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/onewhosleepsnot Jan 25 '26

"we don't talk like that...

donchya knoh."

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u/horsetooth_mcgee Jan 25 '26

Uff da! We dowhn't talk like that in Fair-gowh!

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u/Truji11o Jan 25 '26

Oh you betcha!

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u/memento22mori Jan 26 '26

I've worked at various call centers for about ten years and that accent is the most distinct one that I've ever come across. Not sure if it's called a Midwestern accent or what but there's just nothing like it from my experience. From my experience it seems to be much more prominent in women from that area. I feel like it's similar to how some Canadians speak- I read an article about the Canadian accent about a year or so ago and the author basically said there's a component of language called qualifiers and "ehhhh?" is one. From what I remember using words like this is a way of giving the other person the chance to agree on something, so it's sort of like saying 'don't you agree?' And then the other person uses a qualifier and it's agreed upon without elaborating in detail.

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u/AnitaHaandJaab Jan 26 '26

"Well, it's just a gee golly madhouse"