This video has a purpose. What movie does every one rave about that you simply do not get, like, or see what all the hubbub is about? I don't mean Citizen Kane or Casablanca.
For instance (and please don't be mad at me Kevin), I never really got into Back to the Future. I also wasn't a big Lord of the Rings fan. I kinda liked the first one- but the second two didn't do much for me.
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Here is my list:
Inception - After watching it I felt I needed to be on some sort of drug induced coma or watching it in my Avatar cocoon to understand it.
Avatar - I saw it once. It was a decent movie. However, I would not sit through it for 3 more hours just to see it again. It plays on loop on Home Box Office.
LA Confidential - I actually watched this film with Luke Morey. We "rented" it on VHS from Blockbuster Video. Times they are a changing but this movie will forever blow.
Howard The Duck - For some reason this movie gave me the heebie jeebies.
great call on howard duck. i remember there being a hot lady in there though.
i didnt understand "clueless", i thought chuck norris in "delta force" was lame, and im kinda creeped out by animated productions with subliminal messages, ie "the little mermaid"...
val kilmer and lou diamond phillips is my all time fave for assault team. way better than tango and cash, or hollywood homocide's harry ford and josh hartnett combo(actually enjoyed this film).
fave movie ever, kuffs.
I liked the Money Pit too.
This is great and reminds me of another thing I detest. I hate, despise, feel the urge to shank when someone says:
"Did you see Donnie Brasco?"
And then you say, "no".
And then they say, in an empowering, mocking, f'ing grating way:
"What? You didn't see Donnie Brasco? How did you not see Donnie Brasco?"
I think it's a power play and in some pathetic way makes some insecure douche feel better about themselves because they have spent more time on the couch than you. Most of my anger at this is directed towards Canadians, who I've found do this often becuase they are Canadian and watch a lot of TV when it is cold 10 months of the year.
Back to the original point, I hated the movie "Crash", which was just amplified stereotypes that appealed to people who live bubble lives. Plus Ludacris was in it.
I also wasn't crazy about Braveheart. Yep. Seemed like I'd seen it before. Same ol' underdog warrior hero movie.
I think people also liked "Blood Diamond", which was stupid and Leo Dicaprio's accent was laughable.
In classic movie-ness, I hated "Rebel Without a Cause" and don't understand why James Dean is some Hollywood iconoclast. He just seems like a more angsty Zack Morris.
Last, when I first saw the "Hangover", I looked at my Canadian friend at the end and said "C-". Months later I came back to the US and realized I was apparently the only person in the nation that thought it sucked. I then made myself watch it again, only to reaffirm my intial thought that yes, this movie does indeed suck.
Keep it going.
I am with Williams on everything except "Blood Diamond". I actually enjoyed Leo's performance and S. African/Rhodesian accent. I'll assume you don't have many So African mates in CR.
I think my old roommate and I had the dialogue word for word about Donnie Brasco. I never got into it.
The Hangover was extremely disappointing and I actually might have paid US Currency to see the sequel had Mel Gibson been in it for a "Gimme Back My Son!" moment.
Ever seen Troll 2?
I want to hear Kevin Dalrymple, Butz, Mazur, Brown, Lubahn on this...
Maybe Portillo, but thats a stretch...
Basically, any movie that has aliens, dragons, hobbits, dinosaurs, or unicorns and made more than $1 million at the box office would be on my list. I just find those movies to be very dumb and hard to watch. LOTR is a great example. I think it started for me when I was about 6 and I watched "The Never Ending Story." I laughed when the horse was being sucked into quicksand and the boy was crying like a little bitch. I then was angry when the horse was given back his life later in the movie. My mother wanted to send me to a shrink. My father would not let her. This is me today.
Here is the scene:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y688upqmRXo
Butz
You did need therapy, you cold little chimp.
A child's horse drowned in mud as the boy watches and screams. How could you laugh at this?
I guess I might not be the best gauge for when crying is appropriate however, as I cried during an episode of Wonder Years and during one of the Ewok movies when the warrior Ewok perishes, albeit valiantly.
Also, did you read the comments on the horse drowned video? Why do youtube comments always devolve into hideous geek or racial rage?
Well, the kid is shrieking and speaking in a weird accent, so I assume the same reason I find it humorous as a 30 year old is the same reason I found it humorous as a six year old. The kid is talking to the horse who has a ridiculous name, while the horse is sinking in a pit that the boy should also be sinking in, but for some reason is not. These are my reasons.
I just read through the comments and I had no idea there was so much debate on this movie's plot.
