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Do you ever watch an artistic movie...

posted 8 years ago by pajamawolfie
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and even though you know it's good—or a classic—you don't really "get" it yet are reluctant to watch it again because you didn't really like it?

That's how I felt about this movie.

Does anybody else get that feeling, about this or any other movies?

Further example: "Spirited Away". I didn't understand it, but I knew there was something I missed. I just didn't like it. (Also, I was creeped out by the giant talking baby in that movie, but that's my own thing.)

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[–] SlickySlixta 8 years ago

Donnie Darko fits in that category for me. I remember all the hype at the time when it came out and I finally got around to watching it after a while, but it made me feel depressed more than anything. Maybe it's because I saw it a vulnerable point in my life when I had just gotten out of hospital, but I have no desire to really watch it again.

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[–] pajamawolfie 8 years ago

Yeah, I saw that one too (extended cut, I believe). I read some interesting stuff in the trivia, but haven't really felt like watching it again.

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[–] crakatoot 8 years ago

Rushmore. That has such a cult following and I never got it. I can't see anything of value in that movie.
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[–] kmags84 7 years ago

I feel that way about almost every Wes Anderson film. He's talented and I won't question that, he's just not for me. Moonrise Kingdom is just awful... But it's all subjective, I respect his unique voice.

[–] Barbed_Wire_Strawberry 7 years ago

What about Bottle Rocket, kmags?

Before he settled into a fairly campy aesthetic.

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[–] kmags84 7 years ago

I like Bottle Rocket and was actually looking forward to more of his work... Just isn't meant for me. I do think he's incredibly talented and I know he's incredibly well respected by other filmmakers. Scorsese has been a huge fan since Bottle Rocket. Idk... Most are wonderfully crafted, I just don't care for his subject matter.

[–] Barbed_Wire_Strawberry 7 years ago

Right on. I like a few (Bottle Rocket, Royal Tenenbaums, Darjeeling Limited is pretty under rated imo) but he's a bit predictable and one note.

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[–] katholiday1962 7 years ago

I really enjoy "Donnie Darko" & time travel films in general. But when I shared it with my Husband, he cried aloud and said,"Why did you make me watch that!" I felt so bad! :-)

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[–] Mantiso 8 years ago

If you feel that way that shows you are open for more. In that case it's always worth reading up about the movie, gathering a little more info and finding out what made it into a 'classic'. Where it sits among other films. What it influenced? What influenced it? The more you know about film (as with any sunject or interest) the more you can appreciate it and judge it yourself.

[–] Slaterson14 8 years ago

Yeah thats why its on every top 10 horror list ever mentioned. Why do you troll every board on IMDB? Probably gets boring and tiring Jacking off 24/7 in the basement, that must be why you come to IMDB in between spanking sessions since all you do is crap on great films. Idiot

[–] Sequentialist 7 years ago

All movies are artistic.

Cinema is an art form.

[–] pajamawolfie 7 years ago

This is true, I suppose. By virtue of being a movie, it is art.

Some movies try to have depth and themes you can analyze and write scholarly papers about... and then there's "Strippers vs. Werewolves".

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[–] nanton-35268 7 years ago

Yes, cinema is an art form but not every movie is artistic. Like not every painting is art and not every music is art.
You wouldnt call a painting from a monkey art would you?

[–] pajamawolfie 7 years ago

Not sure. I might give it its own classification. I've got to admit that there are elephants who've done some pretty cool paintings. And if we get into gallery fine art specifics... when I saw that someone just hung up some white-painted canvases on a white wall, I realized it was a racket. I'd rather see some monkey paintings.

By the way, I don't recommend "Strippers vs. Werewolves". It's one of the few movies I wasn't able to sit through. I did watch "Zombie Strippers" and bizarrely enough, the strippers sat around in the dressing room discussing philosophical terms (I'm not kidding) and it's loosely based on some French play called "Rhinoceros". The movie was still REALLY stupid and I don't really recommend it, but it sort of tried to be art.

I guess what I'm saying is that there's a weird gray area between art and entertainment. I'm sure that it took more effort to make "Zombie Strippers" than Rauschenberg's plain white paintings. Art is in the eye of the beholder?

Link to Zombie Strippers trivia page: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0960890/trivia?item=tr0792103

MoMA's page on Rausenberg's white paintings: https://www.sfmoma.org/artwork/98.308.A-C

Gallery of Paintings done by Elephants: https://www.elephantartgallery.com/

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[–] betel-geuse 7 years ago

I didn't know they made movies. But I guess I would watch it because anyone suffering from that god awful disease might have a different take on reality. I don't see any evidence that Kubrick suffered from it though, he was allegedly highly intelligent.

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[–] dinseywrold 7 years ago

Get high.

"The Shining" and "Spirited Away" are both very hallucinogenic.

[–] Broncho_Knight 7 years ago

The Shining is one of my favorite films of all time, but from an entertainment standpoint, I usually skip to the last 40 minutes of the movie when the most exciting action and suspense in the film take place.