I've not seen it but heard it's shit!
Films you admire, but don't like
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I've not seen it but heard it's shit!
Kaka Tim
Half Arsed and Slapdash till I Die
Another kubrick - Clockwork Orange. Its beautifully made and shot and all that cal, but - as with all his stuff - its detached and cold whilst the violence is nauseating, gratuitously graphic and makes for uncomfortable viewing. In the book you are distanced from it as its told through Alex's narration - but the film gives you no such protection.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
I admire Terrence Malick simply because he's managed to pass himself off as a director for all this time despite possessing zero ability to make watchable films.
Rosemary Jest
Wrong and Unstable
Just watched all the Hobbits and extended Lord of the Rings films again over the last few weeks, they are better films than the books are at being good books I reckon. I can't name a fantasy film that is better than the 1st Lord of the Rings, but plenty of books better than the books. Hey ho.
Off the top of my head, films I admire but don't like are No Country for Old Men, the most boring and least human of the Coen Brothers films, and also perhaps Fargo. The two least watched of Coen's films for me, but the ones most critically acclaimed, weirdly.
Also Apocalypse now as others have mentioned. Full Metal Jacket too, for similar reasons. Eye's Wide Shut too. Probably a Kubrick thing, but then the Shining is wonderful, it's got the right level of spook I suppose.
Oh, and Hunger, the Bobby Sands film. Was great artistically, but the subject matter is uncomfortable watching, especially as it's based on truth. Plus I watched it nursing a stinking hangover.
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ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
I was supposed to review the DVD, but I only managed about 5-15 minutes; I found the overacting and crying just too tedious to bear.I remember watching 21 Grams in the cinema and thinking "this is a Good Film but I'm not enjoying it". Haven't watched it again and have no idea what it was about beyond people crying lots
I still have my review copy (in those days they were supposed to be returned, and supposedly traceable).
5t3IIa
Registered User
Strongly seconding Birdman. It popped into my head for a possible rewatch candidate cuz while I deeply enjoyed the design and camerawork and a few of the performances (Merrit Weaver <3) I can’t stand the middle-aged man studio wankfest plot. Every woman’s life revolves around a couple of dickheads 
Avatar. Technically and visually stunning, but overly long schmaltz.
cheesethief
Well-Known Member
Couldn't even get through the first half, Edward Norton's character was such a wanker that I gave up...Strongly seconding Birdman. It popped into my head for a possible rewatch candidate cuz while I deeply enjoyed the design and camerawork and a few of the performances (Merrit Weaver <3) I can’t stand the middle-aged man studio wankfest plot. Every woman’s life revolves around a couple of dickheads
felixthecat
are we there yet?
agricola
a genuine importer of owls
the 1962 one
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
High-Rise was a recent one I admired without liking. It was very well made in every way, it just didn't have that sense you get from reading Ballard where you feel like you're being let in on a joke at the characters' expense but you don't know what the joke is.
jakethesnake
In bed for Britain
Wild At Heart - left me feeling unsettled for weeks after seeing it.
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
I loved that film. Cracking opening scene.
Probably the only film Nicholas Cage was ever worth watching in.
jakethesnake
In bed for Britain
Yeah, definitely a good film but it really fucked with my head.
not-bono-ever
meh
Watching it now. It is quite awful
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
I was discussing this with my nephew this evening, as he is finally old enough to legally discuss it. I’ve always thought it was just shit. I think I almost convinced him.
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