Movies you couldn't even finish.

It's really poorly shot.

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I wasn't a fan of 28 Days Later either. The first 45 minutes are ok, not great, but after that it really falls apart. Didn't bother with the sequel.

Meh, it's not a big deal to me.

I didn't care for it much either but I liked the sequel better.

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To me sitting through the credits is boring. Especially from Finding Nemo. The whole damn credits at the end was 30 minutes long.

Why did you like the sequel more?

It had more of a story to it, IMO. It also had characters that I could care about and get invested in what happened to them. These things are always important to me. They make or break a film, book or TV show from my point of view.

I couldn't finish The Hills Have Eyes.
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As soon as the baby was kidnapped i turned it off.

You're seriously out of your mind if you think Boyle can't shoot.

I'm surprised Hana-Bi is number 1 on your top 10 , yet you still enjoy how 28 Days Later looks. There isn't a single frame from what I saw that didn't look terrible. I challenge you to post some stills of 28 days later that look even decent.

It isn't how "decent" they look, meatwadsprite. It is about composition, framing, and how the style reflects the themes of the film. Boyle's cinematography helps illustrate how the character feels; the use of wide-shots in the opening scenes of 28 Days Later (when the main character is walking around the city), or the frantic, kinetic cinematography of the opening scenes (with the animals).

My question is, what dragged you to watch these terrible movies in the first place?

the assasination of jesse james by the coward robert ford

It's a "beautiful" film, but that makes 100% sense to me.

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my own private idaho...i love river phoenix, but every time i try and watch this i can't stand it, and turn it off...it's just so terrible!

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I realize Boyle is trying to make the movie look as gritty and intense as possible , but that doesn't mean you have to sacrifice actual good camera-work to do so. Look at Se7en for example , which is a very dark movie with amazing cinematography.

I've never gotten around to watching My Own Private Idaho but I have a friend who recommended it to me not too long ago... he said Phoenix was great in it...

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Death Note (2006)
My daughter was into the anime and wanted to see the live action movie, so I tried to watch it with her. I didn't get far. The CGI for the Shinigami (God of Death) was so cheezy it made me giggle. It was just weird and didn't match what was suppose to be the tone of the movie. I tried to walk back in and see it at another point, but I couldn't get past that Shinigami who ate apples and I walked back out. Heheh...I thought he'd be a great villian for a remake of a stylized version of the 60's Batman show.

I'm sorry, but if you actually believe his cinematography was poor than you clearly have no understanding of the art. It's subjective as we all know, but what you're saying is just ridiculous. I'd like to know what is so "poor" about it, actually. Because you certainly must know much more about cinematography than Boyle. Please, feel free to elaborate.

Se7en was shot well, absolutely -- but it's also very different.

phoenix was really good in it, but the movie itself is just so bad...i mean, it's about male prostitutes, not exactly my favorite subject...and although the acting was good, it wasn't good enough to save the movie imo...