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<blockquote data-quote="Villano" data-source="post: 1267023" data-attributes="member: 505"><p>I don't understand movies like <strong>Monster's Ball</strong>. 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.</p><p></p><p>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. </p><p></p><p>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 <strong>21 Grams</strong> 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! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes :rolleyes:" data-smilie="11"data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /> </p><p></p><p>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 <strong>House Of 1,000 Corpses</strong>. Granted, there were some nice visuals in that, but Rob Zombie just doesn't understand how to <em>construct</em> 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. </p><p></p><p>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? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes :rolleyes:" data-smilie="11"data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /> He does things like this again and again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Villano, post: 1267023, member: 505"] I don't understand movies like [B]Monster's Ball[/B]. 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 [B]21 Grams[/B] 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! :rolleyes: 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 [B]House Of 1,000 Corpses[/B]. Granted, there were some nice visuals in that, but Rob Zombie just doesn't understand how to [I]construct[/I] 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? :rolleyes: He does things like this again and again. [/QUOTE]
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