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Steve wrote:It should go without saying that everything Kirk Cameron has loaned his "talents" to should be avoided. That and anything that says "Sherwood" and isn't referring to Robin Hood should be thrown on the floor, as you run screaming in the other direction.

Also, the first Hunger Games was pretty bad.
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Also, STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS. :x burn it with fire! (there's a whole host of movies i could throw my disdain at, but eh!)
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You guys should check out this review source if you're thinking about watching some of the most popular movies from the past year or so. He has some interesting insights. :yes:
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The wisdom and open-mindedness was overwhelming. I was very moved. :yes:
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Kairi wrote:Also, STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS. :x burn it with fire!
You've got to be joking.

I'll add The Eagle to this thread. The book is so much better.....they pretty much flopped the film version (surprise, surprise).
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IrishTiger wrote:
Kairi wrote:Also, STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS. :x burn it with fire!
You've got to be joking.
You're absolutely right. That's ridiculous Kairi. Fire is way too good a fate for it.

The Eagle... yeah that tends to happen when you take out one of the most important characters. The sequels would have made such great movies. :(
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Knight Fisher wrote:
IrishTiger wrote:
Kairi wrote:Also, STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS. :x burn it with fire!
You've got to be joking.
You're absolutely right. That's ridiculous Kairi. Fire is way too good a fate for it.
Then I condemn it to...THE VOID.
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Aw man, why the hate for Life of Pi? :(

I love that movie - even better in 3D and the allegorical twist to the story makes it interesting (to me).

Anyway, this isn't a thread about movies we like, so:

1. Pearl Harbor
2. The Notebook (or really any highly acclaimed romantic drama with the notable exception of "Love, Actually")
3. Most modern-day adaptations of period dramas (think "The Edge of Love", "Anna Karenina", "The Duchess", etc).
4. All of the Pirates of the Caribbean sequels (Maybe I just don't like Kiera Knightly or something)?
5. Broken Flowers. I love Bill Murray, but this movie was trying way WAY too hard to be deep.
6. City of Lost Children - this movie still gives me steampunk-flavored nightmares.
7. Most Ben Stiller movies with the possible exception of "Meet the Parents" and "Spanglish"
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Sherlock wrote:2. The Notebook (or really any highly acclaimed romantic drama with the notable exception of "Love, Actually")
I love both those movies! Though the Notebook hits close to home as it's very similar to my Grandparents real-life story, and "Love, Actually" is just one of my favorite movies of all time.
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Sherlock wrote:2. The Notebook (or really any highly acclaimed romantic drama with the notable exception of "Love, Actually")
Also Crazy Stupid Love which is wonderful. :noway:
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I'm not sure why I didn't like "The Notebook", maybe because it felt a little too contrived? It reminded me of that Mandy Moore film "A Walk to Remember", where the whole plot seemed purposely engineered to try and get the audience to cry, so I totally didn't buy into it. :noway:

This probably sounds like movie snobbery, but I tend to gravitate towards story lines where the themes aren't so heavy-handed. One of my favorite movies is "Lost In Translation", which I thought did such a great job of explaining human relationships while still being subtle in the delivery. Likewise, I thought "Love Actually" did a good job with the vignettes about various peoples' interactions and lives. Anna and the King, Brideshead Revisited (the serial with Jeremy Irons) and a few others come to mind.

Weird, I know. :p
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"A Walk to Remember" is amazing simply because of Switchfoot. Enough said.

I haven't seen the movie in years. But Switchfoot is awesome :D
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Sherlock wrote:I'm not sure why I didn't like "The Notebook", maybe because it felt a little too contrived? It reminded me of that Mandy Moore film "A Walk to Remember", where the whole plot seemed purposely engineered to try and get the audience to cry, so I totally didn't buy into it. :noway:

Well both are based on Nicholas Sparks books whose main goal in life is pretty much to get people to cry over cliche and contrived love stories. :P
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Kait wrote:
Sherlock wrote:I'm not sure why I didn't like "The Notebook", maybe because it felt a little too contrived? It reminded me of that Mandy Moore film "A Walk to Remember", where the whole plot seemed purposely engineered to try and get the audience to cry, so I totally didn't buy into it. :noway:

Well both are based on Nicholas Sparks books whose main goal in life is pretty much to get people to cry over cliche and contrived love stories. :P
But they are good stories that deserve to be cried over!!! :x
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Sherlock wrote:Aw man, why the hate for Life of Pi? :(

I love that movie - even better in 3D ...
Right? That was the movie that officially broke my cynicism of 3D technology. I've seen it several times since, but it hasn't ever been nearly as good as the time I first saw it on the big screen.
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Jelly wrote:
Sherlock wrote:Aw man, why the hate for Life of Pi? :(

I love that movie - even better in 3D ...
Right? That was the movie that officially broke my cynicism of 3D technology. I've seen it several times since, but it hasn't ever been nearly as good as the time I first saw it on the big screen.
The movie was made for 3D!

Saw it on the big screen in 3D, then a couple times at home in 3D, still haven't seen the regular format version. :P
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Been watching a lot of movies lately, some great, some awful.
Worst movies I can think of...
Skyline
Cloverfield
Rent
Master of Disguise
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Kait wrote: Well both are based on Nicholas Sparks books whose main goal in life is pretty much to get people to cry over cliche and contrived love stories. :P
Are you saying there are romances that aren't cliched? Even Romeo and Juliet, the greatest romance of all time, is cliched. The love story is a formula.
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Romeo and Juliet is not clichéd. It created the clichés.

Also I am on the Jelly side of Scott Vs the World. Enjoyed it.
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Pound Foolish wrote:
Kait wrote: Well both are based on Nicholas Sparks books whose main goal in life is pretty much to get people to cry over cliche and contrived love stories. :P
Are you saying there are romances that aren't cliched? Even Romeo and Juliet, the greatest romance of all time, is cliched. The love story is a formula.

Romeo and Juliet has become a cliche only because we've misappropriated it's original message and meaning and totally turned it into a cliche. :P

But yes. There are love stories that aren't cliche.
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