What's one movie fad that you hate?

[Lord Booticus]

Hollywood re-makes of classic British films.

"Histroical" films that take a piss and a dump on history (I'm looking at you Gibson).

 

[G-Lexington]

I understand remakes and sequels. I don't like them, but I understand them. Yeah, there weren't all these loose threads and hanging questions after Madagascar. But millions of people went and saw it. And, as we've seen, Rule #1 in the movie business is "If they paid for it once, they're primed to pay for it again." And so we go see Madagascar 2. And, judging by the $60 million opening weekend, 3.

Lex

 

[evilest]

Let's see.

Token ethnics is one. Although possibly the most ironic 'token black' appearance is Jada Pinkett in Scream 2, where she spends ten minutes ranting about how black people never survive slashers and she's too ghetto fabulous to get cut the fuck up. She dies almost immediatelty after.

Stars before titles. Like 'Keanu Reeves IS... (fucking awful)'

Actors given roles purely on looks not ability. Keanu again, and frankly half the cast of any Frank Miller inspired movie.

Remakes. Especially ones that aren't called remakes, but re-imagining, interpretations, or worst off all 'a chilling new vision of a classic'. Like Rob Zombie's Halloween.

 

[Spellbound]

do you Americans realise how ridiculous a dance-off actually is? I'm guessing no, since you all keep paying to go and watch this dreck every time a film of this nature gets made.

-d-

They don't make that much money. They may open well, but they never have much competition. They're always released at shitty times in the year like February or late August/early September when kids have nothing else to go see. And they target a niche audience of retarded people.
But I agree, those movies fucking suck the big one.

 

[gdude30]

Oh yes I forgot about the high school musical series.

Hate it.

Stupid zac, cordon, that sharpie girl and all those others...

And Jonas Brothers and Hannah Montana being in movies now..

Ugh..

 

[Pushover]

Movie adaptations of incredible fantasy novels that turn out like absolute shit. Eregon comes to mind; I hated the movie, loved the book.

Movie trends that follow along with Saw. There is no reason in modern society why we need to see movies about people being brutally mutilated while you watch. That disgusts me to no end.

 

[SonOfSlobone]

Credits at the end. I guess it's not really a fad, cause they've been doing it for a long time, but it still pisses me off. I want to know who's in the movie, who directed it, who wrote the music. At home I can alway adjourn to IMDB, but at the theater I'm stuck unless I want to run outside and look at the poster.

 

[gdude30]

Movie adaptations of incredible fantasy novels that turn out like absolute shit. Eregon comes to mind; I hated the movie, loved the book.

Movie trends that follow along with Saw. There is no reason in modern society why we need to see movies about people being brutally mutilated while you watch. That disgusts me to no end.

How about movie adaptions of anime?

THEY ARE KILLING DRAGON BALL

WIth the stupid Dragonball Evolution thing.

I have to sort of defend saw though. I've only seen parts of the first one but I know alot of people who like the movie who are mentally stable and people with good morals. I don't mean freakishly high morals though.

It's just a trend really. Scary movies are just something that alot of people are into now for their own reasons. It might be the thrill, the adrenaline, or something like that. Scary movies have evolved as well.

I think movies like saw are more of a psychological thriller which makes you think. Not just about some scary clown face guy mutilating and torturing people.

I believe there are movies out there that are just that though. Nothing more then killing, brutality, and mutilation. But I don't think Saw is quite in that category.

 

[Ram]

The a-stereotypical teenage kid. It's in every movie.

Look at me: I hate the world. I'm so witty. I'm above it all. I'm so Juno like.

 

[LatinoSTAR]

Prequels. i mean come one...those are worse than sequels

and remakes. although there has been a few decent remakes. Like Texas Chainsaw Massacre, i thought that was a pretty well done remake..

 

[Spellbound]

I hate in big disaster movies that only the big cities with landmarks get hit and destroyed by the hurricanes, aliens, tidal waves, asteroids or giant monsters. We always see NYC getting torn a new asshole, but never Orlando or Sacramento or Denver or Trenton.

 

[Kester]

I hate, especially with horror movies, that cut stuff out so they can get a lower rating then releasing an 'uncut' version on DVD.

Just show the uncut version in the cinemas.

 

[gdude30]

One thing I hate are the fanboys/girls. Like people who dress up as Batman while standing in line to see Dark Night, or someone camping in front of a theater days before the new Star Wars, or how some brag seeing the new Lord of the Rings 13 times while it was in theaters. I'm mean get a life.

And don't forget all the girls screaming for Twilight.

If the guy/vampires in it sucked cock I wonder if the girls would be screaming for it

 

[LilBit]

I'm kind of tired of this recent trend (i.e. the past twenty years or so) of making films that star neither Bette nor Joan. I mean, for fuck's sake!

 

[gdude30]

That would just start a huge wave of sex change operations

And that's a bad thing? :O

 

[gdude30]

From what I heard, those who go from female to male can't have a very big cock. Functional, barely average size (if not)

It would make for an interesting trend.

And it would be funny for people who do that to go "I'm totally part of the in-crowd and so popular"

 

[blackbeltninja]

I hate in big disaster movies that only the big cities with landmarks get hit and destroyed by the hurricanes, aliens, tidal waves, asteroids or giant monsters. We always see NYC getting torn a new asshole, but never Orlando or Sacramento or Denver or Trenton.

Well, in Independence Day, those scenes of mass destruction were kinda cool. I'm not sure it would have been quite as impressivethe alien cannon thing had just blown up a bank in Denver instead of all those skyscrapers, or that huge hurricane smashing Capital Records in the Day after Tomorrow had just blown over a few trees in Sioux Falls. I mean, we are going to see these films for the popcorn factor.

And I notice you didn't include anything other than American cities on your list...

-d-

 

[Spellbound]

Well, in Independence Day, those scenes of mass destruction were kinda cool. I'm not sure it would have been quite as impressivethe alien cannon thing had just blown up a bank in Denver instead of all those skyscrapers, or that huge hurricane smashing Capital Records in the Day after Tomorrow had just blown over a few trees in Sioux Falls. I mean, we are going to see these films for the popcorn factor.

And I notice you didn't include anything other than American cities on your list...

-d-

Because I just don't care about foreign cities.

And I'm not saying the destruction doesn't look cool. But by now it just gets predictable.

 

[scrapple]

"Independence Day" probably symbolizes everything wrong with movies. Possibly my all-time worst film (after Magnolia, of course)

 

[Spellbound]

I liked Magnolia up until the frogs. What a disappointment!