Movies everyone else loves but, you hate

[Johnny Blister]

What´s not to like?It´s a cute,touching story of a boy and his alien buddy,with top-notch FX and the best director at the helm.

And call me a troll.

[Chadzilla]

I'll repeat my comment - While I can appreciate the technical artistry of the original (that reissue never happened, IMHO), it remains an overly manipulative and ultimately pointless exercise in tearjerking to me.

Yes the movie is a well made fairy tale.  Nonetheless I found Spielberg's handling of the movie too manipulative to enjoy more than one viewing (believe me, I've tried).  The movie is so cloyingly sweet that I need an insulin IV to even think about it.  It doesn't work for me.  I prefer Alien.

[Johnny Blister]

It´s a family movie.But sdo you really consider a movie where the protagonist calls his buddy"penis breath"THAT sweet?

[Chadzilla]

s**t man, when I was Elliot's age we kids called each other worse things than that.  Believe me.  Nothing more to say about it.  Bye-bye.

[Johnny Blister]

"Shrek"and"The Muppet Movie"proved that family movies CAN be good.


But my friend here(Simon Croix)says that you say that because you like gory slasher,and that E.T. is a work of art.

[Chadzilla]

Your 'friend' is mistaken on both levels - my tastes are extremely varied and E.T. is not a work of art.  Just an artfully manipulative tearjerker.  One that gets more and more boring with each viewing.  I find the idea of sitting through The Color Purple or Empire of the Sun more inviting.

[Johnny Blister]

OK,to each his own.

[Fearless Freep]

Just an artfully manipulative tearjerker.

I would submit that most movies are intended to be manipulative in one way or another.  Slashers/horror movies are heavily manipulative, as are 'chick flicks', just in different directions.  I don't mind a movie being manipulative; I sorta suspect that at some level any director is trying to manipulate my emotions in some way, otherwise I wouldn't care about their movie. It's just a matter if they are going in the same direction I want to go.  If they are?  great.  If not?  *shrug* I go elsewhere.  No harm done.

If a movie is manipulative and successful, it just means that a lot of people wanted their emotions maniuplated in that way and the movie did it effectively.  Who am I to say they're all wrong?



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[Vermin Boy]

I've never quite seen why people rank "Bride of the Monster" up there with "Plan 9" and "Glen or Glenda?" Sure, Bela and Tor are pretty funny, and it has its moments, but I didn't think it was anywhere near as amazing as Wood's other stuff.

[jmc]

Amazing how?  

I thought NIGHT OF  THE GHOULS was Wood's most "amazing" in terms of badness.

[Johnny Blister]

To me,Ed Wood did only three movies:Glenn Or Glenda,Bride Of The Monster and Plan 9 From Outer Space.

You decided which is superior.

[jmc]

For me GLEN OR GLENDA is just too bad to even watch.  I've only seen it once and could hardly get through it.  So I guess that's the superior film in the bad movie sense, but least entertaining.    But I agree that it's his most personal film.  That's part of the problem.

[Vermin Boy]

Amazing in the sense of nonsensical dialogue, glaring mistakes, bizarre personal flairs, etc. Those are all present in Bride of the Monster, but not quite on the same level as in Plan 9 and Glenda (I still haven't seen Night of the Ghouls, but I will the first chance I get). Maybe it was just the wavelength I was on when I watched it, but it didn't seem that much better or worse than most of Lugosi's movies at the time.

[claws]

I don't exactly hate Day of the Dead (1985) but it certainly is my least favorite Romero movie. Everybody seems to love it, some even prefer it over Dawn of the Dead.

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Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)

[Olivia Bauer]

Jesus Christ! What's with all the guests on this thread?

-Fifth Element
-Wizard of Oz
-Most "Modern" Comedy films