Great movies I can't get through

[Hanoi5]

I have avoided to watch Titanic, and I plan to remain the same for the rest of my life.

 

 

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Watching mullholland drive was the same feeling like watching a piece of art composed of whatever 2/3 simple things (for example an empty can and a feather) and you look at it and see nothing but an empty can and a feather, but it is worth millions, and people say it is wonderful and faboulous and hwo ironic that the feather is "just slightly above the can", but you can't see anything but a damned empty can and a feather. That's what I though when watching mullholland drive.

 

 

I haven't watched english patient nor No country for old men yet.

 

You have just exposed yourself as being from Madrid instead of being from Barcelona. I bet Dalí is rolling in his grave from your comments.

 

To remain on topic, I have been downloading some movies as of late and watched 'The Adjuster'. A film by Atom Egoyan which would make David Lynch very proud.

[Winstonm]

I now have to add Avatar to this list. It is showing on HBO and so far I have been able to watch pretty close to none of it. I think the reason is that I strongly prefer the cartoons I watch to admit to being cartoons and not to try to trick me into thinking I am watching a movie.

[1eyedjack]

Born on the 4th of July.

 

I only watched it because I was actually born on that day. Trouble is I paid to see it at the cinema, so felt obliged to sit through the hours of tortuous boredom.

[y66]

Born on the 4th of July.

 

I only watched it because I was actually born on that day. Trouble is I paid to see it at the cinema, so felt obliged to sit through the hours of tortuous boredom.

 

That is too hilarious. Did you think it was going to be about you or what?

[1eyedjack]

That is too hilarious. Did you think it was going to be about you or what?

Heh - I had no particular expectations. It lived up to them

[Foxx]

Born on the 4th of July.

 

I only watched it because I was actually born on that day. Trouble is I paid to see it at the cinema, so felt obliged to sit through the hours of tortuous boredom.

 

"P***S!!!!!! P***S, P***S, P***S, P***S, P***S!!!! BIG F***ING ERECT P***S, MA!"

 

That line is classic....

[1eyedjack]

"P***S!!!!!! P***S, P***S, P***S, P***S, P***S!!!! BIG F***ING ERECT P***S, MA!"

 

That line is classic....

Go on, admit it. If someone produced a box office hit called "Born on the 18th of January" you would feel a temptation to go and see it.

[1eyedjack]

Now this one looks like a "keeper":

William and Kate - the movie

 

 

ROFL. Where *did* they get the funding?

[phil_20686]

Judging from my friends I am betting that Will and Kate movie will be a hit. A huge number of people watched the wedding. As in, close to 50% of people that I know.

 

As to great movies that I cannot get through. There are a bunch that I failed to get through, but mostly it was because they were to emotionally draining.

 

The first few times I tried to watch "Schindler's List" I got really upset and had to stop, although I eventually finished it. I also found "The Killing Field's" too depressing/upsetting. There are a buch of famous horror movies that I just thought were pretty absurd and stopped watching. Child's play? Is that hte name, with the killer doll?

[blackshoe]

Never watched "The Killing Fields" (why do people insist on putting apostrophes in places they don't belong?) Never had any interest in doing so. Same is true of things like "Apocalypse Now" and "Platoon". Something to do with having seen enough of that ***** in real life. I did watch (and enjoy) "M.A.S.H." and "Good Morning, Vietnam". :blink:

[Rain]

I've yet to get through the sound of music. Each time I try, I fall asleep after the yoodling song.

[kenberg]

I've yet to get through the sound of music. Each time I try, I fall asleep after the yoodling song.

 

I think one of the kids, in adult life, explained that they really didn't walk over the Alps, but rather they took a train to Italy.

 

I guess I enjoyed the movie well enough. Just remember to whistle a happy tune. No, that's The King and I. Remember a few of your favorite things, maybe? Of course we all know that a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down.

 

And we wonder why kids don't listen to what adults tell them!

[Winstonm]

I think one of the kids, in adult life, explained that they really didn't walk over the Alps, but rather they took a train to Italy.

 

I guess I enjoyed the movie well enough. Just remember to whistle a happy tune. No, that's The King and I. Remember a few of your favorite things, maybe? Of course we all know that a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down.

