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114. Brilliant movie---but I'm with you: One viewing was enough. (nt)

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What popular movies of all time have you REFUSED to see (for whatever reason) [View all] hlthe2b Mar 2018 OP

bravehart. unblock Mar 2018 #1

The sound of music BlueTsunami2018 Mar 2018 #2

My father refused to see any Ingrid Bergman movie after her affair with Rossellini. no_hypocrisy Mar 2018 #3

Wow! Must have been a major republican. n/t dhol82 Mar 2018 #53

Titanic MFM008 Mar 2018 #4

Same on both points for me. Last Bond movie I saw had OnDoutside Mar 2018 #17

The new Bond, actually he's not new anymore, is really good in the role. I wasn't a fan... brush Mar 2018 #33

Agree -Craig as Bond is nothing to avoid lunasun Mar 2018 #70

My mom refuses to see Titanic crazycatlady Mar 2018 #41

i have never seen titanic nt d_r Mar 2018 #85

Me either MFM008 Mar 2018 #113

Titanic ProfessorGAC Mar 2018 #95

Titanic Stuart G Mar 2018 #122

I wish. Unfortunately I saw that crap. mucifer Mar 2018 #154

the matrix Chipper Chat Mar 2018 #5

The Exorcist? femmocrat Mar 2018 #8

bingo Chipper Chat Mar 2018 #12

Schindler's List. femmocrat Mar 2018 #6

With you on that. MontanaMama Mar 2018 #78

Schindler's List. mitch96 Mar 2018 #109

Brilliant movie---but I'm with you: One viewing was enough. (nt) Paladin Mar 2018 #114

Yeah, I'm Jewish I got physically ill. It hit me to the core. Once was enough. mucifer Mar 2018 #155

Schindler's List... Stuart G Mar 2018 #123

Any movie where an animal dies. Polly Hennessey Mar 2018 #7

Exactly... hlthe2b Mar 2018 #9

+1 blue cat Mar 2018 #10

Same. demmiblue Mar 2018 #26

That Would Be Us ProfessorGAC Mar 2018 #96

Any movie with Adam Sandler or Sylvester Stallone randr Mar 2018 #11

None. Snackshack Mar 2018 #13

Forrest Gump. CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2018 #14

I saw Old Yeller when I was very young. Still haven't got over it. Glorfindel Mar 2018 #15

Wait. Is it THAT Dave Matthews? alarimer Mar 2018 #88

Disney or Pixar animation flicks! longship Mar 2018 #16

Me too. I call them cartoons. nt Laffy Kat Mar 2018 #18

I don't see those either. greatauntoftriplets Mar 2018 #126

Then there's Bugs Bunny. longship Mar 2018 #143

I guess there were moments and some great talent. greatauntoftriplets Mar 2018 #144

Wabbit Season!!! Duck Season!!! longship Mar 2018 #145

I was a weird kid. greatauntoftriplets Mar 2018 #148

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby and Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy Va Lefty Mar 2018 #19

Really? Initech Mar 2018 #22

Comedy is very subjective..I just don't think he's funny Va Lefty Mar 2018 #25

I can't watch any dog movies like that. Initech Mar 2018 #20

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Hostel, Night of the Living Dead... First Speaker Mar 2018 #21

Yeah, I can deal with violence but not cruelty TexasBushwhacker Mar 2018 #66

Clockwork Orange Basic LA Mar 2018 #23

I have always refused to watch that movie as well. smirkymonkey Mar 2018 #65

Anything animated, and anything with pnwest Mar 2018 #24

Gone With the Wind. KPN Mar 2018 #27

I've seen it 3 times, and it was amazing to me to see the difference RandomAccess Mar 2018 #128

Well -- that sounds like a recommendation! KPN Mar 2018 #140

There's a reason RandomAccess Mar 2018 #166

I wish someone would do the real Gone With the Wind Farmer-Rick Mar 2018 #160

The Matrix and Fight Club AJT Mar 2018 #28

I too refused to see The Fight Club---but it is not what you think. McCamy Taylor Mar 2018 #106

Avatar DetlefK Mar 2018 #29

Godfather 2 Cartoonist Mar 2018 #30

"American Sniper". Don't need the "we're No. 1" militarization the industry seems to deploy... brush Mar 2018 #31

