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[Chaka]

While I think about this more, I think I am going to start with a safe, accessible director and go with Mr. Spielberg. There's still a few movies of his I haven't seen, and a few that I've only seen once or haven't watched in a long time.

Never seen:

Duel

Color Purple

Empire of the Sun

Always

Amistad

A.I.

1941

Seen once, or been ages:

Close Encounters

ET

Schindler's List

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Despite really bad reviews, I thought A.I. was very interesting. I think that Munich could be the best movie he ever made.

See your sig for my feelings about A.I.

I had very low expectations going in. That probably helped.

Me too. It didn't.

 

[hooter311]

Watched Best Worst Movie last night. Recommended for those that like documentaries. Tells the story of the supposed "Worst Movie Ever Made" in Troll 2. Starts slow, but I enjoyed it. The director of Troll 2 comes off as a huge doosher. I've seen clips of the movie before, and they were laughably bad. This film definitely makes you want to see it, although it does seem that those that it appeals to are largely gay, NTTAWWT. Found it today that Troll 2 is on streaming, so I'll check it out in the near future too. (4/5)

Thanks for the recommendation. I've never seen Troll 2, but I was aware of it's IMDB ranking and general consensus it was among the worst. I didn't think the director was a doosher at all, I'm glad he didn't take himself so seriously to be totally offended at how people enjoyed his movie because it was so bad. I had no idea it had that kind of cult following though. I didn't quite finish it last night before going to bed, but now I can't wait to watch Troll 2. The main actor guy it started with kind of gave me the creeps, I mean nobody is really like that, are they? I see he played Edwin Gophercum in Street Team Massacre from 2007. Talk about an all time great character name.To the bolded part, I don't think they were necessarily gay, but they were definitely hipsters and emos. Who else would watch this garbage so many times?

Ok, I take a lot of this back after finishing this last night. I had only gotten through about half of it rather than 3/4 like I thought. The director was in fact, a huge doosher. Totally of of line when he was calling all of his actors dogs and cutting them off at the Q & A. This does really pick up steam in the 2nd half and is a very solid and entertaining documentary.3.5/5

Pretty simple formula to making the worst movie ever. Combine actors suffering from mental illnesses with a European film crew that doesn't speak the same language. Sounded like all the directing was done with yelling in Italian and hand signals.

Can't wait to watch Troll 2 now.

 

[SmoovySmoov]

I think Duel was a very layered film that you could dig pretty deep into if you wanted. I kind of think its a forgotten gem of the genre and you can tell Speilberg was capable of doing something great if given a budget. A lot of the stuff he used in Jaws works in Duel with a semi instead of a shark.
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That is how I view it as well. I tried to show this to my wife the other night. I gave the disclaimer that it was a movie that I haven't seen since I was a kid, and I wasn't sure if it had held up. I also explained how it had no budget, and had been made for tv. Didn't help. About 20 minutes in she says "This is the longest opening ever." I say "What do you mean, opening?" She says "This. With the guy and the truck driver." I say "That's the whole film. The whole thing is like this." "Oh.", she says. Can't win them all, I guess.

 

[SmoovySmoov]

Watched Best Worst Movie last night. Recommended for those that like documentaries. Tells the story of the supposed "Worst Movie Ever Made" in Troll 2. Starts slow, but I enjoyed it. The director of Troll 2 comes off as a huge doosher. I've seen clips of the movie before, and they were laughably bad. This film definitely makes you want to see it, although it does seem that those that it appeals to are largely gay, NTTAWWT. Found it today that Troll 2 is on streaming, so I'll check it out in the near future too. (4/5)

Thanks for the recommendation. I've never seen Troll 2, but I was aware of it's IMDB ranking and general consensus it was among the worst. I didn't think the director was a doosher at all, I'm glad he didn't take himself so seriously to be totally offended at how people enjoyed his movie because it was so bad. I had no idea it had that kind of cult following though. I didn't quite finish it last night before going to bed, but now I can't wait to watch Troll 2. The main actor guy it started with kind of gave me the creeps, I mean nobody is really like that, are they? I see he played Edwin Gophercum in Street Team Massacre from 2007. Talk about an all time great character name.To the bolded part, I don't think they were necessarily gay, but they were definitely hipsters and emos. Who else would watch this garbage so many times?

