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Post by Kensterberg on May 9, 2006 20:31:00 GMT -5
Preposterous:
Titanic (1997, I think, James Cameron, Dir.)
The only believable elements of this mess were the special effects showing the boat going down, and of course the shots done on the (grave) site of the ship herself. Pretty boy Leo DiCaprio as a steerage passenger seducing Kate Winslet away from her wealthy fiance? No way. Delete out all the crap involving that romance, and you might have a watchable documentary on the voyage, but as it is, "preposterous" is the best word I can use to describe my reaction not only to the film, but also to the fact that it walked away with so much praise, including God only knows how many Oscars. Inconceivable.
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Post by chrisfan on May 10, 2006 9:02:46 GMT -5
Preposterous - Mission Impossible 3. Tom Cruise as a super-stud hero who saves the world and woos the women.
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Post by Kensterberg on May 10, 2006 9:16:23 GMT -5
LMAO Chrisfan! I'm not sure that this was quite the way M thought this theme would go, but I like it so far!  |
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Post by Paul on May 10, 2006 9:20:07 GMT -5
Preposterous:
The Matrix 2 & 3 (can I do both?) Really, both movies are as close to over-hyped crap I've ever seen! I could barely watch the 3rd one, and what the hell was up w/ a 30 minute club/dance scene in the second? Teribble, teribble movies, oh, and very perposterous.
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Post by Fuzznuts on May 10, 2006 9:24:03 GMT -5
Game over. Paul wins!
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Post by Kensterberg on May 10, 2006 9:29:13 GMT -5
Agreed: That was absolutely classic! Your pic for a new topic, Paul! Does anyone else think that maybe this should be more than just three movies per theme? |
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Post by Paul on May 10, 2006 9:35:10 GMT -5
new theme:
Flabbergasting:
Star Wars Episode 5: The Empire Strikes Back
"No, I am your father" -- nothing more to say about that.
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Post by Paul on May 10, 2006 9:36:01 GMT -5
I'm down for more than three. Want to bump it to 5?
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Post by Kensterberg on May 10, 2006 9:41:00 GMT -5
OK, for "I can't believe that!" kind of take your breath away moments, I have got to give huge credit to M.Night Shayamalan for The Sixth Sense. It's a cliche now (and the director really needs to get over himself and move on to some new material), but that movie left entire audiences floored and ready to watch it again in light of the ending. I'm not gonna try to defend anything he's done since Unbreakable, but The Sixth Sense was nothing short of flabbergasting.
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Post by Kensterberg on May 10, 2006 9:41:29 GMT -5
Yeah, five sounds good to me ...
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Post by Fuzznuts on May 10, 2006 9:41:30 GMT -5
5 it is.
Mulholland Drive.
Still leaves me shaking my head in amazement during the last half hour or so.
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Post by Paul on May 10, 2006 9:52:16 GMT -5
OK, for "I can't believe that!" kind of take your breath away moments, I have got to give huge credit to M.Night Shayamalan for The Sixth Sense. It's a cliche now (and the director really needs to get over himself and move on to some new material), but that movie left entire audiences floored and ready to watch it again in light of the ending. I'm not gonna try to defend anything he's done since Unbreakable, but The Sixth Sense was nothing short of flabbergasting. This is one of the few movies I can think of where so many went back to see it b/c of the ending. I remember HAVING to see it again knowing about Bruce Willis's character. But you're right, Mr. Shayamalan does need a new shtick. |
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Post by Paul on May 10, 2006 9:56:28 GMT -5
Flabbergasting:
Pulp Fiction -- when it came out in 1994 I'd never, ever seen a movie like that; it completely blew me away...Multiple stories all intertwined together, and just some of the absolute coolest characters to ever grace the silver sceen. Not to mention the ultra cool dialogue! Great pacing, great editing, great soundtrack, great characters. It was to movies of the 1990's what "Teen Spirit" was to music of the same decade.
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Post by skvorisdeadsorta on May 10, 2006 22:53:38 GMT -5
Dudes, The Wild Bunch. That movie owns.
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