The more recent James Bond films Freddie Mar 2018 #32

Saw and all the sequels and similar. genxlib Mar 2018 #34

I'm with you on that MustLoveBeagles Mar 2018 #47

Yep....Torture Porn. Iggo Mar 2018 #92

Anything with Tom Cruise Runningdawg Mar 2018 #35

Anything directed by Woody Allen eom eissa Mar 2018 #36

Because he AND all his movies are God-awful, amirite? flibbitygiblets Mar 2018 #57

Yes, never understood his appeal eissa Mar 2018 #93

I'm With You ProfessorGAC Mar 2018 #98

And self indulgent! TexasBushwhacker Mar 2018 #137

No movies where an animal dies - I can't even watch Bambi anymore. TeapotInATempest Mar 2018 #37

So no movie where people eat or cook steak or burgers, right? McCamy Taylor Mar 2018 #107

Why the snark? TeapotInATempest Mar 2018 #118

The cognitive dissidence of eating eating animals but not being able to watch mucifer Mar 2018 #157

No, I get your point. TeapotInATempest Mar 2018 #164

;) mucifer Mar 2018 #168

All of the Rocky movies jalan48 Mar 2018 #38

Come to think of it I never saw one but not even trying to avoid . Just life and choices I guess lunasun Mar 2018 #71

I always found the premise odd. I think the Rocky movies were intended for a white jalan48 Mar 2018 #91

HA Could be why it never appealed to me personally .....those movies started in the 70s Hmmm lunasun Mar 2018 #94

I think Stallone tapped into something that made him a multi-millionaire. jalan48 Mar 2018 #97

A white heavyweight non champion you mean. Loki Liesmith Mar 2018 #102

I never saw one but I know there were multiple Rocky movies in that era lunasun Mar 2018 #120

That never happened Loki Liesmith Mar 2018 #121

This message was self-deleted by its author jalan48 Mar 2018 #167

Agree with the movies where an animal dies. Also, movies with "Epic battle scenes", movies where cgi lunamagica Mar 2018 #39

Private Parts (the Howard Stern biopic), Borat. Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2018 #40

I found both pretty funny Orange Free State Mar 2018 #69

The Sounds of Music. kairos12 Mar 2018 #42

Any of the Godfather or Rocky movies csziggy Mar 2018 #43

I totally agree with you about boxing. I haven't seen any of the Rocky movies Glorfindel Mar 2018 #89

I'm probably going to eventually get dragged into watching them b/c of my wife Proud Liberal Dem Mar 2018 #44

No appeal to me either. I guess I'm old fashioned enough to think hlthe2b Mar 2018 #46

Superhero movies, Star Wars sequels/prequels, Zombies, Remakes... Ron Obvious Mar 2018 #45

Ron, you literally took the words out of my mouth. flibbitygiblets Mar 2018 #58

Me too!!! LeftInTX Mar 2018 #62

As a film lover, it depresses me that these kinds of movies are dominating the industry to the Midwestern Democrat Mar 2018 #75

Now I'm depressed too. I'd actually rather watch paint dry than anything on that list. flibbitygiblets Mar 2018 #100

12 Years a Slave MustLoveBeagles Mar 2018 #48

Agree Proud liberal 80 Mar 2018 #56

This one and the Mel Gibson movie about the crucifixion. Simulating human torture is not my thing. Zen Democrat Mar 2018 #139

I won't either see the film of 'Jude the Obscure' or read the original book... LeftishBrit Mar 2018 #49

Pretty Woman Skittles Mar 2018 #50

Same here - and imho it should be called Average-Looking Woman - honestly I just dont get the whole Kashkakat v.2.0 Mar 2018 #61

They used a body double at least once during that film. It was her walking Maraya1969 Mar 2018 #146

Oh but it was a Cinderella story TexasBushwhacker Mar 2018 #67

you got it Skittles Mar 2018 #72

The Batman movie with Heath Ledger kimbutgar Mar 2018 #51

Titanic and any & all slasher/ horror movies. CottonBear Mar 2018 #52

Titanic. Turbineguy Mar 2018 #54

Anything where people get killed and dismembered dhol82 Mar 2018 #55

anything by oliver stone. pansypoo53219 Mar 2018 #59

Anything with cannibalism in it - or too much gore. Im willing to avert my eyes some, but not if Kashkakat v.2.0 Mar 2018 #60

