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This could be about cool movies you haven't seen....Uncool films that You like.....That you are secretly in love with Brett Ratner......That you've forgot to rewind your blockbuster-tapes....etc.

Confess my child!  :wink:

Not seen: anything Hitchcock (except Psycho), anything Bergman (except Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries). Really no important pre-50's Hollywood films save Citizen Kane and Casablanca, and a handful of noirs. Seen only one silent film, and hated it. Can't stand the acting style in Fuller, Kurosawa, Lynch. Will vehemently defend Ghostbusters as one of the greatest films ever made.

*whew*

If you liked Psycho: check out Vertigo. If you liked Seventh Seal, Strawberries: check out Persona.

(I feel like this thread can also consist of helpful hints)

Now for my unforgivable crime: I have never seen a film by Godard. :shock:

I know: what the fuck is going on?

You must RUN -- not walk -- now and buy Band Of Outsiders, Contempt, and My Life To Live.

I got teary eyed during Sweet Home Alabama, when Reese Witherspoon is talking to her dead dog. Dead dogs always get me.

Yeah, in one day I cried during Hoosiers AND Glory. Not so much from the movies, but because I had my own things going on. But "Dennis Hopper in the hospital" scene, and "Matthew Broderick's men volunteer to be in front to charge the fort" scene both made we weep.

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I have never seen a single Hitchcock film (Even thought I own North by north west & Psycho)

Never seen any of the Godfather films!

Never seen anything by Goddard

I LOVE crappy, cheesy teen films, among my favorites are Bring it on, 10 Things I Hate About You & GO.

Quote from: SoNowThenYou must RUN -- not walk -- now and buy Band Of Outsiders, Contempt, and My Life To Live.

Seconded.

If you have a problem with the acting style in Kurosawa, you might be interested in Altman's video intro to Rashoman, where he acknowledges this and goes some way towards explaining it.

But as for Lynch... well, once I'm immersed, I find the acting perfect. It fits what's going on in the films, I think. And I have yet to see a better postmillenial performance than the one Naomi Watts gave in Mulholland Dr..

Persona is Bergman's greatest film; Cries and Whispers shouldn't be missed, either.

Children, the best first Godard to see is My Life to Live.

As for my own confessions, well... I hate, thoroughly and resoundingly, anything Star Wars. All the movies, including the original trilogy. I think they're terrible. Normally, that wouldn't even be a confession, except these movies seem to hold more sentimental value to everyone than any other movie, a childhood thing. It actually seems to upset more people if you don't like Star Wars than if you were to put down The Godfather or Citizen Kane.

I would say the BEST Godard is My Life To Live, but not to watch first. Watch something easy to get into, like Petit Soldat or Band Of Outsiders. Then, once you're used to reading films the way he wants you to, go to Life. And then discover Alphaville and Woman Is A Woman and Pierrot Le Fou.


Oh, and I listened to the Altman intro. I understand and accept it, but I still find it annoying. And what's with the no-eyebrows on the chicks? This is actually pretty sad, but I find it hard to enjoy films that have a female love interest who is tres ugly (ie. PDL, anything Canadian).

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I like this one too!

Ok, It's time to clean up!
 
confession 1: I like bad kung-fu-films like the ones with Bruce Lee! (I realize, that when saying this, it's like shouting "I like Pet-shop Boys!" at a Metallica-concert!)

Confession 2: I've never thought Woody Allen was that foxy! (I know I offend a lot of you guys by saying this, sorry!) Btw I hate his acting and his films!

Confession 3: I own Bill and Ted's Boogys Journey on VHS.....and I actually think it's funny. (I'm a pervert!)

Confession 4: The funniest films I've ever seen are Waynes World 1-2

Confession 5: I often cry while watching Danielle Steele-movie's.....I'm selling myself out!

Confession: I've never made a short-film....but next year I'll make some together with 'Phil Marlowe'.

I'll save some for later!

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Confession 4: The funniest films I've ever seen are Waynes World 1-2

There is no shame, I repeat, no shame, in that.  I have special place in my heart for the Waynes World movies.

alright i have one but thats all im gonna do in this thread b/c first off we've done all this shit before and secondly this kidna stuff can really make you mad. (u hate woody allen's acting? kurosawa, lynch? pfft.. loser)

pretty woman is a great movie. fucking great.

Godard... Christ - I can't believe I told you guys that...! I'm going to get on it really soon, I promise, and shall take your advice on reccomendations (you didn't mention A Bout de Souffle - I find that interesting: is in not as wonderful as its reputation would have one believe? Just not as great as others I guess)...

Now for another clanger: I think Sleepless in Seattle is superb.

Quote from: SoNowThenI would say the BEST Godard is My Life To Live, but not to watch first. Watch something easy to get into, like Petit Soldat or Band Of Outsiders. Then, once you're used to reading films the way he wants you to, go to Life. And then discover Alphaville and Woman Is A Woman and Pierrot Le Fou.


Oh, and I listened to the Altman intro. I understand and accept it, but I still find it annoying. And what's with the no-eyebrows on the chicks? This is actually pretty sad, but I find it hard to enjoy films that have a female love interest who is tres ugly (ie. PDL, anything Canadian).

You think Emily Watson is ugly?!?!

I like Rudy and Field Of Dreams. I get choked up when Costner asks his dad to play catch. I never wanted to play catch with my dad.


Children W/ Angels: I think Breathless had such a huge impact that it change movie-making so much, now we're used to the more accessable (if you can call them that) narrative devices being constantly put in effect. So it just can't have the same impact on our generation, as it did back in 1959. That being said, it's a fun movie to watch, but in my opinion can't touch My Life, or Pierrot, etc.

Emily Watson is not what I would call 'pretty'!

Confession 6: The only PTA-film I've seen at a movie-theater is PDL.....

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Quote from: SoNowThenI would say the BEST Godard is My Life To Live, but not to watch first. Watch something easy to get into, like Petit Soldat or Band Of Outsiders. Then, once you're used to reading films the way he wants you to, go to Life. And then discover Alphaville and Woman Is A Woman and Pierrot Le Fou.


Oh, and I listened to the Altman intro. I understand and accept it, but I still find it annoying. And what's with the no-eyebrows on the chicks? This is actually pretty sad, but I find it hard to enjoy films that have a female love interest who is tres ugly (ie. PDL, anything Canadian).

You think Emily Watson is ugly?!?!

Yes. It took two watches of that movie just to get over her sick face. The third time I was calm with it. Actually, every chick in that film is pretty fugly. The phone operator's ass is like a motor-home, and the one sister is the very picture of homliness.

Quote from: Sigur Rósconfession 1: I like bad kung-fu-films like the ones with Bruce Lee! (I realize, that when saying this, it's like shouting "I like Pet-shop Boys!" at a Metallica-concert!)

I don't know where you got the idea that they were bad, but:

Bruce Lee kung-fu movies = great

Bruce Li kung-fu movies = bad

Now, that we are talking about confessions......does anyone remember this one?

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Confession 6: The only PTA-film I've seen at a movie-theater is PDL.....

Same here... my one regret in life is that I didn't see "Magnolia" on the big screen.

There are a lot of chick flicks out there that I really like: "Serendipity" being an example.  I loved "Serendipity".

Movies I like by the other Paul Anderson: "Event Horizon", "Resident Evil", to a lesser extent "Mortal Kombat".

The only Scorcese films I've seen: "Mean Streets", "Bringing Out the Dead", and "Gangs of New York".

The whole Giant Talking Trees section of "The Two Towers" is among the worst subplots I've seen in a movie.  Right up there with the "Hairdresser in Love" subplot in "Legally Blonde".

I feel better now, having gotten all that off my chest.

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Confession 6: The only PTA-film I've seen at a movie-theater is PDL.....

Same here... my one regret in life is that I didn't see "Magnolia" on the big screen.

There are a lot of chick flicks out there that I really like: "Serendipity" being an example.  I loved "Serendipity".

Movies I like by the other Paul Anderson: "Event Horizon", "Resident Evil", to a lesser extent "Mortal Kombat".

The only Scorcese films I've seen: "Mean Streets", "Bringing Out the Dead", and "Gangs of New York".

The whole Giant Talking Trees section of "The Two Towers" is among the worst subplots I've seen in a movie.  Right up there with the "Hairdresser in Love" subplot in "Legally Blonde".

I feel better now, having gotten all that off my chest.

That makes me sad, because the Ents were my favorite part of the book.

And I envy you with your lack of Scorsese-watching. Because one day in the future you will get the wonderful sensation of seeing Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and Goodfellas for the first time, and that's a feeling most of us will never get back. Of course, they do get better through repitition... but you never forget your first time.

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The only Scorcese films I've seen: "Mean Streets", "Bringing Out the Dead", and "Gangs of New York".

i'd work on this if i were u.

