The Rapture. I have never quite figured out why I love this strange movie. It has something to do with Michael Tolkin, for sure. David Duchovny at his naked best -- that didn't hurt. The annoying actress who plays their daughter -- "Tell God you love him, Mommy!" It's a bizarre jumble and not a film I'd identify as "great" but I just love it! Since I will always rank a film with a good ending with at least one extra point of the Nuart Rating Scale, that helped too. I also like the idea of having this hated film as my little lovable orphan. (Don't anyone come in here and say you loved it too -- it's mine.)

Shining Through. I think that's the title. Not The Shining. This was the Melanie Griffith movie about WWII. I think Michael Douglas was the love interest. I only saw it once when it first came out but it remains in my heart. I doubt if I'd want to see it again either for I am sure I wouldn't feel the same. It's kinda like a pleasantly recalled one-night stand -- "just don't be there in the morning when I wake up" thing. (not that I know anything about that...) The circumstances of the day at the movie theater on a particularly cold and rainy day -- something just hit me and I loved it. It could have been the red vines. You know the stale ones that are just a little chewier than the fresh soft ones.

Susan

     
“Half a truth is often a great lie.”

Ben Franklin

I'm with you on Stay, I really liked that movie. There are some obvious Lynch and Fincher influences, but I think it emerges as it's own film. Sure it's not perfect, there are a few stupid scenes, and it never quite draws you in as much as you might want it to, but on the other hand it's got amazing performances from Ryan Gosling and Naomi Watts (who shines here, making a character that would normally be boring fascinating), excellent visuals, enough substance to match the style, and makes an ending that would have been a total cop out in other hands beautiful and moving. Far superior than Forster's last film Finding Neverland, which was very well reviewed, but which I found staid and melodramatic, though well acted.

I also enjoyed Domino. I decided to ignore the horrible reviews since it starred the goddess Keira Knightley and was written by Richard Kelly. Sure the editing was insane, the characters one dimensional, and the overall tone trashy; but it was very entertaining! Knightley proved she could be excellent as an action star, breaking out of the the useless hot chick character she could have easily gotten stuck in after Pirates of the Caribbean, and the supporting cast was excellent (with the exception of everyone involved in the random Jerry Springer storyline). The movie was visually fun, and I enjoyed myself. I don't think I'd want to watch it again but it was fun for the moment and doesn't deserve the trashing it received... Easily Tony Scott's second best film, next to his shockingly excellent True Romance.

Finally Silent Hill. I'm a huge fan of the games, and though this movie was far from what they deserved, the first half was really pretty scary, and had the overall mood down pat. Also they didn't make the movie look like it was based on a videogame, like other adaptations do, it was happy just to be a movie. The overall visual tone of the whole thing was excellent and creepy, the music was great, and the actors were suitable for the roles, especially Jodelle Ferland, who was excellent in this, and went on to star in Terry Gilliam's Tideland (where she was the only good thing about the movie). It kind of collapses in the second half, which decides to make up it's own story for some reason, which is far less interesting than the game's, but there are still some good parts spread throughout, and I really liked the very ending. Not a masterpiece, but an interesting and effective horror movie...

That god damn trailer's more popular than Uncle's Day in a whorehouse!

And there it is. I didn't hate Tideland like everyone else. I would even willingly watch it again. I know it has some pretty uncomfortable subject matter, but all the cries of pedophilia are a gross misinterpretation.

I would've had Unbreakable in this category once upon a time, but now we know that's no longer accurate.

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Flash Gordon.  It's so camp.  And anything with Brian Blessed in it is ok by me.

The David Niven version of Casino Royale. The music is great and Niven plays it straight.

Cry Baby.  Again, loving the music.  And I would lick Johnny Depp's sweaty face in this.  Apart from that, I just find it very amusing. 

Maybe I just like camp films...

Monsoon Wedding.  I love this film, never fails to make me cry.  In a good way, obviously... 

My theory by A. Elk, brackets, Miss, brackets. This theory goes as follows and begins now. All brontosauruses are thin at one end, much much thicker in the middle, and then thin again at the far end. That is my theory, it is mine, and it belongs to me, and I own it, and what it is, too.

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Oh, man. I was totally dyslexic on the other thread.    Writing term papers, preoccupied. 

 Love, hate... they're so close when it comes down to it. 

Donny Darko, simply a great movie that folks never gave a chance.

I've not had the chance to see it yet, but it is on my rental list...I do seem to enjoy everything John Waters makes, whether it is considered mainstream or *cough* a little "unusual".  His sense of humour seems to converge with mine. 

My theory by A. Elk, brackets, Miss, brackets. This theory goes as follows and begins now. All brontosauruses are thin at one end, much much thicker in the middle, and then thin again at the far end. That is my theory, it is mine, and it belongs to me, and I own it, and what it is, too.

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I love spoof films!  Unashamedly and unreservedly!

My two really, really guilty pleasures are Kelsey Grammar's awful 'Down Periscope' and Lesley Niesen's fairly ordinary 'Dracula : Dead and Loving it'. 

