Movies: New Ideas Welcome II Prequel Reboot

[Handyman]

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Yeah, well it's no Space Camp.

Space Camp is amazing!

I thought O Brother was ok. Honestly I am not a big Coen Brothers fan though Raising Arizona rocks

Fight Club isnt the answer but I never got the hype for it. Again I liked it, but I have never felt the need to watch it a second time.

I like the Matrix a lot especially the first 2. If I watch #3 in a marathon I can deal with it. It is way better than a lot of other "3" films. (Superman, Spiderman, Godfather, Mission Impossible, X-Men...I could go on)

Here is my problem with a lot of movies that are loved by critics and Film School nerds...they have lots of blank staring at nothing with silence for way too ****ed long. (see also: lots of tv nowadays) I get why it is cool but it is soooooo overdone and sooooooooo overused.

Oh and Turtles rock!

[dxmnkd316]

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All I care about is whether Sherlock Jr and His Girl Friday made he list.

Hilarious old movies. And I hate most old movies.

[dxmnkd316]

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I stopped reading when step brothers was on the list.

[Kepler]

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Here I was thinking how much I liked Super Troopers.

Yeah, well it's no Space Camp.

[burd]

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Wannabe film snobs ignore Rotten Tomatoes. The #4 movie of all time right now on Rotten Tomatoes is Get Out.

Wannabe film snobs worship at the altar of Film School Rejects.

I'm trying to think of recently lauded haute film examples that anger people who don't understand anything more complex than a claw hammer. Wes Anderson or the Coen Brothers, maybe?

O Brother, Where Art Thou is incredibly overrated but I suspect you fell for it. You probably hated Inception because it's oblique and you have that asinine Rousseauian "anything that can't be explained in 3 sentences is a stain on the clear soul of the common people" conceit. Oh god I'll bet The Artist made you break out in a hate rash, too.

If it's Fight Club you and I are going to have a problem.

Here I was thinking how much I liked Super Troopers.

[Kepler]

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No movies.

http://www.imdb.com/find?q=I%20like%...f_=fn_al_tt_mr

Wrong thread.

Film-related, though.

[ScoobyDoo]

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I like Turtles.

No movies.

http://www.imdb.com/find?q=I%20like%...f_=fn_al_tt_mr

Wrong thread.

[Kepler]

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Its not an older movie, it is a critical darling nowadays that every film snob (and wannabe snob who worships at the alter of Rottentomatoes) and Film School hopeful thinks is amazing.

Wannabe film snobs ignore Rotten Tomatoes. The #4 movie of all time right now on Rotten Tomatoes is Get Out (6, but, come on...).

Wannabe film snobs worship at the altar of Film School Rejects.

I'm trying to think of recently lauded haute film examples that anger people who don't understand anything more complex than a claw hammer. Wes Anderson or the Coen Brothers, maybe?

O Brother, Where Art Thou (6) is incredibly overrated but I suspect you fell for it. You probably hated Inception (7) because it's oblique and you have that asinine Rousseauian "anything that can't be explained in 3 sentences is a stain on the clear soul of the common people" conceit. Oh god I'll bet The Artist (8) made you break out in a hate rash, too.

If it's Fight Club (9) you and I are going to have a problem.

Oh... or maybe The Matrix? (6) Look, here's the thing: every bit of it is derivative of a hundred better done SF stories, but it actually is the delivery mechanism that made the Great Unwashed aware of all those stories. No question, it is no better than a cromulent movie, but the underlying idea, even if it was stolen from a hundred uncredited stories, was a really good premise for a movie.

I'll give you that the best scene in the franchise isn't even in that movie -- it's the Architect in Reloaded (3).

[St. Clown]

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I like Turtles.

[Handyman]

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Its not an older movie, it is a critical darling nowadays that every film snob (and wannabe snob who worships at the alter of Rottentomatoes) and Film School hopeful thinks is amazing.

[Handyman]

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This says nothing about Citizen Kane and everything about you.


Here are my other guesses about genuinely brilliant movies that go over your head:

Vertigo. Too painterly for the bores.

Lawrence of Arabia. Too slow for the toddlers.

All About Eve. As I recall you don't even realize who gave the best performance in it.


And here are some which if you picked them you'd be right:

The Grapes of Wrath. Nails on a chalkboard for about 16 hours. The book is even worse.

The Birth of a Nation. Incredibly overrated. Boring and parody-worthy hamfisted.

Intolerance. I want to revise my #1 most overrated movie of all time -- this is it. Awful in every possible way.

You are as wrong as your favorite President. I love Vertigo. Grapes of Wrath was a worse movie than book and the book was horrid

And I find it funny that you dare criticize someone for finding something boring that others love when you ranted like a twelve year old on Ritalin on the very same page. I will repeat what I said before, just because you have an opinion, and you believe it doesnt make you right Also, just because you love a movie and others dont doesnt mean they dont "get it". You arent brighter than someone just because you like a movie and found some hidden meaning in it...

[ScoobyDoo]

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Vertigo. Too painterly for the bores.

All About Eve. As I recall you don't even realize who gave the best performance in it.

Vertigo. Greatest film ever made. And it's replaced Citizen Kane as it should on most lists now.

All About Eve. No, that's not Handy. It's me. Pretty overrated film overall IMO.

[Kepler]

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it is boring as hell

This says nothing about Citizen Kane and everything about you.


Here are my other guesses about genuinely brilliant movies that go over your head:

Vertigo. Too painterly for the bores.

Lawrence of Arabia. Too slow for the toddlers.

All About Eve. As I recall you don't even realize who gave the best performance in it.


And here are some which if you picked them you'd be right:

The Grapes of Wrath. Nails on a chalkboard for about 16 hours. The book is even worse.

The Birth of a Nation. Incredibly overrated. Boring and parody-worthy hamfisted.

Intolerance. I want to revise my #1 most overrated movie of all time -- this is it. Awful in every possible way.

[Handyman]

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I guarantee Handy's "most overrated" film is Citizen Kane. It's exactly the sort of performative anti-elitist nonsense he's peddled elsewhere. I mean that with respect, of course.

Actually it is #2. While it is boring as hell and made me want to jab nails in my eyes at least I can say it was innovative and changed movie making.

[mookie1995]

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nice to see borat there...... since on the unintentional comedy list, that movie is the reason any visitor to Kazakhstan who stays more than 2 nights has to register with the local police