Films You Hate, But Other People Rate.

William the White · **Posted:** Mon Mar 05, 2012 2:00 am

Jakerbeef wrote:

Here's the most "pretentious" bit of the lot. It's also mesmerising and brilliant, but hey who's counting?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxLFdJLSho8

So well chosen... Magnificent because of its horror... And its admiration for horror... and its fear we are weak if we cannot contemplate that horror... The Nazi temptation dramatised... Brilliant...

The Axman · **Posted:** Mon Mar 05, 2012 12:30 pm

William the White wrote:

The Axman wrote:

Apocalypse Now.
The most preeeeetentious pile of gubbins in the Universe.

Last 25 minutes certainly subject to that criticism - though, even there, the camerawork was magnificent and the acting close to inspired... Flawed masterpiece that came close to addressing the profundity of its subject matter (not just the horrors of war, but its craziness, its arbitrariness, its calculated cruelty, its calculating sacrifice, its cynicism, even its magnificence), while, in the end, returning to its centrality, as it echoes the mastertext, Heart of Darkness... 'the horror... the horror'... And, even here, in an entirely challenging way, through the deliberate deconstruction of the Hollywood myth of the hero, it asserts its originality...

I suspect The Axman may consider this defence of a truly great film as proof of the most preeeeetentious pile of gubbins...

Raven · **Posted:** Mon Mar 05, 2012 1:05 pm

thebish wrote:

Annoyed Grunt wrote:

thebish wrote:

Annoyed Grunt wrote:

thebish wrote:

Truly, Madly, Deeply

the whole Transformers franchise

and anything to do with batman or superman

Does that include Batman Begins and The Dark Knight?

yes - if they are about batman!

Hmmm, think you're a bit :crazy:

batman is for kids - repackaging it as some kind of dark and deep genre for adults is just a con... it's still rubbish! :wink:

Wrong, the original Batman comics were quite dark indeed and the last two were very good

Harry Genshaw · **Posted:** Mon Mar 05, 2012 7:41 pm

Just thought of 2 more films that I didn't like that others seem to love,

Shindlers List & Pirates of the Caribbean. Found them both to be as dull as dishwater (ditch water?)

Annoyed Grunt · **Posted:** Mon Mar 05, 2012 7:57 pm

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Wrong, the original Batman comics were quite dark indeed and the last two were very good

Completely agree with that, Raven.

jonnybwfc · **Posted:** Mon Mar 05, 2012 9:58 pm

Lost in Translation ...

2 hour film about jet lag.

bettyrasta · **Posted:** Mon Mar 05, 2012 10:07 pm

Up to page 9 and no-one's mentioned the Star wars franchise. I must have been a strange child because I was never even interested in light sabres, as I believe they're called, in my childhood. Went with my own children when they wanted to see one of the 3 films which we were asked to view as 4,5 & 6 I believe but fell asleep when huggy bear or whoever was on. Don't want to trash people's memories but they're shite!

Annoyed Grunt · **Posted:** Mon Mar 05, 2012 10:10 pm

4,5 and 6 are classics (imo), but 1,2 and 3 are utter garbage.

boltonboris · **Posted:** Tue Mar 06, 2012 10:18 am

"The Artist"

Fvckin' wank. I can only assume it won an oscar because people were scared to say it was shite and boring in case they came across as 'uncultured'.

Granted I was pissed up when I watched it.. Well some of it.. Turned it off after about 45 minutes

Bruce Rioja · **Posted:** Tue Mar 06, 2012 10:23 am

boltonboris wrote:

"The Artist"

Fvckin' wank. I can only assume it won an oscar because people were scared to say it was shite and boring in case they came across as 'uncultured'.

Granted I was pissed up when I watched it.. Well some of it.. Turned it off after about 45 minutes

I bought a cheapo DVD of that off of some East European that was selling them in the pub. Bastard ripped me off - put it on only to discover that it was in black and white and with no sound :shock:

Raven · **Posted:** Tue Mar 06, 2012 11:15 am

Annoyed Grunt wrote:

4,5 and 6 are classics (imo), but 1,2 and 3 are utter garbage.

Agreed, only plus point about the news ones is Natalie Portman

William the White · **Posted:** Tue Mar 06, 2012 12:27 pm

boltonboris wrote:

"The Artist"

Fvckin' wank. I can only assume it won an oscar because people were scared to say it was shite and boring in case they came across as 'uncultured'.

Granted I was pissed up when I watched it.. Well some of it.. Turned it off after about 45 minutes

Just the five oscars... Obviously very big fear of coming across as uncultured over there in LA...

mummywhycantieatcrayons · **Posted:** Tue Mar 06, 2012 12:36 pm

William the White wrote:

boltonboris wrote:

"The Artist"

Fvckin' wank. I can only assume it won an oscar because people were scared to say it was shite and boring in case they came across as 'uncultured'.

Granted I was pissed up when I watched it.. Well some of it.. Turned it off after about 45 minutes

Just the five oscars... Obviously very big fear of coming across as uncultured over there in LA...

I enjoyed it but have been surprised by the level of acclaim it has received. I'm not sure it's a fear of coming across as uncultured, as such... I think you might appreciate Prospero's review in The Economist (I happen to disagree witha few of his points...):

http://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero ... emy-awards

boltonboris · **Posted:** Tue Mar 06, 2012 1:05 pm

William the White wrote:

boltonboris wrote:

"The Artist"

Fvckin' wank. I can only assume it won an oscar because people were scared to say it was shite and boring in case they came across as 'uncultured'.

Granted I was pissed up when I watched it.. Well some of it.. Turned it off after about 45 minutes

Just the five oscars... Obviously very big fear of coming across as uncultured over there in LA...

You strike me as that kind of guy to be honest

Annoyed Grunt · **Posted:** Tue Mar 06, 2012 2:46 pm

Raven wrote:

Annoyed Grunt wrote:

4,5 and 6 are classics (imo), but 1,2 and 3 are utter garbage.

Agreed, only plus point about the news ones is Natalie Portman

But the horror that is Jar Jar Binks wipes out the minor plus point.

Raven · **Posted:** Tue Mar 06, 2012 2:53 pm

I have learnt to filter that out

Annoyed Grunt · **Posted:** Tue Mar 06, 2012 2:55 pm

Only seen them the once......never again.

The Axman · **Posted:** Tue Mar 06, 2012 3:20 pm

Never seen a Star Wars or Empire Strikes Back. Managed to avoid them. I just know that them'n'I were never destined to mix.

I can't slag them off, having never seen them, but enough cultural baggage has transfered into the realo-plane that they can still piss me off - take for instance that advert about god-knows-what where the woman looks all dewy-groined as she says "I wonder if he tastes of wasabi". do me a favour and fcuk rghti ffo.

The Axman · **Posted:** Tue Mar 06, 2012 3:22 pm

and what the **** is a Jar Jar Binks?

CrazyHorse · **Posted:** Tue Mar 06, 2012 3:24 pm

The Axman wrote:

and what the **** is a Jar Jar Binks?

Think Zat Knight, but with a better grasp on the English Language.

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