ITT: films you regretfully do not understand the hype for

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>>83946639

The Mist
Upstream Color
Blue Velvet

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Fucking pic related. I know it's a /tv/ darling but my god it's remarkably okay

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>>83947097
ooh look at me, I don't enjoy good films

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>>83946639

>>83946639
Casablanca.

Like, yeah, I enjoyed it, but I wouldn't call it one of the greatest films ever made.

>>83947394

Didn't like it at all. Usually when I dislike a "classic" I can at least see why other people like it, but this one really didn't have any qualities whatsoever.

>>83947394
>>83947472
Aw I actually really like Casablanca. I will admit that I didn't think it was anything special on my first viewing, but it really did grow on me on my next couple. I would understand if someone didn't enjoy it though

>>83946639

Ozu used those two actors so much I can't figure out what movie it is just from the screenshot. Since you're obviously a huge pleb and haven't watched 20 Ozu movies like I have, that has to be either Tokyo Story or Late Spring.

>>83947662
it's just because all asians look the same.

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Literally no substance: the film

>>83946796
Upstream color was good but the mood made me soo sleepy.

>>83946700
It had been years since the last Mad Max movie had been released so fans were excited to see the crazed australian cop return to the big screen. Helps that it was action kino and had no cgi, only practical effects

>>83947662
Lol. It's Late Spring.
>Japanese family dynamics
>What is marriage, if you really think about it?

>>83947793
so that makes it a masterpiece?

>>83947793
it had a bunch of cgi, it was just fairly subtle

>>83947844
Who says its a masterpiece? I recently rewatched it and noticed it has some glaring flaws. The flashbacks Max has are out of place and go nowhere. They never explained who or what the swamp people were. The satellite implied civilization was still going on somewhere else and max becomes a secondary character in his own movie.

>>83946732
100%

It's good and impressive that it doesn't feel painful to watch for how long it is but the payoff is awful and feels like it's making fun of you for investing all your time into it.

>>83947930
The internet

>>83947965
The internet also says Deadpool and Guardians of the galaxy were good movies. What does the internet know

>>83947770
to me it felt like everything I hate about arthouse flicks

>>83947988
*the internet including most of /tv/. I think all of the Mad Max series is pretty lame so maybe that's my problem

>>83948030
Most people like it because it was a straightforward action flick. It had little plot to get in the way and the action scenes looked great. For a summer blockbuster it's pretty good

>>83947947
Hard to pick any other film as PTA's worst though.

>>83946639
Any of the cohen brother's pieces of crap, besides true grit
Also twin peaks

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>>83946639
Not regretfully though. This movie is so fucking bad (good effects for the last sequence though)
>Vince Vaughn as a drill sergeant

>>83947734
God I hated that movie.

>>83947200
Haha people are so afraid to say anything bad about Chinatown

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>>83946639
As one of those losers who likes pretty much every Ghibli movie, I get aggressively angry every time I see this movie praised

>>83948209
don't feel bad man, twin peaks is fucking bogus. but not liking any coens except true grit is pretty goddamn weird

I don't care if it is a meme at this point; the fact that Rogue One got love from Star Wars fans is a low point in film reception history

>>83948209

My nigga

Coen Brothers are overrated as fuck

True Grit and O Brother are good though

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>>83947734
I felt the same about Fish Tank.

>>83947097
nigger u straight up gay

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>>83948901
I am so sorry that you two feel this way. Have you seen Blood Simple? Barton Fink? The early ones?

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>>83949005
I'll take heavy-handed, on-the-nose films for $800, Alex

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>>83946639
Seven Samurai

>>83946700
this, a 2 hour long car chase is not that engaging

>>83946700
If someone tells you how much they REALLY enjoyed pic related, you know you're dealing with a compulsive redditor

>>83946890
?

>>83947844
Don't forget that the director is old as dirt and was still doing his own thing even though it's worthless, only the second Mad Max film is any good and that was a total fluke, and that he announced a black-and-white release for no fucking reason to tickle the nutsacks of fanboys.

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I feel like this movie has one idea that it just drags out too long.

That or there's some prerequisite philosophy that you need to have studied to really get anything out of this shitbag film.

>>83946796
I don't know I think Blue velvet is one of Lynch's best, understandable though friend.

>>83949165
Uncle Boonmee...it won the Palm d'Or a few years ago

>>83949253
i know, why dont u like it i love it

>>83949246
I like Lynch but hate that Blue Velvet gets all of the love. Thanks for being kind though friend

>>83949284
I would love to know why anyone loved it. I read a buttload of reviews and everyone praised it for purely esoteric reasons. I just didn't think the slow build up and (in my opinion) random shots added up to anything of genuine substance

>>83949286
I feel you man, I think it's just because of how accessible it is compared to the rest of his work. That and Dennis Hopper is just so good in it, I preferred Mulholland Drive desu. And no problem, why argue when we can discuss kino?

