Movies that people have recommended as a "must see", and you were like...Seriously?
 

Has anyone ever recommended a movie to you as a "must see", and when you saw it, you thought it was awful?

I have a few, but I'm sure other movies will come to mind as I read what others have posted.

1. Pulp Fiction
2. Carrie
3. The Shining
4. The Last Emperor
5. Devil in a Blue Dress
6. Pretty Woman

So far..

Any movie with Arnold Schwarzenegger. I'm sure I'll have more later.

lol
Totally forgot about him. I just don't like him as an actor. He's awful.

Napoleon Dynomite

I like movies, books & stories, and it takes me a lot to actually hate one, but I really want those two hours of my life back.

Silence of the Lambs (it took me 3 tries to get through it without falling asleep)
Singles
Beverly Hills Cop (not awful, just the result of excessive hype before I finally saw it)

Forrest Gump.



Yeah, I know. :o

The English Patient

Atonement made me angry it was so bad. I have a hard and fast rule that The Wizard of Oz gets to have it all be a dream but NOBODY ELSE DOES. If it turns out to all be a dream, I want my money back. The day I saw that I snuck into Sweeney Todd so I could feel better. And I did. I really enjoyed that one!

I also don't get it about Pretty Woman, but when I was a concierge in Chicago I used it as a benchmark for when to suggest Miss Saigon. With as straight a face as I could muster I would ask if they loved Pretty Woman. If they did, then they would love Miss Saigon. If they hated it then I steered them away. And that worked every time. The hooker with a heart of gold story has been done to death and I find it well beyond cheesy.

Bridesmaids

Anything directed by Quentin Tarantino.

I heart this severely.

Bridesmaids
The Hangover
Sin City
Lord of the Rings

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Gangs of New York
Trainspotting
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Rushmore
The Age of Innocence

Oz, The Great & Powerful.

It didn't add to the story. It was a visual effects display, nothing more. Plus, they got some traditional things wrong (Glinda is the witch of the NORTH), and I hated that tiara and most of Glinda's wardrobe.

I'll see that and raise you...

Anything directed/written by Wes Anderson.

Anything with Seth Rogen. (I was going to say anything with Judd Apatow's fingerprints on it, but he did Anchorman.)