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Post by Mr. Backlund on Jan 7, 2007 22:58:54 GMT -5
Kill Bill 1 and 2: Ok, I get it. Tarantino wanted to pay homage to the films that he loves and found important to himself. That doesn't mean the movie is automatically cool because.... a) Tarantino made it b) The actors say pop-culture catch phrases like "Trix are for kids" c) It lifts dialogue, sets, and even scenes directly from other movies That makes it derivative and painful to watch a director that has bought into his own hype basically get himself off on film for all to watch. They're possibly the most contrived movies I've ever watched, as nothing in the film seems natural and there's so many akward scenes that just don't belong there.
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Post by Nite-Owl Marks For Bloc Party on Jan 8, 2007 4:08:00 GMT -5
Thank god I am not the only one who dislike this. I heared how uplifting and funny it was, but it left me depressed and wanting to die.
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Post by Brain Of F'n J on Jan 8, 2007 8:50:16 GMT -5
Borat (Yakov Smirnof wasn't funny twenty years ago. So how is he funny if he swears up a blue streak?)
Garden State (If you knew Natalie Portman's character in real life, you'd slap her into next Thursday. And don't get me started on Zach Braff's Emo McHipster act.)
Kill Bill (This is not an homage to anything. Hundreds of dismembered limbs and six-inch deep pools of blood is not clever, and it is NOT an homage. This is bad filmmaking.)
Napoleon Dynamite (A squinty-eyed nerd talks like a valley girl for an hour and a half. Oh, what a funny concept. Show this to a prisoner of war, and you'll be violating the Geneva Convention.)
Any Frat Pack movie (Take low-brow bathroom humor, add Will Ferrell's naked ass, sprinkle in gratuitous cameos from other members at random ... and keep doing it, movie after movie after movie.)
The Passion Of The Christ (Yes, I'm going here. This is basically a snuff flick. There is no magic here. No art. Any sympathy or emotion gets stripped away by over-stimulation to a movie so depraved in its violence, it makes I Spit On Your Grave look like Shakespere In Love.)
Goodfellas (If this wasn't based on a true story, I'd think someone took all the cliches from every Mafia movie ever made and combined them. And asking Ray Liotta to be a lead in a movie is like asking OJ Simpson to teach a course in keeping the spark alive in your marriage.)
Jed Shaffer ~This is just everything I could think of at 8.30am on a Monday. Give me a full day of thought, and I could post a whole PAGE.
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Post by Baixo Astral on Jan 8, 2007 8:59:42 GMT -5
The Matrix
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Post by Doctor Tull-eus S. Venture on Jan 8, 2007 10:23:01 GMT -5
I have an intense dislike for Office Space. When you have a college roommate constantly watch this to the point that the VHS copy broke, it went from funny, to slightly amusing, to please stop watching it, NOW.
I never got Napoleon Dynamite. Strangers with Candy was funnier than this (and that's a stretch, considering that show put me to sleep).
And while I enjoyed the first Saw, I saw no need for 4 more sequel-prequels.
And I'm against this whole wave of torture-fest films, such as Hostel and Turistas. They're annoying, and they've overcrowded the already bleak horror scene.
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Post by amsiraK on Jan 8, 2007 10:28:20 GMT -5
Kill Bill 1 and 2: Ok, I get it. Tarantino wanted to pay homage to the films that he loves and found important to himself. That doesn't mean the movie is automatically cool because.... a) Tarantino made it b) The actors say pop-culture catch phrases like "Trix are for kids" c) It lifts dialogue, sets, and even scenes directly from other movies That makes it derivative and painful to watch a director that has bought into his own hype basically get himself off on film for all to watch. They're possibly the most contrived movies I've ever watched, as nothing in the film seems natural and there's so many akward scenes that just don't belong there. You could put the title of just about any Tarentino movie in there and I'd agree wholeheartedly. THANK YOU! I finally saw this over the Christmas Break (wooo to my parents having premium channels) and it's clear that Mel Gibson has some dismemberment issues.
