Confessions About Movies

[chainsaw midget]

Most dramas that win Oscars are usually far less interesting than the comedies and horror movies that come out at the same time. 

[Trevor]

Most dramas that win Oscars are usually far less interesting than the comedies and horror movies that come out at the same time. 

 

[M.10rda]

I too have skipped certain films of interest because of one name in the cast, but FWIW I recall Justin Timberlake being in less than 5 minutes of INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS... he performs one folk song w/ other musicians (probably only an excerpt) and has around half a dozen lines of dialogue. The movie is eminently viewable if you just FF through his brief appearances. 

[zombie no.one]

Dustbin Timberfake.

 and he's actually in it, not just peripherally connected? I just can't
...well maybe if I force myself 

[M.10rda]

Dustbin Timberfake.

 and he's actually in it, not just peripherally connected? I just can't
...well maybe if I force myself 

Yeah, he's actually in it, but he's a minor character that Llewyn Davis resents/has contempt for iirc so at least the Coens recognized how punchable JT was.

[zombie no.one]

heh,now you're almost selling it to me!

more confession time:

I have never seen THE MATRIX, BLADERUNNER, any STAR WARS film released after the 1980s, AVATAR, any LORD OF THE RINGS films, any HARRY POTTER films, any PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN films, any MISSION IMPOSSIBLE films, or any of the Daniel Craig JAMES BOND films.... so there!

[M.10rda]

I'd recommend the BLADE RUNNERs and STAR WARS: ROGUE ONE.

I've also only seen the first two Craig Bonds and the first four M:Is so can't really comment on those.

All the others you mentioned - I'd say you can rest easy skippin' 'em! 

[indianasmith]

I have not seen, and have no desire to see, any of the ROCKY movies.

[zombie no.one]

All the others you mentioned - I'd say you can rest easy skippin' 'em!  

I am in the bad books of a few peoole I know for having never seen (or read) any of the HARRY POTTERs... I stand defiant!

I have not seen, and have no desire to see, any of the ROCKY movies.

I'd be the same however ROCKY V was listed in so many 'worst sequel ever' lists that I couldn't resist checking it out. not seen any of the others

on the subject of boxing, the 'greatest movie of the 80s' RAGING BULL did nothing for me...

[Gabriel Knight]

I enjoy LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN, WILD WILD WEST and VAN HELSING enormously every time I watch them, and I do that at least once a year. The level of cheesy is so over the top that it's impossible for me not to like them.

My favorite STAR WARS movie will always be THE PHANTOM MENACE.

I still think CITIZEN KANE is an overrated piece of boring garbage.

I have not seen, and have no desire to see, any of the ROCKY movies.

That makes two of us.

[zombie no.one]

I still think CITIZEN KANE is an overrated piece of boring garbage.

ditto? may have to revisit, only saw it once yonks ago... but I think as a species we have now got over calling it the greatest film ever made, and saying " (X) is like the CITIZEN KANE of (Y)"

but talking of supposed greatest ever films, I genuinely think THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION is so bad it's good. it's so unintentionally campy?

[Rev. Powell]

Speaking of movies we've never seen, I've never seen JAWS and have no interest in it.

I've never been able to watch IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE for more than a few minutes at a time, and I generally can't stand what I have seen.

[zombie no.one]

I wonder whether JAWS would look really dated to a first-time viewer now. the shark gets criticized a lot, but I actually think the shark in the first one looks pretty convincing, getting less so with each film as the series goes on.

I have to say I love it and no other shark movies even come close imo

I've never been able to watch IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE for more than a few minutes at a time, and I generally can't stand what I have seen.

only saw it for the first time last year. aside from a couple of amusingly witty lines I thougt it was a bit drab... very 'crowd pleasy'

[claws]

I wonder whether JAWS would look really dated to a first-time viewer now. the shark gets criticized a lot, but I actually think the shark in the first one looks pretty convincing, getting less so with each film as the series goes on.

There are countless videos on YouTube of millennials watching and reacting to Jaws for the first time, and they all seem to enjoy it very much. The movie obviously still holds up well.

[javakoala]

I wonder whether JAWS would look really dated to a first-time viewer now. the shark gets criticized a lot, but I actually think the shark in the first one looks pretty convincing, getting less so with each film as the series goes on.

Originally, the shark was supposed to be on camera a helluva lot more in the original movie, but issues with the mechanical flop pushed Spielberg to use old-school techniques that left the shark being more of a malign presence, making the sudden glimpses feel more frightening.

Unlike the second JAWS where they shoved that damn shark down your throat to the point it became a joke, hence the original version of JAWS 3 was meant to be a comedy. I mean, in the end, it still was, but supposedly unintentionally.