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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.
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.
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.
I love Eternal Sunshine. I'm not sure if there are any so-called classics or critically acclaimed movies I hate.
I liked eternal Sunshine a whole lot. And Trainspotting. And Kill Bill.
Haven't seen Magnolia or Thin Red Line or Marie Antoinette.
Have no string feelings one way or the other about Lost in Translation or the Goonies (I don't think I've seen Goonies all the way through).
I enjoyed: Eternal Sunshine, Lost in Translation, American Beauty, The English Patient and Happy Feet. (Yes, it was a mess, felt rather long for its length and the ending was... problematic; but it had penguins, and Steve Irwin voicing an elephant seal.)
That is pretty much how I feel about Happy Feet, bt. I am pretty sure I could edit it down into something I liked a lot. If I had editing skills.
The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo is on Netflix Watch Instantly. I haven't watched it yet, but I was surprised that it showed up so quickly.
I just watched Quarantine, which is essentially a shot-for-shot, beat-for-beat remake of [REC]. I didn't think it was bad, and it had some good ideas of its own, but the original is better, as expected.
The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo is on Netflix Watch Instantly. I haven't watched it yet, but I was surprised that it showed up so quickly.
It's on DVD and the Girl Who Played With Fire is already in a local theatre.