I absolutley can't stand any Robert Altman films.

i try and try, but i can't sit through any of them (at least the ones i've seen).

Have you seen Nashville, Long Goodbye, Short Cuts, or The Player?

Those are his best, imo.

Quote from: SoNowThenHave you seen Nashville, Long Goodbye, Short Cuts, or The Player?

Those are his best, imo.

I need to watch Short Cuts.

I've seen MASH, The Player and Gosford Park.  I really wanted to enjoy The Player but...

Quote from: SoNowThenThat makes me sad, because the Ents were my favorite part of the book.

That's what I keep hearing from people who read the book, but it's hard for me to imagine when I think of how uncomfortable my ass got in my seat every time they came on screen.  Maybe someday I'll give the book another try.

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Quote from: SoNowThenHave you seen Nashville, Long Goodbye, Short Cuts, or The Player?

Those are his best, imo.

I need to watch Short Cuts.

I've seen MASH, The Player and Gosford Park.  I really wanted to enjoy The Player but...

Yeah, see Short Cuts. It's his masterpiece. MASH is overrated (I think because it made so much money), and Gosford is just plain boring. I love Altman, and I fell asleep in the theatre.

I hate Todd Solondz. I think he's hurting cinema badly...almost as bad as Michael Bay.

I hate Lars Von Trier. I think he's hurting cinema badly. His dogme idea makes me sad, really sad...almost as sad as Michael Bay's films.

I don't like Ron Howard. I think A Beautiful Mind and Apollo 13 are bad, boring films.

I don't like Oliver Stone...his style just annoys me.

I don't like Peter Jackson cause of LOTR alone.

I don't like Larry Clark. I think he's a perve and a no-talent prick.

I hate LOTR. I think it is a horrible film.

I think it's laughable that some people find the 40's and 50's to be the golden age of film...the golden age was definitely the 70's. We were just starting out in the 40's and 50's...of course there are some great films in those decades but the best OVERALL decade for film thus far is the 70's...there were a lot more inventions and new filmmaker's that just fucking turned cinema upside down...it's a beautiful thing.

I really don't like PDL's dvd cover art.

I got into PTA in the fall and winter of 2001. PDL is the only film of his that I got interested in and found and discovered before the theatrical release.

I'm not all that hyped about The Matrix Reloaded. I want to see it eventually, I still have to rent the first one again and finish watching it...I kinda lost interest in it when I tried to last time. I really do want to see them both eventually though. They sound fun but the whole "there is no (blank)...there is no (blank)...there is no (blank)...enter this, enter that, your the one"...it all bores me after awhile.

I think Drew Barrymore is a good actress.

I don't like Monty Python & the Holy Grail...I think it's annoying and incoherent and horribly unfunny and AWKWARD (above all) to watch ...the humor is actually really childish for how mature you would expect it to be...or at least for how mature I expected it to be.

I don't like Forrest Gump that much. I don't hate it though.

I think The Usual Suspects, Memento, The Sixth Sense, and Unbreakable are horrible, gimmicky, bad films that try to use twist endings and other overly obvious stylistic shit to a fault...you can see the director wink at you through your fucking mom's back-of-her-head-eyes if you close YOUR eyes really hard. (Signs rules).

Quote from: ebeamanI hate Todd Solondz. I think he's hurting cinema badly...almost as bad as Michael Bay.

I hate Lars Von Trier. I think he's hurting cinema badly. His dogme idea makes me sad, really sad...almost as sad as Michael Bay's films.

I don't like Ron Howard. I think A Beautiful Mind and Apollo 13 are bad, boring films.

I don't like Oliver Stone...his style just annoys me.

I don't like Peter Jackson cause of LOTR alone.

I don't like Larry Clark. I think he's a perve and a no-talent prick.

I hate LOTR. I think it is a horrible film.

I think it's laughable that some people find the 40's and 50's to be the golden age of film...the golden age was definitely the 70's. We were just starting out in the 40's and 50's...of course there are some great films in those decades but the best OVERALL decade for film thus far is the 70's...there were a lot more inventions and new filmmaker's that just fucking turned cinema upside down...it's a beautiful thing.

I really don't like PDL's dvd cover art.

I got into PTA in the fall and winter of 2001. PDL is the only film of his that I got interested in and found and discovered before the theatrical release.

I'm not all that hyped about The Matrix Reloaded. I want to see it eventually, I still have to rent the first one again and finish watching it...I kinda lost interest in it when I tried to last time. I really do want to see them both eventually though. They sound fun but the whole "there is no (blank)...there is no (blank)...there is no (blank)...enter this, enter that, your the one"...it all bores me after awhile.

I think Drew Barrymore is a good actress.

I don't like Monty Python & the Holy Grail...I think it's annoying and incoherent and horribly unfunny and AWKWARD (above all) to watch ...the humor is actually really childish for how mature you would expect it to be...or at least for how mature I expected it to be.

I don't like Forrest Gump that much. I don't hate it though.

Sweetest post ever. I agree on everything except the Peter Jackson LOTR stuff. Oh, and I love PDL cover art. I haven't decided yet about Solondz. You go, Ebs!!! So right on the 50's stuff.

Wauw Ebeaman you did some serious confessing! I didn't agree with it all though!

Thank you...thank you. I just had to do it all...I just couldn't stop typing. It feels good to get all that out in the open.

This is a great thread by the way.

Quote from: ebeamanI think it's laughable that some people find the 40's and 50's to be the golden age of film...the golden age was definitely the 70's. We were just starting out in the 40's and 50's...of course there are some great films in those decades but the best OVERALL decade for film thus far is the 70's...there were a lot more inventions and new filmmaker's that just fucking turned cinema upside down...it's a beautiful thing.

I find it laughable that you think movies started in the 40's and 50's when "Wings" won the first Academy Award for 1927-28. Point being, they found movies important enough before those years to set up an entire academy.

So, to warrant a statement that bold, I'm sure you've seen at least as many movies from both the 40's/50's and 70's to make  fair comparison.

Quote from: ebeamanThank you...thank you. I just had to do it all...I just couldn't stop typing. It feels good to get all that out in the open.

This is a great thread by the way.

Don't you feel naked, now that we know all your secrets?

btw. thx

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Quote from: ebeamanI think it's laughable that some people find the 40's and 50's to be the golden age of film...the golden age was definitely the 70's. We were just starting out in the 40's and 50's...of course there are some great films in those decades but the best OVERALL decade for film thus far is the 70's...there were a lot more inventions and new filmmaker's that just fucking turned cinema upside down...it's a beautiful thing.

I find it laughable that you think movies started in the 40's and 50's when "Wings" won the first Academy Award for 1927-28. Point being, they found movies important enough before those years to set up an entire academy.

So, to warrant a statement that bold, I'm sure you've seen at least as many movies from both the 40's/50's and 70's to make  fair comparison.

Why would he have to see exactly as many? They made less movies back then. If he saw, say, 20 films from 50's Hollywood, I would say that's enough to make a judgement.

Quote from: SoNowThenWhy would he have to see exactly as many? They made less movies back then. If he saw, say, 20 films from 50's Hollywood, I would say that's enough to make a judgement.

So you don't play fair? And only a handful of films would generalize those decades? Less movies back then? The studios had an entire staff of writers and directors to crank out films. Remember, there was no TV, so films were the escape. Back then, it was not uncommon to see a double feature because the studios ran the theaters too.

Well, I could be wrong, but I was under the impression they made more films now than at any time.

At any case, yes, I do believe a handful is enough to make a comparison. Obviously no one has enough time to watch EVERY film, so you need to keep it a realistic amount. And again, we can say we liked any decade we want, if we can back it up. I find that 70's American films deal with subjects that are more interesting to me than any other generation of filmmakers, therefore I prefer 70's films. But I would be one of the first people to argue that 90's films are just as good, simply because it was the here-and-now of when I started getting into movies, and a good number of my favs are from this era.

I'm not a admin or anything, but it would be nice if you 2 would continue your discussion on PM. You are ruining the thread!  :wink:

Sorry, I will stop.

Let me just say one more thing.

I have seen more than enough movies from the 30's and 40's and 50's to say that IN GENERAL, they are not as good as the films of the 70's. Trust me, I've seen enough of them.

I didn't wait to call PTA a great filmmaker until I saw ALL of his films. I've been saying it ever since Boogie Nights was the only PTA film I had ever seen. So, why should I have to see ALL the films of the 70's to call it a great decade for film? Or see ALL the films of the 50's, 40's, and 30's to call them non-golden age decades?

