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Forum: General Movie Discussion 05-07-09
Replies: 266
Movie everyone loved but YOU hated?
Posted By Slim Jim
Re: Movie everyone loved but YOU hated?

Prestige, I'm not surprised you loved Frailty -- that was the exact point of my initial post: A movie everybody loved but me.

Its narrative did little for my senses. I'm fuzzy on details...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 05-07-09
Replies: 266
Movie everyone loved but YOU hated?
Posted By Slim Jim
Movie everyone loved but YOU hated?

Let's keep this within the past decade: Is there a particular movie that your friends, family, colleagues and critics all praised -- but you couldn't stand it? Or just didn't get what the fuss was...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 05-07-09
Replies: 29
Good Will Hunting
Posted By Slim Jim
Re: Good Will Hunting

Fair enough -- and well played. Perhaps "worthless" is the adjective you're hunting for here. ;)

In a nutshell, I enjoyed the movie but found it uneven and indulgent: For every two quality...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 05-06-09
Replies: 29
Good Will Hunting
Posted By Slim Jim
Re: Good Will Hunting

That's an absurd assessment, stevo.

Perhaps you have an aversion to Van Sant films? Do you hate Damon and Williams in general?

Good Will Hunting is overrated, but has its moments -- and...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 05-06-09
Replies: 6
How did Kubrick do it?
Posted By Slim Jim
Re: How did Kubrick do it?

Kubrick was, in a word, genius -- until the moment of his death, the same week his brutally underrated Eyes Wide Shut was released.
Forum: Movie Reviews 05-04-09
Replies: 41
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Posted By Slim Jim
Re: X-Men Origins: Wolverine

I'm not an X-Men fanatic, so my expectations weren't high.

I found the movie entertaining and agreeable enough -- though its narrative was predictable, and I wasn't impressed with Jackman's...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 05-04-09
Replies: 185
5 Movies You Would Watch Over and Over Again
Posted By Slim Jim
Re: 5 Movies You Would Watch Over and Over Again

GoodFellas
When Harry Met Sally
Heist (David Mamet's version)
The Shawshank Redemption
Sirens ;)