Ok, I take a lot of this back after finishing this last night. I had only gotten through about half of it rather than 3/4 like I thought. The director was in fact, a huge doosher. Totally of of line when he was calling all of his actors dogs and cutting them off at the Q & A. This does really pick up steam in the 2nd half and is a very solid and entertaining documentary.3.5/5

Pretty simple formula to making the worst movie ever. Combine actors suffering from mental illnesses with a European film crew that doesn't speak the same language. Sounded like all the directing was done with yelling in Italian and hand signals.

Can't wait to watch Troll 2 now.

And here I was thinking I must have been way off, or something. Yeah, total doosher. He's up there with that guy who did Boondock Saints.

 

[hooter311]

I think Duel was a very layered film that you could dig pretty deep into if you wanted. I kind of think its a forgotten gem of the genre and you can tell Speilberg was capable of doing something great if given a budget. A lot of the stuff he used in Jaws works in Duel with a semi instead of a shark.
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That is how I view it as well. I tried to show this to my wife the other night. I gave the disclaimer that it was a movie that I haven't seen since I was a kid, and I wasn't sure if it had held up. I also explained how it had no budget, and had been made for tv. Didn't help. About 20 minutes in she says "This is the longest opening ever." I say "What do you mean, opening?" She says "This. With the guy and the truck driver." I say "That's the whole film. The whole thing is like this." "Oh.", she says. Can't win them all, I guess. It's probably good to have a critic like this around to keep you grounded. I can't count how many times I've watched something I enjoyed or even loved with someone that doesn't get it.

I have a good buddy that I made the mistake of watching Elephant with in theatres. Now even if you haven't seen that, you know how any Gus Van Sant film is outside of Good Will Hunting. Dead silent leaving the theatre, I commented that it was pretty good. My buddy flipped out that it was the worst movie he had ever seen.

 

[hooter311]

Watched Best Worst Movie last night. Recommended for those that like documentaries. Tells the story of the supposed "Worst Movie Ever Made" in Troll 2. Starts slow, but I enjoyed it. The director of Troll 2 comes off as a huge doosher. I've seen clips of the movie before, and they were laughably bad. This film definitely makes you want to see it, although it does seem that those that it appeals to are largely gay, NTTAWWT. Found it today that Troll 2 is on streaming, so I'll check it out in the near future too. (4/5)

Thanks for the recommendation. I've never seen Troll 2, but I was aware of it's IMDB ranking and general consensus it was among the worst. I didn't think the director was a doosher at all, I'm glad he didn't take himself so seriously to be totally offended at how people enjoyed his movie because it was so bad. I had no idea it had that kind of cult following though. I didn't quite finish it last night before going to bed, but now I can't wait to watch Troll 2. The main actor guy it started with kind of gave me the creeps, I mean nobody is really like that, are they? I see he played Edwin Gophercum in Street Team Massacre from 2007. Talk about an all time great character name.To the bolded part, I don't think they were necessarily gay, but they were definitely hipsters and emos. Who else would watch this garbage so many times?

Ok, I take a lot of this back after finishing this last night. I had only gotten through about half of it rather than 3/4 like I thought. The director was in fact, a huge doosher. Totally of of line when he was calling all of his actors dogs and cutting them off at the Q & A. This does really pick up steam in the 2nd half and is a very solid and entertaining documentary.3.5/5

Pretty simple formula to making the worst movie ever. Combine actors suffering from mental illnesses with a European film crew that doesn't speak the same language. Sounded like all the directing was done with yelling in Italian and hand signals.

Can't wait to watch Troll 2 now.

And here I was thinking I must have been way off, or something. Yeah, total doosher. He's up there with that guy who did Boondock Saints.

Seriously, Duffy is a class of his own. He is really missing out by not cashing in on this reality show nonsense because nobody could outdoosh that guy. The Jersey Shore dudes would role their eyes at him.

