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I didn't like Gladiator either.
I agree - it's vastly overrated.Rushmore. I was barely interested and my GF was utterly bored.
I agree - it's vastly overrated.Rushmore. I was barely interested and my GF was utterly bored.
On my Top 25 list. A true masterpiece and one of the brilliant directing minds of our generation.
I agree - it's vastly overrated.Rushmore. I was barely interested and my GF was utterly bored.
On my Top 25 list. A true masterpiece and one of the brilliant directing minds of our generation.
Oh ARE you?
We couldn't even watch Blue Beetle for free on the TV. All we learned is that families in Miami are irritating jackwagons. And that the writers sucked. We stopped after about 30 minutes.Blue Beetle. Thor, Love and Blunder. Both were IMAX.
I think I'm done with the superhero stuff. Except Deadpool.
It pulled you away from the screen?The wife and I started watching gravity a couple nights ago, made it about 40 minutes in and then shut it off.
Really?I didn't like Gladiator either.
Right, and I also don't know what these people were expecting going into these movies. As I mentioned earlier, using myself as an example, I don't actually go to many movies* so when I do go I have a pretty good idea of what the movie is about and what to expect, etc. Those mentioned here like Gladiator, Barbie, and Gravity seem like movies where they are/were exactly (and we let them off the hook!) what one should have expected going in. So, I'm with you in not understanding why some would walk out of these.Threads like these make it more obvious I watch a ton of movies, and have gotten through a lot of bad ones. Gladiator? Rushmore? Barbie? Gravity? Maybe not my thing as well, but they are at least OK movies by damn good directors.
It just doesn't compute to me people can't get through those knowing the absolute crap I've gotten through. Again, I watch too many and I get that part.
he was in fact not entertained take that to the bank brohansI didn't like Gladiator either.
Mr R went all MST3K on it. The entertainment value went WAY up.The wife and I started watching gravity a couple nights ago, made it about 40 minutes in and then shut it off.
Really?I didn't like Gladiator either.
I don't claim it to be some cinematic masterpiece but it's got a great villain (I thought Phoenix knocked the "super creepy and drunk on power Roman emperor character" out of the park), some fun fight scenes including a pretty epic opening scene, and a badass protagonist. Plus Oliver Reed is basically tanked yet still cool in every scene. Throw in a near Liam Neeson level threat ("... and I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next") and what's not to like?
Sure beats being carried out.i guess when the movie is over i walk out of every movie take that to the bank bromigos
Right, and I also don't know what these people were expecting going into these movies. As I mentioned earlier, using myself as an example, I don't actually go to many movies* so when I do go I have a pretty good idea of what the movie is about and what to expect, etc. Those mentioned here like Gladiator, Barbie, and Gravity seem like movies where they are/were exactly (and we let them off the hook!) what one should have expected going in. So, I'm with you in not understanding why some would walk out of these.Threads like these make it more obvious I watch a ton of movies, and have gotten through a lot of bad ones. Gladiator? Rushmore? Barbie? Gravity? Maybe not my thing as well, but they are at least OK movies by damn good directors.
It just doesn't compute to me people can't get through those knowing the absolute crap I've gotten through. Again, I watch too many and I get that part.
*I watch plenty of movies at home on streaming services so it's definitely a relatively common occurrence to bail on a movie on a streaming service but that's not how I interpret this thread and I think turning off a movie from a streaming service is way different than choosing to go see movie in a theater then walking out of it before it ends.
I didn't walk out but man was it uncomfortable watching Poor Things with my 19 year old. Really good movie but sooo many let's say adult scenes over and over and over. Should have done a little research first. Not a prude but also not a fan experiencing with your kid.
Mr R went all MST3K on it. The entertainment value went WAY up.The wife and I started watching gravity a couple nights ago, made it about 40 minutes in and then shut it off.
I didn't walk out but man was it uncomfortable watching Poor Things with my 19 year old. Really good movie but sooo many let's say adult scenes over and over and over. Should have done a little research first. Not a prude but also not a fan experiencing with your kid.