>>83949379
To be fair, I also went in to Twin Peaks expecting to love it, but thought it was overdone and schmaltzy. Hopper's dialogue is so cringey and forced to me, idk. No argument, just don't like it I suppose.

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>>83946639
>One of the best horror films ever
Not

>>83949514
Haven't watched twin peaks so can't really say but Idk I just stumbled on blue velvet so it was a good surprise for me. I think it depends on what you compare it to, in any other film I'd probably agree but with the tone that film sets I think it's perfect.

just a shit film

>>83949239

This film is pure genius in its visuals. Beautiful really. If you're not used to the new wave movies in the first place this is a bad starting point to get into.

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>>83949735
oops forgot pic

>>83949331
i haven't read any reviews on it, but i was under the impression that it didn't sit well with most critics, i don't see it being well received overall

i understand that you didn't like the static images and asl, and i think slow cinema is not easy, and weerasethakul is slow to the extreme
but to me those static images make the film almost like an essay film, but the director removes the narration
i also found it was quite hypnotic, i think it's 2 hours and a half and at no point did i feel bored
i dont think there's any buildup to anything in the film (maybe you mean before his death?)

>>83949737
it's not a new wave film though

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Is it...dare I say it...overrated?

>>83949867

No, man.

>>83946639
Been a classic rock nerd for like twenty years and I hated this movie

>>83949867

Yes. It had the music and cinematography, but the story... I fell off about halfway in.

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can't believe I got memed into watching this nonsense

>>83949575
Nice. Never got the love for this one

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The entire fucking series or any MCU for that matter.

>>83949074
>Seven Samurai
Interesting... it's one of my favorite movies of all time. I find it gripping and fascinating. Although of course, not perfect. Any particular reason you don't like it?

>>83949074
Now this is definitely a pleb opinion. Seven Samurai is GOAT.

>>83947930
What satellite?

>>83951362
this film is widely considered a masterpiece for a reason senpai

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>>83949867
Double suicide when?

>>83951413
what reason? don't quote other people

>>83951362

Mixed feelings about this one. Some really good parts but other parts are just meh.

>>83947662
It's so obvious. Hara didn't wear kimono in Tokyo story

>>83951456
>genuinely hilarious dialogue (sorry that it was over-memed, that's not the film's fault)
>non-linear scenes that actually make you pay attention instead of being an attempt at mystery
>several great characters that are acted well

>>83948566
I think you self identity as a Gib fan is blocking you
Try to open up

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It was all right, but I cant understand the amount of praise it gets though I suspect some praise it with their dicks.

>>83946639
I honestly feel sorry for you.

2001: A Space Oddessy.

Cannot stand that movie.

Eyes Wide Shut is God tier though.

>>83949074
>watched Fury Road and all he got out of it was a 2 hour car chase
>doesn't like fucking Seven Samurai either
massive fucking pleb

>>83952650
It's an extremely well made film for a first time director.

>>83952850
Fury Road literally is just a two hour car chase, regardless of how much back story is thrown in with it.

>>83947548
Casablanca is one of those movies I think you have to be older to really 'get.' It's all about heartbreak and regret and being mature enough to do the right thing despite those feelings. I remember my dad loved and I watched it when I was young and didn't get it at all. Later in my 30s it totally clicked with me.

>>83946639
What's up with her pinky toe?

>>83952650
You're right. It's not that great.

>>83948274
>Vince Vaughn as a drill sergeant
He was good.

>>83946639
Its just well filmed and an emotional story. not for people who want to see action scenes naturally.

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Pic related and Reservoir Dogs are to me legitimatelly bad movies.
>>83951102
I'm not the other guy but I also don't get the big fuzz about Seven Samurai, I mean I liked it but it seemed like just a very old cheesy action movie. What's so special about it?

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>>83946639
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>>83948566
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>>83952650
I came here to post this. Thought it was awful.

>>83946890
the lagoon sequence was too much

>>83946639
I recall not liking ET, though don't recall why.

>>83949867
Faggot

>>83949239
Hiroshima is better and is less style over substance

>>83953577
nice man, nice

>>83953460
All these pleb opinions in one post...

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This is hot garbage holy shit. I mean, if you're autistic and just want to look at mildly pretty pictures then maaaaaaaaaaybe I can understand.

>>83953172
It's not in my mouth t b h

>>83949331
It's a complicated movie. For me it was about the artificiality of the modernity that has several effects - the war (which is the most obvious one), the destruction of the environment (the photograph sequence of the forest), the ephemeral seek for pleasure and love (the princess scene), the consequences of entertainment, that makes yourself don't live (the buddist scene, where he is watching the tv and at the same time is hanging out). Uncle Boonmee can only die in peace when he's in contact with nature, and that's told via cinamatography rather then dialog, like most things in the movie.