 

[Socrates11]

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World Probably get flamed for this, but I thought it was brilliant. With Hollywood churning out remake after remake, with most other 'original' movies seemingly following the same standard formula, SPvsTW was refreshingly new and different. I was worried that Michael Cera's hapless/clueless schtick would get old and ruin the movie but it didn't. In fact it might have even added to it. I enjoyed the way they played it up like a real life video game. The dialogue worked for me. And yeah, I thought Sex Bob Omb kinda rocked.

4.5/5

 

[hooter311]

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World Probably get flamed for this, but I thought it was brilliant. With Hollywood churning out remake after remake, with most other 'original' movies seemingly following the same standard formula, SPvsTW was refreshingly new and different. I was worried that Michael Cera's hapless/clueless schtick would get old and ruin the movie but it didn't. In fact it might have even added to it. I enjoyed the way they played it up like a real life video game. The dialogue worked for me. And yeah, I thought Sex Bob Omb kinda rocked.

4.5/5

I literally haven't even seen a preview for this and I just scanned through your review, but it is pretty much in line with everything else I've heard about this. Have it at home and am really looking forward to watching it this weekend. Hopefully I'm in for a treat.

 

[saintfool]

I have a good buddy that I made the mistake of watching Elephant with in theatres. Now even if you haven't seen that, you know how any Gus Van Sant film is outside of Good Will Hunting. Dead silent leaving the theatre, I commented that it was pretty good. My buddy flipped out that it was the worst movie he had ever seen.

i rather liked "elephant".

 

[hooter311]

I have a good buddy that I made the mistake of watching Elephant with in theatres. Now even if you haven't seen that, you know how any Gus Van Sant film is outside of Good Will Hunting. Dead silent leaving the theatre, I commented that it was pretty good. My buddy flipped out that it was the worst movie he had ever seen.

i rather liked "elephant".

I did too, but this was not your typical "art house" film guy I was with.

 

[Time Kibitzer]

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World Probably get flamed for this, but I thought it was brilliant. With Hollywood churning out remake after remake, with most other 'original' movies seemingly following the same standard formula, SPvsTW was refreshingly new and different. I was worried that Michael Cera's hapless/clueless schtick would get old and ruin the movie but it didn't. In fact it might have even added to it. I enjoyed the way they played it up like a real life video game. The dialogue worked for me. And yeah, I thought Sex Bob Omb kinda rocked.

4.5/5

I agree with this for the most part, the only issue I had was that I thought most of the video game shtick was in the first 15-20 minutes of the movie, I would have liked to seen that shtick happen more evenly throughout the film instead of being heavily used early on and then used sparingly throughout the rest of the movie.

 

[Kenny Powers]

Danny Boyle's kinda cool, and if you haven't seen Sunshine or Millions then you should - especially the latter.

Yeah, Ive been meaning to check both of those out. I dont think Ive ever seen more than 20 minutes of Trainspotting either Looks like Ive seen all his other movies besides A Life Less Ordinary, and I know The Beach and Slumdog have their detractors, but Ive come away liking everything he's directed a good bit.

 

[Kenny Powers]

That's a great start (minus Woody Allen - I have hated all of his movies that I've watched of his). Might do some research into which movies might have decent behind the scenes or director's commentaries too. Want to mix in some silly stuff too. Comedies/horror/cheesy action, etc.. If I do all classics I won't last very long.

I'd add Wim Wenders, Egoyan, Bergman didn't make that list (!?!), Herzog, Welles off the top of my head. (eta: and of course Malick)re: Woody Allen- Have you seen Annie Hall, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Broadway Danny Rose or Sleeper? I feel like he's been repeating himself for a while now and have basically stopped watching his movies, but the ones I just listed, and a lot of what he was doing in the 70s and early 80s is very worthy of watching/discussing.

Yes and no. I don't know if you saw Vicky Christina Barcelona, but I enjoyed that movie - and it's different than a lot of Allen movies. Also, while it wasn't great per se, Cassandra's Dream was a well made melodrama.