Haven't seen that one yet. Really nothing more uncomfortable than watching sex on the screen with your parents or kids.I didn't walk out but man was it uncomfortable watching Poor Things with my 19 year old. Really good movie but sooo many let's say adult scenes over and over and over. Should have done a little research first. Not a prude but also not a fan experiencing with your kid.
lol.....had a similar experience over the Xmas break. 21 year old son and his boyfriend asked me watch the movie "Saltburn" with them. That, uh.....that was a new experience for me.
In all seriousness, I have never seen Pacino do better than he did in GF I and II, and it's not close. And I've seen him do far, far worse.The worst!My major problem here is that as soon as I heard Brando talking, I tapped out. Heinous movie.Add me to the list of posters who are deeply offended at this post, which you surely intended to be read unironically.The Godfather. As soon as Brando started talking I realized he had cotton in his mouth. Ridiculous and unwatchable.
Also, Schindler's List. I refuse to watch movies in black and white. Shoot the lock off the wallet and film in color already, amiright?
The book was way better.
And don't get me started on that Pacino guy.
Hoowah! are you talking about?In all seriousness, I have never seen Pacino do better than he did in GF I and II, and it's not close. And I've seen him do far, far worse.The worst!My major problem here is that as soon as I heard Brando talking, I tapped out. Heinous movie.Add me to the list of posters who are deeply offended at this post, which you surely intended to be read unironically.The Godfather. As soon as Brando started talking I realized he had cotton in his mouth. Ridiculous and unwatchable.
Also, Schindler's List. I refuse to watch movies in black and white. Shoot the lock off the wallet and film in color already, amiright?
The book was way better.
And don't get me started on that Pacino guy.
No way this was MTV's fault. In fact, I was 10 in 1981 (actually, 9, for most of it). MAYBE it started a trend of bite-sized entertainment, but the smartphone and social media put the dagger in the heart, and twisted it.Agreed. And you know what came in 1981? MTV. Attention spans never recovered.I literally just watched The Godfather again yesterday, for approximately the millionth time. Every time, I marvel at the fact that the wedding scene eats up the first 26 minutes of run-time, and it's 100% character development and world building. The ensuing sequence with Waltz and the horse head is also just an illustration of who the characters are what kind of world they inhabit, with little connection to the main plot of the film. Each of those sequences feels like they fly by in like 45 seconds because there's so much going on, but a lot of it stuff that a person might not pick up on the first time they see the movie. I could watch that wedding scene all by itself and enjoy it on its own terms, based solely on my knowledge of what happens next over the rest of the film.Sad but true story: I sat my 20 y.o. son down to watch the Godfather with me. He didn't like it, it was too slow moving for him.Best movie ever made.The Godfather. As soon as Brando started talking I realized he had cotton in his mouth. Ridiculous and unwatchable.
Thanks a lot, Apple, social media, internet, and Obama.
It feels like every good movie made before 1980 is like this. They're slow, they let the story breathe a little as it develops, and they expect the viewer to pay attention instead of relying on exposition.
When I was watching GF1 this weekend, it did actually occur to me that Coppola somehow got an incredibly subtle, restrained performance out of an actor who is . . . not exactly known for that type of performance.In all seriousness, I have never seen Pacino do better than he did in GF I and II, and it's not close. And I've seen him do far, far worse.The worst!My major problem here is that as soon as I heard Brando talking, I tapped out. Heinous movie.Add me to the list of posters who are deeply offended at this post, which you surely intended to be read unironically.The Godfather. As soon as Brando started talking I realized he had cotton in his mouth. Ridiculous and unwatchable.
Also, Schindler's List. I refuse to watch movies in black and white. Shoot the lock off the wallet and film in color already, amiright?
The book was way better.
And don't get me started on that Pacino guy.
Haven't seen that one yet. Really nothing more uncomfortable than watching sex on the screen with your parents or kids.I didn't walk out but man was it uncomfortable watching Poor Things with my 19 year old. Really good movie but sooo many let's say adult scenes over and over and over. Should have done a little research first. Not a prude but also not a fan experiencing with your kid.
lol.....had a similar experience over the Xmas break. 21 year old son and his boyfriend asked me watch the movie "Saltburn" with them. That, uh.....that was a new experience for me.
