Everyone has a movie that is universally loved but you can’t stand. The sort of movie that is so universally loved, you almost can’t bring yourself to admit you don’t like it. I remain convinced that groupthink is the only way Napoleon Dynamite was quoted by literally everyone I know in 2004. And don’t even get me started on The Castle.
(NB. These opinions are mine and mine alone. I remain pretty much the only one in the PEDESTRIAN office who doesn’t ‘get’ The Castle, and am regularly bullied by my colleagues about it.)
Hating Avatar doesn’t count, because despite taking in US $3.02 billion worldwide, everybody hates it. And hating something extremely mainstream like The Devil Wears Prada doesn’t count either, because Meryl Streep is the tits in that film and disliking it means you’re wrong.
Folks on Twitter are confessing to their unpopular movie opinions, and it’s as cathartic as it is weird. Whatever heaps good movie you’ve always hated – well, there’s someone else out there who feels exactly the same way you do.
Who doesn’t like Titanic? This guy, apparently.
Let’s play movie confession. Name a movie everyone loves and you despise. I’ll go first.
Forrest Gump.
— Chuck (@ivychat) August 30, 2017
Never. See. Titanic.
— Chuck (@ivychat) August 30, 2017
Titanic-hater Chuck is the one who started this whole mess, but plenty more are joining in.
Basically every Pixar movie.
— War2D2 (@war2d2) August 30, 2017
Gladiator
— B. Roo Sweinberger™️🇺🇦 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ (@BruceWeinberger) August 30, 2017
Jerry Maguire
— Trish Kinkle (@trishnphilly) August 30, 2017
Lord of the Rings…
— Ryan Guellow (@guellow23) August 30, 2017
Rogue One I also hated.
— Ryan Guellow (@guellow23) August 30, 2017
Oh this is easy. Field of Dreams. I love Kevin Costner AND I love baseball, but I did not get the appeal of that movie. I was bored silly.
— Annette Jals (@AMJalsevac) August 30, 2017
Big Lebowski
— Kana 🤙🏻🐬⬆️ (@svhessi) August 30, 2017
https://twitter.com/Nick_Frost/status/902852068997824513
Dances with Wolves (How the HELL did that beat out ‘Goodfellas’ for Best Picture??) https://t.co/pjSn5IA4LF
— Greg Cougar Mellenlibertarian (@NonLiberalPAer) August 30, 2017
https://twitter.com/zHeather/status/902878466718171136
https://twitter.com/Runningflyhalf/status/902888623217004547
Harry potter. All of them.
— John Moore (@JohnMoore1986) August 30, 2017
https://twitter.com/JimRobinson7362/status/902727223165292549
The Blair Witch Project
— Princess Hardy (@tchest1973) August 30, 2017
https://twitter.com/rj_naranjo/status/902884619766439941
The Godfather https://t.co/N3FS8ixSzo
— Sarah (@Sarah_Cubs) August 30, 2017
https://twitter.com/AnthonyMowatt01/status/903013251344211968
https://twitter.com/alurkingcat/status/903012832190623744
Casablanca, and I don’t hate Pulp Fiction but it’s my least favorite Tarantino movie https://t.co/lg7qCq6zaP
— Brady Powell (@powellbradyc) August 30, 2017
