What movie did you just watch?

[Cemetery Hill]

Just saw Smuggler. I could barely understand it, seeing how it's in Japanese, but I could follow the story pretty well. Had some pretty wild action scenes, too.

[puggsoy]

The Producers.

I usually hate musical movies (High School Musical, Hairspray, etc) but this one was a comedy film at the same time so it was great. The songs were actually pretty good too.

I find the Harry Potter films are very bad at establishing important characters. Maybe I'm just not that interested in the story but I end up having to re-watch the old films after seeing the later ones in order to remember who the hell people are.

It's probably easier to remember if you've read the books as well. For example I probably wouldn't even remember right now that Percy or Gilderoy Lockhart existed if I hadn't read the books.

[Goemar]

I read the first 3 (and hated the third film because I'm a douche when it comes to inconsistencies: if your on a horse in the future when you actually do it you should be on a damn horse etc.).

And well, surely that means they're bad films? I mean I've never read LotR (only the Hobbit) but I was able to follow the films easily without having to have read the books first.

[puggsoy]

Well your point about not being interested is also a factor probably. They could also just be bad films in that sense, but I mean the same goes for PotC too: the story is so vague and only touched upon every now and again (sometimes I doubt there even is one), yet each film is individually good and (relatively) follow-able.

As for LotR, that is pretty easy to follow, but then again the story is pretty simple and doesn't have many twists or significant intricacies. The books, on the other hand, are actually more difficult to keep track of, or at least stay interested in, especially when it comes to the second book (which I stopped with halfway through). Honestly, sometimes it can spend an entire chapter describing a hill and only have one sentence of dialogue.
(This is not including The Hobbit of course, in which they arrive in Rivendell in like 2 chapters. I read that first as well so I was probably overwhelmed by the LotR books.)

Anyway I think it probably comes down to how interested you are in a film's story (and consequentially how much you think about it and discuss it with others) which defines how easily you can keep track of it. Obviously how the film portrays it also counts but it's not the only factor.

[Emma]

I JUST SAW LES MIS AND I HAVE A LOT OF FEELINGS ABOUT IT

/SCREAMS 'JEAN VALJEAN' INTO THE ABYSS

i made a post about it on my tumblr

[Ton]

I saw "Braindead"/"Dead Alive" and "The Rocketeer." The first was hilarious and gory, the second was ok with a great ending.
Then I tried "Meet the Feebles" and just couldn't do it.

[puggsoy]

Saw "Snatch" a few days ago from what I'm pretty sure was basically the beginning, it was just on TV so I didn't prepare or anything.

I've never seen a British underworld/mafia black comedy movie before but it was pretty cool, even my dad liked it. I love how everything perfectly fitted together, and the ending was great. I'd love to see it a second time.

[Helmo]

The Godfather

I thought it was very boring and overrated

[Ton]

Saw "Snatch" a few days ago from what I'm pretty sure was basically the beginning, it was just on TV so I didn't prepare or anything.

I've never seen a British underworld/mafia black comedy movie before but it was pretty cool, even my dad liked it. I love how everything perfectly fitted together, and the ending was great. I'd love to see it a second time.

You might also like "In Bruges" and "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang."

The Godfather

I thought it was very boring and overrated

No.

[Goemar]

The Godfather

I thought it was very boring and overrated

Try Shawshank Redemption. It's a boring prison film where nothing happens except a bit of bumming.



Sorry I just wanted to see if I could further enrage people who actually have taste in films. Both those films are awesome.

As for me, just watched the first Bourne film. It was... okay? I feel like I'm missing something with how great it's supposed to be...

[Helmo]

I liked Shawshank...

[Previous]

I can't follow the logic of different taste == no taste

I mean no matter how often people tell me how bad the Resident Evil movies are, I really like them. I recently re-watched the second one, it had much less sony product placement than the third.

I also watched a part of Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance. That family PC is awful and the sound settings are annoying it just didn't want to output the Media Player sound on HDMI.
Let's not talk about the movie. Eeeeh.

[puggsoy]

Saw "Snatch" a few days ago from what I'm pretty sure was basically the beginning, it was just on TV so I didn't prepare or anything.

I've never seen a British underworld/mafia black comedy movie before but it was pretty cool, even my dad liked it. I love how everything perfectly fitted together, and the ending was great. I'd love to see it a second time.

You might also like "In Bruges" and "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang."

I actually saw In Bruges a number of years ago but don't remember the details too well. It was similar though so I'll probably watch it again sometime. As for the other I'll check it out.

[Goemar]

I can't follow the logic of different taste == no taste

I mean no matter how often people tell me how bad the Resident Evil movies are, I really like them. I recently re-watched the second one, it had much less sony product placement than the third.

Liking something that other people think is bad (in films, not you know - racism etc before someone goes off on one) is fine and dandy. But when something is so awesome and someone doesn't like it, it boggles my mind to the point that that person's opinion is voided because it is utterly illogical to me and thus it is without taste. It's no vault of their own but just me being crazy.

It's like coming home to your significant other in a sexy get-up and instead of being pleased you give a speech about sexism and cover them up with your jacket. It may make sense but it hurts my brain to understand the logic that lead to that decision.

Or: It's like rocking out with your friends to AC/DC in a road trip and then someone puts One Direction on, the same person who likes AC/DC - turns my mind into exploding wheatos just thinking about it.

[PrettyNier]

I can't follow the logic of different taste == no taste

That's because that isn't what the argument usually is.

Different taste =/= no taste (or bad taste), not intrinsically. But bad taste is still intrinsically different than good taste, so there is something of a minor overlap.