As you saw yesterday, I love Annie Hall. I think it is an almost perfect film, with some moments that make me laugh out loud.
About I made the post, I received two e-mails from people that I respect.
The first one expressed that she knew that it may change my opinion about her, but she hated the film.
The second person e-mailed me to tell me that she had never seen it.
While I was flabbergasted by someone not having seen Annie Freaking Hall, I was rendered speechless by the idea of someone who I happen to believe to be brilliant loathed this film.
Then I started thinking about it.
There are a number of movies that people love that I cannot stand.
Why? Well, I would say that they are crap, but most of my issues with the films come from the idea of the film being better executed than the film itself.
Here are a couple (or four) of mine:
Braveheart
Schindler's List
Gladiator
Forrest Gump
These are all beautiful films. I am not challenging that in the least. However, none of them are great films. All of them suffer from the belief that everyone attached to the film is doing something important; fighting tyranny, documenting the power of the individual, and providing a survey of historically significant moments.
In the hands of lesser people, these films could be wonderful, but then end up being over blown and to some extent (and it applies to all of them) cartoonish.
What films do you loathe that everyone else loves?
(And in deference to a number of my friends and peers, I am not even going to mention Star Wars: A New Hope.)
I couldn't finish "Annie Hall." I tried, I did. But I had to turn it off.
ReplyDeleteI freaking hate Woody Allen. I've never seen a movie of his that I enjoyed. Mostly, I just want to punch him in the face repeatedly. He is the most annoying human being ever inflicted on the earth.
That said, I really love "Forrest Gump." And I also really loved "Braveheart" until Mel Gibson went crazy and ruined it for me.
I also hate all of the Star Wars movies. I just don't get it.
Sarah, the person who hasn't seen yet also hates Little Miss Sunshine and Sideways...
ReplyDeleteBut she has yet to give it a shot. ;-)
I also really hated Sideways.
ReplyDeleteI tend to have trouble with movies about selfish pricks having mid-life crises. You know what I said on the phone. Just grow the fuck up.
Most "comedies" just don't do it for me. My friends and movie-goers laugh and laugh, and I sit there, awkwardly. I wanted to kill myself during Napoleon Dynamite. Avatar? I mean... I didn't despise it, but all those accolades? What?
ReplyDeleteThen again, I own two Marky Mark movies on DVD, so what do I know?
I don't like any movie that manipulates.... such as all the movies you love to hate. If you want to talk about selfish pricks having (pre) mid life crises, Hot Tub Time Machine was most excellent. ;)
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