Movies You Like...But No One Else Does.

[Fsiphskilm]

Really it depends...If I'm touched by th

[shooraijin]

> Hey, shoo, I wonder if that's the one I was thinking of earlier ...

Well, TM pretty much summarized it, although you mentioned a leader who was having a psychologic battle with himself, and Sir Alec Guinness' character's actions could be interpreted as immense internal conflict (or at least disarray). So it might have been that movie

[Ashley]

Speaking of movies no one's ever seen, Dr. Strangelove was a fairly good one I saw it for my US History 'final exam'. Not bad at all...took some getting used to, granted, but the conversation between the president and the kremlin was hilarious.

[Technomancer]

Dr. Strangelove is definately one of my favourites. I'd honestly be surprised if many people haven't seen it; it's really considered a classic. And besides, it's got Peter Sellers playing three different characters.

[Bobtheduck]

I really wanted to see Dr. Strangelove... It seemed interesting.

Anyhow, movies I like that no one else does?

Super Mario Brothers - It's a game just to catch all the hidden refferences, even if the acting and plot left much to be desired.

Ewok Adventures: Both of them... I can't explain it... They both had a video game feel to them, and the tolkien influence showed through a bit more in them than it did in the canon Star Wars series... But, they were cheesy and not that many people like them...

Not Quite Human series... Made for TV, but still some of my all time faves... Even if they were made by the Disney channel...

[shooraijin]

> And besides, it's got Peter Sellers playing three different characters.

Peter Sellers is The Man. I know andyroo's got my back with the Pink Panther movies, right? He was also great in "Murder By Death" and "Being There."

Remember, anyone who says otherwise will have to answer to the Coca-Cola Company.

[ShiroiHikari]

Lessee...movies I like that nobody else seems to...

The Sound of Music
Moulin Rouge
SLC Punk (errr...don't rent this, the language will probably bug you, but I thought it was a hilarious movie...)
Dogma (many many grains of salt are required to view this without getting angry)
A Life Less Ordinary (it's really stupid, but it's funny anyway)

I think that's all.

I wanna see Casablanca and Arsenic and Old Lace...also, I saw Gone With the Wind and it was pretty good, but Scarlett grated on my nerves and...the second half was just...eh...-_-

[shooraijin]

I *liked* A Life Less Ordinary! I particularly loved the angels -- as for the actual main characters, I think Cameron Diaz is thoroughly annoying, but Ewan MacGregor is a good 'un. The whole animated version during the credits was even better.

[andyroo]

I know andyroo's got my back with the Pink Panther movies, right?

Most definately!

Although, the very last Pink Panther movie is nothing worth seeing, saw it last month. This was made some time around three years afters the death of Sellers. It pretty much consists of clips from all of his previous Clouseau movies with some fillers inbetween. The only things funny in the movie,other than recycled clips was around the beginning at the costume/make-up store scene (which may be a recycle) and Kato.

[ShiroiHikari]

I *liked* A Life Less Ordinary! I particularly loved the angels -- as for the actual main characters, I think Cameron Diaz is thoroughly annoying, but Ewan MacGregor is a good 'un. The whole animated version during the credits was even better.

You've seen it?! Wow *adds points to your "coolness" score* Yeah, Cameron Diaz is annoying XO But I love Ewan McGregor. ^_^ I just thought the movie was a little bit on the silly side, but I like it anyway.

[Technomancer]

But one movie I like that maybe some of y'all never heard of is Canadian Bacon, starring John Candy. It predates South Park's idea of "blaming Canada" by several years. In fact, it predates South Park itself!

Some of the user reviewers hated it because it made fun of and teased Canadians. While it did to an extent, it really poked fun of ignorant Americans more than it hyperbolized (is that a word?) Canadian stereotypes.

Besides, if it were so anti-Canadian, why would John Candy (a Canadian) star in it?

You know, that film actually did reasonably well up here; most of us got the jokes. It's the same story with "The Great White North" on the old show "SCTV", which was a Canadian production BTW. But Americans insulting Canadian beer, well them's fightin' words

[TheMelodyMaker]

Got another one: Nate and Hayes. (The latter being a really young Tommy Lee Jones.)

[shooraijin]

> Besides, if it were so anti-Canadian, why would John Candy (a Canadian) star in it?

There were many more than just him in it, I thought. The movie was absolutely hilarious -- I particularly always remember that TV propaganda ad: "THE CANADIANS! -- THEY WALK AMONG US!"

[DrNic]

I wanna know what people thought was so bad about the Matrix:Reloaded, it was a good film! Pretty much as good as the first!
Oh, and Ring (the japanese version) was cool but I watched it with my m8s who talked all the way through it and laughed at me because I was trying to watch it.

[Fsiphskilm]

Yea, I hear ya. People list movies as

[Orange Kitten]

Yeah, Cameron Diaz is annoying

When is Cameron Diaz NOT annoying? I can think of two movies: The Mask (when she was a nobody costarring with Jim Carrey) and Something About Mary.

I wanna know what people thought was so bad about the Matrix:Reloaded, it was a good film! Pretty much as good as the first!

o.O
You asked for it, and here it is: "Why Matrix II Sucked" (prepare for a lecture)

*note* I still haven't seen Matrix III, so these remarks have no relation to the 3rd. This is strictly from a filmmakers point of view.

The second movie is COMPLETELY different from the first. And there is a very basic reason for that. Ghost in the Shell didn't have a sequal. And the Wachowski brothers were like "oh crap, we need to actually "write" an original piece based upon a movie that we based upon another....and out came the the sequal to the Matrix.

