Lisa Wrote:Maggers mentioned this on another thread and I thought it was worth pursuing. In her words:
Here's my list:
1. THE MATRIX. That's right, I said THE MATRIX. A movie that managed to be boring, confusing, pretentious, corny, embarrassing, and highly fucking unlikely--all at the same time.
2. THE ENGLISH PATIENT. I was actually angry that I sat through the whole thing. Dull and duller.
3. AFFLICTION. Nothing "wrong" with this one. Acting, writing, directing are all excellent. But it is deliberate, disturbing, and harrowlingly realistic. So much so that it ceases to be entertainment and becomes difficult or impossible to watch more than once.
4. TITANIC. "Rose!" "Jack!" "Rose!" "Jack!"
5. MOULIN ROUGE. This film gave me motion sickness. I'm not kidding.
6. MEET JOE BLACK. I almost killed myself after I watched this, just so I wouldn't have to "meet Joe Black" before I die. Most boring romance EVER.
7. FALLEN. Way overrated. All the plot elements were done before and better. And the ending is dumb.
8. DANGEROUS LIAISONS. I just can't get into John Malkovich and Glenn Close as desirable lovers. Sorry.
9. STEPMOM. Why does anyone like this movie? I don't understaaaaaaaaaand. (That was in my best "stepwhine" voice.)
10. THE PILLOW BOOK. Huh? Wha?? Ummmm. Peter Greenaway is a weirdo.
Lisa
The Mad American Wrote:A.I. What a horrible POS that wasted over two hours of my life. Spielberg should be slapped and Kubrick...well he is dead so he gets a pass I guess.
Sam Wrote:There's a difference??
ccosborne3 Wrote:Just wanted to second the Titanic vote. LA Confidential should of been the best movie that year but got screwed over by the Titanic juggernaught.
I recently rewatched Titanic and couldn't get over what a selfish beeatch Rose was. Cheated on her fiancee, rubbed it in his face with the nudie drawing. Took the good spot on the raft while Jack froze to death. Pushed his dead body down into the murky depths so she could blow the whistle and be saved. Then to top it off she throws the big billion dollar diamond necklace that the underwater search team is looking for into the ocean.
The Mad American Wrote:Maggers already mentioned it but I don't think it can be said enough.
A.I. What a horrible POS that wasted over two hours of my life. Spielberg should be slapped and Kubrick...well he is dead so he gets a pass I guess.
Blake Wrote:SIN CITY: Okay, I know a lot of people were heaping praise on this film in another thread, but I hated it, largely for the same reason I hated SE7EN. I found it too disturbing, though it was very artistic and well done. Nowhere near my cup of tea, though, and I hope never to see it again.I felt like that when I saw SIN CITY, too. But I watched it again with a friend and somehow the god awful violence was more cartoonlike, sort of like the Road Runner.
Keith the Elder Wrote:"A River Runs Through It" Two brothers enjoy fishing while growing up. They go to college, come home, go fishing, go to a dance, go fishing, one brother is killed, the other gets old and goes fishing. The End.