Looby
Well-Known Member
Quality
I never got a sniff so was forced to actually watch the film I had paid to see
Should've waited til it came out on video.
Films that you have a gut feeling will be AWFUL. Informed Opinions / Responses plz :)
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Should've waited til it came out on video.
Titanic does exactly what it says on the tin. It really does do what it sets out to do extremely well. Of course, if you don't want to see a film about star crossed lovers getting caught up in a huge tragedy, don't go to see it.
I have to say, the sense of two people being astoundingly in love really was captured in that better than anything else I can think of.
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
<sniggers>
Looby
Well-Known Member
I didn't really buy that they were astoundingly in love so it was never going to do it for me. I thought the Kate Winslet character was just looking for a bit of an escape from her suffocating and over-priviledged life and she would probably have forgotten all about him if he hadn't died.
And Celine Fucking Dion doing that fucking song made me want to burst my own ear drums.
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
it's far far from convincing as a love story. usdw must have been on acid when he saw it.
story
Gone for a Burton
I walked out of that one.
Ever seen Natural Born Killers?
I wanted to really hate it when I saw it, but I have to admit I quite enjoyed it at the time. That said, I wouldn't bother watching it again.
Actually I should have said True Romance.
That is a close second
Biglittlefish
Active Member
I must have missed the smug part.
Biglittlefish
Active Member
I'm a bit confused here are you saying the love story in Titanic is better than the one in True Romance?
that's a bit too sweeping - like, In Search of A Midnight Kiss ticks both those boxes but is a great movie
TheHoodedClaw
acknowledging ur soup leg
I agree with the first paragraph, and disagree with the second.
I think Titanic is a great film, with some flaws - the relationship doesn't quite work - Kate is great but Leo isn't - and it's a bit too long, but what it does well it does very well. As a reviewer at the time said it's a love letter from Jim Cameron to a massive hunk of metal. And anyone who doesn't tear up at the closing sequence has a heart of stone and no soul.
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
i like it when the people fall off the ship and hit their heads on fixtures on the way down. BONK! HAHAHAHAHAH!
No, I mean that I should have said True Romance.
But heck, did you expect Titanic to be anything other than a cheesy film for housewives and so on? On that basis, I found it reasonably decent for what it was...
red rose
Fee-Ai-Esh-See-Oh
I experienced the opposite of this recently, a whole bunch of people recommended Equilibrium to me as a really good, clever film.
I watched it this week. It was a pants mish-mash of themes from much better films/books done in a very on-the-nose way. No subtlety, no deatil, crap.
I watched it this week. It was a pants mish-mash of themes from much better films/books done in a very on-the-nose way. No subtlety, no deatil, crap.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Worth it for several scenes, most notably the blowing up of Parliament
bi0boy
Power User
Utterly so.
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
no, it's very good
bi0boy
Power User
No it's not.
The only good thing about it is that you can tell by five minutes in that it's not going to get any better.
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
i liked it! good story well told
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
all good films
bluestreak
HomosexualityIsStalin’sAtomBombtoDestroyAmerica
i enjoyed it too. anarchist wank-fodder. suffered from an unwillingness to convincing update the dystopia though.
bi0boy
Power User
I thought it was just some knob prancing round in an annoying mask.
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
well it is, but it's exciting and compelling. and natalie portman is hot.
