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kittycat1 Aug 7th 2012 12:41 pm

Films you just don't 'get'
 
So what films make your, everyone-raved-about-it-but-I-just-don't-get-it list?

Mine are;

Pulp Fiction (I've fallen asleep every single time I've tried to watch it)
The Godfather trilogy (again I fall asleep every time i try to watch it)
Napoleon Dynamite (what a waste of time- wish I'd fallen asleep)
Harry Potter (no idea what all the fuss is about)
Star Trek (Im a Star Wars girl)
Gone with the Wind (I always nod off in exactly the same place)
Reservoir Dogs (couldn't even sit through 10 minutes of it zzzzz)

OleJanx Aug 7th 2012 12:48 pm

Re: Films you just don't 'get'
 
You don't get Pulp Fiction? Bloody hell, Kittycat!

kittycat1 Aug 7th 2012 12:52 pm

Re: Films you just don't 'get'
 
nope- never managed to make it through- I feel asleep in the cinema watching it or being brain numbed by it

The Dean Aug 7th 2012 1:27 pm

Re: Films you just don't 'get'
 

Originally Posted by kittycat1 (Post 10214767)
nope- never managed to make it through- I feel asleep in the cinema watching it or being brain numbed by it

Try going to the cinema when you're NOT TIRED!!!!!

On Reservoir Dogs - I like the film a lot but I get irritated by the non-sequitur (i.e. impossible) outcome of the big shoot-out.............

For those who have seen it (or stayed awake until that bit) - who shot Chris Penn ("Nice Guy Eddie")? There was nobody left alive who could have done it!! :frown:

Boomhauer Aug 7th 2012 1:28 pm

Re: Films you just don't 'get'
 
I'm another one who just doesn't get the Star Trek movies or TV series.

Titanic....what the hell is all the fuss about this movie:confused::confused:

mentalist Aug 7th 2012 1:54 pm

Re: Films you just don't 'get'
 
Love Story...if you're gonna die just get on with it.
Did you get Casablanca, KK?

Autonomy Aug 7th 2012 1:55 pm

Re: Films you just don't 'get'
 

Originally Posted by The Dean (Post 10214837)
Try going to the cinema when you're NOT TIRED!!!!!

On Reservoir Dogs - I like the film a lot but I get irritated by the non-sequitur (i.e. impossible) outcome of the big shoot-out.............

For those who have seen it (or stayed awake until that bit) - who shot Chris Penn ("Nice Guy Eddie")? There was nobody left alive who could have done it!! :frown:

This should answer that.... [huge spoiler if you've not seen this classic movie]


kittycat1 Aug 7th 2012 2:02 pm

Re: Films you just don't 'get'
 
You know what Mentalist I don't remember ever seeing it! My dad used to have the LP though back in the days of vinyl

Oyibopeppeh Aug 7th 2012 4:08 pm

Re: Films you just don't 'get'
 
Parts II and III of the Matrix trilogy. Totally pointless films.

Cypselos Aug 7th 2012 4:50 pm

Re: Films you just don't 'get'
 
I don't think anyone much rates matrix 2&3 though?

Most of the bond movies now I'm not 12 any more.

Bahtatboy Aug 7th 2012 5:32 pm

Re: Films you just don't 'get'
 

Originally Posted by OleJanx (Post 10214758)
You don't get Pulp Fiction? Bloody hell, Kittycat!

Wot she said. Plot, balance, suspense, script, characters, actors, surrealism, cinematography all knitted together by the maestro. Almost as good as sex...

britexpat76 Aug 7th 2012 6:00 pm

Re: Films you just don't 'get'
 

Originally Posted by kittycat1 (Post 10214744)
So what films make your, everyone-raved-about-it-but-I-just-don't-get-it list?

Mine are;

Pulp Fiction (I've fallen asleep every single time I've tried to watch it)
Classic, Shame on you
The Godfather trilogy (again I fall asleep every time i try to watch it)
1 and 2 were brilliant, number 3 gets tedious
Napoleon Dynamite (what a waste of time- wish I'd fallen asleep)
Slept like a baby through it. Utter shite, it seems to be on OSN everyday at the minute too
Harry Potter (no idea what all the fuss is about)
Never even watched one as I dont understand fantasy films
Star Trek (Im a Star Wars girl)
Ditto
Gone with the Wind (I always nod off in exactly the same place)
I wouldn't waste my time with that either
Reservoir Dogs (couldn't even sit through 10 minutes of it zzzzz)

Not as good as Pulp Fiction, but a good film non the less

I dont get remakes, why screw with a good film. 99% Of Jim Carrey movies and 12 Monkeys - I always fall asleep during that.

MacScot Aug 7th 2012 6:05 pm

Re: Films you just don't 'get'
 
The movie "Gerry" about two guys lost in the desert. I don't know why it received a highish rating, it was so unbelievably boring.:zzz:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0302674/

shiva Aug 7th 2012 9:10 pm

Re: Films you just don't 'get'
 
Mama mia

Don't get it, don't want to get it, if I ever do I have vowed to immediately shoot myself

LaLaLayla Aug 8th 2012 2:45 am

Re: Films you just don't 'get'
 
That's so funny, 'cos I've got 3 of the same films on my list of films I just don't get:

Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
Harry Potter.

Am also not keen on most Tim Burton films.


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