Fight club had a twist in that Edward Norton's character was actually Brad Pitt that had not been done before that if I recall correctly. Otherwise it wasn't really noteworthy in my mind. There was no moral musing to dwell over and you were not left with anything to consider. Just this guy who fights with other people in an underground boxing club.
well that wasn't the point of the movie, it was to question the way modern society runs on consumerism and how the poorest people can effect things, to make people question power structures and the economy. The fight club was to supposed to be like how the other clubs were for therapy and was shown when the guys would hug and laugh at the end of a fight.
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The big lebowski just had a loudmouth moron and his moron friends go through an adventure. Not really groundbreaking or departing from any previous model of movie, just a different group of characters. While the actors did a good job of portraying the characters, it wasn't really exceptional at all. It's similar to Heath Ledger's performance in the dark knight. The movie sucked, but his performance was good. That doesn't make the big lebowski good, just it had good performances.
Criticizing something that you might like isn't childish, it's a difference of opinion. I thought they were pointless, you did not. That's fine. It's also the point of this thread.
How do you know I think they weren't pointless. What's the point to Big Lebowski? I don't know, it was a story told in a satisfying manner with memorable characters with a good structure; rising action, climax, resolution all played out without leaving any wtf's. A movie doesn't have to be groundbreaking to be good, it just has to tell a story well with good characters.
I'm just saying, if you're going to hate on something give a reason that seems logical. If you were to say Fight Club's premise was stupid and the characters were boring to me, that would atleast make sense, but you're critiquing things that aren't real and making assumptions about what others think incorrectly.
i find for myself that the more awards and awesome reviews a movie receives the less likely i am to enjoy it - so if the critics LOVE it i generally don't bother seeing it
other movies that bug me would be all the 'reboots' that seem to be happening. why do film makers redo all these movies i saw back in the 80s?? are they really that incapable of coming up with an original story??
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Surprised at how many people here hated Lost In Translation. I was working at a job that kept me out of town a lot when that came out, and when I saw it it hit me like a 10 ton truck. The loneliness, longing for a connection to someone, culture shock and the feelings of a life going on without you totally hit close to home. Loved that movie.
One of my favourite films. Affected me deeply as well. Just watched it again recently.
I can see why people might not like it though.
Spoiler!
The two characters never ####ed. People aren't used to movies where "nothing happens". When there is no neat little package ending, people's jimmies get rustled. Maybe that's not the reason for the hate, but that's my theory.
I didn't get it is why I didn't like it. Watched it and really was puzzled looking for some deeper meaning, I think hearing reviews before seeing it made it worse.
i find for myself that the more awards and awesome reviews a movie receives the less likely i am to enjoy it - so if the critics LOVE it i generally don't bother seeing it
other movies that bug me would be all the 'reboots' that seem to be happening. why do film makers redo all these movies i saw back in the 80s?? are they really that incapable of coming up with an original story??
They redo things since the origin of movies. The wizard of oz that we know was the 3rd or 4th remake of it at the time.
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Pretty much any superhero movie. I have enjoyed the recent Batman movies, but really don't have any interest in seeing any of the other recent superhero movies.
Just curious what you don't like about the Kill Bill movies?
Those were the closest of his work to being decent, but I did not like the over the topness of it. It was good as a revenge drama, just not the way they went about it. That is the problem with all of his work in my opinion. Violence for violence sake instead of violence with purpose.
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Here's another one. I strongly dislike every movie made by Quentin Tarantino.
I don't like his movies either. I sometimes can't quite put my finger on what it is that I don't like about them but I either find them incredibly stupid and over the top or just simply not my style. Some of them also seem to have odd pacing that keeps me getting into them.
I'm not a huge Tarantino fan either, but I do like a Grindhouse thing he did. I can't figure out what it is about his work that bothers me. Perhaps he just tries too hard to be cool.
Well, deal with it. I wasn't cheering for Canada either way. Nothing worse than arrogant Canadian fans. They'd be lucky to finish 4th. Quote me on that. They have a bad team and that is why I won't be cheering for them.
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Anyways for me it is easily No Country For Old Men. Javier Bardem is solid enough but if any other director makes that same movie critics totally crap on it
Tommy Lee Jones? Does nothing all movie
Josh Brolin? Let's kill him offscreen
Woody Harrelson? Why was he even in that movie
I also don't really like all these American military movies that have been getting Oscar praise lately like Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty, Argo etc. I wouldn't call them bad but I feel they get bumped from a 6/10 to a 9/10 because America loves to pat themselves on the back. Argo totally neglected Canada too which makes me hate it
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TIL that many users on CP wouldn't know a great movie if it took their mother out for a nice seafood dinner, and never called her again!
But I have to agree with Titanic. I saw it in the theatre, and I remember it being full of teenage girls who were all crying. When the ship was sinking, and the rear end came out of the water, it showed a guy fall and hit the propeller before going into the water. Well, when he hit the propeller, the SFX guys put a nice DING sound in. I cracked up laughing, and was the only one laughing in a theater full of bawling girls. No wonder I never had a girlfriend until I was 19.
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But I have to agree with Titanic. I saw it in the theatre, and I remember it being full of teenage girls who were all crying. When the ship was sinking, and the rear end came out of the water, it showed a guy fall and hit the propeller before going into the water. Well, when he hit the propeller, the SFX guys put a nice DING sound in. I cracked up laughing, and was the only one laughing in a theater full of bawling girls. No wonder I never had a girlfriend until I was 19.
"Propeller guy" is the only reason to watch Titanic.
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