Joe is a difficult filmmaker, like Reygadas as well, and his work is very divisive but I really like him. I also loved Syndromes and a Century.

John Wick, some trite shit.

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I liked it but it's not the second coming of Hard-Boiled like a lot of people make it out to be.

I came into this thread expecting examples (with reasoning behind them) of films that people didn't really seem to understand why were received so positively. Instead the thread is filled with people being contrarians for the sake of being contrarian, whose hatred of the films they dislike can easily be explained by the hatred of people, or specifically the people who enjoyed said films. These "film-goers" base the entirety of their opinion and enjoyment of a motion picture on whether or not other people liked it and what kinds of people liked it. It's pathetic. You know who you are, do us all a favor and kill yourselves.

Blade Runner

it was alright and it had a unique aesthetic but i just didn't get it

yes i'm a pleb

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This movie is fucking awful.
I tried to understand the "hype" so i looked into the essays that turned the critical reception around.
They are borderline incomprehensible. Just a bunch of shit about the "male gaze".
Not only do the original essays that supposedly justify the truly horrid pacing and repetitiveness do a terrible job of conveying how the male gaze somehow warrants a reexamination, but literally nobody since has been able to either.
People just vomit buzzphrases like male gaze back and forth into each others mouths forever and ever jacking off to their own superiority for liking one of the most boring and pointless films ever made.
Hitchcock's worst desu.
Its an absolute disgrace that people rate this higher than Rear Window and Strangers on a Train.

I can't watch The Good The Bad and The Ugly. I've tried (I've counted) 6 separate times and I fall asleep or get bored

Every capeshit movie ever made during the past decade.

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Just kidding, it's one of the greatest films I've ever watched and I wish people would talk about it more on here.

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>>83948606
shit taste

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No problem with Hitchcock, or old movies, or even older movies. But wat.

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>>83951362
It's overrated but I'll be damned if it isn't fun to watch, it's just a cool movie.

>>83956400
Hitchcock is really overrated
outside of his four classics his massive filmography is almost all shit.

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>>83949074
t. degenerate

LotR trilogy

honestly very boring the entire way through

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>>83956220
I agree it's very overrated though I think it's a good movie, North By Northwest is my favorite of his personally.

For me I think A Streetcar Named Desire wasn't that great, and I say this as a Brando fan.

>>83956455
This is something literally only juvenile retards believe. And i've seen it time and time again without fail. The people who don't "get" Hitchcock are very young teens who don't even have the slightest bit of knowledge about cinema, it's history, the development of cinematography, film theory, nothing. It's very much like THAT smug asshole (who we all remember so well unfortunately) in the 9th grade English class who calls Shakespeare shit without even understanding anything about him. That little shit is you, i'm afraid.

>>83956440
>it's just a cool movie.
yup, that's the whole point of tarantino's films
it's embarrassing to see people analyze them as if they were art house. The only thing to break down are the references, and that's not as fun as the whole package

>>83953460
>the big fuzz

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>>83956690
Exactly, I never understand why people treat them so fucking seriously and have such a deep love or hatred for them.
His newer stuff is just okay to me but his crime dramas and action flicks are great to kick back and watch on a Saturday night.

>>83947324
Was anyone hyped for AI? I remember it bombing pretty badly.

>muh based Spielberg meme

>>83956607
nigga i love hitchcock
I didnt realize you have to love literally every single thing a director makes to be a true fan.
Once again though heres another example of a vertigo apologist who has failed to explain why it was ever worthy of re examination.
I get it with the cinematography. Any junior high school kid who likes movies knows he revolutionized camera work, after all the dolly zoom is sometimes called the vertigo zoom. But beyond being a footnote in the history of how people found creative ways to use cameras, i see absolutely nothing of value to this film.
Best movie of all time? Its not even the best Hitchcock movie of all time. Its not even the best movie in its genre. Its not even the best James Stewart movie. Its not even the best movie from 1958.
Its not fucking anything.
And please dont come at me with muh male gaze unless you happen to be one the person on earth who can explain why that makes the film better.

>>83946890

source? reverse image search isn't working.

>>83956400
I actually really that one even though you could see the twist coming once pay you attention to the husband.

What was your problem with it?

