tetsujin28
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Umm...yeah...did you get the memo?Cthulhu's Librarian said:
Movies that I just don't get
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tetsujin28
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That movie rules.Crothian said:
tetsujin28
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Trogdor's gonna whup yo butt.Uzumaki said:
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Vocenoctum said:
I rather like Gattaca, in spite of Uma Thurman.
Dangerous Liaisons is another film I really like, in spite of both Uma Thurman and Keanu Reeves
But I remember reading about the casting of Batman and Robin, and a comment from the director along the lines of "The comics say that Poison Ivy is the most beautiful woman in the world, and to me, that means Uma Thurman."
My immediate reaction was something like "You what?!"
Templetroll said:
I enjoy the film, but I find often if I watch it, it's just an excuse to get to the gunfight at the end.
I adore the direction of that scene. Something like six minutes of nothing but people staring at each other. Fantastic.
(Huh. One of my other favourite scenes from any movie ever is at the start of Conan the Barbarian, where Thulsa Doom and Mrs the Barbarian stare at each other for a while before he chops her head off. There seems to be a common theme going on here.)
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Andrew D. Gable
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Highlander for me, too. I could just never get into it, although I wanted to... plus, I loathe Christopher Lambert. Just IMHO.
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"Good! That is a perfect way to start."
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ConnorSB
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What I simply cannot understand is the appeal of reality tv, especially survivor. For one thing, there is no way that reality tv is actually real, because people's actions are always tainted by the knowledge that they are on camera.
I mean, sure, some people have the jewels to just be themselves, completly and utterly, on camera, but that too taints the video.
Basically everyone on reality tv is either "acting for the camera," or is themselves in no way an average person, as the average person would never bare thier souls on camera.
So in the sense of reality tv as some sort of drama show, it is in no way real.
Secondly, a bunch of the reality tv shows basically put thier players in situtations that would never, ever occur in real life. Like survivor. In real life, no one would kick each other off a deserted island. I watched the very first episode of survivor, thinking it might actually be somehow accurate to real life, where everyone hunts and fishes and gathers berries and tries to, well, survive nature.
And the first person they kick out is the ex-marine: the only one among them who could actually "survive" in a real life ship wreck. That soured me for the whole show, and I just stopped watching.
But... why do people watch reality tv if it isn't at all real? If it was reality tv, it would be a show about taking boring commutes to your sort of boring job, and then going to home depot to compare paint chips for the kitchen ceiling.
not voting people off some mythical island, where you have to make your own food and starve, despite the fact that the entire camera crew around you is basically on vacation, staying at nice hotels and eating big dinners...
I just don't get it.
Connor
I mean, sure, some people have the jewels to just be themselves, completly and utterly, on camera, but that too taints the video.
Basically everyone on reality tv is either "acting for the camera," or is themselves in no way an average person, as the average person would never bare thier souls on camera.
So in the sense of reality tv as some sort of drama show, it is in no way real.
Secondly, a bunch of the reality tv shows basically put thier players in situtations that would never, ever occur in real life. Like survivor. In real life, no one would kick each other off a deserted island. I watched the very first episode of survivor, thinking it might actually be somehow accurate to real life, where everyone hunts and fishes and gathers berries and tries to, well, survive nature.
And the first person they kick out is the ex-marine: the only one among them who could actually "survive" in a real life ship wreck. That soured me for the whole show, and I just stopped watching.
But... why do people watch reality tv if it isn't at all real? If it was reality tv, it would be a show about taking boring commutes to your sort of boring job, and then going to home depot to compare paint chips for the kitchen ceiling.
not voting people off some mythical island, where you have to make your own food and starve, despite the fact that the entire camera crew around you is basically on vacation, staying at nice hotels and eating big dinners...
I just don't get it.
Connor
I don't get Jim Carrey movies. I cannot stand him.
I also don't get mafia movies for the reasons that others have listed. The same for Woody Allen most of the time I think they are just self indulgent mental masturbation movies.