I thought Cassandra's Dream was decent as well. Im more with Floppo on Woody though as many of his movies feel like the same thing all over again but slightly different. I didnt really like his schtick to begin with either. However, I still want to check out that one he did with Larry David last year just because I love LD.The 1 movie of his that I did really like and thought was great all around was Sweet and Lowdown.

 

[Kenny Powers]

Watched Tron last night for the first time . I sure hope the new one is better.

Never saw the original, I remember thinking it looked terrible... Kind of want to see the new one just because it looks like it would give my eyes an orgasm at the IMAX.

 

[Kenny Powers]

While I think about this more, I think I am going to start with a safe, accessible director and go with Mr. Spielberg. There's still a few movies of his I haven't seen, and a few that I've only seen once or haven't watched in a long time.

Never seen:

Duel

Color Purple

Empire of the Sun

Always

Amistad

A.I.

1941

Seen once, or been ages:

Close Encounters

ET

Schindler's List

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Im sure its a pretty good movie since others have said so since your post, but Empire of the Sun is one of my most hated movies of all time because my dad forced me to watch it when I was like 10 years old and at that point it was one of the most boring things Id ever experienced (probably a close 2nd behind my parents taking us on tours through famous dead people's houses). I dont care how great it might actually be, but I'll never consider watching EotS again just because of the horrific memories.Ive never seen Amistad, AI, or Schindler's and wouldnt mind seeing all of them, especially with all this AI dissenting chatter in here (I thought it looked terrible when it came out, so I avoided it). Schindler's has been on my DVR for like a year but I never seem to want to put aside 3 hours to watch it. Actually Ive never seen any of those movies in your "never seen" list besides EotS, but Im not sure any of the others besides maybe 1941 would interest me.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Danny Boyle's kinda cool, and if you haven't seen Sunshine or Millions then you should - especially the latter.

Yeah, Ive been meaning to check both of those out. I dont think Ive ever seen more than 20 minutes of Trainspotting either Looks like Ive seen all his other movies besides A Life Less Ordinary, and I know The Beach and Slumdog have their detractors, but Ive come away liking everything he's directed a good bit.

I watched The Beach last weekend. It wasn't very good.I liked Slumdog - until I found out how they basically exploited the kids to make their movie then abandoned them when the money started coming in.

 

[hooter311]

Watched Tron last night for the first time . I sure hope the new one is better.

Never saw the original, I remember thinking it looked terrible... Kind of want to see the new one just because it looks like it would give my eyes an orgasm at the IMAX.

I'm going, tripping, can't wait.

 

[KarmaPolice]

While I think about this more, I think I am going to start with a safe, accessible director and go with Mr. Spielberg. There's still a few movies of his I haven't seen, and a few that I've only seen once or haven't watched in a long time.

Never seen:

Duel

Color Purple

Empire of the Sun

Always

Amistad

A.I.

1941

Seen once, or been ages:

Close Encounters

ET

Schindler's List

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Im sure its a pretty good movie since others have said so since your post, but Empire of the Sun is one of my most hated movies of all time because my dad forced me to watch it when I was like 10 years old and at that point it was one of the most boring things Id ever experienced (probably a close 2nd behind my parents taking us on tours through famous dead people's houses). I dont care how great it might actually be, but I'll never consider watching EotS again just because of the horrific memories.Ive never seen Amistad, AI, or Schindler's and wouldnt mind seeing all of them, especially with all this AI dissenting chatter in here (I thought it looked terrible when it came out, so I avoided it). Schindler's has been on my DVR for like a year but I never seem to want to put aside 3 hours to watch it. Actually Ive never seen any of those movies in your "never seen" list besides EotS, but Im not sure any of the others besides maybe 1941 would interest me.

Maybe we should split up the Spielberg watching duties. I have Empire of the Sun at home now, and hopefully will watch it in the next couple days. I will definitely also do AI, just because of the mixed reviews and knowing that it was next on Kubrick's project list. My wife got ET a couple years ago, so we have that at home too. Might end up with 5 or more of these watched as I compile a list of the next 10 or so directors I'll dip into.

