[entertainment] movies, books, etc & how to make me _hate_ them instantly

[wispfox]

There is one nearly certain way to make me instantly hate a movie, book, or television show. (Nearly certain because if there are enough other positive factors, I might wait it out)

Have intentionally awkward situations as a form of entertainment. I'm fine with it to show character development (although it'll still make me uncomfortable), as long as the characters actually _do_ develop.

I _hate_ movies, TV, books where the characters make me feel the need to (or actually do it) yell at them every five seconds to stop being stupid about something, and say or do [foo] already!

I completely cannot understand this as a form of entertainment, but apparently it's a popular enough one that my disliking it as strongly as I do confuses people.

Yeah. This is really intended as an FYI, actually. I'm not really of the opinion that anyone would be able to explain it to me and have me actually comprehend it. :)

edit: I note, incidentally, that I am ok with, and can be amused by, things which come across to me as making fun of the genre. That said, though, my tolerance for movies and TV is low enough that such is fairly unlikely to be watched by me unless someone else suggests it.

edit edit: I may or may not be ok with movies that make fun of other genres that I can't deal with. Like... horror movies, TV series, or books which are intended to make people jumpy are _not_ good. Even, sometimes, if they are intended to make fun of such things.

Comments

[dilletante.livejournal.com]

yeah, that bugs me too. i never saw the appeal of "there's something about mary" and m. and i walked out on "really bad things"...

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'd even blocked "Really Bad Things" out of my mind.

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

Oddly, I think that I did watch Something About Mary. Possibly because I was less certain of my own preferences then, and I was with people. I don't recall.

But yes, painful movie, that one. Less bad than some, though! (Like Meet the Parents, as mentioned below)

And I will never watch "really bad things", based on this. :)