Alone in Your Hate?

[Edens_heel]

Earlier today, a friend I haven't seen in some time asked me if I wanted to see Alice in Wonderland this Friday. Not only did I decline, but you couldn't even pay me to see it. The reason? I hate... no, I LOATHE Tim Burton and almost everything he's ever had his name attached to (Pee Wee's Big Adventure and Ed Wood get a pass, but THAT'S IT). Not only that, but the film looks, to me, utterly terrible - as if a goth kid just gave too much eye liner to Johnny Depp and told everyone to piss on whatever good memories of Wonderland viewers might have had (I won't even get into the travesty that was Charlie and the Chocolate Factory).

Now, I realize I'm in the minority here. I'll never understand why the Nightmare Before Christmas has such a following, nor why anyone can sit through Mars Attacks without losing their lunch.

So my question or the community is: Has there ever been something you absolutely despise which seems to be loved by almost all of your peers, or embraced by a large part of society?

I'll toss in one more: Douglas Coupland. Being an art and publishing student in Vancouver, saying this is considered blasphemy by many, but I'd rather sacrifice a goat than ever read another word by that overblown, way-too-in-love-with-his-own-voice hack.

So anyone else have some untold hate to profess in this sense?

[succubus_dxb]

Things that I HATE and have almost been beaten over:


Johnny Depp
Harry f*cking Potter
Lord of the Rings



PLEASE, I let you like them and don't say anything- don't bash me for it.


Ugh.

[Weeze]

Honey Mustard.

[DitzyBrunette]

Casablanca. It is boring. It is not a great movie. I really truly think that people like it and call it a classic because it's a never ending chain of people-before-me-loved-it-so-I-should-too. The movie sucks, people. It just plain sucks.

Also, I am so on board with hating Tim Burton and Johnny Depp. Johnny Depp was great before he let Tim Burton turn him into a one dimensional freak. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was gross. He looked too much like Michael Jackson and he didn't come off as funny, he looked like.. well, like a pervert. I was immensely creeped out watching that. Once was enough for me.

Megan Fox. Just... no.

Avatar. *smh* Sheep. "Oooh, James Cameron made it so it MUST be good!" No.

[Edens_heel]

Originally Posted by krismiss

Honey Mustard.

Fuck - AGREED.

[Edens_heel]

Originally Posted by succubus_dxb

Things that I HATE and have almost been beaten over:


Johnny Depp
Harry f*cking Potter
Lord of the Rings



PLEASE, I let you like them and don't say anything- don't bash me for it.


Ugh.

Definitely agree on the LOTR books, but I did love the films.

[succubus_dxb]

Originally Posted by krismiss

Honey Mustard.

blasphemy

[Edens_heel]

Originally Posted by DitzyBrunette

Casablanca. It is boring. It is not a great movie. I really truly think that people like it and call it a classic because it's a neve rending chain of people-before-me-loved-it-so-I-should-too. The movie sucks, people. It just plain sucks.

Also, I am so on board with hating Tim Burton and Johnny Depp. Johnny Depp was great before he let Tim Burton turn him into a one dimensional freak. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was gross. He looked too much like Michael Jackson and he didn't come off as funny, he looked like.. well, like a pervert. I was immensely creeped out watching that. Once was enough for me.

Megan Fox. Just... no.

Avatar. *smh* Sheep. "Oooh, James Cameron made it so it MUST be good!" No.

Haven't seen Casablanca yet, but part of that has been because of this - too many people have hyped it to where I fear hating it (though I still loved North by Northwest and Citizen Kane, despite the epic hype surrounding those).

Totally agree that Burton has completely fucked Depp as an actor. Not only was he -terrible- in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, but the factory in that film was so empty and... dead. Nothing but deep blackness and faux goth aesthetics wherever you looked. Watch the Gene Wilder version - infinitely more life in every frame (and no horrible daddy-issues subplot).

Megan Fox - agreed. Terrible in every way, inside and out.

Avatar I did love, but I totally turned my brain off for it. Now Titanic, that was a piece of shit (I -still- feel that LA Confidential was robbed for best picture that year, and it's Cameron's fault).

[Edens_heel]

Originally Posted by succubus_dxb

blasphemy

Regular French's mustard for me, slathered on a hot dog or hamburger... *drools*

[DitzyBrunette]

Hell, mustard - period. Living in the south for 8 months was awful. They put mustard on everything. I had to get real bitchy for these people to grasp the concept that northerners don't want their burgers tainted with mustard!

[Edens_heel]

One more before I head to bed - Any of the Grand Theft Auto video games... beloved by so many, but I cannot get into one of them. I've tried repeatedly, but that's one franchise I'd love to see rot in a shallow grave.

[mossystate]

Ed Hardy...ANYTHING. seething

RAW broccoli...who the FUCK does it think it is, sneaking itself next to my beloved onion dip. GO TO HELL RAW BROCCOLI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


The newest Netflix commercials. Stop with the ' kooky ' humor when you can't...pull...it...off. GODDAMN, I think I might blow a fuse!!!!!

People who refer to pop as...soda. I DON'T CARE if you Grandma filled your bottle with it, spiked with whiskey, and told you to drink your soooooda, just to get your crying ass to sleep when you were 17. It is called POP. * SCREAM!!!!! *

LOST. OK, so I didn't watch it past the first season and I did like the first season...IF IT DOESN'T HAVE A CHARACTER NAMED LOVEY..I AM NOT INTERESTED. OK?!!



somebody talk me down...ok?...* pants *

[Wild Zero]

I read an interview with Tim Burton something like 11 or 12 years ago where he answered a question about his latest "inspiration" with: "When we were in Japan my girlfriend dyed her hair a crazy shade of blue and purple and she looked like a character from a Japanese Anime"

I don't think I've ever wanted to punch someone I don't know in the throat as much as I did immediately after reading that.

