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Originally Posted by prohornblower
I'm not gonna claim I have "good taste" in movies or anything. I just don't really care for sci-fi. I find the "let's make **** up - it's the future - anything goes!" style of film-making as a huge crutch towards actual story telling and/or character development. I do like some sci-fi, just nearly none of it. And I had people telling me how awesome it was for many years and they were FLOORED at the idea that I hadn't yet masturbated to it several times. I assured them I probably wouldn't care for it. Finally one night I acquiesced and "watched" it with my wife, brother and sister-in-law and fell asleep 30 minutes in. They thought I was intentionally being a stick in the mud.
Some sci-fi I like: 2001, Clockwork Orange, T2, maybe some others.
This is my problem with sci-fi/fantasy as well. Imagination is nice and all, but this attitude toward story making has dodged me from watching Lord of the Rings (My friend called it horrible, btw) and Avatar. I am sure they are both okay movies, but I don't feel like watching 7 hours of walking or 3 hours of candy-cane CGI.
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Originally Posted by Duke
I watched 2001 and 2010 back to back the other week. That one-two punch of suck was more than enough to tilt me into hating the pair of them for all time. I think I hated them more than I should because I really wanted to like them.
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Stanley Kubrick destroyed the ship because he didn't want any sequel for his movie. Many call this a wise decision because 2001 was such a masterpiece (apparently).
When I saw 2001, I was completely non-plussed. I have no idea why I watched the entire thing. To make things worse, I went ahead and read the book, which was written concurrently with the screenplay. I really tried to understand the movie, but I guess that isn't going to happen.
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Originally Posted by crashjr
Agree with Million Dollar Baby. That movie pissed me off. Another hated movie that everyone else seemed to like: The Shawshank Redemption. I actually liked this movie the first time I saw it, but for what it was. It has taken on an entirely undeserved place among GOAT movies in the public opinion that makes me hate it more and more with every showing on TBS.
I agree with the sentiment toward Shawshank, but I also don't think it is horrible. I think that it was overbearing in that the constant use of voice-over blocked my ability to immerse myself into the movie. I hate watching movies that don't let me have my own emotional stance on the situation. Clearly, the script and story were strong enough to make the movie great regardless.
At first, I never agreed with the universal screenwriter teacher slogan "Erase the V/O," but looking at the movie through this prism makes me understand all its short-comings.
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Originally Posted by bonsaltron
Aeon Flux was pretty terribad, and I hated it because it didn't even bother to tell you the plot or who the bad guys / good guys were. It just jerked itself off with futuristic utopia/distopia effects. It's like my first day of 6th grade when kids started wearing "cool because i'm advanced and trendy" clothes meanwhile all you need is jeans and a t-shirt
I take it you never saw the TV series? I would guess the movie attempted to follow what the TV series was doing. Considering the TV series was genius in its own way, and that it was animated (live action interpretations of animations are a wtf concept to me)....
Look, you can probably find some Aeon Flux on youtube or something, but you have to be awake to get it, and even then, it is an impossible story to understand. I am not sure I ever liked the TV show that much, so a movie certainly didn't excite me.
I think it was cool to watch at the time because it was shown on MTV in the mid-nineties, when MTV was a cultural icon for coolness. At the time, bands spent $1million on a music video, and for 3 weeks ahead of schedule, MTV was upping the hype on the video premier, showing behind the scenes looks, band interviews, and all sorts of stuff. At that time a music video premier was an event: invite all your friends to have soda and pizza event. Aeon Flux was created during this time, right around the time one could order a subscription to Anime videos for $9.99/mth + shipping & handling, delivered straight to your door. No one thought that Aeon Flux was the best show on TV at the time (and I am willing to bet that many of the fans didn't even think the show was good), but it had a powerful cultural effect on what constitutes popularity.
I don't understand why they would create the movie a decade after the show ended and was basically forgotten about. I suppose that those of use who were 16 at the time would never go see the live action version, not even for nostalgia purposes. To be certain, those that understood the concept of Aeon Flux would never go see it. Mix up a bunch of CGI and have a hot lead, and we have a hit for mindless teenagers. The difference? They will pay $12 to go see it. Not us.