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Movies you just don't "get"
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Tue Feb 08, 2011 7:55 pmby CK
This may be either huge "cult" movies that you have watched and just don't see what they hype is, or don't understand the movie itself, or movies that have a huge reputation, but you can't get into.
I really like Will Ferrell's work as a rule, but just could not "get" Anchorman when I watched. Just seemed TOO silly and too surreal for me, but many people I know absolutely love it and quote it all the time.
Have tried the "Twilight" movies, but they leave me beyond cold - same with the Lord Of The Rings series. I'm really not at all into "heavy" fantasy like this and cannot get into them, no matter what I try.
Re: Movies you just don't "get"
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Tue Feb 08, 2011 8:09 pmby Strawb
The Matrix never been able to sit down and watch it.
Lord of the rings also for the life of me I just have not seen them.
Harry Potter series I have not read the books or watched the movies.
Re: Movies you just don't "get"
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Tue Feb 08, 2011 8:16 pmby gadj1976
The Matrix (ditto Strawb)
Any Sci Fi stuff, including Star Wars etc.
Re: Movies you just don't "get"
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Tue Feb 08, 2011 8:25 pmby GWW
I'm another who had no idea about THE MATRIX.
Also, TEQUILA SUNRISE. Sat through that and had no idea what it was about.
Re: Movies you just don't "get"
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Tue Feb 08, 2011 8:55 pmby Pseudo
Back in the day I hired a video of The Naked Lunch and watched it when I was stoned. Could not make head nor tail of it. So I watched it again the next day, straight as a ruler. Still could not make head nor tail of it. WTF was that all about anyway?
The English Patient. 3 hours of complete, utter, mind-numbing BOREDOM. And this dreck got nominated for some flippin' Oscars?!?
In my younger years I attempted to watch Some Kind Of Wonderful on at least 3 occasions. Never got further than 20 minutes into it before giving up.
Conversely to some opinions aired above, The Matrix was a superb movie with great action sequences and much philosophical depth. The sequel however was barely watchable - and the final movie was a complete waste of time and money.
Re: Movies you just don't "get"
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Tue Feb 08, 2011 9:14 pmby Dutchy
gadj1976 wrote:The Matrix (ditto Strawb)
Any Sci Fi stuff, including Star Wars etc.
Yep any Sci Fi stuff I just dont get, also Harry Potter, Twilight, Avatar etc
Re: Movies you just don't "get"
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Tue Feb 08, 2011 9:53 pmby Dirko
Dutchy wrote:gadj1976 wrote:The Matrix (ditto Strawb)
Any Sci Fi stuff, including Star Wars etc.
Yep any Sci Fi stuff I just dont get, also Harry Potter, Twilight, Avatar etc
x 1
Twilight is just plain crap.
Re: Movies you just don't "get"
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Tue Feb 08, 2011 9:56 pmby JAS
Blair Witch Project...so much hype yet so, so crap
Regards
JAS
Re: Movies you just don't "get"
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Tue Feb 08, 2011 9:57 pmby JK
Mulholland Drive
Re: Movies you just don't "get"
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Tue Feb 08, 2011 9:59 pmby GWW
I remember watching "Being There" with Peter Sellers in it, and thinking it made no sense. Might have just been because I was just a kid at the time.
Re: Movies you just don't "get"
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Tue Feb 08, 2011 9:59 pmby brod
Napoleon Dynamite
Re: Movies you just don't "get"
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Tue Feb 08, 2011 10:22 pmby Interceptor
Constance_Perm wrote:Mulholland Drive
Good movie, but I doubt anyone truly understands the story on initial viewing.
Have to admit I had to do some digging on IMDB to gain a better insight into what was really going on.
Recommend a repeat viewing -if only for a couple of scenes
Re: Movies you just don't "get"
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Tue Feb 08, 2011 10:25 pmby dedja
The Crying Game ...
Re: Movies you just don't "get"
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Tue Feb 08, 2011 10:52 pmby Q.
Pseudo wrote:Back in the day I hired a video of The Naked Lunch and watched it when I was stoned. Could not make head nor tail of it. So I watched it again the next day, straight as a ruler. Still could not make head nor tail of it. WTF was that all about anyway?
You are not alone in your bewilderment.
A recent moofie I just didn't get was 'Burn After Reading', a product of the Coen brothers. Only saw it once, at the cinema, and need to see it again to hopefully make sense of it.
Re: Movies you just don't "get"
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Tue Feb 08, 2011 10:55 pmby Strawb
I forgot to add The Good Shepherd.
Re: Movies you just don't "get"
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Wed Feb 09, 2011 4:15 amby woodublieve12
Constance_Perm wrote:Mulholland Drive
for 3 quarters of that film i understood it... then something happened and til this day i have no idea what happened... made no sense!!!!
Re: Movies you just don't "get"
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Wed Feb 09, 2011 7:05 amby Magpiespower
Some fillums I reakon are grossly overrated...
Citizen Kane (1941)
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
The Dark Knight (2008)
Pretty much any Oscar winning Best Picture.
As an aside, read The Catcher in the Rye at the weekend.
Completely underwhelmed...
Re: Movies you just don't "get"
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Wed Feb 09, 2011 9:04 amby Baron Greenback
Constance_Perm wrote:Mulholland Drive
I have no idea what was going on in that moofie, but the moment I got to see Naomi Watts' ta-tas I didn't care any more. YUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Re: Movies you just don't "get"
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Wed Feb 09, 2011 9:11 amby Mr Beefy
Eyes Wide Shut
Even the title makes no sense, I suppose it didn't help the the director died halfway through making it
Re: Movies you just don't "get"
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Wed Feb 09, 2011 9:30 amby MightyEagles
brod wrote:Napoleon Dynamite
Same here.