[DitzyBrunette]

Originally Posted by mossystate

The newest Netflix commercials. Stop with the ' kooky ' humor when you can't...pull...it...off. GODDAMN, I think I might blow a fuse!!!!!

That's how I feel about Modern Family. They just try so hard to be quirky. Shaky cam and trying too hard makes for a bad show. Yet, people love it. WHYYYYYYY?????

People who refer to pop as...soda. I DON'T CARE if you Grandma filled your bottle with it, spiked with whiskey, and told you to drink your soooooda, just to get your crying ass to sleep when you were 17. It is called POP. * SCREAM!!!!! *

But.. but.. but... it IS soda.....
Where do you live? I've never heard anyone in real life call it pop.
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[cinnamitch]

Originally Posted by DitzyBrunette

That's how I feel about Modern Family. They just try so hard to be quirky. Shaky cam and trying too hard makes for a bad show. Yet, people love it. WHYYYYYYY?????




But.. but.. but... it IS soda.....
Where do you live? I've never heard anyone in real life call it pop.

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No, it's coke (southerners will back me on this one)

[cinnamitch]

Sci-fi

Video Games

Mysteries

any of that Vampire crap

[Mama_Baer]

Anything related to "Twilight" including, but not limited to, Robert Pattinson (sp) *barf*

James Cameron (He's so freakin' full of himself)


Lost/Supernatural/Grey's Anatomy/24..blah blah blah. Anything hour long with a continuing story and long involved histories. I don't know if its the shows or the fans that annoy me. (You know the ones that want you to watch because you would sooooooo love it. )

American Idol

[Dr. Feelgood]

No, it's coke (southerners will back me on this one)[/quote]

In these parts, it's not unusual to hear the following conversation:

"You wanna coke?"
"Sure."
"What kind?"
"Dr. Pepper."

Incidentally, Dr. Pepper rates high on my list of things-to-be-damned.
So does reality television (all television, really), and any form of entertainment (including books) featuring vampires, zombies, and/or small children.*



*The only exception is Terry Pratchett's Carpe Jugulum.

[Micara]

Originally Posted by Mama_Baer

Anything related to "Twilight" including, but not limited to, Robert Pattinson (sp) *barf*

James Cameron (He's so freakin' full of himself)

I wholeheartedly agree with both of these. And not only am I the only person I know who despised "Avatar", but I was also verbally assaulted when I expressed my opinion of it!

[Saoirse]

this thread.

[LillyBBBW]

I hate everything. Twilight, Dancing With the Stars, reality TV, American Idol, cheesy teen Saturday afternoon shows a la "That's So Raven" or "Saved By The Bell," funnel cakes.

I'm going to add Casablanca too. I've never seen it but it's not for lack of trying. I just couldn't bear it for long. I was never crazy about Tim Burton either. I liked "Pee Wee's Big Adventure" and "Nightmare.." but the others I knew to avoid when I saw "Edward Scissorhands." Johnny Depp was dead to me after Scissorhands but I loved Anthony Michael Hall in that movie.

[Aswani]

I have to assume it's the public's overwhelming reaction to certain actors or movies or whatever that makes us deem those things "unbearable" and "horrible". It's like the movie "lost in Translation". If I caught that movie on TV one day and it wasn't smothered in critical praises and nominated for best picture I'd probably consider it a nice little movie. Johnny depp is a competent actor but because he's so beloved by the world, we form a bitter distain for him and his talent as an actor disappears in our eyes. I have a couple friends that don't want anything to do with Avatar simply because it's popular. I'm sure if they saw the movie they'd consciously fall asleep and later call the movie a huge bore. But that's human psychology for you.

[LillyBBBW]

Originally Posted by Aswani

I have to assume it's the public's overwhelming reaction to certain actors or movies or whatever that makes us deem those things "unbearable" and "horrible". It's like the movie "lost in Translation". If I caught that movie on TV one day and it wasn't smothered in critical praises and nominated for best picture I'd probably consider it a nice little movie. Johnny depp is a competent actor but because he's so beloved by the world, we form a bitter distain for him and his talent as an actor disappears in our eyes. I have a couple friends that don't want anything to do with Avatar simply because it's popular. I'm sure if they saw the movie they'd consciously fall asleep and later call the movie a huge bore. But that's human psychology for you.

I can agree with this to some extent. It puzzles me how it's considered hip and cool to be the first person to regard some hugely popular and beloved thing as a tired, contrived washed up has-been. In some respects I agree with you however I would like to state for the record that I am honestly underwhelmed by Johnny Depp. I was a big fan of his back when he was on 21 Jump Street. For a while after that I assumed I was a fan and tried to like many of the things he's done since like "Crybaby" and the others in succession but after the third movie I had to confess that I didn't like him in anything I saw -- with the exception of Jump Street and Gilbert Grape. I may possibly like a few more. I haven't seen them all because I stopped looking. My overall impression with Depp though is that he's not a great actor.

[Webmaster]

Hate is a strong word, but I am exceedingly unfond of Lindsey Vonn and her boo-boos.

[Risible]

Cormack McCarthy.

Halo.

Avocados.