Classic films everyone loves except you.

[revolution saint]

This is for those films that everyone and particularly critics are unanimous in praise for but you can’t abide.

I’ve already mentioned Apocalypse Now in the Robert Duvall thread but I think it’s really turgid and dull.

Mulholland Drive - to be honest I could put almost everything by David Lynch but this one will do. God knows what the plot is but I couldn’t figure it out. Cinematography is great and Naomi Watts and Laura Harring both get their tits out which elevates it a bit.

Raging Bull - couldn’t even finish it. 
 

As always, completely subjective, no right or wrong and no justifications needed.

[whelk]

Not overly shit and watched it again recently but cannot fathom why many people list The Shawshank Redemption as their favourite film. 
 

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[Turkish]

28 minutes ago, revolution saint said:

This is for those films that everyone and particularly critics are unanimous in praise for but you can’t abide.

I’ve already mentioned Apocalypse Now in the Robert Duvall thread but I think it’s really turgid and dull.

Mulholland Drive - to be honest I could put almost everything by David Lynch but this one will do. God knows what the plot is but I couldn’t figure it out. Cinematography is great and Naomi Watts and Laura Harring both get their tits out which elevates it a bit.

Raging Bull - couldn’t even finish it. 
 

As always, completely subjective, no right or wrong and no justifications needed.

I dont know anyone else who have ever seen this 😂 The weirdest film ever, watched it about 5 times and still none the wiser as to what it's about. The birds in it are fit though

 

[revolution saint]

25 minutes ago, Turkish said:

I dont know anyone else who have ever seen this 😂 The weirdest film ever, watched it about 5 times and still none the wiser as to what it's about. The birds in it are fit though

 

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20160822-why-mulholland-drive-is-the-greatest-film-since-2000
 

Agree but critics seem to love it. All a bit emperor’s new clothes if you ask me.

[sadoldgit]

Fellini’s Satyricon. Released in 1969, the critics raved about it and it was the cool film to see according to my peers at school. Still don’t have a clue what it is about.

Last Tango In Paris. Boring.

Betty Blue. Boring and depressing.

Saturday Night Fever. Hated disco. Disliked The Bee Gees and John Travolta. Not sure why I went but wish I hadn’t.

Dumb and Dumber. Irritating and not remotely funny.

La La Land. Fell for the hype. Wish I hadn’t.

A Clockwork Orange. Stylistically brilliant but the casual violence is disturbingly portrayed as a bit of a lark.

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[The Kraken]

1 hour ago, whelk said:

Not overly shit and watched it again recently but cannot fathom why many people list The Shawshank Redemption as their favourite film. 
 

I only watched it again just recently and reminded myself how utterly brilliant it is. I keep meaning to read the book but never get round to it.

[Gloucester Saint]

Controversial but Fight Club. First hour a great film and then the plot becomes incredibly, obvious, tedious and cheesy.

[iansums]

12 minutes ago, The Kraken said:

I only watched it again just recently and reminded myself how utterly brilliant it is. I keep meaning to read the book but never get round to it.

Agreed, surprised at Whelks comment, Shawshank is my favourite film of all time, I watch it every time I’m on a long flight.

[iansums]

2001: A Space Odyssey 

On the flip side, a film that was not well received but I love, Cloud Atlas.

[aintforever]

1 hour ago, revolution saint said:

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20160822-why-mulholland-drive-is-the-greatest-film-since-2000
 

Agree but critics seem to love it. All a bit emperor’s new clothes if you ask me.

The problem with critics is that they spend their whole lives doing nothing but watch films so always end up wanking over films that are a bit different to the norm, just because they are different. 
 

 

[badgerx16]

I don't suppose Melania will ever reach the status of 'classic'.

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[revolution saint]

20 minutes ago, iansums said:

2001: A Space Odyssey 

On the flip side, a film that was not well received but I love, Cloud Atlas.

Good call on 2001, another one I failed to finish.

[iansums]

39 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Controversial but Fight Club. First hour a great film and then the plot becomes incredibly, obvious, tedious and cheesy.

I’d go along with Fight Club, didn’t enjoy it at all.

[revolution saint]

20 minutes ago, aintforever said:

The problem with critics is that they spend their whole lives doing nothing but watch films so always end up wanking over films that are a bit different to the norm, just because they are different. 
 

 

Yeah, they definitely have a different criteria than the rest of the population.  You can see it to an extent with all the awards ceremonies, all the films are either different or worthy kinds and anything purely commercial finds it hard to get a look in. Nothing wrong with worthy films per se but I wouldn’t rewatch them much whereas I have a load of superficial popcorn films that I find much more enjoyable. 

[sadoldgit]

16 minutes ago, revolution saint said:

Good call on 2001, another one I failed to finish.

I did make it to the end but still don’t get it so yes, that on my list.

Should have added The Shining to my list too.

