TracerBullet42
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Alcareru said:
Glad you liked it...I think it's hilarious...and rather accurate too.
Gotta love Strongbad.
Movies that I just don't get
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Glad you liked it...I think it's hilarious...and rather accurate too.
Gotta love Strongbad.
Villano
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I don't understand movies like Monster's Ball. Movies that focus on unlikeable characters who lead terrible lives and treat each other like crap. I want to enjoy the movies I watch, not be overcome with the urge to kill myself.
Another type of film I hate is what I term "Sean Penn Movies". Now, Sean Penn doesn't have to act in a film to have it be a Sean Penn Movie, but his films tend to embody this type of movie.
What's a Sean Penn Movie like? Well, they are kind of like the Monster's Ball-type film, but suffer from dellusions of grandeur. I recently read a review of Penn's new film 21 Grams and it was described as trying too hard to say, "Look at me, I'm very serious and important." Best description I've seen of this sub-genre. Watch the trailers for his films and they all look like they were shot through a blue filter and everyone walks around mumbling and depressed while the narrator tells you that this is the "most important film of the year". Geez!
As for specific films I don't get: Tsui Hark movies (too much wirework and quick cuts) and I really can't understand how anyone liked House Of 1,000 Corpses. Granted, there were some nice visuals in that, but Rob Zombie just doesn't understand how to construct a story. I wrote a mini-review of it once and I pointed out that I didn't need spoiler warnings since Zombie spoils everything himself.
For example, after the heroes pick up Baby, the hitch hiker, Zombie includes a b&w scene of her talking to the camera about how to kill people. Gee, you think she's going to "surprisingly" turn out to be nuts? He does things like this again and again.
Another type of film I hate is what I term "Sean Penn Movies". Now, Sean Penn doesn't have to act in a film to have it be a Sean Penn Movie, but his films tend to embody this type of movie.
What's a Sean Penn Movie like? Well, they are kind of like the Monster's Ball-type film, but suffer from dellusions of grandeur. I recently read a review of Penn's new film 21 Grams and it was described as trying too hard to say, "Look at me, I'm very serious and important." Best description I've seen of this sub-genre. Watch the trailers for his films and they all look like they were shot through a blue filter and everyone walks around mumbling and depressed while the narrator tells you that this is the "most important film of the year". Geez!
As for specific films I don't get: Tsui Hark movies (too much wirework and quick cuts) and I really can't understand how anyone liked House Of 1,000 Corpses. Granted, there were some nice visuals in that, but Rob Zombie just doesn't understand how to construct a story. I wrote a mini-review of it once and I pointed out that I didn't need spoiler warnings since Zombie spoils everything himself.
For example, after the heroes pick up Baby, the hitch hiker, Zombie includes a b&w scene of her talking to the camera about how to kill people. Gee, you think she's going to "surprisingly" turn out to be nuts?
He does things like this again and again.
BluWolf
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I love eclectic movies. I thought Magnolia was great.
I did not get Punch Drunk Love. I will admit, I own it and have yet to get all the way through it. It s f---ing torture.
Eyes wide shut. Huh? (and I actually like most Kubrick films).
Meet the Parents. I like dark comedies but that movie was uncomforatble like a prostate exam.
Face off. Oh my god that movie was dull.
About Schmidt. It aspired. Didn't deliver.
I did not get Punch Drunk Love. I will admit, I own it and have yet to get all the way through it. It s f---ing torture.
Eyes wide shut. Huh? (and I actually like most Kubrick films).
Meet the Parents. I like dark comedies but that movie was uncomforatble like a prostate exam.
Face off. Oh my god that movie was dull.
About Schmidt. It aspired. Didn't deliver.
Templetroll
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Michael Tree said:
"Dragonball" was a great series that introduced great characters in their own storylines where their interaction with the main character was the focus of short story arcs.
"DragonballZ" is juggling all those characters in long storylines, also called one fight scene.
Watch the first, enjoy. Watch the rest and look for the small snippets of character and story that seperate various chunks of the fight.
Westerns are epic odes to individualism, "High Noon" is the prime example of that. This individualism is not as well regarded nowadays and further comment could get into political commentary. Each western ususally has some one person standing up for themselves against terrible odds; it can be a rancher, a railroad magnate, weather, environment or whatever. It tends to be about the person working alone or just with those nearby who help because they want to.
Templetroll
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Tarrasque Wrangler said:
"High Noon"
"Good, the Bad and the Ugly"
The John Wayne western - "Stagecoach", "The Shootist"
episodes of "The Lone Ranger", "The Rifleman" and "Gunsmoke"
Western comedies
"Cat Ballou"
"Hallelujah Trail"
"Cheyenne Social Club"
btw, westerns had really good music!
Tarrasque Wrangler
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Oh, I wouldn't say there aren't plenty of good westerns out there (except for John Wayne - never understood the appeal), I just can't get into them. Unless it's something really out there like The Wild Bunch, it all just feels so same-old to me.
They do have great music though. For my money's worth, the Magnificent Seven theme is the shizzle.
They do have great music though. For my money's worth, the Magnificent Seven theme is the shizzle.
Dark Jezter
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Templetroll said:
You just explained a big reason why I like westerns so much. It's a pity that westerns are less common than they used to be.
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