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Post by Johnny Danger (Godz) on Jan 8, 2007 10:31:13 GMT -5
Borat Napoleon Dynamite Anything with Will Ferrell Matrix Lord of the Rings (Its just 12 hours of people walking god dammit) The Incredibles Contact Rocky V (Oh wait, no one likes Rocky V)
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Post by amsiraK on Jan 8, 2007 10:37:39 GMT -5
I like Rocky V.
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Post by willywonka666 on Jan 8, 2007 10:41:57 GMT -5
I like Rocky V too, I don't watch a lotta movies as I see the spots for them and they don't look appealing so I don;t bother, the rash of "family comedies" I've seen seem kinda corny and contrived, of course I don't have kids either, do your tastes and sense of humor devolve when you start a family?
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Post by Johnny Danger (Godz) on Jan 8, 2007 10:43:17 GMT -5
Yeah, well......... Well.... So?! I just like the parts where Paulie is all YOU TOLD ME TO SIGN THE PAPERS! for some reason. That and "Touch me and I'll sue." "Sue me for what?" ::punch::
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Post by amsiraK on Jan 8, 2007 10:47:58 GMT -5
I like Rocky V too, I don't watch a lotta movies as I see the spots for them and they don't look appealing so I don;t bother, the rash of "family comedies" I've seen seem kinda corny and contrived, of course I don't have kids either, do your tastes and sense of humor devolve when you start a family? Not really. You just get an excuse to watch more cartoons. I have yet to watch a family comedy with my son as he's got NO interest in them. He'd prefer to watch Star Wars or Wallace and Gromit. Because he rules.
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Post by willywonka666 on Jan 8, 2007 10:57:50 GMT -5
I like Rocky V too, I don't watch a lotta movies as I see the spots for them and they don't look appealing so I don;t bother, the rash of "family comedies" I've seen seem kinda corny and contrived, of course I don't have kids either, do your tastes and sense of humor devolve when you start a family? Not really. You just get an excuse to watch more cartoons. I have yet to watch a family comedy with my son as he's got NO interest in them. He'd prefer to watch Star Wars or Wallace and Gromit. Because he rules. That's cool. I have neighbors who watch anything and everything that's popular, and usually pretty cheesy(Larry the cable guy:Health Inspector anyone?) not that they watch that with their kids, but you get my point. My father didn't work that way, I watched what he wanted to watch growing up-including Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip when I was 7 ;D
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Post by amsiraK on Jan 8, 2007 11:00:15 GMT -5
"Eddie Murphy: Delirious" was one of my favorites.
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Post by Johnny Danger (Godz) on Jan 8, 2007 11:01:04 GMT -5
I like Rocky V too, I don't watch a lotta movies as I see the spots for them and they don't look appealing so I don;t bother, the rash of "family comedies" I've seen seem kinda corny and contrived, of course I don't have kids either, do your tastes and sense of humor devolve when you start a family? Not really. You just get an excuse to watch more cartoons. I have yet to watch a family comedy with my son as he's got NO interest in them. He'd prefer to watch Star Wars or Wallace and Gromit. Because he rules. I had no interest in these movies as a child either. At all. I was 5 years old and all about Star Trek, Dracula, Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, Night of the Living Dead, King Kong and Godzilla. And Ernest and Pee Wee of course.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2007 11:03:17 GMT -5
Sorry...for some reason im having trouble doing the quote thing, but this is directed at Godz
Id easily put Anchorman in a list of my top 3 favorite movies.
And The Incredibles is the best thing Pixar's ever had come out. Cars was a letdown, and Finding Nemo was just annoying, take Dorie out and maybe you have something.
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Other than that I agree...
Now, to add my own.
The Matrix-Just seemed like some special effects demo to me, and a story right up there with Metal Gear Solid 2 as far as confusion and intentional and unintentional double meanings and finding out which messages are and arent on purpose.
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Little Man-In my town of Smithville MO, its actually checked out alot at the grocery store I work at...yeah, tells you how mental and mature our town is.
