overrated movies - Page 2

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 08.14.2007, 03:42 PM

I think Scorsese makes films with a vocabulary that really doesn't appeal very much to me. I'll watch a Scorsese movie and say "the acting was good, the plot was good, the cinematography was good, but I didn't really feel anything or feel like I got anything out of it." Gangs of New York and Raging Bull both were like that for me. I liked the new one in that I did care about the characters and it was suspenseful, but I still felt pretty unaffected by it.

jon boy · 08.14.2007, 03:42 PM

i liked reqiuem for a dream and i like david lynch movies. i dont however like shrek and thought the ring was very very overated.

Pookie · 08.14.2007, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by demonrail666

Anything and everything made by Stanley Kubrick.

Indeedy.
And I'll add Scarface (the Al Pacino one)

atsonicpark · 08.14.2007, 03:53 PM

lynch is god.

Torn Curtain · 08.14.2007, 04:02 PM

Amelie.

Savage Clone · 08.14.2007, 04:05 PM

Good call on Amelie!

!@#$%! · 08.14.2007, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by demonrail666

Anything and everything made by Stanley Kubrick.

ha ha ha ha!!

i laugh, sir.

for you are out of your wazoo.

spartacus? surely a piece of crap.

however:

barry lyndon? an underrated masterpiece without question.

dr. strangelove? please, brother... that film is pure genius.

i won't go on and on. but the only cinematic turd kubrick ever issued was spartacus, and the one to blame for that is kirk douglas, not kubrick-- the fucker messed with the script, the production, the editing, etc.-- hammy motherfucker!

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Originally Posted by Savage Clone

Good call on Amelie!

oui, bien su^r!

cute movie or whatever but i so fell asleep the first time around. too many visual gimmicks designed to fool the unwary.

Pookie · 08.14.2007, 04:17 PM

Terrible and/or overrated Kubrick films:
Spartacus
Lolita
Dr Strangelove
2001
A Clockwork Orange
Barry Lyndon
The Shining
Full Metal Jacket

Surely a record?

Savage Clone · 08.14.2007, 04:20 PM

I'll give you Lolita (I hated every character in this movie), and I'll give you Spartacus, but Dr. Strangelove and A Clockwork Orange?
You're nuts.

!@#$%! · 08.14.2007, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Pookie

Terrible and/or overrated Kubrick films:
Spartacus
Lolita
Dr Strangelove
2001
A Clockwork Orange
Barry Lyndon
The Shining
Full Metal Jacket

Surely a record?

ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

you're a master of comedy! but for the joke to be funnier you have to take spartacus out of there.

Rob Instigator · 08.14.2007, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Cantankerous

a clockwork orange isn't as great as you'd be led to believe. it gets kind of difficult to pay attention to once they start reforming him.

the second half of that movie is my favorite part!

Torn Curtain · 08.14.2007, 04:25 PM

A clockwork orange may not have aged well (especially the beginning) but it's still a great movie.

The Kubrick movie that is overrated in my opinion is Eyes wide shut.

Torn Curtain · 08.14.2007, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

the second half of that movie is my favorite part!

Ditto.

Rob Instigator · 08.14.2007, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Pookie

Terrible and/or overrated Kubrick films:
Spartacus
Lolita
Dr Strangelove
2001
A Clockwork Orange
Barry Lyndon
The Shining
Full Metal Jacket

Surely a record?

dr strangelove is the greatest anti-war, anti-government movie ever made

2001 changed cinema forever.

the shining is the best ghost movie ever.

full metal jacket is, for the first hour, pure genius.

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 08.14.2007, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Pookie

Terrible and/or overrated Kubrick films:
Spartacus
Lolita
Dr Strangelove
2001
A Clockwork Orange
Barry Lyndon
The Shining
Full Metal Jacket

Surely a record?

Lolita, Dr. Strangelove, 2001, and the Shining are among my faves.

Paths of Glory is an incredibly underrated Kubrick movie.

!@#$%! · 08.14.2007, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Torn Curtain

The Kubrick movie that is overrated in my opinion is Eyes wide shut.

really? i thought it was rated quite LOW. a lot of people didn't like it for various reasons-- to me it was a great horror movie, however. i was fucking terrified through most of it, in a way that dracula shit can't make me (i laugh at horror movies, or they gross me out, but they don't "scare" me-- this one did.) oh yes, the real monsters--the mega-rich.

Pookie · 08.14.2007, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

dr strangelove is the greatest anti-war, anti-government movie ever made. It's twaddle.

2001 changed cinema forever. It made falling asleep in the cinema acceptable?

the shining is the best ghost movie ever. Have you never seen The Innocents?

full metal jacket is, for the first hour, pure genius. Another whiney "Americans as victims in Vietnam" bunch of wank.

And I'll add Chicago. I went to see the show, and it's fantastic and sexy and camp. The film wasn't any of that.

Savage Clone · 08.14.2007, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Pookie

And I'll add Chicago. I went to see the show, and it's fantastic and sexy and camp. The film wasn't any of that.

That's because musicals are fucking stupid.

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 08.14.2007, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Torn Curtain

Amelie.

To me Amelie is a cute idealistic movie, which is a nice pick me up, but Jeunet's earlier films are a lot better.

Pookie · 08.14.2007, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Savage Clone

That's because musicals are fucking stupid.

Alright Mr Too-Cool-For-School

08.14.2007, 03:42 PM	#21
SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	I think Scorsese makes films with a vocabulary that really doesn't appeal very much to me. I'll watch a Scorsese movie and say "the acting was good, the plot was good, the cinematography was good, but I didn't really feel anything or feel like I got anything out of it." Gangs of New York and Raging Bull both were like that for me. I liked the new one in that I did care about the characters and it was suspenseful, but I still felt pretty unaffected by it.
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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	lynch is god. __________________
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Torn Curtain invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: France Posts: 7,997	Amelie.
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Savage Clone invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 11,286	Good call on Amelie!
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Pookie invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 9,877	Terrible and/or overrated Kubrick films: Spartacus Lolita Dr Strangelove 2001 A Clockwork Orange Barry Lyndon The Shining Full Metal Jacket Surely a record?
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Savage Clone invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 11,286	I'll give you Lolita (I hated every character in this movie), and I'll give you Spartacus, but Dr. Strangelove and A Clockwork Orange? You're nuts.
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08.14.2007, 04:25 PM	#32
Torn Curtain invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: France Posts: 7,997	A clockwork orange may not have aged well (especially the beginning) but it's still a great movie. The Kubrick movie that is overrated in my opinion is Eyes wide shut.
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