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I understand the idea of having to give an example. But you'll get more than tomatoes thrown for picking on the Godfather series of all things. Especially from me. You'll get a big bag of oranges and a horse's head.
Home of lines like 'I'm gonna make him an offer he won't refuse' and one of the main influences behind the Sopranos.
Parts one and two are still fine movies that haven't aged a jot. I even think the third one ain't too bad. If you hum and look away when Sofia Coppola appears.
I could go on. Instead I'll slag off Casablanca, which has always bored the arse off me. I really did not give a toss. And I've tried a few times. Never again.
I found the Godfather films boring as well. Probably because they were based on a novel that was large for a novel too. Mario Puzzo didn't write quick 300 page reads, as far as I remember anyway. I did read one of his novels once, and wasn't impressed with that either.
Most of the time though I just avoid films I think will be shitty. Like Titanic. The Hobbit, Harry Potter, Four Weddings and a Funeral... anything with Hugh Grant in it... Ironman... Lincoln...
I wish I'd skipped the Lone Ranger... indeed, I switched off before the end, but it was on pirate DVD anyway. I didn't buy it, a friend brought it to my house and gave it to me for free. I don't go out of my way to get pirate DVD's, as I'm never completely happy with the quality. Not for any ethical reasons, exactly... although I do feel a little bad. Whenever I watch a pirate and enjoy it, I will always want to watch it in better definition later.
Thor 2 is complete wank, and I enjoyed the first one. Escape Plan with Stallone and Schwarzenegger is also very, very bad, it is actually worse than Thor 2... I'm just not sure what can be worse than complete wank.
But a lot of the time, I know a film is going to be shit before I watch it. So I just don't bother. I know too - from experience - that I can be wrong about some of the films I class as wank and then somehow I have no choice but to watch it somewhere and they're amazing... but missing the ones that get away is worth it to save having to sit through every pile of crap Hollywood puts out.
Memento. I can appreciate the unique narrative of it, but I just found it boring and confusing.
The King's Speech also. I'll admit, there were some good scenes but all in all, I didn't think it deserved all the praise it received. I couldn't even watch the whole thing.
I was just recently flicking through the IMDb top 250 and I saw the 2009 Star Trek in there. IMO, it was alright but certainly not top 250 material.
That would be a list of movies for me. Casablanca - I tried my hardest to watch it and couldn't. And Doctor Jivago. Clockwork Orange. And that movie about all the supers together. ugh.
It's good to see others who don't like The Godfather, I thought I was the only one.
I'd also add The Big Lebowski. I'm the only person I know who's seen it and doesn't like it. I've tried to watch it three times, never been able to finish it. I didn't find it remotely funny and the characters really annoyed me.
My final choice would be Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Never has a film left me feeling so stupid. I honestly had no idea what was going on for pretty much the whole film, I may be taking crazy pills but if I remember correctly a bird set fire in a classroom for no apparent reason. WTF.
Not sure if they all come under 'classics', but they're the ones that spring to mind.
I have found that whenever there's a film everyone talks about and talks up. "You have to see this film". I almost always end up disliking it. Probably because expectations are too high. Such were the cases with
WIZARD OF OZ I hated it STAR WARS Hated it GONE WITH THE WIND I haven't seen it yet, because I have a feeling I will hate that one too.
Great idea for a thread and something SS needs as of late, the board feels very quiet and dull.
I'll jump on board with The Godfather films.
Funny I say that because 1 and 2 are my Dad's alltime favorite films (it seems). He'll be 90 this December and he never really caught on with all the tehcnology available, so every single time TCM or whatever other channel is playing The Godfather 1 or 2, he'll watch (many times with commercials, and always cut from it's original theatrical R rated version. And then, on top of all that, he'll just watch until he's tired and go to bed.
I've DVR'd the real movies for him. I've bought him the special DVD packages, but he has no interest unless it's showing live on a channel with commercials. Way too funny.
OK, sorry, back to the movies...
I was never all that impressed in the first place and have little to no interest in any of them now. I also was very unimpressed with the novel or Mario Puzzo as a writer.
I don't find any of these movies exciting, captivating, or memorable. I'm not a big mob guy, but Good Fellas and Casino are both in my top 100 films easily.
It's not really considered a great movie but a lot of people seem to like it... A History of Violence. I just think that is a horrible, horrible movie. I've seen it like 4 times, I watch it ever few years trying to understand why people like it, I'm always unsuccessful.
It's not really considered a great movie but a lot of people seem to like it... A History of Violence. I just think that is a horrible, horrible movie. I've seen it like 4 times, I watch it ever few years trying to understand why people like it, I'm always unsuccessful.
Citizen Kane, Rocky, Deer Hunter, The Usual Suspects, Gladiator, Lost in Translation, Grey Gardens, and anything by Jean Luc Godard.
I'd more recent ones but I don't think any of them are actually considered the best of all time. Would also say Star Wars but I realize I haven't seen any of them since I was a kid. Couldn't be bothered to see anything SW-related now though.
Citizen Kane, Rocky, Deer Hunter, The Usual Suspects, Gladiator, Lost in Translation, Grey Gardens, and anything by Jean Luc Godard.
I agree on Godard. The Usual Suspects isn't as good as its reputation makes it out to be. Lost in Translation I think it's horrible.
But Rocky, I think Rocky has like 4-5 scenes that elevate the whole movie to a different level. This is one of my favorite scenes of all time, I think it's very well written.