What movie everybody else loves but you hate?

[batfan08]

People like watching pieces of **** do things they have to think about. Simple as that.

Yeah, I know, and I've stated multiple times that I appreciate what the film did, and it did make me think, but I just feel that a generation has completely turned Alex into something he's not. I look at it this way: it is the anti-funhouse mirror effect. Alex is a disturbed, depraved individual; the analogy is that he's the distorted image that you see in a fun house mirror. The way some have interpreted him, though, it's like he's not the image that you see in the mirror; he's the one looking into the mirror, and when he looks into it, what he sees is normality. That sounds a little confusing after reading it, so I'll sum it up differently. I don't like that someone who is clearly not a good person is interpreted as some sort of normal, deep anti-hero. What happens to Alex should make you think, not Alex himself.

 

[Ash Housewares]

Fightclub

 

[a-dev]

I never see people say they love Avatar so I think it belongs in the other thread if anything.

 

[CelticPredator]

Yeah, I know, and I've stated multiple times that I appreciate what the film did, and it did make me think, but I just feel that a generation has completely turned Alex into something he's not. I look at it this way: it is the anti-funhouse mirror effect. Alex is a disturbed, depraved individual; the analogy is that he's the distorted image that you see in a fun house mirror. The way some have interpreted him, though, it's like he's not the image that you see in the mirror; he's the one looking into the mirror, and when he looks into it, what he sees is normality. That sounds a little confusing after reading it, so I'll sum it up differently. I don't like that someone who is clearly not a good person is interpreted as some sort of normal, deep anti-hero. What happens to Alex should make you think, not Alex himself.

That's fair enough. Actually your opinion didn't bother me, but I had to sting you a little bit.

 

[Darkseed]

The Lord of The Rings trilogy.

While I can acknowledge that they are very well made films, I personally just found them so boring and pointless. No interest in seeing the cash grab Hobbit trilogy as a result.

I felt the same with LoTR. Unfortunately, I tried watching The Hobbit sleep

I'd add BTTF in my list. I enjoyed the first film for it's originality / humor etc. but the following sequels did nothing for me...

 

[TheObsoleteMan]

The Raid: Redemption. Not that I hated that movie (though I can't imagine ever watching it again), it was what it was, but I definitely did not see what all the hype was about.

 

[batfan08]

That's fair enough. Actually your opinion didn't bother me, but I had to sting you a little bit.

I gotcha. It doesn't sting me as much as the fact that you like those movies with Bumble bee, though.

 

[The Ween]

The Hobbit.......

 

[The Ween]

The Lord of The Rings trilogy.

While I can acknowledge that they are very well made films, I personally just found them so boring and pointless. No interest in seeing the cash grab Hobbit trilogy as a result.

Most movies are pointless and made for money.

 

[RIDDICK]

I never see people say they love Avatar...

Here I am

 

[Voorhees27]

Fightclub

But you actually hated it?

 

[CriterionCollector]

Taxi Driver. Overrated. I expected Travis Bickle to be a more compelling psychotic than he was. Lecter, Bateman, Joker and Chigurh put him away.


SnakeDoc

Wow! You just like your stuff black and white with no subtlety at all don't you?

 

[SnakeDoctor]

Wow! You just like your stuff black and white with no subtlety at all don't you?

Subtlety is overrated. I prefer my homicidal psychos *****-to-the-wall.

SnakeDoc

 

[The Ween]

People's tastes are sooo different. I'm shocked at some of the answers.

 

[CriterionCollector]

Subtlety is overrated. I prefer my homicidal psychos *****-to-the-wall.

SnakeDoc

Bickel wasn't a psychopath, he was a sociopath. I should have made that point first. I don't think Paul Schrader's point was analyzing a psycho as much as it was about the concept of heroism.

 

[Adolfo]

Subtlety is overrated. I prefer my homicidal psychos *****-to-the-wall.

SnakeDoc

I gotta say something...Travis was a sign of the times...Just like Paul Kersey was back then...I lived in NYC for 42 years...I know many wish they could do what Travis Bickle did back in the day after seeing that film...and Travis represented alot of good New Yorkers who resided there...NYC was tough back then ...I remember lots those places where Travis walked or even drove...Travis was a tragic human figure versus those guys you mentioned in earlier posts...Those guys were just animals/monsters...subtlety is patience and methodical...and there aint nothing wrong with that...it aint about speed or strength all the time...I remember people in the theater clapping after Travis blew those guys away in 76...It was the same with Deathwish in 74 I believe...I'll never forget it...Great films back in the day

 

[CelticPredator]

I gotcha. It doesn't sting me as much as the fact that you like those movies with Bumble bee, though.

That car is the bees knees.

 

[MANDO]

Hackers. Meh...

 

[CriterionCollector]

Travis, *ahem*, BICKEL, was an antihero. He almost assassinated a presidential candidate to get back at the girl who rejected him. I'm sure he wouldn't have been viewed the way he was at the end of the film if he accomplished that. Instead he killed a bunch of lowlifes and "rescued" a prostitute who had no inclination to be saved in the first place. It's a very deep film if you look past the surface.

 

[Adolfo]

Travis, *ahem*, BICKEL, was an antihero. He almost assassinated a presidential candidate to get back at the girl who rejected him. I'm sure he wouldn't have been viewed the way he was at the end of the film if he accomplished that. Instead he killed a bunch of lowlifes and "rescued" a prostitute who had no inclination to be saved in the first place. It's a very deep film if you look past the surface.

Tragic figure that didnt fit in but tried...deep and controversial film in its day...more and more folks today think less about our Presidents or politicians for that matter