I know it's going to be controversial especially after all the awards and such, and particularly after how well the original did. Yes it's a masterpiece of story telling, with deep and complex characters. Yes, the cinematography is second to none (and let's not forget the superb sound design). But I really just couldn't get into "Dumb & Dumber To".

@garvitsharma9540

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@floreamihai3852

3 жыл бұрын

To be fair it is an aquired taste

@cosmopolisnouvelle259

3 жыл бұрын

too or two or ll or 2?

@OGRE_HATES_NERDS

6 ай бұрын

it was at least as a funny as the original

I have to say, I love how this comment section has proven that every movie in existence will have some detractors

@WolfGamer2000YT

3 жыл бұрын

Obviously, there will be always somebody who did not agree with the rest.

@redhippopotamus9144

3 жыл бұрын

Holy crap it's you, your famous

The kings speech felt like it had been placed through a oscar bait generator and it felt like it would have been more interesting as a documentary

@donjindra

3 жыл бұрын

I thought it was a fantastic movie. It would not have worked well as a doc.

@jamesatkinsonja

2 жыл бұрын

I've always thought that. British Royalty-Check, WW2-Check, Overcoming a limitation-Check.

The start of the exorcist in iraq is one of the most atmospheric starts to a movie ever .

@Bucklestein

3 жыл бұрын

There's just something about the sound design and mystery in that opening, it really leaves you with a sense of dread as to what's to come.

@wobblertv8083

3 жыл бұрын

@@Bucklestein I agree ,especially when father Merrin goes into the ruins .And comes face to face with pazuzu. And the dogs start fighting and you hear that eerie scream .That statue is terrifying .

@ytcorporate9237

3 жыл бұрын

Have to disagree on this, haha. I really like The Exorcist, but every time I watch it I have to skip the beginning. I feel like it's sortoff redundant as the movie works without it; then again, so is the introduction to Raiders of the Lost Ark.

@TheGodlessGuitarist

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely agree. It is so eery and sets up the film beautifully.

@unclenogbad1509

3 жыл бұрын

Got a theory. When I first saw the Exorcist, I just thought it was a good horror film (NB, yes about the opening, but I had to watch it again to see how that related to the rest of it). Thing was, a lot of my mates thought it was the scariest thing ever, bringing out fears buried in the darker recesses of their psyche. Across the whole group, we soon worked out that the affected ones were all brought up as Catholics, with fear of the devil planted deep into them from a young age. Atheists like me, also attendant Proddies, just couldn't see it. A later interview with Max Von Sydow concluded much the same thing.

I find 90% of Disney's library to be boring, dull, watered down material.

@shaunpearson7905

5 жыл бұрын

They killed Bambi's Mom dude have a heart!!

I'm not a film nerd but only saw Citizen Kane about a year ago. I thought it was brilliant. It was a terrific story and every single scene looked like it had been crafted to perfection. I can see why people think it's the greatest film

@JT29501

3 жыл бұрын

This is definitely the best way to approach it and to see it, so often people are disappointed because they are told it is the "greatest film" and expect some sort of life shattering epic, huge and grandiose in scope.. It's just a well made and innovative film, made by a really talented young director. People should try and enjoy it on its own terms.

@defundhollywood3259

Жыл бұрын

I love it, absolutely love it!

@Intestine_Ballin-ism

11 ай бұрын

​@@JT29501 I watched it at 15 or 16, I just looked at the year it was made, and Welles' age at the time, and was entirely blown away just by those facts alone

For me a lot of people are misunderstanding the premise of the question. What film do you know is good but you personally don't connect with? Some people seem to think the question is what popular film is there that you personally hate?

@CS-mo7xp

6 жыл бұрын

D Lewis of course they are. distinguishing between personal taste and objective analysis is a concept way too subtle for most people to wrap their heads around.

Dunkirk. Loved the cinematography and found its look very convincing, but it just seemed to say nothing about an event we all know very well. Just felt like 2 hours of scenes of ships sinking.

@thomasmacisaac1503

3 жыл бұрын

One of the problems with Dunkirk is it has no teeth; should have been rated R.

@turn1210

3 жыл бұрын

Only the spitfire scenes really did it for me, the rest I found dull

@thomasmacisaac1503

3 жыл бұрын

@@turn1210 yeah, I'd say the same. I liked the veeeerrry beginning until they get to the beach, the sinking boat scene and the spitfire sequences. The structure was inventive and probably the best part of the film, but yeah... no blood really robs the film of realism and impact.

@xtrachrisb488

3 жыл бұрын

Dunkirk was bad. That sound effect they used made it torture to watch.

@aryankaushik93

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I respect your opinion. I used to think about that when my taste in films wasn't that mature

Baby driver for me. I was really looking forward to it and I left thinking that I've just watched a number of music videos that were very loosely connected, dunno if it was my expectations or the hype machine but disappointment is the only emotion I have for that one.

@twoeggcups

3 жыл бұрын

Miscast. Sounds great on paper, but only Jamie Foxx actually feels right in his role.

@luismarioguerrerosanchez4747

3 жыл бұрын

@twoeggcups I don't like the actor who plays the main role, he's also in the Carrie remake and is just as bad there. I hated how they killed off Jamie Foxx's character, he was by far the most interesting part of the movie.

The Deer Hunter for me, I understand the power of its message and that so many love it for that but I just couldn't wait for it to be over.

@reinforcedpenisstem

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@douglasdea637

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed. I've tried watching it at least twice and turn it off after the hour long wedding sequence.

@mrawesome669

3 жыл бұрын

@@douglasdea637 it's beyond excessive, always just felt meandering and without much narrative focus.

@turn1210

3 жыл бұрын

@@mrawesome669 yeah, it felt like three films randomly stitched together for me

@DDChorror

3 жыл бұрын

Oh man I LOVE the Deer Hunter. That scene where everyone is in a bar laughing and joking and having a good time until one of them plays a somber song on the piano and everyone goes quiet when they remember they're going off to war the next day. Then cut to vietnam and they're in a cage with rats biting their feet after being captured by the vietcong. Then we have the amazing Russian Roulette scene that has so much intensity and overwhelming tension. Christopher Walkins character who spends his life after the war trying to chase the high he felt in that moment. Amazing film

Breakfast at Tiffany’s. It’s one of those films you always hear about. Eventually I got round to watching it and was like..... really???

