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Inspired by the other film thread.
Which films have you seen that had you scratching your head as to why they are held in such critical and/or popular acclaim?
I'll start (obvs)-
Withnail and I. Absolute gash. (sorry Binbins)
Shawshank Redemption.
Also not a fan of Withnail, but I wonder if I'd have liked it more if it hadn't been built up so much (and subject of so many terrible impressions).
Popular ones...
Fast & Furious
Stuff with Adam Sandler
Hangover etc.
Lock stock and two smoking barrels, totally dire.
Shawshank Redemption
is another good shout. It's not bad, but it's not all that.
Anything with Tom Hanks or Robin Williams
Lost in translation
Star Wars
Harry Potter
Bladerunner.
i know, for it's time, etc. the effects, blah. genre defining, yawn.
but it's 3 and a half hours of H Ford looking out of a window.
Bladerunner.i know, for it's time, etc. the effects, blah. genre defining, yawn.
but it's 3 and a half hours of H Ford looking out of a window.
Amen brother.
And to this I shall add Alien.
Adam Sandler films are well-regarded, you think?
It's a Wonderful Life. Mawkish bollocks.
+1 Bladerunner. My wannabe film critic brother-in-law sums it up nicely as a person because it's his favorite film getting the same review as every other film he does "it's so clever, great screenplay". It's boring (or maybe I'm not clever enough).
Slumdog Millionaire.
Lord of the Rings
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The correct answer is Titanic.
It's a Wonderful Life. Mawkish bollocks.
^^ THIS.
Also, Perfume. That's two hours of my life I'll never get back.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Happy Gilmour
Bladerunner
21 Jump street
Fast & Furious
The Hangover
How could I forget....Eyes wide shut
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Adam Sandler films are well-regarded, you think?
I went with the popular option
why they are held in such critical and/or popular acclaim?
not sure why people actually pay to see some of the crap out there
oh and as for Titanic, when a girl suggests watching it after coming home it means you're not getting any, what is it near on 3hrs and we all know it's going to sink and we are going to have to listen to Celine Dion!
Frozen
Everything by Tarantino after Reservoir Dogs.
Another vote for the Shawshank redemption. Awful
The thin red line - its just so boring
Ooh, remembered a good one.
The Lego Movie!
From the 'Everything is Awesome' song onwards, it felt like a contrived, unfunny, over-long and underplotted advert for whatever set they wanted to flog that Christmas.
some people have a very different definition of 'well regarded' to me. 😆
EDIT
just looked up reviews of the Hangover. Seems that it is, in fact, reasonably well regarded. Who knew? 😆
Any film given a 5 star rating by the Guardian, or referred to as a 'must see' on Newsnight Review
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Oh god this, I think I know why - it was the 3D thing, we went ooooh, we went ahhhh this is amazing.
Then we watched it at home without 3D and you realise it's an overly long, boring mess of a thing.
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Top Gun
Oops! You said "Well regarded" 🙄
The Thin Red Line and anything by Wes Anderson except The Grand Budapest Hotel (which is ace).
Erazorhead
Wings of Desire
Alien
The thin red line - its just so boring
was going to nominate this as soon as I saw the thread title. Totally pretentious twaddle.
And in a similar vein Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Not clever, surreal and quirky, just annoying and far too full of itself.
On behalf of Munqe Chick I'll list The Grand Budapest Hotel. she HATED it!
Heat
and
Silence of The Lambs.
Both for the same reason. The ending is stoooopid!
and
Knocked Up. Which has masses of good reviews on Amazon and elsewhere. It is unfunny, overlong, full of unlikeable, vile characters and well, is shit.
The Thin Red Line or anything by Terrence Malick (pretentious [rudeness])
Any Richard Curtis Film but lets say Love Actually
Chariots of Fire
DezB La Takedown is better than Heat from what I remember
BIRDMAN
BIRDMAN
Oh god, how could I forget? One of only two films where I've walked out of the cinema half way through (the other being Kill Bill)
I went to see Traffic (Michael douglas and welsh bird) in the cinema and fell asleep. Hated it!
The Apartment ..Jack Lemmon's CC Baxter just annoyed me too much.
Bicycle Thieves .. Meh
Aliens.
Top Gun.
Anything by Oliver Stone, apart from Salvador.
Stargate.
Braveheart.
Gladiator.
Nightmare on Elm St.
Just don't do it for me.
Oh, and the last film I saw - "Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them" aka "A Shit Actor and Loads of CGI Bollocks".
My son's review "That's the worst film I've ever seen". (he hasn't seen as many as most of us, but he's seen a fair few)
Oh god, how could I forget? One of only two films where I've walked out of the cinema half way through (the other being Kill Bill)
I think you and I would probably get on.
walking out of a cinema you say?
Jackie Brown.
I think you and I would probably get on.
Oh, quiet you *blushes*