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  • Patch Adams bad. Jim Carrey my childhood hero.

  • norbit was a very deep film, i don't know what these guys are talking about.

  • I'm pretty sure the reason I hated Patch Adams was the snuggly, too-smarmy way Robin Williams would correct people when they called his character by his real name. The way he'd say "Patch" just grossed me out and was a microcosm of why the whole movie sucked.

  • I will give them the first two directors, but they are WAY off on the last guy. LehHooZehher!

  • C'mon everyone has fond memories of Ace Ventura, Liar Liar, and Bruce Almighty. They're clever concepts, with lots of great moments.

  • @moeezS I don't think he's implying that they were bad movies, just that there was a noticeable decline in quality over the progression from Ace Ventura to the later movies. I, personally, enjoy the Ace Ventura's the most out of any of Jim Carrey's comedy movies.

  • The fuck? I love Lars von Trier. I feel he's one of the few filmmakers who makes strong female protagonists. Had no idea he was meant to be hated, he's one of my favorites if you want to be challenged when watching films.

  • WTH, Jim Carrey's movies are great.

  • But... I love Patch Adams.

  • Kinda surprised at all the people defending bad movies on here. Look outside of the mainstream and maybe you'll understand labeling someone "pretentious" for mocking obvious holywood trash/smarm makes you look like a dolt.

  • I agree with the gist of this video.

    Only because I've never heard of any of these directors.

  • I chuckled at that clip where eddie goes down the water slide, I'm not ashamed.

  • aww i like these directors. they made some pretty cool movies. these people have no taste in anything

  • Wow... I think Patch Adams is fucking masterpiece...

  • most of the movies these guys talk about are good, these guys are loser's who need to get laid

  • patch adams isnt bad he makes some of the best kids movies. some of us just forgot how to laugh about such things :)

  • @HoldTheWheelAndDrive i didnt forget . patch adams is fucking awful. a truly terrible movie.

  • Patch Adams ?

    I could understand Ace Ventura to be hated or bruce amlimighty even though they are both good ... but PATCH ADAMS !!?!?!?

    What about that guy that made that Terrible Movie RV or Death to Smoochie !?!?

  • I really dont think they understood all of the movies they talked about there ment to be funny in a shitty way and if u cant have fun with that then ur just a not fun person and u have no life im just sayin

  • lol look at all these idiots loving these shitty movies. Cry some moar becouse you have no taste.

  • these critics are sucky. i don't know how one can dislike all the stuff they do and still like oneself.

  • i hate the last guy. HE must be those cridics who must do opisite of popularity. like hate toy story and love disaster movie, or even worst super babies baby gen 2.

  • When they said Ace Ventura, Liar Liar and Bruce Almighty were bad movies...I just lost it man....

  • FAYGO

    

  • these men should be made an example of and publicly stoned

  • Whaaaaaa?!? Patch Adam is pretty good! Was that a joke or something?? (-_-)

  • Is that last guy on crack!? Every film he mentioned was an absolute classic.

  • I liked all of the films the last dude bashed D=< except the very last one which I haven't seen but I will prolly see now. I'm so sorry that you didn't get your documentary on patch adams. I'm sure someone will make one =.=;

  • rottentomatoes gets the job done quicker.

  • From what I've seen of both Bruce Almighty and Liar Liar (I've never actually started from the beginning of either) both were very enjoyable.

    Of course, how much one enjoys a film and how well it was directed are not necessarily related. But then, this list didn't talk about how poorly the films were directed anyway.

    Not one of their best.

  • Three-way tie in the handsome contest. Woo. 

  • For the most part there right.

  • The only movie I thought was any good was Patch Adam's.

  • Agree on the first 2 but disagree on the last director. He's had some decent work.

  • Dear lord, someone doesn't like something I like? They have no taste! I hate their guts!

  • I'm so glad I'm not like these guys

  • i hate Joel Schumacher and all the crud Batman films he made

  • pretentious fucks.

  • @RocRemington Why?

  • What about Paul Verhoeven.He deserve a mention for being a shit director and a bit of perv.

  • What I KNOW I hate is fake "experts." A.V. Club has gaps in its logic. Its standards are inconsistent. ANYONE can hate hack Brian Robbins.  It takes a real skill to christen Tom Shadyak as "hated." Even Dragonfly and Patch Adams are watchable and entertaining. The rest of his work are HITS. Bruce Almighty! How expert are these AV dweebs? Dennis Dugan and Peter Hyams made their extended list - two directors who know their job. Can't say the same for AV Club. The Onion should dump 'em.

  • Patch Adams is a bad movie?