I hear you about the effects of watching something as a kid that was boring. My parents rented the Last Emperor when I was a kid too, and just remember being bored to death watching that.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Last night I was bored and watched Rock Star on cable:

What a fantastic piece of #### this movie is. Loved every crappy minute of it - will firmly be placed on my 'guilty pleasures' list.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

My wife got ET a couple years ago, so we have that at home too. Might end up with 5 or more of these watched as I compile a list of the next 10 or so directors I'll dip into.

When you watch E.T. please do it from the perspective of a young kid and not a grown up. There's a reason you don't see an grown-up's face (other than mom) until the movie is 2/3 complete.

 

[hooter311]

My wife got ET a couple years ago, so we have that at home too. Might end up with 5 or more of these watched as I compile a list of the next 10 or so directors I'll dip into.

When you watch E.T. please do it from the perspective of a young kid and not a grown up. There's a reason you don't see an grown-up's face (other than mom) until the movie is 2/3 complete.

I have an incredibly crappy memory of being a very small child and somehow being possessed by the movie E.T. into eating every last jar of Play-Doh I had at the time. Now every time I see a picture of that evil little creature I get that bland, dry, salty taste in my mouth and it makes me sick. Never, never, again. I even passed on the ride at Universal Studios later as a kid while the rest of the family indulged.That probably explains a lot.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

My wife got ET a couple years ago, so we have that at home too. Might end up with 5 or more of these watched as I compile a list of the next 10 or so directors I'll dip into.

When you watch E.T. please do it from the perspective of a young kid and not a grown up. There's a reason you don't see an grown-up's face (other than mom) until the movie is 2/3 complete.

I have an incredibly crappy memory of being a very small child and somehow being possessed by the movie E.T. into eating every last jar of Play-Doh I had at the time. Now every time I see a picture of that evil little creature I get that bland, dry, salty taste in my mouth and it makes me sick. Never, never, again. I even passed on the ride at Universal Studios later as a kid while the rest of the family indulged.That probably explains a lot.

It's because when they are trying to get E.T. to communicate where he's from, he forms planet models with Play-Doh at the same time he's eating the food they've brought him. I'm sure to a little kid it looked like E.T. was eating the Play-Doh, so if he did it...why not?

 

[KarmaPolice]

My wife got ET a couple years ago, so we have that at home too. Might end up with 5 or more of these watched as I compile a list of the next 10 or so directors I'll dip into.

When you watch E.T. please do it from the perspective of a young kid and not a grown up. There's a reason you don't see an grown-up's face (other than mom) until the movie is 2/3 complete.

I have an incredibly crappy memory of being a very small child and somehow being possessed by the movie E.T. into eating every last jar of Play-Doh I had at the time. Now every time I see a picture of that evil little creature I get that bland, dry, salty taste in my mouth and it makes me sick. Never, never, again. I even passed on the ride at Universal Studios later as a kid while the rest of the family indulged.That probably explains a lot.

Christ, were you tripping at that age too?

 

[Kenny Powers]

My wife got ET a couple years ago, so we have that at home too. Might end up with 5 or more of these watched as I compile a list of the next 10 or so directors I'll dip into.

When you watch E.T. please do it from the perspective of a young kid and not a grown up. There's a reason you don't see an grown-up's face (other than mom) until the movie is 2/3 complete.

I have an incredibly crappy memory of being a very small child and somehow being possessed by the movie E.T. into eating every last jar of Play-Doh I had at the time. Now every time I see a picture of that evil little creature I get that bland, dry, salty taste in my mouth and it makes me sick. Never, never, again. I even passed on the ride at Universal Studios later as a kid while the rest of the family indulged.That probably explains a lot.

Christ, were you tripping at that age too?

 

[KarmaPolice]

My wife got ET a couple years ago, so we have that at home too. Might end up with 5 or more of these watched as I compile a list of the next 10 or so directors I'll dip into.

