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Classic films that you feel are terrible
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LegendOfGood
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revolverjgw
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Terminator 2. All the edge and grit and mystery from the first movie was removed. It needlessly complicates the mythology, has stupid humor, an annoying child actor, offputting Hollywood gloss, neuters an amazing villain, etc.
I see what you did there.
Brian Fellows
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I've never been able to make it through Scarface. It just feels like a bad made for TV movie.
seventynine
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Saving Private Ryan. (Aside from the beach landing). Awful bookending scenes, Ryan is a shit of the highest order, I simply couldn't engage with him. The last act with the MacGuyver style shenanigans and that dreadful "angels on my shoulder" BS. I remember reading William Goldman's critique of it and agreeing with most of it.
Vire
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Yeah, I was afraid of mentioning that since the pitchforks might come out.
Haha.
The crazy thing is that I love Sergio Leone's other Westerns.
Much of De Palma's stuff feels that way to me.
nincompoop
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The Searchers - John Wayne simply wasn't a good enough actor to play complex characters who undergo any sort of emotional development. Also most of the supporting actors were unbearable to watch.
I don't feel too strongly about Scarface, but between GTA III and the cheesiness of the 80s, I just can't take scenes where the soundtrack kicks in too seriously. The "Push it to the Limit" montage is the quintessential 80s movie cliché.
You are a bad person. Straight up.
I have no love for John Wayne but I still liked The Searchers in spite of it's performances. John Ford knew what he was doing.
Ignatz Mouse
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His cinematography and scoring have aged particularly badly, and he likes over-the-top acting.
Vire
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Push it to the Limit is the greatest thing of the entirety of the 80's.
It's just... perfect.
Do you have link Goldman's critique? I'd be really interested in reading it.
Vire
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People forget that he did Mr.Mom.
Deified Data
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Bladerunner. As a huge fan of Dick's original novel, I found I simply couldn't get into Bladerunner. Perhaps it was Harrison Ford's god-awful performance. Why people respect this man as an actor I will never understand.
I couldn't think of any. There are some classics I don't like, but I would never say they're terrible. That would kinda be ignorant.
Nappuccino
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seventynine
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SonicMegaDrive
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I have a friend who detests both of them.
And no, I have no clue why he's still my friend.
Anything before the 1970s. Older styles of filmmaking are extremely dated and it's very noticeable how they were confined within the limits of the technology at the time. It is impressive when they build giant setpieces because they actually had to build them, but I can't suspend my disbelief enough to enjoy their stories.
Isamu Dyson
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wow i feel like i've just been stabbed in the heart, like i get that this movie could be not for every one, and yeah first time i viewed it i did feel it was slightly convoluted but cool all the same. but detesting is a strong reaction.
story is pretty simple though, its just about a dude trying to save the woman he loves and the ending, he finally succeeds by becoming celestial and living for eternity.
but yeah i'll get back on topic.
for me it has to be the goonies, everybody i know loves this film or adored it as a kid,
i personally just don't get it, it's not good.
EDIT: also the op hit the nail on the head with ferris bueller
I was looking at revisionist westerns and... Some dope on Wikipedia classified Shane as revisionist? How the hell does that even work? that's like super-ultra-classic western. By the way, I just thought of something.
Shane is an awful movie.
Also as to your Italians thing. Peckinpah had Ride the High Country out in 62. Fistful of Dollars wasn't out until a couple of years later. Italians were important, but there was an American set at work as well.
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
I sat in a theater on opening day and laughed at it. I just couldn't help myself.
Oh yeah, Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid. That's another one I saw recently that I was bored through parts of. Perhaps not terrible, but I never want to see it again.
Honestly, what I remember most from the movie was having my mind blown when I immediately realized this guy:
Was this guy:
Honestly, what I remember most from the movie was having my mind blown when I immediately realized this guy:
Was this guy:
TheKaeptain
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That's funny, because I feel that way about most any "classic" made after 1980.
This thread is very revealing.
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I like it, but that musical montage with the bike is so stupid and out of place in a period movie.
Oh yeah, Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid. That's another one I saw recently that I was bored through parts of. Perhaps not terrible, but I never want to see it again.
Honestly, what I remember most from the movie was having my mind blown when I immediately realized this guy:
Was this guy:
Donelly Rhodes is great.
Vire
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No, because it was overly sappy and incredibly melodramatic. Some scenes are pretty laughable.
PhoenixDark
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Unforgiven
Blade Runner
I don't think Blade Runner is "terrible" but it strikes me as a brilliant film from a technical aspect that is just bad in every other way: writing, acting, etc. It's a glorified tech demo
Blade Runner
I don't think Blade Runner is "terrible" but it strikes me as a brilliant film from a technical aspect that is just bad in every other way: writing, acting, etc. It's a glorified tech demo
Ignatz Mouse
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Oh yeah, Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid. That's another one I saw recently that I was bored through parts of. Perhaps not terrible, but I never want to see it again.
Honestly, what I remember most from the movie was having my mind blown when I immediately realized this guy:
Was this guy:
Dutch!
Bothered the crap out of me that I couldn't figure out where I knew him from on BSG until I imdb-ed him.
Megadragon15
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Jurassic Park I, II, and III.
TheKaeptain
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His voice was surprisingly similar, considering its so gravelly in BSG. One of my prouder moments of recognition.
There's nothing wrong with saying you don't like Blade Runner or 2001; but if you're arguing that they're objectively bad films, then most people would consider you factually incorrect.
My example for this thread would be The Big Lebowski. It's a good film, but I just don't get it.
My example for this thread would be The Big Lebowski. It's a good film, but I just don't get it.
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Also, it came out back when OG Star Wars fans still gave a shit about the franchise, and broke Star Wars's record. Much butthurt ensued.
BaronLundi
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ohhthegore
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While I enjoy T2 for the action, everything you said is very true
If you haven't seen it (which it's highly likely since it's never gotten a proper dvd release) find a film called "Westward the Women". I watched that maybe last month and it you won't find it on any "Classic Westerns" lists because it doesn't have a strong male lead nor is it directed by Ford, Zinneman or any other of the big western directors (It was directed by William Wellman), but the film builds itself around a large group of women on a trek across the country to California. It was revisionist cinema during the so called "Classic" period and it is undoubtedly amazing. It's rich with character, full arcs for all of it's primary, secondary and tertiary characters and has some truly fantastic stunt work that left me shocked. It's a shame it doesn't get the praise that it should because it was one of those films where the women are shown to have more power than they are ever normally given in a typical western film.
What!? A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly are all excellent. Hell, I usually hate westerns but these are some of the best films I've ever seen.
I don't think I've come across any 'classics' that I would consider terrible. I never really liked Citizen Kane, but it wasn't terrible. I probably would have liked it more if the Simpson's didn't spoil it for me. Perhaps Dirty Harry, maybe it was the era it was made but everything felt a bit cheesy, but even then it is somewhat enjoyable.
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