| Films people have raved over, but I haven't seen the point |
Fri, 25 April 2008 19:46  |
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Now this one should be an interesting list. There are literally loads of films I own or have seen and thought 'Well, I don't see the point of this' or 'The critic thought this was brilliant but I think its crap'
Here's my list.
1. Fargo - Every critic on the planet raves over this film, but I think its violent, incomprehensible and the dialogue is rubbish.
2. The Magnificient Ambersons - the one they always put on after Citizen Kane. Too long and quite dull (I daresay I should be shot for that one).
3. The Birds - its alright.
4. Repulsion - watch this once, that's enough.
5. Reservoir Dogs - If anyone tells me the dialogue in this film is great one more time, I'll swear I'll get upset. It isn't. The film is okay.
6. Psycho - I agree, a brilliant, well shot film, but frightening? No.
7. All of the Saw series - completely pointless.
8. The Hostel series - even more pointless. I hope Eli Roth gets a new act one day.
9. Atonement - this is meant to be the saviour of British film? Right!
10. Four weddings and a funeral - worth one watch and that's all.
11. Love Actually - Yawn and double yawn.
12. Solaris - the George Clooney one - dull, very dull.
13. American Psycho - will someone please tell me WHY this film was made? Violent, unpleasant and a waste of reel.
14. Most adaptations of Stephen King novels - with a few exceptions, including the Shining and Firestarter as well as Carrie and The Stand - most Stephen King novels are badly shot.
15. Most adaptations of Dean R Koontz novels - most completely miss the point.
16. Most American remakes of Japanese horror films - the Ring, Ju-On, Dark Water - why bother, the Jap version is so much better.
17. Eastern Promises - unpleasant, not particularly brilliant but not as violent as many people said it was going to be.
Thats it.
And my other grumble is why do film censors always get hot under the collar about sex? I can understand that some get nervous about violence, fair enough but why does sex always come in for a battering? Most of the audience who see these films are already old enough to have had a lot of sex in their lives. They aren't nuns or priests, and many of them will have performed the sex acts which potentially get banned (with the exception of the more extreme S&M efforts). The BBC always get hot under the collar about this stuff. Why? I thought we'd got rid of Mary Whitehouse and her funny bunch. And they always pixelate out the male erection.
[Updated on: Fri, 25 April 2008 19:51]
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