and just like a move or not like a movie. Others should give it a try. A movie that didn't live up to wild expectations shouldn't be considered a let down.
I read reviews to get a sense of whether or not I should see it in theaters or wait. I pretty much ignore the finer details and form my own opinion.
I understand that the film's visuals are its selling point and what makes it unique. And they were well done. But for God's sake, give us something in the way of a story to make us care about this character. Avatar's was utterly cliched but at least it was something. Ribisi's character added a mildly interesting angle.
I was so bored with the endless banter in Gravity between the 2 characters. If I wanted to watch a film just for the visuals I'll rent Baraka.
Revolutionary Road was horrific and annoying as fuck
Two upper middle class suburbanites laboring mightily to find a way to be miserable. I wanted to slap both of them.
Compare that to "Shoot the Moon," also about wealthy, viciously unhappy suburbanites whose marriage falls apart, but there is a logic there, you understand why they are so unhappy. There is an authenticity to "Shoot the Moon," that is just missing from Revolutionary Road.
Maybe the former was just poorly written and poorly cast and acted. There was ZERO chemistry between DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, which is weird, considering that they had terrific chemistry in Titanic. I blame poor writing. Diane Keaton and Albert Finney, OTOH, were on fire. The depth and intensity of their hostility towards each other directly reflected the depth and intensity of the love absolutely believed they once shared. Keaton and Finney are better actors, IMHO, than DiCaprio and Winslet.
I don't know what it is about Leonardo DiCaprio. Seems like he peaked in "What's Wrong With Gilbert Grape" and has been a relative lightweight ever since.
Battle Los Angeles.... my god...... AWESOME FREAKING TRAILER
This easily is by a far and wide margin much worse than any other movie discussed on the thread. Either nobody else has seen it or it was so bad people have actually blocked it out from their minds.
I can list a ton of flat out bad movies, but they are pretty much universally known as being bad so its not worth doing.
The most recent movie that everyone loved that I couldn't stand was "Frozen". Though the story was extremely predictable, giving away the villian as soon as its introduced, the snowman wasn't funny, and the songs too over the top.
Compared to recent animated movies like "The Lego Movie" "Brave", "Despicable Me", etc, I thought Frozen thoroughly fell short.
A few movies I didn't love that were very well received. Note: for all of these movies, I don't think they are bad, but were not worthy of the never-ending praise they received.
1) The Black Swan
2) Gravity
3) The White Ribbon (foreign)
4) Cache (foreign)
5) Snowpiercer (holy Christ what a piece of shit movie)
I could do this for a while actually so I'll stop there.
But they're indies and mostly don't play outside of art houses in big cities. So what's left for the masses are mostly play-down-to-the-lowest-common-denominator junk.
So what did you expect?
1 through 4 I enjoyed, but thought they were overrated
What did you expect...it was directed by a Korean director. Aside from the cult favorites like Old Boy and a few others, Korean written and directed movies are melodramatic overrated products.
Yeah, that was my general intent. I was approaching it more from the perspective of a movie that disappointed you, either because you'd read good reviews/heard good things, or had some irrational predisposition that the movie would be good. Godzilla got good press as "Godzilla done right," and it simply wasn't. Even setting aside all the errors that might not bother your average movie-goer, Godzilla was only in the movie for maybe 5 minutes of screen time!
And no, this wasn't "The Jaws Effect" where the movie is scarier when you don't see the monster.
What I'd read led me to believe that it was brilliant, and parts of it were definitely interesting, compelling, affecting, gorgeously shot, etc. But I had a certain expectation of its "tone" and was a bit disappointed that it had another. I wouldn't say it sucked -- I reserve that for Godzillas of the world -- but it let me down.
RE: RE: 1 through 4 I enjoyed, but thought they were overrated
What did you expect...it was directed by a Korean director. Aside from the cult favorites like Old Boy and a few others, Korean written and directed movies are melodramatic overrated products.
The reviews are fantastic for Snowpiercer... better than for Oldboy (which I loved like most movie buffs).
a movie doesn't make it a shitty movie. A movie can be well made and well acted and we might not like the topic and thus we say it's shitty. It's shitty to us, but the movie itself actually isn't shitty at all.
Was a waste. The debris seemed to follow Sandra Bullock like they were alive and targeting her.
That movie was an utter joke. Avatar and its shitty story is Shawshank Redemption when compared to Gravity.
Godzilla was OK. Considering the abomination with Matthew Broderick(sp?), it was OK. A movie about Godzilla and Godzilla was on screen for like 5 minutes. The scene were he does the atomic blast was orgasm worthy.
Ender's Game wasn't anything special but definitely not as bad as Gravity. Gravity was a piece of shit.
Forrest Gump Best Picture of the Year, American Beauty Best
was Suckerpunch. What a horrific shitshow that movie is. Luckily it clued me into the fact that I'm just not going to enjoy Zack Snyder. I've been right so far.
I read a review that pretty much captured my feelings about the film... "Halfway through I was hoping an alien would pop-up out of nowhere." The visuals are amazing, but the plot and dialogue are terrible.
RE: Forrest Gump Best Picture of the Year, American Beauty Best
it's not really about individual scenes, it's about the general vibe of the film. There was just no subtlety to the film whatsoever. They hit you over the top of the head with their "people are different, we need to learn how to get along" message.
it's not really about individual scenes, it's about the general vibe of the film. There was just no subtlety to the film whatsoever. They hit you over the top of the head with their "people are different, we need to learn how to get along" message.
