Top 10 Films I Like But Everyone Else Hates

10.

The Hangover Part II

It's a rehash of the first film too be sure. But, you know what I still found it pretty damn funny and the monkey is better than the tiger.

9.

The Lone Ranger

Flawed too be sure. But, it's entertaining as hell when it works and I liked that it wasn't over blown with CGI.

8.

A Christmas Carol (2009)

 I liked that it wasn't like every single re-telling of this story. It was darker and for a re-telling of A Christmas Carol quite refreshing.

7.

Transformers (2007)

It's illogical too be sure. But, it's also utterly bad ass awesome fun at the same time.

6.

Anonymous

Give Ronald Emmerich credit he did try something different for him and it works really well. It made me he didn't go back too doing action films like The Day After Tomorrow but he is sadly.

5.

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

I loved that this was the Jack Sparrow road show. This was what the Pirates of the Caribbean sequels should have been.

4.

Cars 2

This is nowhere near Pixar's best (I mean have you seen their best). But for what it is I found it entertaining and so much better than the first Cars.

3.

Snow White & the Huntsman

My enjoyment for this mainly comes from the fact of this kind of fantasy is right up my ally. But I also like it when classic stories get a fresh take with it.

2.

Alice in Wonderland (2010)

This is was honestly unlike any "Alice in Wonderland" adaptation I've seen and I thought it was a great idea too make sense of nonsense. Can someone tell Harmony Korine this.

1.

The Phantom of the Opera (2004)

The film has a Beauty and the Beast element too it that makes more emotionally invested than other recent movie musicals. Also a great soundtrack and visual style helps as well.

Top 10 Films I Dislike But Everyone Else Loves

10. 

Dredd

Not having read the source material. This film never gave me reason why this guy is so god damn special and the insufferable slow-mo action didn't help me wanting to give a damn.

9.

Gravity

When you are making a survival film the main thing you need is a strong emotional connection with the main character and Gravity doesn't have that and all of the CGI in the world couldn't hide that.

8.

Fantastic Mr. Fox 

Wes Anderson can be a tad bit quirky. But this is quirky on fucking cocaine and it gets to the point of being insufferable.

7.

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

I can sum up my reasons for not liking this film with 5 words. Kate Capshaw and Short Round.

6.

The Pirates! Band of Misfits

This has too be the most bland, generic, lifeless and unfunny animated film for some reason too get a pass from people. 

5.

Blood Diamond

Somebody wants an Oscar. Blood Diamond just comes off as a 99 cent version of Hotel Rwanda and other films that have political themes and have struggles taking place in Africa.

4.

Footloose (2011)

 It's a soulless remake that offers nothing new what so ever and is no different than other failed remakes that don't get a pass.

3. 

Pitch Perfect

It's more of a over long episode of Glee than an actual film. It's sad that they fuck up a Flo- Rida more than Flo- Rida.

2.

Napoleon Dynamite

I can't stand this film and if I didn't see Movie 43 this would be for me the worst film ever made.

1.

Brokeback Mountain

To me this felt like a Nicholas Sparks rip-off while watching it. I don't care they're gay, if this couple were at least likable I might have gotten into it. But, no this is just a self-important, self-serious bore fest that earns none of it's emotional moments.

Beautiful Creatures (2013)

Teenager Ethan Wate (Alden Ehrenreich) is obsessed with his urge to finish high school and go on to college in order to leave behind the small town of Gatlin, South Carolina behind, until a mysterious girl begins to inhabit his dreams. When he meets Lena Duchannes (Alice Englert), a newcomer who has just enrolled in his school, Ethan knows she is the girl in his dreams. Lena is rejected by the rest of her classmates for being the granddaughter of Macon Ravenwood (Jeremy Irons), whom the town's superstitious residents consider to be a devil-worshiper. But Ethan gives her a ride anyway and they fall in love. Lena reveals to her new boyfriend that she is a witch, and that on her sixteenth birthday she will be claimed by either the forces of light or of darkness. She will remain in the light, but only if she does not remain in love with Ethan. To make matters worse, her evil mother, Sarafine, is casting spells to push Lena to the dark side. Ethan joins her in a search to find a magic spell to save their doomed love. Will the lovers succeed?

Based on the young adult novel of the same name by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl. Beautiful Creatures actually manages to avoid becoming a Twilight rip-off by giving you a romance that the audience can actually believe in. Another thing that helps to the film's favor is the actors are strong and are given material that is presentable something Twilight doesn't have. You better have something presentable when Emma Thompson is in your cast and who does steal the show as Mavis Lincoln a overly religious nut job and the film's main villain (spoiler alert) Sarafine (which would have been a nit twist if it wasn't in the trailer). She can be a wee bit cheesy and over-the-top but that's just apart of the film's charm.

The film doesn't takes it self seriously (for god sake you have Margo Martindale walking around with a live peacock in one scene) and it works really well. Richard LaGravenese (the director and screenwriter) understands that this is premise sounds ridiculous and doesn't give this a sense of self importance that's force upon us with other Y.A. adaptation (Mortal Instruments). Which is quite refreshing in today's Y.A. adaptations and another thing that's also refreshing, "!NO FUCKING LOVE TRIANGLE BULLSHIT!". Instead we get Ethan & Lena a couple that put's Edward & Bella to shame and female heroine that doesn't make you want to rip your own eye balls out.

What makes Lena a strong female heroine is a scene of sacrifice something you never got with Twilight. I'm going to try hard to explain what happens without spoiling the final act of the film. But Lena is in a situation were a love one has to die to lift a curse and Lena finds away to make sure this person doesn't die but that person has no idea who Lena is. And I liked that, and it works because you believe in the relationship and you believe it's coming from an honest place within not just Lena, Ethan as well. I know i'm overly praising this film but my biggest problem with the film is Ridley (Emmy Rossum). Not because the character is bad (she quite interesting actually), she's just given nothing to do which is a real shame because I do like Emmy Rossum and she's trying really hard with what she's given but I wish their was more.

Aside from Rossum and some cheesy effects, Beautiful Creatures is really solid. To some this might come off as a Twilight rip-off (the trailers sells this as such). Which is a real shame because  the film is smart and has enough clever wit too it to make raise above Twilight rip-off status and be eons better than Twilight. Also, "!NO FUCKING LOVE TRIANGLE BULLSHIT!".

 Grade Rating: B+