What did you think of the shaky-cam in Saving Private Ryan?Right, and I also don't know what these people were expecting going into these movies. As I mentioned earlier, using myself as an example, I don't actually go to many movies* so when I do go I have a pretty good idea of what the movie is about and what to expect, etc. Those mentioned here like Gladiator, Barbie, and Gravity seem like movies where they are/were exactly (and we let them off the hook!) what one should have expected going in. So, I'm with you in not understanding why some would walk out of these.Threads like these make it more obvious I watch a ton of movies, and have gotten through a lot of bad ones. Gladiator? Rushmore? Barbie? Gravity? Maybe not my thing as well, but they are at least OK movies by damn good directors.
It just doesn't compute to me people can't get through those knowing the absolute crap I've gotten through. Again, I watch too many and I get that part.
*I watch plenty of movies at home on streaming services so it's definitely a relatively common occurrence to bail on a movie on a streaming service but that's not how I interpret this thread and I think turning off a movie from a streaming service is way different than choosing to go see movie in a theater then walking out of it before it ends.
I had a pretty good idea of what Gladiator was about. DIdn't expect the nauseating shaky-cam.
did they know or was it just a fun family experience for everyone?I didn't walk out but man was it uncomfortable watching Poor Things with my 19 year old. Really good movie but sooo many let's say adult scenes over and over and over. Should have done a little research first. Not a prude but also not a fan experiencing with your kid.
lol.....had a similar experience over the Xmas break. 21 year old son and his boyfriend asked me watch the movie "Saltburn" with them. That, uh.....that was a new experience for me.
did they know or was it just a fun family experience for everyone?I didn't walk out but man was it uncomfortable watching Poor Things with my 19 year old. Really good movie but sooo many let's say adult scenes over and over and over. Should have done a little research first. Not a prude but also not a fan experiencing with your kid.
lol.....had a similar experience over the Xmas break. 21 year old son and his boyfriend asked me watch the movie "Saltburn" with them. That, uh.....that was a new experience for me.
no, sir.did they know or was it just a fun family experience for everyone?I didn't walk out but man was it uncomfortable watching Poor Things with my 19 year old. Really good movie but sooo many let's say adult scenes over and over and over. Should have done a little research first. Not a prude but also not a fan experiencing with your kid.
lol.....had a similar experience over the Xmas break. 21 year old son and his boyfriend asked me watch the movie "Saltburn" with them. That, uh.....that was a new experience for me.
My son for sure knew.....he had seen it. When I told his younger brother I was about to watch it with his brother and his boyfriend, he winced like he'd been shot and said "ohhhhhhh, man.......you sure?"
It's a good movie I suppose. Figure the film nerds in here like @KarmaPolice have it 2 enthusiastic thumbs up, but, wow.....have you seen it?
did they know or was it just a fun family experience for everyone?I didn't walk out but man was it uncomfortable watching Poor Things with my 19 year old. Really good movie but sooo many let's say adult scenes over and over and over. Should have done a little research first. Not a prude but also not a fan experiencing with your kid.
lol.....had a similar experience over the Xmas break. 21 year old son and his boyfriend asked me watch the movie "Saltburn" with them. That, uh.....that was a new experience for me.
My son for sure knew.....he had seen it. When I told his younger brother I was about to watch it with his brother and his boyfriend, he winced like he'd been shot and said "ohhhhhhh, man.......you sure?"
It's a good movie I suppose.
My Linkno, sir.did they know or was it just a fun family experience for everyone?I didn't walk out but man was it uncomfortable watching Poor Things with my 19 year old. Really good movie but sooo many let's say adult scenes over and over and over. Should have done a little research first. Not a prude but also not a fan experiencing with your kid.
lol.....had a similar experience over the Xmas break. 21 year old son and his boyfriend asked me watch the movie "Saltburn" with them. That, uh.....that was a new experience for me.
My son for sure knew.....he had seen it. When I told his younger brother I was about to watch it with his brother and his boyfriend, he winced like he'd been shot and said "ohhhhhhh, man.......you sure?"
