Movies that I just don't get

[Templetroll]

I understood that Pauly Shore got on TV because of his family connections. I never understood why there were other shows and movies done with him.

My daughter wanted to watch Big Daddy with Adam Sandler; I made sure to point out that as mushy as the story was with the kid it always broke down with Sandler's character being ignorant and selfish. His movies seem to follow that pattern. I find his work easy to miss.

I don't understand why they had to ruin "The Cat in the Hat" the way they did. I didn't see it and don't plan to after reading about what was in it. My daughter noticed in the preview that they left the house. The whole basis of the story was it was a rainy day and they were stuck in the house while their mother was out. From reviews they tossed in all manner of sexual innuendo, supposedly to appeal to adults, and toilet humor, to appeal to older kids I suppose. There was no need, that was a great story ready to be told the way it was in the book.

 

[Aeolius]

I don't understand why they had to ruin "The Cat in the Hat" the way they did.

Agreed. I refused to take my kids to see that one as well, based on the materials shown in the teasers and trailers.

 

[KenM]

I mentioned Signs earlier. One other movie was The Sixth Sense. I got it, but everyone said there was a great, unexpected twist at the end. I know what the basic plot of the movie was before I saw it. But I figured out what the "big twist" was like 10 minutes into it.

 

[Dark Jezter]

I don't get Neon Genesis Evangelion. It's overrated, nonsensical crap that otaku, for some reason, think is brilliant and groundbreaking.

I'd share more of my comments, but instead I'll just point you to this link. (Warning: Contains language that would make Eric's grandmother blush)

Come to think of it, there's very few anime that I like. I get especially tired of "shoujo" anime (Sailor Moon and the like, intended for adolescent girls but watched religiously by adult male anime fanboys), and "harem" animes (which basically involve one geeky guy surrounded by beautiful women who all lust after him).

 

[WayneLigon]

... really can't understand how anyone liked House Of 1,000 Corpses. ....there were some nice visuals in that........

You answered your own question, right there.

 

[WayneLigon]

Westerns are epic odes to individualism, "High Noon" is the prime example of that. ... 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....

Indeed. Recently, we've seen both Open Range and The Missing with just these themes or subthemes. Usually with the added part 'we tried to do things the 'civilized' way but that didn't work. Now we do what needs to be done ourselves.'

Spoiler

Open Range: these guys killed our friend. We tried going to the sheriff but he's in their pay. So we took it on ourselves to get vengence for our friend. The Missing: We went to the Army but they were no help. So we have to do this thing on our own.

 

[WayneLigon]

Me, I love anime in general but I don't love all of it. That's why I love Netflix: I can try out a series and see if I like it.

Revolutionary Girl Utena. People rave about this series. I couldn't get past the second disc. I'm not exactly sure what I didn't like about it.

Aura Battler Dunbine. People rave about this series. I couldn't get past the third episode. Couldn't take the stilted animation but I can overlook that for a good plot; couldn't find that either.

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

Umm...yeah...did you get the memo?

Your going to have to talk to payroll about that. MmmmmKK?

 

[Villano]

I mentioned Signs earlier. One other movie was The Sixth Sense. I got it, but everyone said there was a great, unexpected twist at the end. I know what the basic plot of the movie was before I saw it. But I figured out what the "big twist" was like 10 minutes into it.

I figured it out from the trailer.

Never saw either movie, don't want to.

I don't get Neon Genesis Evangelion. It's overrated, nonsensical crap that otaku, for some reason, think is brilliant and groundbreaking.

Come to think of it, there's very few anime that I like. I get especially tired of "shoujo" anime (Sailor Moon and the like, intended for adolescent girls but watched religiously by adult male anime fanboys),

I've never gotten giant robot anime. True, I loved Robotech as a kid and the remake of Gigantor that Sci-Fi aired in the early '90s, but that's about it.

I have to admit to watching Sailor Moon when it first aired in the US. Of course, at the time, the only anime I saw was what would air on tv. I didn't bother watching it when it reaired on Toonami.

Still, I like the designs on the show.

and "harem" animes (which basically involve one geeky guy surrounded by beautiful women who all lust after him).

Hey, Tenchi Muyo rules.

I really can't understand how anyone liked House Of 1,000 Corpses. Granted, there were some nice visuals

You answered your own question, right there.

I can understand people liking the way it looks, but I've read so many reviews of it supposedly being "groundbreaking" and "original". People have gone so far as to claim it "reinvents the genre". IMHO, it was none of those things. It was a long music video with no story structure.

 

[JacktheRabbit]

First off, who in their heart of hearts doesn't wish they were above the rules that govern polite society for time to time. Who hasn't been cut off on the highway and fantasized about following the jerk to a rest stop, whacking him, and depositing the body in a large, Mob-owned trash recepticle?

Do we have that many low self-esteem people in this country? I certainly don't watch shows like that or carry feelings of wishing I was above the law so I could whack people on ocassion.