bralph

You see these kinds of recommendations all the time, where people say "If you liked that movie, then you'll also like this movie". Sometimes things work out that way, but a lot of times they don't.

Best example for me is Adaptation (which I just watched again last night). I think it's a great movie that was very well conceived and executed. Of course, the immediate response to that is "well then you'll probably also like Being John Malkovich". Well I hated Being John Malkovich. I just never bought into it, and thought it was too off-the-wall.

Another example I've heard a lot is "if you like Arrested Development, then you'll like Royal Tennenbaums". I absolutely love Arrested Development, but found Tennenbaums to be a royal, unfunny bore.

I'm not really talking about when the link between two movies is made as part of the film's marketing, but actual recommendations you may have heard or made.

Joe Molotov

At FYE they stick things like that in the DVD section. When I was there last week, they had one that said "If you like Star Wars, you'll love THX 1138!" I'm not too sure about that one.

Birrman54

I think the AD to Tennebaums comparison works the other way, if you like Royal Tennenbaums you'll like Arrested Development, but you're probably right that it doesn't work the opposite way.

birrman54

wordtoyamotha

I liked Jackie Brown and Resevoir Dogs but didn't like Pulp Fiction.

riley_dude

I felt the same way. I liked Rushmore but thought Royal Tennenbaums was very unfunny. I love quirky but this just didnt work for me.

Me007gold

ive never met a single person that didnt like pulp fiction

Rivero

If you liked Rushmore....you'll like The Royal Tenenbaums

Sorry, but not really. Someone please tell me what is funny about Danny Glover falling into a ditch

nodeerforamonth

Loved the Ring (US version). Was recommended the Japanese version. Thought it SUCKED! The US version relayed the story like a mystery or detective story. There seemed to be alot to it.

The Japanese version relayed the story as "oh, I'm psychic" and out of the blue the story just gets narrated to you. Stupid.

taa455

I didn't care for Pulp Fiction except for a few funny lines from Sam Jackson.

Cusm

I loved Slacker and Richard Linklater's next few and was really waiting for subUrbia to come out. I did not care for it at all.

Mondo Kane

So If you liked Clerks and Dogma, you'll love Vulgar?

majorjoe23

Tell me what isn't funny about Danny Glover falling in a ditch? If he hit his crotch on the way down it would be comic gold!

PopcornTreeCt

Royal Tenenbaums is great! I think Royal Tenenaums is more accessible than Rushmore whereas if you liked Rushmore you would Royal Tenenbaums but not vice-versa.

Being John Malkovich and Adaptation are nothing alike.

Matthew Chmiel

Yup. That's the American version for you.

Oh wait, you were talking about the Japanese version?

movielib

And yet I liked Rushmore and detested The Royal Tennenbaums.

Rizor

Well, I love both Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums so it works for me.

DonnachaOne

If you liked Se7en, you'll love Saw!

Um, yeah...

BizRodian

That's kind of funny. I like Royal Tennenbaums, but don't care too much for Rushmore, as I found it a little too childish for me. I think it's a well made movie, just not my cup of tea.

Skull

Another vote for liking Rushmore but not the Royal Tennenbaums.

shill66

Maybe they just need to be more realistic. It's pretty stupid to say "If you liked X you'll love Y!" just because that's probably untrue most of the time. But if they said "If you loved X you'll like Y!" it'll be true more often than not. Thing is, that's not enthusiastic enough.

And I definitely don't like Pulp Fiction.

calhoun07

Somebody told me once if I liked Star Wars I would love Battle Beyond the Stars. No joke.

Another one, but not nearly as bad, was if I liked Office Space, I would love Haiku Tunnel. I thought Haiku Tunnel sucked.

iggystar

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but I drew in a breath when I read that one. I've never know anyone to not like Pulp Fiction either.

Looks, like I've just met several persons who don't.

BigDan

You can kind of add another one to the list. While I didn't dislike Pulp Fiction the first time I saw it, it had absolutely no rewatchability for me (unlike Jackie Brown, which I probably watch at least once every couple of months). So, for all intents and purposes, I don't like Pulp Fiction now (or at least wouldn't choose to watch it).

SMB-IL

You're kidding, right?

Count one more here that didn't like it!

shill66

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