@doovbaloevera1430

4 жыл бұрын

As I recall I think, we both kind of liked it.

@Bartonovich52

3 жыл бұрын

I just watched it and absolutely loved it.

@Secretname807

3 жыл бұрын

@@doovbaloevera1430 well that's the one thing we've got

@topologyrob

3 жыл бұрын

Some very cringeworthy fake Japanese moments

@stevebrizzle

3 жыл бұрын

Completely agree with the OP. I found Breakfast at Tiffany’s to be incredibly vapid, becoming offensive anytime Mickey Rooney was on screen in his cringe-inducing yellow-face routine. I’m astounded the movie has gained the reputation of a classic.

Forrest Gump for me - It's undeniably a great film but it always has this feeling of false sentimentality that it really doesn't earn in my eyes.

@limecat1986

6 жыл бұрын

I love his journey through a very eventful couple of decades of American history. And I think the humour is brilliant as well as the original score.

@amyclarke41

5 жыл бұрын

oh i liked shawshank and green mile 😊

@film79

5 жыл бұрын

Is Forrest Gump well regarded in the UK? Its hated here in the US, it was sort of liked when it came out but quickly people turned on it after Gump won best picture over, i think, pulp fiction.

@z-beeblebrox

5 жыл бұрын

@@film79 In the UK I don't know what anyone's honest opinion of it is, but it still gets quoted here and there, so it left an impression. Although I think that's because it's eminently spoofable, rather than a comment on its quality.

@phishwak

5 жыл бұрын

It was the opposite for me - I hated it on first viewing but have loved it since then. Can't say why but I can also understand that it can be overly sentimental.

I don't think Samurai cop is as amazing as people say though it is a fine film

I loved Citizen Kane. Endlessly inventive and so oddly moving.

@Bartonovich52

3 жыл бұрын

To me it’s right up there with a Shakespearean tragedy. He had everything in the world yet he longed for the one thing that he had when he had almost nothing...

@justinszabo5205

3 жыл бұрын

yeah it really holds up

@tillerman7272

3 жыл бұрын

I went in to it thinking it was going to be boring but it was brilliant

@habiibqawiy7884

2 жыл бұрын

Yep. Citizen Kane may perhaps just be the most profound piece of cinema ever filmed. It touches on universal themes and whatnot. Ultimately, it holds up so well to this day. Wow.

I think Moonlight is masterfully made but I wouldn't watch it again.

@lucanreynolds1341

6 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@AotearoaChef

6 жыл бұрын

Yeh, I get what they were trying to do but I did not like it at all.

@amyclarke41

5 жыл бұрын

it was dull 😊

@juliewake4585

4 жыл бұрын

It’s wonderful.

@matthewpaterson282

3 жыл бұрын

I agree, Call Me By Your Name and Blue is the Warmest Colour are the romances I keep going back to. All three are films about life, but CMBYN and BWC are about loving life and enjoying life, while Moonlight has a lot of pain bottled up in it.

On the flip side. I think films: Toy Story (1995) & Memento (2000) will be even more highly regarded (move up the rankings) as film-making craftsmanship will plateau and films will be graded on execution of concepts.

I'd like to mention Quentin Tarantino. I've found that with the more freedom he got the more he ended up directing great scenes instead of great films, I've really found most of his films a lot less than the sum of its parts, even though still enjoyable. He seems to make every bit as intense and grand as he can without much of notion of how it would fit in the rest of the film.

@christophernason4307

3 жыл бұрын

Yes Tarrantino, morally degenerate films.

@PauLtus_B

3 жыл бұрын

@@christophernason4307 Also probably true.

@riynu7774

Жыл бұрын

". He seems to make every bit as intense and grand as he can '' i don't think that is a bad thing nor do i think if tarantino really does that way of filmaking. i would give that title to a lot of foreign directors who have brilliant film in that way of filmmaking.

@riynu7774

Жыл бұрын

@@christophernason4307 that's just bommer brainrot taking place

Todd Haynes Carol is the one which perplexes me. All of my friends love it and I do admire it but that’s it with me. Kyle chandler is awesome though.

Films are such a product of the time, when you saw them in relation to the time, and your age and experience, at first and later viewing.

I’d say Fargo. Everything about it is good but I feel it’s a bit of a stretch with critics saying it’s one of the best ever made

Yeah, fury road left me pretty cold.

There’s a whole pile of reasons why I think this tends to happen. 1) Overhype. People go in an genuinely see that these films are masterpieces. Then they go and tell everyone they know. Whether they be critics or friends. So then you go into it either with very high expectations and get let down... or you go in just to hate the movie to be contrarian or because you are genuinely sick of hearing about it. For me it was Grease (it’s a musical?), and the Rocky Horror Picture Show (it’s a musical, too?). 2) Accessibility. Lots of these great movies are cerebral. They don’t have excessive expositional dialogue and deal with very complex characters, emotions, and situations. You aren’t going to just sit down and watch the Godfather as a guilty pleasure like any Scorsese mob movie. Even Casino which has the same running time and lots of character development still has witty dialogue, expositional monologues, and that captivatingly fluid Scorsese cinematography sprinkled with a health dose of sex and violence to keep things moving. No, you have to plan to watch these. Like sipping an 18 year old Scotch or listening to Coltrane on vinyl. You want a darkened room, no interruptions, and no stray thoughts to take away from your experience. But in today’s time poor society it takes real effort. It’s just easier to drink Jack Daniels, stream a bunch of non-offensive bands you don’t care about on Spotify, or watch the latest movie with Will Ferrel or Jamie Foxx while barely looking up from your phone. 3) Ruined expectations. Mad Max was a B movie made on a laughably small budget. The Road Warrior was more ambitious but still had that same feel. Beyond Thunderdome brought it to its logical conclusion. What made them so awesome were the long periods of quiet. For long stretches.. no music, no dialogue. But it built tension and enhanced the forlorn nature of a post-apocalyptic word. It let the viewer fill in the blanks with their own thoughts and feelings. It had the same qualities that made Sergio Leone’s spaghetti westerns or David Lean’s historical epics so good. Fury Road had none of that. It was a Star Wars prequel in the Outback. You can’t think or feel because you can’t even process everything you are seeing and hearing. Other movies that ruined expectations were of course the Star Wars prequels and sequels, the Hobbit, the Matrix sequels, The Last Airbender, and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull among others.

