2001 being (one of) the greatest movies of all time seems to be a popular opinion among pretentious people. What makes it great?It's the greatest film of all time.
2001 being (one of) the greatest movies of all time seems to be a popular opinion among pretentious people. What makes it great?It's the greatest film of all time.
Disagree with the first two, but ay, I watched Taxi Driver on a flight and it bored me to tears. It's just De Niro behaving strangely and somewhat aimlessly for a couple of hours.Pulp fiction, good movie but massively overrated. Not even Tarantino's best movie.
Donnie Darko, total garbage
Taxi driver - boring, maybe i watched it too late, was probably good when it came out.
Loved Pulp Fiction but agreed that it isn't Tarantino's best.Pulp fiction, good movie but massively overrated. Not even Tarantino's best movie.
Donnie Darko, total garbage
Taxi driver - boring, maybe i watched it too late, was probably good when it came out.
Not time travel exactly. The alien's perception of time is different but humans continue to travel linearly through time even if the main character gets glimpses of the potential future. I thought they did a very good job TBH. Probably the best sci fi film since Blade Runner.Arrival - pretty stylish and atmospheric, then suddenly, language=time travel? Wtf?
That's true. The DC kills all the magic of the original version.Donnie Darko is an odd one. The original (which is now hard to find) is much better than the Director's cut, as less is more. Explain too much and it allows you to say "bullshit".
Could be. I loved The Deer Hunter the first time I saw it, when it came out at the cinema, but I find it a huge bore now.It was very difficult for me to even finish Taxi Driver. Maybe it speaks to a different generation or type of people. I found it very boring.
Have you done a survey of pretentious people or are you just talking bollox??2001 being (one of) the greatest movies of all time seems to be a popular opinion among pretentious people. What makes it great?
The guy said it was clichéd, which I took as him meaning either a "guy in jail for what he didn't do" "guy makes the best of time in prison" type stuff.I like the film but...what layers?
I haven't done a survey, but I don't think I'm talking (too much) bollocks. It just seems like one of those movies that people think they're "supposed" to like and admire and lavish with praise. My unfounded suspicion is that half the people who call it great couldn't really explain what is so great about it.Have you done a survey of pretentious people or are you just talking bollox??
What the hellIt just seems like one of those movies that people think they're "supposed" to like and admire and lavish with praise.
Pretentious much?What the hell
I love that film to bits, have watched it more times than most other movies. Maybe I should record my brain activity when I'm watching it and send you the results or something.
No need for that, but I'm still wondering why you love it to so much? I was around 13 years old when I watched it so perhaps it all went over my head, but please do enlighten me.What the hell
I love that film to bits, have watched it more times than most other movies. Maybe I should record my brain activity when I'm watching it and send you the results or something.
Absolutely love this movie.Drive.
It's a glorified music video.
i could give you a list of prison movies running along the same basic storyline 2ft long.Cliched? I don't think I ever saw anything with the layers of Shawshank!
It's great if you experienced the racism and ignorance of the American southeast.Django Unchained.
Agreed here. Only Ryan Gosling movie I've seen that I dislike.Drive.
It's a glorified music video.
loved it, and it received wide acclaim in its time. Seems a bit forgotten nowadays, which is a shame.What's your lot take on American Beauty? Absolutely loved it but ages ago. Afraid of ruining it by re-watching it.
Glorified?Drive.
It's a glorified music video.
Too good for youMy answer to these type of threads is always Blade Runner.
I also usually get pilloried for having this opinion.
Still good. I've seen it a few times in the last couple of years and I enjoy it every time. Even though some of the dialogue comes off as a bit weird, it's well acted and well made.What's your lot take on American Beauty? Absolutely loved it but ages ago. Afraid of ruining it by re-watching it.
apart from the OST, yeah it's not as good as they sayInception
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