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Post by raspberry on Mar 21, 2007 11:15:52 GMT
I think Forrest Gump is over sentimental rubbish! Doesn't stop me loving it though.
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Post by Tacye Marley on Mar 21, 2007 12:21:37 GMT
Hmm. My brother is autistic and I've never been 100% comfortable watching portrayals of people who are autistic/ disabled. I suppose I expect too much from them. I hated The Curious Incident of the Dog on the Night Time, and I keep getting told to watch Rain Man but I don't want to.
Also last time I watched Forrest Gump it was with a group of friends and I hated the way they were laughing at him. Some of the girls were like, 'Aw what a poppet' but that's still bloody patronising. I think the whole film's fairly patronising to be honest. I get that it's 'an amazing performance from Tom Hanks' but I still dont like it.
I don't know. Maybe I'm bitter and have no sense of fun.
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Post by raspberry on Mar 21, 2007 14:51:57 GMT
I've never really thought of Gump as disabled, more as an archetypal fool who proves to be smarter than the people he meets simply because of his simple optimism. I enjoy it because it makes me cry when Jenny dies.
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Post by pops on Mar 24, 2007 15:32:47 GMT
I've never really thought of Gump as disabled, more as an archetypal fool who proves to be smarter than the people he meets simply because of his simple optimism. I enjoy it because it makes me cry when Jenny dies. I think that's exactly what I don't like about Forrest Gump - the idea that being stupid somehow makes you morally superior to all those filthy hippies who ask awkward questions about what America was dong in Vietnam. The moral seemed to be "follow orders unquestioningly and blindly love your country or you'll catch Aids and die." Maybe I am just a heartless cow though.
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Post by elmsyrup on Mar 28, 2007 0:12:40 GMT
God, most of you have got such fucking awful taste in films. Get out of the teen-trash bubble.
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Post by Nurse Dunkley on Mar 28, 2007 10:43:42 GMT
God, most of you have got such fucking awful taste in films. Get out of the teen-trash bubble. Give us yours then, Miss Crankypants.
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Post by Tacye Marley on Mar 28, 2007 10:45:46 GMT
There are non trashy films I like- a lot- but I just don't like watching them over and over. Whereas Bring It On/Priscilla etc I can always watch.
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Post by Adrian on Mar 28, 2007 11:10:49 GMT
God, most of you have got such fucking awful taste in films. Get out of the teen-trash bubble. You do realise this is lowculture and not PretentiousCinemaForums, don't you? A
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Post by lowculture.co.uk on Mar 28, 2007 11:22:50 GMT
God, most of you have got such fucking awful taste in films. Get out of the teen-trash bubble. You do realise this is lowculture and not PretentiousCinemaForums, don't you? A Yeah, belt up Elmsyrup. Don't forgot, the philosophy of lowculture is that people should be able to like whatever they happen to like without being looked down on at by people who think they know "better". This obviously doesn't include things I don't like, all of which are shit.
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Post by elmsyrup on Mar 31, 2007 0:56:54 GMT
God, most of you have got such fucking awful taste in films. Get out of the teen-trash bubble. You do realise this is lowculture and not PretentiousCinemaForums, don't you? A Sorry, I forget to go on this forum much so have not had a chance to reply before this. But anyway. I'm very passionate about films, but I'm in no way pretentious about them. There's good teen stuff and then there's rubbish. For instance Heathers, Clueless, Cruel Intentions and, I think, Election are all excellent films. And other campy fabulousness would include Willy Wonka, Barbarella, and the obligatory Hedwig. That's to mention just a few. But, naming no names, people have mentioned just these terrible films made by lazy filmmakers who are patronising enough to think that people who like fun films haven't a brain. Okay, naming one name- Clue is APPALLING. And it's not so bad it's good either- if you really want that, watch Gigli. With the Czech audio on. Gobble gobble. Actually, I doubt I can name my favourite films, but great ones I've seen recently include Shortbus obviously (perhaps film of the year), Rear Window, The Awful Truth (Cary Grant has to be one of the most magnetic film stars of all time and this and his other film with Irene Dunne, My Favourite Wife, are funnier and sharper than any more modern comedy I've seen), Suddenly Last Summer (where Elizabeth Taylor is actually a superb actress- who knew?!), Me & You & Everyone We Know, Brick... actually, I could go on for ages. I'll stop now.