Dunkirk. I didn't have much interest in watching, but saw Tarantino going on and on about how it was a masterpiece and gave it a watch. Love or hate Tarantino, but he knows movies. About 1/4 of the way I was thinking this has GOT to pickup. At the half way point, I realized I was watching a brilliantly made movie that was boring me to tears and doing absolutely nothing for me emotionally. I would watch Insomnia again before I watched Dunkirk

@Exnavyjay

5 ай бұрын

You got mixed up, it was 1917 that Tarentino was championing. I’m not a war film buff but I found it amazing

The Shining. There's so much I can appreciate about the movie in terms of visual craft and atmosphere building, but Jack Nicholson is basically doing an over-the-top Jack Nicholson impression, and knowing everything that Kubrick put Shelley Duvall through really sours the experience for me.

@joerosenfield7145

5 жыл бұрын

There is a documentary made by Kubricks wife about the making of the shining (it was an extra on the DVD, you may have seen it) and there was a clip of Shelley Duvall in tears, shaking and frantically smoking a cigarette because of the absolute hell that Kubrick had put her through, all in aid of getting a certain kind of performance out of her. Kubrick is one of my favourite film makers but I did find this a little brutal to say the least.

For me it’s another DDL film - There Will Be Blood. Lovely cinematography, great acting...and yet I have absolutely no yearning to see it again. If someone asked me what it was about, I’m not sure I’d be able to give a reply, let alone one that might encourage someone else to watch it.

@deckofcards87

3 жыл бұрын

I figured TWBB was an allegory on religion and capitalism, both the dominating foundations of America. I enjoy it, especially Day-Lewis' very vivid performance...although admittedly the ending fizzles off into an unnecessarily over-the-top climax... I get that even though Daniel's lost everything of Human value to him, he can still "beat" the false-prophet. But Paul Thomas Anderson had to make it literally a beating to death by bowling pin.

@DDChorror

3 жыл бұрын

@@deckofcards87 Well yeah, it may be allegorical but it still has to work on a face value level, he literally beats him to death because he's absolutely insane ar that point. Also he's killed before so it's not out of character for him

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Great cast. And that's about it. A mind numbing, bum numbing borefest.

@parkviewmo

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! It is my favorite novel, but the recent film left me cold.

@donnchaodalaigh4031

6 жыл бұрын

Resurrected Cylon I was just going to write the exact same comment, I hated it after having huge expectations

@mimijanjua

6 жыл бұрын

Bang on!!! I hated it too but I loved the TV series

@patavinity1262

6 жыл бұрын

Yes the series was better. Apart from Alec Guiness in the role he was born for, it actually, you know, made sense.

@shaunpearson7905

5 жыл бұрын

A bottle of wine and some bum numbing sounds like a pretty good weekend

Apocalypse Now is mine. I have seen it three times to see whether I was missing something and just couldn't click with it. Shame to be honest, I never want to dislike a film.

@LegoKaan117

5 жыл бұрын

I was really excited to watch it but I found it to be missing something too and i was disappointed I didn’t like a film that nearly everyone loves so much

@Gar96229

4 жыл бұрын

To me Apocalypse Now is incredible. I respect that we have different tastes in film, but I feel a lot of people watch the film with the intention to see it as a war film, where as to me, it’s a horror film set during a war. It’s horrifying because everything you see is real.

This is the heart of an issue that I am constantly fighting for: that "I liked it" is not the same thing as "it was good" and vice-versa. It's okay to like a bad film and to not like a good one. It really is.

@KC_Streams

4 жыл бұрын

@@mabusestestament I like both daddy's home films. I find them charming, funny in a delightfully stupid way, and the fact the second one is about Christmas makes me enjoy it because I love Christmas. But I don't consider either to be good films.

The Exorcist is total genius!

I thought the godfather was overrated the first time I see it and preferred number 2. I've watched the godfather half a dozen times now and adore it, some films take more than one viewing for some

@kirind.dragon1901

4 жыл бұрын

@@mabusestestament me on first watch thought that. But multiple watching grew on me

I wasn't particularly keen on Dunkirk when it came out. The different time frames were confusing, the characters were undeveloped, and it felt like it was dumbing down the real life horror of WWII to appeal to wider audience. Maybe it's just Christopher Nolan, as I also didn't like Inception, which I thought was a boring and incomprehensible film based on a promising idea. The Revenant, on the other hand, I genuinely hated. Poorly developed characters and completely unintelligible dialogue (which left me clueless as to what was happening) ruined it for me. What I saw on screen was a couple of hours of Leonardo DiCaprio trudging through snow and occasionally going "NNNNNNGH!" Even the cinematography couldn't save it -- the beautiful shots of the American wilderness would be far better served in a nature documentary. And then, after everything has (apparently) been resolved, it sort of just... ends.

@ramonecricket5183

4 жыл бұрын

Mate, you've echoed my thoughts perfectly about these 3 films.

This just reminds us that experience is something that you can never really pin down.

Without the Godfather there would be NO Goodfellas! Goodfellas is a great film but the Godfather is a MASTERPIECE.

@dylanmorgan2752

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I can understand where people are coming from though, being bored in the same sense as Lincoln. I love the film and the sequel now, but when I was a kid didn’t really want to re-watch them probably due to lack of attention span. Also I used to compare it to goodfellas a lot as well and try to understand why I liked one more than the other, I think I saw goodfellas as a bit more true to life, being based off a real biography and also showing mobsters as nutty, paranoid, murderous comedians with substance dependencies and shit fashion sense was on the money I thought and if anything was inspiration for the Sopranos as well. However now knowing a bit more about history also I also see Godfather a bit more based in reality as well. Used to find it ridiculous how a family of mobsters could become one of the richest and powerful dynasties in America, but then I learnt about how the Kennedy family made their money from bootlegging plus a lot of other wealthy families did the same.

@azmodanpc

4 жыл бұрын

Godfather Part II achieved something that few movies did: Being better than the first one (IMHO).

@hexipolar8158

4 жыл бұрын

Godfather part 2 and goodfellas are both in my top 10 films of all time. The Godfather is a great film and inspired almost every subsequent crime film but it pales in comparison to the other two films.

