A Great Movie that you hated but everybody else loved:

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   Dolores Monetposted 13 years ago

   Movie critics, as well as regular people hold certain movies to be great. All your friends loved it. You think  to yourself, 'I hated it.' And wonder if maybe you just missed something important.
   Citizen Kane is often held up as the Greatest American Movie Ever. Sorry. I hated it.
   So what Great Movie do you hate?

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      Stevennix2001posted 13 years agoin reply to this

      its kind of a tough question to say, as I usually tend to agree with a lot of critics on movies.  However, there have been exceptions though like the "Scream" movies.  I tried to like them but the more i watched, the more I realized how comical and stupid they were versus being actually scary.
      
      Well there was also the remake of "Planet of the Apes" with Mark Wahlberg.  People to this day tell me how much that film sucked, but I loved it.  Sure, it's not as great as the original, but what remake ever is?  Nah, I like both films equally. I just hope the new apes movie, "rise of the apes", coming out next year will be just as good.  I can't wait for that one.

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      CrimsonBelleposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I hated it too!!!!  Citizen Kane that is.

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      IntimatEvolutionposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Titanic and Avatar.
      
      I don't get it, I think they were ok at best.  I'm just not a fan of James Cameron.

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      Dave Harrisposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I absolutely hated Fargo (just damned annoying), Titanic (slush) and what's so great about Transformers...I just don't get it!

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   sunforgedposted 13 years ago

   lol, couldnt help but reminded of ..
   
   

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   Nell Roseposted 13 years ago

   Hi, Dolores, The film that I detested was Gone With the Wind! By the time it had got to the end I really didn't Give A Damn! sorry but it's true, I think the last time I saw it was about ten years ago, but that was only because my family insisted on sitting down and watching it!

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   chip22posted 13 years ago

   I have to agree with you Delores, I didn't care for Citizen Kane.
   
   As far as Orson Welles films go, I actually enjoyed "The Third Man" much more.

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      Dolores Monetposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      me too, chip, i love the theme song too.

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   Mighty Momposted 13 years ago

   I agree with you, Nell.
   Gone with the Wind is unbearable.
   I've got a long list, but probably the most popular movie that just about everyone loves but I hate = STAR WARS

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      Nell Roseposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Hi, I hate star wars too! But I love star trek.

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      Rafiniposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Oh Yea!! I was worried I was going to be alone on the Star Wars front...never was interested in seeing it.  What was the point?  Star Trek had already shown me what was out there in space. 

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   Mighty Momposted 13 years ago

   I'm lukewarm on Star Trek myself. Not nearly as bad as Star Wars, tho!
   Others on my list:
   1. The English Patient
   2. Atonement (awful!)
   3. The Departed
   4. On the Waterfront
   5. Love Story

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      Hauntyposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Gosh, you stole my list. Plus, I hated the fact that everybody loved Titanic, so I never watched it.

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   mega1posted 13 years ago

   I hated The English Patient - and I know everybody else loved it - I thought it was way too long and I didn't care about those people!

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   cally2posted 13 years ago

   Titanic. Couldn't see the point of it. I mean I knew how Titanic finished before I even sat down to watch it

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      Anna Marie Bowmanposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Is it wrong that I laughed while watching Titanic?  I mean, it was tragic, and all that, but the movie was just stupid!  Then there was the part where the guy fell and hit the propeller.  I couldn't help it...I laughed.

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         mega1posted 13 years agoin reply to this

         It is very wrong.  You shall be punished.  (I don't even remember most of it, actually.)

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         Rafiniposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         Okay, I gotta admit it, when the guy hit the propeller I laughed too!  Thank God I was watching it at home on DVD.   I would have been mortified, to find it funny, had I been at a theater!  
         
         All in all, though, I loved Titanic.

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            gracenotesposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            Well, Titanic was cheesy in some ways.  The love story between Leonardo and Kate was played like a 1990's romance.
            
            I do think that Leonardo DiCaprio is the reason the movie was so successful.  In spite of the movie's flaws, there is something so appealing about that guy when he's on the big screen.

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   Anna Marie Bowmanposted 13 years ago

   There are quite a few movies that everyone loves that I just can't stand. 
   
   A Christmas Story tops the list.

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    Pcunixposted 13 years ago

    Little Miss Sunshine. Both my wife and I hated it.

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       brimancandyposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       I agree with you on that one. The critcs were raving about it, and I thought it was one of the most stupid movies I have seen in a long time. The whole little girl doing a stripper routine at a child beauty contest was just so stupid.
       
