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Great films you hate (or just didnt get) *Spoiler Alert*

  • 11-02-2011 10:46PM
    #1
    PK2008
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,219 ✭✭✭PK2008


    Those films everyone loves, that get rave reviews, are heralded as instant classics and people quote all the time but when you see them you think 'wait, that was quite 5hit' but you don't tell anyone for the fear you just didn't 'get it'.

    Mine are:

    No Country for Old Men: Guy finds bag of drugs (correction: money), other guy comes along, kills everyone in sight-
    eventually kills the first guy, takes back bag of drugs (money)
    , did I miss something?

    The Hangover: Seriously, did people really think this was funny?

    What are yours?

    (in before 'Film thread is that way ---->' and pr0n references


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Comments

  • #2
    Bog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 463 ✭✭Bog


    It's all about Tommy Lee Jones.


  • #3
    Zebra3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,299 ✭✭✭✭Zebra3


    But I love great films. :confused:


  • #4
    Andre80Johnson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 239 ✭✭Andre80Johnson


    PK2008 wrote: »
    Those films everyone loves, that get rave reviews, are heralded as instant classics and people quote all the time but when you see them you think 'wait, that was quite 5hit' but you don't tell anyone for the fear you just didn't 'get it'.

    Mine are:

    No Country for Old Men: Guy finds bag of drugs, other guy comes along, kills everyone in sight-
    eventually kills the first guy, takes back bag of drugs
    , did I miss something?

    The Hangover: Seriously, did people really think this was funny?

    What are yours?

    (in before 'Film thread is that way ---->' and pr0n references

    You need to see it on a proper screen, I didn't like it all that much until I watched it in class. Was able to appreciate the film much better than on the television. But each to their own I guess.


  • #5
    AssaultedPeanut
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 806 ✭✭✭AssaultedPeanut


    Re: No country for old men. He finds a bag of money. Not drugs.

    ....Jessayin


  • #6
    smokedeels
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,883 ✭✭✭smokedeels


    Gran Torino (or "gravelly voiced man in a fast car")

    My friend had it on DVD before I heard the hype, I now know that it was an illegal copy but at the time I assumed it was some straight-to-dvd film Eastwood had done a few years prior.

    Formulaic and obvious plot, average performances from a cast I didn't recognise and a cliché main character.

    I didn't like it and I don't get the fuss that I later heard.


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  • #7
    TheZohanS
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,581 ✭✭✭✭TheZohanS


    Titanic
    it sank

    The Passion of the Christ
    he died

    J.F.K
    He died

    Spoilers:
    god I hate spoilers, pain in the ass to navigate


  • #8
    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    The Big Lebowski.

    Dr. Strangelove.


  • #9
    liah
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,750 ✭✭✭liah


    It's not that I hate it, or just didn't get it, it's more, I really don't understand the adoration and confusion that arose for/from Inception.

    The plot was pretty linear and incredibly easy to follow as are the timelines. Leading up to me watching it, I avoided any information as everyone said it was an exceptional film that was hard to follow, so I didn't want to ruin it for myself.

    So, I get the film, it's a good film and everything, but what I don't get is why everyone thought it's so mental and hard to follow. Are people taking the piss or what when they say it's confusing?


  • #10
    walshb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 61,109 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    Couple of films that spring to mind; Eastwoods Million Dollar Baby and Unforgiven...Just didn't like either. Unforgiven was terribly boring, and the final shootout scene was quite possibly the most far fetched scene in cinema history.

    I also found Once Upon A Time In The West to be quite boring. When I compare it to the other Leone westerns, it is very average.

    This is probably the strangest one, but Gladiator didn't do it for me. Again, a little boring. And, just cannot take Crowe as an actor.

    I see Gran Torino listed, agree, not great at all!

    Also, I see Inception. Biggest pile of horse crap ever. Just all over the place for the sake of it.
    Shutter Island too....


  • #11
    bonerm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,594 ✭✭✭bonerm


    Citizen Cane.
    He never even found his cane.


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  • #12
    squod
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,702 ✭✭✭squod


    Dudess wrote: »

    Dr. Strangelove.

    There's something wrong with you.


  • #13
    NeedaNewName
    Closed Accounts Posts: 409 ✭✭NeedaNewName


    Never seen it fully but I was told recently that E.T. Was based on the story of Christ :confused:


  • #14
    joe stodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 986 ✭✭✭joe stodge


    spider-man 1,2 and 3 just utter bullsh!t.


  • #15
    LighterGuy
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    PK2008 wrote: »
    No Country for Old Men

    Couldnt agree more.
    I cant understand how it won oscars.
    Its just uneventfull and boring.


