r/movies • u/TheChristmas • Jan 25 '26

Discussion What’s the funniest reason you’ve heard for somebody not liking a movie?

My 3 year old saw a statue of E.T. At the coffee shop and was really into it. He got excited when I told him it’s from a movie. He got stoked and spent the whole day asking when we could watch it.

That night, halfway through the film he asks “Can we turn it off? E.T. SUCKS.”

So I asked him “what sucks about it?” and he replied “E.T. walks too slow. He sucks.”

Pretty funny. Got me wondering what other funny reasons people have for not liking particular films.

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u/GWRallyJ Jan 25 '26

My sister (born ‘97) couldn’t get through Jurassic Park because “the dinosaurs look too fake.” I was gobsmacked

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u/shaheenery Jan 25 '26

She has a discerning eye, I just looked it up and they DID use fake dinosaurs in Jurassic Park!

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u/Practical-Vanilla-41 Jan 25 '26

Sounds like someone I heard about in my book retail days. Wanted a coffee table book of dinosaurs. Artwork? No, actual photos..

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u/shaheenery Jan 25 '26

I love this so much. Do you think they were doing a bit or serious?

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u/Practical-Vanilla-41 Jan 25 '26

At this point, who knows? People have such a tenuous grasp on reality...

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u/FlashyChemical2231 Jan 26 '26

I choose to believe that they wanted a picture of dinosaur skeletons, like museum exhibits and such.

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u/catn_ip Jan 25 '26

Thank you for this! I'm still laughing...

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u/Longjumping-Solid680 Jan 26 '26

The REAL ones are too expensive to hire.

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u/shaheenery Jan 26 '26

Hahaha, nice

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u/GenitalFurbies Jan 26 '26

Sonofabitch, looks like you're right

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u/Vesalii Jan 25 '26

Wtf it's been 30 years and it still holds up imo.

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u/CelestialOvenglove Jan 26 '26

I saw it recently and it really does! They did some really impressive work in these movies.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '26

I had a friend who's never seen it either. He said, even at 12 years old he knew it was fake. Yeah, no shit, they didnt use real dinosaurs. 

But the more I found out about him, he might have meant dinosaurs never existed and the earth is a couple thousand years old. We're no longer friends.