@Rob_-dv6ei

4 жыл бұрын

azmodanpc I really believe Goodfellas is a masterpiece, exactly tied with Godfather 2. It’s a gritty, no nonsense look at gangster enforcers from a genius man who grew up surrounded by them. The first 2 Godfathers are incredible in every way, and I mean every way - however I really think in terms of relatability, Liotta, De Niro and Pesci’s endless charm combined with Scorsese’s direction tops both of the movies.

@HauntedHarmonics

4 жыл бұрын

@@hexipolar8158 Probably a controversial opinion but I think Godfather pt 1 is the better movie, and Goodfellas is good but not a masterpiece. The Godfather without Brando is like PB without J. Its missing a key ingredient. I still love part 2 though.

a midnight in paris is a huge one for me. i honestly don’t get a single thing out of the film and it astonishes me how it has a 3.7 on letterboxd

@Wrolffe

3 жыл бұрын

Same! It honestly just feels like the room but with a higher budget. Very masturbatory.

I actually feel this way about 'Vertigo' and love 'Citizen Kane' (though 'The Trial' and 'Touch of Evil' mean more to me personally).

@byebyelove2719

4 жыл бұрын

Vertigo doesn't do much for me either

@Leonards-leopard

3 жыл бұрын

Totally disagree but you like touch of evil, so you get a thumbs up

@habiibqawiy7884

2 жыл бұрын

Vertigo has such a disorienting effect on me. Like, I'm gradually being lulled into this vortex of building tension throughout the movie.

Shawshank Redemption for me. I honestly think it's cliché. However, I watched The Shawshank Redemption multiple times as a small child, so it occurs to me that my conceptions of what a cliché prison drama is may have been forged by my experiences with the movie.

The Shining. Like I get it, you're losing it Jack, writing the same sentence over and over, and the hotel has some cool visuals for ghosts. Great. Didn't put me on the edge of my seat like it did for others and when he literally froze to death in the end I just had to sit there and go "what are we doing here, this is it?".

@travellingshoes5241

2 жыл бұрын

Give it another try in a few years maybe? You might look at it differently. I love putting the fire on, closing the curtains, dimming the lights and cosying up inside the Overlook Hotel with the Torrances for a couple of hours every other year.

Tarkovsky is my all-time favorite filmmaker but I can definitely understand someone not getting into his work; it does ask a lot of its viewers. However, those who dismiss his work as “pretentious” “meaningless” and mostly “boring” need to understand that they are not giving his films the time of day. There is so much love and care put into his films to just dismiss. I’d much rather hear criticism about his form and what may not work about it, than someone writing it off because they got nothing else better to do.

@blaksu

8 ай бұрын

If there's one of his I enjoyed less than the others, it was Stalker, while still recognising its quality. Unlike Solaris which I think fulfilled its potential, Stalker left me frustrated.

@jxomxo

8 ай бұрын

@@blaksu I'm sorry that's how you feel about it. Stalker is one of my first loves in film and rewatches have only made my love for it grow. I have since seen all of his features and I personally don't think there's a single dud there, with Rublev being my most loved. But each to their own.

@blaksu

8 ай бұрын

@@jxomxo Maybe I should see it again, now that a few years have passed it might effect me differently. I might watch Solaris again too and compare, if they can be compared

2001: A Space Odyssey. I love Kubrick, but (HAL aside) it's one of the most ponderous, self-indulgent and tedious films I've ever seen. Was incredible to watch in the cinema, mind.

@sammacdaibheid

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I never got on with it either. Found it incredibly boring. Didn't think much of Barry Lyndon either, to be honest. Paths of Glory and Full Metal Jacket? Love.

From the comments, some I agree with are 2001, Shawshank Redemption, Chinatown, Dances With Wolves, Bergman films, Blade Runner and Boyhood. Most of these I liked at the time but can't imagine ever seeing them again. Surprised to see Apocalypse Now, Dr. Strangelove and The Godfather getting mentions. They hold up well to repeat viewing for me.

@DDChorror

3 жыл бұрын

I could watch 2001 and Shawshank any day of the week

The Goodfellas over Godfather movie, I was like that too. I preferred Goodfellas way over Godfather. But as I grew up, especially past 30 and having watched the movies multiple times that opinion changed completely. Godfather tops Goodfellas no question.

@Daniel-ng7oe

3 жыл бұрын

Take the Godfather, leave the Goodfellas. Just kidding, take both.

@EmoBearRights

3 жыл бұрын

Someone once said they're about different parts of the Mafia. The Godfather's about the top, Goddfellas is about the bottom. That made a lot of sense to me. They also said Casino was about the middle tier of the Mafia.

The Dark Knight anyone? I'm actually a fan of a number of other Nolan films especially Interstellar, but I thought this was just okay

@FordaAnt

4 жыл бұрын

I'm the opposite. Thought that Interstellar was kinda like meh while The dark night is probably my favourite movie.

@pr0jectSkyneT

4 жыл бұрын

Interstellar is probably Nolan's worst film. I was hyped before I saw it on cinema and even watched Sunshine by Danny Boyle as a primer. Then having actually watched Interstellar I was so disappointed by the predictable and lazy twist and it even copied the worst part of Sunshine which Nolan actually admitted.

@TequilaToothpick

3 жыл бұрын

I hated Interstellar.

@russellb5573

3 жыл бұрын

Interstellar disappointed me and have to admit that, I've struggled to rewatch The Dark Knight a couple of times. I just couldn't get through it!

@josephde-haan1074

3 жыл бұрын

Have not liked anything made by Nolan since Batman Begins. People really get upset when I say the Dark Knight is meh and they often turn to Heath Ledger's Joker which I completely agree with. However a masterful performance does not a good movie make.

Brilliant! I greatly prefer the remakes of Breathless and Solaris too - glad I’m no longer alone! 👍

Am I picking up a theme here: Feeling vs thinking and feeling is winning. I'm hearing "I'll decide it's not great because I don't like how it makes me feel".

Bladerunner. Yes it's amazing visually. It changed scifi for the better. The soundtrack is amazing. The characters are amazing. But, i get bored watching it. I feel like i should love it. I'm glad it was made because scifi is better because of it. But sorry, it doesn't float my boat when i watch it. I'll get my coat.

@Davey0112

3 жыл бұрын

Blade Runner 2049 pips it I think. (I'll get my coat too).