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Post by pauliepoos on Mar 31, 2007 9:30:13 GMT
How anyone can not appreciate Madeline Khan and Leslie Ann Warren in Clue is beyond me.
I'm 31 and probably saw Clue for the first time in my early teens, and although I wouldn't list it as one of my favourite films, I certainly have an affection for it that I don't have for say Goodfellas, which although I'd say was one of the best films I've ever seen, it wouldn't be a favourite either.
Anyway, here's my favourite films:
Howards End & The Remains Of The Day Marvin's Room Central Station Women On The Verge & All About My Mother Moulin Rouge & Romeo & Juliet Wonderland (Shirley Henderson, not Lisa Kudrow) Muriel's Wedding & Little Miss Sunshine Heathers Magnolia Amelie & A Very Long Engagement The Silence Of The Lambs Bedrooms And Hallways & The Safety Of Objects L'appartement Bleu The Royal Tenenbaums The Talented Mr Ripley
and the ultimate lowculture film
Trick, starring Tori Spelling as a bad actress
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Post by jode* on Mar 31, 2007 10:32:55 GMT
There's a massive difference between people listing what they believe to be the most AMAZING films, and their FAVOURITE films.
Your favourite film is your favourite for many different reasons. It may have nothing to do with the quality of film. It may envoke a particular memory or nostalgia, or in my case I have just seen them so many times that they have taken on legendary status and become a part of me.
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Post by jetsetwilly on Mar 31, 2007 10:42:26 GMT
There's a massive difference between people listing what they believe to be the most AMAZING films, and their FAVOURITE films. Your favourite film is your favourite for many different reasons. It may have nothing to do with the quality of film. It may envoke a particular memory or nostalgia, or in my case I have just seen them so many times that they have taken on legendary status and become a part of me. Exactly. Schindler's List is a fantastic, amazing film, and I've got it on DVD, of course; but if it's raining outside on a Saturday afternoon, I don't want to settle down and watch Jews being slaughtered to cheer myself up. I want to watch Madeline Khan saying "Flames... on the side of my face..." The topic is "Favourite Films", not "The Best Films of All TIme".
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Post by Cherubic on Mar 31, 2007 10:52:34 GMT
I think it depends if you like film as a medium or not. To be honest I just think of it as tv for people with no patience, so while I can appreciate that some is bad and some is good, generally its all pretty poor in my opinion.
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Post by elmsyrup on Mar 31, 2007 11:27:29 GMT
Ah, now there should be a difference. I mean sure, HBO in particular are now making cinematic television. But perhaps the clue is in the name of that company. In general, films should be something more... not necessarily noble, although that's almost what I mean, but with an eye on posterity: the best they can be. Date Movie for instance just upsets me by its very existence.
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Post by raspberry on Mar 31, 2007 11:57:38 GMT
Date Movie for instance just upsets me by its very existence. I'm not having a go but this is one of the most pretentious things I've ever read on this board, and also one of the sweetest.
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Post by pauliepoos on Mar 31, 2007 13:03:13 GMT
If loads of shit films hadn't been made, then would never have been made, the world wouldn't have got to see which wouldn't have led to the photo shoot which produced which is my current laptop wallpaper.
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Post by Cherubic on Mar 31, 2007 23:32:10 GMT
Date Movie for instance just upsets me by its very existence. I'm not having a go but this is one of the most pretentious things I've ever read on this board, and also one of the sweetest. That's not really pretenious. Now if it was in French...
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Post by thelovelykate on Apr 2, 2007 11:25:08 GMT
How anyone can not appreciate Madeline Khan and Leslie Ann Warren in Clue is beyond me. I'm 31 and probably saw Clue for the first time in my early teens, and although I wouldn't list it as one of my favourite films, I certainly have an affection for it Clue always amuses me only because when my friend came out his mum bought it for him in the vain hope that the maid with the massive tits might make him change his mind.
