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re: Most pretentious movie ever - movies you used to love/but grew up and forsake
Posted on 8/31/14 at 5:17 am to Hot Carl
Posted on 8/31/14 at 5:17 am to Hot Carl
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But Tree of Life is the most pretentious and likely the worst film ever made
I've never seen Tree of Life but "worst film ever made" gets tossed around so freely on this board that you kinda made me want to see it just so I can see how overly dramatic you're being
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Posted on 8/31/14 at 8:23 am to Tigris
Crash isn't pretentious, it's manipulative.
Posted on 8/31/14 at 10:19 am to Zamoro10
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I don't know why Singles lasts...but I know why Reality Bites doesn't last...it's too much in the present and tries too hard to remain forever in the present.
Singles is very much in the present in the 90's but it has a kind of comedic reverence for pop culture in general.
I thought at the time that Singles was a much better movie.
Posted on 8/31/14 at 10:55 am to Pectus
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Crash
I thought this movie was very funny at times so I liked it, but I don't think that was what they were going for
Posted on 8/31/14 at 5:38 pm to Zamoro10
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Come on'...I know the damn definition as an English major.
Your posting style leaves me doubting you're an English major.
Posted on 8/31/14 at 6:01 pm to Zamoro10
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It's about putting over-emphasis on things that are average real-life struggles.
I'm sorry to derail your thread further, but this is a very poor definition of pretentious. It's more like a possible affect of being pretentious.
Here's a dictionary definition of pretentious:
quote:
pre·ten·tious
pri'tenCH?s/
adjective
adjective: pretentious
attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actually possessed.
And yes, you do somewhat come across as pretentious.
Posted on 8/31/14 at 8:07 pm to Zamoro10
Being John Malkovich. Loved it in college. Hated it a few months ago when I tried watching it again.
Posted on 8/31/14 at 8:08 pm to Peazey
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affect
Effect.
Posted on 8/31/14 at 8:43 pm to Zamoro10
Does it count if you hated it the first time you watched it? If so, then The Big Chill.
Posted on 8/31/14 at 11:17 pm to Mr. Misanthrope
I really get into movies like Crash and Parenthood that follow around a bunch of different characters. But, even though I haven't seen it in awhile, I bet I'd find Grand Canyon would fall into the pretentious category. I loved it as a teen.
Posted on 9/1/14 at 5:53 am to alajones
At the risk of going all poli-board on the topic (even though I never go to that board), any movie that preaches the liberal, morally-superior dogma qualifies (Crash, Avatar, etc)
On the TV side of the house - every episode of any Sorkin series.
On the TV side of the house - every episode of any Sorkin series.
Posted on 9/1/14 at 8:41 am to Zamoro10
i re-watched 'the royal tenenbaums' not long ago with two friends who hadn't seen it before. both of 'em griped over how pretentious it came off, and i couldn't really argue against it....about 2/3 through the movie, i was thinking "i actually once liked this??
i'll add a few more (ducking tomatoes in advance)....'clerks', 'the english patient', 'avatar', and ____________ (insert tarantino film).
i'll add a few more (ducking tomatoes in advance)....'clerks', 'the english patient', 'avatar', and ____________ (insert tarantino film).
This post was edited on 9/1/14 at 8:53 am
Posted on 9/1/14 at 10:47 am to Zamoro10
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pretentious
the most frequently misused word on td.com, OP included.
Posted on 9/1/14 at 2:02 pm to Mr. Misanthrope
Without getting into definitional issues of the word pretentious, The Big Chill is a good choice to meet the criteria.
The best thing about it was the sound track, but Baby Boomers were quite full of themselves.
The best thing about it was the sound track, but Baby Boomers were quite full of themselves.
Posted on 9/1/14 at 2:18 pm to Mr. Misanthrope
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The Big Chill.
Big Chill is tops.
That was the height of when the Baby Boomers were in love with themselves.
Still think Gen X - Big Chill - is Reality Bites.
Posted on 9/1/14 at 3:44 pm to vandelay industries
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'clerks'
I thought about Clerks, but I then decided it really wasn't "pretentious", it is still funny and was done on such a cheap budget that it could hardly fit into this category.
However, Chasing Amy is a movie I once liked but in retrospect seems sort of pretentious. Maybe because it tries to be serious and philosophical about love but is just sophomoric, or maybe because Ben Affleck became pretentious and therefore the movie is now ruined.
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