A Masterpiece... you hate?

I'll put pretty much every Nolan movie in my list for this thread. They're fun movies and a fun experience but I have no idea why they end up in so many Top 10's. The Dark Knight was a great movie-going experience and has some wonderful stuff in it but the third act definitely falls apart on repeated viewings.
 
I can't stand Titanic. First time I watched it, it was ok but watching it again I just can't stand that movie. I am not a big fan of Leonardo DiCaprio I have only liked him in a few movies Inception, Shutter Island and Catch me if you Can. That could be the reason why I don't like the movie but I also don't care for the story I felt the story was kinda boring I rarely ever think a movie is boring but this really did bore me while watching it. In my opinion I think the movie was only successful because of James Cameron directing the movie.
 
While they're newer "classics," I've completely lost my taste for anything Quentin Tarantino, present or past. I agree wholeheartedly with the previous poster asserting that one's tastes evolve along with age, experience, and place in life.
 
Chris Johnston said:
I don't know about "Masterpiece" but Eraserhead comes to mind
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I absolutely love "Eraserhead", it's the best visual representation of "nightmare logic" I've ever seen on film. ( 7 years in the making! )

BTW, Eraserhead is expected to have a Criterion Collection Blu-ray release sometime this year.
 
It has to be 'Stalker' by Tarkovsky for me. There are some parts of it I love, but come on, something needs to happen. Anything needs to happen! Having read 'Roadside Picnic' first, I think that my expectations were that we would actually see a trap at some point; the Meat-Grinder at the very least.

Without having any preconceived ideas the movie is probably a very different experience.
 
norvan5 said:
I'm about to give Bunuel's 'Discrete charm of the bourgeoisie' another go after struggling through it years ago.
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Update: I just re-watched 'Discrete charm...' and thoroughly enjoyed it. It was absurd, funny and frenetic. Didn't have to struggle through it at all. Now I just have to figure out what the hell it was about...
 
I'm going to say Titanic, I am a fan of Dicaprio..but I wasn't a fan of that movie.

Along the lines of changing our minds as we age: The Graduate still holds up for me each time I watch it....and it was a "classic" already when I first saw it. Cool Hand Luke also never changes, and a more modern film that stands up each time...The Shawshank Redemption. If it comes on tv, I don't mean to watch AGAIN for 3 hours but I do...lol.

The "Brat Pack" John Hughes movies have changed a bit for me.....although still good, nowhere near what they were when I saw them, of course I was generally the same age as all the stars in them, maybe a bit younger.
 
lists like this are always a reflection of the times. Opinions on films that are not part of your generation will always be skewed. Yes my first film in a movie theatre was Star Wars and naturally had a deep impact on my life. If I was to see that film today, well I'm sure I'd be scratching my head. I will say that a film that I was expecting to hate, but thoroughly enjoyed and marvelled at, was Moulin Rouge.
 
The most interesting thing here is just how different a group of like minded individuals can be. Some comments on this thread have me nodding in agreement, while others leave me aghast! I haven't seen Tarkovsky's Solaris, but I have seen some of his other works and enjoyed them, so I think I'll give it a try.

I wasn't blown away by 'Vertigo' the way so many people seem to be. It wasn't a bad film, but I thought it was one of Hitchcock's weaker efforts. Maybe overhyped? Agree about the cinematography though, simply beautiful.

I preferred the Godfather to Goodfellas. I am a big Scorsese fan, but 'Goodfellas' was merely an entertaining gangster flick for me, not a masterpeice. Taxi Driver on the other hand..... Brilliant.

David.
 
Oh, and as for 'The Departed'. That was an okay remake of 'Infernal Affairs'. Scorsese definitely won the Oscar for having been overlooked for so long, not for the film itself.
 
I like sci fi, fantasy, action, and romantic comedy. If it isn't one of those it bores me, classic or no.

I'd have to say 2001 a Space Odyssey. Yes it's iconic and there's all the lines everyone can quote.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062622/quotes

And yes it's full of symbolism etc., etc., but honestly it's boring as hell.
 
This still going on?

Kane: Different time, different place, no one even knows who Hearst is today. Film has evolved, but the geezers still own Hollywood, so whatever.

Titanic: Good movie. Layered on the drama on an already drama packed catastrophe. Sometimes size matters. I saw teenage girls sobbing on the way out. It worked.

Magnolia: Pretentious naked emperor couldn't find a common thread except to stop the world and have everyone start singing his girlfriend's then unkown song? Are you _)&)(*&)(&$ kidding me?

Dark Knight: Torture, total surveillance and grumble voice. Don't think so. Go to hell, Nolan.

Gone With the Wind: Too much wind.

John Wayne's career: Can't stand that guy.

The Deer Hunter: When it came out I wasn't even a teenager. Upon second viewing... no. It doesn't hold up well at all.

The Phantom Menace? Does anyone, anywhere consider this a good movie?
 
bgundu said:
lists like this are always a reflection of the times. Opinions on films that are not part of your generation will always be skewed. Yes my first film in a movie theatre was Star Wars and naturally had a deep impact on my life. If I was to see that film today, well I'm sure I'd be scratching my head. I will say that a film that I was expecting to hate, but thoroughly enjoyed and marvelled at, was Moulin Rouge.
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The first film I recall seeing in a theater was "The Ten Commandments"(1956)... I can safely say, only one or two shots stuck in my mind... So, I think almost anything is 'up from there'...

The first film I was 'really impressed with' was "Lawrence of Arabia"(1962)... which I have watched a number of times over the years... And I think it still holds of 'as a film', despite certain whackness of the era relative to casting 'arab' roles with the likes of Alec "Feel the Force young T. E." Guinness...
 
The only one that really sticks out in my mind is "Gone With The Wind", which I finally watched all the way through only a couple of years ago (on DVD) after some aborted attempts earlier. The basic problem is that I found the main character, Scarlett O'Hara, to be an insufferable, selfish b*tch from start to finish, with almost no redeeming qualities aside from beauty. When Rhett finally uttered the infamous last line I couldn't have sympathized more wholeheartedly. Unfortunately it also summed up my feelings about the film overall. Argh...

On the positive side, it was an epic visual spectacular, arguably depicting the fall of the American South in a way no other film ever has. And it *is* the highest grossing film of all time (after adjusting for inflation), by a country mile, and almost certainly will remain so forever.

But for me?

Thumbs down, big-time...
 
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