Let me just get back to what I mean by "just starting out" by the way...I realize I may have been misunderstood. You are right, the 20's and 30's are when we were truly "starting out"...but film as we know it, the older films most comparable to those of today didn't start getting made till the 40's or 50's...that's what I meant when I said we were "just starting out." And please, keep in mind, I am NOT saying the films of those decades were bad by ANY stretch. Some of them are fucking GREAT. I just feel that film as a whole really and truly came alive and really became something special in the 70's...that's how I feel. That's the golden age for me. I'm not the only one that feels that way either...Altman and Scorsese say the same...go try to tell them different. Wanna hear another bold statement? I think that a lot of the films of the 40's and 50's are exactly the same...there were all those sentimental romances and everything...there were a lot of repeats. It's weird that in the 70's (a later decade) there was a wider variety of films. That's another reason why it's better. Filmmaker's were taking more chances, formulas were just starting to get ignored...it gives me chills to think about it.

Ok, sorry...back to the confessions. This really is an awesome thread, I don't want to ruin it.

i was disappointed by short cuts (still liked it, just expected more, maybe its cuz i was so turned off by the characters, i need to watch it again)

i think pta uses too many 'and's in his writing (one of his few flaws)

i am a fan of QT's acting style

i too didnt like holy grail (life of brian is hilarious tho)

i have a soft spot for the american pie movies (and road trip as well)

i hate most of john water's movies (MOST, not all)

have never seen gone with the wind...altho im sure that wont bother many

and i cant think of anything else

Quote from: ebeamanI'm not the only one that feels that way either...Altman and Scorsese say the same...go try to tell them different.

Okay, I'll have Scorsese watch this to refresh his memory:

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I will back up Macguffin's statement of that there were more movies made back in the 1950s and even before. Thing is, even back in the early 1940s, it is averaged that millions and millions more of people went to the movies than people do today. The only reason you see inflated grosses on movies is through inflation of prices but the main form of entertainment back then was the movies until television changed it all and became the most competitive form of entertainment against the movies. I've found the more you dig into movies, the more you desire movies from the past. Yes, cliche films ran as much as they do today but there is still much to learn and appreciate from the films of the past and you stop seeing that Wings won the first Oscar in the late 1920s and that masters of filmmaking were popping up as early as the mid 1910s. It's a good argument to say the golden age of film did come in the 1970s because of the idepedence found in financing for daring movies and all, but it shouldn't stop people from shutting out the earlier time periods. That's the worst approach.

~rougerum

* I didn't understand the end of Adaptation until I read reviews on the internet.

* I'd say Singin' in the Rain is good but not a great movie.

* I'd like to consider Werner Herzog one of my favorites but I've only seen about 3 of his works. Is it fair to put him on any kind of top 10 list after only 3 of his works?

* I only watch and really enjoy movies and dvds later at night sitting in complete darkness (or any time of the day at the cinema).

* On some nights late at night I get in my car and go to the Wendy's drive-through. They are open late, so I can eat great any time.

* I enjoy eating Wendys chicken sandwiches late at night while watching a film.

* I enjoy eating snacks and food in general late at night while watching. The wendys thing is actually a lie, but as I wrote it I realized what a great idea it was.

* Maybe I'll go to Wendys tonight in the AM and order a burger (and what is it with their burgers, square shaped. For some reason it's a brilliant idea, but I can never get excited over square pizza).

* I've eaten at McDonalds a couple times in my life. I hate that store, absolutely digusting. I have nothing but contempt for it. You guys might say 'so why do you always talk about it?' Freud could tell you better than I could. I never give McDonalds a second thought though in the real world.

* I used to go to Burger King and / or Wendys about 10 meals a week. Fortunately, I'm not that overweight, because I walk to work daily. Kind of like the concept of the dog running on a treadmill while you hold a hotdog in front of it.

* During finals week, I stay up till at least 4-5 AM watching movies and eating junk.  

* I've dated a fat woman out of pity once, and she chose McDonalds over me. Even fat women can be terrible people.

Yep, you're single.

might as well make this post count...

--I've seen a Godfather, or possible a combination of them, but I can't remember because I was too young

--I don't think Keanu is as bad as people say he is

My confessions :

I think that Pedro Almodovar movies are overrated (espicially All About my Mother, which is basically a "look, this is shocking" movie).

I think the Silence of the Lambs trilogy is bad. Extremely bad.

I think that people in general can't make a decision by themselves, especially about art, and especially artsy people.

I think liking underground/artsy movies is often used to impress chicks, I include myself more than anyone in that.

I think, deep down inside of my heart, that it is a good thing to have a woman naked (except when she is named Kathy Bates) in a film and a bad thing to have a man naked. I think this is pathetic of me to say.

I think teachers in anything but science are mostly stupid/useless/incompetent. I had once a good litterature teacher who said : "When you can't do something right, you teach it". Don't you think that if your scenario writing teacher was a good scenario writer, he would write fucking scenarios ?!

Beside for personnal amusment, I think it is stupid, or rather naive, to put things in "tops" (best exemple : Top 50 Cult Movies ...wtf is that all about).

I think every award show are stupid, no one stupider than the other, all extremely stupid. Though I think that it is not stupid to watch these shows, I believe it is stupid to think a movie, an actor or a singer is good because it/he/she has won any award.

I think Magnolia is overrated... DAMN ! NOT ON THE HEAD !!! I'm just kidding !  :wink:

booth- you're honesty is refreshing, though i disagree about kathy bates being naked.  her nude presence (and presence in general)  was pretty brave...it also made sense within the context of the movie.  it wasn't just shock for the sake of shock, i felt.  in general, it was necessary and added a lot to the movie.  but yeah, i see your point regardless about people in movies (specifically women) being attractive and such

Confessions:

here goes...*deep breath*

Bowling for Columbine is by far the most egregiously overrated movie, perhaps of all time.  I have brought up my dislike for the film during a few different discussions about it, and both times, the enthusiasm for the film resulted in a verbal brawl of sorts.  People hold the film so dear to their hearts that any attack on it becomes an attack on THEM and the gun movement in general... it's the if-you're-not-with-us-you're against-us logic.  my reasons for disliking the movie are justified and rational and people ignore that.  and for that reason, not only Bowling for Columbine irritates me, but the entire hype surrounding it does too.

Quote from: pookiethecatBowling for Columbine is by far the most egregiously overrated movie, perhaps of all time.

I tought about confessing that too !!! Especially when you know Micheal Moore has a multi-million house. I still respect the guy though.

Quote from: pookiethecatthough i disagree about kathy bates being naked.  her nude presence (and presence in general)  was pretty brave...it also made sense within the context of the movie.  it wasn't just shock for the sake of shock

About Kathy Bates, I was being humerous, I understand why this was important. But how do you feel about the fact we almost never see men nude in films but women all the time ? The point of my confession is that I can't bring myself to truly believing this is completly revolting, and that makes me feel real bad.

You know, this is a good topic but sometimes I'm just not impressed. Hating a movie isn't exactly something to be ashamed of, unless you secretly liked it and you are lying. I can go on and on about what films I don't like. Naming movies you like is a lot harder. It's easy to say you hated Lord of the Rings but a lot harder to say you loved Bio-Dome (for example).

And sometimes people just say they hate certain movies just to piss other people off.

(For the record, I hate Bio-Dome and love Lord of the Rings.)

anyway, guilty as charged:

I like Quentin Tarantino's acting style
I really enjoyed the movie In The Army Now (but I don't like Pauly Shore)
it is my opinion that Adam Sandler is one of the funniest people ever

There. I said it. So sue me.

I think Batman is a masterpiece.

There is of course something innate about wanting to see the gender of your preference nude more than the gender not of your preference.  But beyond the initial buzz of seeing boobies (and whatever the equivalent is), nudity in the movies doesn't have as much weight as other factors in making it an erotic experience on the part of the spectator.  I would argue that it has more to do with a psychosexual connection to the protaganist and his/her love interest...I feel the same way about male nudity that I do about female nudity...simply because I don't view it as the premiere erotic factor in watching a film.  A woman is still a woman even if you don't show her topless.   Same with a man and being, uh, pantless.    

(I hope I have made some sense.)

-pookie

That is exactly what I would like to believe :) Fuck it, I guess I'm an eternal adolescent. Anyway, let's not ruin the topic :)

I think Pauly Shore is funnier than Adam Sandler.

Matt Stone and Trey Parker (or vice-versa) to me are pure genius

:P

lol

snobbiest thread ever. and comming from me, that says alot

Oh we're way out of line ! Like this whole forum isn't filled with snobism. This is just a juvenile discussion between people (or at least me) who believe they are more intelligent then they really are. It's definietly not worse than the usual "Vhat do you tink of dis shot in Godard's Les Carabiniers? Can't you see de Tati inspiration ?" discussion type.

