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Classic films that you feel are terrible

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sk3 said:
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.
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SomeDude said:
Any classic made before 1970. The old movies are horrible.
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A good example of a much maligned film that's now considered a classic. : )
 
Normally I find that the old movies still considered good actually hold up.

That said the one that I can think of it's To Kill A Mockingbird. It's a poor adaptation. That said, I don't care for the book either.
 
Not considered a classic by any stretch, but many people do love it: The Big Lebowski

The Dude is a great character. He's as likable on screen as he is fun to watch. But the picture as a whole is not good and certainly doesn't stand up many of the movies that Joel and his brother have produced and directed together. As their follow up to Fargo (which imo is their best effort by a large margin), Lebowski felt like a bad sitcom with a few good jokes sprinkled to keep you interested just long enough before the narrator decided it was time to draw the curtain and bring all the nonsense to a close.
 
sk3 said:
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.
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What kind of films are you talking about, what have you actually seen?
It's harder for me to suspend my disbelief in blatantly CGI driven movies honestly.
 
icarus-daedelus said:
This sounds awesome. Thanks for the rec.

Regardless of what you think of [insert favorite here], it's just one film. People saying 'everything prior to the 70s' are shitting on hundreds (or thousands?) of films they've never even seen. Great art is produced in every era and with any kind of technical limitation.
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True. I'd say in general, I don't care for most movies being made today. But there's just too many diamonds in the rough each year for me to say "Anything made after the year 1999 is poo-poo balls".

Every era has great stuff worth investing your time in.
 
GQman2121 said:
Not considered a classic by any stretch, but many people do love it: The Big Lebowski

The Dude is a great character. He's as likable on screen as he is fun to watch. But the picture as a whole is not good and certainly doesn't stand up many of the movies that Joel and his brother have produced and directed together. As their follow up to Fargo (which imo is their best effort by a large margin), Lebowski felt like a bad sitcom with a few good jokes sprinkled to keep you interested just long enough before the narrator decided it was time to draw the curtain and bring all the nonsense to a close.
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That would have been my take after just one viewing as well. There's a lot more to it than that.

And I love Fargo, but it's not their best. Even if you argued it, I'd never concede "by a large margin."
 
Persona7 said:
I disliked Scar Face (1983) with every ounce of my being.

Does anyone even consider this film as a "classic"?
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Trill team over here considers it more than that, it's a masterpiece.

People hung up over the melodrama in the film, that's not always a bad thing. Straight up pop-art.
 
Op's rules should have been:

1. state how old you are.
2. Also list a classic that you love.

Because as of now, none of you make any sense.

Ferris Bueller is cult, not classic. It is a about a point in history called the 80's, and if you weren't there at the time then you're never going to get the most out if it. If you were, that's fine too, because after all, it is a mostly mediocre comedy with some cute 4th wall breaking.

Breakfast Club, on the other hand, will be a classic someday.
 
Pretty much any Robert Altman movie.

5 years ago I would have said Citizen Kane but as I grow older, I've really learned to appreciate It.
 
icarus-daedelus said:
Like Blade Runner, The Searchers is a beautiful movie, but I don't find much going on under the surface. (I wouldn't say I think either of those is terrible, pitchfork & torch brigade, just discussing.)

I personally dislike most 'classic' westerns, though, before the Italians started their wonderful revisionism of the genre. TGFSL.
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Even The Man who shot liberty valance because I don't know how anyone could dislike that movie.:P haven't gotten around to watching The Searchers yet though.

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.
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Eh don't get this post, because a lot of good 40s/50s/60s film feel timeless in certain aspects, I mean you don't haft to suspend your disbelief when you watch a film like the third man, seven samurai, citizen kane, la dolce vita etc any more then when you watch a modern film like black swan or something..
 
The only movie that really comes to mind is The Deer Hunter, and I'm not even sure it's viewed as a classic.

I found it boring as shit (especially the first hour) and other than the roulette scene watching it felt like an enormous waste of my time.

But every time it comes up online people seem to be fairly divided on it, so maybe it isn't much of a classic on its own. I can't think of anything else, though - most of them I can respect as movies even if I don't enjoy them.
 
sk3 said:
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.
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My brain can't process the fact people actually unironically believe this...
 
I like the idea posted above of listing age and movies you do like.

I'll back up my answers:

I'm 45.

I listed Clockwork Orange, ET, FBDO and Wall-E as classics I don't like.

From relatively similar time periods, I like 2001, Raging Bull, Breakfast Club and lots of modern movies.


I don't list many very-old movies that I dislike, because if I'm going out of my way to see such an old movie, it's probably been recommended to me highly. And if I don't like it, I tend to forget about it pretty quickly. I saw Casablanca within the last couple of years and loved it, for instance.
 
Switters said:
Op's rules should have been:

1. state how old you are.
2. Also list a classic that you love.

Because as of now, none of you make any sense.
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I kind of like this idea.

I listed Aliens and T2.

1. 23
2. Goodfellas, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Days of Heaven, Blade Runner, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
 
On topic I can say I'm not really a fan of the so called american golden-age films, or of musicals in general, but those are mostly aesthethic choices, I grew up on italian cinema so a lot of hollywood just feels incredibly bland.
 
i dont think its a classic but Atonement was the most irritating movie i ever saw in my life.

JUST LET THEM FUCK IN PEACE WHY DID YOU RUIN THEIR LOVE YOU LITTLE BITCH
 
sk3 said:
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.
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I'd put the cut off in the late '60s, but I agree with this post.
 
Laurence of Arabia.

I mean, I don't think it's a "bad movie" so to speak. It's beautifully shot, with amazing cinematography, but at the same time I just get bored out of my mind watching it. Such bloated lengthy shots that drag on forever. But then again, I'm a hard sell for flicks with running times beyond 2 hours.
 
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