When you watch E.T. please do it from the perspective of a young kid and not a grown up. There's a reason you don't see an grown-up's face (other than mom) until the movie is 2/3 complete.

I have an incredibly crappy memory of being a very small child and somehow being possessed by the movie E.T. into eating every last jar of Play-Doh I had at the time. Now every time I see a picture of that evil little creature I get that bland, dry, salty taste in my mouth and it makes me sick. Never, never, again. I even passed on the ride at Universal Studios later as a kid while the rest of the family indulged.That probably explains a lot.

It's because when they are trying to get E.T. to communicate where he's from, he forms planet models with Play-Doh at the same time he's eating the food they've brought him. I'm sure to a little kid it looked like E.T. was eating the Play-Doh, so if he did it...why not?

Spoiler tags down, guy?

 

[Andy Dufresne]

It's because when they are trying to get E.T. to communicate where he's from, he forms planet models with Play-Doh at the same time he's eating the food they've brought him. I'm sure to a little kid it looked like E.T. was eating the Play-Doh, so if he did it...why not?

Spoiler tags down, guy?

 

[hooter311]

My wife got ET a couple years ago, so we have that at home too. Might end up with 5 or more of these watched as I compile a list of the next 10 or so directors I'll dip into.

When you watch E.T. please do it from the perspective of a young kid and not a grown up. There's a reason you don't see an grown-up's face (other than mom) until the movie is 2/3 complete.

I have an incredibly crappy memory of being a very small child and somehow being possessed by the movie E.T. into eating every last jar of Play-Doh I had at the time. Now every time I see a picture of that evil little creature I get that bland, dry, salty taste in my mouth and it makes me sick. Never, never, again. I even passed on the ride at Universal Studios later as a kid while the rest of the family indulged.That probably explains a lot.

Christ, were you tripping at that age too?

 

[joffer]

Last night I was bored and watched Rock Star on cable:What a fantastic piece of #### this movie is. Loved every crappy minute of it - will firmly be placed on my 'guilty pleasures' list.

 

[hooter311]

Last night I was bored and watched Rock Star on cable:What a fantastic piece of #### this movie is. Loved every crappy minute of it - will firmly be placed on my 'guilty pleasures' list.

Watched this for the first time recently as well. The end is the best, most ridiculous part. Perfect trash.

 

[saintfool]

The 1 movie of his that I did really like and thought was great all around was Sweet and Lowdown.

this and "bullets over broadway" are maybe my favorite WA movies of the last 25 years.

 

[hooter311]

The 1 movie of his that I did really like and thought was great all around was Sweet and Lowdown.

this and "bullets over broadway" are maybe my favorite WA movies of the last 25 years.

I need to watch these two then, because I think I hate WA too.

 

[gump]

I was reading this thread 2 hours ago and thought about watching Raiders of the Lost Ark again sometime.

It just started on TBS.

 

[Tremendous Upside]

Unabashed Woody Allen fanboy here

LOVED Vicky Christina, liked Match Point a lot, thought You Will Meet... was OK

But the late 70s comedic output (Love and Death, Annie Hall, Manhattan) i would put up there with anyone's similar output

But I am a born and bred NYCer, so I am definitely biased

I remember being excited for the opening night of Deconstructing Harry in a tiny Boston indie theater, and I was the only person laughing for much of it

I have no other frame of reference, but I do think a LOT of his appeal is NYC, "Jewish"/lefty intellectually contextual

He nails a certain style so perfectly

 

[El Floppo]

The 1 movie of his that I did really like and thought was great all around was Sweet and Lowdown.

this and "bullets over broadway" are maybe my favorite WA movies of the last 25 years.

Totally forgot about Sweet and Lowdown, but that's a good one. I Samantha Morton.

 

[El Floppo]

Unabashed Woody Allen fanboy here

LOVED Vicky Christina, liked Match Point a lot, thought You Will Meet... was OK

But the late 70s comedic output (Love and Death, Annie Hall, Manhattan) i would put up there with anyone's similar output

But I am a born and bred NYCer, so I am definitely biased

I remember being excited for the opening night of Deconstructing Harry in a tiny Boston indie theater, and I was the only person laughing for much of it

I have no other frame of reference, but I do think a LOT of his appeal is NYC, "Jewish"/lefty intellectually contextual

He nails a certain style so perfectly

I've got NYC roots too- parents were born and raised Brooklynites and I basically suckled on Woody. that came out a little... fabulous.