    You have no taste in movies whatsoever....

  • i had no idea that so many onion fans are so stupid

  • The first two I agree with, but I happen to be a fan of the last one.

  • Patch Adams is being funny to the patients. Not the audience.

  • They still make Faygo?

  • Is it bad that whenever Beverly Hills Chihuahua is on I can't help but watch? I've never seen it from beginning to end, but I love dogs and the mouth animation is quite nice.

    It's not the worst movie ever made, just some light kids entertainment.

  • I have lost all respect for the AV club now!

  • Doesn't seem fair lumping those Jim Carey films in with trash like Norbit and Beverly Hills Chihuaua. They were fairly well received by film critics and audiences

  • Uwe Boll anyone?

  • @iraems

    Postal was the shit and so was Stoic. You lose.

  • WHAT?!? I love Jim Carrey movies.

  • i loved LIAR LIAR.

  • Urgh, these are not my opinions at all, I agree with thehymner, change the fucking title.

  • 1:51 LMAO

  • lol, most of the dislikes are because people disagree with their choices.

  • @Crunkmastaflexx Yeah...who likes Patch Adams? Not even Patch Adams likes Patch Adams.

    Shawn Levy, sadly, is still getting work. He has directed that new movie Real Steel aka Rock-em Sock em Robots: the movie, yet nowhere near as clever.

  • You people only like those movies because of Jim Carry.

  • @RunningWithSkizors

    What's your point?

  • 4:46 Donald Southerland?

  • I love Norbit

  • Liar Liar is a fantastic movie and Jim Carrey is underrated, both as a comedian AND a serious actor. Other than that I guess I agree with the choices.

  • @SuckItLily Underrated as a comedian? Really? Who have you been talking to?

    As a serious actor, sure. But such is the curse of people who started as comedians.

  • @Zikenma Every day normal folk who say "You mean that clown? He's way over the top." Paraphrasing here but stuff like that. And I get that - I can't stand most of Ace Ventura either. But everything from "Liar Liar" to "Yes Man" is classic.

    What I meant be underrated is that few people have seen his best performances. I'm talking about his appearances on Letterman (mostly). Heavily scripted "interviews" sprinkled with some spontaneous jokes. He never really stopped being a stand up comedian.

  • @SuckItLily I agree entirely.

  • @SuckItLily Underrated as a comedian? Can't say I agree, he is known as the best comedy actor of all time, and a lot of people are aware of his pre-actor career as a stand up which got him noticed

    Now as a serious actor yes, after doing so many comedies we all saw the reaction to "i love you phillip morris", not only because he was playing a gay man but also that he was doing a drama.

    I think he'll get the recognition he deserves because he's truly a legend

  • Norbit was awesome, Ace venture was awesome so stfu

  • What the fuck is wrong with YOU people? I mean you may disagree but if you hate it so much how about not giving it views and fucking seriously? Jim Carrey? He's not funny, as a matter of fact he's worse at improv then Robin Williams, and I fucking hate Robin Williams.

  • These guys are so fucking pretentious. I wonder how often any of them get laid.

  • these guys are fucking morons.

  • Wait you thought Bruce Almighty, and Ace Ventura were bad films? Really? Yeah Jim Carey's talking butt was annoying but he was still pretty funny.

  • Wow couldn't thumb down this review as many times as it deserves!

  • um excuse me? whats with all the jim carrey movies? they were all succesful, well recieved, and made a lot of money at the box office.

  • I hate Robin Williams so I agree with that, but didn't understand the whole Jim Carey thing?

  • This is why I stopped reading the comments on the avclub. Click on that link and compare the youtube comments here to the avclub comments there. Here, people point out that baldy's full of shit, there, they all want to suck his dick.

  • patch adams was great and i liked all the other movies they mentioned except for the first one. what is wrong with these people

  • I usually get some level of enjoyment out of these, but I figured you would have some more substance for hated directors than just people who made crappy comedies. There are directors making exploitative, offensive trash that would have made for a much more interesting and enlightening episode than "Norbit was a stupid".

  • whats wrong with Ace Ventura? and Bruce almighty was a pretty good movie.

  • Why do I keep watching these. They're such a waste of time. I should have watched something better b4 I went to sleep. Now I'm going to be overly critical in my dreams.

  • you leave actual crappy movies and their directors and attack successful ones with well loved movies?

  • Where the fuck is M. Night Shyamalan in this? I must have missed him.

  • @quacksandflacks Everyone knows they hate him

  • Homeboy knockin' Ace Ventura and Liar, Liar. Homeboy don't know movies.

