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MSN had a recent article about movies that are considered great classics that some of today's audience think are overated. What highly rated movies or high fan favorites do you not like? Here's mine...
1.) 28 days later. Before I saw this movie every reviewer was rating this movie like it was the greatest thing ever. But me and my friends almost walked out within the first 15 minutes. Horrible acting,horrible dialogue and camera work that looked like it was shot by a college flunkie. Some film purists call this type of film making "gritty" but I call it "shitty." Some call this the best zombie movie, but it isn't a zombie movie. It's just a bunch of crazed infected people who are trying to spread a rage virus.I thought the sequal was ten times better.I will admit to walking into the theater with high expectations because of people like Roger Ebert(whom I have since ignored after his rave reviews for this and "The Blair Witch Project") and maybe my opinion will change if I see it again. I loved the first Texas Chainsaw Massacre and it was shot with a similiar style.
2.) The Shining. It wasn't a hit when it first came out but many nowadays consider this to be a classic. After watching it two times in two different stages of my life I still have the same opinion. The pacing is so slow that I almost fall to sleep.I don't mind long sequences to establish mood or characterization but there needs to be something else going on to break up the monatiny or else it becomes boring. See The Godfather for a prime example of how to masterfully mix long character building scenes with other emotions, such as violence or funny.I can see why this movie failed because it simply isn't scary and the characters are boring.My favorite Kubrick flick will always be "Full Metal Jacket."
3.)A Clockwork Orange. I don't mean to pick on Kubrick, but just what was the point of this movie? It's another cult classic that just seems too strange to be enjoyed.
4.) Apacolypse Now. I love almost everything Coppola has done, but I never got into this one. This was clearly not everyone's cup of tea and opinions are usually on the fringes of "great" or "aweful". I blame a lot of this on the unusual circumstances that Coppola went thru in making this movie. His first mistake was firing Harvey Keitel after 4 weeks into production and replacing him with Martin Sheen. While I respect Sheen, I don't think he's anywhere near the quality of actor that Keitel is. Second,(and biggest mistake) was hiring Marlon Brando. If anyone should have been fired it was him for showing up to the set overweight and not prepared(he had promised to read the novel, but didn't.) Rober Duvall gave another stunning performance as did others in the cast, but the movie in my opinion was dragged down by it's two leading men.
1.) 28 days later. Before I saw this movie every reviewer was rating this movie like it was the greatest thing ever. But me and my friends almost walked out within the first 15 minutes. Horrible acting,horrible dialogue and camera work that looked like it was shot by a college flunkie. Some film purists call this type of film making "gritty" but I call it "shitty." Some call this the best zombie movie, but it isn't a zombie movie. It's just a bunch of crazed infected people who are trying to spread a rage virus.I thought the sequal was ten times better.I will admit to walking into the theater with high expectations because of people like Roger Ebert(whom I have since ignored after his rave reviews for this and "The Blair Witch Project") and maybe my opinion will change if I see it again. I loved the first Texas Chainsaw Massacre and it was shot with a similiar style.
2.) The Shining. It wasn't a hit when it first came out but many nowadays consider this to be a classic. After watching it two times in two different stages of my life I still have the same opinion. The pacing is so slow that I almost fall to sleep.I don't mind long sequences to establish mood or characterization but there needs to be something else going on to break up the monatiny or else it becomes boring. See The Godfather for a prime example of how to masterfully mix long character building scenes with other emotions, such as violence or funny.I can see why this movie failed because it simply isn't scary and the characters are boring.My favorite Kubrick flick will always be "Full Metal Jacket."
3.)A Clockwork Orange. I don't mean to pick on Kubrick, but just what was the point of this movie? It's another cult classic that just seems too strange to be enjoyed.
4.) Apacolypse Now. I love almost everything Coppola has done, but I never got into this one. This was clearly not everyone's cup of tea and opinions are usually on the fringes of "great" or "aweful". I blame a lot of this on the unusual circumstances that Coppola went thru in making this movie. His first mistake was firing Harvey Keitel after 4 weeks into production and replacing him with Martin Sheen. While I respect Sheen, I don't think he's anywhere near the quality of actor that Keitel is. Second,(and biggest mistake) was hiring Marlon Brando. If anyone should have been fired it was him for showing up to the set overweight and not prepared(he had promised to read the novel, but didn't.) Rober Duvall gave another stunning performance as did others in the cast, but the movie in my opinion was dragged down by it's two leading men.
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