Unlike Psycho (just below it on the imdb list), the payoff of the movie is in the suspense, not the twist.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 23:43 (fourteen years ago) link
i think shawshawk is pretty all right but weird tonally. it's like a lot of stephen king's work in that way (and in that way it gets it right.) it's this wide-eyed almost innocent-style relating of a tale that's filled with shit like prison rape and murder, and then it all gets tied up in a neat bow at the end with a twist and all of the evil characters paying for their misdeeds with ironic fates.
― omar little, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 23:44 (fourteen years ago) link
the usual suspects is by far the worst film out of that list imo
― omar little, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 23:45 (fourteen years ago) link
(by which I mean Psycho wins and The Usual Suspects loses) xxp
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 23:45 (fourteen years ago) link
There are films in that list that I quite like, but not one that I love, and there's more than a couple that I secretly despise.
― Soukesian, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 23:45 (fourteen years ago) link
Impossible choice for me between F.Gump and Watchmen.
― Hugh Manatee (WmC), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 00:00 (fourteen years ago) link
Watchmen wasn't _that_ awful.
― I ♠ my display name (sarahel), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 00:02 (fourteen years ago) link
I thought it was OK. But just OK. Nowhere near top 20 great.
― Soukesian, Wednesday, 30 September 2009 00:06 (fourteen years ago) link
On the other hand, I've never seem Forrest Gump, but John Waters was unusually vehement on that one, and, based on the people I know who loved, I really don't think it's going to be my kind of thing at all.
― Soukesian, Wednesday, 30 September 2009 00:10 (fourteen years ago) link
the subtext of Forrest Gump is that sexually liberated women with liberal politics get AIDS and die.
― I ♠ my display name (sarahel), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 00:11 (fourteen years ago) link
It's because Morgan Freeman is America's cuddly grandpa.
...who we have sex with and get married to.
― I HEART CREEPY MENS (Deric W. Haircare), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 00:12 (fourteen years ago) link
― I ♠ my display name (sarahel), Tuesday, September 29, 2009 8:11 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
this is a whole genre of movie, the out of control lady movie. i hate it.
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 30 September 2009 00:14 (fourteen years ago) link
but she redeems herself by marrying the retarded patriot and, of course, having a baby.
― I ♠ my display name (sarahel), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 00:17 (fourteen years ago) link
Splitting hairs, I know, but I'd say it's "a subplot" rather than "the subtext" of Forrest Gump. The subtext of the film is: stumbling brainlessly through life will lead to a wondrous existence filled with magic and stars.
― I HEART CREEPY MENS (Deric W. Haircare), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 00:18 (fourteen years ago) link
it isn't a subplot, it is a subtext, but not the only one.
― I ♠ my display name (sarahel), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 00:20 (fourteen years ago) link
i was alarmed by the pro-jogging undercurrent.
― Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 30 September 2009 00:22 (fourteen years ago) link
I thought it was about the rape of our Gulf coast's seabed just to please gluttonous Americans who crave shellfish.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 30 September 2009 00:24 (fourteen years ago) link
Another vote for Donnie Darko, the worst film ever made.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 30 September 2009 00:29 (fourteen years ago) link
Mordy, have you seen Southland Tales?
― I ♠ my display name (sarahel), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 00:32 (fourteen years ago) link
Yes. Southland Tales is bad enough to be enjoyable as a shitty movie (not to mention quotable with all those ridiculous The Rock lines). Donnie Darko is just competently enough made to impart absolutely no enjoyment while watching it whatsoever.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 30 September 2009 00:35 (fourteen years ago) link
Usual Suspects is awesome if only for Benicio Del Toro and his accent/look.
― Change Display Name: (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 00:51 (fourteen years ago) link
On that IMDB list Fight Club would get my vote. I don't hate it, but I dislike it more than most of them.
no-one's hardcore enough to challop Schindler. Cool. That might be be our saving grace, gize.
