Re: It's a Wonderful Life
I probably liked it the first time I saw it, but it's been an inescapable xmas family tradition for more years than I care to remember and I'd gladly burn the master copy to avoid ever seeing it again even if it meant no one else could either.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:11 (fourteen years ago) link
good title!
― yellow card for favre (call all destroyer), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:12 (fourteen years ago) link
xxp about as witty as we can expect
― some brood (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:12 (fourteen years ago) link
I think what brings me to hate a movie - as opposed to shrugging indifference - is when it fails at doing something that it is trying to do in a highly calculating manner. Self-importance is one way, ham-fistedly heartwarming is another, and obnoxiously "quirky," "clever," and "weird" is a third way.
However, I often find myself sympathetic to movies that are spectacular failures - like Manos Hands of Fate or Night of the Lepus or Godmonster of Indian Flats.
― I ♠ my display name (sarahel), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:14 (fourteen years ago) link
I recalled some also rans:* Deja Vu - wormholes in photographs WTF* That cruddy Nic Cage movie where he's a magician. With magician hair. * Because I Said So - Diane Keaton at her shrillest, most awful worst ACK I can't even standing thinking about that goddamn movie
― VegemiteGrrrl, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:17 (fourteen years ago) link
Mutual Appreciation. Now that I know how boring and pointless mumblecore movies are, I will never see another. Didn't walk out because I thought maybe my boyfriend was enjoying it more than I was, but nope, we both found it to be a huge waste of time.
― lindseykai, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:18 (fourteen years ago) link
"I hated Knowing because Nic Cage yelling his way through a movie is a quality in a movie that brings out my hatred."
Ha! I thought he didn't yell enough. Or punch people without seeming provocation. Like watching a muzzled circus bear, its spirit broken (which the old Cage would have punched an yelled at).
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:24 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, hating Nic Cage movies is like hating Plan 9
― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:27 (fourteen years ago) link
Tough call between AI and Eyes Wide Shut.
― this must be what FAIL is really like (ledge), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:30 (fourteen years ago) link
OTM.
And I am also fond of Night of the Lepus, because how the hell could you not be?
http://eccentric-cinema.com/images2005/movie_pix_j-p/night_lepus01.jpg
― she is writing about love (Jenny), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:31 (fourteen years ago) link
Self-importance is one way, ham-fistedly heartwarming is another, and obnoxiously "quirky," "clever," and "weird" is a third way.
I've been lurking around here long enough to know that everyone hates Whip It and am surprised at the lack of anticipatory snark. it looks like a Triple-Crown Winner
― Pigbin Josh (herb albert), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:33 (fourteen years ago) link
lepus is such a great word. The "scary" close-ups of the rabbits bring joy to my heart.
― I ♠ my display name (sarahel), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:34 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.headinjurytheater.com/Entertainment/NL%20scarry%20bunny%20shot%202.jpg
― she is writing about love (Jenny), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:36 (fourteen years ago) link
http://movieodyssey.com/files/2009/04/lepus-rabbit.jpg
― I ♠ my display name (sarahel), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:38 (fourteen years ago) link
WTH now I have to see this movie.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:40 (fourteen years ago) link
The parts that don't have rabbits in them are pretty boring, so I recommend liberal use of fast-forward.
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:40 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.headinjurytheater.com/images/godmonster%20picnic%20kids.jpg
Godmonster of Indian Flats is another wtf gem
― I ♠ my display name (sarahel), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:42 (fourteen years ago) link
That's a thread unto itself ... movies that are family traditions that you come to never want to see again. For several Christmases running (this was pretty recent) my parents insisted on watching this "charming" British movie about two brothers-in-law competing over Christmas light displays. It was kinda cute the first time, but I really don't ever want to see that movie again.
― I ♠ my display name (sarahel), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:48 (fourteen years ago) link
IAWL turns me into a challop monster. why does my dad insist on watching it *every* xmas argh
― steamed hams (harbl), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:49 (fourteen years ago) link
When I was growing up, my grandmother insisted on the family watching Clockwise every Thanksgiving. It wasn't just watching it every year, at every other family occasion it got brought up in conversation. "Oh, those hilarious little old ladies ..."
― I ♠ my display name (sarahel), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:53 (fourteen years ago) link
My aunt is the crazy one in my family about IAWL. She even still gets mad if people talk during the viewing. The last couple years, I've made sure to have non-family plans with friends on xmas night.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:56 (fourteen years ago) link
cold mountain? cold fuck yrself
― alex b. skeaton (tremendoid), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:57 (fourteen years ago) link
I think last year I finally "cured" my parents of the Christmas Lights movie, and we watched Rififi instead.
