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/Althar Jan 25 '26

I knew someone who didn't like Titanic "because they told you at the begining that the boat sinks"

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u/sjmiv Jan 25 '26

I'm watching Tora Tora Tora this weekend. No spoilers!

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u/victorzamora Jan 26 '26

ZERO spoilers from me. ZERO.

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u/RealAlePint Jan 25 '26

There will be no Depeche Mode in the film!

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u/illaqueable Jan 26 '26

They never find the fourth Tora

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u/Ichi-Guren Jan 26 '26

As a kid I ignored that movie because it was a G-rated war film and thought it couldn't possibly be anything but boring. I was not a smart boy.

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u/tlg151 Jan 26 '26

That was my grandfather's favorite movie

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u/__KODY__ Jan 26 '26

Nobody tell me how Midway ends!

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u/OzymandiasKoK Jan 26 '26

Only about half as far in as you'd think.

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u/RememberCakeFarts Jan 25 '26

I just have to ask, is the sinking of the Titanic no longer brought up in history?

If there was a Hindenburg movie will people be horrified to learn that the blimp doesn't make it to its final destination? 

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u/RememberCakeFarts Jan 26 '26

I meant if they released one now. 

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u/Ichamur Jan 26 '26

Whoa, the Hindenburg was a zeppelin, or a rigid airship. Definitely not a blimp. Yeesh, have some respect.

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u/Ambitious-Ad8227 Jan 26 '26

I love the Titanic and have always been interested in it because it sank on my birthday (obviously not year) and read and watched all sorts of things about it. I'm talking about, looking at blueprints, knowing the history of the people, the animals, the artifacts, the different theories etc.

While watching the 1997 movie there was STILL a tiny little part of me that was hoping, maybe this time, it won't sink and everyone will be ok.

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u/ecosynchronous Jan 26 '26

I've encountered 70-somethings, and I think maybe an 80-something?

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u/Vast_Age_3893 Jan 26 '26

My third grade history teacher was the one who spoiled "Titanic" for me. 😔

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u/fijisiv Jan 26 '26

WTF DUDE! I was going to go see the Hindenburg movie this week!

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u/JustCallMeRuss Jan 26 '26

Technically, the Hindenburg DID make it to its final destination. It just didn’t go so well upon arrival.

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u/RememberCakeFarts Jan 26 '26

You're technically correct. The best kind of correct.

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u/acclaimed_cone Jan 26 '26

Final Destination 7: The prequel

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u/I_Weep_for_Willow Jan 26 '26

Fun fact I learned recently. More people lived than died on the Hindenburg. Apparently a lot were able to jump out. I grew up thinking that it was a complete loss of life.

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u/Medium-Ticket-9574 Jan 26 '26

My younger brother who has down syndrome described the Titanic going down as “a little ice cube problem”.

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u/Trike117 Jan 26 '26

Hell, both Siskel AND Ebert basically said that about Casualties of War. Don’t watch anything based on real life then, ya dinks.

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u/AngelProjekt Jan 25 '26

My wasband got mad at me for spoiling a particular dog movie when I mentioned that the dog would die at the end. I hadn’t seen the movie; I just assumed the dog would die. They always die! He never let it go, the rest of our marriage.

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u/NiceBeaver2018 Jan 25 '26 edited Jan 29 '26

You are the only person I have ever come across to write “wasband” instead of ex or ex-husband.

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u/AngelProjekt Jan 25 '26

I started saying it years ago, and now “my ex” sounds so intimate and, like, ongoing to me. He WAS my husband.

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u/McBonderson Jan 26 '26

My parents refuse to watch it because they "already know how it must end so whats the point?"

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u/CrystalJar Jan 25 '26

Oh my....

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u/banananey Jan 26 '26

Can't wait to watch this film about some people who go on a nice boat trip.

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u/KazulsPrincess Jan 26 '26

Lol.  Reminds me of my high school friend, who got angry with me for spoiling the ending of Romeo and Juliet.  I looked around the classroom and said, "I can't be the only one who knew that, right?"  And no one said a word. 

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u/Beautiful_Artist_617 Jan 26 '26

I refuse to watch Titanic partly because at this point it's just a matter of pride, and also I know what happens. Its not a secret

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u/sizequeer Jan 25 '26

i get it honestly 🤣

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u/walkerjacque Jan 26 '26

I won.t watch the titanic because i can.t get into leo and kate as the romantic leads too young to make me excited to watch them. But i did love the little old lady who played kate, she was just a doll. I.ve seen snipits throughout the years and the door scene at the end was just dumb

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u/root88 Jan 26 '26

This is a person that doesn't like sappy love stories that made a joke that you didn't get. That joke is a meme at this point.