I live in kind of a small Southern town, so everyone hates every Jim Jarmusch movie I try to get them to watch. My boyfriend couldn’t understand why I wanted to watch Dead Man almost every day, and he hated Ghost Dog even more. I don’t like Broken Flowers that much, but I do watch it on occasion.
It seems a lot of people on this forum hate Drugstore Cowboy, but I count it among my very favorite films. My attachment is admittedly sentimental and not wholly based on the film’s relative artistic and/or technical merits. I love the world GVS creates: i.e. 1970’s Oregon drug culture. Also, the performances and dialogue are pretty strong. Although I’m not a big William S. Burroughs fan, his cameo in the film is an added delight because his character plays meaningful role. This film just never gets old for me. IMHO, it’s GVS’s best work to date.
Angel Heart staring Mickey Rourke is another derided favorite. I don’t think people hate this film so much as they just don’t care about it. Either way, I find it immensely engrossing.
Hmm, now that I think about it, I first saw both of these movies when I was twelve years-old. Must have been a formative time for me.
I really don’t know anyone (including fellow cinephiles) who enjoyed:
Vinterberg’s “Dear Wendy”
Aronofsky’s “The Fountain”.
I find myself pretty alone in my genuine enjoyment of these. Guilty pleasures is a different category—but I think we may need to start a new thread for that.
jerome: I agree on your opinion on what Larry Clark did before, but I think the sexual and disturbing aspect of Ken Park IS at the core of its very substance. sex as rebellion, as utopia, as a negotian of the bigotry of the adult world.
I loved the Fountain also Charlotte. I watched it only knowing that Aronofsky directed it, having only seen Requiem for a Dream which I enjoyed but did not love. The cinematography is worth seeing, if nothing else.
I don’t know if many people hate it, but I know many Jarmusch fans look askance when I say that Ghost Dog is his best movie and is one of my favorite all time.
Rize has many flaws, but I absolutely love this documentary.
For some reason I have defended the Rock many times to people who question why it is a Criterion release.
I cannot stand Daryl Hannah, but Blade Runner is one of my favourites.
the fountain. although i don’t quite like the ambiguouness it would be better for me if it was kept clear how it is simple . But i never got to understand why it is so hated
I didnt like Dear Wendy I found a great part of it really dispensable
But then again I liked It’s All About Love by the same director… and the critics had destroyed it , its flying africans etc….
I enjoyed The Fountain. That film believes in itself so much that it almost doesn’t matter if you don’t :)
Aronofsky is a great film-maker. The Wrestler will be a good film. I’ve always liked his work, his style flourishes in his films.
Isn’t Blade Runner a film that most people love?
Mars Attacks! – I still think this is one of Tim Burton’s best, especially considering his more recent work.
I love American Dreamz by Paul Weitz. In fact, I love his entire body of work, which many people can’t stand. He tends to make socially relevant comedies just a bit after they are actually relevant. I love watching him grow more than some other American directors because he is working towards a peak, rather than retaining an early lead like many of his colleagues.
I love American Dreamz by Paul Weitz. In fact, I love his entire body of work, which many people can’t stand. He tends to make socially relevant comedies just a bit after they are actually relevant. I love watching him grow more than some other American directors because he is working towards a peak, rather than retaining an early lead like many of his colleagues.
granted i am a huge Cuarón fan, but i don’t think his version of great expectations gets a fraction of the credit that it deserves. his vision of a world comprised entirely of stark greens (as are evident in every single shot) makes for one of the most aesthetically captivating movies in cinematic history. not to mention a stunningly disturbing performance by anne bancroft and one of the best movie soundtracks ever. i seriously recommend everyone revisit this movie.
I liked Coppola’s “Marie Antoinette” but people get mad at me for it, haha.
i was fascinated by jerzy skolimowski the shout with alan bates and susannah york /it has never been available in r1/ would love to see it remastered and released in n america/ anybody else know this film
I’m a die hard James Bond fan. which nobody seems to like around here…
and I also love some generally loathed De Palma films like Blow out and Obsession
ahhhh, and Hitchcock’s Family Plot….
Vanilla Sky – both cinephiles and regular movie-goers give me guff for liking that one. I usually can’t convince them otherwise, so I remain quiet and let them assume I agree.
Oh brother where art thou
I’m with Matthew. I absolutely loved Vanilla Sky. Officially the best use of a Spiritualized song ever.
I loved Last Days. I understand why people hate it, but to me it feels exactly right. Also, I loved Wild Things! If there’s more satisfying sleaze out there, point me to it.
‘Bringing Out The Dead’
‘Manhunter’
Does ‘Empire of the Sun’ count?
I think ‘BOTD’ is one of Marty’s most valiant and brilliant efforts.
Cage was my favorite actor for a brief time after I first saw it.
Meet Joe Black. EVERYONE hated it. I dare anyone on here to agree with me that this was a fascinating and profound film (though yes, too long). Also Squirm, which is a cheapo grindhouse 1970s horror film (about man-eating worms) that is genuinely creepy and interesting (and silly).
The majority of people I’ve encountered (even after coming here, to an extent) hate Inland Empire, which is my favorite Lynch film.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Beyond the Valley of the Dolls!
I forgot—all of my film friends think I’m ridiculous for liking (not loving mind you) I Heart Huckabees. I take the film to be highly tongue-in-cheek, which I feel certain is O’ Russell’s intention—if I’m wrong I don’t want to be right.
Barton Fink, anyone?
Edit: Also Hot Fuzz. It’s not that people hate it, but it usually gets no reaction when I show it to people.
Barton Fink won the Palm D’or at Cannes. Definitely liked in many circles. If all your friends hate Barton Fink, you might want to get some new ones. They’re the wierdos, not you.
Ditto Kifah.
SLiTHER is a pitch-perfect throwback to eighties horror, that happens to lean more towards comedy. I equate it to an American Shaun of the Dead, in that it sends up these horror films, but is clearly made by huge, and clever, horror fans, and is just as good as the movies it is parodying. And yet nobody saw it. :( I love Nathan Fillion.
I also greatly enjoy The Punisher (better than the Dolph Lundgren version, and assuredly better than the new one), Freddy Vs. Jason (I’ve read about seven of the unused scripts, and they went with the right one), and Total Recall (Verhoeven is better than he gets credit for, the effects stand up today, and Schwarzenegger is awesome).
And not that I love it, but Snakes on a Plane is not as bad as a lot of people think; come on, it delivered on its title in spades, it was full of mindless action, and Sam Jackson is Sam Jackson. What is there to hate?
David
Suspiria By Dario Argento. The Idea of a horror films from the seventies seems to turn a lot of people off. I loved the candy colors and the whole look of a Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale on shrooms.