Movies that everyone loves but you just don't get...

Originally posted by FearFactory:

the thin red line

Jesus, I fucking hated this movie. Again, critics are idiots.

Originally posted by Kilgore Trout:
Jesus, I fucking hated this movie. Again, critics are idiots.

The Thin Red Line received mostly mediocre reviews.

Originally posted by Graveflower:
The Thin Red Line received mostly mediocre reviews.

The reviews are what made me go see this crappy movie. 79% Fresh rating on Rottentomatoes.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/TheThinRedLine-1084146/

Originally posted by Kilgore Trout:
The reviews are what made me go see this crappy movie. 79% Fresh rating on Rottentomatoes.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/TheThinRedLine-1084146/

Most of the ones I saw at the time all blasted it, and called the director out of touch.

I also hated Life is Beautiful, that Bertoilini guy is too happy it's annoying.

Originally posted by Graveflower:
Most of the ones I saw at the time all blasted it, and called the director out of touch.

And really, all of the good views were mostly there because the Terrence Malick hade made a couple really good movies in the past. Critics are like that. They're afraid to admit when someone with a good record fucks up.

Originally posted by Undone:
the only person on this earth that did not enjoy Pulp Fiction.

i didn't enjoy it either.

Originally posted by AndySlash:
That is 'Out of Sight'. And I love that movie. It was directed by Steven Soderbergh, as was Traffic, so maybe it's Soderbergh movies you don't like.

No, no.. I've gotten two movies confused. I liked out of sight.. but I guess maybe the movie I saw last year didn't have George Clooney in it.. *shrugs* I'll shut up now.

You people would love El Topo. If you can dig up a copy. Or maybe Salo.

sarmatianus

Originally posted by sarmatianus:
You people would love El Topo. If you can dig up a copy. Or maybe Salo.

sarmatianus

The Salo DVD goes for over $100 on ebay. Looks like I won't be seeing it anytime soon.

Natural Born Killers and Scarface are completely unwatchable. Graveflower is right on the money: Oliver Stone movies are utter shit.

American Beauty is ok but completely over-rated and totally simplistic.

American Pie is terrible. It's sequel manages to be even worse.

Mallrats is terrible. The acting in it is just fucking inexcusable. Jason Lee is plain rancid. The directing is pretty slap-dash as well.

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Originally posted by Massive Attack:
I LOVVVVVVVED Natural Born Killers
I quote many daily from that movie

You need serious help.


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I hated Magnolia. But to be fair, it's hard to enjoy a movie when the soundtrack consists entirely of Aimee Mann songs.

I really didn't like A Beautiful Mind

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A Clockwork Orange - bored the shit out of me.

The Sixth Sense - see above.

Originally posted by Mr. Rhinoceros:
Natural Born Killers and Scarface are completely unwatchable. Graveflower is right on the money: Oliver Stone movies are utter shit.

Mallrats is terrible. The acting in it is just fucking inexcusable. Jason Lee is plain rancid. The directing is pretty slap-dash as well.

while I personally totally disagree with "Natural Born Killers", I think you couldn't be more on the ball about "Mallrats"

I think Oliver Stone started to lose it with Natural Born Killers, which started a devolving trend that led to the forgettable U-Turn. However, films like JFK, the Doors, and even Wall Street are prefect showcases of his talent.

Further proof that he's completely lost it: he's now doing a documentary on Arafat. I guess he can't do coherent feature films anymore.

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Originally posted by what was it anyway?:
A Clockwork Orange - bored the shit out of me.

YES! YES! YES! FINALLY! Thanks for reminding me about that one. I couldn't even finish it. All of Kubrik's movies are like that. His arrogance gets in the way of his ability to edit movies. All of his shit (and I do mean shit) is dreadfully long. The Shining is pretty sorry, as far as I'm concerned. That woman who plays the doting wife/mother is just horrible and Jack Nicholson was acting far below his ability.

Speaking of Jack, A Few Good Men is really bad. I wanted to strangle Tom Cruise throughout the movie and I didn't like the fact that Demi Moore was as dumb as Cruise kept telling her. The only thing that made it memorable is Jack. And he was using about two thirds of his talent in that movie. Aaron Sorkin's script was amateurish, although his later work in television (Sports Night and The West Wing) is quite good.

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Miss Congeniality
Harry Potter

Originally posted by sarmatianus:
Salo.

i've read all about this movie and if it lives up to what i've read it is probably the most disgusting movie of all time. i highly doubt i could sit through it.

Originally posted by sophmachina:
Miss Congeniality

Who the hell even saw that movie?



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gummo and kids blah blah blah.

novocaine
amores perros
y tu mama tambien


that's all i can think of right now.
just got done watching evil dead 2, and i can say that it's the best movie...ever.

Originally posted by Matt--:

y tu mama tambien

that's my favorite movie this year- next to CQ


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Originally posted by 13:

that's my favorite movie this year- next to CQ

looks like you need to see amores perros.

no, that movie sucked. Thanks for reminding me.


RITCHIE~!!!

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