They're not great but I love every silly second!

I am likely to miss the main event

If I stop to cry or complain again.

So I'll just keep a deliberate pace,

Let the damn breeze dry my face.

My theory by A. Elk, brackets, Miss, brackets. This theory goes as follows and begins now. All brontosauruses are thin at one end, much much thicker in the middle, and then thin again at the far end. That is my theory, it is mine, and it belongs to me, and I own it, and what it is, too.

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I'm on your side about Donnie Darko... even though I'm curious wether you've seen the director's cut or the original version, which I appreciate more 'cause less is explained and soundtrack's more suitable.

I have Stay stashed somewhere, but I loved it for a slightly different reason. Not because everyone hates it, but because I'm one of the few people in Italy that's seen this movie! ahahah

Here comes my list of movies everyone I know hate and that I love (the order is totally random and I list them with no connection between them at all, it's just the way they're put in my room's shelves. Plus, go ahead criticizing the incompatibility between these movies, but that's how my head works when it comes to movies, I just don't like one main thing and period. I'm an eclectic):

Rebel without a cause - I really have no words that can express the way I feel about this movie. Just one thing maybe. This film was made back in 1955 and it's still so damn connected with the current world of ours. It's the only James Dean movie I've seen. Lots of people told me also East of Eden is worth it, but Jimmy was so genuine in RWAC that I want to keep that image of him for the rest of my life and not see any of his other two movies.

Mrs. Doubtfire - Everyone thinks it's a piece of crap, everyone in my family hates Robin Williams and they think this movie is unwatchable... I justa adore it, it's one of my guilty pleasures.

Contact - A lot of people hate it. It's one of my favorites in the unusual Sci-fi category.

Spielberg's War of the worlds - Okay, I'm sticking to the unusual Sci-fi category. Here in Italy the movie was well-received, of course, when a Spielberg movie comes out it's always a big event. But, you know, the man is one lucky fella and started giving me headaches since he decided to make A.I., which is a film I like in some ways, but because Kubrick wanted to do it, everything was ruined for me. Anyway, everybody I know hates WOTW and regrets the 50s version. Among my Spielberg very few favorites (and those are Murder by the book, Sugarland express, Duel, Jurassic Park and The Terminal) I put this movie because it is the proof a blockbuster can be really excellent, not obsessively focused on the big budject special effects and bring some worthy philosophical theories that aren't just what you would wait to find in a runaway movie set during an alien invasion.

Jackie Brown - Same reason of "Stay". Everyone here's not seen it or despises it.

General Woody Allen Stuff - Most Americans are not into him, but that is not something that happens only in the U.S. Well, I'm one of those people who whenever one of his new movies come out, always goes to see them and thinks the man has always kept the quality very high, even in the minor works.

"Did they scoff the whole damn Smörgåsbord?" (Audrey) 

"Gimme a donut!" (Coop)

That's the point.

I mean, which person spends a lot of time bashing movies in their every single detail? The answer is a person who took enough time to watch the entire movie... enough time to even like it, isn't that funny? Sometimes they just won't admit it, sometimes they don't even realize it.

Once I read an interview with Lars von Trier and he said that the movies that annoyed him in his childhood made him the film-maker he is. Isn't that a perfect example that says how much love and hate are two sides of the same story? I thought that there was also an example for that matter (he said he couldn't find anything interesting in Barry Lindon but it was one of the most important films in his whole life - you can verify this noticing that Dogville and Manderlay are continuosly told by a narrating voice giving us emotional details of every character and so on and those movies are just as long and tedious, though interesting, as much as Barry Lindon).

"Did they scoff the whole damn Smörgåsbord?" (Audrey) 

"Gimme a donut!" (Coop)

I absolutely LOVE Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle and Van Wilder. I can't get enough of that "poop" humor! I feel so bad for my best friend because when we lived together we watched both pretty much every weekend. I also love Bridget Jones's Diary. I don't know why but I do. Also, any of the Evil Dead...well anything with Bruce Campbell in it...

I also love to watch Sunday television and watch the really-horrible-it-shouldn't-have-been-made-into-a-movie movies...

EDIT: I almost forgot Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz... 

Wrong thread. Nearly everyone loves one or both of those movies.

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Off Topic: The game Hellgate: London has a lot of cool references in it including a bad ass zombie early in the game called Tubby Bastard and part of the loot left behind him is a cricket bat aptly called "Shaun's Sidekick" 

On topic: Yes indeed, I love both those flicks! Since several co-workers are against subtitles, I could list all the awesome foreign films I own...lol...and just for Susan, The Cooler.  

"Every day holds a new beginning and every hour holds the promise of an Invitation to Love." 

That god damn trailer's more popular than Uncle's Day in a whorehouse!

I dislike Tim Allen as well but do like Galaxy Quest.

Susan, I'm sorry to break it to you but I am a huge fan of The Rapture and recommend it highly to all.

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