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Post by rra on Jan 1, 2008 20:08:45 GMT -5
Someone once told me that a true Cult Movie is one that either people love or hate. Well, some I love.....from say REPO MAN to THIS IS SPINAL TAP.....and others, I hate. Like THE PRINCESS BRIDE. I've had it with people, from critics to women, who tell me how that movie is a whimsical adventure, but also a "joker" of that genre...and I say Bologna. The damn "winking" all over the place by Reiner and author/scripter William Goldman is annoying to the point that it hurts the story, and self-conciously too aware for its own good. Besides, that ending with the kid.....what kind of a boy would want to listen to a story like that again? Sorry, rant over...........what beloved Cult Movies do you hate? P.S. - I'll nominate a movie that does exactly what BRIDE's fans claim to do, but is clever and actually an entertaining adventure for those not in "the joke."  |
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Post by Rube on Jan 1, 2008 20:11:13 GMT -5
Donnie Darko, and I hate how some of the fans of it think the reason you hate it is because you didn't "get it."  |
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Post by The Booty Disciple on Jan 1, 2008 20:11:52 GMT -5
So this begs the question, then, rra...
Would you have liked the Princess Bride better if Kurt Russell was in it?
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Post by rra on Jan 1, 2008 20:11:54 GMT -5
Donnie Darko, and I hate how some of the fans of it think the reason you hate it is because you didn't "get it." Oh I got the story...and I like the movie. But not enough to excuse the fandom. |
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Post by AoDfan on Jan 1, 2008 20:12:00 GMT -5
To this day I still don't see what people see in Blade Runner. I'm just glad I don't have buy another version of it ever again.
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Post by Bobeddy on Jan 1, 2008 20:12:06 GMT -5
 Saw it as a kid and hated it.  Watched it and laughed all of one time. For those interested it was at "Donald Sutherland as the Clumsy Waiter" |
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Post by rra on Jan 1, 2008 20:12:18 GMT -5
So this begs the question, then, rra... Would you have liked the Princess Bride better if Kurt Russell was in it? Only if he bodyslammed Andre the Giant. |
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Post by Milkman Norm on Jan 1, 2008 20:16:03 GMT -5
Somehow Showgirls has become a cult movie dispite the fact that's awful. I don't get, even for camp value it sucks
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Post by The Ichi on Jan 1, 2008 20:16:29 GMT -5
Donnie Darko, definately.
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Post by Grendel on Jan 1, 2008 20:17:51 GMT -5
Without question, The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
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Post by Hulkshi Tanahashi on Jan 1, 2008 20:18:01 GMT -5
You are all dead to me, except for the guy who said "Donnie Darko." I haven't seen that movie.
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Post by The Line on Jan 1, 2008 20:18:14 GMT -5
Napoleon Dynamite at the top of my list. Hell, my list should be forking titled "The Napoleon Dynamite Award list" or something. This movie was hyped to me for about 5 months, and I finally saw it, and I was like "huh?"
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Post by General Adam on Jan 1, 2008 20:19:07 GMT -5
 It wasn't funny when I watch it. It's not funny now. And it's not funny when people quote it. |
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Post by angryfan on Jan 1, 2008 20:19:59 GMT -5
In most cases, I can find something positive about most "cult films", but it bugs me that, if I don't proclaim it as the "greatest damn thign I've ever seen in my whole life", then I don't undderstand what they were trying to do.
I happen to love Princess Bride, but readily admit, while it's a wonderful movie from my childhood that my family and I would watch together (and as such has happy memories attached, and some fun lines) it might not be for everyone.
For "cult classic" that I hate, I doubt that this qualifies, but both Chicago and Rent. Yeah, I know, won a ton of awards, and lots of people liked them, but they made me want to kill myself. What made i worse is that, for months, they were all I heard about, and people still bring them up, and tell me how awesome they were. Yeah, gonna pass, or else start drinking again.
Also, anything starring Will Farrel. You're not funny, so shut up and go the hell away. Yes, I understood the plot, but damn it, just because it's loud doesn't inject humor. I sat through Elf, and it made me want to punch an old woman in the face then kick her down a flight of stairs.
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Post by Push R Truth on Jan 1, 2008 20:20:25 GMT -5
Pulp Fiction
Whoopity Dooo, a bunch of cliches and one liners for the angry teenager to quote way too often.
OMG, the movie has Drugs and Guns and Swearing, it's SOOooo innovative.
Whatever.
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Post by The Ichi on Jan 1, 2008 20:21:11 GMT -5
Pulp Fiction Whoopity Dooo, a bunch of cliches and one liners for the angry teenager to quote way too often. OMG, the movie has Drugs and Guns and Swearing, it's SOOooo innovative. Whatever. That's it, outside. Wait...you're not a big guy, are you?  |
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Post by NIXON on Jan 1, 2008 20:21:50 GMT -5
Darko for sure. Throw in the god awful Thumbsucker as well.
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Post by Captain Wonderful on Jan 1, 2008 20:22:28 GMT -5
Gummo. That movie was an unwatchable mess with no discernible plot, that inaccurately portrays Xenia as a white-trash hellhole. The scene of the kid eating dinner in the bathtub is honestly the only thing I've ever seen in a movie that actually repulsed me. The only redeeming aspect of that movie is the soundtrack, which is another thing that pissed me off; how could a movie with such an awesome soundtrack NOT be awesome by default? I've never been mad at myself for watching a movie before or since I watched Gummo, and it's the only movie I ever openly bash.
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Post by angryfan on Jan 1, 2008 20:23:51 GMT -5
Pulp Fiction Whoopity Dooo, a bunch of cliches and one liners for the angry teenager to quote way too often. OMG, the movie has Drugs and Guns and Swearing, it's SOOooo innovative. Whatever. Don't forget, it also has teh buttsecks, lawls! I'll go ahead and throw the majority QT's movies. I loved Resivoir Dogs, because I am a huge fan of many of the actors (Madsen and Buscemi in particular), but his films try way too hard to be both "retro", "smart" and "tongue in cheek" all at the same time. Yeah, you're transpartent, cliched, and if you had bad actors instead of really good ones, you'd be lucky to make it into a dollar bin at Wal-Mart. |
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Post by Sajoa Moe on Jan 1, 2008 20:23:52 GMT -5
Someone once told me that a true Cult Movie is one that either people love or hate. Well, some I love.....from say REPO MAN to THIS IS SPINAL TAP.....and others, I hate. Like THE PRINCESS BRIDE. I've had it with people, from critics to women, who tell me how that movie is a whimsical adventure, but also a "joker" of that genre...and I say Bologna. The damn "winking" all over the place by Reiner and author/scripter William Goldman is annoying to the point that it hurts the story, and self-conciously too aware for its own good. Besides, that ending with the kid.....what kind of a boy would want to listen to a story like that again? You didn't like The Princess Bride? INCONCEIVABLE! |
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