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Dennis the 'Bloody Peasant'
2nd August 2012, 12:10
A movie, or movies, by them that you just can't get into?

I was thinking about Coppolla (love G Father movies and Apocolypse Now)...what was the deal with Dracula? I just didn't get it, it seemed such a mess and the whole 'you know, vampires can actually wander about in daylight' bit really annoys me.

Also Kubrick and the Cruise / Kidman getting freaky movie.

Any directors you love that have disappointed?
GiantMonkeyMan
2nd August 2012, 12:20
I was thinking about Coppolla (love G Father movies and Apocolypse Now)...what was the deal with Dracula? I just didn't get it, it seemed such a mess and the whole 'you know, vampires can actually wander about in daylight' bit really annoys me.
In Bram Stoker's novel, Dracula merely loses his powers in daylight but is otherwise unharmed.
Dennis the 'Bloody Peasant'
2nd August 2012, 12:41
In Bram Stoker's novel, Dracula merely loses his powers in daylight but is otherwise unharmed.

Good point, not read it in a while and forgot that part.

Still didn't like the movie as a whole.
Beeth
4th August 2012, 15:31
Olive stone - alexander. Nolan - dkr. Many more ...
MrCool
8th August 2012, 17:57
Also Kubrick and the Cruise / Kidman getting freaky movie.

Eyes Wide Shut (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120663/). What was Kubrick thinking?

Also, the Godfather Trilogy. When it aired on TV couple months back, all my friends were talking about how great it is. I watched it, and..... meh.
Comrades Unite!
8th August 2012, 19:53
Eyes Wide Shut (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120663/). What was Kubrick thinking?

Also, the Godfather Trilogy. When it aired on TV couple months back, all my friends were talking about how great it is. I watched it, and..... meh.

I think Eyes Wide Shut was a great film.

Tarantino-Death Proof
RedSonRising
9th August 2012, 04:40
Olive stone - alexander. Nolan - dkr. Many more ...


:cursing:

I really like that movie and am always frustrated at the amount of people that vehemently disliked it!!
Art Vandelay
9th August 2012, 04:53
:cursing:

I really like that movie and am always frustrated at the amount of people that vehemently disliked it!!

I didn't really like it, but I do like Stone.

Gus Van Sant, Gerry. I mean I think I get what he was trying to do, but fuck was it bland.
Zostrianos
9th August 2012, 05:39
I think Eyes Wide Shut was a great film.

Tarantino-Death Proof

THIS.

I love Tarantino, but Deathproof was a huge disappointment. I didn't like Inglorious Basterds that much either - too slow, very little action, tedious.

As for Eyes Wide Shut, it's my #2 favourite movie of all time (Ninth Gate being the 1st), I thought it was absolutely brilliant.
RadioRaheem84
9th August 2012, 06:10
QT - Inglorious Basterds

I mean what was the big fuss about this film? Best Picture nod?

The only good thing about that Christopher Waltz.
Os Cangaceiros
9th August 2012, 06:40
Peter Jackson, the Lord of the Rings Trilogy.

I mean, he was the genius behind Bad Taste, Dead Alive and Meet the Feebles, and then he goes and sells out to The Man and directs those films? Bah!

I want to see a pudgy kiwi chainsawing his way out of an alien's ass! I want to see a puppet fox yodelling about his favorite sex act! Not this Lord of the Rings crap!
Robespierres Neck
9th August 2012, 21:41
Peter Jackson, the Lord of the Rings Trilogy.

I mean, he was the genius behind Bad Taste, Dead Alive and Meet the Feebles, and then he goes and sells out to The Man and directs those films? Bah!

I want to see a pudgy kiwi chainsawing his way out of an alien's ass! I want to see a puppet fox yodelling about his favorite sex act! Not this Lord of the Rings crap!

I completely agree with you.