Given that Vicky Christina is on Showtime, I guess I'll have to give it a watch. I swear- Cassandra's Dream pretty much did my WA watching in.

 

[Tremendous Upside]

Unabashed Woody Allen fanboy here

LOVED Vicky Christina, liked Match Point a lot, thought You Will Meet... was OK

But the late 70s comedic output (Love and Death, Annie Hall, Manhattan) i would put up there with anyone's similar output

But I am a born and bred NYCer, so I am definitely biased

I remember being excited for the opening night of Deconstructing Harry in a tiny Boston indie theater, and I was the only person laughing for much of it

I have no other frame of reference, but I do think a LOT of his appeal is NYC, "Jewish"/lefty intellectually contextual

He nails a certain style so perfectly

I've got NYC roots too- parents were born and raised Brooklynites and I basically suckled on Woody. that came out a little... fabulous.

Given that Vicky Christina is on Showtime, I guess I'll have to give it a watch. I swear- Cassandra's Dream pretty much did my WA watching in.

Did you see Match Point? I thought that was very well done as well

 

[El Floppo]

Unabashed Woody Allen fanboy here

LOVED Vicky Christina, liked Match Point a lot, thought You Will Meet... was OK

But the late 70s comedic output (Love and Death, Annie Hall, Manhattan) i would put up there with anyone's similar output

But I am a born and bred NYCer, so I am definitely biased

I remember being excited for the opening night of Deconstructing Harry in a tiny Boston indie theater, and I was the only person laughing for much of it

I have no other frame of reference, but I do think a LOT of his appeal is NYC, "Jewish"/lefty intellectually contextual

He nails a certain style so perfectly

I've got NYC roots too- parents were born and raised Brooklynites and I basically suckled on Woody. that came out a little... fabulous.

Given that Vicky Christina is on Showtime, I guess I'll have to give it a watch. I swear- Cassandra's Dream pretty much did my WA watching in.

Did you see Match Point? I thought that was very well done as well

Match Point was with the brit from The Tudors/Bend it Like Beckham, right? Yeah- good. Just for me in a long line of getting away with a crime theme movies he's, IMO, exhausted. For my money, Crimes and Misdemeanors is the paradigm of that theme (in his catalog) and the rest of these rehashes are poor, poor clones- some better/worse than others.

 

[Statorama]

Watching "Temple of Doom" on cable, and the casting of Kate Capshaw as the romantic co-lead is simply unforgiveable.

I know Spielberg was trying to bang her, but come on.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Last night I was bored and watched Rock Star on cable:What a fantastic piece of #### this movie is. Loved every crappy minute of it - will firmly be placed on my 'guilty pleasures' list.

Watched this for the first time recently as well. The end is the best, most ridiculous part. Perfect trash.

The sappy song in the local bar, or letting the fanboy take over for him in the middle of the show?

 

[Sea Ropes]

The Secret Life of Bees

It was predictable and sappy with no eye candy. Dakota Fanning has hairy legs .

2/5

 

[Sea Ropes]

First 15 minutes of Southland Tales

A disjointed mess. I switched to a chick flick even after Sarah Michelle Gellar's porn star banter.

0/5

 

[gump]

Watching Apollo 13 reminds of one of my favorites...interested to hear what the FBGs finest think of The Right Stuff?

I think its get deluted by From the Earth to The Moon...which was very good...but isn't TRS a classic?

 

[Twilight]

Haven't seen any mention of it, but Tangled was surprisingly good. The horrible trailers made it look just like a schlock animated comedy, but it's probably the best animated film Disney (non-Pixar) has done since the Lion King. Decent story, they did a great job of making Rapunzel adorable without being annoying (the manic scene is a classic), and some of the background art work really is worthy of comparison to classic Disney animation. 4/5, mainly due to the weak villainess.

