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I don’t cringe, I take out my penis and piss on them
MOULIN ROUGE (::shudders::)
Titanic
500 Days of Summer
The Royal Tenenbaums
The Black Swan
Inception
Eyes Wide Shut
Harry Potter
Hiroshima Mon Amour
Amelie
Donnie Darko
Garden State
Lost in Translation
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Taken
And that’s it.
Cringing about other people having different tastes seems silly. There’s just something judgemental and elitist about it which rubs me the wrong way… I mean, cringing about the film itself is fine, but cringing because it happens to do something for someone? Surely it’s better to try and understand why they love that film?
^ Exactly! And with that bit of wisdom, this and every thread with the word “overrated” in the title, should be shut down.
One thing to add: I can completely understand if someone cringes about someone else loving a film that is racist, sexist, sexualityist etc. Still, trying to understand why they love the film is key, and making sure they’re aware of any racism or whatever in the film is also important. I mean, they might not know it’s there, or they might see what you’re talking about but not actually consider the film racist for it. Understanding and listening are key.
Yes, I hate Taken from a moral POV. Not aesthetically.
In a related note though, I don’t think people in this thread really cringe (well, most of them). It’s just a tongue in cheek thread?
@ Kate – how exactly does Hiroshima Mon Amour fit in with the rest of your list? I agree with you on the majority of the films you stated, but having seen Hiroshima just a few days ago, and finding it to be one of the most significant cinematic experiences I’ve had in a while, I’m very curious as to the rationale behind its inclusion. I mean perhaps it is referenced a little too often by people who didn’t actually enjoy the film and who are just trying to appear knowledgeable, but I don’t think that should take away anything from the film’s merit. Of course maybe you just didn’t like it and have perfectly valid reasons for not doing so, but I can’t help but feel offended at seeing it alongside garbage like ‘Inception’ and ‘Harry Potter’!
Cringing about other people having different tastes seems silly. There’s just something judgemental and elitist about it which rubs me the wrong way… I mean, cringing about the film itself is fine, but cringing because it happens to do something for someone? Surely it’s better to try and understand why they love that film?
And yet it is hard to tell people that you think Antichrist is a great film.
^ I would just like to use this opportunity to apologise to any Antichrist fans who I may have offended in the past ;p
Though apologising is made easier because I’ve been starting to come around to Antichrist… I can’t help but wonder if part of the reason I reacted against that film and The Idiots so harshly was because I wasn’t sure what to make of them at the time. They certainly push you places you don’t want to go.
Cringe at your own risk.
I love every frame of Antichrist – I think it’s one of the best films ever made, but not…
CHUNGKING EXPRESS (1994 – Wong Kar Wai)
I’ve seen this film three times and it’s made me want to puke each time.And now I can’t even listen to the Mamas and the Papas without getting nauseous— “California Dreamin” has become my post-conditioning Ludwig Van.
Nothing against Wong Kar, I’m sure if so many people love him he must have something going on, but I find his whole moping self-absorbed poseur thing unbearable, and all the gross eating and bulimia on display here is just too much for me. I can’t eat canned pineapple or even hear the word ‘salad’ anymore.
oh and another one – SPIDERMAN
O.o
Chungking Express is my favourite film ever…
@Max — Please don’t take offense, but I find Hiroshima to be insufferably pretentious. Yes, I used the “p” word, because it is the first word that springs to mind when I think of this movie.
I cringe at your pretentious opinion Kate
cringe away. :)
now I started peeing
TMI
I am cringing at your peeing at my response to your cringing at my cringing at Hiroshima Mon Amour.
Thing is Kate, look at where he states he will pee.
God what awfulness…
STEP UP
I didn’t bother going to bathroom, I peed into a vase but my pp got stuck. Will people cringe at me, not because my pp is stuck in a vase, that’s perfectly normal, but some may think it’s pretentious art-performance thing, walking around with a vase?
Eh, it does not follow.
Kieslowski usually results in a wince.
Kieslowski usually results in a wince.
why?
The Notebook
The Happening
Watchmen
Too polished. Same reason as when people talk about Russian writers.
All Russian writers? You don’t even like Nabokov?
Caligula
actually a friend recommended the American to me, and if the comparisons to Antonioni’s “The Passenger” are any indication, I’m sure I’ll enjoy it. :)