Comments | burntcopper: Classic films you hate

burntcopper

Classic films you hate

Mar 24, 2010 22:33

everyone knows that list of classic films. the critical *and* popular darlings. The ones everyone is supposed to have on their rack of filmic Desert Island Discs. However, not everyone's tastes are the same. One person's squee is another's bored to tears ( Read more... )

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akadougal March 24 2010, 22:58:38 UTC

2001 - so fucking boring. And pointless.
The Seven Samuri - I admired the techniques but did wander out to the bar halfway through, return, and realised I'd missed nothing.

I also second your Citizen Kane hate.

Defending films? Original St Trinians and Excalibur. You didn't say they had to be amazing.

peterjevans March 24 2010, 23:30:56 UTC

Interesting question. But tough for a couple of reasons… Firstly, how you define a classic film? Secondly, if I’m not enjoying a film I tend to take the hugely unfashionable step of ceasing to watch it, which leaves me feeling unjustified in saying I hate, say, anything by Alfred Hitchcock or Singing in the Rain or The Creature from the Black Lagoon or whatever, because I’ve only been masochistic enough to expose myself to the first fifteen minutes or so.

Thus I cannot properly comment on either Citizen Kane or The Godfather

However, out of supposedly great movies that I have seen at least most of and which have made me want to put out the director’s eyes with my thumbs:

Fight ClubInexplicably popular. I found most of the movie to be vaguely watchable if stupid, self-important, unfunny, uninteresting and so far up it’s own arse it can brush its teeth from the inside. Hateful central characters, too. Then the big reveal at the end comes, which is quite frankly the most goddamn stupid trick I have ever seen a movie try to pull. And I ( ... )

gmh March 24 2010, 23:33:28 UTC

The bad:

The Seventh Seal. I know that it's a Classic Of Cinema. That is has Cultural Influence up the wazoo. I just fall asleep whenever I try to watch it. Everyone is going to die. No exceptions.

(At least it's not quite slit-your-wrists time.)

Breaking The Waves: Lars von Trier. OK, this is slit-your-wrists time. Along with PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING BY LARS VON TRIER. Everything is either sick, painful, suicidally depressing or all three ( ... )

be_themoon March 24 2010, 23:41:26 UTC

I don't watch a great many classic films, but I do have to say though a few parts of The Seven Samurai were quite nice, most of it was kind of really, really boring.

on the other hand, Casablanca! OH, CASABLANCA. <3333 absolute love.

annajaneclare March 25 2010, 02:24:49 UTC

Sorry, but I fucking love the Godfather I and II. And you're right about the book - it's really not that good. But seconding the love for Casablanca and Some Like It Hot.

So, let's barbeque a couple of sacred moo-cows.

First, and I feel dreadful about saying this because he's not long gone, but Dirty Dancing. I just can't stand it. I managed to avoid it throughout my teenage years despite Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze's picture being everywhere and I didn't see it until I was thirty. Whereupon I loathed it on sight. I think part of my aversion springs from the way it's just been mooned over and drooled over in that annoying OMGNOSTALGIA way. Same goes for Grease. Kill it. Kill it with fire.

Second - Titanic. Do I need to elaborate on this?

Classics I love forever - Kind Hearts and Coronets and The Exorcist.