If someone told you their favorite movie was "____________" you'd know you hate them

[quote=ukplayer4]thats interesting seeing as how among the people on this board who know about film respect my opinion highly, even thoe i have had big disagreements with several of them in the past. lost in translation is considered a great film by the film world, nataurally a waste of of sperm like you doesnt understand it, that just stands to reason. uncultured people need to attack people with superiour appreciation to try and feel less pitiful cause theyre taste is shameful and they know it. i explained objectively about lost in translation and also stated my personal stand point. i respect jackass taste and his reasoning not to like it. you are just an idiot who no one respects.[/quote]

Son, the only reputation you have on this site is for your opinion that Aronofsky is the new Kubrick.

If you think you have deserved any "respect" for that all hope for you is lost, but that we already know.

I thought I'd bump this thread because I watched Lost in Translation tonight for the first time in eight years. I've been meaning to give it a shot for some time now because I remember not really feeling anything about it in '04 but I thought maybe something had changed.

I'm afraid to say I still wasn't blown away by it. What is the major draw behind this flick? What do others believe makes this movie not just good, but great?

Edit: I wrote the above part way through the flick. As it has just now concluded, I'll say I can see where some people are coming from. I suppose I found it more relateable this time around than I did eight years ago. However, there were still too many barriers preventing me from loving it. I couldn't get over the old guy Bill Murray/young Scarlett dynamic. And I can't really relate to being stuck alone in a foreign country (even if that was just meant to represent the two characters being at a lonely, un-relateable point of their lives) and I actually couldn't vibe with the soundtrack. It had a heavy My Bloody Valentine feel and I was not feeling that.

So maybe I don't know how to adequately appreciate good film. I will say though, I just Wiki'd it and found out a member from My Bloody Valentine did five tracks for the film, so I feel pretty hipster-like for being able to recognize their sound prior to knowing it was actually them (or him in this case). Also, the Wiki relates it to Before Sunrise. I prefer that film to this one.

LiT is one of my fave movies, not afraid to admit it

back on topic

fight club
dark knight
iron man

[QUOTE=JayGuevara]No Country For Old Men
Sideways
30 Days Of Night
In Bruges
etc

My favorite movie is High School High. :pimp:[/QUOTE]

Sideways! This. A movie made by and for middle aged people, so if someone in their twenties says it's their favorite... :facepalm (ditto most Woody Allen)

I think In Bruges is good though. Quite gentle for a 'gangster' movie I guess. Tight plot, funny characters, Ralph Fiennes chewing scenery (although perhaps straying a little too close at times to Ben Kingsley's performance/role in Sexy Beast.) A solid 7 or 8 out of 10 for me.

I can understand people saying TDK 3 years ago, since most people were just full of hype and being annoying fan boys, but I think the amount of people who would list that as their favourite movie is much less than 3 years ago.

On a related note, there doesn't seem to be nearly as much hype for TDKR. Heath Ledger's death was the best thing that happened for TDK.

[QUOTE=Rake2204]I thought I'd bump this thread because I watched Lost in Translation tonight for the first time in eight years. I've been meaning to give it a shot for some time now because I remember not really feeling anything about it in '04 but I thought maybe something had changed.

I'm afraid to say I still wasn't blown away by it. What is the major draw behind this flick? What do others believe makes this movie not just good, but great?

Edit: I wrote the above part way through the flick. As it has just now concluded, I'll say I can see where some people are coming from. I suppose I found it more relateable this time around than I did eight years ago. However, there were still too many barriers preventing me from loving it. I couldn't get over the old guy Bill Murray/young Scarlett dynamic. And I can't really relate to being stuck alone in a foreign country (even if that was just meant to represent the two characters being at a lonely, un-relateable point of their lives) and I actually couldn't vibe with the soundtrack. It had a heavy My Bloody Valentine feel and I was not feeling that.

So maybe I don't know how to adequately appreciate good film. I will say though, I just Wiki'd it and found out a member from My Bloody Valentine did five tracks for the film, so I feel pretty hipster-like for being able to recognize their sound prior to knowing it was actually them (or him in this case). Also, the Wiki relates it to Before Sunrise. I prefer that film to this one.[/QUOTE]




not liking lost in translation does not mean you dont appreciate good films, its one of my favs and when i have a minute ill write a full response here as to why i like the film. i know alot of scholars and people in the film world that dislike it strongly.

harry potter.

transformers

[QUOTE=Kebab Stall]I can understand people saying TDK 3 years ago, since most people were just full of hype and being annoying fan boys, but I think the amount of people who would list that as their favourite movie is much less than 3 years ago.

On a related note, there doesn't seem to be nearly as much hype for TDKR. [B]Heath Ledger's death was the best thing that happened for TDK[/B].[/QUOTE]

Publicity wise yes lol

I think TDK surprised many people, myself included. If you took out the DC characters the film still would have been great which many people wern't expecting. It was more of an epic crime saga along the lines of "Heat" than it's predecessor super hero movie "Batman Begins".

Transformers
Project X
Inception

The Hangover


F*CK those people. If that's your favorite movie, lay patiently in the middle of the closest road to your house.

Project X

I have friends who say Project X is the best movie ever :lol


But I don't care, I actually liked it.

hobo with a shotgun

if you like that movie don't come near me

[QUOTE=Loneshot]Transformers
Project X
[B]Inception[/B][/QUOTE]

absolutely, i think im the only person who didn't like it

[QUOTE=Stuckey]absolutely, i think im the only person who didn't like it[/QUOTE]
Inception would probably be my choice as well.

[QUOTE=step_back]Publicity wise yes lol[/QUOTE]
Ofcourse.

I also didn't mean for it sound like his death was a good thing. Far from it, but that film wouldn't have had nearly as much hype going into it, if not for Ledger's death.

the twilight series.

Some great ones in here. Scarface, the Dark Knight, and Big Lebowski are the two that immediately came to my mind.

:lol

An entire thread dedicated to hating on popular movies, or at least the people who like those movies.

I'm extremely curious as to how a person being a big fan of an extremely popular movie affects them so much that, regardless of any other aspects of their personality, you simply have to dislike them.

So, according to many of you, if my favorite movie is one that is very popular, you're predisposed to hate me. Those of you who abide by that school of thought seem like a bunch of pompous, elitist snobs.

I didn't know that the hipster craze has taken over ISH.

[QUOTE=johndeeregreen]Some great ones in here. [B]Scarface[/B], [B]the Dark Knight[/B], and [B]Big Lebowski[/B] are the [B]two[/B] that immediately came to my mind.[/QUOTE]

isn't that 3? :confusedshrug:

[QUOTE=ConanRulesNBC]isn't that 3? :confusedshrug:[/QUOTE]
I had to add TDK after perusing the thread further. I hope you aren't going to throw your 360-pound frame into me as if I'm in front of you in line at Walmart just for a simple mistake like that.

[QUOTE=The Macho Man]Juno
Garden State[/QUOTE]

Loved Garden State, one of my All-Time favorites :oldlol:

Hangover, The Dark Night Rises.