I'm snob, I accept it, I'm half cured.

market research is probably single-handedly ruining movies by dumbing everything down to the lowest common denominator and pandering to audiences instead of challenging them.  i find it completely repulsive and evil.  and yet, my job right now.....market research for movies.

confessions -

I think the entire Godfather Trilogy is very overrated. The first one is great, but even that movie was put with a movie like American Graffitti and seen as a nostalgic film to a time and filmmaking of an old time. I always felt the first was great but always saw it as just going back to the gangster films of the 1930s and couldn't give it that much respect. The second was a casual cool movie on just pushing the lore of the first one farther to incorporate more stories but the same points that were already obvious in the first one. Same can be said about the last, which, ironically, loses the cool and patience of the first two and seems more like an average film instead of that old time look. Either way, overrated in a lot of ways for me. Weird thing is though, I also confess to owning the trilogy on dvd..............twice. One is the Portuguese version and the other is the American and yes, I paid for both. Sometimes nice packaging makes me a sucker.

I think Scorsese is heading down a path to making good films at best and sometimes, a lot of bad films. With his partnership with Leo, he seems to have created a comfort seat of sorts (even for him) to get some dream projects made but after GONY, I don't trust Leo acting and I prefer Scorsese back in the 70s scraping by on minimal money trying to make those bigger pictures and having to be more desperate. I feel Scorsese is able to be comfortable now and just ride on his already proven great camera techniques when in a more desperate situation of finding money, he will need to improvise more. I also think he should be forced to work with amateur actors only for a few films.

Though I know very little of the man's work and didn't like Far From Heaven, I think Todd Haynes will be one of the best filmmakers in the coming years with his new garnered artistic freedom from Far From Heaven in being able to take more risks. When I heard the idea alone for his next Bob Dylan esque film, I got excited because it had so many great possibilities. And yes, I promise to watch Safe very soon.

CBR was right when he said The Rock took itself way too seriously. I said it was lighthearted like Con Air and good, but watching only 30 minutes of again, I can see I was very wrong and just linked some moments of the movie to Con Air only and thought of how much fun Con Air was.

I also think a lot of people here are kinda sad that PTA may never return to the type of films like Boogie Nights or Magnolia at all because though they like Punch Drunk Love, those are their favorites and with PTA saying he wants to keep on taking risks and that Punch Drunk Love is his favorite, this may very well come true.

~rougerum

I have grown to fear the response of people when I tell them this, but...

I vastly prefer "Daredevil" to "Spider-Man".  There, I said it.  The world knows.

i have trouble accepting ben affleck as a hero of any type.  he's just so smug and lame and j-lo-ish...

Quote from: The Gold TrumpetI will back up Macguffin's statement of that there were more movies made back in the 1950s and even before. Thing is, even back in the early 1940s, it is averaged that millions and millions more of people went to the movies than people do today. The only reason you see inflated grosses on movies is through inflation of prices but the main form of entertainment back then was the movies until television changed it all and became the most competitive form of entertainment against the movies. I've found the more you dig into movies, the more you desire movies from the past. Yes, cliche films ran as much as they do today but there is still much to learn and appreciate from the films of the past and you stop seeing that Wings won the first Oscar in the late 1920s and that masters of filmmaking were popping up as early as the mid 1910s. It's a good argument to say the golden age of film did come in the 1970s because of the idepedence found in financing for daring movies and all, but it shouldn't stop people from shutting out the earlier time periods. That's the worst approach.

~rougerum

I wasn't saying that people should ignore the films of the pre 60's...did you read my post? I said some of them, alot of them actually...are GREAT. People really should see them. I didn't know if you were talking about me so I'm just clarifying.

Of course the 40's and 50's aren't going to be considered by everybody to be the golden age of film, they're two very early decades. I'm not surprised it took until the 70's to really perfect the medium.

And to reply to Mac...I really did read a thing about Scorsese saying the 70's are the golden age of film and could probably find the quote I read of Altman saying it.

I'm pretty sure ebs is right. Just because Marty made that American Movies Documentary doesn't mean he likes the era better. In fact, he says in the doc that he can't comment objectively on the 70's, because that was HIS era of moviemaking.

Though I'm thinking Marty might like 60's Europe the best, seems he's always sighting movies from then as his favorites.

I was somewhat replying to you ebeman, but also a great deal to mac's own words on trying to say the reason why the 40s and 50s were the golden age was because of how much movies dominated popular culture. I understand you think some movies came from them and all, but I may disagree you can understand a time of period by only watching a hanful of movies from them. There is so much more than can be seen.

~rougerum

Alright man, just making sure. I agree with you on the handful of movies judging thing too, I definitely do have some more catching up to do. I was more excited to catch up with the 70's stuff so...as a result, I've seen a lot more films from the era.

And I totally don't wanna start a whole big fight with Mac because he's cool and helpful w/ the redirecting and all that, so let's just wait till I see some more 40's and 50's films. There are a lot I love now so that motivates me to do so.

Just to give an example, I can't live without Blackboard Jungle (1955 movie), I would literally melt and die if that movie was somehow for some reason taken away from me or unavailable to me. It's beautiful and underrated and dammit, it needs a dvd.

There are a lot of 50's movies I am really passionate about. There really isn't much from the 40's to be honest.

Quote from: SoNowThenThough I'm thinking Marty might like 60's Europe the best, seems he's always sighting movies from then as his favorites.

Yea, that's definitely a contender for his fave decade...couldn't agree more with him either. He's got great fucking taste. I know I read somewhere that he said the best overall decade for movies was probably the 70's...it had to be him. I don't know, maybe I was dreaming.

Anyway, let me sway this thread back to the original topic w/ some more confessions. As I said, I don't want to ruin it.

-I can't live w/o cheesy 80's films like Adventures in Babysitting and Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and Beetlejuice and The Goonies and both Ghostbusters movies and a whole bunch of others...Ferris Bueller's Day Off...there's quite a few more.
-I really love these two kinda cheesy 90's horror movies, one is called Fear (w/ Mark Whalberg)...the other is called The Craft (with Fairuza Balk)...they are 2 of my favorite movies.
-I disagree with PTA about Putney Swope, Singing in the Rain (good-not great), and the Jacque Tati movies.
-I don't think Jennifer Connelly is beautiful or even good looking at all.
-I have a soft spot for VHS, I still watch the movies not available on DVD yet on VHS and I enjoy doing it very much.

-Alright, let me warn you...this is the

mother of them all, the movie confession above all movie confessions...so brace yourself...




if you think you are ready...scroll...down...
















-I am straight as a fucking stiff arrow but if I was absolutely forced...like my life was threatened and I absolutely HAD to...HAD to had to had to had to....go out with and maybe even marry a GUY (!)...I'd probably choose Johnny Depp...I think he's really really handsome and sort of resembles Audrey Tautou in a weird way. So there it is.[/list:u]



Alright, that's enough for now. That took a lot out of me...I hope I still am looked at in the same light as before. I really am not bi or gay in anyway whatsoever. This is an addicting thread. It feels so good to get all this out. This is the most self indulgent fun I've had in awhile.

i love the movie clueless.
i hated the usual suspects. a good ending does not make up for the rest of the garbage.
my favorite movie of 2001 was vanilla sky ( or it was at the time at least).  
i though DAS BOOT was one of the worse movies i have seen in the past couple of years.

Quote from: ebeaman-I don't think Jennifer Connelly is beautiful or even good looking at all.

http://i.imdb.com/Photos/Events/1138/wi20010324_JenniferConnely_Vespa_161540.jpg

Nuff said

Quote from: ebeamanThere really isn't much from the 40's to be honest.

1940
Rebecca
The Letter
Philadelphia Story
Pinocchio
His Girl Friday
Grapes Of Wrath
Foreign Correspondent

1941
Citizen Kane
Suspicion
Maltese Falcon
Dumbo
Sullivan's Travels
Fantasia
The Lady Eve
Sergent York
How Green Was My Valley

1942
Casablanca
Magnificent Ambersons
Cat People
To Be Or Not To Be
Bambi
Pride Of The Yankees
Now, Voyager
Yankee Doodle Dandy
This Gun For Hire

1943
Shadow Of A Doubt
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Ox-Bow Incident
Song of Bernadette
The Whom The Bell Tolls

1944
Double Indemnity
Gaslight
Arsenic and Old Lace
Meet Me In St. Louis
Laura
Lifeboat
To Have And Have Not
The Uninvited

1945
Spellbound
Lost Weekend
Picture of Dorian Gray
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Murder, My Sweet
Mildred Pierce

1946
Notorious
The Killers
It's A Wonderful Life
Best Years Of Our Lives
Gilda
My Darling Clementine
Duel In The Sun
The Big Sleep
Brief Encounter
Great Expectations

1947
Black Narcissus
Gentleman's Agreement
Miracle On 34th Street
Out Of The Past
Dark Passage
Bachelor and the Bobbysoxer

1948
Red Shoes
Treasure Of The Sierra Madre
Easter Parade
Sorry, Wrong Number
Lady From Shanghai
Red River
I Remember Mama
Key Largo

1949
The Third Man
The Heiress
Kind Hearts and Coronets
White Heat
On The Town
Gun Crazy
Adam's Rib
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Letter To Three Wives
Twelve O'Clock High

There's more I'm forgetting, but...

