15 Movies I Wish Less Listologists Would See
Submitted by stooky on Sun, 09/26/2004 - 06:51
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- Anthony Adverse (1936)
- Carousel (1956)
- Cavalcade (1933)
- Devine Secrets Of The Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
- Dreamcatcher (2003)
- Fire Over England (1937)
- Gangster No. 1 (2002)
- Kiss Of The Dragon (2001)
- Maelstrom (2002)
- Matrix: Revolutions (2003)
- Metroland (1997)
- Othello (1922)
- The Robe (1953)
- Training Day (2001)
- White Christmas (1954)
Author Comments:
If you plan on watching them...don't.
Cloned From:
What do you have against Gangster No. 1, Training Day, and White Christmas? I thought those 3 were pretty good (and The Robe wasn't great, but it wasn't bad).
Gangster No. 1 is unfocussed and eventually pretty banal.
Training Day has too many good performances wasted on bad film-making. Really dissapointing.
White Christmas...forget this dreck and watch Holiday Inn.
The Robe was merely bearable, sure you could watch it and be sorta entertained. But why would you want that when you could watch The Ten Commandments and be bowled over. Or Ben-Hur and gasp at the spectacle. Hell I even prefer The Prince Of Egypt. :?)
T'ho
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I guess I don't mind distate for Gangster No. 1 and White Christmas, but I loved Training Day.
I've been scarred by a few of these (although I too thought Training Day was quite good). I did recently add Gangster No. 1 to my queue based on this. So now I have to choose between respected Listologists? Ah, the agony!
Bwahahahahahaha! >;?D <----semi-evil, suspisiously winking stook
Training Day is a bad director being rescued by great actors in a most embarrassing way. Imagine this great script being interpreted by Michael Mann as he winds it tighter and tighter until you can't breath. How great would that have been? How much does Antoine Fuqua suck at creating anything involving an actual sequence of film? Not just several good scenes and amazingly boring filler. The man should go back to film school and listen to his instructor explain how to create consistant pace. If not a series of scene that bring tension to the next.
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I know I am in the shrinking minority on this one, but I actually liked Cavalcade.
Granted, I have not seen it since high school, but...
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs
It's just that Cavalcade is SO dated, and boring...and pretentious. What did you like about it?
T'ho
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Well, I am dated, boring, and pretentious, so maybe I felt a connection... ;)
Truth is, I remember that watching the film was like sitting in on a great play. It is very stage-y and uncinematic, but I still enjoyed. I seem to remember thinking the drama was involving and the dialogue was enticing, but I kid you not, it has been years since I watched it...
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs
Hey, I got an affinity for Mighty Joe Young for much the same reasons. I getcha. Sometimes movies just capture your imagination and make you feel really good inside. It's a weird thing.
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I agree about Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood--dreck!
I watched Fire Over England to see Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh. It put me to sleep.
I have successfully avoided Matrix 3, thanks to caring people like you.
Your advice came too late for me to avoid Carousel, The Robe, and White Christmas.
Training Day is in my queue, because of Denzel. Is it really so bad that I must miss his performance?
Sorry about not making the list earlier, I can only imagine your horror while watching Bing Crosby & Co butcher the memory of Holiday Inn.
Always reminds me of the Philidelphia Story/High Society connundrum, the inimitable Grace Kelly can't even save that one.
And Carousel is just frightening, I felt like I had to run away from my television or risk bon vivant insanity. It gets good reviews from most critics and I felt like I should warn people.
Matrix 3 pointless stuff happens, Neo & his girl bite it, the machines feel the love for no apparent reason. That's about it.
As for Training Day. Denzel's performance is great, if slightly hammy around the edges. Ethan Hawke is a competent foil. The tension is limited to a scene-per-scene basis, it's got a really bad ending as well as one good scene and one great one. In my opinion it's an over-rated flop. That's a no in case you're wondering. But if you have to see Denzel nearly ressurect a dud, don't set your expectations too high.
T'ho
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I like Rosemary Clooney, so I didn't mind White Christmas as much.
I'll keep my expectations for Training Day low.
Give me a heads up when you watch and please offer your thoughts.
T'ho
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You didn't like The Robe?
Kidding. I'm kidding.
The old switcheroo. Good idea for a list...or for a list title. I'm happy to say I've missed most of these.
We can't warn enough against Dreamcatcher.
Thankyou thankyou.
And I used to love Richard Burton. He was my favorite actor, until I saw THE ROBE-INATOR. AMG gave it a 4 out of 5.
Good job Bert, you've a finely honed crap detector.
Dreamcatcher:
what lured you into watching? Cus with me it was a reccomendation from a "lady" saying the aliens were cool and Morgan Freeman gave his best performance.
T'ho
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What lured me was I'm a big Stephen King fan. Let me qualify that: - I'm a big fan of King's earlier, less pretentious work. I'd tried and failed twice to read DC the novel, so I though a bad movie would waste less time than a bad novel - and I was right. But at least the novel had that nice papery fragrance - the movie just reeked.
lol!
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Why'd you kill 'favorite recent posts' or whatever... sounded like a great idea to me. Are you bringing it back?
Ill conceived formatting luke, I'm mulling over how to go about doing a better version, I'm thinking something like your picture of the day. Oh heck I'll just do it again right now.
T'ho
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Stooky, have you been recieving my recent emails? I sent my list, asked if you wanted anything else, and told you I wanted to send you more than you were sending me because yours is of higher quality.
Haven't been checking the e-mails, new job with long hours is keeping me busy. I'll get to it tonight.
Thanks for the post.
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Anyone who sees "Divine Secrets Of The Ya Ya Sisterhood" deserves a lobotomy.
The obvious joke here is that you get a free labotomy by watching DSOTYYS. There's enough icky female bonding + Sandra Bullocks in that movie to curl your butt hair.
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