  • Liar Liar, bruce almighty and patch adams are brilliant films you sad twat nerd.

  • so are these guys paid to do this shit?

  • This bald headed third guy with glasses is so annoying and overly critical. I'm pretty indifferent to the director he mentioned but there is no good reason presented to even justify why someone would hate him for those movies but clearly this douche bag hates him. Give us real unbiased substance rather than your own personal hateraid cause usually AV club is amazing but you're ruining it here.

  • third guy should be fired from AV club hes a dumbass patch adams was an amazing movie and jim carrey was hilarious in bruce almighty and liar liar those are like my favorite jim carrey movies !!!!

  • the third guy is a fuckin dumbass. hes such a little dweep he always did piss me off.

  • wait? is bruce almighty and liar liar bad films?

  • @mxcncarebear Yes. They are.

  • @mxcncarebear I disagree about bruce almighty, but Liar Liar is vastly underrated.

  • @mxcncarebear yep-terrible.

  • bruce almighty and liar liar were damn good. who the fuck are these guys?

  • I fucking hate that third guy (bald fucker) in all these AV Club videos.

  • The last guy made no sense. He says it's the worst movie and then praises it then degrades it again??? GTFO, really Patch Adams was one of my favorite childhood movies. This episode stank. Did they even try? It all seems like they just threw stuff in with no research..

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  • No, no, not this time. I didn't really care for any of it.

  • WTF i started watching this oo an onion. by the midpoint i had forgotten it was by them and took it seriously ahh well when you study film...

  • Did they say LiarLiar was a failure? Que? I love Ace Ventura, but I understand why some don't like them, but most people I know like LiarLiar. It's a classic to me, at least.

  • these dudes are retarded...norbit was good and so was all the movies the last guys was saying...fire them

  • This video is terrible. They should make a separate channel for these videos.

  • Most people would agree Patch Adams is a good movie because most people are idiots.

  • I wouldn't have put Peter Hyams on that list at the end. He directed 2010, which is at least intelligent sci-fi, something that's increasingly rare.

  • aaaaaaaand thats why everyone hates movie critics.

  • now i know

  • why is inventory always so quiet?

  • Loved the Ace Ventura movies, Patch Adams was good. I think most people will agree.

  • the title should be "Directors You Didn't Know 'We' Hated"

  • you guys have awful opinions

  • first off, i enjoyed patch adams. in fact, i'm goint to watch it right now. but i do agree, screw ruining my childhood again with the SMURFS how dare that director!

  • WHAT???? I LOVED PATCH ADAMS!

  • Look at the guy's botox chin.

  • I love how the commentators and the like/dislike meter are cleanly split

  • Oh god! The smurf's is going to suck sooooo HARD!!!!

  • TURN THE FUCKING VOLUME UP

  • i love the ace ventura movies, but i fully agree with the guy that said that Beverly Hills Chihuahua is the fall of cinema.

  • Why do these AV Club videos keep showing up in my subscriptions? I didn't subscribe to the AV Club. I love The Onion but I'm unsubscribing.

  • Liar Liar and Bruce Almighty were terrible.

  • @ChamberOfAvici of course not, they're garbage, but of course you with your little brain cannot grasp that...

  • Wow! How sad, looks like almost everybody that saw this video disagrees with these guys and loves these movie. Who can blame us, THEY WERE FREAKING GREAT MOVIES!

  • Fuck you, Steve Oedekerk is hilarious!

  • Eeeeeeeh, ace ventura movies, bruce almighty and liar liar... Very funny movies, great hits, tons of fans. How can you put the director of those films on this list? I bet it doesn't appeal to more than 5-10% of the viewers..

  • people like AV club only like movies if theyre foreign, promote "fringe" political views, feature a homosexual protagonist, or their "internet girlfriend" likes it.

  • That guy's name is actually Tobias!!!!

  • Those movies were classics, now i know which directors to thank.

  • fuck the last guy for real...he was running off all very good movies

  • And here I thought they had a good taste in movies.

  • Sometimes you want to watch movies like these. I liked Patch Adams, Meet Dave, Liar Liar, and Bruce Almighty

  • Patch Adams a poor film? Dude, you must have walked into the wrong film.

  • lol I can only laugh at someone's stupidity thinking Patch Adams wasn't a good film. Great taste in movies, megadouche

  • lol, I can only laugh at someone who doesn't think Patch Adams was a good film. Great taste in movies, megadouche

  • @wolfesw people's taste in movies varies, no one is forced to like a film. If you weren't such a stupid homo-fag, you'd noticed he never said the movie was bad or that he hated it, just that it had a lot of bathroom humor in it. The world doesn't revolve around your taste, no one is calling you stupid for liking the film. however, I am calling you a homo-fag.

