We asked our writers to pick the film that falls into that category for them.
And as youre about to find out, there were some surprising choices…
Moon (2009)Luke Savage
I know Im in the minority here.
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And its not like I hate it.
It just didnt excite me, which is what I like my sci-fi to do.
Those were the highlights for me.
However, its practically unfathomable to see why.
It doesnt help that the plot is pretty much non-existent.
OK, so the film is framed by the whole groom-goes-missing-the-day-before-his-wedding shtick.
Offensive both thematically and cinematically, this is a hangover that can never be cured.
Thats got to be the only reason people rate this movie so highly.
The dialog is inane at best, clunky and artificial at worst.
Im with Elaine on this one!
There Will Be Blood (2007)Gaye Birch
I… drink… your… milkshake!
I drink it up!
The fact that its insane milky dribble doesnt seem to make a bit of difference.
But the film left me unimpressed.
I laughed at the ending, not the intended emotion, Im sure.
and the finale, which was quite brilliant and took me by surprise.
Aside from that, though, I really didnt enjoy the film at all.
Clearly, its too highbrow for me.
He has produced some of the best written sitcoms this country has ever seen.
My wife loves all three, but really I cannot see the appeal.
EspeciallyLove Actually, which is the most sanctimonious sugar-coated piece of candyfloss fluff ever to hit our screens.
And the least said about Rhys Ifans gurning his way throughNotting Hill, the better.
I am, of course, talking about Star Wars.
There is nothing redeeming about it.
Not Harrison Fords glib turn as Han Solo or Carrie Fishers wooden reading of Leia.
Not R2D2 or Alec Guinness slumming it drunkenly in Tunisia.
These are the best things aboutStar Wars, and they are still heinous.
But the very worst thing aboutStar Warsis how much this movie is loved by men of a certain age.
Its not a pram trundling down the Odessa Steps.
It is, instead, a 91 centimetre model of an Imperial Star Destroyer rumbling over their heads.
And theres no arguing with them.Star Warsis theirCitizen Kane.
Star Warsisnt just an overrated film, its the film that destroyed cinema.
The Matrix (1999)Simon Brew
Crikey, Im not going to come out of this well.
Its just I was, well, bored stiff byThe Matrix.
I figured I must have been having a bad bay.
But I felt the same way.
Perhaps it was everyone taking it all so damn seriously.
I really wish I could tell you.
I can understand and appreciate why others like it, and I have no quarrel with that at all.
But its a film that to this day leaves me completely cold.
I also harbour a rather embarrassing guilty pleasure love forDune, but thats another feature.
An immersive experience that perfectly captures Lynchs obsession with dream logic, the centrepiece of his psychedelic oeuvre.
Yeah, I get all that, but still, its boring as sin.
I watched it once and thought, Well that was rubbish.
Absolute tosh from front to back.
A lot of people have the same feelings towards Kubricks2001 conversely, a film I adore.
