Famous films you HAVE watched...

[seanbeag7]

Hi lefty, this is the lover film i love,

[seanbeag7]

As for shite American films, i mean the kind of films that i truely hate and which had (a) bad acting, (b) cheap budget and © stupid with no story worth much in the film.

i have spent nearly 10 years now collecting dvd's and i have nearly 2,000 in my collection,

out of that i have, i have great American and European [B]CLASSICS[/B] i spend a lot of time on Amazon,Spendit, dvd.co.uk and play .com trying to find old classics at cheap prices,

[pacman]

(f0xxee @ Jun. 12 2010,17:01) Guilty as charged sir.

Whatever. I can't unwrite what I wrote so I will leave you to jump to your conclusions.

I will resist trying to explain myself again.

[guydesavoy]

(f0xxee @ Jun. 12 2010,17:01) Guilty as charged sir.

If M'lad pleases. One last submission which may influence his Lordship's view on sentencing.

Because I am not a movie snob & have watched many a Tarantino flick

The Prosecution opposes bail.  

[JaiDee]

(Lefty @ Jun. 12 2010,15:12) What determines a shite film? Anything you don't like?

But playing devils advocate here Lefty,   you go in the other direction;  any film you like and with which someone else agrees with gets hand claps and multiple thumbs up from you and therefore it HAS to be good?  As you've seen it's not always the case, some people {me?  } think a lot of the stuff you like is total crap and I am sure some of the stuff I think is fantastic you would really hate.  Liking or disliking movies is one of the most subjective topics we could ever talk about up here, it all depends on whet WE think is good and if the next guy in line hates it, oh well.


 When video stores were all the rage, how many times did you go to pick up something and inevitably some clown [or worse, a chick] would be in the aisle with you telling you "oh, you have GOT to see Air Bud or The Matrix part infinity, that was awesome''  while you are picking out something YOU knew you wanted to see and didn't even pay that person any attention at all?  Even worse was getting to the counter; some blockbuster employee making 6 bucks an hour is going to tell me my selection sucks and his choices are awesome because he works in some fucking video store??   Gimme a break.

   What works for us may not work for the next guy, and vice versa or course.

[seanbeag7]

(JaiDee @ Jun. 12 2010,19:56)    What works for us may not work for the next guy, and vice versa or course.

That has to be the best thought for today.

[JaiDee]

well, I have seen some total stinkers {IMO} thrown up here these past few weeks, which some people absolutely love; and films which I  liked have been tooled on.....who ever knows what is REALLY good except for ourselves??  Same for Seinfeld or any U.S. or Brit comedy, if it makes US laugh it's funny, but if someone else doesn't laugh at it than it must be crap or childish?  I don't get that, it's all in the eye of the beholder.

   I suggested "Blue Velvet" to my brother once...he hated it, hated Apocalypse Now also, 2 of my fav movies of all time. These days we just chat about stuff other than movies   

[guydesavoy]

(JaiDee @ Jun. 12 2010,19:56) Even worse was getting to the counter; some blockbuster employee making 6 bucks  an hour is going to tell me my selection sucks and his choices are awesome because he works in some fucking video store??   Gimme a break.

Aaah the Video store dude   I knew a guy like that once. If it was released on VHS it must be good right ?  

Just as an aside and quite   , in my Uni days I had a job in a 24 hour convenience store as a night manager. Used to get a lot of stoners in there, believe me...anyways we had a video rental thing..cards on the shelves and the corresponding videos behind the counter. We had great fun swapping the tape for Disney's Bambi with Electric Blue #12, amongst others... I guess the stoners never noticed but next day someone else would get a suprise when they loaded 'Bambi' into the tape machine

[JaiDee]

(guydesavoy @ Jun. 12 2010,22:27) in my Uni days I had a job in a 24 hour convenience store as a night manager. Used to get a lot of stoners in there, believe me...

So, that was YOU???

  damn it.......you were one mean  MFER    

*Don't forget Tarantino started off his career as a video store checkout clown, so apparently SOME of those guys must know what they are talking about!

  Randall from "Clerks" also.....he was funny as fuck besides    

[JaiDee]

(guydesavoy @ Jun. 12 2010,22:27) I had a job in a 24 hour convenience store

Steven Wright;

  I went to the corner store the other day, the one with the sign which says "Open 24 hours" on the sign.  The guy was locking the doors and heading home; I said to him; " hey, the sign says you are open 24 hours''.  

   ''Yeah, but not in a row''    

[guydesavoy]

sometimes we locked the doors too...

[seanbeag7]

What's the name of the kevin smith film about 24 hours in a video store, the way those 2 above were chatting it reminded me of that film, now what was it's name

[Lefty]

(JaiDee @ Jun. 12 2010,19:56)

(Lefty @ Jun. 12 2010,15:12) What determines a shite film? Anything you don't like?

But playing devils advocate here Lefty,   you go in the other direction;  any film you like and with which someone else agrees with gets hand claps and multiple thumbs up from you and therefore it HAS to be good?  As you've seen it's not always the case, some people {me?  } think a lot of the stuff you like is total crap and I am sure some of the stuff I think is fantastic you would really hate.  Liking or disliking movies is one of the most subjective topics we could ever talk about up here, it all depends on whet WE think is good and if the next guy in line hates it, oh well.


 When video stores were all the rage, how many times did you go to pick up something and inevitably some clown [or worse, a chick] would be in the aisle with you telling you "oh, you have GOT to see Air Bud or The Matrix part infinity, that was awesome''  while you are picking out something YOU knew you wanted to see and didn't even pay that person any attention at all?  Even worse was getting to the counter; some blockbuster employee making 6 bucks  an hour is going to tell me my selection sucks and his choices are awesome because he works in some fucking video store??   Gimme a break.

   What works for us may not work for the next guy, and vice versa or course.

Nothing wrong with some   if you simply agree with someone. It means it is good IMO also. That does not mean you are wrong for not agreeing such and such is a good movie, or vise versa. Taste in movies say very little about the quality of a person's character, IMO.

We seem to strongly agree as much on movies as we strongly disagree. That's what makes it fun IMO. Sometimes, sifting through all the posts, we get some suggestions on movies that turn out to be ones we wished we'd not waited so long to see.

Then again, if your favorite movie is Shawshank Redemption and my favorite were Happy Gilmore, that would not, in of itself make you a higher quality person, more intelligent, etc.

[Lefty]

(seanbeag7 @ Jun. 12 2010,17:07) Hi lefty, this is the lover film i love,

The one with Jane March. I saw it once not long after it first came out on VHS. I probably still have a copy of it back home somewhere. Can't say I loved it, but it was well worth seeing at least once.

[Lefty]

(seanbeag7 @ Jun. 12 2010,17:16) As for shite American films, i mean the kind of films that i truely hate and which had (a) bad acting, (b) cheap budget and © stupid with no story worth much in the film.

i have spent nearly 10 years now collecting dvd's and i have nearly 2,000 in my collection,

out of that i have, i have great American and European [B]CLASSICS[/B] i spend a lot of time on Amazon,Spendit, dvd.co.uk and play .com trying to find old classics at cheap prices,

Some of what you're using as a guideline though is rather subjective. You may consider it bad acting, and perhaps I would not. Same as the storyline. Perhaps it is lame to you, but clever and unique to me. Did you see for example Fargo, or In Bruges? Both brilliantly acted and pretty unique storylines. Not for everyone though. Cheap budget does not always mean a bad movie either. Cheap compared to what? One example I used before, is the budget of In Bruges compared to Avatar. I'd estimate the Avatar budget was 100 times that of In Bruges, but IMO, the latter is 100 times a better movie.