[quote="ebeaman"

-I am straight as a fucking stiff arrow but if I was absolutely forced...like my life was threatened and I absolutely HAD to...HAD to had to had to had to....go out with and maybe even marry a GUY (!)...I'd probably choose Johnny Depp...I think he's really really handsome and sort of resembles Audrey Tautou in a weird way. So there it is.[/list][/quote]

anytime you're freaking yourself out with homoerotic thoughts about johnny depp, just think of him having really bad facial hair and greasy hair in a ponytail (as he's often prone to do).

Quote from: MrBurgerKingMacMuffin, but ebeaman was asking for films from the 40's.. what are you thinking?

What can I say, I'm a giver.

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Quote from: MrBurgerKingMacMuffin, but ebeaman was asking for films from the 40's.. what are you thinking?

What can I say, I'm a giver.

Maybe that's a problem. Have you ever been a taker? If you saw a $5 dollar bill resting on the ground, would you pick it up? Do you live by the 5 second rule?

Quote from: pookiethecatanytime you're freaking yourself out with homoerotic thoughts about johnny depp, just think of him having really bad facial hair and greasy hair in a ponytail (as he's often prone to do).

Lol, thank you...I'll keep that in mind.

No, I just think he's very good looking. I haven't freaked myself out...yet. My sister was more freaked out than I am when I made the confession to her...even after hearing incessant musings on Audrey and Zooey, she still thinks I may be gay... :?...there's some misunderstanding. She agreed that Audrey and Zooey were very beautiful when I talked about them and when she talked about Johnny I agreed and then...it all doesn't make any sense...I have to go to bed.

And burgerking has to start not posting so much w/ the alter ego...I agree that the gimmick is kinda funny...but only in small doses. You should create another name that is like your normal self...post on that more often...than switch to the burger king one on special occasions...like when mcdonald's gets sued by another obese teenager or something.

I don't know, gay boy, you sure its a good idea to tell a family member about your homoerotic caveman-like sexual impulses?

Quote from: MrBurgerKingI don't know, gay boy, you sure its a good idea to tell a family member about your homoerotic caveman-like sexual impulses?

Careful...I do have a sliding glass door and a hammer. And I ain't buildin' a dog house.

Quote from: MrBurgerKingMaybe that's a problem.

Appreciative people would call it a blessing.

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Quote from: MrBurgerKingMaybe that's a problem.

Appreciative people would call it a blessing.

hey, don't point fingers at me now, I haven't eaten a restaurant breakfast in years. I try to go during lunch or dinner, but never breakfast. The way I figure, why rush through the most important meal of the day? Of course I don't rush through lunch or dinner though, I try to eat it slow and enjoy it. You can't disrespect breakfast though. I feel sorry for the people who generally don't like breakfast foods. Speaking of breakfast, why do we eat what we do for breakfast (yes, I'm generalizing here, any or all of the following: eggs, milk, cereal, etc..)? Let me clarify that, who decided that we have to eat those foods for breakfast? Why can't we eat a cheeseburger and french fries? Do they not work early in the morning, or are we so used to not eating those foods in the morning that we can't fathom eating such junk in the early hours? On the flip side, do breakfast foods work for dinner?  Of course they work, but it doesn't seem right. Anyone know what the hell I'm talking about? I doubt it, I just did a 6 hour shift at my garbage job which I quit. I told my boss that I quit two weeks ago but she still gives me a few hours a week. I'm home for the summer and I want to enjoy it! Why won't my boss listen to me? Perhaps ebeaman can tell me, because MacMuffin ain't.

Quote from: MrBurgerKingI try to go during lunch or dinner, but never breakfast. The way I figure, why rush through the most important meal of the day?

The Croissanwich is a landmark accomplishment in corporatizing an ethnic staple and reducing it to a shrivelled, bland version of the original.

Quote from: cecil b. dementedlol

snobbiest thread ever. and comming from me, that says alot

No!, this is a good catholic-thread where christian filmfanatics can express there feelings about film! I'm not being 'snobbi', I'm being helpfull!

Quote from: sexterossai love the movie clueless.
i hated the usual suspects. a good ending does not make up for the rest of the garbage.
my favorite movie of 2001 was vanilla sky ( or it was at the time at least).  
i though DAS BOOT was one of the worse movies i have seen in the past couple of years.

:roll: Vanilla Sky??? But God, why???
And you hate the Usual Suspects??? I think I'm going to puke.......

sexterossa-

clueless rocks.  i wrote to amy heckerling when i was 10...waited 2 sleepless months...finally got a signed copy of the movie back.  "good luck being a movie director" she autographed.  how fucking sweet is that.

oh, and by the way, i didn't see the problem in vanilla sky either.

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:roll: Vanilla Sky??? But God, why???
And you hate the Usual Suspects??? I think I'm going to puke.......

Stand up, adjust your tie and explain why Vanilla Sky deserves an eye roll but hating Usual Suspects makes you sick

Quote from: ebeaman-I am straight as a fucking stiff arrow but if I was absolutely forced...like my life was threatened and I absolutely HAD to...HAD to had to had to had to....go out with and maybe even marry a GUY (!)...I'd probably choose Johnny Depp...I think he's really really handsome and sort of resembles Audrey Tautou in a weird way. So there it is.[/list]

Heheheh... I always say my autobiography would be titled, "I'm Not Gay, But..."

some more....

-I don't like Jim Jarmusch
-I think the music in Rear Window sucks and almost ruins the film
-I think David Fincher is very overrated...Fight Club is alright, Panic Room is not as fun as it should be and Se7en just plain sucks. I cry everytime he's fucking included as one the great new wave of filmmakers (pta, wes, spike jonze, alexander payne, dgg, etc.) by a critic or film writer, he's nothing compared to them...they are infinitely more talented than him and they use less than half the sfx
-I don't really like Eyes Wide Shut
-I don't like when people say american film is in decline...I know what they mean but I think they're too hard to please or something...there really is alot out there...you can't take the great stuff that is out there for granted...and you can't attack ALL the mainstream films and blame them for this recent "demise" that you speak of, some of them are really fun and comforting...I will admit that american film is not as consistent as it was in the 70's...that I do agree with

I think Jonathan Demme is severly overrated... especially on this board, but that might just be a PTA influence.

Quote from: ebeaman-I am straight as a fucking stiff arrow but if I was absolutely forced...like my life was threatened and I absolutely HAD to...HAD to had to had to had to....go out with and maybe even marry a GUY (!)...I'd probably choose Johnny Depp...I think he's really really handsome and sort of resembles Audrey Tautou in a weird way. So there it is.[/list]

What about Brad Pitt?.....I'm not gay!, but.....

Quote from: ebeaman-I don't like Jim Jarmusch

Have you seen Stranger Than Paradise ? Awesome movie

Quote from: ebeamansome more....

-I think David Fincher is very overrated...Fight Club is alright, Panic Room is not as fun as it should be and Se7en just plain sucks. I cry everytime he's fucking included as one the great new wave of filmmakers (pta, wes, spike jonze, alexander payne, dgg, etc.) by a critic or film writer, he's nothing compared to them...they are infinitely more talented than him and they use less than half the sfx
-I don't really like Eyes Wide Shut

That first thing- except for the order of the specific films- I couldn't agree with you more. Fincher is a shyster.

However... Eyes Wide Shut is really a nicely done movie. I know plenty of people have problems with it, but I always wonder why... it's honestly just what I would've expected from Kubrick. It's an uncompromised, uncompromising piece of work.

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Quote from: ebeaman
-I am straight as a fucking stiff arrow but if I was absolutely forced...like my life was threatened and I absolutely HAD to...HAD to had to had to had to....go out with and maybe even marry a GUY (!)...I'd probably choose Johnny Depp...I think he's really really handsome and sort of resembles Audrey Tautou in a weird way. So there it is.

What about Brad Pitt?.....I'm not gay!, but.....

I'm bent as a fucking paper clip, but I think Brad Pitt's sex appeal is vastly overestimated by everyone. It escapes me entirely. And if Julianne Moore, Gillian Anderson, or Naomi Watts were ever to proposition me (in my dreams), I'd be willing to reconsider the whole guys-only thing. Nobody would have to threaten me with my life or anything. It's called the Kinsey scale, people.

Ah, confessions...

Quote from: Duck SauceI think Jonathan Demme is severly overrated... especially on this board, but that might just be a PTA influence.

Maybe Silence is, yea...but Demme? I don't really think so. He gets talked about very little w/o a mention of Silence of the Lambs.

I really love Something Wild myself...Philadelphia is pretty good too, for a tearjerker. I don't really get Melvin & Howard but it was alright.