       How could anyone in this little girls house not know that she was going to put on this embarressing act. There were just far too many disfunctional people in this movie, all crowded into one van.  Stupid.

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    Mighty Momposted 13 years ago

    Couldn't even watch more than 10 minutes of Little Miss Sunshine.
    Titanic -- good one! Agree 100%. Gag me.
    A Christmas Story, really? I love that movie! But I can see how ssomeone could find it annoying!

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    mega1posted 13 years ago

    I didn't like Titanic, but have never admitted it - I bet a lot of people are like me - don't want to swim against the tide!
    
    and you know, there are plenty of other ones I hated too - but I tend to forget I ever saw them, then I go ahead and rent them again because I've forgotten that I hate it and what a bummer, 4 minutes into it I recall how awful it is.  silly me.   that's why I have to rent 3 or even 4 movies at a time, so maybe 2 of them I will like. 

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    h.a.borcichposted 13 years ago

    Bridges of Madison County. Even my Mother told me how touching it was, but I hated it.

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    Mighty Momposted 13 years ago

    Oh -- another one is Good Will Hunting.
    I disliked Matt Damon intensely for a long time because of his character in that movie.
    I like him very much now -- he's grown a LOT as an actor.

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    sabrebIadeposted 13 years ago

    Okay...I'll say it.
    AVATAR!
    Without the state of the art special effects, it would have been another B (maybe B+) Sci Fi flick.
    Yes the story is touching and special and has a message and has been the storyline of about 4 films I can think of, Dances With Wolves, Pocahontas, Fern Gully and The Last Samurai.

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    Mighty Momposted 13 years ago

    So that's two James Cameron flicks. Hmmm.

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    gracenotesposted 13 years ago

    I dislike all of these:
    
    1. Chicago (yes, the one with Renee' Zellwegger and Catherine Zeta-Jones)
    2. The Last Emperor
    3. The Horse Whisperer
    4. The Dark Knight
    5. Gran Torino (terrible, except for the ending song, which was nice).
    
    I also hated The Bridges of Madison County, and therefore I know beyond a shadow of doubt, that I would find the Robert James Waller novella repulsive as well.

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    mega1posted 13 years ago

    I don't like most movies with Robert Redford - why, I don't know I don't see that he's an actor - just a good looking guy who reads lines ok.  very superficial - but he does good things outside of the movies.  oh well.

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    rebekahELLEposted 13 years ago

    I like a lot of the movies listed..
    
    I can't say that I hate these movies, but I just can't get into the Pirates of the Caribbean movies... I don't know why because I love watching Johnny Depp and I'm a huge Hans Zimmer fan who did the music score and the music is great!
    
    but the movies don't hold my attention.

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       Stevennix2001posted 13 years agoin reply to this

       yeah, im a 100 percent with you on the whole pirates of the caribbean films.  if it wasn't for johnny depp, those films would've really stunk! 
       
       another film I can't understand why people like it is the damn "Twilight Saga" series. all the films were nothing more than cheap erotic soft core pornography geared towards little girls, that offers poorly written dialogue and some of the most lame combination of over and under acting you can ever find in one film.
       
       Then there's the critically acclaimed "sling blade" that launched billy bob thornton's career.  don't get me wrong, i think he's a cool guy, and he's one of the few celebrities that i wish i could hang out with sometime.  however, "sling blade" was not only just awful, but the acting in that movie was just plain terrible.  Seriously, every line those actors said in that movie sounded rehearsed with hardly any emotion into the parts.

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    Mighty Momposted 13 years ago

    The "Scream" movies are hilarious! They're supposed to be a sendup of horror movies. I'm not even sure they're supposed to be scary (anyone know?).
    Agree with you that sometimes classics should not be remade. Even with Mark Wahlberg .
    
    Some others on my list:
    1. ET
    2. Close Encounters ...
    3. Poltergeist
    4. Jurassic Park (horrible)
    5. Alien
    6. Contact, Volcano, Twister -- pretty much any mega disaster or sci fi flick

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    Stevennix2001posted 13 years ago

    i remember when i first got onto hubpages, i made a joke saying that the matrix trilogy sucked (which it does).  However, a million hubpage users at the time got p***ed off at me, and started to not only insinuate that i didn't comprehend or understand the movie.  they tried to make it out like i was one who started the argument, even though i didn't even want to debate anyone in the first place.  what was really insulting is they asked another hubber for permission to debate with me, instead of asking ME directly.  can you believe that?  oh well. i guess the matrix trilogy is like the bible on hubpages.  you say one bad word about that over hyped commercialized garbage, and people get offended easily by it.   

