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RE: "Really good movies being released...."

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In Reply to: RE: "Really good movies being released...." posted by grantv on February 19, 2009 at 14:13:38

Some examples. I heard that Dark Night was a good seller, but I barely made it through my Netflix rental copy. While I thought the picture quality and sound were superb, as a movie I found it highly forgettable, even stupid allowing for all suspension of disbelief, and certainly not one I would care to watch again. And this was supposed to be a big seller. I barely made it through the dreadful latest Indiana Jones movie, though I liked the earlier ones and even own two of them. It would be torture to have to watch it again. I found Vicky Christina Barcelona somewhat entertaining, but would never buy it. No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood are two movies I think I might want to see again some day- there were depths to those movies I don't think I fully appreciated on my first viewing- but not enough to own. As I said in my original post, I'm probably far too critical and not typical of the average movie goer. Maybe I've gotten more that way as I've aged, but my impression is that the number of new movies that I really like introduced each year has steadily gone down. It's probably me. On the other hand, it's my impression that on average the quality of acting has gone up over the decades. Many films from the '50s through the '70s, even with famous stars, had some pretty poor acting in them.

Joe

Edits: 02/20/09

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Agreed for the most part. - grantv 11:40:06 02/20/09 (1)
I thought Dark Knight had the possibility of being very good... if not for Bale. We still joke around about his horribly fake deep voice. "I'M BATMAN...." OK. Sorry Bale, didn't do it for me. Borderline ruined the movie. A few others also didn't fare too well.
Haven't seen the latest Indiana; I'll probably pain through it some day semi-soon. Thanks for the warning. :)
Never heard of "Vicky..." or "There Will be Blood" so I can't comment there.
For my taste however, No Country was a waste of 2 hours. I've been reading here as of late this is a "Coen film". The poster mentioned other Coen films, none of which I liked either. That goes for Tarantino also however, so I guess I just don't like "popular" (?) movies.
Overall I have to definitely agree with your conclusion. I rent a movie once every 1-3 weeks. I'm shocked when I go because I always think to myself.. "self, I haven't seen a movie for a while, so there'll be TONS of great choices". Self is usually wrong. :)
- I didn't care for the Indy Jones film and I really disliked - Wendell Narrod 14:34:17 02/20/09 (0)
  There Will Be Blood because of Day-Lewis' overacting. I really liked No Country For Old Men because I found the acting to be outstanding.
  
  -Wendell

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