Movies you regret watching

[Knaight]

I actually saw this in the theatre with my parents when I was a kid.

I had a similar misfortune involving Kangaroo Jack, but I blame that entirely on the giant pile of lies that was the trailer.

[Rogar Demonblud]

Best thing about that movie was Christopher Walken's pragmatic villainy.

Thuggish brat: "What if this doesn't work?"
Walken: "We'll cancel the return ticket."

[8BitNinja]

Mortal Kombat Annihilation felt like a kick in the nuts.

Were you watching the movie with Johnny Cage?

[Aedilred]

I had a similar misfortune involving Kangaroo Jack, but I blame that entirely on the giant pile of lies that was the trailer.

Ooh, that's reminded me of one: George of the Jungle, which I saw on the strength of the trailer (and my parents came along, no less) and turned out to be utterly terrible.

[Peelee]

I had a similar misfortune involving Kangaroo Jack, but I blame that entirely on the giant pile of lies that was the trailer.

I really wanted to get in the minds of whoever was in charge of marketing it and said, "that two minute dream sequence? What if we advertise it as if that's the entire movie?"

[Eldan]

Ooh, that's reminded me of one: George of the Jungle, which I saw on the strength of the trailer (and my parents came along, no less) and turned out to be utterly terrible.

That was my circa eight year old brother's favourite movie for a few years. He saw it on TV and nagged my parents until they got it on tape. He watched it every other week.

[Lurkmoar]

Were you watching the movie with Johnny Cage?

Annihilation was the one were Johnny Cage got a bridge dropped on him so fast, it can be hard to understand that he's dead, if the characters didn't explicitly state that he did die.

Also, terrible fights and the CGI atrocity that was the 'Animality' fight.

[Gnoman]

Ooh, that's reminded me of one: George of the Jungle, which I saw on the strength of the trailer (and my parents came along, no less) and turned out to be utterly terrible.

I thought George of the Jungle was a quite decent adaptation of the ancient cartoon, which I watched reruns of a lot as a kid. Were you familiar with the cartoon when you saw it? (Honest question, I'm wondering if the movie really depended on the cartoon to be watchable).

[2D8HP]

I thought George of the Jungle was a quite decent adaptation of the ancient cartoon, which I watched reruns of a lot as a kid. Were you familiar with the cartoon when you saw it? (Honest question, I'm wondering if the movie really depended on the cartoon to be watchable).

I haven't seen (nor do I intend to) the movie, but I mostly remember the cartoon as having a posh English speaking ape that was the most intelligent seeming character, with George being a Tarzan-ish imbecile.

[Rogar Demonblud]

Then you know the gist of the movie as well. The only other reason to watch the movie is if seeing Brendan Fraser smack into things amuses you.

And to be honest, those scenes are probably all on YouTube.

[zook1shoe]

Transformers stands out pretty clearly, among lots of others.

[8BitNinja]

Star Trek Beyond

Visually, it was very nice to look at. But everything else was just really bad.

But I think I should've known what I was getting into, since I was one of those people who didn't like Into Darkness.

[Vinyadan]

Crocodile Dundee.

It might have been the translation, but I was there, and thought, "What? They really paid money to make this?".

[Southern Cross]

Tarzan The Ape Man (The Bo Derek version)
I found First Man Into Space more enjoyable....

[The Eye]

Sympathy for mr vengeance. It's not a bad movie, it's just horrible and miserable.

[Aedilred]

I thought George of the Jungle was a quite decent adaptation of the ancient cartoon, which I watched reruns of a lot as a kid. Were you familiar with the cartoon when you saw it? (Honest question, I'm wondering if the movie really depended on the cartoon to be watchable).

I was not familiar with the cartoon when I saw it, no.

[Peelee]

I thought George of the Jungle was a quite decent adaptation of the ancient cartoon, which I watched reruns of a lot as a kid. Were you familiar with the cartoon when you saw it? (Honest question, I'm wondering if the movie really depended on the cartoon to be watchable).

I'm also unfamiliar with the cartoon, so I can't say this with any degree of certainty, but I would imagine that simply doesn't bode well for the cartoon. Some old shows, like the Flintstones, aren't very enjoyable today. The jokes, while not horrible, aren't exactly stellar, either. Compare this to I Love Lucy, which has for the most part has had its humor age incredibly well, even if other parts haven't (the doctor confirming that Lucy was "with child," since they couldn't say "pregnant," and then immediately lighting up a cigarette comes to mind). If I ever see an episode I haven't seen before, I'm amazed if it isn't hilarious. I've never gotten that reaction from the Flintstones.

tl;dr - that just makes me want to not watch the George of the Jungle cartoon.

[Hrobar]

I'd say Vengeance: A Love Story, with Nicolas Freaking Cage.
One of the worst movies I was ever unfortunate enough to witness.

