to look back, for the purposes of this thread, and nominate......

A) A Film one actually enjoyed.
B) That, to the best of your knowledge nobody actively dislikes.

Why the italics? Because there’s a difference between not enjoying a given film, and actually disliking it.

As ever, I’ll kick off. With a bit of low hanging fruit.

Sister Act.

I defy anyone to not enjoy this movie on some level. And I double defy anyone to actually say it’s a poop film. Overall. It’s an excellent seat filler, which somehow went beyond its initial remit. It’s fun. It’s funny. It’s gentle. None of its jokes out past their welcome.

It’s utterly uncontroversial, despite its religious ties. It’s gentle. And I feel it has a universal morality to it.

Forrest Gump.

Forest’s genuine innocence as he navigates the tumultuous 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. Sweet, and sorrowful. To say that, as a protagonist, he is an unlikely hero would be a serious understatement.

(In my humble opinion, the best movie I’ve seen. I find the era to be endlessly fascinating. The story is deep and compelling without being overtly preachy. So much shown and implied, without being said aloud. Jenny’s throwing of stones at her old home is heartbreakingly *real*. The development of “side” characters as well as the main character is interesting to me. The world is full of horror, yet Forest is blissfully unaware, like a modern-day Don Quixote, and overcomes these obstacles... unlike the unfortunate Knight-Errant.)

Thats patently wrong! I hate the Gump.

beside the two movies mentionned above, I would suggest Fury Road, the latest Mad Max movie. It was a very well done action movie with suprisingly good stunt work, costumes and very good acting. Probably one of the best movie of the action/adventure genre.

The Princess Bride
A Christmas Story
Star Wars (the first one)
Little Shop of Horrors

Jurassic Park
Fellowship of the Ring
Any Mel Brooks movie

Not that my opinion matters a damn?

All perfectly acceptable entires.

Can't thiink of one because everyone like different things

Eg:

I can't stand Princess Bride
I find Forest Gump deeply depressing.

Sister Act - don;t think I have ever sat through it.

See what I mean

The first Blade movie.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:

Sister Act.

I defy anyone to not enjoy this movie on some level. .

Nope, I hate it.

Whoopi Goldburg gives me the irrits when she's trying to be funny, and I hate the trainwreck-style 'protagonist in a stupid situation where they will inevitably be caught out in some catastrophic way' premise in just about any movie in which it is used.

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:

Star Wars (the first one)

Plenty of movie critics at least actively disliked Star Wars. But then, plenty of movie critics of the '70s and '80s just actively disliked any sci fi movie on general principle, because they were sci fi.


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 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:

Any Mel Brooks movie

Funnily enough, I hated Space Balls the first time I saw it. Re-watched it with my wife (then-girlfriend) some years later and thoroughly enjoyed it. I take my comedy much less seriously as an adult than I did as a teenager, apparently.

Let's be honest. Dracula: Dead and Loving It was not his best effort.

Nor was Men In Tights

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
Let's be honest. Dracula: Dead and Loving It was not his best effort.

Ahh but Lysette Anthony - I enjoyed it alot but its not Blazing Saddles

I mean, are we putting aside movies in which people have no interest due to genre? I assume we're going for "movies that the TARGET audience liked or loved...almost without exception", etc?

I'd say Last of the Mohicans is arguably a perfect film, but if you've zero interest in the French and Indian War etc...then you might dislike it solely on that fact.

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
The Princess Bride
A Christmas Story

I've known quite a few people who hate Princes Bride, for a wide variety of reasons.

And personally, I absolutely hate 'A Christmas Story.' Out of all the 'mainstream movies' in the world, I probably hate it the most.
I don't want those people to exist, let alone be 'normal'

 Azreal13 wrote:
Nor was Men In Tights

Another that I enjoy considerably more as an adult, although I didn't dislike it as much on first (teen) viewing as Space Balls...

On a somewhat related note, while I'm not at all sure it would go into the 'nobody hates it' category, the Three Amigos is a movie that I am rather surprised to enjoy... I can't stand Chevy Chase, Martin Short or Steve Martin, and it's that trainwreck silly-situation-premise that I normally hate, but somehow this movie just worked.

Yep I think finding any movie that no one actively dislikes (never mind hates) is impossible.....

Boondock Saints
5th Element

and

Van Wilder (fight me!)

I think some of the classics would be tough to find someone who really genuinely dislikes...some people may not be in love with them, but stuff like:

Jaws
Indiana Jones (at least the first two)
ALIEN

etc. Again I'd say anyone in the target audience probably doesn't dislike these films, unless they have some weird quirk (i.e. they hate sharks, etc.)

Muppets Christmas Carol

 Azreal13 wrote:
Nor was Men In Tights

Them’s fight in’ words.

 Hulksmash wrote:
Boondock Saints
5th Element

and

Van Wilder (fight me!)

Boondock Saints is a movie I barely made it through. My wife hated it more than I did.

The Shawshank Redemption.


Only time I've ever heard anyone talking about it was hearty recommendations to watch it immediately or as a contender in a "top movies of all time" debate.

I don't get people who hate Monty Python and the Holy Grail. I mean, I get people who are sick of the memes and just don't enjoy it being brought up when it isn't relevant, but I don't get how anyone can't enjoy it on some level.

I always enjoyed it up until the ending. Then I had a floor mate in college who quoted it constantly and I stopped enjoying it altogether.

I would say Saving Private Ryan, Green Mile, the first Toy Story, Terminator 2, and personally Kung Fu Hustle.

Appleseed 2004

The music, visual rhythm of this film, it's sound effects are hard to beat. I consider it the pinnacle of all motion adaptations. Immune? I care not.

 Elbows wrote:
I'd say Last of the Mohicans is arguably a perfect film, but if you've zero interest in the French and Indian War etc...then you might dislike it solely on that fact.

I used to love the movie, but today, it as lost some of its charm due to its numerous anachronism.

 Grimskul wrote:
I would say Saving Private Ryan, Green Mile, the first Toy Story, Terminator 2, and personally Kung Fu Hustle.

I can't watch Saving Private Ryan. I get that it's an impressive piece of cinematography, but I can't enjoy it on any level. I watch movies for escape, so getting too carried away with the realism in a movie based in an actual, horrific war just winds up being stomach-churning.

Anyone not on the Gump train should have had parents more interested in getting them into standard schooling.

The Princess Bride is another near-perfect movie. Don't like it? Probably too much time on the soul sucking machine.

Boondock Saints... has not aged well. I plan to show it to my kids when they're older, in a "This sort of thing used to be socially accepted, but now it's not..." I rewatched last year-ish and it's very much an angry white man sort of movie. Which isn't intended to be triggering, just... I'm in a better place now then I was back then, and now it's got some parts that are hard to watch.

Shawshank is on my top 5 movies that if I accidentally see it playing, I have to finish watching. Because honestly, how often do you look at a man's shoes? I need to know.