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Films you enjoy but everyone else hates - smithers52 - 05-31-2005
It's a companion thread for the Films you Can't Bear thread.
What are films you like but everyone else hates? Come on, feel free to list anything no matter how critically (or publicly) maligned. Don't be embarassed.
I enjoy:
A.I.: I can see why one wouldn't dig it but I really enjoy the film. It's got some nice concepts, cinematography and acting. Among Spielberg's Top 10, IMO.
Titanic: While the film won many oscars and such, many have derided the film since it's release. But I really enjoy it. Some nice epic-scale filmmaking from master James Cameron. and I'm still coming with more to post up....
Films you enjoy but everyone else hates - Maggers - 05-31-2005
This feels like a guilty pleasure kind of thread....you know, true confessions.
OK, I'll confess. I saw Titantic not once but twice...in the theater! I love big old disaster movies, and it was so much better than those awful clunkers from the '70's. Plus I've been fascinated by the Titantic for years, so to see it close up and personal like that....a dream come true.
I'm sure there are more....
Films you enjoy but everyone else hates - Flinx - 05-31-2005
Synchronicity rears its head, earlier today I was thinking about doing a thread like this.
Sure you guys didn't watch Titanic just to see Leonardo drown.
A few of my favourites;
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure & Bogus Journey - Keanu Reeves' finest films
Down Periscope
Hudson Hawk
Wayne's World
Films you enjoy but everyone else hates - smithers52 - 05-31-2005
Well no, I wouldn't say it's a guilty pleasure thread I had in mind, Maggers. I mean after all I feel no guilt in admitting that I enjoy A.I. or Titanic.
And anyways, a great list there, Flinx. I agree with all your choices. I enjoy Wayne's World 2 as well.
Remember Clint Eastwood's "Every Which Way..." films (the one with the orangutan)? I enjoy both of those films for their silly campy delights.
Films you enjoy but everyone else hates - jimbow8 - 05-31-2005
Adam Sandler films and Chris Farley films - most of them anyway.
Films you enjoy but everyone else hates - Maggers - 06-01-2005
Galaxy Quest! Love it! Own it. Seen it about a zillion times.
Die Hard. ROCKS!!
Films you enjoy but everyone else hates - jimbow8 - 06-01-2005
Maggers Wrote:Galaxy Quest! Love it! Own it. Seen it about a zillion times.Die Hard - Greatest Action Movie of all time.
Die Hard. ROCKS!!
Films you enjoy but everyone else hates - Biggles - 06-01-2005
smithers52 Wrote:It's a companion thread for the Films you Can't Bear thread.
What are films you like but everyone else hates? Come on, feel free to list anything no matter how critically (or publicly) maligned. Don't be embarassed.
I enjoy:
A.I.: I can see why one wouldn't dig it but I really enjoy the film. It's got some nice concepts, cinematography and acting. Among Spielberg's Top 10, IMO.
Titanic: While the film won many oscars and such, many have derided the film since it's release. But I really enjoy it. Some nice epic-scale filmmaking from master James Cameron. and I'm still coming with more to post up....
The Blue Max. My wife rightfully derides George Peppard's acting in it, because she kept waiting for some explanation for why Bruno Stachel (Peppard's character) spoke English with an American accent throughout the movie. You know, like, he was the American born son of a German shopkeeper who returned to Germany to fight for the Kaiser, but no, it was just George showing his tremendous range as an actor.
Anyway, I watch it for two reasons: the aerial combat scenes and Ursula Andress (or "Undress")Here's another: Sudden Death. Jean-Claude Van Damme, the "Muscles from Brussels" as a Pittsburgh fireman and hockey fan, who has tickets to see the Blackhawks play the Penguins in game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals in the Civic Arena.
***********MAJOR SPOILERS***************
In the end Iceburgh the Penguins' mascot gets whacked and the Civic Arena gets destroyed, but J-CVD saves the 'Burgh and western civilization. And more importantly, the Pens win the cup in sudden death overtime. Obviously, I watch this movie for the same reasons I do Flashdance, Inspector Gadget, and Closing Distance---"It's a 'Burgh Thing".
Films you enjoy but everyone else hates - Ken Valentine - 06-01-2005
Maggers Wrote:Galaxy Quest! Love it! Own it. Seen it about a zillion times.
Die Hard. ROCKS!!
Betcha you haven't seen it as many zillion times as I have Father Goose with Carey Grant and Leslie Caron. Betcha-betcha-betcha! :p
Ken V.
Films you enjoy but everyone else hates - smithers52 - 06-01-2005
I enjoy Galaxy Quest as well. It's an enjoyable quirky little gem.
I dunno about listing Die Hard here. It's cool you guys like the film but it's not a film that's oft-reviled. It's widely considered an action masterpiece (myself included) and (like Raiders of the Lost Ark) laid down the template for everything since. DH: with A Vengeance is cool flick in it's own right.
And I enjoy The Lost World. No it's not up to par with Jurassic Park but it succeeds at being an enjoyable dumb dinosaur film. That trailer hanging over the cliff is my fave setpiece from the three films. Plus we get to see twice as many dinos this time meaning twice the people getting eaten. And I love the final rampage through San Diego, it made for a better Godzilla film in 20 minutes than Devlin/Emmerich's Godzilla did for two hours.