If all other Demme films were to disappear from the face of the earth, and all we were left with was Melvin And Howard, I would be perfectly happy.

i agree that fincher is overrated too, i have shared before how much i hate fight club.  i think demme needs to make a really great fucking movie soon (he hasnt done that since cousin bobby) because i am starting to lose faith.

Quote from: godardianI think Brad Pitt's sex appeal is vastly overestimated by everyone. It escapes me entirely.

My confession: I'd say Tyler Durden is the most do-able movie character. And while we're all making our little "I'm not gay but if I were confessions" I'd have to go with Amelie - not necessarily Audrey, but just the character.

I find myself expressing my inner ditzy teenage girl quality more and more on this board... I just used the phrase "do-able".

I mean I never had an extremely long debate with friends on the subject of who was more do-able: Tyler Durden versus Ed Norton's character...no siree...never.

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I mean I never had an extremely long debate with friends on the subject of who was more do-able: Tyler Durden versus Ed Norton's character...no siree...never.

Ed Norton over Brad Pitt, any day, any way.

Also overrated

Terry Gilliam and sushi

Quote from: Duck SauceAlso overrated

Terry Gilliam and sushi

:shock:

I once had a warning put on my account at blockbuster because I took out - and enjoyed - Monkey Trouble (Harvey Keitel + monkey = great movie)

I repeat again: Harvey Keitel + monkey .... what more could you want?

"And if Julianne Moore, Gillian Anderson, or Naomi Watts were ever to proposition me (in my dreams), I'd be willing to reconsider the whole guys-only thing. Nobody would have to threaten me with my life or anything. It's called the Kinsey scale, people."

is godardian a chick or a gay guy?   :?:

well

1) star wars movies put me to sleep...I don't have anything against them but I think they're overrated, a little at least...however...
2) I thought The Attack of the Clones was amazing, I gave it 4 stars...just like The Empire Strikes Back...
3) I think Hard Eight is a better title than Sydney
4) I think De Niro's performance in Jackie Brown is awesome
5) I liked Femme Fatale a lot, but the real reason I bought it is cause I wanted to see that strip tease over and over and over
6) Guy Ritchie sucks completely...why is it that everyone here is bashing brett ratner cause he's trying to be pta when Ritchie is so busy trying to be Tarantino or just trying to be cool all the time...?(he ain't)
7) I don't understand why Gone with The Wind is considered one of the best films ever made...you see citizen kane and you know why is so highly regarded, but not with Gone...
8) Gus Van Sant's Psycho remake is not as half as bad as anyone says it is...
9) Jennifer Lopez is a hugely underrated actress (I liked her specially in Out of Sight and Angel Eyes, even if the movie is not that good)
10) Wim Wender's movies are like valium to me...the only movie from him that hasn't put me to sleep is Beyond the Clouds, but he directed that one with Antonioni, so maybe it shouldn't count...(Weird, but from Bergman, to Tarkovski, to Antonioni, I can see almost anything without sleeping)
11) The acting in some Kurosawa films annoys me a little, but not that much...

Quote from: Sigur Rós

Quote from: penfold0101GO.

I like this one too!

Ok, It's time to clean up!
 
confession 1: I like bad kung-fu-films like the ones with Bruce Lee! (I realize, that when saying this, it's like shouting "I like Pet-shop Boys!" at a Metallica-concert!)

I own the Bruce Lee Master Collection on DVD, and before that I had the VHS box.  Nobody better than Bruce Lee.  I like non-Lee/Chan kung fu movies as well.  Watched Shaolin Vs. Lama a million times.

My confessions:

I've never seen a Godard or Truffaut film.

Airplane! 2 was kind of funny at times.

I thought L'Avventura was a bit boring.

I don't like Adam Sandler's movies except for PDL, but I like Jim Carrey's movies.

I think Keaton is funnier than Chaplin. (but I still think Chaplin's awesome).

I saw Super Mario Bros, Trial and Error, and Mortal Combat in the theaters.

Quote from: Duck SauceAlso overrated

Terry Gilliam and sushi

Oh yea, I don't really like Terry Gilliam...Monty Python & The Holy Grail sucks horribly and Fear and Loathing should have been better...it's alright but it should have been better.

QuoteWhat about Brad Pitt?.....I'm not gay!, but.....

Nah...he's a very good looking guy but he's no Johnny Depp...Johnny has that goth, scissorhands, 21 jumpstreet, 90's hearthrob thing that very few have. Him and the young De Niro (circa Taxi Driver, Raging Bull)  are the two most good looking male actors of all time...there are a lot of other good looking guys in movies of course but those guys are freaking ladykillers...I would kill to be as cool as them.

QuoteI don't like Adam Sandler's movies except for PDL, but I like Jim Carrey's movies.

I think Ben Stiller is funnier than both of them...both of which I really like as well. Ben Stiller, Andy Dick, and Conan 'O Brien are probably the three funniest people alive...along w/ Martin Short, but only in his Jiminy Glick character.

QuoteGuy Ritchie sucks completely...why is it that everyone here is bashing brett ratner cause he's trying to be pta when Ritchie is so busy trying to be Tarantino or just trying to be cool all the time...?(he ain't)

Agreed...but he is going out with Madonna...now, that is as cool as it gets. That's really the only thing that makes him even remotely cool. Tarantino is better.

QuoteI don't understand why Gone with The Wind is considered one of the best films ever made...you see citizen kane and you know why is so highly regarded, but not with Gone...

Agreed again...don't get the popularity of Casablanca either. I haven't seen either one of them in awhile to be honest though.

Quote from: pookiethecat"And if Julianne Moore, Gillian Anderson, or Naomi Watts were ever to proposition me (in my dreams), I'd be willing to reconsider the whole guys-only thing. Nobody would have to threaten me with my life or anything. It's called the Kinsey scale, people."

is godardian a chick or a gay guy?   :?:

This is not the first such Crying-Game like query...  :lol:  Always cracks me up. It's the latter.

Quote from: godardian

Quote from: pookiethecat"And if Julianne Moore, Gillian Anderson, or Naomi Watts were ever to proposition me (in my dreams), I'd be willing to reconsider the whole guys-only thing. Nobody would have to threaten me with my life or anything. It's called the Kinsey scale, people."

is godardian a chick or a gay guy?   :?:

This is not the first such Crying-Game like query...  :lol:  Always cracks me up. It's the latter.

Let me just ask a completely fucking rude personal question...are you bi or gay? You don't have to answer if you don't want to, I'm not homophobic at all, seriously...that's the rudest question I've ever asked...I was just curious.

shit man.  i just knew asking that question would get some member of the pc police to respond negatively calling me a homophobic dirtbag or something of the like...

sorry godardian or anyone else on the board if i offended you.  t'was not intended to offend.  simply to gain information.  i myself am a homo soooo...howdy ya'll.  

but yeah, thanks for overreacting ebeaman!  people like you stunt the gay rights movement.

godardian- you rock my world.  we should have a discussion about queer cinema some time.

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probably the three funniest people alive...along w/ Martin Short

Yeah, and he's probably the most annoying gay person alive too.

pookie, ebeaman wasnt being a dick, he was just asking. dont worry.

wow, this is starting to be a "comming out" thread.

ha...  i would be proud to initiate the first ever xixax coming out thread.  

...but i know ebeaman had good intentions.  his posts are insightful and interesting, so i know it came from a desire to "defend" and be a good person, but he and others just need to realize that senseless nitpicking doesn't help anything for gay people.  it makes it harder on us, actually...

yes, thats what PMs are for

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Quote from: godardian

Quote from: pookiethecat"And if Julianne Moore, Gillian Anderson, or Naomi Watts were ever to proposition me (in my dreams), I'd be willing to reconsider the whole guys-only thing. Nobody would have to threaten me with my life or anything. It's called the Kinsey scale, people."

is godardian a chick or a gay guy?   :?:

This is not the first such Crying-Game like query...  :lol:  Always cracks me up. It's the latter.

Let me just ask a completely fucking rude personal question...are you bi or gay? You don't have to answer if you don't want to, I'm not homophobic at all, seriously...that's the rudest question I've ever asked...I was just curious.

Well... Brett Anderson of Suede once said he was a bisexual man who had never had a homosexual experience. I'd say the same, but change homosexual to heterosexual.

Meaning this: I can completely appreciate and respond to the sexuality of women and how attractive they can be, but I'm mainly attracted to men, and that's the gender of the people I've had romantic/sexual relationships with. It's common to assume that the reason someone is gay is that they're repulsed by the opposite sex, but that's not usually true. I think it's unlikely that I would ever have sex with a woman, but I wouldn't rule it out.

I think the Kinsey scale is a reasonable model for human sexuality; zero to six, zero being if you've never had even an inkling of desire for your own sex and six being if you've never had even an inkling of desire for the opposite sex. I think if we're honest, we can admit that most of us fall somewhere in between, and our sexual behavior (as distinct from our sexual thoughts/reactions) merely reflects the way we lean most heavily, not our entire sexual identity, which would be too exhausting for most of us to act on. The people on or closer to the middle of the Kinsey scale are what we'd refer to as patently "bisexual." I'd put myself at a 4 or 5, but I've definitely been turned on by women at times.