― I ♠ my display name (sarahel), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 20:58 (fourteen years ago) link
nah i haven't even seen cm but i'm always suspicious of movies where it looks like the confederacy is about to get humanized something awful.
― alex b. skeaton (tremendoid), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 21:05 (fourteen years ago) link
I have suggested you be banned.
― boring movies are the most boring (Eric H.), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 21:09 (fourteen years ago) link
I love It's a Wonderful Life--it's a wonderful movie!!!
yeah i think liking it is a 'c'(ugh) now, and i like it. I have to recharge on it though, once+ a year is pushing it at this point
― alex b. skeaton (tremendoid), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 21:09 (fourteen years ago) link
Anyone with unkind words for "Christmas Story"?
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 21:29 (fourteen years ago) link
No, but I've never seen it.
― I ♠ my display name (sarahel), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 21:29 (fourteen years ago) link
Donnie Darko sucks
― Hobocamp, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 21:31 (fourteen years ago) link
Ugh. Velvet Frakking Goldmine. BLACH! BLEUCH!
― VegemiteGrrrl, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 21:34 (fourteen years ago) link
I love Velvet Goldmine. Dark Knight and Shawshank Redemption can both fuck off, though.
― Soukesian, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 21:39 (fourteen years ago) link
fuck em - donnie darko, saving private ryan, batman begins & other try hard shitfests
fuck the haters - jackie chan's oeuvre, 5th element
― ogmor, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 21:40 (fourteen years ago) link
I warmed up to Velvet Goldmine when I saw it the second time. The first time, it was a major disappointment.
― I ♠ my display name (sarahel), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 21:40 (fourteen years ago) link
watched Shawshank again recently, my original liking for it vanished astonishingly quickly. thought it was shit.
― Great Scott! It's Molecular Man. (Ste), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 21:41 (fourteen years ago) link
"No, but I've never seen it."
?? this is the one about Ralphie who wants a red ryder BB gun. it is on TV about as much as It's a Wonderful Life round xmastime.
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 21:41 (fourteen years ago) link
5th Element is a big favorite in this house, the kids won me over by demanding repeated viewings.
― Soukesian, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 21:42 (fourteen years ago) link
Juno was decent but are sonic youth really more unlistenable than kimya dawson???
― to cloves fork comfurt (Curt1s Stephens), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 21:42 (fourteen years ago) link
The Fifth Element's script was so clearly written by dude at age 15
― to cloves fork comfurt (Curt1s Stephens), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 21:43 (fourteen years ago) link
http://files.list.co.uk/images/2009/01/22/fame-2009-tour-1.jpg
― do you want to be happier? (whatever), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 21:46 (fourteen years ago) link
So glad that bombed. Maybe the remakes will slow down.
― & other try hard shitfests (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 21:47 (fourteen years ago) link
what is that a picture of? Live action Bratz?
― I ♠ my display name (sarahel), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 21:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Fame
― & other try hard shitfests (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 21:48 (fourteen years ago) link
interestingly enough, none of those people are actually in the movie
― a misunderstanding of Hip-Hop and contracts (HI DERE), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 21:49 (fourteen years ago) link
Thumbsucker was pretty crappy.
― I ♠ my display name (sarahel), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 21:50 (fourteen years ago) link
(tie):American BeautyLost In TranslationBabel
all horrible.
― Change Display Name: (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 21:54 (fourteen years ago) link
I was at a training course at work, where the ice breaker was to name your favorite movie ever, round the table. Opting not to pick this moment to defend the honor of Tinto Brass or Jodorowsky, I chose Touch of Evil (a well-liked thriller, with Charlton Heston in). I spoke briefly, but with feeling. The guy running the course, who had introduced himself as "a bit of a movie buff", then rounded off the exercise by talking contemptuously about people "who had had a bit of time to think even coming up with with black and white films", before going on to enthuse about The Shawshank Redemption.
I rose and snapped his neck like a twig, the cheers of my colleagues ringing in my ears.
― Soukesian, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 21:55 (fourteen years ago) link
We saw a pirated version of Babel without any subtitles, which made it vaguely interesting.
― I ♠ my display name (sarahel), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 21:56 (fourteen years ago) link
citizen kane
― do you want to be happier? (whatever), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 21:56 (fourteen years ago) link
I also found House of 1000 Corpses to be pretty head-clutchingly bad.
Same here.
― I ♠ my display name (sarahel), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 22:01 (fourteen years ago) link
The first thing I think of when I think of horrible movies is 8mm but I feel a bit shamed by some of the awesome challoping on here and I think I need to raise my game.
― Oppositional Soup (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 22:02 (fourteen years ago) link