The really funny thing, Tep, is that I also have that book. It's fab.

Bored by Touch Of Evil. But part of that is because I felt pressed to have a reaction to it, it being iconic and stuff. It was okay. Put my "okay" up against critical acclaim, and it comes off looking more like "bored."

I've had this reaction to a few things. Casablanca, Citizen Kane, a few others. (And yet, I've seen each of those movies at least twice, and I think I've seen Kane four or five times, each time trying to appreciate it in the way people seemed to think I should. I don't. So I don't ever have to watch it again.)

Then there were those I simply couldn't stand, like Five Easy Pieces and Midnight Cowboy.

My tastes are personal and peculiar, as most tastes are. Despite effectively minoring in film, were I to translate my credit hours to real school standards, understanding != liking, or caring to watch something again.

I just saw Donnie Darko recently. When it was over, I was all Huh. But I keep thinking about it. It's one of those movies that messes with your head. In general, I like that in a movie, so I've moved Donnie Darko into my "like" column.

Hec, a lot of the things you cite are hallmarks of a revolutionary or iconic movie. I think P-C is more concerned with why it's a good movie.

I agree with every word David S said in the above post.

Give it time, P-C, and then watch it again. I think you'll flip-flop on it with repeated viewings.

The only thing I liked about Forrest Gump was Gary Sinise. I thought he was fabulous.

I've had this reaction to a few things. Casablanca, Citizen Kane, a few others.

Okay, Citizen Kane bored me. I'm really excited that the sets had ceilings, less so about anything that happened between the start and finish of the flick.

Love Casablanca, though, for the most part.

The really funny thing, Tep, is that I also have that book. It's fab.

Whoa.

Casablanca

I think I liked this one straight-off.

Citizen Kane

I liked this too, and wrote a paper on it for my film class. I forget why; I saw them both in high school. I liked the structure of it, I think; finding out the man's life via his interactions with all these other people.

My tastes are personal and peculiar, as most tastes are. Despite effectively minoring in film, were I to translate my credit hours to real school standards, understanding != liking, or caring to watch something again.

Yeah.

Hec, a lot of the things you cite are hallmarks of a revolutionary or iconic movie. I think P-C is more concerned with why it's a good movie.

And yeah.

I don't see the up side to Forrest Gump. It's a Magical Negro movie, where the black guy doesn't even get to be the negro.

It's the related Magical Retarded Person trope.

I saw it because someone I was friends with at the time worked on it, we had it in the house, and I'd just dumped my boyfriend of two years in a messy way. I cried all through the movie, and when I thought about it with my rational brain, realized just how much I actually hated it, even if I was in the PERFECT emotional space for it at the time of viewing.