 

And we wonder why kids don't listen to what adults tell them!

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It's plain to 'splain that Italy's found by train.

[Mbodell]

Not of the same "quality" as these, but friends of mine and I walked out of Rango in the theatre recently about half way through. That had a 89% rating at rotten tomato.

 

Another "classic" that I didn't like and found it hard to get all the way through would be Breakfast at Tiffany's. I agree with others that Titanic is over rated, but I don't think it is actually bad or unwatchable.

 

A book version of this thread for me is 1984. I like books, and I like sci-fi, but I've started 1984 twice and not finished it either time.

[y66]

I guess I have seen worse (maybe not a lot worse) than Being John... or maybe I was just in a charitable mood. I did wonder why the hell I was watching it. But as I recall I made it to the end. (Which is not the same as saying I recall how it ends!)

 

Back to David Lynch for a moment. Enough people have told me how great he is, and in particular how great Mulholland Drive is, that I keep intending to give it another try. But then I read that if you buy the DVD it comes with some extra stuff that gives hints about how to interpret what you are seeing. Now there is a guy with a gimmick a huckster could love. Get people to see your movie, then tell them if you pay some more money you will be given some clues about what to make of it!

 

I've always wondered who calls in to newspapers to buy hints to the crossword puzzle. Probably the same people who buy the Mulholland Drive DVD.

I finally got around to watching Mulholland Drive last night. Enjoyed it. I'm not a big David Lynch fan but I do enjoy his work even if he does cross the line on weirdness sometimes which he did not do in this movie. Your LOW may vary.

[Winstonm]

Fences - just too slow moving.

[rmnka447]

Some of the worst movies for me are the brainless action movies that seem to be more about how much computer generated mayhem they can stick into the allotted time than anything else.

 

OTOH, a recent movie I very much enjoyed was "Darkest Hour" which basically covers about the first three week period of Winston Churchill's term as Prime Minister of Great Britain during WWII. Easy peasy, right. Churchill takes over as everyone's choice to lead a united country through the war and stand against the Nazis. Umm...No. The film shows us that the after-the-fact idealized view of history that we have is often far from the reality actually faced at the time. Nothing was as clear cut as we take for granted now. The film fairly faithfully covers this short, but very crucial period in British and World history. It shows that history is made by imperfect people that have flaws and foibles yet overcome them to prevail.

 

The film has some humor (mostly plays on Churchill's foibles), romance, and compelling drama about events in momentous times. Gary Oldman is superb as Winston Churchill. Kristin Scott Thomas also is very good as Winston's wife, Clementine. There are a few sops to Hollywood. One is an unexpected visit by the King to Winston. The other is a subsequent underground (subway) ride by Winston to consult with common people. They probably never happened, but are dramatic devices to provide necessary information that would otherwise been available to him but been hard to portray on film. I'm also not sure that Winston had as much input into formulating the rescue at Dunkirk as shown in the film.

 

One other thing to keep in mind is that the outcome of the Dunkirk operation is in the future and unknown to those in this film. For all they knew, the whole British army might be lost there.

 

I recommended this film to some progressive friends. One indicated that he had seen it over Christmas and also thought it was a terrific film. He did point out that Churchill was known to disappear from time to time during his time as Prime Minister, so the underground trip might not be far off the mark. A third friend went to see the film on our recommendation and very much enjoyd it.

[kenberg]

By coincidence I was at lunch today with two guys and Darkest Hour came up. They had seen it, I haven't yet. One of them mentioned the subway scene with the :common people" and both said they seriously doubted that this happened. But who knows? I guess I'll have to get my act together and go see it, although their is a college run foreign film festival that has had a history of bringing in things that I have liked.

 

And I completely agree about (most) of these heavy action movies. Often it seems that it's what they do when they can't think of an actual story line. Sometime back we were visiting friends who wanted us to all watch Total Recall, the first one with Arnold. Somewhere around the middle I needed to go to the bathroom and I said they should not bother to pause it, just let me know when I got back who had been killed while I was gone. But of course they paused it, can't have me missing anything important. I just didn't get it. I did like True Lies but that was, obviously, a comedy movie not an action movie.