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The title says it all. Surely you have watched a movie that just about everyone loves, a film that is by all accounts a fine piece of work and yet it just doesn't click for you on an individual level. I hate The Godfather. Really, I just hate it so much I can hardly stand it. This movie is borderline unwatchable. It is gruelingly slow and needlessly long and the cinematography felt lazy and uninspired. How this is one of the most critically acclaimed films of all time I will never understand.
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Jan 21, 2017 22:52
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Did you watch The Godfather on a shiny PC monitor? Because I can understand not liking the cinematography when you spend half the time seeing a reflection of your own face.
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Jan 22, 2017 00:51
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Do this thread in reverse and you'll get way more replies, OP.
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Jan 22, 2017 00:56
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If you can't understand why The Godfather is a great movie, you probably don't have much of a foundation in what good cinema is. It's not even a matter of whether you like a film or not. I don't care for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, but I think it's a good film that deserves its accolades. Anyways, I think Independence Day is garbage. I get why people like it, but I can't stand it.
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Jan 22, 2017 02:08
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The first one that comes to mind is Possession (1981). Opinions are nearly universally positive, but I found it unbearably grating. I get that the outpouring of exaggerated emotion is intentional, but it got on my nerves like few movies have. It took me two tries to get through it, and when I finally did I thought my brain was going to explode.
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Jan 22, 2017 02:25
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I don't much care for The Fountain or Black Swan. I don't really remember enough about either to elaborate though.
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Jan 22, 2017 02:28
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birdman is a loving insufferable movie that everyone inexplicably adores
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Jan 22, 2017 02:31
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Do this thread in reverse and you'll get way more replies, OP. I think it should be, "Movies that are well-liked that you also like"
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Jan 22, 2017 02:36
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Hat Thoughts posted:I think it should be, "Movies that are well-liked that you also like" Hell yeah.
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Jan 22, 2017 02:37
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Movies that you only like because they were on TV all the time.
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Jan 22, 2017 02:37
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Do this thread in reverse and you'll get way more replies, OP. A thread where I watch the entirety of M. Night's middle period for the first time and slowly realize that I love every one of them
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Jan 22, 2017 03:29
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Movies that you only like because they were on TV all the time. Finally, I can paste the Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins megapost ive had cued up for so long
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Jan 22, 2017 03:35
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I like Lars and the Real Girl a great deal
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Jan 22, 2017 04:40
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Spatulater bro! posted:The first one that comes to mind is Possession (1981). [...] when I finally did I thought my brain was going to explode. Yeah, that's what is so fantastic about it.
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Jan 22, 2017 06:57
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Spatulater bro! posted:The first one that comes to mind is Possession (1981). Opinions are nearly universally positive, but I found it unbearably grating. I get that the outpouring of exaggerated emotion is intentional, but it got on my nerves like few movies have. It took me two tries to get through it, and when I finally did I thought my brain was going to explode. Possession is a movie that you have to grow to like because it's incredibly uncomfortable to watch especially if you've been through that sort of break up or divorce. It just really nails the emotions regarding that. Citizen Kane is a boring slog and I've never really liked any of Welles films.
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Jan 22, 2017 07:30
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I don't know if I'd say I hate it, but I find Big Lebowski really boring. Which is weird, because there's so much in it that I theoretically enjoy, but it never comes together. It's kind of oddly subdued.
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Jan 22, 2017 17:22
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I think I would like Big Lewbowski better if I had seen it without any preconceptions. When I first came to it the internet had already talked about it to death, so it didn't seem as surprising if I had went in blind. I still like it, but I prefer several other Coen brothers films over it.
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Jan 22, 2017 17:37
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Hollismason posted:Citizen Kane is a boring slog and I've never really liked any of Welles films. Out of curiosity, have you watched it on your own terms or as part of a film class? Not that that necessarily makes a difference, but it's a really entertaining movie that works perfectly fine outside of an academic context.
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Jan 22, 2017 18:29
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Apes-Ma posted:I think I would like Big Lewbowski better if I had seen it without any preconceptions. When I first came to it the internet had already talked about it to death, so it didn't seem as surprising if I had went in blind. I had an friend of a friend in college who was literally obsessed with Big Lebowski (he looked like Walter), something about that movie really grabs people.
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Jan 22, 2017 18:34
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Citizen Kane would be better if the news reel opening was like 90% shorter.
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Jan 22, 2017 19:53
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Hollismason posted:
Ted, is that you? 
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Jan 22, 2017 20:06
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Magic Hate Ball posted:I had an friend of a friend in college who was literally obsessed with Big Lebowski (he looked like Walter), something about that movie really grabs people It's an eminently quotable film, the kind you can very easily incorporate into a casual conversation. Probably the same reason Monty Python and the Holy Grail has proven so enduring.
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Jan 22, 2017 20:12
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It's totally insufferable when anyone quotes either and then makes this face like "oh i'm so original".
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Jan 22, 2017 20:32
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Birdman had some good scenes but overall seemed pretty uninspired and pretentious. I would appreciate it for the consequent, meta career resurgence of Michael Keaton but I think that distinction belongs to The Other Guys. I saw a lot of love for Berberian Sound Studio on this forum but Jesus Christ what a snoozefest. I think it's the only film that actively put me to sleep.
