Wow. I thought I was the only person who hated Forrest Gump (for much of the same reasons already stated). Aside from basically dramatizing that 1960s Counterculturalism deserved to get AIDS and die (if you allow that Jenny represents the flip-side of the archetype that the Forrest character so obviously did), I also abhor the film for it being one of the first I can remember to technically meld real historical footage with Hollywood product; seeing LBJ used as fodder for stupid jokes was not only insulting (not that I really care about insulting him specifically), but in a certain sense perhaps even evil.
I usually can’t find many movies that are completely without merit, but I tend to focus on the ones that have an element of complete failure or mind-blowing ridiculousness within an otherwise mediocre presentation.
Case in point: Mr. Brooks.
This movie was slightly entertaining (if only for William Hurt’s scenes), but the parts with Demi Moore looked like they belonged in a completely different movie that was, probably, the worst movie ever.
I don’t hate Nicholas Cage (I actually quite like a lot of his performances), but here are some reasons you might:
1) He changed his name to hide his family connections in the industry, but once he was (too) famous he didn’t change it back.
2) He arguably ‘sold out’ after winning an Academy Award and started making action-movies in a deliberate (and shrewd) attempt at securing ‘bankability’. Once said bankability was achieved, he proceeded to make a long string of bad movies (Bringing Out the Dead and/or Adaptation, perhaps, withstanding).
3) He is arguably a weird looking individual, who always looks similarly weird in all his films (again, Adaptation, perhaps withstanding).
4) He made two movies with Vegas in the title, forever ruining the experience of those that mixed up the titles of those films.
5) He once swallowed a live insect (insect-killer!).
That’s all I’ve got.
Again, I’d like to state that I have no problem with Nic(h)olas Cage; I just thought the question was interesting, rhetorically.
Considering that The Velvet Goldmine borrows structurally and otherwise from Citizen Kane, I suppose it would be THE metaphorical biopic. Charles Foster Kane being the Brian Slade to William Randolph Hearst’s David Bowie. Or whatever.
I’d rather see a failed remake of Suspiria by David Gordon Green than another studio horror retread directed by someone who has only ever made commercials for a living (see Platinum Dunes).
That being said, why try to explain a remake in terms of other unrelated movies?:
“It’s great. You just have to see it. [I’m going for] the vivid technicolor achievement of The Red Shoes with the intensity and fear and anxiety of The Silence of the Lambs.”
I didn’t like the experience of Inland Empire, but that doesn’t necessarily make it a good or bad film.
The clown face literally scared me, though. I don’t think I can recall a movie since I was a kid that actually, for split second, made me afraid for my life.
What Is The Worst Movie Made in the Past 20 Years? (THERE ARE RULES TO FOLLOW!) over 2 years ago
Wow. I thought I was the only person who hated Forrest Gump (for much of the same reasons already stated). Aside from basically dramatizing that 1960s Counterculturalism deserved to get AIDS and die (if you allow that Jenny represents the flip-side of the archetype that the Forrest character so obviously did), I also abhor the film for it being one of the first I can remember to technically meld real historical footage with Hollywood product; seeing LBJ used as fodder for stupid jokes was not only insulting (not that I really care about insulting him specifically), but in a certain sense perhaps even evil.
I usually can’t find many movies that are completely without merit, but I tend to focus on the ones that have an element of complete failure or mind-blowing ridiculousness within an otherwise mediocre presentation.
Case in point: Mr. Brooks.
This movie was slightly entertaining (if only for William Hurt’s scenes), but the parts with Demi Moore looked like they belonged in a completely different movie that was, probably, the worst movie ever.
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What makes you hate Nicolas Cage so much? over 2 years ago
I don’t hate Nicholas Cage (I actually quite like a lot of his performances), but here are some reasons you might:
1) He changed his name to hide his family connections in the industry, but once he was (too) famous he didn’t change it back.
2) He arguably ‘sold out’ after winning an Academy Award and started making action-movies in a deliberate (and shrewd) attempt at securing ‘bankability’. Once said bankability was achieved, he proceeded to make a long string of bad movies (Bringing Out the Dead and/or Adaptation, perhaps, withstanding).
3) He is arguably a weird looking individual, who always looks similarly weird in all his films (again, Adaptation, perhaps withstanding).
4) He made two movies with Vegas in the title, forever ruining the experience of those that mixed up the titles of those films.
5) He once swallowed a live insect (insect-killer!).
That’s all I’ve got.
Again, I’d like to state that I have no problem with Nic(h)olas Cage; I just thought the question was interesting, rhetorically.
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Metaphorical Biopics over 2 years ago
Considering that The Velvet Goldmine borrows structurally and otherwise from Citizen Kane, I suppose it would be THE metaphorical biopic. Charles Foster Kane being the Brian Slade to William Randolph Hearst’s David Bowie. Or whatever.
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David Gordon Green remaking Suspiria over 2 years ago
I’d rather see a failed remake of Suspiria by David Gordon Green than another studio horror retread directed by someone who has only ever made commercials for a living (see Platinum Dunes).
That being said, why try to explain a remake in terms of other unrelated movies?:
“It’s great. You just have to see it. [I’m going for] the vivid technicolor achievement of The Red Shoes with the intensity and fear and anxiety of The Silence of the Lambs.”
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Contrary to popular belief... it's okay to hate Inland Empire over 2 years ago
I didn’t like the experience of Inland Empire, but that doesn’t necessarily make it a good or bad film.
The clown face literally scared me, though. I don’t think I can recall a movie since I was a kid that actually, for split second, made me afraid for my life.
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