People Are Sharing The Beloved Movies That They Just Can’t Get Into No Matter How Hard They Try
Has this ever happened to you during conversations about popular movies? On the highly active subreddit r/AskReddit, user u/Spiritual_Fennel_531 asked: “What’s a movie everyone seems to love but you just couldn’t get into?”
The responses reveal a wide range of movies that many just can’t connect with, despite their popularity. Here are some of the most mentioned titles and reasons why viewers struggled to enjoy them:
– **The Fast and the Furious franchise:** “Fun for what it is, but I never understood the hype or emotional attachment people have to it.”
– **La La Land (2016).**
– **Oppenheimer (2023):** “It felt like a creatively edited Wikipedia entry. I didn’t hate it or anything, but I don’t think it was as good as the hype.”
– **The English Patient (1996).**
– **Wicked (2024).**
– **Easy Rider (1969):** “I am a biker. Easy Rider is supposed to be our anthem, but to me, it’s a hippie, druggy movie, not a biker film.”
– **Titanic (1997):** “Three hours, and I was rooting for the iceberg just to wrap things up.”
– **Twilight (2008):** “I’ve never even watched the other three movies.”
– **The Notebook (2004).**
– **The Blind Side (2009).**
– **2001: A Space Odyssey (1968):** “I’ve tried to watch it several times, hoping I’d end up liking it finally.”
– **Avatar (2009):** “I love sci-fi and explodey stuff, but the ‘I understand and protect you’ vibe rubs me the wrong way.”
– **Blair Witch Project (1999):** “Everyone praised it as scary, but I found it boring and annoying.”
– **The Babadook (2014).**
– **Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019):** “It felt like I was sitting through a circle jerk with Quentin and his buddies.”
– **Napoleon Dynamite (2004):** “I couldn’t force a laugh, and I feel mildly defective because of it.”
– **K-pop Demon Hunters (2025).**
– **Elf (2003).**
– **Lost in Translation (2003).**
– **50 Shades movies:** “The books were horrible, and I thought the movies might be better — I was wrong.”
– **Gravity (2013):** “I found it empty.”
– **Moulin Rouge! (2001):** “I don’t get what’s so great about it.”
– **Top Gun (1986):** “It’s just a campy chick flick with a grinny cast, not the gritty war film I expected.”
– **The Breakfast Club (1985).**
– **Inception (2010):** “Maybe I’m wrong, but I just didn’t connect with it.”
– **Interstellar (2014):** “It’s fine, but not the ‘BEST FILM EVER!’ others say.”
– **Pretty Woman (1990).**
– **Barbie (2023).**
– **The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975).**
– **Dune (2021).**
– **The Godfather (1972):** “It’s a meme, but honestly, I didn’t care for it.”
– **Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022):** “It was too random and disjointed for me.”
– **Superman (2025):** “It was just extremely cheesy.”
The list highlights how diverse people’s taste in movies can be, even for those widely acclaimed.
What about you? Is there a popular film that you just can’t get into? Share your thoughts below!