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Jan 22, 2017 20:40
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The Night of the Hunter bored me. A few scenes look really good but the rest of the film is a slog. I don't get its critical resurgence in the past 15 years, either - the contemporary reviews were pretty spot-on.
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Jan 22, 2017 20:55
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Jenny Angel posted:A thread where I watch the entirety of M. Night's middle period for the first time and slowly realize that I love every one of them What's your favorite, I can't even picture a good guess right now.
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Jan 22, 2017 21:06
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God Hole posted:I saw a lot of love for Berberian Sound Studio on this forum but Jesus Christ what a snoozefest. I think it's the only film that actively put me to sleep. How familiar are you with Giallos? I liked Berberian Sound Studio quite a bit, but I don't know how interesting it would be for someone who doesn't care much about Italian horror. Magic Hate Ball posted:It's totally insufferable when anyone quotes either and then makes this face like "oh i'm so original". Overexposure has ruined a lot of great comedies, sadly.
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Jan 22, 2017 21:12
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The Witch set out to make a horror movie without jump scares, only to remove the scares part as well. If I ever had a Fury Road itch, I'd just load Fallout: New Vegas, spawn a bunch of random Raiders, and have them chase me through the wasteland for a few hours. Generic after-the-end cars populated by genetic mooks, chasing after generic hot women. Yee-awn. (to be fair I'm not sure if these really count. Witch got relatively negative cinemascores from people leaving the movie and my audience reaction was similar, and FR couldn't beat Pitch Perfect 2 at the BO.)
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Jan 22, 2017 22:52
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Man of Steel.
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Jan 22, 2017 23:05
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I didn't hate Fury Road, but after it had been hyped to high heaven, especially by goons, as the greatest action film EVER!!! I was a bit deflated when my reaction was "It was.. okay, I guess." Better than Battletruck, but no Mad Max 2.
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Jan 22, 2017 23:25
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Spatulater bro! posted:Out of curiosity, have you watched it on your own terms or as part of a film class? Not that that necessarily makes a difference, but it's a really entertaining movie that works perfectly fine outside of an academic context. No I watched them all on my own. I'm not saying the films are not well directed , but overall I just find them "MEH". Obviously the man was a brilliant director. I just don't care for his movies I find them boring.
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Jan 22, 2017 23:34
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Guardians of the Galaxy is a movie I had forgotten everything about as I left the theater. It's got pretty colors, and the characters are somewhat memorable, but, for the life of me, I couldn't tell you what happens in that film, or why it happens. All Marvel movies are disposable to an extent, but, the fact that this one is held in such high regard has always confused and angered me.
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Jan 23, 2017 00:45
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I haven't seen a Marvel movie that wasn't impossibly dull and empty.
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Jan 23, 2017 01:15
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ElNarez posted:Guardians of the Galaxy is a movie I had forgotten everything about as I left the theater. It's got pretty colors, and the characters are somewhat memorable, but, for the life of me, I couldn't tell you what happens in that film, or why it happens. All Marvel movies are disposable to an extent, but, the fact that this one is held in such high regard has always confused and angered me. I really enjoyed Guardians because it was every bit as fun and as disposable as every other Marvel movie but I had no reason to actually care about any of the characters (unlike, say, Iron Man or whatever) and had zero idea who anyone was. It was still disposable and still fun. I'm gonna go with Blade Runner. It has everything I should like about a movie. But despite many attempts to watch it, directors cut, theatrical cut, other versions, I always fall asleep. I'm sure it's good and all that but I can't not fall asleep watching it.
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Jan 23, 2017 01:28
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Big superhero-Star Wars movies is cheating. I've been TRYING to think of something but it's like, I don't usually even bother with Oscar-bait movies but you take some pompous much-parodied stuff like Goodwill Hunting and I find something I like about it. Ehhhh.... Forest Gump, I guess? e: Arrival! I mean, I didn't hate it at all, it was just kind of like, "set up logic problem: resolution, The Movie." I wouldn't see it again.
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Jan 23, 2017 01:29
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Movies that you only like because they were on TV all the time. This list has to begin and end with Shawshank. I'm convinced it being on TNT every other Saturday for like ten years is the sole reason it's embedded in the public consciousness.
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Jan 23, 2017 01:37
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I'm looking through Academy Award nominees/winners but it's like, is there anybody out there who doesn't roll their eyes if you mention Crash?
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Jan 23, 2017 01:44
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WENTZ WAGON NUI posted:I'm looking through Academy Award nominees/winners but it's like, is there anybody out there who doesn't roll their eyes if you mention Crash? My wife's mom and grandfather think it's one of the most powerful movies they've ever seen.
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Jan 23, 2017 01:51
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I really didn't like The Pianist. It was like a bunch of tearjerker WWII stuff but nothing really beyond that. It was a weak reply to "Life is Beautiful" which is a great movie.
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Jan 23, 2017 01:58
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Shbobdb posted:I really didn't like The Pianist. I'm more surprised someone is out there riding for Life Is Beautiful.
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