Movies you should have liked but didn't

[Chasseur]

Have you ever watched a movie that at face value you should have liked because of: setting, subject matter, actors, director, etc but did not?

I'm not talking stinkers here, or badly executed movies set in the Golden Age (like that disaster "Black Dahlia"...)

Two come to mind:

"Gossford Park": It should be all there for me: Golden Age setting and clothes, hunting theme, manor-house mystery, most of my favorite British actors, etc. I just didn't like it that much.

"Flags of Our Fathers": I likeEastwood's movies generally, love War movies, etc. Just found it dull and very repetitive.

 

[Bugsy]

"Revolutionary Road". It dragged.

 

[Lefty]

Casablanca (and Bogart in general) - slow, obvious, and tremendously overrated

 

[Macheath]

Casablanca (and Bogart in general) - slow, obvious, and tremendously overrated

Oh no you didn't!

Actually, I've felt that way about quite a lot of Bogart movies.

Key Largo, for one. In all threads where there's even the slightest mention of it, everyone raves about it, but I just don't see what the big deal is.

It dragged and was very unsatisfying.

 

[Lefty]

Yeah, it's not going to be a popular opinion, but Bogart was on par with Stallone for both looks and acting chops.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

I've mentioned this before, but ... Bringing Up Baby. It ain't screwball: it's a train wreck.



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[Chasseur]

While I would disagree on those particular Bogart movies since I enjoyed them both, he did make some stinkers ("They Drive at Night" and "High Sierra" come to mind...). Also, I've never cared much for "Treasure of the Sierra Madre."

 

[Macheath]

While I would disagree on those particular Bogart movies since I enjoyed them both, he did make some stinkers ("They Drive at Night" and "High Sierra" come to mind...). Also, I've never cared much for "Treasure of the Sierra Madre."

I did like Casablanca, but not particularly because of Bogart. There was a lot of witty banter between Bogart and Claude Rains all throughout the movie.
I don't know about you, Lefty, but I'd at least give it a second look. I liked it much more the second time I watched it.


As for Key Largo, it still gets me that I didn't quite take to it. When you put Robinson, Barrymore, Bacall and Bogart in a film, you'd think it'd be first rate, but I was left feeling [huh] .

 

[Lefty]

I'm not fond of saying that I don't like something without regularly testing it. For example, I'll sometimes try certain foods that I don't like, just to see if my tastes have changed. I own Casablanca and have watched it at least 4 times. Casablanca is like mushrooms - I just don't get why people like it so much.

 

[Paisley]

What about Bob? It has a funny premise (a patient driving his psychiatrist nuts) and a funny actor (Bill Murray). But it just wasn't that funny.

 

[Fedord Spaniard]

What about Bob? It has a funny premise (a patient driving his psychiatrist nuts) and a funny actor (Bill Murray). But it just wasn't that funny.

You have to "take baby steps" ....baby steps.... into finding it funny. lol

 

[Paisley]

I did like the bus driver: "Are you gonna baby step onto the bus, Bob?"

 

[Fedord Spaniard]

For me it was: Kill Bill 1 &2, Grindhouse, Terminator 3, Justice League: The New Frontier, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, and Singles... just to name a few.

 

[Fedord Spaniard]

I did like the bus driver: "Are you gonna baby step onto the bus, Bob?"

lol I remember that. It reminds me of the part where Dr. Marvin tells him "but you made it and here you are" and Bob goes "just,..... bareley made it". And the "explosion therapy" hahahaha "its a gaurranteed cure" hahahah.

 

[Lady Day]

Blindness.

It was just the most horrible movie Ive ever seen. The acting was great, the production and direction were great, but geeze, it was just horrible to endure.

LD

 

[LizzieMaine]

I wanted to find something to like about "Pearl Harbor," but all I could come up with was that I really thought the popcorn tasted good that night.

 

[Laura Chase]

Kubrick's Barry Lyndon.

It was all there, in the book: Kubrick, historical drama, costumes... But God I ALMOST DIED OF BOREDOM!

 

[The Wolf]

I might upset some people with my choices.
1. "Citizen Kane". This is supposed to the greatest movie of all time. I like Welles and I like his radio shows but I didn't like his first movie.
2. "Penny Serenade". I love Cary Grant. I like Irene Dunne. The movie wasn't just an annoying soap opera, the ending is infuriating.
3. "Dark Victory". I've heard this was a great one. I've enjoyed Bette Davis in many a movie but I felt she chewed the scenery in this one. For those that have disliked Bogart before would like him less as the Irish stableboy.

Sincerely,
The Wolf

 

[Laura Chase]

I just discussed it this morning with my friend. The Maltese Falcon just didn't do it for me. Many people love it (including my friend), and it is a good movie, but I found it quite boringly executed. Although she is an excellent actress in so many ways, Mary Astor as Brigid just wasn't my idea of Brigid.

 

[Mike in Seattle]

I just discussed it this morning with my friend. The Maltese Falcon just didn't do it for me. Many people love it (including my friend), and it is a good movie, but I found it quite boringly executed. Although she is an excellent actress in so many ways, Mary Astor as Brigid just wasn't my idea of Brigid.

There's always the first version (Bogart's was version 3 - in beween the two Maltese Falcons was another named Satan Met a Lady with Bette Davis). The earlier version (1931) had Bebe Daniels, Ricardo Cortez, and Thelma Todd, among others. It was also "pre-code" so in some ways it was a little racier. I prefer the latter overall, but both have their good points. You might like the earlier version more.