Confessions About Movies

[indianasmith]

Oh, and one more thing - I've never watched any of the FAST AND FURIOUS movies either.
Car races bore me.

[M.10rda]

I watched part 3, TOKYO DRIFT, because I like Lucas Black and I like Japan. It was fine. Vin Diesel appears in one shot at the end, I think, which was also fine. I never felt motivated to watch any of the other entries, even though I know some serious film snobs who insist that parts 7-9 are legitimately great cinema.      Hey, who knows!

[zombie no.one]

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

yeah I've seen a making-of doc that went over all the problems with Bruce the shark... iirc I think they said at one point the whole film was ready to be abandoned!

Oh, and one more thing - I've never watched any of the FAST AND FURIOUS movies either.
Car races bore me.

I've seen about half an hour of one of the sequels. no idea which one. wasn't expectingg to like it anyway, but what did surprise me was how obviously aimed at young teens it was. it was like a film for 11-13yr olds

[Dr. Whom]

Unlike the second JAWS where they shoved that damn shark down your throat  

I think that was supposed to be the other way round.

I caught the Jaws hype when it came out, but then I was too young to be allowed to see it. I saw it decades later, thinking it would be just another overrated 'classic', but I was pleasantly surprised.

Unlike, say, 2001 which is pretentious and boring. There, I've said it.

[Rev. Powell]

I've never seen JAWS and I've never had any interest in it.

[zombie no.one]

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

I've never seen JAWS and I've never had any interest in it.

ok we believe you 

[zombie no.one]

both BACK TO THE FUTURE sequels... not terrible, but not good either. both seem to have fairly devoted fanbases, but totally pale in comparison to the original IMO

Part 3 especially just seems like a very slight, 'small' film. if that makes sense

[Allhallowsday]

The rape scene in A CLOCKWORK ORANGE was intended to be funny.  It isn't. 

[Trevor]

The rape scene in A CLOCKWORK ORANGE was intended to be funny.  It isn't. 

I didn't know that was Kubrick's intention with it. Banned for many years here.

[claws]

I didn't know that was Kubrick's intention with it. Banned for many years here.

Kubrick himself banned A Clockwork Orange in the UK because he knew there would be trouble with the rating/censor board.

[Gabriel Knight]

I hate A CLOCKWORK ORANGE with the strength of a burning sun.

[zombie no.one]

Kubrick himself banned A Clockwork Orange in the UK because he knew there would be trouble with the rating/censor board.

I remember my university screening it a few days after Kubrik died and the 'ban' was lifted. in the canteen iirc.... only me and about half a dozen other film geeks turned up to watch

it must've been around the same time that THE EXCORCIST ban was lifted, saw that at the cinema when that was finally 'allowed'... people were laughing throughout

[Trevor]

Kubrick himself banned A Clockwork Orange in the UK because he knew there would be trouble with the rating/censor board.

I remember my university screening it a few days after Kubrik died and the 'ban' was lifted. in the canteen iirc.... only me and about half a dozen other film geeks turned up to watch

it must've been around the same time that THE EXCORCIST ban was lifted, saw that at the cinema when that was finally 'allowed'... people were laughing throughout

The consensus among SA movie fans was "we didn't actually miss much" after these two were unbanned and released. 

[zombie no.one]

EXORCIST is my favourite film critic's favourite film. I have tried with it but I just find it snoresome. the intro alone seems to go on for 4.5 hours... give me THE OMEN any day, that film rocks.

CLOCKWORK ORANGE I've only seen it 2 or 3 times but I do like it and think it's very original. one of the few book-to-screen adaptations that I would say is better than the book. (see also JAWS)

[Trevor]

EXORCIST is my favourite film critic's favourite film. I have tried with it but I just find it snoresome. the intro alone seems to go on for 4.5 hours... give me THE OMEN any day, that film rocks.

CLOCKWORK ORANGE I've only seen it 2 or 3 times but I do like it and think it's very original. one of the few book-to-screen adaptations that I would say is better than the book. (see also JAWS)

The film of Jaws is way better than the book as the book was filled with very unlikable people like Hooper and Ellen Brody.