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Mulholland Drive

Memory is real bad on this one, but when I was young I saw a movie called Brazil that fits the m.o., but who knows, maybe I need to see it again.

Despite the bag line, I thought American Beauty was good.

Those of you who said Usual Suspects must have the movie ruined for you by overhype or something before you saw it, otherwise you're on crack.

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Brazil was probably Terry Gilliam's best work. I really enjoyed it at least.

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Yeah, Primer was so overrated that it almost made half a million dollars in the box office.

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Box office sales != Overrated

Primer was praised very very highly by many critics. I actually enjoyed. I think the problem is that many people look at movies as mindless entertainment. Juwanna Man is obviously midless entertainment, but movies like Lost Highway and Primer are supposed to make you think and discuss the meaning with others. I love movie where I walk out of the theater and I just can't wait to start discussing it with whoever I saw it with.

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I'm kinda confused, if we're really going by the box office sales = overrated standard then a whole lot of these movies do not qualify for discussion (Donnie Darko especially). It is over time that these movies have become appreciated/overrated (depending on personal bias or whatever). Seems like there aren't that many smart movies that make a lot of money because of the aforementioned Juwanna man principle.

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Lost Highway.

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I stopped reading your post at

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I thought White Chicks was going to be a smart commentary on racial perceptions in America.

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Sort of hard to be interested in too much more you had to say.

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I think you need to turn on your sarcasm detector.. was actually a funny post

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12 monkeys or just about anything else directed by Terry Gilliam