I'm a complicated human being, just like you or anybody else. I think homos who can't acknowledge the sexual attributes and desirability of the opposite sex are being overly simplistic for political reasons and are just as immature and insecure as heteros who can't acknowledge someone of their own sex that they might find sexually attractive. I have a quite heterosexual male friend who's only ever been with women who says that he'd totally do George Clooney, given the chance. I think this means less that he sexually fantasizes about George Clooney than that he's not afraid to acknowledge that he thinks George Clooney is one hell of an attractive man. Same with me and the women I mentioned.

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godardian- you rock my world.  we should have a discussion about queer cinema some time.

You start the topic, I'll be there. I've written pretty extensively on the topic, and it's definitely something I think is worth discussing. Maybe we can fight over how much I think Gregg Araki sucks.  :)

Quote from: godardianI think the Kinsey scale is a reasonable model for human sexuality; zero to six, zero being if you've never had even an inkling of desire for your own sex and six being if you've never had even an inkling of desire for the opposite sex.

i think i would be a 2

whoa, holy shit.  i just realized i completely misunderstood ebeaman's post..

well, something important to know is that i'm a girl.  hence the name pookie and my love for laura nyro's beautiful countenance (see avatar).lol.

that said, i have seen my fair share of male homosexuality cinema.  some of it sucks (bedroom and hallways), some is cute and charming but slight (get real), and some of it is wonderful and touches me for weeks afterwards(urbania).

for obvious reasons, i have sought out more lesbian movies.  fucking amal, high art, and sister my sister rank among my favorites in the genre of queer cinema.    

but what first, does everyone qualify as exactly "queer cinema"  (whcih i include lesbian movies under) ?  because the term can mean many different things to different people.  

in my view, queer cinema includes any movie whose images or themes are made with the specific intent of being shown to gay and lesbian audiences to appeal to their desires.

yet it is also noteable that so many queer cinema endings are filled with death and tragedy.  why is that?

Quote from: godardianI think Gregg Araki sucks.  :)

i wish i could see more of his films. ive only seen doom generation, which was so-so.... bad in an enjoyable way, splendor which was okay for what it was and nowhere which was amazing.

i guess you dont like bret easton ellis either, i find araki and him have a similar style. though ellis is more mature about it

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Quote from: godardianI think Gregg Araki sucks.  :)

i wish i could see more of his films. ive only seen doom generation, which was so-so.... bad in an enjoyable way, splendor which was okay for what it was and nowhere which was amazing.

i guess you dont like bret easton ellis either, i find araki and him have a similar style. though ellis is more mature about it

Ellis has perpetual aren't-I-a-naughty-boy syndrome, but he has a little more panache and humor than Araki to what he does.

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Quote from: pookiethecat"And if Julianne Moore, Gillian Anderson, or Naomi Watts were ever to proposition me (in my dreams), I'd be willing to reconsider the whole guys-only thing. Nobody would have to threaten me with my life or anything. It's called the Kinsey scale, people."

is godardian a chick or a gay guy?   :?:

This is not the first such Crying-Game like query...  :lol:  Always cracks me up. It's the latter.

Let me just ask a completely fucking rude personal question...are you bi or gay? You don't have to answer if you don't want to, I'm not homophobic at all, seriously...that's the rudest question I've ever asked...I was just curious.

Well... Brett Anderson of Suede once said he was a bisexual man who had never had a homosexual experience. I'd say the same, but change homosexual to heterosexual.

Meaning this: I can completely appreciate and respond to the sexuality of women and how attractive they can be, but I'm mainly attracted to men, and that's the gender of the people I've had romantic/sexual relationships with. It's common to assume that the reason someone is gay is that they're repulsed by the opposite sex, but that's not usually true. I think it's unlikely that I would ever have sex with a woman, but I wouldn't rule it out.

I think the Kinsey scale is a reasonable model for human sexuality; zero to six, zero being if you've never had even an inkling of desire for your own sex and six being if you've never had even an inkling of desire for the opposite sex. I think if we're honest, we can admit that most of us fall somewhere in between, and our sexual behavior (as distinct from our sexual thoughts/reactions) merely reflects the way we lean most heavily, not our entire sexual identity, which would be too exhausting for most of us to act on. The people on or closer to the middle of the Kinsey scale are what we'd refer to as patently "bisexual." I'd put myself at a 4 or 5, but I've definitely been turned on by women at times.

I'm a complicated human being, just like you or anybody else. I think homos who can't acknowledge the sexual attributes and desirability of the opposite sex are being overly simplistic for political reasons and are just as immature and insecure as heteros who can't acknowledge someone of their own sex that they might find sexually attractive. I have a quite heterosexual male friend who's only ever been with women who says that he'd totally do George Clooney, given the chance. I think this means less that he sexually fantasizes about George Clooney than that he's not afraid to acknowledge that he thinks George Clooney is one hell of an attractive man. Same with me and the women I mentioned.

While I can certainly admit that many men are handsome (I mean, beauty is beauty, right?), you can give me a zero. Absolutely no sexual attraction for my own sex. None. But I also have no sexual attraction for ugly females, either. Like overly fat chicks, just not sexually aroused in any way. I am tres picky, and tres unrealistic, and believe the best looking women look like those Superhero girls, or chicks from an Archie comic. Basically Playboy bunnies. And the faker, the better, I say. Especially fake tits. Man, Godardian, even you gotta admit, is there anything possibly nicer than a female breast? Really? I think a mother of a friend once said that guys like me are the reason so many girls are anorexic and have terribly low self-esteem. Guilty as charged!!

started a QUEER CINEMA thread in case you want to talk over there.

I hope nobody hates me now. It's less a chauvinistic attitude than it is a deification of what I have come to know as "the perfect female body". For an example, go to the Hard Rock Hotel poolside.

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for obvious reasons, i have sought out more lesbian movies.  fucking amal, high art, and sister my sister rank among my favorites in the genre of queer cinema.    

I love Sister my Sister. How 'bout I Shot Andy Warhol?

There has now been a thread devoted to this discussion, though... so we should probably move the queer-cinema conversation (whatever anyone's definition of that is) over there...

who gives a shit. you're just stating an opinion.  fake tits are fake tits.  

that said, i find them pretty disgusting.  then again, i'm not really into the kind of women who get breast implants to begin with. it's a sign of sleaze and superficiality that i can't get past to even be physically attracted to.  
plus it's like...mutant.  i'm surprised there hasn't been a pulp movie called "attack of the killer tits."  there has to be some ed wood out there willing to make it.

i dont find large breasts very attractive myself.

See, here it comes. What can I say? Maybe I'm a perv....

And it's not just the big breasts, it's also super-tiny bodies, little toned arms and flat stomachs. Long blond hair. Aaarrrghhh. I feel like the Uncle in Amarcord stuck up a tree, crying for a woman.

more confessions

I usually don't know what you people are talking about

I usually don't know what I am talking about

Quote from: MrBurgerKingI said fine, I'll eat these fries, try them out.

hahaha. u kinda sound like forrest gump there. funny.

More movie confessions.............

I am a terrible movie watcher. I have ADD to a very high extreme, and drift off a lot while watching movies into my own thoughts of doing other stuff and never can concentrate on watching the movie. See, I think I can do fine with identifying themes and structures and measuring them up my own way, but when it comes to seeing small specifics in given scenes and trying to remember them or even catch them on first viewing, I'm pretty bad. Everytime I watch Wonder Boys, I notice so many little easy things I missed that everyone else around me caught on first viewing.

This also means I am terrible to just sitting down and watching movies. It really has to be a pre ordained event where I am really excited to see a movie I revolve an entire night around it or something. And I have a hard time watching more than 3 movies a week and a lot of times when renting movies, I always start them and watch a good hour or so and just turn if off. That feels completely wasteful because I gave up an hour of my time and can't even give an opinion of what I watched at all. And when I with a crowd of people watching a movie, I am always the first to give up on trying to watch the movie even if it is a pretty good movie. I will just see the movie go on for certain periods of not being interesting and just think to myself, "Why am I watching this and not doing something funner with my friends instead now?" This happened with 25th Hour, and I did convince them to shut it off and had to re watch it alone another time to get my opinion on it. The only movies I can just start watching during the middle and finish easily very casually are bad porno action movies and a movie like SLC Punk. I think this why my approach to how I see movies has come from a lot of reading on films in general with seeing them. The whole area of thought on films intrigues me to death where I go to so many sites and read books to just learn more on movies. For me, it has seemed helpful in looking at movies because even if I see a certain person as knowing the most, I read so many ideas that I develop my own thoughts and approaches from it.

