The book was some good ass "turn your brain off slop". The movie tried its hardest to turn your brain off by force.

That movie was a mistake, but then it made a lot of money and that's all the goal was.

I learned, back in the 1990s, how to spot a movie I won't like. So for me it's The Edge (about a thoroughly dislikable protagonist who we're supposed to admire just because he's played sympathetically by Anthony Hopkins) and Accidental Hero (aka Hero, a satire so brimming with sickly earnestness that it fails completely at satire).

Kubrick's version of The Shining. Most likely, I would feel differently had I not read the novel first, but the reduction of the story to a Nicholson-show pisses me off to the point where I cannot enjoy it for what it is. I'd rather endure the over four hours of less brilliant screenplay of the 1997 version.

The Shawshank Redemption. My boyfriend at the time absolutely loved this film. I can't stand it. Blokes in prison are so Noble and Misunderstood. They deserve to be free! Bleurgh.

Hackers. The reason why was at the time I was and had been a hacker for over a decade. A real one not some half assed pretty boi with issues. It sucks so bad. It was so fake.

Mortal Engines. I have not read the source materials.

Amazing concept, fantastic visuals, weak story, weak characters. Apparently just accidentally spliced in the end of Return of the Jedi instead of finishing the movie.

The princess bride, mostly because everyone my age won't shut up about it. By the time I saw the movie (I think I was 16?) it was like watching a string of cheesy memes.

Also, it's a wonderful life is so frustrating and depressing, the "happy ending" just doesn't cut it.