Name a movie that you love but others don't...and you can't understand why

[PingSpike]

Thanks, it has been on showtime or starz recently, I'll see if I can DVR it.


BTW, without spoilers: This is not going to be like Pay It Forward, where I end up terribly depressed/bummed out afterwards is it?

It totally is. That movie sucked IMO.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

It totally is. That movie sucked IMO.

I was afraid of that from reading the U-Verse guide info about it. Pay It Forward made we want to drink heavily....and cry. That Bridge to Terabithia blindsided us that way too, we were left going NO! WTF?!? :'(

 

[zinfamous]

Dutch - Movie bombed, I consider it a holiday classic.

The Cable Guy - It as all I can do anytime I spar, to not bust out my Jim Carrey impression for the Star Trek fight music! :biggrin:

Joe v. The Volcano - I love everything about this movie, from start to finish. The thing I like the most though, is the way the luggage salesman makes buying the luggage seem as important as Indy deciding which cup is the Holy Grail. Then, to have what appeared at first to be a whack jobs' reverence for luggage, turn out to be truly sage advice.

Dutch and Joe vs. :thumbsup:

Joe vs was so strangely good, in some ways. Been a while since I've seen it though.

 

[zinfamous]

Thanks, it has been on showtime or starz recently, I'll see if I can DVR it.


BTW, without spoilers: This is not going to be like Pay It Forward, where I end up terribly depressed/bummed out afterwards is it?

Haven't seen Pay it Forward, but I was neither bummed otu or depressed from 7 Pounds...I suppose b/c "the twist" was to me, quite obvious 5 minutes in. I knew exactly what his plans were, how it was going to end.

A rather cheap and ineffective device they used to justify a twist. The protagonist knows everything, the audience (essentially) knows nothing. Hitchcock is rolling.

 

[CKent]

Lost in Translation, Burn After Reading

 

[Abe Froman]

I Love You, Man. I think it's funnier than The Hangover, and probably the most brilliant comedy of last year. That and The Invention of Lying.

 

[Kirby]

I know few people that have seen it and even fewer that like it... Everyone I know that has even seen it always just says "Oh is that the movie where he dives into the toliet? That was *disgusting*!" or "I just couldn't watch after the scene with the baby..." They basically checked out of the movie after watching one of these "shocking" scenes (as if they don't routinely watch movies/TV with far more shocking scenes in them).

I love Trainspotting.

"In a word: pleasure. It's like, my pleasure in other people's leisure." :awe:

 

[Kelemvor]

13th Warrior was great, me and my friends love it, but critics hated it

Waterworld is another one

I liked both those movies. But I'm not real picky.

 

[pookguy88]

freddy got fingered

holy sh1t, if you're serious then I'm totally with you. Me and a buddy think it's one of the most underrated comedies ever. I can never find anyone else who has even watched it.

 

[mikepers]

No one else is mentioning it so I'll say it:

ConAir

"Sorry boss, but there's only two men I trust. One of them's me. The other's not you."

 

[TheAdvocate]

First off, my 10th grade English teacher showed us the director's cut of Brazil. (This was a long, long time ago). If I ever see her again, I am going to thank her for finally waking me up. She also showed us old underrated Hitchcock movies like Rebecca (very good flick)... I'm the same age she was then... very enlightened girl (for a HS teacher).

it gets appreciated on here but amongst my family and friends they all think 'gattaca' is a boring piece of crap. ill have the last laugh though when it becomes reality in the near future! ok, no i wont because they still wont give a shit.

Gattaca is awesome. I figured ATOT would be the Gattaca appreciation society though.

Sunshine

It is a fantastic movie up until the third act. I actually like the ending, but I don't like the rest of that last act.

I Love You, Man. I think it's funnier than The Hangover, and probably the most brilliant comedy of last year. That and The Invention of Lying.

No. No. No. I love You Man is a very contrived effort at a "bromance". I like Paul Rudd despite his overly fond opinion of himself, but if I ever here him say "slappin the bass" again, I will punch him, even if I have to fly across country to do so. The entire movie is way too forced.