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    Mighty Momposted 13 years ago

    I must have been out sick that day. I don't remember a fight over The Matrix. But if it's any consolation, I'm 100% with you on that one.
    I wonder if someone's gonna come and kick our butts for saying that?

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    Stevennix2001posted 13 years ago

    yeah, that's a good question.  of course, it's late right now, so most hubbers are probably asleep.  however, i got you back might mom if anyone does try to kick out butts for talking badly about the matrix trilogy.

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    mega1posted 13 years ago

    there's also Kevin Costner in that Robin Hood - that sucked so badly!  He is just not much of an actor either, like Robert Redford - thoroughly likable, but not even acting!
    
    ok, now I'm outta here for the night and possibly tomorrow too!  see yas all later!

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       schoolgirlforrealposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       I loved Robin Hood , saw it when I was 15
       Kevin Kostner was hot
       I remember my friends oooing and ahhhing when they saw his almost naked at the waterfall!

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    Scribenetposted 13 years ago

    Well, I have always felt odd that I hated Titanic, but I see I have company. I didn't like Avatar either...LOL. Sorry James Cameron!
    I thought English Patient was insufferably long and boring and a male friend called me unromantic for my viewpoint, so I feel vindicated someone else agrees!

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       Megavitaminposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       I don't hate Titanic, but Avatar is the biggest piece of garbage in my opinion.  The script is terrible--the dialogue could have been written by a 3rd grader--and the plot was just a big pile of blue poop.  Yep.
       
       PS:  I also hated the English Patient.  Snoooooozeville!

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    getitriteposted 13 years ago

    Paranormal Activity sucked!

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    bayouladyposted 13 years ago

    Hated Steel Magnolias with all the fake (Louisiana) accents. People in Natchitoches (where it was filmed) don't talk anything like that. Nor do I. I don't know who coached them,but it was pitiful.Didn't finish watching it the first time.

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    Stevennix2001posted 13 years ago

    i hated the mummy series with brendan frasier.  i tried to get into those a few times, but the movies are just so freaking boring. everything is cliched and predictable, and the sequels just tend to rip off the original movie with different scenarios here and there.

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    KCC Big Countryposted 13 years ago

    For me, it was E.T.

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    Onusonusposted 13 years ago

    I hated the new Alice in wonderland. The plot line was atrocious. Willie Wonka sucked too.

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       Stevennix2001posted 13 years agoin reply to this

       in regards to willy wonka, the remake or the original?  or both?

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          Onusonusposted 13 years agoin reply to this

          You can't top the origional, Gene wilder was way creepier. Depp just ended up looking like a potential petophile.
          Or a deranged Pee-Wee Herman.

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    Mighty Momposted 13 years ago

    On the other hand, Pee Wee's Big Adventure was awesome

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       Stevennix2001posted 13 years agoin reply to this

       yeah, that's true. i still laugh whenever i see the classic scene, "I know you are, but what am i?" argument.  And, the classic, "tell them large marge sent ya." 

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    schoolgirlforrealposted 13 years ago

    a tough one this is
    
    all I can think of is Popeye with Robin Williams!

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       Stevennix2001posted 13 years agoin reply to this

       really?  that's cool.  you see, i told you great minds think alike.  i didn't care much for that movie either.

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       experience daysposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       Ha, Popeye!
       Worst. Film. Ever.
       
       to be fair, i don't think anyone thought it was good though

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    BRIAN SLATERposted 13 years ago

    Chicago- i hated
    any bond movie before Sean Connery
    music and lyrics
    vanilla sky
    bewitched
    walk the line
    and any Sex and the city movie
    
    but i must be the only one who loved 'The Bridges of Madison County' - i thought it an awesome film, try reading the book, its even better. if anyone knows if the bridges are still there, let me know-thanks- i have a thing about bridges.

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       prettydarkhorseposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       I love that movie, Bridges of the Madison County

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          rebekahELLEposted 13 years agoin reply to this

          I liked it too. And the book.

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       BillyDRitchieposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       Bond movies BEFORE Sean Connery?

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       Canklefishposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       How many Bond movies actually came before Connery?
       
       I think even 'In her majesty's secret service' with George Lazenby was sandwiched in between Connery performances.

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    King Larryposted 13 years ago

    i hate those stupid piece s*** jacka$$ movies and those god awful harold and kumar films too.  it seems like america caters to idiots these days.  hell, if you folks want to see others get hurt and get humiliated.  why didn't you just say so.  (pulls out a baseball bat)  which hubber wants to go first to get a beating so the rest of you can laugh at their expense? 

