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re: Movies that liking automatically says, "you're a fake"
Posted on 12/15/09 at 11:54 am to tigermeat
Posted on 12/15/09 at 11:54 am to tigermeat
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American Beauty
One of the most pompous, cliche-laden, predictable pieces of crap to ever come out of Hollywood and win massive awards and praise.
Especially considering Sam Mendes and Conrad L. Hall's follow up movie was so much better.
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Posted on 12/15/09 at 11:59 am to Pilot Tiger
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no you didnt. you said: "I don't understand how a straight male could possibly enjoy this"
I know what I said.
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I said that I have no desire to watch a movie about two gay cowboys
This is what I meant.
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I don't understand how this straight male could possibly enjoy this
What I should have said.
Posted on 12/15/09 at 12:07 pm to bomber77
Brokeback Mountain was great, but if you're a homophobe I guess it'd be impossible to enjoy. Don't see how it conveys pretense, tho.
Posted on 12/15/09 at 12:14 pm to Leauxgan
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Brokeback Mountain was great, but if you're a homophobe I guess it'd be impossible to enjoy. Don't see how it conveys pretense, tho.
The pretense is what you just described. Say it's great so that anybody who says they aren't interested you can call a homophobe.
Posted on 12/15/09 at 12:17 pm to Tiger Voodoo
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SCARFACE
GTFO
Posted on 12/15/09 at 12:18 pm to constant cough
I feel like any film that tries to tackle a huge social issue like homosexuality or racism is automatically praised for being a great movie no matter how great or shitty it was.
Posted on 12/15/09 at 12:18 pm to Leauxgan
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Brokeback Mountain was great, but if you're a homophobe I guess it'd be impossible to enjoy. Don't see how it conveys pretense, tho.
It really is a good movie with some beautiful shots. I watched it with a gay friend, probably never would have seen it otherwise. There's a very nice Anne Hathaway scene also
Posted on 12/15/09 at 12:19 pm to Tigerbait46
quote:I feel like you just make shite up because it makes you feel good
I feel like any film that tries to tackle a huge social issue like homosexuality or racism is automatically praised for being a great movie no matter how great or shitty it was.
Posted on 12/15/09 at 12:21 pm to Tigerbait46
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I feel like any film that tries to tackle a huge social issue like homosexuality or racism is automatically praised for being a great movie no matter how great or shitty it was.
Exactly. Brokeback may or may not be a great movie but I just don't get the feeling that that is why it's being praised.
Posted on 12/15/09 at 12:30 pm to constant cough
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The pretense is what you just described. Say it's great so that anybody who says they aren't interested you can call a homophobe.
I was mostly working off this guy's statement:
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Ive never seen it. I don't understand how a straight male could possibly enjoy this. Now if it was two hot cow girls thats a different story!
Also, let's consider that the short story that movie is based is an O. Henry award winner (highest award for short fiction). It already had a narrative of vivid, emotional impact in place before hollywood and its evil agenda could fabricate one. And you can hardly say that the SS was lavished praise because of its "edgy" social-issue plot. Literature has been way ahead of movies in that regard for decades.
But you're right CC, even though you've never seen it, it's probably because Heath Ledger died 3 years after its release.
This post was edited on 12/15/09 at 12:41 pm
Posted on 12/15/09 at 12:40 pm to SlowFlowPro
quote:This, in and of itself, is a pretty damned pretentious statement.
Movies that liking automatically says, "you're a fake"
i'll go first ... babel ... only wannabe pretentious movie reviewers actually claim to like this movie.
just saying
Posted on 12/15/09 at 12:43 pm to SlowFlowPro
I liked Crash, Slumdog, and Babel was okay, guess I'm a pretentious a-hole.
Posted on 12/15/09 at 1:02 pm to constant cough
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brokeback mountain
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Even take away the awkwardness of the ghey scenes it still was a really lousy movie- afterschool special type sentiment that all the "cool" people loved just for the hype and gheyness
Posted on 12/15/09 at 1:09 pm to tigermeat
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American Beauty
One of the most pompous, cliche-laden, predictable pieces of crap
what was cliche-laden and predictable?
Pompous? yes
Posted on 12/15/09 at 1:12 pm to Cdawg
The gay bashing military man actually being gay was a bit cliched Cdawg.
Posted on 12/15/09 at 1:13 pm to nvcowboyfan
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Even take away the awkwardness of the ghey scenes it still was a really lousy movie- afterschool special type sentiment that all the "cool" people loved just for the hype and gheyness
yeah, nevermind Gustavo Santaolalla's great score, the amazing cinematography, and Ledger's performance. Truly a terrible movie considering it was crafted masterfully at almost every filmmaking criteria.
Posted on 12/15/09 at 1:22 pm to Leauxgan
You realize that you're dealing with the same sort of person who refuses to watch the NFL pregame show on NBC Sunday Night Football because they claim to hate Keith Olbermann because of his MSNBC program that they've probably never watched...
Posted on 12/15/09 at 1:26 pm to Leauxgan
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but if you're a homophobe I guess it'd be impossible to enjoy.
I'm not a homophobe, and I didn't like the movie. It seemed to me like a movie that was made just to be controversial, and that means I hate it in the same way I hate hippies.
Posted on 12/15/09 at 1:26 pm to Sophandros
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You realize that you're dealing with the same sort of person who refuses to watch the NFL pregame show on NBC Sunday Night Football because they claim to hate Keith Olbermann because of his MSNBC program that they've probably never watched...
I dont watch the show because of Olberman. I hate that frick and yes I have watched his show. Thats why I hate him and I refuse to support anything he does.
Posted on 12/15/09 at 1:27 pm to bomber77
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I dont watch the show because of Olberman. I hate that frick and yes I have watched his show. Thats why I hate him and I refuse to support anything he does.
And there you go.
I love it when people flaunt their ignorance.
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