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Post by marth on Jul 23, 2020 23:40:13 GMT
I´ll never understand the appeal of Amelie.
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Post by mstreepsucks on Jul 23, 2020 23:45:55 GMT
e.t. close encounters. The thing. How can you not like The Thing? Was it too graphic for you? Because it's rating. Is bad.
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Post by london777 on Jul 24, 2020 0:04:43 GMT
I´ll never understand the appeal of Amelie. I rate it highly, but I understand where you are coming from. Try not treating it as a "feel-good" movie about a cute adorable girl, but as a study of a girl with serious psychological issues (and there are many clues to this in the discussion of her childhood within the film), who is a possible danger to herself and others through her compulsive meddling and who should be undergoing a course of therapy. I think she is not so far gone that that would not work, but, worse case, Nurse Ratchet would know how to deal with her. I recommend A Very Long Engagement (2004) dir: Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Same director and female lead, and again she is regarded as a bit cracked by her friends and family, but here it is because of her obsessive love for her boyfriend, missing and presumed dead in WWI. It is one of my favorite movies of the new millenium.
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Post by rudeboy on Jul 24, 2020 3:15:53 GMT
I´ll never understand the appeal of Amelie. One of the most repellant lead characters ever, and the colour palette made my eyes bleed.
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Post by rudeboy on Jul 24, 2020 3:17:57 GMT
I´ll never understand the appeal of Amelie. I rate it highly, but I understand where you are coming from. Try not treating it as a "feel-good" movie about a cute adorable girl, but as a study of a girl with serious psychological issues (and there are many clues to this in the discussion of her childhood within the film), who is a possible danger to herself and others through her compulsive meddling and who should be undergoing a course of therapy. I think she is not so far gone that that would not work, but, worse case, Nurse Ratchet would know how to deal with her. I recommend A Very Long Engagement (2004) dir: Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Same director and female lead, and again she is regarded as a bit cracked by her friends and family, but here it is because of her obsessive love for her boyfriend, missing and presumed dead in WWI. It is one of my favorite movies of the new millenium. It’s much better than Amelie - WW1 stories tend to appeal and I often cut films more slack when they immerse me in that period - but it had elements that I found ridiculous (everything involving Marion Cotillard for one) and Jeunet’s use of colour will never win me over. Not bad, though.
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Post by moviemouth on Jul 24, 2020 3:28:16 GMT
Also Gremlins. Never got the love for this movie. I must have missed what people liked about it cause I couldn’t stand it. Apparently the 2nd is much better if I’m correct, but I don’t care cause I hated the first. Gremlins 2 is a far worse movie imo, but there is a chance that you might like it if you dislike the first movie. Gremlins 2 is extreme meta self-parody and not in a clever or fun way imo.
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Post by moviemouth on Jul 24, 2020 3:30:33 GMT
I´ll never understand the appeal of Amelie. One of the most repellant lead characters ever, and the colour palette made my eyes bleed. I actually love the cinematography, but I dislike the movie very much. She is not only repellent, she is one of the most annoying lead characters in movie history.
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Post by rudeboy on Jul 24, 2020 3:34:19 GMT
One of the most repellant lead characters ever, and the colour palette made my eyes bleed. I actually love the cinematography, but I dislike the movie very much. She is not only repellent, she is one of the most annoying lead characters in movie history. Completely agree on all except the cinematography part!
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Post by bravomailer on Jul 24, 2020 3:37:45 GMT
Gone With The Wind is a bloated costume drama.
Planet Of The Apes (original) is dreadful.
I don't hate Night Of The Hunter but I don't think it's a very good movie.
Johnny Guitar is the worst film that by virtue of its director and cast, can lay claim to being a good film.
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Post by moviemouth on Jul 24, 2020 3:39:22 GMT
I actually love the cinematography, but I dislike the movie very much. She is not only repellent, she is one of the most annoying lead characters in movie history. Completely agree on all except the cinematography part! I generally love his visual style, but not his movies. His only movie I like is Delicatessen. My least favorite of his movies are Alien: Resurrection (I hate the cinematography here though) followed closely by Amelie.
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Post by moviemouth on Jul 24, 2020 3:42:49 GMT
Amelie Around the World in 80 Days Weekend (1967)
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Post by rudeboy on Jul 24, 2020 3:47:27 GMT
Completely agree on all except the cinematography part! I generally love his visual style, but not his movies. His only movie I like is Delicatessen. My least favorite of his movies are Alien: Resurrection (I hate the cinematography here though) followed closely by Amelie. I quite like City of Lost Children and Delicatessen. I do think the photography works a little better for those twisted fantasy worlds. I agree that Alien: Resurrection was just damn ugly, although it had one or two elements of merit (I’d take it over Amelie).
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Post by rudeboy on Jul 24, 2020 3:52:55 GMT
Not sure whether they all qualify as ‘classics’, but I sure do dislike ‘em.
Yankee Doodle Dandy (Cagney is one of my fav actors ever, but this hokey flag-waving Americana certainly isn’t my bag). The Music Man On Golden F—ing Pond Braveheart The Green Mile Little Miss Sunshine
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Post by moviemouth on Jul 24, 2020 3:58:23 GMT
I generally love his visual style, but not his movies. His only movie I like is Delicatessen. My least favorite of his movies are Alien: Resurrection (I hate the cinematography here though) followed closely by Amelie. I quite like City of Lost Children and Delicatessen. I do think the photography works a little better for those twisted fantasy worlds. I agree that Alien: Resurrection was just damn ugly, although it had one or two elements of merit (I’d take it over Amelie). I am willing to give Amelie a second chance, but I'd rather re-watch Alien: Resurrection tbh. I have watched it multiple times, because I use to like it. I re-watched it again 10 years ago after not watching it in a long time and I thought to myself, "why did you use to like this movie?" I still like many movies I liked as a teenager that most people would say are bad movies (Eraser, Anaconda etc.), but Alien: Resurrection I was not able to still like as an adult. I was 14 when Alien: Resurrection was released.
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Post by gw on Jul 24, 2020 4:05:30 GMT
On the Waterfront E.T. Lawrence of Arabia
Those are the ones that first pop into my head.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Jul 24, 2020 4:27:47 GMT
All 'classic' musicals. I fcking HATE musicals. Me too. some I can handle, musical where the musical numbers make sense. 42nd Street for example. But musicals where people spontaneously burst into song, nooooo. My least favorite Best Picture winner is West Side Story. I find Ed Wood movies more believable than street gangs who can sing and dance up and down the streets on New York. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Oklahoma, Paint You Wagon, South Pacific, piss on them all.
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Post by ck100 on Jul 24, 2020 5:10:44 GMT
I thought Vertigo was boring.
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Post by mikef6 on Jul 24, 2020 5:17:55 GMT
Does A Fish Called Wanda count? I just didn’t get the love for this movie. Didn’t think it was all that funny, story wasn’t really all that interesting, but the actors were good. PLEASE SOMEONE EXPLAIN THE LOVE FOR THIS MOVIE!!! No. No one can explain the love for this movie. It is stupid to even ask.
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Post by mikef6 on Jul 24, 2020 5:19:44 GMT
I thought Vertigo was boring. Too bad for you. Your the loser in this equation. You miss out on a spiritual experience.
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Post by CrepedCrusader on Jul 24, 2020 5:34:45 GMT
I don't know if I'd say that I can't stand it, but I finally watched the Princess Bride after years of being told how great it was, and I was just like, "Meh".
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