@akiratheastronaut

3 жыл бұрын

Let's grab our coats together and meet at the pub. Where we can also discuss how Pink Floyd are great, but also boring. And if you don't agree, that's ok, I'll grab my coat and go to the other pub.

@johnparke5880

3 жыл бұрын

Chris no no no no so wrong .

@frankmerker630

3 жыл бұрын

Roy batty is the only amazing character in it, everyone else is a flatline

@richardconnold8060

2 жыл бұрын

I saw BLADE RUNNER on its opening weekend, in London, at the A.B C. Shaftesbury Avenue (in six-track magnetic and 70mm), in September, 1982. I was amazed then, and I'm just as amazed, now. 2049 is nothing but a poor, poor monochrome Xerox of a masterpiece.

I'll have to go with Dunkirk and I'm a huge Nolan fan. It just didn't work for me. Maybe cause most of his movies are intricately plotted that this just felt like one long action scene in comparison. The interwoven "storylines" we're not as impressive as everyone else thinks. The threat of the enemy Germans never feels real or urgent. I watched it three times and it never grew on me.

@brendancronin4786

6 жыл бұрын

Julio Inoa I agree I was highly disappointed with dunkirk

@zigsterabs7439

5 жыл бұрын

Saltire Nah interstellar is much better than Dunkirk

@ataru4

5 жыл бұрын

I agree, Dunkirk was disappointing. The amazing significance of the Dunkirk evacuation was the scale of it. There was absolutely no sense of that in Nolan's film, just 20 guys milling about on a beach, 2 spitfires and a handful of civilian boats. I can understand, to some extent, Nolan's penchant for doing everything in camera with no CGI but if you make that decision you have to invest in actors, extras, vehicles etc. Directors managed scale years ago with no CGI; Cleopatra, Ben Hur, 10 Commandments, Spartacus and many others

@Sh1nyday

5 жыл бұрын

I found it a dull film!!

@GeneticallyMortified

5 жыл бұрын

I watched it in the cinema and can't remember anything about it

Coming in here very late to this, but Fellini's "8 1/2" for me. I watched it, and the look and feel of it was incredible - a beautiful, beautiful movie. But it just felt like a chore to get through, and while I'm not averse to the surreal, it just didn't land with me at all. I think the fact that the dubbing sync with the actors' lips (I know the reason why, btw) also just threw me off a lot. I'm glad I watched it, and I recognise the massive influence it's had on cinema... but I'd never go near it again.

@mikeymichael9991

3 жыл бұрын

Never cared for it either ... just to boring and tedious ... nights of calibria is a brilliant film , so is la strada ..

@Hritik9000

Жыл бұрын

8 and 1/2 is the most entertaining Greatest film ever.

I think it’s because these films are very hyped, so when you watch them you kinda except more

What about the opposite? Bad films that we love!

@McSuperfly101

6 жыл бұрын

The remake of Flight of the Phoenix. I know it’s a load of old schlock but for some reason I just always find it really watchable.

@johntaylor8463

5 жыл бұрын

Any film with a Predator regardless of how bad, even alien v predator.

@rossmorton7002

5 жыл бұрын

The 80's "classic" Monster Squad.

@z-beeblebrox

5 жыл бұрын

That list is too long!!!

@Onmysheet

5 жыл бұрын

White House Down, Movie 43

The Deer Hunter for me. Watched it for the first time recently and wanted to tear my hair out. Blimey charlie what a drag of a film...

@sdolman79

4 жыл бұрын

@John wayne no it isn't

@sinkthebounty122

3 жыл бұрын

@@sdolman79 it is a masterpiece

@paristexas80

3 жыл бұрын

the more you watch it you start to appreciate the first 3rd of the movie.. so when it goes tits up in Nam you actually give shit about the characters most notably Christopher Walken's character. Its not an easy watch on first viewing but gets better and better over the years. It did for me. But its not everyone's cuppa tea.

Rules of the Game. I've been meaning to rewatch it but it didn't do it for me the first time I saw it. Love the grand illusion though. And I COMPLETELY agree with the commenter about Brazil.

More recent examples for me are Lady Bird, Moonlight, The Handmaiden, and Mad Max: Fury Road. All films that I feel are very well made, but all fail to grab me that much on an emotional, visceral, or intellectual level, at least not on the level as most critics were it seems.

Fight Club I think. Well made, beautiful performances and great visual flair. Unfortunately its underlying nihilism makes my skin crawl. It has also become the touchstone for a generation of toxic manchildren which isn’t its fault but still...

@PureNightfall

5 жыл бұрын

As a teenager, I loved that film but the older you get the more you realize it has very weak pop philosophy holding it up.

@apseudonym

4 жыл бұрын

I read somewhere that Edward Norton wanted to make the film a lot more self-aware and satirical, but ultimately clashed with David Fincher who was convinced that audiences would get the irony. Guess he was wrong?

@simeonteitelbaum3673

3 жыл бұрын

@Nick Mitchell Terrible ending ruins the film. Cheap, lazy cop-out posturing

@TequilaToothpick

3 жыл бұрын

@Nick Mitchell The twist isn't the point of the movie.

Big Lebowski and Taxi Driver spring to mind

I loved The Piano. But I've only seen it once. At the theater. Loved Citizen Kane. I got to the point where The Exorcist is just funny.

I can think of a lot of films i think are amazing on so many levels that i don't love but still regard highly

High Rise. It’s stunning, the soundtrack is amazing and the editing is phenomenal, but half way though it all goes crazy, for no real reason.

@dsmyify

6 жыл бұрын

Theo Leeds ~ have a feeling the book was better. It's a political statement about the collapse of a society as represented by the tower block. It was a weird movie and disappointing.

@theovann-leeds953

6 жыл бұрын

Travis Spazz You should, it challenged me and I kinda like that from a film!

@theovann-leeds953

6 жыл бұрын

johnulcer Don’t recall saying it was a masterpiece nor does the title of the video imply that the films have to be masterpieces. But I know it divided people. I didn’t like it but really respect it.

@patavinity1262

6 жыл бұрын

dsmyify Well it's a weird book too. It's J. G. Ballard, everything he did was weird.

@brendancronin4786

6 жыл бұрын

Theo Leeds I got totally bored with high rise.its one of them films where you think your missing something cos of the rave reviews but your not I just got bored

2001 for me. Looked incredible, the part with HAL was really interesting, but I never got the hype.