>>83954762
kys

>>83956882
hell its not even the best movie from the month of its release in 1958

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yes it was extremely well made, but I never understood the hype

>>83949074
>Seven Samurai

i'm okay with this because most people who call it a masterpiece don't even know why it is a masterpiece, the same goes with Tarkovsky, i want to beat the shit out of people who just say "oh yes, it's an amazing film, beautifully shot"

to "appreciate it" (not to "get it", is really just a regular film in terms of plot and shit, inb4 revolutionary for that time) you NEED technical knowledge, Kurosawa is a great director and his movies are technical masterpieces, but to be honest, who gives a fuck about the story? they're kinda shit t b h, samurais are gay

Dreams is his best and yes, i've been to film school and yes it was a waste of time because i probably won't make any money but i've learned how to watch a film "objectively" and not just "i liked it" or "didn't like it" which is 90% of /tv/'s posts

>>83949074
>Seven Samurai

same. i'm sure it was good for its time but i just found it very boring. i like rashomon and yojimbo much more than it.

>>83957206

criminally pleb

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nice looking with a good soundtrack and everything else is boring shit. i've watched it 3 times and i just don't get what the fuck people find so fascinating about it

>>83956898

Uncle Boonme Who Can Recall His Past Lives.

>>83957206
Literally one of the best movies of this century

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>>83957173

How do you feel about wasting your education to study how to more effectively shitpost?

I take it from your post, you did not do very well studying film either.

Stick to Refn kid.

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>>83957336
i just love films and at least my education is free you fucking slave

>>83957286
holy shit, this, this entire post, but you watched it one more time than i could bear.

also:
citizen kane, the holy mountain and eraserhead. i legit hated you guys for so heavily recommending them.

>>83951071
This. Fuck you capeshit/Star Wars fans.

>>83957416

So you studied film at a low tier community college running a 0 fees scheme?

Explains a lot.

>>83957286
people like it because of how well it fleshes out a cyberpunk universe that feels real and lived-in. And the effects were crazy for the time and still hold up mostly. Not because it was a GOAT story

>>83956950
It took me way by surprise tbqh. I hadn't read the book so I knew nothing about the story. actually off the top of my head I can't recall any twist that surprised me as much as rebecca's
>>83956364
overrated movie. meanders way too much

>>83957463
kys

>>83957541
yeah, but fuck all that with such a boring story. so i shouldn't watch it, just mute it and let it play in the background when i want to immerse myself in that 'verse? that's just not why i put on a movie, anon.

>>83957286
I've only seen it once and I thought visually it was perfect but the story, and especially the ending with the one replicant fag, was so underwhelming. excellent score though
>>83957463
out of those three I've only seen citizen kane. I think its deserving of the accolades but I can understand why you wouldn't like it.

>>83947097
literal retard or bait
>>83947468
no one thinks that much about it at all. cool ending though.
>>83947770
same. can't stay awake enough to invest in the story.
>>83956455
Spellbound, Strangers on a Train, Shadow of a Doubt

guys give me your favorite movie to watch right now

>>83957691
idris elba

>>83957568
I guess I figure it out with how different the feelings were about the first wife from the husband and the maid.

The maid was obviously kind of nuts, so you couldn't trust what she said.

>>83957691
Sans soleil

>>83957691
days of heaven

>>83957626
the acting is pretty good but yeah, it's mostly a landmark film for cinematography, set design, effects etc. The score was good too. But yes not writing. People want movies and vidya to be set in a universe like that more than they want the actual movie or god forbid a remake.

i still liked it tho

>>83957675
what's so good about chinatown senpai

>>83957820
literally grass: the movie

>>83957708
but you never really got what the feelings were from the husband. he was always either looking forlorn or straight up triggered whenever rebecca was mentioned, which would be reasonable behavior for someone who lost their spouse. and all the family friends and shit all seemed to love rebecca too.

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>>83957521
>being american

>>83957820
>richard gere
no
>>83957735
>french docu
why
>>83957702
>nigger

come on guys

>>83957691
Jurassic Park

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>>83957902
is reddit shut down or something?

>>83946965
You're not alone. It's a boring, stupid flick that's poorly shot and has even worse editing.

>>83957921
I watched it a couple weeks ago and it's actually worse than I remember sadly
>>83957926
>implying richard gere isn't reddit: the actor

All of Hitchcock

>>83947662
Honestly this. I still like them and anyone who wants to get into filmaking needs to watch them.

>>83957947
Try telling that to this board. They act like it's the best western of all time

>>83957845
It's just a well-made film. The acting is outstanding, top to bottom, cinematography is really good, engaging story. People criticize it for being too naked in its ambition or having its 'meaning' too spelled out, but there was never a deeper meaning to begin with. It's just a well made homage to noir and old LA and one of the last great noir films of that style in its own right. It's a very American film, even with Polanski directing.

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tbqhwyf

>>83949867
>>83951250
this is just lying

>>83953460
I like Seven Samurai for more reasons than I can list... a few being: well-laid out battle scenes that actually emphasize strategy; awesome acting performances from every major character; great character of Kambei who epitomizes nobility; interesting themes of class struggle (in which no side is presented as clear good or evil); awesome film-making technique (cutting, camera placement, etc.).