 

[jdoggydogg]

I think Duel was a very layered film that you could dig pretty deep into if you wanted. I kind of think its a forgotten gem of the genre and you can tell Speilberg was capable of doing something great if given a budget. A lot of the stuff he used in Jaws works in Duel with a semi instead of a shark.
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That is how I view it as well. I tried to show this to my wife the other night. I gave the disclaimer that it was a movie that I haven't seen since I was a kid, and I wasn't sure if it had held up. I also explained how it had no budget, and had been made for tv. Didn't help. About 20 minutes in she says "This is the longest opening ever." I say "What do you mean, opening?" She says "This. With the guy and the truck driver." I say "That's the whole film. The whole thing is like this." "Oh.", she says. :( Can't win them all, I guess. It's probably good to have a critic like this around to keep you grounded. I can't count how many times I've watched something I enjoyed or even loved with someone that doesn't get it.

I have a good buddy that I made the mistake of watching Elephant with in theatres. Now even if you haven't seen that, you know how any Gus Van Sant film is outside of Good Will Hunting. Dead silent leaving the theatre, I commented that it was pretty good. My buddy flipped out that it was the worst movie he had ever seen.

I thought Elephant was fantastic

 

[jdoggydogg]

That's a great start (minus Woody Allen - I have hated all of his movies that I've watched of his). Might do some research into which movies might have decent behind the scenes or director's commentaries too. Want to mix in some silly stuff too. Comedies/horror/cheesy action, etc.. If I do all classics I won't last very long.

I'd add Wim Wenders, Egoyan, Bergman didn't make that list (!?!), Herzog, Welles off the top of my head. (eta: and of course Malick)re: Woody Allen- Have you seen Annie Hall, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Broadway Danny Rose or Sleeper? I feel like he's been repeating himself for a while now and have basically stopped watching his movies, but the ones I just listed, and a lot of what he was doing in the 70s and early 80s is very worthy of watching/discussing.

Yes and no. I don't know if you saw Vicky Christina Barcelona, but I enjoyed that movie - and it's different than a lot of Allen movies. Also, while it wasn't great per se, Cassandra's Dream was a well made melodrama.

I thought Cassandra's Dream was decent as well. Im more with Floppo on Woody though as many of his movies feel like the same thing all over again but slightly different. I didnt really like his schtick to begin with either. However, I still want to check out that one he did with Larry David last year just because I love LD.The 1 movie of his that I did really like and thought was great all around was Sweet and Lowdown.

You must see Bullets Over Broadway.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Last night I was bored and watched Rock Star on cable:What a fantastic piece of #### this movie is. Loved every crappy minute of it - will firmly be placed on my 'guilty pleasures' list.

This movie is a crack up. Thoroughly enjoyable.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Unabashed Woody Allen fanboy here

LOVED Vicky Christina, liked Match Point a lot, thought You Will Meet... was OK

But the late 70s comedic output (Love and Death, Annie Hall, Manhattan) i would put up there with anyone's similar output

But I am a born and bred NYCer, so I am definitely biased

I remember being excited for the opening night of Deconstructing Harry in a tiny Boston indie theater, and I was the only person laughing for much of it

I have no other frame of reference, but I do think a LOT of his appeal is NYC, "Jewish"/lefty intellectually contextual

He nails a certain style so perfectly

Same here.

 

[jdoggydogg]

I know a lot of people are really psyched to see the new Tron, but I am far more geeked about Sucker Punch.

 

[hooter311]

Last night I was bored and watched Rock Star on cable:

What a fantastic piece of #### this movie is. Loved every crappy minute of it - will firmly be placed on my 'guilty pleasures' list.

:( Watched this for the first time recently as well. The end is the best, most ridiculous part. Perfect trash.

The sappy song in the local bar, or letting the fanboy take over for him in the middle of the show?

 

[joffer]

In the Company of Men - jeez, i'm not sure how i feel about this one yet.

some really good acting performances regardless