@aidan7089

4 жыл бұрын

I think its a super philosophical film more than anything, it doesn’t make you feel for any of the characters or there story but rather the purpose and mundanity of their actions in the day to day, who’s right who’s wrong? The ultimate purpose of whether you blindly follow and complete a task or pursue the human side of questioning it, and to speak to the final moment between Hal and I forget which astronaut where we suddenly see those roles switch as Hal begs against the unrelenting human drive to shut him off is a wonderful dynamic that always leaves me lost in thought

@simeonteitelbaum3673

3 жыл бұрын

Same here

@josephde-haan1074

3 жыл бұрын

Just came to confirm this Kubrick classic was in the comments section. Now let's se if I can find Bladerunner?

@wjdyr

3 жыл бұрын

@@josephde-haan1074 bladerunner is great and very fun to watch, so no it doesnt belnog in the comment section.

@josephde-haan1074

3 жыл бұрын

@@wjdyr Calm ya skates you maniac. It's in the comment section multiple times? Jeez breathe.

I absolutely agree with the Lincoln opinion. I saw it once in theaters, and once at home, and I remember liking it a lot more when I first saw it. I could barely sit through the whole thing the second time.

i love the phoenix cinema - nice to see mark wearing the t shirt

Couldn't agree more about "Shawshank." Also "Fury Road," and "Lincoln." "Raging Bull" is another.

@Debagio

3 жыл бұрын

Shawshank Redemption. I cannot get on with this at all. I found it over-long and mawkish.

I never got Boyhood had an interesting idea behind it, of shooting a film over 11 years to show the actors actually growing up in the roles, but the story was boring, the characters were uninteresting and I believe if the film hadn't been filmed over such a long period people wouldn't have been as impressed by it. Also The Deer Hunter, Gone With The Wind and Apocalypse Now are films I found were a slog to get through, I was actually more interested in how those films were made and their troubled production history like the documentary on Apocalypse Now, Heart of Darkness was brilliant.

@MikeMJPMUNCH

6 жыл бұрын

Actually I have seen his other films and really liked them which just added to my disappointment with Boyhood.

@Sleepgarden

4 жыл бұрын

but it took 12 years to make! it broke new ground!

@dylanmorgan2752

4 жыл бұрын

Apocalypse now is meant to be inherently psychological, so I just figured like the boat going down stream you just have to follow the different colours in each mad world before it descends into absolute chaos, can see why people wouldn’t like it though. Deer hunter I can agree with as well, but I also enjoy a lot of different parts of it and the character arcs are obviously 3 dimensional and very well done. Which I suppose is where it gets most of its praise as a war film of course as it’s entire point is to make a point of how war changes everyone and everything, even the people who never actually went like Meryl Streep. There’s a lot to pick apart in that film so I can’t slag it off although I don’t really go back to it for entertainment factor. Gone with the wind is just a piece of shit film in general, even if you like those super old over the top movies. The book and its approach to the subject matter can be seen as reprehensible at best, surprise the first movie for a black person to win an Oscar was fairly sympathetic to Southern slavery.

@apseudonym

4 жыл бұрын

Plot was never the goal for Boyhood, its strengths lie in the dedication it takes to make a film over 12 years. It's about literally watching someone grow up before your eyes.

@apseudonym

4 жыл бұрын

The Deer Hunter has terrible sound editing. I enjoy the movie but the audio is ridiculously bad.

I pretty much agree with the examples mentioned, except Vertigo (though I can understand why some would find it boring)

I am amazed Eraser Head by David Lynch, didn't get a mention. Fantastic movie. One of the most bizarre movies I have ever seen, but I love it.

@GrosvnerMcaffrey

3 жыл бұрын

That movie gives me existential problems

@stevebrizzle

3 жыл бұрын

‘In heaven, everything is fine...’

I felt that way about 2001: A Space Odyssey; it was smart, weird, eye popping but too damn slow. Also, Good Time and Lighthouse, those last two with Robert Pattinson, interestingly.

@mikeboosh8776

3 жыл бұрын

me too - it's just boring.

Tarkovsky is amazing. The Mirror is one of my all time favorite films.

A film I never got into was Trainspotting. I think it is very stylish and uses music to great effect but in the end I didn’t care about what happened to the characters.

@doovbaloevera1430

4 жыл бұрын

Each to their own but it's one of my favourites. Your comment made me think though. I can't say I really care for the characters, just enjoy the insight into that nihilistic lifestyle. Some great set pieces in that film.

Absolutely ANYTHING by David Lean with the single exception of Hobson's Choice.

@velox5598

4 жыл бұрын

Lawerence of Arabia? That was a Lean film btw

Blade Runner - but I only watched it once. I hope I like it better the second time like I did with There Will Be Blood.

@Iggy3

5 жыл бұрын

I didn't like Blade Runner after first viewing but after a couple more it became one of my favorites

@luke-alex

4 жыл бұрын

I definitely need to watch more films more than once!

@christophernason4307

3 жыл бұрын

Blade Runner: incoherence run riot.

@josephde-haan1074

3 жыл бұрын

I have watched it many times over the years to see if I could understand why people hold it in such reverence and never have but after watching it so many times I have really come to sppreciate its visual aesthetic.

@twoeggcups

3 жыл бұрын

I don’t think Blade Runner benefits from hype, I feel it’s a film that you need to discover by yourself if that makes any sense. For me it’s a film about slavery, but other people seem to interpret it differently.

Fargo: I recently rewatched it, and it just didn't do it for me whereas Oh Brother Where Art Thou completely enthralled and amused me. Fahrenheit 451 again recently rewatched it and it was not nearly as good as remembered it - the fact that Oskar Werner and Francois Truffaut famously did not get on may well be the cause of why the film does not entirely work although I think Oskar's performance is entirely appropriate for the story

I came at Citizen Kane through film studies. I read so much about it before the course started that I felt I knew it back to front before I even saw it. So I suppose my reaction to it is framed and preconditioned by that hype, albeit an academic kind of hype. Even so, I loved it and still do. I guess it's a film studies favourite because there's so much to look at and think about, whether it's film making technique, storytelling technique, genre or the role of 'auteur' (Welles was given carte blanche to do what he wanted. No one got that in Hollywood studios, and he never would again). Amid all that noise, does the emotional heart of the film get smothered? I don't think so, but can see why some think it does.

