
Journal nizo's Journal: Are you a movie recommender or an anti-recommender? 33
As blinder reminded me, I put people into two categories: people who recommend good movies (and warn me away from bad movies) and people who apparently have the exact opposite tastes in movies as I do. My brother fits into the "anti-recommender" category; if he loves a movie I have learned to avoid it like the plague, and if he really hates it I add it to my must-see list. So are you a recommender or an anti-recommender?
I'm both, but more of a recommender (Score:2)
Over the years I've developed a sixth sense for movies - having seen many thousands - and I steer away from ones that smell bad.
Not that I don't enjoy a bad movie - heck, I enjoy some of those, even if my filmgoing buddies don't.
So I tend to recommend movies that I think
Movies for me are in the cannot afford category (Score:1)
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It's a sweet deal. And, bonus points, it's tax deductible. I'm upgrading from Lifetime Membership (free tix to see movies until I die, plus buy film fest passes for six people at cheap rates for same time, plus four free parties a year (yeah, free food and drinks and I mean hard stuff)) - to Platinum Lifetime next month. Platinum Life
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most theaters have "crying rooms" - which have places you can take very small kids and babies.
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They do? I've never seen this anyplace other than churches....but then again I haven't been to a movie in the last three years anyway, so what do I know? I'll have to call my local Century and Regal cinemas to see.
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I wish other parents had a clue too when it came to not taking their kids to movies (well ones like Cars are fine, but not freakin' movies like V is for Vendetta).
I suppose it depends on you perspective (Score:2)
If you watch those and hate them, then I guess I fit into the anti-recomendation category.
how do I know? (Score:2)
I don't like a lot of films that are critically acclaimed, and I like few that are trounced.
I'll tolerate many crappy stories with animals or kids or scenery, but few with violence or gore or terror, no matter how expertly executed.
This is why I always try to explain why I like something, when I do.
This is also why hardly anyone asks, more than once
Oh yeah, I'm a sponsor of the USA Film Festival, too. But I haven't gone to any events in
You tell me (Score:2)
Atanarjuat (2001)
Balance (1989)
Bambi Meets Godzilla (1969)
The Big Snit (1985)
Casablanca (1942)
Magnolia (1999)
Ryan (2004)
Tous les matins du monde (1991)
Violon rouge, Le (1998)
Wallace & Gromit in The Wrong Trousers (1993)
Here are the ones I rated 9:
50 First Dates (2004)
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
Airplane! (1980)
Amadeus (1984)
Blade Runner (1982)
Boot, Das (1981)
The Cat Came Back (1988)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
Fargo (1996)
You tell me. (Score:2)
I think pretty much everyone would say they are a "recommender" -- very, very few people want to admit that they have a poor taste in movies or films. They are obviously out there however -- how else could it be that Rob Schneider has a career in the medium?
You can decide for yourself:
Click on the "Movies" link at the top to isolate the VHS tapes and DVDs in my library.
Okay, before you decide, two comments:
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Look again -- those aren't the DVDs, those are all on VHS. And yes, it is the entire series. I bought them in the mid-through-late 90's, the vast majority before I owned a DVD player (and all of them before they were available on DVD).
"Upgrading" my collection to the DVD boxed set might be a consideration in the future (although I may also be tempted to get a video encoder and make my own based ont he VHS tapes, just to avoid being forced to pay for the same thing twice :P).
Yaz.
And this Bird You Cannot Change (Score:2)
The whole trouble comes if I find the person to have perplexing or idiotic rationale for liking/hating a movie. Reasons I've heard that I can't stand: I liked it because the plot wasn't co
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Whenever my SO sees anything that might be remotely related to a comic book she always says in a snooty voice, "this isn't a movie about a comic book is it???" And yet she seemed to like V for Vendetta, though she refuses to see other "comic book" movies. Yes a large portion of movies based on comic books are crap, but hello some of them are actually pretty good.
I can't even talk about the "perplexing or idiotic rationale" stuff you mentioned or I wil
Re:And this Bird You Cannot Change (Score:2)
"Ok."
"- I think it's the best movie of the year."
"Oh. Well we wouldn't like it then."
It's like carving off a leg to avoid ever stubbing a toe and justifying it by saying "Well I work in an office." I think people need to qualify what "sort" of movie it might be. If its something mindless or
Re:And this Bird You Cannot Change (Score:2)
I'm a baby recommender. I can watch a movie, know what i like about it, know what i don't like, and still not be able to carry on a conversation with any of our resident film experts.
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Might I ask what you've seen of the list so far? That list is more about a bredth of movies. But I also think there's also a tangental list of Overlooked Movies: the ones that, for some reason, fall off the radar, never get a big splash but always develop a fo
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He is right about there being plenty of good movies that died a premature death (Gattaca is a great example) due to any number of reasons (in this case, coming out at the same time as Titanic and Men in Black probably didn't help Gattaca much).
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Mmm. I wouldn't be so hard on yourself. I doubt most people, especially under the age of 45, have seen a lot of those movies. Outside of The Wizard of Oz and animation, most folks haven't seen anything made before 1970 (and that's a shame, because the 60 years of film really build up to that moment). Some might have seen one Italian movie (Beautiful Life probably), or one French movie (Amelie) or a remake of a Japanese movie... but few
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You tell me (Score:2)
Movies I've really liked in the last few years: LotR, Cars, Mulholland Drive, Amelie, The Incredibles, Hotel Rwanda, War of the Worlds, Minority Report, Capote, Memoirs of a Geisha, Walk the Line, Sideways, Lost in Translation, The Cooler.
Movies I've really not like in recent years: Syriana (Traffic-wannabe coulda been better), History of Violence, King Kong, Closer, Girl with a Pearl Earring (zzzz), the Hours (mega-zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz).
Wow, I've s
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Eh? (Score:1)
But then, I also liked both the second and third Matrix movies.
Couldn't say without knowing your taste (Score:2)
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