There are plenty of films that will never grace my media players again but outright unbearable is a different matter entirely. I would reply to some of the posts here if only to question the apparent hatred of some films. After that I might as well just quote WildWon (post 35 in this thread) but failing that I it is probably a minor spin on my "potential" rating system- nobody expects the 18th My Little Pony film to be good but when a good cast, story, directory/studio and the like come together to make something that bores me senseless then it is less fun.
Likewise I enjoy properly paced TV shows (enough material for 7 hour long shows- have at it but pad it to 12 or 24 or likewise condense it badly and we have issues) more than films these days- the longer timeframe works wonders for pretty much any narrative. Indeed it is probably at the point that I am inclined to forgo films in favour of TV, books and games not to mention when I do watch a film I frequently end a film thinking- would have made a better short TV show. Thinking about it if you named a genre/theme I could probably suggest a TV series that does it stunningly and now good CGI has appeared in the TV realm (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clnozSXyF4k...feature=related ) or indeed in the ultra low budget realm (see something like
http://www.youtube.com/filmriot ) there is nothing really out of range.
Likewise with budgets as big as some films seem to get it is frequently and not entirely unjustifiably all about CYA with regards to it all- backdoor pilots, cartoons, books and to some extent games have less constraints here which makes things more fun.
Iron Giant- the comic/graphic novel was one of my favourites back in school. The film I really disliked.
Comic films/remakes of said comics- always interesting to me. Personally I never read comics but I did watch most of the 90s cartoons of said comics (indeed if the rights holders have some sense (typically they do not) I probably even have DVDs of them) as well as some of the later iterations enough to consider them a proper childhood memory. To this end I am never quite sure where things sit here- I can probably name you characters and their abilities/stories without them being introduced in the film but little quirks and/or continuity are less important than the overall story/theme. I will however join the live action transformers is transformers in name only crowd.
Lord of the Rings- seen as LOTR was one of the first modern fantasy novels everything that came after it was arguably an improvement on the formula. Normally I will partake of just about anything with a fantasy theme but LOTR was a chore (I even went in for a marathon of the directors cuts one day- no change).
Sweeny Todd- the story is awesome, the recent film I can not stand.
Most "stoner" films a second time around.