@UnmistakableSoundOf

3 жыл бұрын

I have to say it didn't do anything for me... I saw it for the first time last year. I knew it was a classic but didn't know much about it, although I'd been told the answer to the mystery about "Rosebud" some years ago. I had high expectations, but by the end it felt like a story with a big scope over a long period of time that didn't seem to say very much. I don't know anything about film studies or any of the analyses of the film, but on watching it from a cold start, I just didn't get it. I understood what happened, I just didn't get the point. Maybe an academic study is needed to get any meaning out of it. Maybe I just like my films slightly more obvious...

Just putting a vote in to say I absolutely love Citizen Kane, but I know taste is involved as well as just admiration

Interstellar for me. I like most of Nolan's films, but for me this was an overblown vanity project with boring characters, a wafer-thin story and ridiculous dialogue ("My love with Murph...it IS quantifiable" :-/). The film tries so hard to be clever too - the multi-dimensional bookcase, or whatever the hell it was supposed to be, was the point where Nolan royally disappeared up his own arse. I feel critics give Nolan a green-pass on whatever he does - and yes, whilst he has made some brilliant films, I felt with Interstellar the critics praised it simply because he directed it.

@MachineFuckingHate

5 жыл бұрын

Interstellar is Nolan's worst reviewed film to date. It got B- from most critics, including Kermode. So it doesn't fit here, because the movie was divisive.

@nunatak123

5 жыл бұрын

EgocentricHead it. Clearly does fit here. It a critics wet dream that ignores all its flaws.

@MachineFuckingHate

5 жыл бұрын

nunatak123, no, it clearly doesn't, as the title of the video says "Great Films You Don’t Like." Interstellar was always a divisive movie and was never universally considered to be great. And critics were very lukewarm towards it. It's the worst reviewed film by Nolan, as I said.

@zigsterabs7439

5 жыл бұрын

EgocentricHead It got an 8.6/10 on IMDb and 4/5 on Letterboxd U can dislike interstellar all u want but the majority of people think highly of that movie

@zigsterabs7439

5 жыл бұрын

EgocentricHead Also, Nolan’s worst reviewed film is following

For me that has always been There will be blood. Hard to explain why.

@davidabraham5776

3 жыл бұрын

My first thought when I read the title

@dylanbuckle114

3 жыл бұрын

Correct! There Will Be Blood, is irritating and overblown.

@GrosvnerMcaffrey

3 жыл бұрын

@@dylanbuckle114 it's ment to be a character study but I feel it tries to hard to be artsy

I can't help but be reminded of the scene in Manhattan where Diane Keaton and Michal Murphy share picks for their Academy of the Overrated. In other words, it seems to me some folks want to dis great works because it makes them feel superior. That said, and willingly opening myself to the exact same criticism, Bergman is a director whose works I admire for their perfection while none of them have ever really touched me personally. George Coe's short De Duve entertains me far more.

Stalker, The English patient, Eraserhead, The Last Jedi, It follows and many more

@willthomas2310

3 жыл бұрын

The last Jedi is a very decisive movie tho. That movie sparked a lot of controversy, in the star wars community.

2001: A Space Odyssey. I respect it more than I enjoy it for sure.

@luke-alex

4 жыл бұрын

That's the one that came to mind for me also

Inception and Interstellar. Christopher Nolan seems to specialise in making films even longer and duller than his previous ones, no matter how interesting the initial concept. For me, he’s turned into a really boring director.

Silent Movie, The French Connection, Five Easy Pieces, The Graduate, Spartacus, Rear Window, Citizen Caine

I always think of Jane Campion as like thirty years old for some reason, it always blows my mind to hear that she's been working for thirty plus years.

the big lebowski; i just don't get it watched it 3 times have it on blu ray; what am i missing?

@BigAL0074

4 жыл бұрын

Nothing it is an average film.

@sdolman79

4 жыл бұрын

I agree

@juliewake4585

4 жыл бұрын

nollaigo kelly nothing. Tedious.

@FrogambassadorBlogspotted

4 жыл бұрын

just has to click with you i think. the way the editing, line deliveries and music interweave has a very unique vibe that really scratches an itch for me.

@discharge29

4 жыл бұрын

same here

The best film of all time has yet to be made.

@tsb3093

3 жыл бұрын

Well when it is it will have to be better than The English Patient.

I think the general public fails to recognise the difference between not liking something and not appreciating it. There are plenty of films I don't really like, but I still hugely appreciate. For example, I find Citizen Kane really boring, but I appreciate and knowledge it's place in cinema history, and I think it's well deserved. Also, I think people channel too much of their insecurities into liking or disliking a movie. Subjectivity is lost on them, and anyone with a different opinion is seen as a personal attack, because it makes them question their choice, and they need the validation of others agreeing. Proof of this can be seen in the endless butthurting about Like/Dislike ratios on KZread. I tend to follow these guidelines: - It's ok to like an objectively bad movie - It's ok to dislike a popular movie - There's nothing wrong with being "Quite good". Not everything has to be mind blowing. Everything else is cream cheese!

might seem a random pick but Me and You and Everyone We Know by Miranda July always comes to mind when this question is posed to me. i first watched it at the height of my (questionable) fascination with the quirky american indies of the 00s as it received glowing reviews at the time as well as moderate cult status since. it seemed to tick every box but of all those films it was the one that really turned me off and set my eyes to rolling with (what i perceived to be) its contrived sentimentalities. i revisited it a couple of times over the years and each viewing had me feeling the same way. i guess i'd simply had my fill of that sort of film. saying that, i will always have a soft spot for Garden State...

Picnic at Hanging Rock. It has that Antonioni thing going for it whom I love, but I could hardly stay awake. Maybe I had a bad day.

I've seen *There Will Be Blood.* The end.

@sharwandsouza1747

4 жыл бұрын

Yep same here

There are 2 films that I have tried to view on over 3 or more occasions each and cannot prevent myself from falling asleep, they are Citizen Kane and Naked Lunch!.

Annie Hall bored me to tears. But enough people, many of them more learned than myself, love it, so I understand that I must be missing something.

I agree with the statement about Shawshank Redemption - I feel the same way. It is a good film, good story and good acting, but I don't have the same love that so many people (in recent years) appear to have for it. I feel the same way about Forrest Gump also. 🎥🎬👊☀️❤

Saving Private Ryan. Great introduction but who remembers what happened after that?