The one tV show that I never got was Seinfeld the characters were horrible pieces of trash and the show was boring. I just never understood the allure of it.
I also don't get mafia movies for the reasons that others have listed. The same for Woody Allen most of the time I think they are just self indulgent mental masturbation movies.
The one tV show that I never got was Seinfeld the characters were horrible pieces of trash and the show was boring. I just never understood the allure of it.
WanderingMonster
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I'd have to say the SNL breakout movies. The movies that are designed to launch popular SNL alumni into movie-stardom. Very, very few are worth the bother of renting, much less seeing at a theater. Most of these movies star Adam Sandler, David Spade, Chris Farley, or Molly Shannon.
I admit to liking some of these movies, but I'm comfortable making the blanket statement that most of them suck. And I suppose I'm talking mostly about modern SNL cast members. I love the old crowd like Billy Crystal, Christopher Guest (I love Best of Show and A Mighty Wind), Bill Murray, and Dan Akroyd.
Oh, and Austin Powers is a very guilty pleasure of mine.
I admit to liking some of these movies, but I'm comfortable making the blanket statement that most of them suck. And I suppose I'm talking mostly about modern SNL cast members. I love the old crowd like Billy Crystal, Christopher Guest (I love Best of Show and A Mighty Wind), Bill Murray, and Dan Akroyd.
Oh, and Austin Powers is a very guilty pleasure of mine.
MaxKaladin
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I, also, don't get the whole mafia movie thing. Its a bunch of brutal, ill educated thugs. Ditto for the "urban thug" movies. The ones with a bunch of scumbags from some inner city strutting around "popping a cap" in someone or whatever.
I do not understand the appeal of (faux-)reality TV. Its not real, people. It is often more contrived than regular TV shows (see Survivor for an example).
I don't get Seinfeld. Its a show about a bunch of dysfunctional, irritating people. The only show I ever liked was the final one when they left New York (where their antics are evidently acceptable), got arrested for failing to render aid to someone being robbed (failing to call police on their cellphone and instead choosing to videotape and make fun of the victim -- and people like these characters...) and sent to jail for it. For once someone recognized them for what they were and gave them what they deserved for their actions.
I don't understand horror movies. I just don't understand why watching people be terrified and doing all the wrong things is entertaining. Especially given how contrived these situations are. So many things go wrong at once to get people alone with the killer and keep them from escaping that its improbable to say the least. I know they're supposed to scare me, but they don't. They occasionally startleme when the bad guy jumps out from behind the door or whatever, but that's not the same as being scared.
I don't really understand "obnoxious" movies. By that I mean those movies where you get to watch someone like Adam Sandler spend two hours being rude, crude and obnoxious to people (who have often committed no crime aside from expecting others to have some manners).
I suppose in some cases I understand what it is that appeals to some people, but not why.
I do not understand the appeal of (faux-)reality TV. Its not real, people. It is often more contrived than regular TV shows (see Survivor for an example).
I don't get Seinfeld. Its a show about a bunch of dysfunctional, irritating people. The only show I ever liked was the final one when they left New York (where their antics are evidently acceptable), got arrested for failing to render aid to someone being robbed (failing to call police on their cellphone and instead choosing to videotape and make fun of the victim -- and people like these characters...) and sent to jail for it. For once someone recognized them for what they were and gave them what they deserved for their actions.
I don't understand horror movies. I just don't understand why watching people be terrified and doing all the wrong things is entertaining. Especially given how contrived these situations are. So many things go wrong at once to get people alone with the killer and keep them from escaping that its improbable to say the least. I know they're supposed to scare me, but they don't. They occasionally startleme when the bad guy jumps out from behind the door or whatever, but that's not the same as being scared.
I don't really understand "obnoxious" movies. By that I mean those movies where you get to watch someone like Adam Sandler spend two hours being rude, crude and obnoxious to people (who have often committed no crime aside from expecting others to have some manners).
I suppose in some cases I understand what it is that appeals to some people, but not why.
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