Most shameless, manipulative, heavy-handed, jam-the-message-down-your-throat movie?
11-11-08, 03:54 PM
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Most shameless, manipulative, heavy-handed, jam-the-message-down-your-throat movie?
A pet peeve of mine is a movie that attempts shamelessly to provoke a certain emotion in the audience. The all-time champ, for me, is Regarding Henry, that Harrison Ford "brain damage" movie that bashed its message against the viewer's head with a sledgehammer approach.
A more recent example, for me, is Paul Haggis' Crash, which I found to be utterly insulting. Another is The Passion of the Christ, a sadistic movie that was so heavy-handed, its audience was practically splashed with blood.
So, which movies do you feel are totally manipulative and insulting to your intelligence?
A more recent example, for me, is Paul Haggis' Crash, which I found to be utterly insulting. Another is The Passion of the Christ, a sadistic movie that was so heavy-handed, its audience was practically splashed with blood.
So, which movies do you feel are totally manipulative and insulting to your intelligence?
11-11-08, 04:00 PM
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Triumph of the will?
11-11-08, 04:22 PM
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RACISM:
Remember the Titans
Crash
The Legend Of Bagger Vance
JESUS AND PALS:
The Passion of the Christ
The Nativity Story
The Chronicles of Narnia
What Dream May Come (i kinda like this one though even if it's kinda gay.)
AMERICA SUCKS:
Death of A Presdent
Confederate States of America
BOO F@%!ING HOO FOR THE POOR SOLDIERS / FREEDOM ISN'T FREE:
Home of the Brave
Stop-Loss
Remember the Titans
Crash
The Legend Of Bagger Vance
JESUS AND PALS:
The Passion of the Christ
The Nativity Story
The Chronicles of Narnia
What Dream May Come (i kinda like this one though even if it's kinda gay.)
AMERICA SUCKS:
Death of A Presdent
Confederate States of America
BOO F@%!ING HOO FOR THE POOR SOLDIERS / FREEDOM ISN'T FREE:
Home of the Brave
Stop-Loss
11-11-08, 04:54 PM
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11-11-08, 04:57 PM
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Zack and Miri make a porno.
After we saw it, we went home and did.
After we saw it, we went home and did.
11-11-08, 04:58 PM
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11-11-08, 05:13 PM
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11-11-08, 05:32 PM
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Anyway....Happy Feet sticks in my mind. Up till the ending 10 minutes or so, the environmentalism and Eeeeevil Mankind bit was mostly in the background. Then WHAM in your face. Even my five year old commented on it.
11-11-08, 06:10 PM
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11-11-08, 06:14 PM
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Expelled
