What praised movie did you blind buy and feel disappointed?
10-30-07, 10:29 AM
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What praised movie did you blind buy and feel disappointed?
I did search but didn't see this thread so apologies if there's one already.
I heard nothing but how great a movie Children of Men was and ended up not liking it much at all. It's was overly grim and violent for me and the redeeming part of the story didn't make any of the stuff you had to sit through worth it in my opinion. Grim and depressing doesn't make a movie bad (The Pianist) but this just didn't work for me.
Thoughts, similar experiences?
I heard nothing but how great a movie Children of Men was and ended up not liking it much at all. It's was overly grim and violent for me and the redeeming part of the story didn't make any of the stuff you had to sit through worth it in my opinion. Grim and depressing doesn't make a movie bad (The Pianist) but this just didn't work for me.
Thoughts, similar experiences?
10-30-07, 10:54 AM
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Hard Candy. I kept reading how it was this awesome tale of retribution and payback, and then the damn thing was a total letdown. Weak story and sub-par acting made that one a blind buy I wish I'd rented first.
Edit to add Crash (The Paul Hack-is version). What a complete piece of shit.
Edit to add Crash (The Paul Hack-is version). What a complete piece of shit.
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Chopper Chicks in Zombietown.
Seriously, I heard Martin Scorcerse is a huge fan of this movie. He's either out of his mind or I've been lied to.
I should've checked out the IMDB score...
Seriously, I heard Martin Scorcerse is a huge fan of this movie. He's either out of his mind or I've been lied to.
I should've checked out the IMDB score...
10-30-07, 11:22 AM
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Chris Marker's Sans Soleil -- a difficult watch that I'll be returning to. I had enjoyed La Jetee so much, but really didn't know what to expect with Sans Soleil.
10-30-07, 11:31 AM
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I am embarrassed to say: Breathless.
I got the Criterion on a blind buy last week, and I was really surprised I didn't like this "landmark" film.
I got the Criterion on a blind buy last week, and I was really surprised I didn't like this "landmark" film.
10-30-07, 12:07 PM
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Dead Birds
Supposedly a really cool, creepy movie. It was about as good as a Sci-Fi movie of the week. A complete let down and I've heard nothing but praise for it.
Supposedly a really cool, creepy movie. It was about as good as a Sci-Fi movie of the week. A complete let down and I've heard nothing but praise for it.
10-30-07, 12:17 PM
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Most recently for me was: Marie Antoinette
The film looked gorgeous and the music was great, but I was bored out of my mind, it dragged and dragged. I want to love your films Sophia, please let me love them. So far she is 0-3 for me
The film looked gorgeous and the music was great, but I was bored out of my mind, it dragged and dragged. I want to love your films Sophia, please let me love them. So far she is 0-3 for me
10-30-07, 12:36 PM
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Originally Posted by BuckNaked2k
I am embarrassed to say: Breathless.
I got the Criterion on a blind buy last week, and I was really surprised I didn't like this "landmark" film.
I got the Criterion on a blind buy last week, and I was really surprised I didn't like this "landmark" film.
For me recently it's Invasion of the Body Snatchers ('78 version). I've always heard people rave about it - and it was alright - but I think it pales in comparison to the original.
10-30-07, 12:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Takeshi357
Chopper Chicks in Zombietown.
Seriously, I heard Martin Scorcerse is a huge fan of this movie. He's either out of his mind or I've been lied to.
I should've checked out the IMDB score...
Seriously, I heard Martin Scorcerse is a huge fan of this movie. He's either out of his mind or I've been lied to.
I should've checked out the IMDB score...
and TheMadMonk - Eternal Sunshine? Sorry you didn't like that. Wonderful film but I can see how it's not to everyone's taste. I didn't like Sideways at all either but didn't buy it thankfully.
Glad I'm not the only one that couldn't just rent a DVD first!
10-30-07, 01:30 PM
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The Godfather trilogy, I've watched all three twice, and really can't understand the praise for it. The acting is good, but why do people think it's so quotable? And the quotes people use, they just say them randomly and usually have no connection to the conversation. I am keeping the trilogy though because this set, and another one which I'm about to talk about have had a a few viewings trying to like it haha.
The other collection of movies, the Stanley Kubrick set that just came out. A Clockwork Orange is good, I don't understand the hype of either the Shining, or 2001. For the Shining, yeah, Jack Nicholson is awesome, but some of the facts I read about how Kubrick butchered Stephen King's book made me dislike him. Apparently Kubrick was a real dick about everything.
Oh well.
The other collection of movies, the Stanley Kubrick set that just came out. A Clockwork Orange is good, I don't understand the hype of either the Shining, or 2001. For the Shining, yeah, Jack Nicholson is awesome, but some of the facts I read about how Kubrick butchered Stephen King's book made me dislike him. Apparently Kubrick was a real dick about everything.
Oh well.
10-30-07, 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by celmendo
I did search but didn't see this thread so apologies if there's one already.
I heard nothing but how great a movie Children of Men was and ended up not liking it much at all. It's was overly grim and violent for me and the redeeming part of the story didn't make any of the stuff you had to sit through worth it in my opinion. Grim and depressing doesn't make a movie bad (The Pianist) but this just didn't work for me.
Thoughts, similar experiences?
I heard nothing but how great a movie Children of Men was and ended up not liking it much at all. It's was overly grim and violent for me and the redeeming part of the story didn't make any of the stuff you had to sit through worth it in my opinion. Grim and depressing doesn't make a movie bad (The Pianist) but this just didn't work for me.
Thoughts, similar experiences?
