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Posted on 4/12/13 at 12:14 am to Easy
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Tom Cruise was good in Collateral.
Posted on 4/12/13 at 12:18 am to BOSCEAUX
Memento (I don't know, just bothered me - and then everyone loving it - such a claustraphobic movie that frankly - because of the style - didn't really care to the go back and follow the protagonist find out the story of the first five minutes.) But maybe hate is too strong.
Little Miss Sunshine - now this movie I hated. Hated. Everything about it.
My Big Fat Greek Wedding - why was this movie so critically loved? It's a pile crap. Maybe you have to be Greek to get the jokes?
Children of Men - sci-fi/futuristic version of Crash. Pandering, transparent and dumb.
Little Miss Sunshine - now this movie I hated. Hated. Everything about it.
My Big Fat Greek Wedding - why was this movie so critically loved? It's a pile crap. Maybe you have to be Greek to get the jokes?
Children of Men - sci-fi/futuristic version of Crash. Pandering, transparent and dumb.
Posted on 4/12/13 at 12:22 am to Freauxzen
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between portraying the times and glamorizing them
It was what it was, in that day and time the mob ran everything and was treated like royalty. They were glamorous people to the commoner. You want him to rewrite history??
This post was edited on 4/12/13 at 12:25 am
Posted on 4/12/13 at 12:23 am to Freauxzen
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Because of the difference between Plissken and Michael? Or that there are no redeeming characters? Or because I called Kay Kate?
Wow and I suck because I have a poor opinion of one film? How open minded of you.
Because one of the reasons you don't like the movie is because you loathe bad people in movies. That's about the most pathetic reason I've ever heard (at least from a man) for not liking a movie
Posted on 4/12/13 at 12:23 am to Bench McElroy
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Coen Brothers
Fargo ????
Lebowski???
And fyi Lebowski is my fourth favorite, I put the two you listed and Fargo above it.
Posted on 4/12/13 at 12:24 am to Zamoro10
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My Big Fat Greek Wedding - why was this movie so critically loved? It's a pile crap. Maybe you have to be Greek to get the jokes?
Agree
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Children of Men - sci-fi/futuristic version of Crash. Pandering, transparent and dumb.
I liked it but not nearly as much as most people.
Posted on 4/12/13 at 12:26 am to biglego
Someone mentioned Slumdog Millionaire. I agree with that one. That movie was horrible IMO.
Posted on 4/12/13 at 12:30 am to Bench McElroy
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Pretty much all Coen Brothers movies except for Raising Arizona and No Country For Old Men.
But that makes no sense...Fargo is like those two combined.
But then again, I'm a Coen homer...even loved Hudsucker. But Fargo? How can you hate Fargo?
Posted on 4/12/13 at 12:30 am to lsusportsman2
This will piss some people off..
2001: of course it had style but I also thought it meandered to a point of losing the audience.
I don't hate it but it's not in my top 15 Sci/Fi films.
2001: of course it had style but I also thought it meandered to a point of losing the audience.
I don't hate it but it's not in my top 15 Sci/Fi films.
Posted on 4/12/13 at 12:30 am to Zamoro10
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How can you hate Fargo?
Fargo is the shite and it is very quotable.
Posted on 4/12/13 at 12:31 am to BOSCEAUX
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My Big Fat Greek Wedding - why was this movie so critically loved? It's a pile crap. Maybe you have to be Greek to get the jokes?
So a bunch of board middle aged housewives could say they've seen an independent film.
Posted on 4/12/13 at 12:32 am to kc8876
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Because one of the reasons you don't like the movie is because you loathe bad people in movies. That's about the most pathetic reason I've ever heard (at least from a man) for not liking a movie
There's a difference between complex characters who do bad things and characters who are basically detestable without significant redeeming quality. When the movie asks me to care about these people as protagonists, sorry, it won't happen. That makes the movie uninteresting at best to me.
Posted on 4/12/13 at 12:41 am to kc8876
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Because one of the reasons you don't like the movie is because you loathe bad people in movies.
I never said that though. I said that their are no redeeming characters, which means, there's no hero, no one to root for. Not that I don't like bad people in movies. Yeah I agree, that's dumb. A good villain, as a foil to a good hero, is great thing to watch.
Problem is, Godfather is full of villains, not heroes, and it glorifies that fact. Therefore, it's uninteresting.
I hope you realize my word choice of "dislike," is important. I never said it was a bad film, but you're reacting as if I did.
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That's about the most pathetic reason I've ever heard (at least from a man) for not liking a movie
You do realize that there's a whole slew of old world male philosophers who would argue that art's imperative it to present us with moral good. That showing immorality is actually a bad thing. I actually tend to agree with them in theory, so yes, that is some of my beef with the film. But that goes to more overt problems like torture porn films and stuff. Less so for something like the Godfather.
This post was edited on 4/12/13 at 12:44 am
Posted on 4/12/13 at 12:42 am to Qwerty
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Because one of the reasons you don't like the movie is because you loathe bad people in movies. That's about the most pathetic reason I've ever heard (at least from a man) for not liking a movie
There's a difference between complex characters who do bad things and characters who are basically detestable without significant redeeming quality. When the movie asks me to care about these people as protagonists, sorry, it won't happen. That makes the movie uninteresting at best to me.
The other big problem is that even if you take Michael as the protagonist, he has absolutely no real agency as a character. But that's the way I read it. He does not act on his own accord, which, again, makes him terribly uninteresting.
This is also a big argument for people, I know some will vehemently disagree, but I think there's a lot of evidence to support that claim. He's actually extremely weak willed when viewed through a particular lens, which is the exact opposite intention of the ending.
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Posted on 4/12/13 at 12:51 am to Freauxzen
This whole thread is RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE.
No wonder Hollywood insists on making Some Dumb Movie Number 5.
People can't differentiate between a quality movie and garbage. Hollywood produces 95% garbage. Pure trash.
No wonder Hollywood insists on making Some Dumb Movie Number 5.
People can't differentiate between a quality movie and garbage. Hollywood produces 95% garbage. Pure trash.
Posted on 4/12/13 at 3:02 am to drizztiger
Taxi Driver
Apocalypse Now
Mad Max 2
Avatar
Kill Bill
Alien
Apocalypse Now
Mad Max 2
Avatar
Kill Bill
Alien
Posted on 4/12/13 at 6:32 am to LE610N
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship 
Posted on 4/12/13 at 6:35 am to molsusports
I actually like Godfather II much more than the original.
Can't stand any of that Lord of the Rings stuff or Harry Potter.
Love Fargo, btw.
Can't stand any of that Lord of the Rings stuff or Harry Potter.
Love Fargo, btw.
This post was edited on 4/12/13 at 6:45 am
Posted on 4/12/13 at 6:40 am to Jim Rockford
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Shawshank Stand by Me
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