@SOLXXX41

6 жыл бұрын

Describe, in detail, how they saved him?

@anonb4632

6 жыл бұрын

Hoople Head It also Americanised history.

I love how film is subjective, one of my work colleagues told me Chappie is their favourite film which to me is just insane as I hate the movie with a passion. But hey, it doesn't affect me. I just won't ever take a recommendation from them lol

@McSuperfly101

6 жыл бұрын

TheHurricaneJedi - I wanted to like Chappie but it’s so hard when you just want virtually _all_ the characters to die an agonising death.

@AotearoaChef

6 жыл бұрын

McSuperfly yeh, nailed it on the head

Probably an unpopular opinion but any Martin Scorsese film. I feel that the style is so important and big in his films, I can't engage with the characters... because of this just don't care what happens and get bored half way through!

@turn1210

3 жыл бұрын

Same here! I don’t really like any of his films

I can’t love 2001. I can admire it, I can appreciate it and I understand why others love it, I just can’t feel it.

@MsColl90

4 жыл бұрын

Misty M agree. I have to say, to my shame, I crept out of the cinema an hour into it....and have never returned,

@habiibqawiy7884

2 жыл бұрын

I totally understand, though it's my favourite movie ever..

I feel the opposite way about Shawshank Redemption - I think it's very enjoyable to watch but I wouldn't call it a great film.

@BigAL0074

4 жыл бұрын

I agree, not sure why people get so worked up about this film. The green mile is better.

@apseudonym

4 жыл бұрын

I love Tim Robbins as an actor but Shawshank is nowhere near my favourite of his films.

emotion is funny: that film everyone says is just goodlooking, no emotion, by wong kar-wai - 2046 - made me cry all the way through and was intensely emotional

How can you not like, The Shawshank Redemption-- it's incredible! I wish I had seen it at the cinema on its release! You get lucky sometimes like that-- no hype and a treat-- I had it with The Matrix-- no big hype and I went in not expecting much and then, "Wow!" you know! Actually-- it's quite amazing there's someone who doesn't like The Shawshank Redemption in this world... isn't it incredible how our minds work?! Praise be to variety of opinion!

'Withnail And I'. I don't understand its cult status. I just don't like it, I don't particularly think Paul Mcgann is that good in it (I like him in other things). As for the story, I thought it could build to something interesting but the two layabouts going on holiday and Grant telling a lie that almost sees McGann buggered by Griffiths, isn't that compelling.

@adamwalkeraw

3 жыл бұрын

I hate how much people like this movie, its over acted melodramatic rubbish, very hard to identify with

@JPWalster

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, the thing with Withnail...I really expected to love it. Not just from all the hype but also as a concept. I feel like if you don't watch this as a teenager or at a younger age maybe it doesn't quite grab you the same way.

green mile? r u kidding me ????

I would certainly agree with those who don’t like Shawshank Redemption. I can’t understand why it’s so high on the IMDB list, but that it should actually be considered that highest rated movie on IMDB is just wrong. From what I can remember of it, there’s nothing about it that makes it a cut above any other best-movie-ever. However, I’m going to give it another go to see if I’m wrong. Another highly rated movie that doesn’t get me in any real way is ‘Life Is Beautiful’. I guess I’ve never been able to appreciate the manic nature of Italian movies, which this exemplifies to some extent. I have ‘the bicycle thieves’ on my amazon instant watch list, as its on Barry Norman’s top 100 list, but I don’t hold out much hope for it actually being any better. -- Okay, so I watched Shawshank Redemption, and my opinion of it hasn’t really changed, though it’s now a little clearer. It IS a great movie, but by the look of it, I think I can understand why it didn’t do so well on its original theatrical run, but became a legendary success on the home video market. The level and manner of intimacy portrayed I think is better suited to the small screen than it is to the big screen. Every aspect of the movie movie (acting, directing, script, production values, etc) is of a very high standard, but there is nothing about any of it that makes it particularly stand out from any other movie, even any other movie of its kind. Besides this, there are a few things about the movie I don’t like. The main thing is the narration. Morgan Freeman could narrate the contents of my food cupboard and I would listen to it all day. But this doesn’t compensate for the fact that narration, even expertly done narration, is exposition. And exposition is usually condemned by critics to some extent. This narration feels especially wrong here because it’s disembodied - there is no real connection between the narration and what you see on screen. While it is narrated by Morgan Freeman who also appears on screen, there is nothing that the character ‘Red’ does on screen that indicates he would be remotely capable of such narration, especially such well written narration. I have a sense that, whoever wrote the narration also wrote the script, and that the movie is effectively auto-biographical, but there is no scene where Red is seen writing or even telling part of the story. There is also some level of cliche with the bird man, institutionalised prisoners finding parole hard to cope with, brutal prison officers, dictatorial warden, and the central character claiming innocence. I have to admit that I find a lot of this forgivable because it’s so well done, but it feel like a great prison genre movie done by a committee, where all the check-boxes are ticked. I’m left thinking that this movie had just about everything you would expect, but at the same time I’m left wondering...so what? Finally, there are so many plot points, that I think it would have been better handled as a TV serial, with 6 or 7 seasons, 20 or so episodes per season. For instance, at one point, Andy reveals a special knowledge which others come to benefit from. During this sequence, he provides assistance to an outside police officer in a scene that lasts just a few seconds. This whole segment has enough material to fill an hour, and the police officer scene could be extended to a few scenes lasting a few minutes. This makes me think think the Shawshank Redemption is a clunky missed opportunity. Yes, it’s a great movie, but I have no reason to watch it again. I honestly think I’d rather watch the Porridge movie. I certainly can’t understand why it’s so highly rated on IMDB. It doesn’t even come close to the artistic merits of The Godfather parts 1 and 2, 12 Angry Men or Schindlers List (4 of the other top 6 movies).

@problemeliminator1343

4 жыл бұрын

@ Martin Sloan - Great comment! Agree with all of it.

Fellini's 8 1/2. I'm familiar with it mostly through the musical version of it, Nine, but I still can't find a way to grasp this film maker's work.

@habiibqawiy7884

2 жыл бұрын

Agree. Very confusing film. Sometimes I couldn't follow what was going on in it..