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Finding Nemo-Not funny, not really a good story, annoying characters, and yet its Pixar's crown jewel somehow...did we already forget Monsters Inc (which I thought was really good myself)?
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Spongebob Squarepants Movie-Everyone at work tells me its pretty good, and I just saw it the other day. It isnt...it isnt good at all.
When did Spongebob become a kid?! They make this BIG deal about it, and yet even though hes trying to get his license, has a job, has gone on panty raids, been a mom (to a baby seahorse or something like that), he's somehow still a little kid?! MY ASS!
And of course Avril Lavigne + anything=ear bleeding disaster
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Akira-I just dont get why more people watch it...classic animation. Nothing of Pixar or Dreamworks is even in the line of sight as Akira and its awesomeness.
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Joe Dirt-Another movie thats hot stuff here. Heck, I live in the country, have farmer grandparents, talk to those kind of people all the time. They arent funny, and neither is this movie.
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Apocalypto-That movie just looks horrible! Was Mel drunk when he made that one?!
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The Passion of the Christ-I'm a strong Christian myself and even I couldn't take it. Over the top senseless gore, and it just got boring. I know he was trying to drive the point home, but we all kindof figure getting whipped alot and carrying a giant cross after being whipped then the pains on the cross kindof suck. That really wasnt the point as to why we look at the Crucifixion the way we do(but I dont want to go into a big sermon on that, no matter how much I want to).
Of course, everyone in my church marked out for it and when I said what I thought of it then suddenly I was some satanist.
I think my dad said it best, "I liked the book better."
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Post by amsiraK on Jan 8, 2007 11:06:17 GMT -5
Not really. You just get an excuse to watch more cartoons. I have yet to watch a family comedy with my son as he's got NO interest in them. He'd prefer to watch Star Wars or Wallace and Gromit. Because he rules. I had no interest in these movies as a child either. At all. I was 5 years old and all about Star Trek, Dracula, Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, Night of the Living Dead, King Kong and Godzilla. And Ernest and Pee Wee of course. Hells right! Fox (the channel that Fox became, actually) used to show all kinds of Hammer movies on Saturday. That was solid gold for me.
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Post by Johnny Danger (Godz) on Jan 8, 2007 11:06:56 GMT -5
I've never watched anything Pixar BESIDES the Incredibles, but I was hoping it'd be funnier for all ages like Shrek 1 and 2, I liked those, but to me the Incredibles was just a boring, dumbed down version of the Fantastic Four and the only reason Disney didn't get sued is because The Thi-...sorry, Mr. Incredible wasn't made of rock.
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Post by amsiraK on Jan 8, 2007 11:11:01 GMT -5
The only Pixar movies that haven't been a huge hit in my house are Cars and... Cars. That's about it actually. The rest are all pretty good, IMO.
And Shrek 3's on the way this summer! WOOO!
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Post by Brain Of F'n J on Jan 8, 2007 11:25:44 GMT -5
A couple more ...
Blair Witch Project (or, let's get a couple friends to run around a forest with a camcorder and yell "JOSH!" for ninety minutes. Ooh, scary!)
The Spiderman movies (Instead of doing a Batman and having the villain dymanic and the hero underdeveloped, we have an OVER-developed hero (whiny, shallow and totally p-whipped), and villains that serve as little more then plot devices. And casting Snaggletooth as Mary Jane ... no amount of wet t-shirt scenes makes up for Snaggletooth.)
Jurassic Park (Look! People running to a safe place! Oh, the safe place isn't safe anymore, they're running again! Oh, the new safe place isn't safe, they're running AGAIN! Oh no, the new new safe place isn't safe anymore, they're ...)
Jed Shaffer ~I'd put Chicago on the list, but I think more CRITICS like that then people.
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Post by Johnny Danger (Godz) on Jan 8, 2007 11:31:33 GMT -5
You forgot when they scream about the map instead of Josh.
And funny how the Spiderman films are basically the only times I find Kirsten Dunst attractive.....
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