  • @ChamberOfAvici Seriously, those movies were hilarious.

  • Good feature... I like to expand the list of people I hate, and your help with that endeavour has been greatly appreciated... Thankyou Onion AV Club Inventory.

  • I did know I hated Raja Gosnell, who also directed Scooby Doo and (worst of all by far) Home Alone 3.

    Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and Liar Liar are generally considered comedy classics and I liked them a lot, so I don't really know what that last guy's talking about at all.

  • Haven't seen the other two, but I liked Bruce Almighty.

  • People hate Larry Clark why? Pretty sure it's because most of his movies are shit. Also, heres a news flash for ya... Teens of sex. Lots. All the time. Oh, and grass is green.

  • I think you guys should just stop makeing videos...

  • yeh, that third dude's a retard

  • i liked patch adams.

  • I guess I should have known, what with this being Youtube and all, but WOW. The people leave comments are Onion videos are fucking stupid. Jim Carry is just as awful as Eddie Murphy. Don't let nostalgia get in the way of your judgment.

  • These are like kids movies? Why are you acting like they're supposed to be Godfather status? & Yeah I agree this AV Club shit needs it's own channel stop shoving it down our throats.

  • Bruce almighty was awesome...

  • Meet Dave was really funny, I hadn't laughed to a comedy in a long time. Norbit was okay too, I don't know why you insult those directors. Think you could do better? Of course not, you're only a bunch of nerds who sit down and analyze movies all day to think you're important.

  • i liked half of those movies... the other half i've never heard of

  • why does this crap get posted with the Onion videos? Give AV club its own damn channel and stop shoving it down our throats

  • @AlfredRusselWallace Yeah, it does need its own channel.

  • @AlfredRusselWallace Just don't watch them. No one is forcing you to watch.

  • @Looperberg Well, what she mistook for crying was actually my eyes watering from the rancid stench coming out of her vagina. Might I also add that I would gladly eat out your mom's spoiled snatch than sit through any of those movies you named more than once.

  • LOL 1,208 like the last director!

  • @ChamberOfAvici I gotta agree I like all of those movies as well as Patch Adams. My only concern is as I age I increasingly find more and more movies from my youth that I cannot stand to watch, which I assume has to do with maturity, and I fear if I watch these again I might find them not interesting.

  • I don't know who directed this AV Club, but I hate him.

  • I liked Patch Adams. :/

  • the last guy is a moron!

  • Patch Adams was great. It had hearth which 99% of the hollywood movies are missing.

  • Patch Adams was a joke of a movie. Even the original Dr. "Patch" Adams said he hated it.

  • @Reishyn Do some research idiot. Dr Hunter Patch Adams loved the movie, he was only sad that it didn't raise enough money to build a 40-bed hospital on 310 acres of land in Pocohontas County, West Virginia. He liked the movie and especially Robin William's performance.

  • @tzlawina Uh... no. He hated the movie, especially the performance by Williams, and criticised it for leaving out the bulk of his political work in favour of cheap gags that would make the film sell better. I think it's you who needs to do the researching there, mate.

  • that was good don't know why some many didn't like it

  • The last director is amazing!

  • This is what happens when The Onion stops being funny...

  • yeah most of these movies ruled.... these guys are cinematic morons.... there are probably amoeba with better taste... fire these guys immediately and put them out on their asses in the street

  • Guys, it's VanturA--with an A. Ace Venture is nothing. Ace Venture is what Asylum would name their shitty knockoff movie, if they decided to make one.

    In summation, stop defending a movie that doesn't exist, and start defending the great one that does.

  • Oh fuck that last pick. Ace Ventura and Patch Adams were great. Bruce Almighty was okay too, but Evan Almighty did kinda suck.

  • yeah fuck that last guy, ace venture was slapstick gold and perfect material for Jim Carrey. If anything he utilized Jim's ability better than anyone ever.

  • Uwe Boll definitely should've replaced the last guy.

  • So the last one didn't make sense to me. The director launches Jim Careys career, makes two more successful movies with him, and makes patch Adams which is a good movie... You hate him why? Oh that's right, you hate him coz you're a dweeb sitting around a little table talking about things you'll never ever do. I used to really like AV club but this segment smacks of snobbery

  • @splitboy79 right on!

  • @splitboy79 True that. They may not be the best movies ever, but they are far from bad. The last guy has no idea.

  • @splitboy79 The last guy really did confuse me as to what his beef was. My aversion for washed up comedians in fat suits prevents me from disagreeing with the other two though.