Most overrated supposed-to-be-smart movie? - Page 10

PokerFink · #91 06-05-2005, 12:51 AM

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the problem with lynch is that rarely can anyone ever agree on what said symbolism, etc is.

you have all of these smart people who come up with two or three possibilities for what a movie means and what you end up with is a form of abstract art film making.

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Many of the best paintings in history are very abstract with many different meanings. Look at some of Salvador Dali's stuff, for example.

Lynch makes great abstract films. He is undoubtedly the best in that genre today.

Now, Lynch's films are not for everybody. I can absolutely understand why someone would watch one of his films and not like it. But to say that there is something wrong with Lynch's films because they are abstract is a very ignorant thing to say. They are art, whether you understand it or not. They are genius and wonderful in their own unique way.

Paluka · #92 06-05-2005, 12:59 AM

I love 90% of the movies mentioned in this thread.

tdp · #93 06-05-2005, 01:02 AM

Since most of my favorite movies of all time have been mentioned in this thread,I think I need to seek out the ones I haven't seen.You folks have no taste.

Paluka · #94 06-05-2005, 01:04 AM

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son, you have a panty on your head

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this is the best post of this thread, by the way.

PokerFink · #95 06-05-2005, 01:42 AM

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I love 90% of the movies mentioned in this thread.

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Me too.

I'm going to do the same as tdp and check out the ones I haven't seen.

WillMagic · #96 06-05-2005, 08:24 AM

Honestly you need to rewatch the Graduate. I mean, it's not AWFUL...but people call it a classic when it really just isn't. And that fits my definition of overrated. It's 3 star movie when most people think it is a 4 star.

I mean, really, this boring, irritating teenager gets a chance with the super-cool Mrs. Robinson only to give it up for the other boring, irritating teenager. And then they sit in the back of the bus and stare at each other. What the hell?

Will

bernie · #97 06-05-2005, 09:40 AM

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B Dids · #98 06-05-2005, 11:31 AM

This thread makes me hate people.

Some of the responses make me thing people weren't smart enough to watch the movie they didn't like in the first place.

hedxcold · #99 06-05-2005, 11:45 AM

chasing amy and dogma

Rushmore · #**100** 06-05-2005, 11:49 AM

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Honestly you need to rewatch the Graduate. I mean, it's not AWFUL...but people call it a classic when it really just isn't. And that fits my definition of overrated. It's 3 star movie when most people think it is a 4 star.

I mean, really, this boring, irritating teenager gets a chance with the super-cool Mrs. Robinson only to give it up for the other boring, irritating teenager. And then they sit in the back of the bus and stare at each other. What the hell?

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For fear of being flamed, I am resisting the urge to "talk cinema."

That said, your synopsis is woefully inadequate.

At the very VERY least, it was a groundbreaking movie which addressed the previously-unapproached topic of young adult alienation/coming-of-age.

But I am resisting the urge to further this discussion.

Next, you'll be saying Midnight Cowboy was just some dumb movie about a stupid hick and a worthless homeless guy, no better than, say, Crocodile Dundee.