For me if I had to pick a good contender it would be the UK version of The Office.
I know many tend to debate how Ricky Gervais really fell off and how he repugnantly acts like a whiny centrist edgelord but me personally IMO I actually don’t think he was ever funny not even a little.
His big break through television was just so painful to sit through it’s so charismatically boring the characters are completely generic at best (notably Tim) or straight up insufferably unlikable at worst (especially the protagonist David FUCKING Brent) and most importantly the humour is just embarrassing.
Always seemed like The Thick Of It but without the nuisance tongue in cheek and charming satire.
I have seen so much praise for Kingdom of Heaven and all I did was laugh or yell at it, usually both. It’s so bad. So, so bad.
I’m sorry, you’re telling me they built siege towers in the middle of the desert. Where did they get the wood??? And there’s like 12 of them? And you aimed a Ballista and that took down every single one of them in one swoop? ALSO YOU ARE A SMITH APPRENTICE BUT YOU KNOW SIEGE TACTICS? AND YOU KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT DESERT IRRIGATION WHEN YOU ARE FROM FUCKING ENGLAND? AND
I’m yelling again
And that’s not to mention how deeply historically inaccurate it is at moments, like even besides all the general Hollywood of it all. Like sure they get some moments right but generally, holy shit it’s bad lol
Though I will say watching Will Turner learn sword fighting from Qui-Gon only to be interrupted by Jaime Lannister was pretty funny
Friends…
I would rather watch women’s tennis or a fishing show. I don’t fish, I don’t play tennis.
Woah surprised no one mentioned South Park yet, it quite common in discussions like this.
I never really liked South Park (with occasional exceptions where it shone) but I loved the movie.
Honestly one of the best musicals I’ve ever seen.
Seinfeld.
The Office (All versions) because the movie “Office Space” exeedingly outshines the humor and plot of any of the TV shows.
As with most “comedy” shows it’s actually a drama disguised with a specific setting and a couple of meme characters to make it look like a comedy.
I’m convinced people only watched that stuff because they were all in on office drama at work/school but didn’t want to admit to that fact.
Life of Pi. My kids warned me not to read it, they had to for school. I read fast, it was a slim volume, I thought why not, it will be quick. It was quick but I want that time back. I don’t get what anyone likes about it, it’s unlikeable.
All new Star Wars movies and tv shows
Andor notwithstanding
I’m curious if you’re from the UK, OP, because I think this colours your perception of the The Office very much. For the record I loathe both, but The Office UK is a typical British comedy of taking the absolute piss of the characters, who are irredeemable fools one and all. You re not supposed to find them funny, or like them. You’re supposed to laugh at them. That’s the usual expectation, with British comedy.
Americans seem to have great difficulty with that concept, and can’t seem to handle a protagonist that is made fun of.
Again, not defending the show itself. Just saying you need to be aware of this approach when you watch British comedy in general. The common language should not make you forget the ocean of cultural differences in between.
Dave Matthews band. Also, any “jam” band in general.
Well, that’s just what the ass-crack bandit would say to throw us off their trail, isn’t it…
Dont forget what they did on the Kinzie Street Bridge in Chicago.
none of the band members were in the bus at the time
That is the stuff of legend.
The James Cameron Avatar movies.
Great example of; just because it was a technical masterpiece, that doesn’t make a movie good. The special effects were outstanding for the time, and still hold up very well. That is something I will always praise it for, but it is the only thing worth praising about it. It really is a very polished turd, in that sense.
Yeah I saw it in IMAX 3D and it was certainly a spectacle. The visuals were phenomenal, but the film itself was otherwise completely forgettable.
They’re so bad.
…well the first one was. Didn’t bother with any after that…
Star Wars. I really wanted to like it, I’m a huge nerd, but I just am not into it. I watched 4 and 5 and got maybe an hour into 6 and got up and walked away. I was so bored with the whole thing.
Never watched any star wars movie and at this points I’ve seen so many spoilers through memes that I am not very tempted to do so
Save for most of the original trilogy, Star Wars turned into actual dogshit halfway through Return of the Jedi.
Oh man. I really love the British version of the office and Gervais. It’s so much better than the american one. He’s done some shows too. After Life and Extras are great.
A big part of why many of the things in this thread haven’t aged well, is because a lot of what made these shows original and unique was copied to death following the fame of the original.
If you weren’t there for the original release of a piece of media, there’s a good chance you’re not necessarily seeing it in the context where the accolades make sense.
Seinfeld basically invented the 3 camera sitcom and a lot of the key tropes in the format. If you go back today having not watched it before, the vast majority of it just comes across as a boring sitcom, because every sitcom to follow took notes from the way they did Seinfeld.
It’s the same with the UK office, it basically invented the modern mockumentary format as well as the cringe comedy era that followed (and gave us things like peep show). If you look back now without that context, it just looks like a generic combination of both those things.
Just to mention it, this is literally named the Seinfeld is Unfunny effect on TVTropes
I believe “I Love Lucy” is credited with inventing or popularizing the three camera sitcom. Not to dampen’s "Seinfeld"s contributions or the point of your comment, but I just wanted to add that small correction.
An Officer And A Gentleman. Absolute sexist garbage.
The Narnia books. Silly, thinly disguised evangelical propaganda.
Star Trek: Enterprise. I just never got into that one.
Have a few in mind:
Catcher in the Rye. Holden is insufferable and I found it baffling that adults expected me to relate to him as a teen.
Grease aged very poorly and I do not understand the hype (is it because John Travolta is wearing tight pants?)
Family guy. The ship that launched a thousand cringe as fuck “adult animation” shows. Yes, I’m salty as hell about it.
Family guy has always been bad, I lived through its peak and it was so painful
It terrifies me that there are people walking around out there who feel seen by Holden Caulfield.
Just a bunch of phoneys.