It's a good movie I suppose. Figure the film nerds in here like @KarmaPolice have it 2 enthusiastic thumbs up, but, wow.....have you seen it?
did they know or was it just a fun family experience for everyone?I didn't walk out but man was it uncomfortable watching Poor Things with my 19 year old. Really good movie but sooo many let's say adult scenes over and over and over. Should have done a little research first. Not a prude but also not a fan experiencing with your kid.
lol.....had a similar experience over the Xmas break. 21 year old son and his boyfriend asked me watch the movie "Saltburn" with them. That, uh.....that was a new experience for me.
My son for sure knew.....he had seen it. When I told his younger brother I was about to watch it with his brother and his boyfriend, he winced like he'd been shot and said "ohhhhhhh, man.......you sure?"
It's a good movie I suppose.
We iWalked out of it. Barely made it half way, i would not use 'good' in describing it lol
IMO, it was not. I thought the "you're lucky I'm a vampire" line would have been better in Twilight movie. Literally lold and the writing overall was eh...did they know or was it just a fun family experience for everyone?I didn't walk out but man was it uncomfortable watching Poor Things with my 19 year old. Really good movie but sooo many let's say adult scenes over and over and over. Should have done a little research first. Not a prude but also not a fan experiencing with your kid.
lol.....had a similar experience over the Xmas break. 21 year old son and his boyfriend asked me watch the movie "Saltburn" with them. That, uh.....that was a new experience for me.
My son for sure knew.....he had seen it. When I told his younger brother I was about to watch it with his brother and his boyfriend, he winced like he'd been shot and said "ohhhhhhh, man.......you sure?"
It's a good movie I suppose.
We iWalked out of it. Barely made it half way, i would not use 'good' in describing it lol
It's great film making. The acting was superb.
But boundaries have been stretched. This was like "Dilverance" levels of stretching.
Not a Pacino fan, but this is amazing. (I had to judge this scene for the dance category in a TimDraft.) The writers for this movie really did themselves proud. It's an entire story within a movie.In all seriousness, I have never seen Pacino do better than he did in GF I and II, and it's not close. And I've seen him do far, far worse.The worst!My major problem here is that as soon as I heard Brando talking, I tapped out. Heinous movie.Add me to the list of posters who are deeply offended at this post, which you surely intended to be read unironically.The Godfather. As soon as Brando started talking I realized he had cotton in his mouth. Ridiculous and unwatchable.
Also, Schindler's List. I refuse to watch movies in black and white. Shoot the lock off the wallet and film in color already, amiright?
The book was way better.
And don't get me started on that Pacino guy.
Haven't seen it. The shaky-cam has pretty much been a barrier for me.What did you think of the shaky-cam in Saving Private Ryan?Right, and I also don't know what these people were expecting going into these movies. As I mentioned earlier, using myself as an example, I don't actually go to many movies* so when I do go I have a pretty good idea of what the movie is about and what to expect, etc. Those mentioned here like Gladiator, Barbie, and Gravity seem like movies where they are/were exactly (and we let them off the hook!) what one should have expected going in. So, I'm with you in not understanding why some would walk out of these.Threads like these make it more obvious I watch a ton of movies, and have gotten through a lot of bad ones. Gladiator? Rushmore? Barbie? Gravity? Maybe not my thing as well, but they are at least OK movies by damn good directors.
It just doesn't compute to me people can't get through those knowing the absolute crap I've gotten through. Again, I watch too many and I get that part.
*I watch plenty of movies at home on streaming services so it's definitely a relatively common occurrence to bail on a movie on a streaming service but that's not how I interpret this thread and I think turning off a movie from a streaming service is way different than choosing to go see movie in a theater then walking out of it before it ends.
I had a pretty good idea of what Gladiator was about. DIdn't expect the nauseating shaky-cam.
I ask because that bouncing around gave both of us a headache.