[Turkish]

To Kill A Mockingbird- Woke nonsense 

[iansums]

1 minute ago, Turkish said:

To Kill A Mockingbird- Woke nonsense 

50 years ahead of its time 

[AlexLaw76]

Apocalypse Now

A pal was raving about The Death of Stalin. I thought it was crap

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[Tamesaint]

The Avatar films. Just long, boring crap. 

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[Turkish]

The Hangover - just not funny but some people seemed to think it was hilarious 

Wayne’s World - absolute bollocks

 

[Lighthouse]

1 hour ago, AlexLaw76 said:

A pal was raving about The Death of Stalin. I thought it was crap

I don't think it's considered a classic but I thought it was brilliant. Jason Isaacs as Zhukov just stole every scene.

5 hours ago, whelk said:

Not overly shit and watched it again recently but cannot fathom why many people list The Shawshank Redemption as their favourite film. 
 

It's okay but it's no Inbetweeners 2.

[east-stand-nic]

Clockwork Orange

Lord of the Rings

The Hangover movies

Casablanca

Gone with the wind

Easy Rider

If I had time I could probably think of some more. 

I see mental mickey is still LOL at all my posts. Odd that no one is outraged by it though? Only when I do it? Yep and Whelkie diddums. The kids are back playing. Half term there is it?

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[Willo of Whiteley]

I’ve never seen Star Wars. My wife and her family claim it’s the best trilogy (the original first three films) to exist.

At which point I started reeling off other ones that are way better like Back To The Future etc.

Oh, Lord Of The Rings I’ve never seen, never been interested in watching films about fairies or magic pixies or whatever it is.

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[Sheaf Saint]

3 hours ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

I’ve never seen Star Wars. My wife and her family claim it’s the best trilogy (the original first three films) to exist.

At which point I started reeling off other ones that are way better like Back To The Future etc.

Oh, Lord Of The Rings I’ve never seen, never been interested in watching films about fairies or magic pixies or whatever it is.

How do you know they are way better than Star Wars if you've never watched it?

[iansums]

When I was at school there was a massive buzz about the film Caligula, a couple of mates managed to get in to see it. Always wanted to see it and finally did when it was recently released on Amazon Prime, my God is was bloody dreadful.

[revolution saint]

Just thought of another one. The deerhunter. Tried to watch it a couple of times but never finished it.

[Jeremy Corbyn]

The Godfather.  Long.  Boring.

Few good bits, but overall a really poor film.

[whelk]

41 minutes ago, revolution saint said:

Just thought of another one. The deerhunter. Tried to watch it a couple of times but never finished it.

I was thinking someone must mention it. I did enjoy but is a slog for sure 

[whelk]

37 minutes ago, Jeremy Corbyn said:

The Godfather.  Long.  Boring.

Few good bits, but overall a really poor film.

Matter of taste of course but I and II are classics. III not so much 

[whelk]

Not sure if counts as a classic but The cook, the thief, his wife, her lover was massively disappointing 

[iansums]

9 minutes ago, whelk said:

Not sure if counts as a classic but The cook, the thief, his wife, her lover was massively disappointing 

One of those films which gains a certain notoriety and you feel compelled to watch it.

[egg]

53 minutes ago, whelk said:

Not sure if counts as a classic but The cook, the thief, his wife, her lover was massively disappointing 

I thought it was decent tbh. Weird, but decent. Definitely no classic though. 

[egg]

Aliens, anything Star Wars, and anything Bond. All bollox imo. 

[Turkish]

25 minutes ago, egg said:

Aliens, anything Star Wars, and anything Bond. All bollox imo. 

Really? I love a good Bond. 

Not sure they fall into the everyone loves category but the Rise of the Foot Soldier series dear me! First one was okay but from the third one on just laughable, they seem to be having a competition as to how many times they can say cunt in 90 minutes. 

[egg]

1 minute ago, Turkish said:

Really? I love a good Bond. 

Not sure they fall into the everyone loves category but the Rise of the Foot Soldier series dear me! First one was okay but from the third one on just laughable, they seem to be having a competition as to how many times they can say cunt in 90 minutes. 

Yep, shockingly shit imo. Just don't get the appeal, apart from the female casting. On the whole I don't like ridiculously far fetched or cheesy stuff, and Bond movies fall into both camps. 

[Lighthouse]

Bond films are a mixed bag. Some are utterly ludicrous, like Moonraker, Die Another Day and No Time to Die. Others are gritty, believable and well made, like Goldeneye, From Russia with Love and Casino Royale.

Out of the nine core Star Wars films, only three are actually decent, which isn’t a great success rate.

[egg]

2 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

Bond films are a mixed bag. Some are utterly ludicrous, like Moonraker, Die Another Day and No Time to Die. Others are gritty, believable and well made, like Goldeneye, From Russia with Love and Casino Royale.

Out of the nine core Star Wars films, only three are actually decent, which isn’t a great success rate.

The ones I've tried have been so bad it's put me off them all. The only time I've ever walked out of a cinema is during a bond movie. The sad thing is, I love a decent spy movie or series - Tehran at the moment is class, for example. That's what I see as believable, not Bond.