I still want my three hours back.
Oh, see, I wish I could have seen the original nine-hour first cut.
Oh, look at the pretties!
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
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Sue - Jul 13, 2010 5:22:22 pm PDT #9719 of 30000
hip deep in pie
Steph L. - Jul 13, 2010 5:25:33 pm PDT #9720 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Okay, The Goonies is AWESOME. As I believe I made clear in that COMM.
Most Hated Movie: The Thin Red Line.
There are a handful of others, but that's my go-to hate. I still want my three hours back.
Heh. We might not have all the same favorite movies, but oh, I share your hatred of The Thin Red Line. I think I've said, verbatim, that I wanted my 3 hours back.
Of course, if the director had just trimmed down the ENDLESS FUCKING SHOTS of Jim Cavieziel staring broodingly out of the boat for, like, 45 minutes, the movie would have been tighter and possibly easier to endure. (I was going to make a comparison here to Madame Butterfly, and the long-ass scene of Cio-Cio-San waiting for Pinkerton, but that's uber-geeky even for me.)
Glamcookie - Jul 13, 2010 5:41:42 pm PDT #9721 of 30000
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
I am ita in that I also hated LiT and Eternal Sunshine. All those characters needed slapping! Another beloved film I hated: American Beauty. Ick.
We watched The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo last night. Also ick, but in a totally different way than American Beauty.
DavidS - Jul 13, 2010 5:51:59 pm PDT #9722 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Was it good? I wanna see it!
Steph L. - Jul 13, 2010 6:09:16 pm PDT #9723 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Another beloved film I hated: American Beauty. Ick.
I wanted to punch everyone in that movie.
Aims - Jul 13, 2010 6:10:26 pm PDT #9724 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Most Hated Films for me are: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil and Lost in Translation.
Like ita, no sympathy for the characters in LiT.
Amy - Jul 13, 2010 6:12:21 pm PDT #9725 of 30000
Because books.
I hated American Beauty, too. There was one funny scene with the kid and the pot, but otherwise, ugh. Ugh ugh ugh.
I've had Lost in Translation and Eternal Sunshine in my NetFlix queue forever. Now I want to watch them and see where I fall on the like meter.
-t - Jul 13, 2010 6:14:08 pm PDT #9726 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I was just thinking about how much I dislike American Beauty yesterday. It's a large amount. I almost feel like I should watch it again to see if I still hate it that much.
Amy - Jul 13, 2010 6:16:43 pm PDT #9727 of 30000
Because books.
I know I'll never watch Trainspotting again, even though I know why I hated it at the time. I think the only one that grew on me was the first part of Kill Bill -- I walked out of it, dragging Garv with me, but then we caught it on cable months later and I did wind up liking the second part more.
I still think it's overblown and self-indulgent and not much with the sense-making but there *could* have been a good movie in there if someone had restrained him.
Dana - Jul 13, 2010 6:19:09 pm PDT #9728 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
I love Eternal Sunshine. I'm not sure if there are any so-called classics or critically acclaimed movies I hate.