Great film otherwise.
i told one of my walkin buddies that my lady and i had watched that movie and that it was really strange but held your intrest so he and his lady watched it and the next morning he asked me what kind of a sick monster i was so i feel you take that to the bank bromigoI didn't walk out but man was it uncomfortable watching Poor Things with my 19 year old. Really good movie but sooo many let's say adult scenes over and over and over. Should have done a little research first. Not a prude but also not a fan experiencing with your kid.
lol.....had a similar experience over the Xmas break. 21 year old son and his boyfriend asked me watch the movie "Saltburn" with them. That, uh.....that was a new experience for me.
the ill show you out of order scene from the movie has always been one of my favorites even if it is overacted take that to the bank brohansNot a Pacino fan, but this is amazing. (I had to judge this scene for the dance category in a TimDraft.) The writers for this movie really did themselves proud. It's an entire story within a movie.In all seriousness, I have never seen Pacino do better than he did in GF I and II, and it's not close. And I've seen him do far, far worse.The worst!My major problem here is that as soon as I heard Brando talking, I tapped out. Heinous movie.Add me to the list of posters who are deeply offended at this post, which you surely intended to be read unironically.The Godfather. As soon as Brando started talking I realized he had cotton in his mouth. Ridiculous and unwatchable.
Also, Schindler's List. I refuse to watch movies in black and white. Shoot the lock off the wallet and film in color already, amiright?
The book was way better.
And don't get me started on that Pacino guy.
i told one of my walkin buddies that my lady and i had watched that movie and that it was really strange but held your intrest so he and his lady watched it and the next morning he asked me what kind of a sick monster i was so i feel you take that to the bank bromigoI didn't walk out but man was it uncomfortable watching Poor Things with my 19 year old. Really good movie but sooo many let's say adult scenes over and over and over. Should have done a little research first. Not a prude but also not a fan experiencing with your kid.
lol.....had a similar experience over the Xmas break. 21 year old son and his boyfriend asked me watch the movie "Saltburn" with them. That, uh.....that was a new experience for me.
i mean this brohan just about everything i say here is true or strongly like 95 percent based on truth with only names changed to protect the innocent let that sink in for a while take that to the banki told one of my walkin buddies that my lady and i had watched that movie and that it was really strange but held your intrest so he and his lady watched it and the next morning he asked me what kind of a sick monster i was so i feel you take that to the bank bromigoI didn't walk out but man was it uncomfortable watching Poor Things with my 19 year old. Really good movie but sooo many let's say adult scenes over and over and over. Should have done a little research first. Not a prude but also not a fan experiencing with your kid.
lol.....had a similar experience over the Xmas break. 21 year old son and his boyfriend asked me watch the movie "Saltburn" with them. That, uh.....that was a new experience for me.
Sometimes, I think 'ol SWCer is fine storyteller dabbling in tall tales and schtick, but THIS......yeah, this I believe is 100% true.
With the exception being anything you say about Minnesota or KG. That **** is obviously false and cannot be reliably taken to any financial institution.i mean this brohan just about everything i say here is true or strongly like 95 percent based on truth with only names changed to protect the innocent let that sink in for a while take that to the banki told one of my walkin buddies that my lady and i had watched that movie and that it was really strange but held your intrest so he and his lady watched it and the next morning he asked me what kind of a sick monster i was so i feel you take that to the bank bromigoI didn't walk out but man was it uncomfortable watching Poor Things with my 19 year old. Really good movie but sooo many let's say adult scenes over and over and over. Should have done a little research first. Not a prude but also not a fan experiencing with your kid.
lol.....had a similar experience over the Xmas break. 21 year old son and his boyfriend asked me watch the movie "Saltburn" with them. That, uh.....that was a new experience for me.
Sometimes, I think 'ol SWCer is fine storyteller dabbling in tall tales and schtick, but THIS......yeah, this I believe is 100% true.
Love Hudson hawk. It’s soooooo badGeorge Kaplan : Yes, I have always had a soft spot in my heart for Rome. I did my first bare-handed strangulation here. Communist politician.It WAS stupid. But I think that was the point... some good campy performances in there.I was 19.. I don't even remember the movie, just remember thinking it was stupid. But 19 year old me was quite the dumbass. I'll have to give it another shot...oh man, i love Hudson Hawk. one of my favorite movies.Pee Wee's Big Adventure
Hudson Hawk
Hudson Hawk : Why George, you big softie.
George Kaplan : God, I miss Communisim. The Red Threat, people were scared... the agency had some respect, and I got laid every night.
Only once that I can recall, Even Cowgirls get the blues. Utterly dreadful in every way possible.