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    ahorsebackposted 13 years ago

    All of them today , where did good movies go anyway......

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       Canklefishposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       Really? All movies are bad nowadays? Seems a bit general...

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    tony0724posted 13 years ago

    Domino. I thought the story and the way it was filmed were so different and edgy !

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    Dolores Monetposted 13 years ago

    seems like they are all either remakes of old TV shows, or sequels, or comic books....

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    lianhughesposted 13 years ago

    I thought Frozen was rubbish. Everyone was going on about it and i got hyped up about it. When i watched it i didn't see all the fuss.

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    BillyDRitchieposted 13 years ago

    Pretty much any movie that is nothing more than a demo reel for the newest Hollywood CGI effects house.  Movies have gotten so cartoony (and that's saying something).
    
    I don't know that I hated it, cause I never saw it, but AVATAR.  I just never saw the appeal of the film, at least not enough to shell out ten bucks for a ticket.....

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    katiem2posted 13 years ago

    Given the Holiday Season, I must say, It's a wonderful life, I hear so many people talk about what a brillant and touching movie this is and honestly, I can't set through it.  It just doesn't capture my attention.

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    Canklefishposted 13 years ago

    This one's a layup... Meet the parents.  Blech!

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    Ben Evansposted 13 years ago

    I agree with MM that Jurassic Park is one of my all time least favorite films.  It is horribly contrived.
    
    I did not like Terminator.  Without Arnie it is even worse.
    
    Any Matrix movie beyond the first.  The films that followed the first ruined it.
    
    "Lord of the Rings".........Phooey! 
    
    "Harry Potter"..............Phooey phooey!
    
    Any David Lynch film.  Oh, I guess that doesn't make peoples top films.  Well, I do have to say I hate his films.

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    mega1posted 13 years ago

    I'm not sure if everybody "loved" it - but "I'm Not There" or whatever the heck name of it is - the awful one about Dylan - so bad I was astonished he let it happen.

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    Mighty Momposted 13 years ago

    Ben Evans you and I seem to have similar taste!
    I agree on David Lynch films -- Blue Velvet was just too bizarre for me.
    Reminds me that Raising Arizona is on my list. Coehn Brothers, Schmoehn Brothers!
    And Avatar -- which never appealed to me to go see in the theater -- was on last night. I could not get through the first 10 minutes. Bleh.

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    brimancandyposted 13 years ago

    The most recent movie that I hated was Kick Ass. I just did not like it at all. I thought it was way too violent. Two other movies that I absolutely hated were Cloverfield and Watchmen.
    
    I am not sure if there are any movies that were liked by a lot of people, that I may not have liked. But, I think if I had a few more titles thrown at me, I might think of a few.
    
    I know that I really hated "Scream." It was just stupid.
    
    I should also mention that I absolutely hated  Moulin Rouge. I dislike Nichole Kidman with a passion to start. but this movie absolutely sucked.

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    kimberlyslyricsposted 13 years ago

    Forest Gump
    
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    Sweetsusiegposted 13 years ago

    I really thought 'The Bodyguard' got WAY too much hype.  I did not see it at a love story, more of a wham-bam-thank-you-mam type of movie.  I liked the song, that was about it.
    
    All of the 'Halloween' movies and 'The Friday the 13th' movies really stink on ice....

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    RKHenryposted 13 years ago

    Bambi. 
    
    It sucked, and my sister Sherry loved it.  But Bambi is for sissies.  I hated it.

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       Druid Dudeposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       The "Logan's Run" movie, or the original movie of "Battlestar Galactica"

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          brimancandyposted 13 years agoin reply to this

          Wow Logan's Run. That was a very interesting movie. I really liked that one, because it was so different, and, it was a pretty decent story. The ending was kinda dumb, but, the movie was kind of complicated. How do you end a movie like that?
          
          Sometimes when I am in a bad situation, or, if something is not going my way I will just sit down and say to myself...."There is no sanctuary!" And, eventually I'll snap out of it and go about my day. I loved that movie.
          
          But, it does kind of remind me of Daffy duck screaming  "There's No Escape!" and, then giving elmer Fudd a big Kiss.

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    RKHenryposted 13 years ago

    Logan's run?  Logan's run? Seriously?
    
    I've never seen it.

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       Castlepalomaposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       loved Wizard of OZ on all levels
       
       My raspberry award picks, like on this thread
       Titanic
       
       Maybe because I already knew the ending, and its unbelievable

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