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Re: Unpopular Movie Opinions
« Reply #880 on: August 19, 2008, 04:24:28 PM »
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Re: Unpopular Movie Opinions
« Reply #881 on: August 19, 2008, 04:25:56 PM »
I get all of the references but also - I just didn't find Ethan hawke's character all that sympathetic...he was kind of an ass...immature.

I don't think he's supposed to be sympathetic.
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« Reply #882 on: August 19, 2008, 04:56:07 PM »
Actually - the film resonates well with me. I knew/know those people...

It's the part where he kisses her and starts talking about evolving...shudder...but still stays the same self-serving A**HOLE and the whole HIV/AIDS thing was awkward. Not because they addressed it but how - it felt shoe-horned in just to stay topical.

Don't get me wrong - I like the film, a lot. I watch it whenever it comes on...
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Re: Unpopular Movie Opinions
« Reply #883 on: August 19, 2008, 05:17:03 PM »
Fair enough.  The Zahn and Garofalo subplots have always struck me as awkward as well.
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Re: Unpopular Movie Opinions
« Reply #884 on: August 19, 2008, 05:37:09 PM »
I love Bottlerocket, Rushmore, and Winona Ryder.  And I can't wait for the Bottlerocket and Chunking Express Blu-rays.

Also, Winona Ryder is sexually attractive as Jerry Lee Lewis' 13 year old cousin in Great Balls of Fire.  Talk about an apt title.
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Re: Unpopular Movie Opinions
« Reply #885 on: August 19, 2008, 06:13:52 PM »
i don't think Aquatic is fantastic, but it is really good. All of Anderson's films are really good to great.

Agreed.  I liked The Life Aquatic.  It's got a great soundtrack. 
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Re: Unpopular Movie Opinions
« Reply #886 on: August 20, 2008, 06:40:56 AM »
Reality Bites totally sucked, as did every movie Ryder was ever in. She even manages to ruin (her part of) Night on Earth, which is a film I otherwise love. Some of the most agonizing cinematic moments ever were in Looking for Richard, where Al Pacino is going on and on about what kind of actress they should get to play Anne, and how she has to have all these contrasting qualities and has to be completely perfect blah blah blah blah. You knew he was really referring to some specific person, and the whole time I was sitting there thinking, "Please tell me he's not talking about Winona CINECAST!ing Ryder." When she appeared, I think I threw something at the screen. Fortunately I wasn't in a theater, because I probably still would have thrown something.

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Re: Unpopular Movie Opinions
« Reply #887 on: August 20, 2008, 06:48:36 AM »
OK, but pixote's right. Let's have a positive unpopular movie opinion . . .

Really good movies:
Seabiscuit
Mission Impossible: III
Sliding Doors
The Runaway Jury, and most other Grisham films

Those are just off the top of my head. It's hard to come up with really controversial positive things, actually. Must be why we're all so focused on the things we don't like. Seriously, though, what's your favorite movie that everyone hates? Not a guilty pleasure, but a movie that you actually think is good, and everyone else is wrong about?
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Re: Unpopular Movie Opinions
« Reply #888 on: August 20, 2008, 08:25:14 AM »
I love Tremors...

With that in mind - I think Burt Ward is a fun actor to watch, also Kevin Bacon...
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Re: Unpopular Movie Opinions
« Reply #889 on: August 20, 2008, 08:32:24 AM »
Jersey Girl is a highly underrated film.
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