So, I feel like everyone has at least one film that everyone hates that they love and a film they hate but everyone loves.
I never really liked Grease. Songs are catchy as hell and I sing along every time. So I do get it. But I don’t know, just never got the hype. We watched it a lot in school and I just hated it.
(Not ruling out live shows though. Maybe I’d love them, I dunno.)
I liked the film Repo: A Genetic Opera.
I would never argue it’s a flawless movie because it’s anything but. But I liked it in a sort of “Rocky Horror” kind of way.
Bonus shout out to the Scooby Doo live action movie. Maybe I’d hate it now, but I liked it enough as a kid lol. It had a self deprecating sense of humour and had some fairly good nods to the OG show. Also it had Buffy lol
What are some of yours?
- I really disliked Midsommar and the Witch, both of which are highly rated horror movies whether by critics or fans. Ditto for the Omen and the Blair Witch Project.
- In my opinion, Ringu and its American remake, the Ring, are boring and barely scary at all. There are many horror movies that are far less popular that I like a lot more.
- I've never watched a Marvel Cinematic Universe movie, and I'm not interested in doing so.
- I found Get Out okay but not nearly as amazing as many people rate it to be. I also find Jordan Peele's social and racial commentary in that movie, while based on very real and genuine grounds, a bit too heavy-handed, almost like an act of spoon-feeding the audience said commentary.
On the flip side:
- I
love Godzilla: King of the Monsters. Yes, the plot and most of the human characters are cheesy and poor, but the CGI, music, and monster action are amazing--and at the end of the day, those are the main things I look for in a Godzilla movie.
- I found the 2006 movie adaptation of Silent Hill absolutely beautiful, especially the music and the faithfulness to the source material. The atmosphere felt genuinely nightmarish, too.
- The entire (original/Japanese) Ju-On franchise is my favorite horror franchise of all time. The Grudge is popular among horror fans, but not the earlier Ju-On: The Curse and Ju-On: The Curse 2, both of which I really liked as well.