Do you ever watch a movie that you simply used to like and suppose “oh, this isn’t what I assumed it was”?
Identical. It’s uncomfortable.
The truth is, that is such a standard expertise that Reddit person /u/PhantomAvenger gained 27k upvotes after they requested: “What film was critically acclaimed when it first launched, however is hated now?”, including that for them, the primary movie that got here to thoughts was The Blind Facet.
Person Ishkabibble54 says: “Not that it’s “hated,” nevertheless it was hilarious seeing that “ Catch Me If You Can ,” based mostly on the memoirs of a serial liar turned out to be a pile of fabrications.”
Yep, the entire thing actually might have been a complete lie. A conman? Mendacity? Say it ain’t so!
Dependent-Huge-210 provides: “Shakespeare in Love . Boring. Unfactual. Undeserving of Oscars. However a terrific promotional marketing campaign.”
Affectionate-Camp506 says: “Braveheart , for positive. Being a historical past nut shatters that film.
“It’s a love letter from followers of Center Ages carnage and has the historic accuracy of being unable to hit water if it fell out of a ship.”
As a Scottish particular person I can say, it’s undoubtedly inaccurate however does it make me really feel deeply patriotic? Nicely. No.
Vivid_Revolution learn my thoughts, saying: “The Artist. I don’t know whether it is “hated” however ..WTF? It gained the Oscar for greatest image??”
LITERALLY. That movie was in every single place for some time and now I by no means hear about it.
Lastly, CorvidCurio killed the early 2000′s romantic film dream, commenting: “All I ever heard about The Pocket book when it got here out was how romantic and delightful it was. Now, I solely hear individuals speak about it in context of how poisonous and abusive and unhealthy the connection is.
“Threatening to kill your self if somebody doesn’t date you, whereas they’re actively on a date with their boyfriend, isn’t romantic and it’s wild to me that anybody watched that and thought in any other case.”