<p>Perhaps I put this the wrong way. When I first saw it, I expected to be blown away by it. I wasn’t. As I watched it more and more, I realized what was good about it, but to me, it never surpassed the emotional effect that other movies have had on me. I don’t see why people always rank it as the best movie of all time, when there are other amazing and excellent movies that compete with it, the first of which is “Apocalypse Now”, directed by the same guy who directed The Godfather, Francis Ford Coppola.</p>
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<p>The only good thing about Titanic is that it launched Leo DiCaprio into stardom. The guy’s an excellent actor, and has proven himself many times since.</p>
<p>As for why I hate Titanic? Let’s see: It’s long. It’s condescending. It’s directed by James Cameron, who’s idea of directing an excellent, amazing movie consists of piecing together a moderately good story with GINORMOUS sets and special effects, only to end up with top all-time returns, with people bragging about the movie being awesome, not to realize they’ve been conned by it’s extravagant special effects (No offense there, just my opinion). Plus, it arguably solidified in the minds of studio executives the idea that with enough special effects, you’ll never need a story or actors. Oh, and it stars Kate Winslet.</p>
<p>“As for why I hate Titanic? Let’s see: It’s long. It’s condescending. It’s directed by James Cameron, who’s idea of directing an excellent, amazing movie consists of piecing together a moderately good story with GINORMOUS sets and special effects, only to end up with top all-time returns, with people bragging about the movie being awesome, not to realize they’ve been conned by it’s extravagant special effects (No offense there, just my opinion). Plus, it arguably solidified in the minds of studio executives the idea that with enough special effects, you’ll never need a story or actors. Oh, and it stars Kate Winslet.”</p>
<p>Rosebud was obvious, but who cares? Welles himself called it “dollar book Freud to tie the whole thing together.” The movie is still a masterpiece.</p>
Spot on dude. I’m glad someone recognizes how much of a bullsh** artist James Cameron is.</p>
<p>btw Avatar was also such a flimsy, embarassing, plagarized (ever see Dances with Wolves?) POS. I felt like tracking him down personally and demanding a refund like in that South Park episode with Mel Gibson and Passion of the Christ.</p>
<p>yea i didn’t like that book either for the exact same reason.</p>
<p>there was one more book i really hated but i can’t remember the name. i know it’ll hit me right after i leave cc. all i remember is that it was about hell and death and transitioning.</p>
<p>Anything from Charles Dickens should be burned. I tried to read Great Expectations. Then, I tried to read the SparkNotes. This remains the only book in which the SparkNotes were to unbearably boring to read.</p>
<p>I think it’s absolutely hilarious why people are asking others to justify their opinions, especially when the title of the thread asks if you’ve ever hated a classic “without any particular reason”.</p>
<p>Adding to my list, Of Mice and Men is a pretty crappy book. Especially when you compare it to East of Eden, an absolutely amazing read.</p>
<p>I figured it out as soon as I saw him playing with a sled. At the end of the movie, our teacher (a Jesuit priest) asked if anyone knew what Rosebud was (he’d been going on and on about the symbolism of “Rosebud”) I said I knew and we went out in the hall and I told him. He hated my guts for some unknown reason and this only made it worse. </p>
<p>And to add another classic that I hate - how about Charlotte’s Web? Even as a fourth grader it struck me as dumb. I simply could not suspend my disbelief enough to embrace taking pigs or spiders who could spell.</p>
<p>I didn’t like charlotte’s web because it made me horribly sad. I didn’t mind believing that spiders could spell, it is a kids book/movie after all.</p>
<p>The thing with Charles Dickens is that I guess we’re out of the time it was written during to really appreciate it. IIRC, the thing that got Dickens recognized most as an exceptional writer was his social commentary on the status of living during 19th century England. We can’t really see their effects in the world we live in right now. I don’t particularly enjoy his writings, nor do I really voluntarly pick them up, but I respect them.</p>
<p>And I have to disagree with The Great Gatsby and Heart of Darkness, which for some reason I enjoyed. And Waiting for Godot is an extended, excellent allegory that you really have to take another look at.</p>
<p>Winslet, let’s see: the only excellent movie where I enjoyed her performance was in “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”. And barely in “Revolutionary Road”. The latter not being that much of a movie. But we digress here.</p>