I also think everything I thought 6 months prior is likely dumb and my opinion is a lot better now. When I think more about this, I think I know absolutely nothing about movies anyways and all my talk here is to just make up for everything I feel I am missing in my life. Part of me wants to write something big and fantastic like Budgie did recently, to clear everything out. I never do and never will because I feel I feed off all my problems for happiness because I joke that with my MS, I will be dead in 10 years likely and actually smile from it.

~rougerum

that explains it

Hahaha Cecil, the cyborg shows some humanity for once and you dismiss it so cruelly

hm. well i think calling him a cyborg is cruel, but okay.

I like that cyborg

GT, I like you as a cyborg.

GT, is your ADD a clinically-diagnosed thing, or do you find you just have trouble concentrating at times? I know I do, at times; I really have to clear my head before I watch a movie. Also, I believe some movies require a more focused state of mind to enjoy than others. I blame my own intermittent "ADD" on the cacophonous distractions of modern life and all the mundane distractions most of us have to deal with.

This thread is a laugh. Here's some of mine-

'Gangs of New York' is my favourite Scorcese film
I love the movie 'Little Nicky'
Jennifer Lopez does NOTHING for me
I think 'Silence of the Lambs' is over-rated
I like the title 'Hard Eight' way better than 'Sydney'
'8 Mile' was one of my favourite flicks of 2002
I thought Sandler was way funnier than Nicholson in 'Anger Management'
I enjoyed the 'Get Carter' remake
I think 'The Patriot' deserved some Oscar's
I love the Chucky movies
I think the 'Lord of the Rings' movies are fucking brilliant
I didn't get a single bit of the 'Architect' conversation in 'Reloaded'

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I didn't get a single bit of the 'Architect' conversation in 'Reloaded'

:yabbse-thumbup: amen!

i'm not sure if there actually is all that much to get - perhaps it's just written to fool us in that way

Quote from: SoNowThenAnd it's not just the big breasts, it's also super-tiny bodies, little toned arms and flat stomachs. Long blond hair. Aaarrrghhh. I feel like the Uncle in Amarcord stuck up a tree, crying for a woman.

No you're not.  You are one of the kids jacking off in the parked car.

Ha! That's good. But the more I think about it, naw... not into the circle-jerk.

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I didn't get a single bit of the 'Architect' conversation in 'Reloaded'

:yabbse-thumbup: amen!

Are you joking?  There's a whole thread for this and Mac even posted the conversation in text

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I didn't get a single bit of the 'Architect' conversation in 'Reloaded'

:yabbse-thumbup: amen!

Are you joking?  There's a whole thread for this and Mac even posted the conversation in text

Yeah, I know.....Still didn't get it though!

I have been clinically diagnosed with having ADD by doctors and was on medication for a while for it. I'm not anymore and just try to live with it.

I don't mind Cecil or anyone else's comments on me. They are just comments.

~rougerum

Quote from: pookiethecatwhoa, holy shit.  i just realized i completely misunderstood ebeaman's post..

Yeah, what was all that about? I didn't really get any of that. Damn, this thread filled up fast the one day I didn't post.

Hmmmm time to confess eh? Well ok, I think "2001: A Space Odyssey" is one of the worst movies of all time. Definately one of, if not, the most overrated movie of all time. I'd rather watch "Save the last dance" than this.

Havent seen all of Goddard's films , but from the ones I've seen, I don't want to see anymore (I like Breathless).

As far as bad movies I like, I LOVE "Waynes World" for some reason.

Did anyone ever have sex at a movie-theater?.....that's a real sin!....I guess it's ok during some movies....

How the Hell do you get away with that

Quote from: EL__RETARDOHmmmm time to confess eh? Well ok, I think "2001: A Space Odyssey" is one of the worst movies of all time. Definately one of, if not, the most overrated movie of all time. I'd rather watch "Save the last dance" than this.

u should have taken that one to the grave.

can we stop this thread now? cuz im afraid when potential new members come to xixax to see what its all about, after reading this crap they might reconsider joining.

Quote from: tremoloslothHow the Hell do you get away with that

I've never actually done it, but I've thought about it many times. Do you recommend any movies?

Uh... nice avatar Victory Rose.  What's the star trying to hide?

Quote from: PawbloeUh... nice avatar Victory Rose.  What's the star trying to hide?

Btw. Thanx for calling me Victory Rose...very understanding!

It's hiding the ugliest part of my body!

Quote from: Sigur RósIt's hiding the ugliest part of my body!

Yeah, I guess there aren't too many assholes that are sexy...except Shannon Doherty.

Budum ching.

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Quote from: pookiethecatwhoa, holy shit.  i just realized i completely misunderstood ebeaman's post..

Yeah, what was all that about? I didn't really get any of that. Damn, this thread filled up fast the one day I didn't post.

earlier when you were like "Let me just ask a completely fucking rude personal question...are you bi or gay? You don't have to answer if you don't want to, I'm not homophobic at all, seriously...that's the rudest question I've ever asked...I was just curious."  i thought you were being sarcastic and being pc and pissy at me for asking if godardian was a gay man or a straight woman.  hehe, but you weren't. ..so in essence, my head was up my ass...anyway, sorry about the confusion

did anyone else see Joe vs. the Volcanoe and like it? I hope this is still relevant to the original topic???
I liked the cowboy song as he's staring at the moon and stranded with Meg Ryan on the luggage, it was as if a precursor to Cast away had taken place.  Only much lighter and stupid. Ok, I thought it was cute and I liked the music and the acting was pitiful, but I love that movie, ok. I loved it and I'm not ashamed to admit it's the ONLY Meg Ryan film I like.

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Quote from: pookiethecatwhoa, holy shit.  i just realized i completely misunderstood ebeaman's post..

Yeah, what was all that about? I didn't really get any of that. Damn, this thread filled up fast the one day I didn't post.

earlier when you were like "Let me just ask a completely fucking rude personal question...are you bi or gay? You don't have to answer if you don't want to, I'm not homophobic at all, seriously...that's the rudest question I've ever asked...I was just curious."  i thought you were being sarcastic and being pc and pissy at me for asking if godardian was a gay man or a straight woman.  hehe, but you weren't. ..so in essence, my head was up my ass...anyway, sorry about the confusion

Ohhhhh, alright...I see. Yea, I wasn't trying to give that impression at all. Reading it over again it seems A LOT like I did though...my bad, it was really badly done...I kinda quoted you by accident within godardian's quote. Sarcasm is probably one of the most misunderstood things on the internet...it doesn't translate well when it's intended and when it's not, it can be thought to have been... :?

hehe yeah...sarcasm and the internet usually don't mix as our little misunderstanding illustrated. it's okay though if it has a subsequent wink attached.  for instance.  has anyone confessed their somewhat embarrassed affection towards coyote ugly yet?  not that i was going to or anything... :wink:   see.  just putting the lesson we've learned into action.    

:-D

Quote from: pixelnixeldid anyone else see Joe vs. the Volcanoe and like it? I hope this is still relevant to the original topic???
I liked the cowboy song as he's staring at the moon and stranded with Meg Ryan on the luggage, it was as if a precursor to Cast away had taken place.  Only much lighter and stupid. Ok, I thought it was cute and I liked the music and the acting was pitiful, but I love that movie, ok. I loved it and I'm not ashamed to admit it's the ONLY Meg Ryan film I like.

What about When Harry Met Sally?  I have a soft spot for this movie......don't know why, but it just does.

Quote from: pookiethecathas anyone confessed their somewhat embarrassed affection towards coyote ugly yet? :-D

I'll cop to it.  What the hell, I'm a huge Maria Bello fan.

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Quote from: pookiethecathas anyone confessed their somewhat embarrassed affection towards coyote ugly yet? :-D

I'll cop to it.  What the hell, I'm a huge Maria Bello fan.

I liked all the women in that movie.  Piper Perabo especially.  

ps: maria bello= best doctor ever on ER

ugh. that movie was such a let down. they advertise it as a guy movie about chicks dancing on bars and then you get there and there's a whole love story and actual characters with feelings and awful awful dialogue. i was duped into seeing a chick flick! piece of shit and i hope never to see it again.

Quote from: bonanzatazthey advertise it as a guy movie about chicks dancing on bars and then you get there and there's a whole love story and actual characters with feelings and awful awful dialogue. i was duped into seeing a chick flick! piece of shit and i hope never to see it again.

yeah, not nearly as exploitive as it was advertised.  sorry that disappointed you...    :wink:

christ pookie, if you don't know my movie tastes by now...

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Yes.

I hate musicals!

well, musicals hate you.

sigur ros has a cool signature.  yay stp

what about my fair lady?

i love musicals, but hate my fair lady.

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I do.....and you have a cool avatar!

I hate My fair Lady too!

Just saw Hurricane Streets on Sundance.  What a great film!!!!  Has anyone else seen it???