Could you expand on this?
Not even to say I strongly disagree but I'm curious.
Acclaimed Movies that you DO NOT like.
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Not even to say I strongly disagree but I'm curious.
While it has a couple of laughs, never really cared for Ghostbusters.
I was also sort of meh on Wings of Desire. Loved Paris, Texas, but just didn't click with Wings for some reason.
I was also sort of meh on Wings of Desire. Loved Paris, Texas, but just didn't click with Wings for some reason.
La La Land - I'm not saying it's a terrible musical, but it certainly is much worse than every film it borrows from, and that benefits from having a great opening number and from most of its audience not knowing of said films it borrows from. It was a fine film, just not that great to me. (I do like the other Damien Chazelle Films, though).
Interstellar - I actually can't explain why. Characters explaining things and the monologues about love, and all that, I guess. I never bothered to rewatch it afterwards. It just infuriated me to the point I felt for the first time ever the need to leave a screening. I didn't leave just because I watched at a massive Imax screen and was sitting in the middle of the room and had to bother plenty of people to leave. And the ticket had been incredibly expensive and felt bad about it.
Interstellar - I actually can't explain why. Characters explaining things and the monologues about love, and all that, I guess. I never bothered to rewatch it afterwards. It just infuriated me to the point I felt for the first time ever the need to leave a screening. I didn't leave just because I watched at a massive Imax screen and was sitting in the middle of the room and had to bother plenty of people to leave. And the ticket had been incredibly expensive and felt bad about it.
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Crash is tone-deaf racist garbage.
(not talking about the unhinged but entertaining move about car crash fetishism of the same title)
(not talking about the unhinged but entertaining move about car crash fetishism of the same title)
Tree of Life comes to mind.
Agreed. Part 2 is a lot better though.
Agreed. Part 2 is a lot better though.
Yeah that one is great lol
Chicago. The Oscar for that movie baffles me.
The Thin Red Line. The only movie I've ever seen people walk out of in the theater. It's pretentious, overlong nonsense that feels like it's going to end about five times before it at last, mercifully, does.
All you need to know is that this is a patented Era "Your favorite thing ain't shit" thread.
The Thin Red Line. The only movie I've ever seen people walk out of in the theater. It's pretentious, overlong nonsense that feels like it's going to end about five times before it at last, mercifully, does.
All you need to know is that this is a patented Era "Your favorite thing ain't shit" thread.
Wonder Woman fell flat for me, Gal Godot is just not fun to watch in the role, all the big action setpieces like No Man's Land fell entirely flat, the third act and the whole twist with Ares is... awful. And that Electric Chello theme song, that freaking terrible theme song...
At least Snyderverse is done now, I hope the next iteration of Wonder Woman is better.
At least Snyderverse is done now, I hope the next iteration of Wonder Woman is better.
Fletcher's methods are shown to be effective, and while I doubt that Chazelle set out to make a movie that ultimately justifies the character's brutality and abuse as the lathe that produces greatness, the cinematic form (and Simmons' performance) can't help but make it somewhat seductive.
It's the American History X problem of making an anti-Nazi film that Nazis like because they think it makes them look cool.
From the last few years:
My Octopus Teacher - A midlife crisis masquerading as a profound nature doc.
Summer of Soul - Great material ruined by constant unnecessary and disruptive talking heads.
Asteroid City - Wes Anderson has become a parody of himself making films with less substance than the average MCU film.
The Color Purple (both versions) - Way too schmaltzy and afraid of lesbians.
Prey - Mediocre action thriller with little tension.
All Quiet on the Western Front - Much worse adaptation than the 1930 one.
King Richard - Terribly mediocre Oscar baity biopic with a hammy Will Smith central performance.
Coda - Maybe the most baffling Oscar winner of all time. Zero ambition, terrible cliched writing, uninspired direction.
I also think French New Wave as a whole is terribly overrated with the possible exception of Agnes Varda.
My Octopus Teacher - A midlife crisis masquerading as a profound nature doc.
Summer of Soul - Great material ruined by constant unnecessary and disruptive talking heads.
Asteroid City - Wes Anderson has become a parody of himself making films with less substance than the average MCU film.
The Color Purple (both versions) - Way too schmaltzy and afraid of lesbians.
Prey - Mediocre action thriller with little tension.
All Quiet on the Western Front - Much worse adaptation than the 1930 one.
King Richard - Terribly mediocre Oscar baity biopic with a hammy Will Smith central performance.
Coda - Maybe the most baffling Oscar winner of all time. Zero ambition, terrible cliched writing, uninspired direction.
I also think French New Wave as a whole is terribly overrated with the possible exception of Agnes Varda.
I didn't dislike Oppenheimer but it didn't really blow my skirt up. I found myself looking at the time near the end because it felt like I was approaching 4 fucking hours.
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Logan
Dune: Part Two
The End of Evangelion
Spider-Man: No Way Home
It's not exactly a hatred for EoE so much as a "guess that's a thing that exists" kind of reaction, particularly something that I can treat as being whatever if accepting it as an alternate rather than the true ending to the series given the former being the apparent intent. Either way, it was a useful contributing factor in getting me interested in the manga's version of events.
