People Are Sharing Cult Classic Films That Turned Out To Be Huge Disappointments, And Sadly, I Have To Agree With A Few Of These

"People were constantly pulling out that movie in high school and college, but I always thought it was dumb. What's worse, people always tried to explain it to me. I got the movie. I just thought it was dumb."

Reddit user u/Jerswar recently asked people, "Which cult classic film was a huge disappointment when you finally saw it?"

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Here are the top movies they named.

1. "Ferris Bueller's Day Off. I'm in my 40s, so I'm in the right age group. I first saw it long ago and have seen it since. I just don't get the love for that movie. It's not a horrible movie but certainly nothing special."

—u/smakayerazz

2. "Eraserhead. Left very confused."

—u/RichGrinchlea

3. "My answer is Showgirls. Awful movie."

—u/CNYMetroStar

4. "Donnie Darko. It came out during my senior year of high school and became a cult hit almost immediately. People were constantly pulling out that movie in high school and college, but I always thought it was dumb. What's worse, people always tried to explain it to me. I got the movie. I just thought it was dumb."

—u/Handsome-Jim-

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5. "Scarface was entertaining, but I don't understand why people consider it a masterpiece. It's Al Pacino screaming his head off for 90 minutes intertwined with hokey sequences strewn in to feign character development."

—u/Relative-Law-8638

6. "The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Tim Curry is great, and dressing up is fun I guess, but I didn’t get it overall."

—u/Proud_Comment_6056

7. "Grease made me uncomfortable and was incredibly boring."

—u/aurorodry

8. "Napoleon Dynamite. It was funny, but it got too hyped up as a classic comedy, and I've just seen funnier movies to the point where I was just underwhelmed."

—u/FullBawks

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9. "Labyrinth. I just didn't get it."

—u/Explotography

10. "I recently saw Breakfast at Tiffany's for the first time. I'll give you that it looks beautiful, but the acting was boring, and some of the plot points were a little creepy."

—u/Louis_Farizee

11. "Blade Runner. It was entertaining, but the hype around it definitely set me up for disappointment."

—u/Gator_farmer

12. "Love Actually. It is super boring and all over the place and not enjoyable. I don't understand how everyone in my life loves it. My mom begged me to watch, promising me it was great. It fucking sucks."

—u/pettypinkpeonies

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13. "Lost in Translation."

—u/DavedAndConfusedz

14. "Clerks."

—u/gerhudire

15. "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World."

—u/aFishintheLake

16. "The Boondock Saints. It became one of those movies 'you have to see' when I was in college. I don't know if I'd say I was hugely disappointed, but I wasn't really blown away by it."

—u/valentino_42

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17. "The Blair Witch Project was boring af. Don’t understand how so many people fell for it."

—u/DocBrutus

18. "Juno. The dialogue was absolutely insufferable."

—u/QSlade

"It came out when I was in 7th grade. I was DYING to see it! A movie about a teen pregnancy sounded interesting, and plus everyone said it was totally awesome! When I saw it, I wasn’t blown away by it but was glad to have finally seen what all the fuss was about. I rewatched it a few years ago and… wow. The man leaves his wife because he doesn’t want a baby. It’s the kind of thing with red flags you miss the first time you watch it, but notice the second time through. And he was grooming Juno. The movie just makes me sad."

—u/turboshot49cents

19. "The Room. So bad it's good, but still bad."

—u/KuromiyaHinata

What's a popular movie that you waited forever to see that turned out to be a major disappointment? Tell me in the comments below.

Note: Some responses have been edited for length and/or clarity.