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proximoception) wrote2014-01-01 03:16 pm
proximoception) wrote2014-01-01 03:16 pm
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Thinking about movies I should revisit - ones I disliked or underliked but was maybe wrong to.
I'm not rewatching Virgin Spring, Throne of Blood or Herzog's Nosferatu, as those are confirmed dislikes. Two strikes is out in a 70 year lifespan even for the big guys.
But these I never saw again:
Hour of the Wolf
The Bad Sleep Well
Inland Empire
The New World
The Bride Wore Black
Breathless
Notorious
Mirror
The Searchers
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Barry Lyndon
Spirit of the Beehive
The Fly
Again, didn't find all of these merit-free, in most cases quite the contrary, but I at least didn't entirely understand what the smitten were seeing.
And they weren't like Black Swan and There Will Be Blood where the dislike felt ... thorough, eternal. Where any wrongness on my end is likely undislodgeable.
I wonder if I could give O Brother Where Art Thou a second chance, even. Romney liked it. Or Across the Universe? Ech, probably not.
What would you put in the "I suspect I was missing something" category?
I'm not rewatching Virgin Spring, Throne of Blood or Herzog's Nosferatu, as those are confirmed dislikes. Two strikes is out in a 70 year lifespan even for the big guys.
But these I never saw again:
Hour of the Wolf
The Bad Sleep Well
Inland Empire
The New World
The Bride Wore Black
Breathless
Notorious
Mirror
The Searchers
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Barry Lyndon
Spirit of the Beehive
The Fly
Again, didn't find all of these merit-free, in most cases quite the contrary, but I at least didn't entirely understand what the smitten were seeing.
And they weren't like Black Swan and There Will Be Blood where the dislike felt ... thorough, eternal. Where any wrongness on my end is likely undislodgeable.
I wonder if I could give O Brother Where Art Thou a second chance, even. Romney liked it. Or Across the Universe? Ech, probably not.
What would you put in the "I suspect I was missing something" category?
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my personal admiration for Eternal Sunshine comes by way of .. Philip K. Dick : the film is based on no known work of his, but manages to capture something *vital* missing from official PKD adaptations. M/F bickering, i mean. guy was married five times / it plays a role. the other great Phildickian film, though, is A SERIOUS MAN. phone calls from irate record club reps about sound recordings that haven't been recorded yet? yeah, exactly !
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