Check out my "Hollywood (and that's a bad thing)" list.
What do you think? Is this list too harsh? Some say movies are a thing of personal preference, and to an extent, that's true. But I do see a difference between a good film and a bad film. Now I challenge you to find me somebody who is semi-educated in film, or at least knows the difference between high art and popular entertainment. Could someone like that honestly tell me that the movies in the list are good films. This is not an issue of whether or not the movie is enjoyable. It is an issue of whether or not the film is a good film (in context of what a good film is which is an entirely diifferent topic).
Now there is nothing wrong with entertainment. But there are plenty of entertaining films that are much more respectable than the films in my list.
For those of you who looked at the list and thought, "Wow. Those are all really great films." Then message me, and I'll give you some suggestions of films that I personally consider "great films." I've seen you're kind of films. Take a look at mine.
P.S. I understand that some of you may love some of the films in my list, and still have great taste in movies, so take this argument with a grain of salt.
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Sunday, May 14, 2006 2:24 PM
I think your list is pretty accurate. I created a similar list titled with one of the worst films I ever sat through, Brown Bunny. I think it's good to offer both praise and warnings to other film lovers. Life is so busy, and movies take a lot of time. I hesitated to list Moon Light in Escanaba in my Brown Bunny category simply because two friends I watched it with could not stop laughing through the entire film - I don't find flatulence that hilarious, but many do. Thank you for letting me not feel so bad that I've yet to re-rent Master and Commander. I had to return it and felt bad that I missed the ending, however unfortunate enough that I saw the "lessor of two weevils" scene which still makes me gag. I did however love Memoirs of a Geisha, but mostly for the cinamatography and memories from when I read the book - they could have done so much better... and paid for the subtitles. That was lame.