I watch a lot of movies.
I am constantly amazed at the hype around not so great movies. Usually it is because it has the “right” message - Republicans are evil, people are destroying the environment, the most important character trait people can have is being tolerant, minority groups are exploited, etc.
There are so many I don’t know where to start.
Caberet is one. Great music, creepy story. I admit, I can watch the just the music. But all these strange people.
ET. I just didn’t get it.
Close Encounters. A few fun scenes, the rest? What was the weird thing with the song?
American Beauty. Let’s glorify weird people and show how nasty the nuclear family is.
Tootsie. Some consider this the greatest American picture of all time, or at least greatest comedy. ???
Dirty Dancing. You know, I really like the part at the end where the Dad smiles and laughs with the guy he knows is doing the dirty with his “Baby” daughter. Yep, that’s real. Or where she borrowed money from her dad so someone could have an abortion. I just kept thinking, what a weird family. Nothing nice about it.
Avatar. My gosh, don’t get me started. If I want a message, I get an answering machine.
OK, standing by for flaming.
The "Tomorrow Belongs to Me" scene is one of the creepiest scenes ever.
I would never flame someone for their taste in movies. There are a lot of flavors out there to suit all of us. We all have our genre, cast, issue preferences. Yours are different than mine but so what. You and I are both right.
Some movies that I positively disliked won big time.. Like Leaving Las Vegas. I KNOW it was well acted & interesting, but I swear I have never been so down in a movie
I think too that whatever we are experiencing in life at the time has some impact .. and also one’s age.
I truly dont get into the Justin Beeber movies or Miley Cyrus.. just as my granddaughter probably would not like Kill the Irishman (which I did like)
so I Still Care.. you just enjoy what you want & dont worry if anyone else agrees. You are you!
Dirty Dancing used to be what I considered the worst movie ever. I’ve seen some other stinko movies since but it still among the worst.
As Louis B Mayer said, if you want to send a message, use Western Union!
No flames here.