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** ''Martyrs''

* Bobbleheads, also known as Head Knockers, are either incredibly awesome or incredibly stupid. Or [[NightmareFuel creepy]], there's just [[BodyHorror something not right]] about a gigantic head on a very small body.

* Fugazi. Particularly their later, [[DoingItForTheArt more experimental]] albums, and live shows. They are either [[KnightInShiningArmor patron saints of punk rock]] and [[TheFettered saviors of indie music]], with complex song structures and meaningful political lyrics, or 20 minutes of nail-on-chalkboard guitar wailing, [[NoIndoorVoice randomly barked]] vocals, eccentric beats, and [[MemeticMutation More Cowbell]]. Except for ''Waiting Room'' which [[EarWorm everyone loves]], so they stopped playing it.

* "True Jamaican" ginger beer. The export stuff that is good for [[GargleBlaster instantly clearing your sinuses]] when you have a cold is the watered-down version. Not to be confused with ginger ale...

* Chalva, which is an Israeli dish consisting of sesame tahini hardened into a brick, is either delicious or horrible.

* Guanabana juice is either a nice tasting exotic fruit drink, or {{Sealed Evil In A Can}} to the point that some people have called it Evil Juice.

** People who eat dark chocolate with 80-95% cocoa solids deserve what's coming to them. Chocolate at these percentages are meant for baking and cooking, not as candy bars.

** The Wisconsin ''Employee Right To Know'' Law specifically exempts lutefisk in defining "toxic substances".

** Sounds like a bad case of FridgeHorror and LetsMeetTheMeat.

* ''[=~2001: A Space Odyssey~=]''. Boring and confusing, or one of the greatest science fiction films ever.

**In addition to ''Dancer in the Dark'', mentioned above, ''Breaking The Waves'' was even more hated for its [[BreakTheCutie sadistic treatment]] of [[TheIngenue the heroine]]. And it's a ''darling'' on the art-house circuit.

**In addition to ''DancerInTheDark'', mentioned above, ''BreakingTheWaves'' was even more hated for its [[BreakTheCutie sadistic treatment]] of [[TheIngenue the heroine]]. And it's a ''darling'' on the art-house circuit.

* ''TheFountain'' by Darren Aronofsky. Life-alteringly profound TearJerker, or melodramatic, impenetrably muddled AuthorTract? Seeing as how it's Aronofsky's [[SpiritualSuccessor tribute]] to ''2001: A Space Odyssey'', this comes as no surprise.

'''''Please try to avoid {{Take That}}s and [[JustifyingEdit Justifying Edits]].''''' This is not [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontLike Complaining About Fandoms You Don't Like]].

When this happens within a fandom, it's known as BrokenBase.

See also HypeAversion, HypeBacklash, PreachingToTheChoir, YourMileageMayVary and ContestedSequel. Applied to food and drink (and fierce poison), this is usually ForeignQueasine. Compare BaseBreaker, which is basically this trope when applied to characters.

* Anything made by {{David Lynch}}

* Certain Types of porn.
* Blaxploitation is either harmful stereotypical trash, or a great era of black cinema with some of the best cult films around. Some would even argue that some were genuinely good well made films.

* Likewise with The Asylum Films, Toe Tag Pictures, and of course Troma.

* ''{{Pootie-Tang}}''.

* The Pierce Brosnan ''JamesBond'' movies. Even ''GoldenEye'', the best-received and ''DieAnotherDay'', the worst-received.
** The Daniel Craig ''Bond'' reboot - adding badly needed grit and realism to a franchise formerly stuck in the sixties, or using a dour-faced gorilla in a tux to ruin all the fun?
*** The facts that the new Bond makes few wisecracks, and no longer has infinite health or an array of gadgets, are very polarising.
** The Roger Moore ''JamesBond'' movies. Especially ''LiveAndLetDie''.

** It's interesting to note that Zappa gets a second level of this that Beefheart never does; even amongst people who are fans of experimental music and understand that Zappa's work isn't 'unlistenable', it can be heard that his work is highly derivative, unsophisticated, and 'nothing new'. Zappa himself answered this criticism in his own song, Packard Goose: 'Maybe you thought I was the Packard Goose/ or the Ronald McDonald of the nouveau abstruse/ but fuck all you people I don't need no excuse for being what I am.'