[Lurkmoar]

I'd say Vengeance: A Love Story, with Nicolas Freaking Cage.
One of the worst movies I was ever unfortunate enough to witness.

Even worse then The Wicker Man (also with Nicolas Cage)? The 2006 remake obviously. I... did not care for it.

[Hrobar]

Even worse then The Wicker Man (also with Nicolas Cage)? The 2006 remake obviously. I... did not care for it.

In some ways, Vengeance was even worse. Cage mantains the same blank expression in all of the 30 out of 90 minutes that he appears in the movie he's supposed to be the main character of. You could write every line he had on your hand and still have plenty of space to spare.

PS In my country they changed The Wicker Man's title. It was called something along the lines of "The Chosen One". They even spoiled us that trash.

[anonymsly]

For me, forever and always, it's American Beauty. I do not understand the tongue bath given to it by every single person I have every tried to speak to about this movie.

It is a movie about awful people doing awful things to each other that could have been resolved with one, maybe two, actual conversations. I literally - and I am not exaggerating - had to go to the restroom and vomit about halfway through. I only stayed for the whole thing because I was 17 and on a date.

I have watched bad movies. I have hated movies. But only American Beauty made me actually physically ill.

[Peelee]

For me, forever and always, it's American Beauty. I do not understand the tongue bath given to it by every single person I have every tried to speak to about this movie.

It is a movie about awful people doing awful things to each other that could have been resolved with one, maybe two, actual conversations. I literally - and I am not exaggerating - had to go to the restroom and vomit about halfway through. I only stayed for the whole thing because I was 17 and on a date.

I have watched bad movies. I have hated movies. But only American Beauty made me actually physically ill.

Hey, I got sick watching Requiem for a Dream! Dunno about the quality of the movie, I couldn't keep tip with it with that camerawork. Just made me dizzy and lightheaded til I puked.

[Lurkmoar]

Hey, I got sick watching Requiem for a Dream! Dunno about the quality of the movie, I couldn't keep tip with it with that camerawork. Just made me dizzy and lightheaded til I puked.

I wanted to punch my friend for saying it was a feel good movie.

Made me feel good that I didn't have crippling a addiction...

[BWR]

There are a lot of movies I don't like. 'Do I regret watching them? I suppose I do if I lower the bar for 'regret' substantially. Most recently:

Star Wars The Force Awakens. What a depressingly bad start to Disney SW movies. Not that the movie wasn't good, it's just that it was a polished remake of a better movie, showed creative and intellectual cowardice of the company, and a blatant, bad attempt at pandering to fans. The biggest issue was that my gf and I had a big argument about it afterwards. It takes a really bad movie to make us argue like that.

Ghostbuster (2016): What a waste of money and a couple hours. It was distinctly unfunny and cringe-inducing and I was bored silly throughout, but at least there was enough happening that it was less offensive than the next entry.

Les Miserables (the singy version): A solid and impressive first scene song which quickly degenerated into one of the most mind-numbingly boring and tedious things I've ever seen. I've seen stuff I've thought was worse but those I was able to make snarky comments, take breaks or do other stuff while watching it. With this I was forced to sit and hear everything and see everything. I will forever hold this against my girlfriend when she tries to get me to watch a movie with her for her sake.

[Amazon]

Kingsman: The Secret Service.

Dumb plot.

Stupid characters and concepts.

Misogyny everywhere.

[Solamnicknight]

I regret dragging my entire family to the the Thomas the Tank Engine movie as a kid. Though I think my dad wanted to bleach it out of his brain more than I did. I think I still have the DVD in storage somewhere. That movie was weird. Also my Aunt and I got bored and wanted to see a movie while I was visiting her so we saw the Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters movie. That was HORRIBLE, and was agonizing to sit through since I had read all the books.

[Tvtyrant]

Any horror movie ever.

[Solamnicknight]

Any horror movie ever.

I'm not a big horror fan either. Especially any horror movie that relies of shock value or gore. Doesn't scare me and I always get annoyed with the protagonists for being so painfully dumb when encountering supernatural stuff.

[2D8HP]

Any horror movie ever.

I'm not a big horror fan either...

Dark Water

Not the Japanese original (which I have no intention of seeing), but the 2005 re-make.
Just disturbing.

Like most ever movie I've seen this decade, my wife got it from the library.

She regretted watching it as well.

[Bohandas]

Do you have that moment that a movie rots inside your head? Like, you got yourself a good movie, but as time goes on, it just gets all shriveled, moldy, and gross? That happened to me.

Avatar. I liked it the first time I saw it but then some time afterward it struck me how pretentious and sanctimonious it is and how the plot is a ripoff of Fern Gully, except with the environmental preachiness combined with preachiness about how mistreatment of native peoples is bad, because apparently that's a relevant topic, I mean sure every single person involved in either the westward expansion or the scramble for africa died decades before I was even born but apparently that's still somehow a relevant topic to preach about.