10 things i hate about you

i'm too stressed to be original, so i'll mooch off of another blog today. apparently it's "in" in the blog universe to make lists and the list of the moment is top 10 movies you've hated most - not worst movies because we all know there are more than 10 of those, but top 10 movies that just piss you off or to which you had the most negative reaction. here's my list, and i'd be happy to hear even one or two of yours if you can't muster the time/energy to do a whole thing:

KIDS - apparently this is some indie film darling, but my god did i hate telly. and the rape of an unconscious girl, not something i really enjoy watching, even for art's sake. of course i realize that the fact that it evoked such a visceral reaction in me is a tribute to the filmmaking, but still, ew. hate.

CASABLANCA - i watched this in high school with a friend who likes sappy romances and even she couldn't get all the way through. if i recall we watched it in fastforward after the first 20 mins. the only thing i can remember about it is BORING.

GHOST - so sappy. so ridiculous. so. incredibly. stupid.

MEET THE PARENTS - not funny. not even a little. just painful to sit through and then painful to listen to everyone rave about its fabulousness and get giddy about a sequel.

ARMAGEDDON - i'll never get those 3 1/2 hours back. my friend and i drove to a special theatre an hour a way to see this with state-of-the-art sound and almost fell asleep. it didn't help that i was one of 4 people who saw the other meteor movie that year (was it deep impact?) and basically this was the same thing with an extra hour and awkward ben affleck/liv tyler dialogue. and then that fucking aerosmith song and sap about the father dying so the daughter could have her man...gross. gross. stupid.

CLOCKWORK ORANGE - i'll say it: overrated. again, i didn't finish this movie. file this one under the same category as kids because i was offended and appalled at the humoristic light in which a rape/murder (i don't remember which) of a woman was portrayed. yeah, yeah, it wasn't the point, stanley kubrick is making a point, whatever. perhaps if i gave it another go without watching it with meathead guys in the room i might get it, but i kind of don't want to because everyone loves to fawn over kubrick and i'm happy to be a rebel.

THE ENGLISH PATIENT - i didn't even see this movie, but i don't need to because what little i know about it means i would hate it - an epic love story period piece with lots of crying and longing. the year this won all the academy awards i think i was rooting for some other movie that completely got rejected, so part of the hate comes from that. but most of it is disdane for cheesy long-lost love affair movies (see Casablanca and Ghost above).

ANY MOVIE WITH OWEN WILSON (and Luke, too) - these guys just really, really bother me. the way they look, the way they talk, the way they carry themselves. and they aren't funny. they just annoy me and i almost refuse to see anything with them in it because their face on the screen makes me want to punch them. go away wilsons.

GLADIATOR - i didn't really hate it until everyone else llllooooovvveeeeddd it. because it's just really not that good. and russell crowe - blegh. joaquin phoenix is this film's only redeeming quality.

CITIZEN KANE - this film was before its time, was innovative, blah, blah - who cares? it's BORING. i fell asleep, woke up, and nothing important had happened. and rosebud is a sleigh? give me a fucking break.

if you need me i'll be in the dining area pretending to study, counting down the minutes until i can read pink is the new blog for a break.