Film that you think are shit that everyone else loves
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Donna Ferentes
jubliado
No, but I didn't much like it either and I think it might have to be marked down as "of its time".Mation said:
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
Mation likes acid techno. Say no moreDubversion said:well that's most of my favourite movies discounted in one post
Orang Utan said:Mation likes acid techno. Say no more
actually yeh, enough said.
And post-70s Bowie. Which is the killer blow
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
Hey I like a lot of 80s Bowie too! Played Let's Dance at a party on Saturday - it rocked!Dubversion said:actually yeh, enough said.
And post-70s Bowie. Which is the killer blow
NB: In This Post We Do Not Talk About The Ladykillers.
i don't know if that's entirely unfair - which isn't the same as it being entirely untrue.
Some of the films are predominantly pastiche - like Hudsucker Proxy. Its pastiche is really obvious and there's not a WHOLE Lot more to it than that. But it's actually quite a sweet movie, there's some (admittedly sentimental) heart to it, and it's very funny. That's probably the worst offender, I guess, but I still really like it.
And for every 'lighter' movie you have something like Millers Crossing or Barton Fink or The Man Who Wasn't There, all very dark and interesting movies that are so much more than just a genre exercise..
Donna Ferentes said:
i don't know if that's entirely unfair - which isn't the same as it being entirely untrue.
Some of the films are predominantly pastiche - like Hudsucker Proxy. Its pastiche is really obvious and there's not a WHOLE Lot more to it than that. But it's actually quite a sweet movie, there's some (admittedly sentimental) heart to it, and it's very funny. That's probably the worst offender, I guess, but I still really like it.
And for every 'lighter' movie you have something like Millers Crossing or Barton Fink or The Man Who Wasn't There, all very dark and interesting movies that are so much more than just a genre exercise..
Mation said:Post-80s Bowie =
it wasn't Bowie's fault that 80s production was so... 80s. (((Bowie)))
So he didn't actually WRITE the Tin Machine stuff then?
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
It's anything but sweet. The lead character is a scheming capitalist idiot who gives short shrift to the bellboy when he's made it. That the wise-cracking journo should fall for him is pretty unbelievable, and anyway, they're both horrible so them living happily ever after is anything but sweet.Dubversion said:
BTW I was surprised by how much I liked their remake of The Ladykillers. They didn't try to copy the original, but came up with their own characterisations. I hate to say this, but I think it worked.
Donna Ferentes
jubliado
Ah, that gives me an idea...littlebabyjesus said:
LesNatrels
fill an empty chair
Reno said:
Tarantino is the Amy Winehouse of the Film World.
I did like Pulp Fiction though, but that Kill Bill, that was just dul, dull dull, especially Part 2 where I had to endure what felt like hours watching Uma stuck in her own grave, doing nothing!! if it was supposed to be some kind of joke, I didn't get it.
LesNatrels
fill an empty chair
Donna Ferentes said:
I saw an extremely good documentary once about James Ellroy, the writer of LA Confidential, it started with him telling this story about going into a Blockbuster store one day, and this little old lady recognised him, "Your James Ellroy aren't you?, she asked in her little old lady's voice, "Well, yes, yes I am" replied James, slightly taken aback, "Oh I just loved that film, LA Confidential", "Oh good, good", said James, "I have watched that film 3 times already", said the old lady, "Kevin Spacey was magnificant", James agreed, "yes, yes he was", "and Kim Basinger, so beautiful", James nodded, "yes, yes she was, but tell me Grandma, after you saw the film, did you go and buy my book?", the old lady paused, "well, no, no I never did", to which James Ellroy said "well what the fuck good are you to me then Grandma"
