What movie everybody else loves but you hate?

[devilof76]

When did evil people become a bad choice for a Halloween costume?

 

[CelticPredator]

Great question. Apparently when the world decided it need to play the morality police.

 

[devilof76]

I have to wonder when it comes to things like being completely uninspired by Hunger Games, or being offended by A Clockwork Orange, do people have underlying sympathies for the point of view that the films' villains represent?

Because as malicious as Alex is, he's not nearly as demented as the people attempting to reprogram him, and if I had pretensions of dictating morality to others, I might not like to see a behavioral modification zealot depicted as a sadistic, power lusting rat.

 

[Lejuan]

I don't get people who dress up as zombies. Don't they understand that zombies try to kill innocent people and eat their brains?

 

[aaronViolator]

hated pulp fiction.....all the kill bill movies....oh and the big lebowski ...I thought the dude was a funny character but hated everything else about it

and the hangover movies....

 

[devilof76]

I don't understand why people hate Pulp Fiction.

Can't fathom hatred for Kill Bill whatsoever.

I don't get people who dress up as zombies. Don't they understand that zombies try to kill innocent people and eat their brains?

But wouldn't you rather be eaten alive by a festering bag of rot than raped?

 

[Solidus]

I don't understand why people like Pulp Fiction.

Can't fathom the love for Kill Bill whatsoever.

 

[ZaCHw117]

Brazil
Every. Single. Star. Trek. Movie. (haven't seen the new one.)
Mamma Mia
Superman
The last 2 Matrix's

 

[Solidus]

Better Alex Delarge than Che Guevera.

I actually agree with you there . But then again, Che was more evil than most movie villains.

 

[snoop101]

Iron Man 2

 

[devilof76]

People like something in IM2 besides Scarlett?

I don't understand why people like Pulp Fiction.

Can't fathom the love for Kill Bill whatsoever.

I was kinda looking for, like, elaboration.

 

[snoop101]

It isn't a movie, but I can't stand Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. It's awful to say the least.

 

[Kabukiman]

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[ZaCHw117]

Dude, you be losing track of all your threads.

 

[intothevoid]

I have to wonder when it comes to things like being completely uninspired by Hunger Games, or being offended by A Clockwork Orange, do people have underlying sympathies for the point of view that the films' villains represent?

Because as malicious as Alex is, he's not nearly as demented as the people attempting to reprogram him, and if I had pretensions of dictating morality to others, I might not like to see a behavioral modification zealot depicted as a sadistic, power lusting rat.

That would be a no.

In the case of A Clockwork Orange, don't have sympathy for either side. But then again i've only seen it once a decade ago and have no intention of watching it again

 

[devilof76]

I probably should have said antagonists. The 'villains' in Kubrick's film/Burgess's novel were the authorities.

What was your issue with Hunger Games?

 

[intothevoid]

What was your issue with Hunger Games?

For starters, I don't really 'get' why the games occur in the first place.

The explanation for the entire setting (therefore the reason why they have these annual 'Hunger Games') was far too rushed, so much so that I don't even remember it now. So for me, from that point on, everything fell apart.

It was a very 'this is what it is, you have to take it at face value' - I'd rather if they had taken the time to explain the backstory more so you are more invested in the story and the conflicts of the characters. I guess a classic case (for me) of a film needing more 'showing' and less 'telling'.

That would have paid the 'payoff' of the final act with the actual fight much more rewarding.


Apart from all that, the complete cold depiction of children murdering other children didn't really compute for me. I get why they showed it that way - they're trying to show a world where these games are an ongoing annual event and so the characters are desensitized in a sense to all the violence. But it's tricky conveying that visually, and I don't think the movie does a great job of it, it comes across as gratuitous violence for me. Hence my belief that is should not have been PG13 rated.

Overall, I guess the appeal of the story is totally lost on me. So seeing it do record numbers for me sits alongside modern day tragedies of commercialisation such as the following:

https://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/12-extremely-disappointing-facts-about-popular-mus

 

[devilof76]

The point is to maintain the sense of submission in the populace.

The exposition was short and simple because the point of the film was to show the event itself, which it did in spades. I think that most people grasp the concept of those who hold power by force needing a way to keep their subjects in line, fear being the most effective (and fear for their children being the ultimate).

Do you think it should have had an R rating?

I'm still on the same page I was on before your post. That the appeal was lost on you doesn't surprise me. Commercialization had nothing to do with the attraction its audience had for it. Common values would be a better place to start if you had any desire to understand why it had such a powerful emotional impact on those who love it.

 

[King Darkness]

For starters, I don't really 'get' why the games occur in the first place.

The explanation for the entire setting (therefore the reason why they have these annual 'Hunger Games') was far too rushed, so much so that I don't even remember it now. So for me, from that point on, everything fell apart.

It was a very 'this is what it is, you have to take it at face value' - I'd rather if they had taken the time to explain the backstory more so you are more invested in the story and the conflicts of the characters. I guess a classic case (for me) of a film needing more 'showing' and less 'telling'.

That would have paid the 'payoff' of the final act with the actual fight much more rewarding.


Apart from all that, the complete cold depiction of children murdering other children didn't really compute for me. I get why they showed it that way - they're trying to show a world where these games are an ongoing annual event and so the characters are desensitized in a sense to all the violence. But it's tricky conveying that visually, and I don't think the movie does a great job of it, it comes across as gratuitous violence for me. Hence my belief that is should not have been PG13 rated.

Overall, I guess the appeal of the story is totally lost on me. So seeing it do record numbers for me sits alongside modern day tragedies of commercialisation such as the following:

https://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/12-extremely-disappointing-facts-about-popular-mus

The point is to maintain the sense of submission in the populace.

The exposition was short and simple because the point of the film was to show the event itself, which it did in spades. I think that most people grasp the concept of those who hold power by force needing a way to keep their subjects in line, fear being the most effective (and fear for their children being the ultimate).

Do you think it should have had an R rating?

I'm still on the same page I was on before your post. That the appeal was lost on you doesn't surprise me. Commercialization had nothing to do with the attraction its audience had for it. Common values would be a better place to start if you had any desire to understand why it had such a powerful emotional impact on those who love it.

Words

 

[devilof76]

I have more.