― VegemiteGrrrl, Wednesday, 30 September 2009 01:03 (fourteen years ago) link
I have a soft spot for Schindler's List because my mom's a bookkeeper for right-wingers, and it gave me hope that if there were some sort of purge on liberals and lefties, that my family would be similarly saved.
― I ♠ my display name (sarahel), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 01:06 (fourteen years ago) link
Lost in Translation. I really hate this style of under-scripted movie which then gets praised for being subtle and meaningful cos it's so lacking in substance that people just project whatever they want on to it. Actually come to think of it i might hate Broken Flowers even more.
― Number None, Wednesday, 30 September 2009 01:09 (fourteen years ago) link
I liked Broken Flowers. And I liked Lost in Translation. But I already cried about LOTR so hack away :)
― VegemiteGrrrl, Wednesday, 30 September 2009 01:10 (fourteen years ago) link
Actually come to think of it you might hate Bill Murray most.
― Roman Polanski now sleeps in prison. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 01:11 (fourteen years ago) link
I will no longer see any movies where Bill Murray does his deadpan depressive schtick. He should have stopped at Rushmore.
― Number None, Wednesday, 30 September 2009 01:16 (fourteen years ago) link
And to balance the universe I will see them in your stead. Ah. harmony!
I don't know if everyone a) saw this or b) raved about it but I didn't like 'Tell No One'. And I kind of liked it even less for having had it RAVED to me that it was omg awesome. Really not. You don't get a pass just for having subtitles.
― VegemiteGrrrl, Wednesday, 30 September 2009 01:21 (fourteen years ago) link
Lost in Translation. I really hate this style of under-scripted movie which then gets praised for being subtle and meaningful cos it's so lacking in substance that people just project whatever they want on to it.
i dunno, i liked it in a 'don't mind spending time with these characters + listening to this music + watching the pretty lights' sort of way but 'under-scripted' still doesn't seem fair. (or at least changes in your direction would prob have doomed what *I* like about it). its charms are fragile but not slight if that makes any sense.
― alex b. skeaton (tremendoid), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 01:32 (fourteen years ago) link
I just didn't think there was anything there beyond "It can be a bit lonely being in a foreign country on your own and incidentally aren't those Japanese crazy?" You could take a walk round any big city at night with some My Bloody Valentine on your iPod and get the same experience.
― Number None, Wednesday, 30 September 2009 01:40 (fourteen years ago) link
number none, there is a thread for that POS film where I blather on endlessly but echoing your sentiments in poorer fashion.
― Change Display Name: (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 01:42 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah i'll shut up about it now. It just bothers me when something so half-arsed gets feted to such a degree.
― Number None, Wednesday, 30 September 2009 01:51 (fourteen years ago) link
I really liked Lost In Translation the first time I saw it, then a negative review by Momus made me change my mind. His most OTM point IMO is his objection to the film's portrayal of Bill Murray's character as someone likeable, while he's really just a smug, racist prick. And so is Scarlett Johansson. Yet, it's still a beautiful film with an amazing soundtrack, so it's hard to completely hate it.
― one boob is free with one (daavid), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 02:12 (fourteen years ago) link
surprised that fucking huckabees movie has not been mentioned yet
― skeletor, Wednesday, 30 September 2009 02:12 (fourteen years ago) link
Has anyone mentioned "The Squid and The Whale" yet?
― one boob is free with one (daavid), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 02:13 (fourteen years ago) link
No, but thanks for mentioning it. HORRIBLE!
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 30 September 2009 02:14 (fourteen years ago) link
Huckabees was a big bag of WTF.
― VegemiteGrrrl, Wednesday, 30 September 2009 02:20 (fourteen years ago) link
human traffic, requiem for a dream
i think i just hate all 'young people take drugs' films
― electric sound of jim (original version) (electricsound), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 03:42 (fourteen years ago) link
I started off taking Huckabees seriously and hated it, then I slowly realised it was completely taking the piss, and decided it was grebt.
― this must be what FAIL is really like (ledge), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 08:50 (fourteen years ago) link
"about schmidt"
― What are the benefits of dating a younger guy, better erections? (darraghmac), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 08:55 (fourteen years ago) link