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Wow, the French suck at making movies

posted 17 years ago by steve-pet-peeve
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This encapsulates why Americans dominate the movie business. The French can't tell a *beep* story. This story is purely episodic, feels like it goes on for six hours, has no connective plot, no dramatic value, it's utterly pointless. The writing is so extremely weak. I'm assuming French writer/directors don't actually have to please an audience, which would explain why these films are so bad.

I would give this an 1 rating, and that's only for the nudity.

I just can't believe the French have so little storytelling ability. Damn they suck. Maybe it's because they're so melodramatic, there ability to tell drama is warped. They stink at comedy, too.

Wow, this movie really made an impression on me.

[–] jamsmen 17 years ago

I suggest you watch La haine which is a really good French film or The last metro.

It's funny the closer it gets the more it looks like a piano!

[–] Obbykins 15 years ago

Or Jules et Jim.

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[–] MadamaButterfly91 17 years ago

This story is purely episodic, feels like it goes on for six hours, has no connective plot, no dramatic value, it's utterly pointless.

I desagree completely...episodic films are classy in Europe.

[–] gtarna 17 years ago

>Americans dominate the movie business

because there isn't an european movie industry, but there is the french movie industry, the british movie industry, the german movie industry, the italian movie industry and so on... only for this reason...

Scud: Knock them dead. But... not really.

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[–] alkinsey1982 17 years ago

Wow, t'es un con. Les films francais ne sont pas aussi nul que ca.

This film is not bad at all and here are some other good French films: Amelie, La Haine, La Cage aux Folles, Le Diner de Cons, Taxi 1 and 2, Delicatessen, 36 Quai des Orfevres. The list goes on.

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[–] sanmichaelhome 17 years ago

French films are not all bad. I say not ALL, i think there was a good one some years ago, can't remember ;) Still i did like this movie and its prequel, like the natural story of young peeps making it in europe.

[–] LCShackley 16 years ago

I always get a kick out of French movies which start (and end) with a huge list of credits for all the various companies who helped finance it. It seems like they frequently pepper the cast with non-Frenchmen in order to get funding from other countries. The French studio system must be at rock bottom, financially.

[–] nomad20 16 years ago

First off, European films have always had actors from other other countries. I just saw an Italian film from 1956 (I think?) called "Rocco and His Brothers." It was about a southern Italian family that moves to the noerthern Italian city of Milan. The star was none other an Alain Delon...a Frenchman!

As said before, there's no "Eruopean" film system, but each nation has its own and in each nation the government subsidizes the arts and culture more than we do here so some of the weaker ones don't leave the market. So you have a crowded marketplace where you have more studios and production companies but each my not have as many resources.

But still, some movies I go to see in the States have three or four different production company logos...sometimes not including the logo of the distributor.

[–] Kaya7 16 years ago

Actually the French film industry is getting a lot of government funding, at the moment.

[–] ddx-5 16 years ago

No. The funding doesn't come neither from gov. nor taxes. It' a cooperative system: on each ticket sold, a (small) percent goes to a mutual fund. Every movie produced in France (and in EC) can get an "advance on receipts" from that fund.
That fund is used also for R&D, modernization of the movie theaters, etc.

[–] wreckingliketrains 17 years ago

Steve,

you sound like an ignorant frat boy. When you say stupid *beep* like this, Americans really look bad to the world. I bet you don't even own a passport.

Although this movie was terrible, American or not (but mainly american) sequels generally suck. Seen teen wolf 2? how about predator 2 with Arnound?

as in all countries there are a lot of bad and good movies. French are 2nd behind america when it comes to movies. open your mind. But if you are primarily into beer, NFL, and bongs......stick to your will ferrel movies and leaves your comments to fellow frat boys.

[–] wazzock 17 years ago

As far as I'm concerned, this and most European movies are all the better for not being boringly formulaic and predictable like the majority of poor American movies being made nowadays.

European movies, in general, try to reflect the real world we live in, not pander to the braindead American masses' idea of what constitutes a good "story".

Vive l'Europe!

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[–] TriumphReq 10 years ago

As far as I'm concerned, this and most European movies are all the better for not being boringly formulaic and predictable like the majority of poor American movies being made nowadays.

European movies, in general, try to reflect the real world we live in, not pander to the braindead American masses' idea of what constitutes a good "story".

Vive l'Europe!

Thank you! Steve needs to back to his Transformers movies.

[–] paperstreetpress 17 years ago

The people here are too polite. Thanks for your comment. The first poster has obviously not seen many French films.

[–] funny_jew 17 years ago

I would prefer if you didn't taint all WIll Farrell movies with the same brush as when you slander the OP of this moronic thread, to taint movies such as Stranger Than Fiction to this idiot is completely non-sensical.

Watch it, it's a very good movie.

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[–] bogwart-1 15 years ago

"French are 2nd behind america when it comes to movies."

What makes you think that?

[–] t-apedaile 17 years ago

It's no surprise you didn't like this movie. By stating that the only merit it had was the nudity in it, you put yourself perfectly into the sterotype that the American masses are dependent on sex and action to enjoy a movie. Although everyone has their taste in cinema (I don't doubt the movies you like are popular with many others), there are certainly those who enjoy movies that more accurately represent the everyday aspects of life - the flaws in people, as well as the funny situations they can find themselves in, etc. and would debate your statement that the Americans dominate the movie business.
This film, along with other French films and most foreign ones for that matter, are a breath of fresh air in an otherwise predictable and repetitive, Hollywood-saturated film industry.
Take this movie. It's a sequel to "L'Auberge espagnole," and although the first one was very funny and popular, and the writers of this movie could have tried getting away with a similar sequel, they avoided the trap that so many movies make (the Spiderman trigoloy..!) and decided to approach this story completely differently, in a more sombre and thought-provoking, but equally succesful way.

I won't post here a list of other, very good French films for the simple fact that they would most likely be wasted on you, but let me assure you, the list is long!

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[–] Alkhir 17 years ago

Wow....If only you knew how you look like a complete ignorant....Please, for the sake of every real movie lover...Go back to the Pearl Harbor thread and shut the hell up.

Without french cinema, there's no cinema at all.

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[–] stubar-2 16 years ago

"I would give this an 1 rating, and that's only for the nudity."

I think this quote negates any validity your argument may have loosely had....

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