Movies that you never "got"?

[Trevor]

For me it's THE BIG LEBOWSKI and THIS IS SPINAL TAP: I never really found them more than mildly amusing.

I also never quite understood the appeal of DISTRICT 9 but I did like CHAPPIE.

[Rev. Powell]

THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION. I remember it being a decent enough movie but none of the details really stuck out in my mind. I can't understand why so many people think it's the greatest movie of all time. I might consider it one of the top 5 movies of 1994, but it's not even my favorite film released that year.

[zombie no.one]

I do like SPINAL TAP a lot but I think it pales in comparison to WAITING FOR GUFFMAN and A MIGHTY WIND which are basically the same thing in a different setting.

BIG LEBOWSKI took me a few watches as I said recently. I can totally understand someone not getting it.


>>> JACKIE BROWN for me just never comes to life. I want to like it more than I do because 90s Tarantino.

[RCMerchant]

SUSPIRIA (1977). I've heard people say it's Dario Argento's best film. Not to me. I though DEEP RED (1975) and PHENOMENA (1985) were heads above SUSPIRA. BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMMAGE (1970) as well.

[Cult_Moody_Movies]

The work of this glorified plagiarist fanboy:

[LilCerberus]

http://www.badmovies.org/movies/ninjawars/

[Trevor]

The work of this glorified plagiarist fanboy:

I liked RESERVOIR DOGS and PLUMP FICTION: nothing after that.

[Trevor]

I do like SPINAL TAP a lot but I think it pales in comparison to WAITING FOR GUFFMAN and A MIGHTY WIND which are basically the same thing in a different setting.

BIG LEBOWSKI took me a few watches as I said recently. I can totally understand someone not getting it.


>>> JACKIE BROWN for me just never comes to life. I want to like it more than I do because 90s Tarantino.

I agree about JACKIE BROWN: aside from Pam Grier, the movie was meh.

[Trevor]

SUSPIRIA (1977). I've heard people say it's Dario Argento's best film. Not to me. I though DEEP RED (1975) and PHENOMENA (1985) were heads above SUSPIRA. BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMMAGE (1970) as well.

The remake of SUSPIRIA makes the original movie look great 😳.

I agree about DEEP RED: it was the first Argento film I saw.

[zombie no.one]

I also think SUSPIRIA is overrated in the context of Argento's filmography, although it does have arguably the Best Death Ever™

PLUMP FICTION

too much Royale with cheese? 

[chainsaw midget]

I never saw what the big deal was with the Blair Witch.  Buncha' people that can't hold a camera steady wandering around lost in the woods acting afraid. 

[Rev. Powell]

I never saw what the big deal was with the Blair Witch.  Buncha' people that can't hold a camera steady wandering around lost in the woods acting afraid. 

Amazing word-of-mouth campaign, and found footage horror was a new concept when it came out. (Some gullible) people actually believed that they were watching real footage at the time. But as a movie, agreed, it's not that great. As a marketing ploy, it was genius.

[LilCerberus]

La Belle Noiseuse (1991)
Well, not that I cared...

[claws]

Not a movie but I never "got" MST3K. This kind of making fun of bad movies didn't work for me. It's like watching a children's show aimed at adults?
I understand it has its place in American pop culture, but it's just too silly and annoying for my inner man child.

[Trevor]

I also think SUSPIRIA is overrated in the context of Argento's filmography, although it does have arguably the Best Death Ever™

PLUMP FICTION

too much Royale with cheese? 

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