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Re: Jerry Lewis, agreed. I never found Lucille Ball funny, either.
jamespowers said:I can't stand any movie with George Clooney in it. I just can't understand his draw. He is the same person in every role. Whee!
EmergencyIan said:"Inglourious Basterds" ... I think it's very, very overrated. And, I expected it was a fine movie, before I watched it.
Terrible.
fortworthgal said:This is precisely how I feel about Jennifer Aniston and Gene Hackman.
V.C. Brunswick said:Then there's the Guy Movie/Chick Flick conflict when going on a movie date. To simplify things, in Guy Movies people get blown up or blown away. In Chick Flicks they die of some terminal illness.
Atomic said:I thought Blade Runner was boring, predictable, and over rated.
I finally saw it a few years ago after hearing fantastic things about it since my childhood. What a let down.
Keira Knightly brings little more than a slightly hysterical screech while "emoting" to any film she has been in. She's not as bad when being quiet, but if the role requires anything more than a dull throb from her, she is gratingMr Vim said:Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightly brought absolutely nothing to the Pirates of the Caribbean films, Johnny Depp made the movie and most of the ones he is in.
Packin' Heat said:Okay, here's one: Sin City. Everybody I know loves this film,
LordBest said:...You can fit much more story into a season of television.
Packin' Heat said:I like the 1989 Batman better than either film, though I admit that comparing the two visions of Gotham isn't entirely appropriate.
Packin' Heat said:Okay, here's one: Sin City. Everybody I know loves this film, and with its gritty noir look I was easily enticed to see it. I won't go into its over-the-top cartooniness, as the film aimed for that (which was poor judgment in my opinion). I will merely highlight two big letdowns that prevented the film from fulfilling what makes noir what it is:
1: Violence: I am not against violence per se in film noir, since the characters are often murderers and thugs. What I object to is that the violence is meant to be the main thrill of the film. Violence in film noir should be incidental and woven in non-romantically, it shouldn't be the primary entertainment. Psychological tension and suspense should be what the viewer feasts upon.
2. Absolutism: Even though the protagonists are anti-heroes, there is no blurring of the ethical lines here. The antagonists are pure evil and lack any interesting personalities that might redeem them to the audience or at least make them memorable. This might might pass in a pinch, but what doesn't is that, along with this, the film tries to shove the justice of protagonists' actions down our throat. Moral ambiguity is a defining aspect of film noir, even neo-noir. Either the justice of the protagonists' actions has to be in question or the villains have to fascinate the audience with character to an extent that some sympathy is grudgingly felt.
I understand that the film is based on a comic book, but one cannot be soft on a film because of its source material. Either pick something better for an adaption or alter the film to work.