Invention of lying was terrible as well. Gervais shot all of it in one take and it shows. It had potential, though the second half of the script needed a lot of work.

Also, I'm going to say that City of God is underrated and unappreciated. Not here though. I suspect most ATOT posters like it, but every adult I've recommended it to hated it and most couldn't sit through it. I realize it's very tough to watch at times, but I found it to be deeply affecting and thoughtful despite all of the violence. Just don't understand the visceral negative reactions I get.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Haven't seen Pay it Forward, but I was neither bummed otu or depressed from 7 Pounds...I suppose b/c "the twist" was to me, quite obvious 5 minutes in. I knew exactly what his plans were, how it was going to end.

A rather cheap and ineffective device they used to justify a twist. The protagonist knows everything, the audience (essentially) knows nothing. Hitchcock is rolling.

I will watch it then. But I will do it when I have a few drinks in me; that way it might surprise me since I won't be thinking clearly. :sneaky:

 

[HannibalX]

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

Star Trek Generations

 

[DAPUNISHER]

No one else is mentioning it so I'll say it:

ConAir

"Sorry boss, but there's only two men I trust. One of them's me. The other's not you."

Good call. Con Air is in the same realm as Commando for me, the best of action movie cheese.

Guard: "Boy, your breath smells like somebody shit in your mouth!"

Pinball: "He told me he loved me."

Poe after Killing Billy Bedlam: "Why couldn't you just put the bunny back in the box?"

And Steve's monologue about what constitutes being insane; And how it is living a boring, routine, life, until you are so old you are just waiting for death = brilliant. Despite the character trying to justify doing the unthinkable, how many of us do not feel that way about the way life plays out here in the U.S., at some point?

 

[Arcadio]

It's been said, but Starship Troopers.

 

[Possessed Freak]

Hopscotch. One of my all time favorite films and what I consider to be Walter Matthau's greatest role.

 

[HannibalX]

It's been said, but Starship Troopers.

Great flick. I pretty much like anything with Michael Ironside.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Willow was great. Val Kilmer's future wife = the hotness.

I also recallr digging the Willow NES game, which was basically a Zelda clone

There is a band called "We are Warwick Davis" ... they play psychedelic rock, and are pretty good.... (I've known the Bass player for about 5 years or so through work...)

 

[Platypus]

Brazil is probably in my top 5 favorite films of all time, it might be my favorite, especially the director's cut they released only via Criterion. Well worth the money. I also love Buckaroo Bonzai, Perknose.. classic film that provides uncountable references.

To answer the OP, people always shit on the movie The Fountain but I really dug it.

Aside from that I find myself on the opposite end of this question all the time. People are floored that I don't like XYZ bullshit teen/college comedy (see also anything by judd apetow). I don't hate it because it's trendy to dislike, I just genuinely find nothing appealing about movies like that.

 

[Loop2kil]

About the only one that comes to mind that I liked and most people do not is Natural Born Killers....yes it has useless violence but there's something about it that works for me.

 

[stag3]

13th warrior rules

 

[Platypus]

About the only one that comes to mind that I liked and most people do not is Natural Born Killers....yes it has useless violence but there's something about it that works for me.

It's a good flick but it's a touch long and a touch self indulgent (like all Oliver Stone films imo). That movie has the great ability to keep you anxious though.. especially at the beginning.

 

[Jeffg010]

Napoleon Dynamite

I think that movie is the all time greatest comedy. Some people will get the humor and some will think it is the stupidest thing ever.

 

[KeithTalent]

Brazil is probably in my top 5 favorite films of all time, it might be my favorite, especially the director's cut they released only via Criterion. Well worth the money.

One of my favourite films ever! Gilliam was on the Creative Screenwriting podcast a little while ago and had some great stories from that shoot. Worth a listen if you are a Gilliam fan.

KT

 

[dabuddha]

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