10 Movies You Hated Before You Even Saw Them

1. Noah

Why people hated it: Biblical epics may seem like something reserved for old school Hollywood, but it seems they're making a comeback. Darren Aronofsky's long gestating passion project (he'd wanted to make a big screen take on the Great Flood since he was kid) came with heaps of controversy and low-expectations. Mainstream audiences were expecting some pandering religious film. Religious types were expecting a sacrilegious destruction of one of Genesis' central stories. Nobody was prophesying anything good.

The production saw multiple clashes between director and distributor Paramount, with the latter keen to have something reverential to keep the vocal Bible-bashers at bay. Because the old biblical epics, that existed mainly to get around the Hays code (you could show more gratuitous nudity if the film was religious), were so reverential anyway.

Was the hate justified: In the end Aronofsky won out, getting his final cut in cinemas. And what a film it is. Embracing the fact that the Garden Of Eden is only a few generations ago, the story serves as other-worldly fantasy. It's a reimagining, sure, with giant rock monsters and Noah at one point running around trying to kill a baby, but at its core the message is something befitting the original story.

Which films did people unconditionally dislike before they were even released? Let us know what you think down in the comments.