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Post by raspberry on Apr 2, 2007 21:40:39 GMT
Just watched "Not Another Teen Movie" and it made me laugh all the way through which was exactly what I needed on a Monday evening.
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Post by audrey notwhatsheusedtobe on Apr 3, 2007 11:14:13 GMT
OK I'm working to the aforementioned concept of all time favourites, films I can watch again and again and I just love. I've also tried to arrange them in order of when I saw them, thereby creating a kind of 'My Life In Film' list which offers precisely no insight to my psyche at all. Fuck, sorry this is really long, but it's the Easter hols and everyone at work is on holiday...
Bugsy Malone: Jodie Foster is amazing in this, although for some inexplicable reason, the personality vacuum that was Blousy Brown was my favourite. I think it was her hats I liked.
Raiders of the Lost Ark: As mentioned before – Harrison Ford's exceptional handsomeness, scary melting Nazis, Karen Allen's drinking games and the fight on the moving truck. It's bloody ace.
War Games: "Wouldn't you prefer a nice game of chess?" I so wanted a boyfriend like Matthew Broderick. In fact he's much more loveable in this than in…
Ferris Beuller's Day Off: Which is still generally fab.
Pretty in Pink: Why is James Spader hanging out with high school kids when he is clearly about 35? Aside from the bit near the end where she takes two perfectly good dresses and butchers them to create one completely horrendous dress, I just thought that Molly Ringwald was the most stylish person on the planet. Well, until I saw…
Desperately Seeking Susan: Madonna = amazingness
Psycho: Most of Hitchock's stuff from the 1960s is great, but this is my fave. It completely scared the shit out of me the first time I saw it. The title sequence is very cool too.
Terminator 2 / The Matrix: I'll lump these together as the effects are both sort of old hat now, but at the time they came out it was like seeing the future. Linda Hamilton and Carrie Ann Moss are wonderfully hard as fuck. And Keanu is always a good thing in a film.
Blue Velvet: Eek! So scary, yet so lovely to look at too. Laura Dern's gigantic mouth when she cries spoils it a bit though. The 'well dressed man' in his scary stick-on eyebrows looking up the stairwell at Jeffrey terrifies me every time.
Lost Highway: The video tape bit is way spookier than in Cache. Patricia Arquette looks amazing. The road rage incident is great. Oh and the conversation with the white-faced man at the party is one of the creepiest moments in film ever.
Sense and Sensibility: A bit of a granny choice, but I do love it. Alan Rickman in his big hat is The Sex.
Tesis: This is ace. It stars my favourite Hot Spanish Man, Eduardo Noriega (the meanie guy in The Devil's Backbone). It's like a Hitchcock film about Spanish film students and snuff movies. (It was made by the geezer who did The Others and Open Your Eyes, which are also both ace). Y Tu Mama Tambien: Obviously.
Mulholland Drive: The jitterbug! The terrifying tramp! Aunt Coco's amazing house! The Agnes B clothes! The audition! The lady cry-wank! Completely bloody magic from start to finish.
Bad Education: Plenty Gael and a good twisty-turny story too.
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Post by elmsyrup on Apr 4, 2007 15:34:07 GMT
Ah, I shall add Tesis to my list. Sounds good!
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Post by somethingbiblical on Apr 6, 2007 22:58:28 GMT
The Graduate, anyone?!
Sheer top class filmmaking. Funny, sweet, fantastic use of music.
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Post by elmsyrup on Apr 8, 2007 19:09:00 GMT
That's true, actually. And I was stunned by Dustin Hoffman's acting. I'd seen him in various things before, but finally seeing this film (only a few months ago) I realised all at once why he's so highly regarded. He's just the perfect awkward geek, and then becomes really rather sexy by the end. Well, that grin on the bus, anyway...
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Post by Becky on Apr 8, 2007 19:35:04 GMT
I forgot Return to Oz on my list.
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