  • #16
    walshb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 61,109 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    I liked No Country For Old Men!


  • #17
    bonerm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,594 ✭✭✭bonerm


    LighterGuy wrote: »
    Couldnt agree more.
    I cant understand how it won oscars.
    Its just uneventfull and boring.

    It'll just be remembered 20 years from now as that film that robbed all the Oscars from There Will Be Blood.


  • #18
    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    NeedaNewName wrote: »
    Never seen it fully but I was told recently that E.T. Was based on the story of Christ :confused:
    No, there was a theory that it was a Christ allegory, which could be applied to lots of "stranger appears in a town" type films... Over-reading between the lines I'd say...


  • #19
    NeedaNewName
    Closed Accounts Posts: 409 ✭✭NeedaNewName


    Blair Witch.

    Steaming pile of sh1te. Shot on a home porno camera drivel with a bird with snot running out her nose. Utter pants.


  • #20
    Amber Lamps
    Closed Accounts Posts: 282 ✭✭Amber Lamps


    +1 on No country for old men aka. the emperor's new clothes

    and shawshank redemption, dunno how this movie keeps topping polls


  • #21
    Alter-Ego
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,324 ✭✭✭Alter-Ego


    Dudess wrote: »
    The Big Lebowski.

    Dr. Strangelove.

    How dare you!:pac:

    +1 on the hangover and no country.

    No Country for Old Men was a pointless waste of screen time.

    The Hangover was just mediocre at best. There are much finer comedys out there like Zack and Miri, or Anchorman


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  • #22
    Agricola
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,547 ✭✭✭Agricola


    Shawshank Redemption:

    Guy goes to prison,
    Guy befriends old veteran who teaches him in the ways of prison life
    Guy finds prison is tough - who knew!
    Guy gets gangbanged
    Guy escapes prison and meets up with old friend afterwards

    Snore. :pac:

    Serious answer - There will be Blood. That fúcking screeching music. DDL playing another seething psychopath, that priest fella that I actually wanted to batter to death with my shoe. Its just wholly irritating from start to finish.


  • #23
    Dermighty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,748 ✭✭✭Dermighty


    Inception...

    Though it's not a great movie.

    It was elaborate boring crap.


  • #24
    PK2008
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,219 ✭✭✭PK2008


    Dudess wrote: »
    The Big Lebowski.

    Prime example, I did not get this film


  • #25
    walshb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 61,109 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    Shawshank Redemption??

    C'mon, stunning film. Great story, acting and ending. Amazing film!


  • #26
    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    Oh another one for me is The Matrix. Long time since I've seen any of these though, so maybe I could be turned.


  • #27
    bonerm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,594 ✭✭✭bonerm


    Dudess wrote: »
    Oh another one for me is The Matrix. Long time since I've seen any of these though, so maybe I could be turned.

    2 and a half good movies there if you give it a chance.


  • #28
    CK2010
    Closed Accounts Posts: 543 ✭✭✭CK2010


    Slumdog Millionaire- heard all the hype before i got round to actually seeing it and i just did not get why people liked it. it was at the very least somewhat enjoyable.

    I did like inception though! but saw this when it first came out so didnt know anything at all about it. agree with liah about people being confused though, its quite straight forward! i tried watching it again on dvd cause someone gave it to me for christmas but its so boring when you know the storyline!


  • #29
    tim_holsters
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,466 ✭✭✭tim_holsters


    Dudess wrote: »
    The Big Lebowski.

    Dr. Strangelove.

    You're kidding about The Big Lebowski right?


  • #30
    NeedaNewName
    Closed Accounts Posts: 409 ✭✭NeedaNewName


    Agricola wrote: »
    Shawshank Redemption:

    Guy goes to prison,
    Guy befriends old veteran who teaches him in the ways of prison life
    Guy finds prison is tough - who knew!
    Guy gets gangbanged
    Guy escapes prison and meets up with old friend afterwards

    Snore. :pac:

    .

    Hate to break the news to you but you're missing a gene somewhere :D


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  • #31
    red menace
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,462 ✭✭✭red menace


    Agricola wrote: »
    Shawshank Redemption:

    Guy goes to prison,
    Guy befriends old veteran who teaches him in the ways of prison life
    Guy finds prison is tough - who knew!
    Guy gets gangbanged
    Guy improves prison life for everyone
    Guy proven innocent but only witness killed
    Guy screws over corrupt warden
    Guy escapes prison and kips tow with corrupt warden's money
    Guy moves to Mexico to live his dream

    Snore. :pac:

    FYP


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