Jaws IrishEyes Mar 2018 #63

The Passion of the Christ Lint Head Mar 2018 #64

Absolutely agree. Had a Fundy in-law who insisted we just HAD to see it. She stopped Atticus Mar 2018 #130

It seems there are so many who have that list. I don't think they really understand that arrogance Lint Head Mar 2018 #133

yep same TalenaGor Mar 2018 #163

The Legend of the Lone Ranger Orange Free State Mar 2018 #68

Oh, Lone Ranger was soooooo bad TlalocW Mar 2018 #77

Anything with John WAYNE (including the vaunted "The Quiet Man") - and *any* Western UTUSN Mar 2018 #73

well, there is the scenery of John Ford movies--that alone is worth a look, I think hlthe2b Mar 2018 #86

Have you seen "Bad Day at Black Rock"? Spencer Tracy's best film. McCamy Taylor Mar 2018 #108

I *luerve* Blazing Saddles, & it never occurred to me to classify it as a Western. UTUSN Mar 2018 #142

Gran Torino jmowreader Mar 2018 #74

Don't Let That Dissuade You, J ProfessorGAC Mar 2018 #99

You're missing out by skipping Shawshank Redemption n/t TexasBushwhacker Mar 2018 #138

Anything by Tarantino and Die Hard and Bond movies TlalocW Mar 2018 #76

Jaws and Saturday Night Fever thbobby Mar 2018 #79

Saturday Night Fever because disco sucks. You should watch Jaws. McCamy Taylor Mar 2018 #105

Those two for me too! k8conant Mar 2018 #110

Those were both on my list until last year. Jokerman Mar 2018 #165

Silence of the Lambs steve2470 Mar 2018 #80

I refulse to see that one too... Stuart G Mar 2018 #124

I refuse to see Avatar because I have already seen Dances with Wolves...nt ExciteBike66 Mar 2018 #81

Care to expand on that? hlthe2b Mar 2018 #84

Same story, no need to see it more than once! ExciteBike66 Mar 2018 #87

E.T. kedrys Mar 2018 #82

American Sniper MaryMagdaline Mar 2018 #83

I dont do mafia movies... Tikki Mar 2018 #90

Titanic TygrBright Mar 2018 #101

I read the book in High School. Quite good. RandomAccess Mar 2018 #129

A Night to Remember. Great book, great film. longship Mar 2018 #161

American Sniper Heartstrings Mar 2018 #103

Walt Disney Animated anything after Alladin. (Have seen a few Pixar after the merge tho.) Freethinker65 Mar 2018 #104

any Sci Fi gopiscrap Mar 2018 #111

"One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest" McCamy Taylor Mar 2018 #112

It's such a great movie though... Fix The Stupid Mar 2018 #116

I know. I will have to be in the right mood. McCamy Taylor Mar 2018 #125

50 Shades of Gray and all the sequels aquamarina Mar 2018 #115

Two types: Dog movies (they ALWAYS die a the end). Laffy Kat Mar 2018 #117

Top Gun NewJeffCT Mar 2018 #119

Psycho..1960..I walked out of it when it first came out.. Stuart G Mar 2018 #127

I saw it when it first came out RandomAccess Mar 2018 #131

I remember sitting in the movie theater, watching Psycho on that huge screen. You have to have been Stuart G Mar 2018 #134

Just to be clear RandomAccess Mar 2018 #135

About totally "horrific films".. Nothing worse than "Night and Fog" Stuart G Mar 2018 #136

13 Hours (of absolute horse shit) kysrsoze Mar 2018 #132

Help for the animal lovers: nocoincidences Mar 2018 #141

we clearly aren't alone... hlthe2b Mar 2018 #149

The Passion of the Christ, The Exorcist, The Matrix, Gravity. Maraya1969 Mar 2018 #147

Stormy Does Donald. edbermac Mar 2018 #150

I don't care for creepy stuff, violent... 3catwoman3 Mar 2018 #151

Saving Private Ryan Ferrets are Cool Mar 2018 #152

Passion of the Christ bitterross Mar 2018 #153

+1 Ferrets are Cool Mar 2018 #158

I can't imagine ever refusing to watch a particular movie; good, bad, or indifferent. nt Binkie The Clown Mar 2018 #156

Passion of The Christ. muntrv Mar 2018 #159

Titanic, all the twilight's.... TalenaGor Mar 2018 #162

Anything with Tom Cruise. eShirl Mar 2018 #169