re: Movies that liking automatically says, "you're a fake"

Crash is the Nickelback of movies.

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it's probably in Afraux's top 5 though.

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I've seen Crash once, and only vaguely remember parts of it. Not sure why that would be in my top five.

I thought Slumdog was great, watched it more than once in theaters before it really picked up a buzz.

Milk was a good movie if you block out the homo scenes. I didn't agree with all that nonsense about the gays, but it was a good political movie.

Slumdog was beyond overrated. Sure, it was an ok film with a few good parts, but all of that talk about how it was the best thing ever and winning best picture....it was ridiculous.

Of what I've seen mentioned I would say:

Blade Runner: excellent, but I love noir and sci fi.

Slumdog: was waiting for it to fail to meet the hype, but it wasn't far off. Good flick.

English Patient: I disagree with Elaine Benes, good flick, though not quite Oscar caliber

Milk: I'd put it in the 7/10, which is solid for a movie with Penn in it

Crash: terrible

Babel: probably worse, one of the very few movies I stopped watching

I'll take shite for it, but I'll throw 2001 into the mix. Artsy bullshite, no real substance IMO.

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Rachel Getting Married

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This one bored me to death. Again, the only parts I found entertaining were the parts I was probably supposed to be sad or something, but instead I laughed my arse off.

I agree with a lot of your posts but on these, frick you

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Lost in Translation
Punch Drunk Love
A History of Violence
Man Bites Dog

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Slumdog Millionaire

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While I think it was good, I thought it was a sad year for movies if it was the best picture (which it won).

One of my friends told me that he believed that the only reason it won was because of "White Guilt".

After I thought about it though, I determined it was both.

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Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead

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I liked this movie but I am a big Hoffman fan and a big fan of naked Marissa Tomei.

Why are you so worried? And you might want to clarify what exactly constitutes a "real" enjoyment of film if you're to ask this question

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Brokeback Mountain. Never seen it but it I get the distinct impression everyone says they like this movie just because Heath Ledger died.

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Seeing as how people liked the movie for three years before Ledger died, I doubt your theory is correct