For those of you who STILL don't know and are clueless, Matrix was based upon Ghost in the Shell. It's not a rumor, it's a fact.

The first half of Reloaded had no development in the story whatsoever. It wasn't until about halfway through and into the freeway chase scene that any sort of new information had been given (starting with the Oracle)

We start out with a couple fight scenes that are purely there just for the sake of having a fight scene. They tried matching the special effects of the first Matrix, and even tried surpassing them. To their dismay, the special effects did NOT live up to that of the original. For the effects, yes, it took a lot of effort to actually do what they did, but the end result was still not pretty. IMO, don't show it if it doesn't look good. It was like they were trying to show off; but due to other movies, I was already sick and NOT impressed by bullet time anymore.

I'm all for fight scenes, HOWEVER, a fight scene MUST have relevance to the story. What was the point of the first? The scene with the thousands of Smiths; I get it that they were trying to point out the fact that Smith can regenerate himself and put up a good match against Neo...but how long WAS that scene? I swear it just dragged on and on.

Moving on:
The love story between Neo and Trinity was just flat out NOT appealing. First off, Carrie Anne Moss is not much to look at, and the sex scene was horrific. Did they actually think that would be stimulating? They tried to back that up by having it take place during the rave, which I thought was not necessary. There are many ways to show Zion celebrating without resulting in a giant orgy.

They overkilled the way they foreshadowed Trinity's fate. The opening was enough with Neo waking up. But they kept on it throughout the movie. When it finally came time to show what actually happens to her, I was sick of it. They beat it into my mind too much "look, something's going to happen to Trinity" *10 minutes later* "Don't forget, something will happen to Trinity"

Speaking of the Carrie Anne Moss,
The way she AND Reeves played their characters were an extreme contrast to that of Matrix. In Reloaded they were very dull and had no emotion.
And also, Lauren Fishburne gave a non convincing speech to the people of Zion. What does this all lead to? Bad directing.

One thing that DID catch my interest, were all the symbols and signs that pointed to Greek mythology, which has always perked my interest.
HOWEVER, the first Matrix was all about Christianity and Neo being a Christ-like figure. And now all of a sudden they switch gears and throw Greek mythology and fantasy in there.
I think that switch was just a little sudden and a little different.

People think that Reloaded was so "smart and had depth". Not really. The only thing that was really said was contradicting to what was established in the first Matrix in a way. If the creator of the Matrix slowed down a bit so the average viewer didn't get lost in his words, they would see that it's not that confusing (as most people were who I talked to) It may be possible that they were purposely trying to confuse people to make it SOUND as if it were an indepth movie.


Reloaded probably could have had a running time of less than an hour and be much better. (You'd still have the bad acting, but oh well) Even though I haven't seen Revolutions, I'd like to bet they could have combined the two into one 'better' movie, if they took out all the unnecessary footage.

In conclusion:
Reloaded was a very hyped up movie that failed to meet the expectations of fans (and the movie industry), with less than pretty graphics, a story that went nowhere, poor acting, and too many pointless fight scenes.

Do not be fooled by this movie simply because it's "The Matrix." Just because the first one was great, does not make the sequal great.
And please don't tell me, "Reloaded is much better once you see Revolutions" A true sequal is also a stand alone movie.

[DrNic]

hey, hey, calm down . that was only my opinion. personally i thought it was pulled off very well. oh and i did know that the matrix was based on ghost in a shell (i watched the documentry on the animatrix a few times). ive not seen the 3rd either, its meant to be better than the 2nd but not as good as the 1st.

[postbagboy]

Nevermind what everyone says, but I actually like "The Master of Disguise" (Number #44 on the bottom 100 on IMDB.com).

[Fsiphskilm]

[quote="Orange Kitten"]You asked for it, and here it is:

[Mave]

Animation-wise, I liked Anastasia and Titan A.E.

Anastasia coz while the villian, Rasputin was annoying and pathetic I liked the rest of the characters and music score....

Titan A.E. Nice Sci-fi presentation, cool soundtrack and no Disney la la la dancing and singing. ^^

*runs away*

[DrNic]

I rave simply for the sake of raving

Try moshing, its energetic and the musics better

[Shao Feng-Li]

Star Wars: Episode II

LXG

Titan AE (No showtunes like Michiru said. Luckly it was done by WB)

The Master of Diguise (Flat out ridicilous, yet somehow funny... In a wierd way)

[Rashiir]

Yah, The Princess Bride is definitely a classic, but I have met a few people that didn't like it.... I don't talk to them anymore.

[DrNic]

The 12 Monkeys! Man thats an amazing film. One of my top three to be honest! If any1 says anything bad about it I'll eat their legs...

[Orange Kitten]

Titan AE (No showtunes like Michiru said. Luckly it was done by WB)

Unless I'm reading this wrong, you're saying Titan AE was done by Warner Brothers?
Nope, it was done by Twentieth Century Fox

[Zilch]

(looks around, mumbles that he likes Princess Bride) Now, the greatest movie has everyone checking my cell counts because I like Weird Al's "UHF". What's the deal?

[madphilb]

Hey, UHF wasn't as bad as all that.... I've seen much worse, and he's got one more movie made than I have

[Orange Kitten]

"What's in the box? .... NOTHING! Stupid! You so stupid!" - UHF
Classic movie

[Michael]

Bravo Two Zero (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/BravoTwoZero-1110865/reviews.php ) , very good movie.....IMO.

[Twilly Spree]

About a Boy, The Good Girl, and Lost in Translation for some reason all my friends disliked these movies and I own them.