Dune: Part Two
The End of Evangelion
Spider-Man: No Way Home
It's not exactly a hatred for EoE so much as a "guess that's a thing that exists" kind of reaction, particularly something that I can treat as being whatever if accepting it as an alternate rather than the true ending to the series given the former being the apparent intent. Either way, it was a useful contributing factor in getting me interested in the manga's version of events.
Always felt like I was taking crazy pills whenever seeing how much praise this movie got. Even tried watching it twice, in theaters and on cable, and still didn't like it.
I agree with everything said here. I was almost angry when I left the theatre. I was so disappointed.
I grew up in Los Angeles, and I watched La La Land in a downtown theater around Christmas; just did not land for me.
Literally one of my favorite movies and love it everytime I rewatch it, which is rare for me to do, I don't rewatch most movies.
A History of Violence - I remember seeing this in the theaters and thinking it was absolutely terrible. I figured that was the general concenus since it seemed like others were laughing at the movie and not with it. However I found out later it's beloved and that has actually made me want to re-watch it. |
Barbie - Found it was pretty boring overall. Some funny moments, but cheesier than I expected it to be.
Barbie - Found it was pretty boring overall. Some funny moments, but cheesier than I expected it to be.
The Deer Hunter.
It's just...boring. So, so boring. There is some tension during the infamous roulette scene, but the wedding 'intro' is insufferable and most of everything else is plodding too. I didn't get the praise when I first watched it and I still don't.
First few times I tried to watch The Godfather I ended up falling asleep, in comparison, but I eventually made it through and there the slow pacing actually led to something. Or The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. They're both slow rather than boring. Or Apocalypse Now (just not the redux, which is about as much fun to watch as Deer Hunter).
Skimming through the IMDB top 250 I'm not having anything else jump out at me. Lots of 'meh' movies like American Beauty, but nothing else I outright hate.
It's just...boring. So, so boring. There is some tension during the infamous roulette scene, but the wedding 'intro' is insufferable and most of everything else is plodding too. I didn't get the praise when I first watched it and I still don't.
First few times I tried to watch The Godfather I ended up falling asleep, in comparison, but I eventually made it through and there the slow pacing actually led to something. Or The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. They're both slow rather than boring. Or Apocalypse Now (just not the redux, which is about as much fun to watch as Deer Hunter).
Skimming through the IMDB top 250 I'm not having anything else jump out at me. Lots of 'meh' movies like American Beauty, but nothing else I outright hate.
These two.
Also I don't really remember much about Mystic River but I do know I really didn't like it. Also most M. Night Shyamalam.
Kubrick's The Shining.
It grates my everything when I see people hold that film up as one of the genre's greats, because to me it's a terrible adaptation that misses the point of the novel.
It grates my everything when I see people hold that film up as one of the genre's greats, because to me it's a terrible adaptation that misses the point of the novel.
LA La Land. Fuck that
Polanski films. I don't care how much they mean to you. That man is a rapist.
Once upon a time in Hollywood. Tarantino goes full Hollywood bj.. And foot job too.
Lion King (live action) no. Fuck that.
Joker. Glad I watched it and didn't jump to conclusions. But I didn't like it
Green Book. Not popular here yes, but it sadly won awards. The movie was a lie.
Polanski films. I don't care how much they mean to you. That man is a rapist.
Once upon a time in Hollywood. Tarantino goes full Hollywood bj.. And foot job too.
Lion King (live action) no. Fuck that.
Joker. Glad I watched it and didn't jump to conclusions. But I didn't like it
Green Book. Not popular here yes, but it sadly won awards. The movie was a lie.
I thought District 9 was crap when watching it new and then found out that was a very unpopular opinion (at least with people I knew. I don't think I was checking what the internet thought at the time.)
This is another one for me. Just found the execution of the concept underbaked, along with finding a HUGE problem with some the character decisions/sequence of events.
I despise Coppola's The Conversation. Always have. Didn't even have to think about it. Something about it I just can't stand. And I've tried to give it a shot several times.
Both Hereditary and Midsommar bored me to tears but people seemed to be all over them back then. I just didn't get he hype for them and found both of them rather predictable.
My two big examples are probably Love Actually and Avatar.
Edit: I also did not like basically any of Blade Runner 2049 except the casino ballroom fight.
Edit: I also did not like basically any of Blade Runner 2049 except the casino ballroom fight.
Blade Runner 2049
One of the few movies I traveled to see in IMAX as I love the original and it's the only film I have ever fallen asleep to in a theater. Watched it again when it came to Blu-ray and I still didn't like it at all. Kinda feel the same way about Villeneuve's other films, they all feel sterile.
One of the few movies I traveled to see in IMAX as I love the original and it's the only film I have ever fallen asleep to in a theater. Watched it again when it came to Blu-ray and I still didn't like it at all. Kinda feel the same way about Villeneuve's other films, they all feel sterile.
That's the exact film I was thinking of and why I asked! I knew a guy in college who thought Norton was "badass" but only in the black and white scenes... yeah.
I still like both films a lot though but I can definitely understand the criticism. I think there is enough there showing how Fletcher's methods lead to self destruction, with Neiman's personal life falling apart and the former student committing suicide.
But yeah, it can appear seductive and the final scene can be viewed as triumphant or as terribly sad depending on who's watching it.
I figured as such.
That said, The Thin Red Line is the only Malick movie I can tolerate.
