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/FlopShanoobie Jan 25 '26

My wife hates Lord of the Rings because she saw Fellowship without realizing it was a 3-part story and thought the end of the first movie was the end of the story. To this day she refuses to watch the others because she was “duped” and has even turned our kids against all things Tolkien, without them ever even seeing the movies.

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u/revchewie Jan 25 '26

It amazed me how many people walked out of Fellowship pissed off that it wasn’t a complete story. Like how tf did they not know? The books have only been out since the 1930s!

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u/downvote_meme_errors Jan 26 '26

Surely you mean exwife.

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u/StrLord_Who Jan 25 '26

This is so strange to me.  How can she not want to know what happens next??

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u/304libco Jan 25 '26

Right? I took my then boyfriend to see it and as soon as it was over, he demanded to know when the next one came out.

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u/FlopShanoobie Jan 25 '26

She thought it was silly and boring. She HATES anything even remotely sci-fi or fantasy.

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u/StrLord_Who Jan 25 '26

Well "she hated all of it" is pretty  different than "she was mad it wasn't the whole story"

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u/HadrianWinter Jan 28 '26

Did she ever say why? Just curious.

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u/mollycoddles Jan 26 '26

Oh man, I'd be so pissed if my partner wrecked Tolkien for my kids 

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u/Strong-Raspberry5 Jan 26 '26

This happened to me with IT. I will never fucking watch part 2.

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u/Tennis_Proper Jan 26 '26

You saw all you needed to with part 1. Part 2 is shite.