I had a friend who cried when Johnny Five was jumped in Short Circuit. I still am in shock of what I saw that day.
Was that when "Los Lobos" jacked him up?
You told me about this friend when you visited Costa Rica.
Is there anyone who did not like Ghostbusters? I saw it again recently and it is still fantastic.
any movie you can sit through twice is probably not on the "i dont get it" list. although, i can watch starship troopers or unforgiven repeatedly, and not know why. dune is up there in the sci-fi faves category... it's all about escape, right?
butz, your comment about 1mm at box office=off the list of desirables is completely off base... is there a movie made out there that hasnt money its intent? (indie-docudrama-hipster commentary aside, of course)
i liked notting hill.
jeff goldblum has a room in his house with magenta colored, padded, velvet walls.
atreyu is a bitch on a unicorn.
I fucking loved the Never Ending Story. I am pretty sure I cried about 6 times during that movie. Hell, I am crying right now.
I like James Dean. He was pretty sensitive, though.
Starship Troopers is almost as good as Mega Shark vs. Mega Octopus. I often find these movies that are so poorly made hard to resist. I fall into a semi hypnotic-trance and am astonished at the acting, production, gratuitous sex scenes, etc.
Also, I will watch anything with Gary Busey ....and Ice T
Surviving The Game anyone?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-nVb0JaKJY
I wasnt trying to draw a correlation between movies that are trying to make money and the level of entertainment. I was trying to say that any big budget movie that has a sci-fi twist is on my list of movies I think are overrated. I made the point poorly.
I watched Surviving the Game many, many times in high school.
New question: would you pay to hunt someone if no one ever found out?
Alternate question for those of you who cry at movies: How much would to pay to not have to hunt someone?
Weird question? I hope so.
Butz
I would hunt the fuck out of Cody Klipfel.
I would also hunt Enrique Cervantes. I loathed that kid. I specifically remember a practice when I Hulked on his string beaner ass...
He tried a move on me and I intercepted the ball. As I did, I shoulder-murdered him to the ground and passed the ball off. I stood over him and told him "I was embarassed" that he attempted the move on "me". I then told him I "considered it an insult" that someone of his talent level would dare such a move. We were always a little weird after that.
Then they cut the program.
Long story short, yes, I would hunt.
dont pay to hunt anything. if you need it you'll hunt it for free.
don't pay to be not hunted. fight or flight? ...uh... choose fight.
coward.
I dont understand people who say they "dont get it" when referring to things that other people enjoy. All that means is that you are not as entertained by something that a wide majority love, and therefore you fall into the minority..... BUT WHAT THE FUCK>>> HOW IN THE HELL DO YOU NOT LOVE BACK TO THE FUTURE?! COME ON DUDE!
Ok, just kidding, but Faust didnt even see BTTF all the way through until last year. I guess maybe seeing a classic movie 25 years after it's release can come across a little cheesy?... NO FUCK THAT! WHAT THE HELL AM I SAYING! THIS IS FUCKING BACK TO THE FUTURE DUDE! IT'S ONE OF THE GREATEST FILMS (besides Back to the Future II) OF ALL TIME!
Ok, Ok,... I might have fallen asleep during the The Godfather when I watched that for the 1st time in college and wasnt a huge fan of 16 Candles, so I GUESS I can understand a little bit. NO I FUCKING CANT, DO YOU REALIZE HOW MUCH THOUGHT WENT INTO THESE MOVIES! ESPECIALLY BTTF II! -- ALTERNATE 1985, NOVEMBER 12 1955 ALL OVER AGAIN!! GREATEST FUCKING TRILOGY OF ALL TIME>>> FINE, THE III WASNT AS GOOD, BUT HOW DO YOU NOT "GET" IT?!?!?!
Watch part II alone. Ill let you borrow it.
The Home Alone Trilogy was also superb.
one word: robocop
another compound word: roadhouse
I just watch that video, had no idea it was regarding Peter hating the Godfather when I made my comment. Thats about how I feel though.
RoboCop was my first R-rated movie. I skipped Kindergarten with my Dad to go see it.
Good memory.
Bad movie memory: During Curly Sue I saw my middle school girlfriend french kissing one of my friends, thus opening trust issues wounds that haunted me until this morning.
and then whammy, blowjob.
We should keep this strand going. I am talking it about it at work and everyone is weighing in.
What movies made you cry?
Weird/Funny/Sad movie experience memories?
More Logs; More Fire.
schindler's list made me sleepy.
falcor.
falcor.
falcor.
Quit doing drugs Falcor.
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