I agree 100% on why you don't like it, but it wasn't that bad, IMO. lol
I totally see your point though.
RE: Forrest Gump Best Picture of the Year, American Beauty Best
Crash is the bigger offender in that regard. I'm surprised the characters even had actual names rather than White Cop #1, Black Carjacker #2, Rich Black Motorist #1, etc. It's a cartoony morality play that has all the subtlety of a sledgehammer.
yet it won Best Picture, if it was crap it wouldn't have even
been nominated. It also won from it'd group of peers in the industry who probably got the message in a different light than you. As for American Beauty it was hauntingly terrific
Chicago
Shakespeare in Love
i mean it happens..
I read reviews to get a sense of whether or not I should see it in theaters or wait. I pretty much ignore the finer details and form my own opinion.
Hey, I like movies where Marines get to kill aliens.
But yeah, while fun to watch, the movie did suck.
I actually didn't even watch it since I don't watch movies starring wrestlers. And they didn't kill any aliens.
I was so bored with the endless banter in Gravity between the 2 characters. If I wanted to watch a film just for the visuals I'll rent Baraka.
Compare that to "Shoot the Moon," also about wealthy, viciously unhappy suburbanites whose marriage falls apart, but there is a logic there, you understand why they are so unhappy. There is an authenticity to "Shoot the Moon," that is just missing from Revolutionary Road.
Maybe the former was just poorly written and poorly cast and acted. There was ZERO chemistry between DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, which is weird, considering that they had terrific chemistry in Titanic. I blame poor writing. Diane Keaton and Albert Finney, OTOH, were on fire. The depth and intensity of their hostility towards each other directly reflected the depth and intensity of the love absolutely believed they once shared. Keaton and Finney are better actors, IMHO, than DiCaprio and Winslet.
I don't know what it is about Leonardo DiCaprio. Seems like he peaked in "What's Wrong With Gilbert Grape" and has been a relative lightweight ever since.
This easily is by a far and wide margin much worse than any other movie discussed on the thread. Either nobody else has seen it or it was so bad people have actually blocked it out from their minds.
A really solid dialogue heavy film (like Rev Road) with Winslet is Carnage. John C Reilly and christoph Waltz co star. Only a couple years old.
I can list a ton of flat out bad movies, but they are pretty much universally known as being bad so its not worth doing.
The most recent movie that everyone loved that I couldn't stand was "Frozen". Though the story was extremely predictable, giving away the villian as soon as its introduced, the snowman wasn't funny, and the songs too over the top.
Compared to recent animated movies like "The Lego Movie" "Brave", "Despicable Me", etc, I thought Frozen thoroughly fell short.
Hey, I like movies where Marines get to kill aliens.
But yeah, while fun to watch, the movie did suck.
I'm with you. I loved battle Los Angeles. Good escapist fun. It also happens to have great sound on blu ray
Me too. Listing universally-deemed bad movies is shooting fish in a barrel.
1) The Black Swan
2) Gravity
3) The White Ribbon (foreign)
4) Cache (foreign)
5) Snowpiercer (holy Christ what a piece of shit movie)
I could do this for a while actually so I'll stop there.
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that got good reviews yet you still hated.
Me too. Listing universally-deemed bad movies is shooting fish in a barrel.
I took it to mean recent movies since he said "Recently watched disappointments go here."
So what did you expect?
D+ all the way around....and for me, comic books movies get an automatic B on principle alone.
Seriously, what a piece of absolute garbage.
What did you expect...it was directed by a Korean director. Aside from the cult favorites like Old Boy and a few others, Korean written and directed movies are melodramatic overrated products.
The version with Urban was very good, in my opinion. And it actually received good reviews as well.
Yeah, that was my general intent. I was approaching it more from the perspective of a movie that disappointed you, either because you'd read good reviews/heard good things, or had some irrational predisposition that the movie would be good. Godzilla got good press as "Godzilla done right," and it simply wasn't. Even setting aside all the errors that might not bother your average movie-goer, Godzilla was only in the movie for maybe 5 minutes of screen time!
And no, this wasn't "The Jaws Effect" where the movie is scarier when you don't see the monster.
"Eddie Murphy and Robert DeNiro.. you can't go wrong"
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5 made me want to stop watching movies.
What did you expect...it was directed by a Korean director. Aside from the cult favorites like Old Boy and a few others, Korean written and directed movies are melodramatic overrated products.
The reviews are fantastic for Snowpiercer... better than for Oldboy (which I loved like most movie buffs).
95% of people liked it.
That movie was an utter joke. Avatar and its shitty story is Shawshank Redemption when compared to Gravity.
Godzilla was OK. Considering the abomination with Matthew Broderick(sp?), it was OK. A movie about Godzilla and Godzilla was on screen for like 5 minutes. The scene were he does the atomic blast was orgasm worthy.
Ender's Game wasn't anything special but definitely not as bad as Gravity. Gravity was a piece of shit.
Both films are dogshit----BBI
Both films are dogshit----BBI
Plenty of weak movies win Oscars. Crash won for Best Picture for crissakes! NO ONE likes Crash!
I agree 100% on why you don't like it, but it wasn't that bad, IMO. lol
I totally see your point though.
Both films are dogshit----BBI
Are you surprised? I'm sure there's at least a few here who think the Godfather and citizen kane are overrated.