Criteria for avoiding films

[Venod]

Here's the list of fillums I have gone to see in the last 20 years

Well I have only been to see one film at the Cinema in the last 20 years

As Good As It Gets (1997)

I did watch Elizabeth Town (2005) on a flight back from New York and it became a favourite, its a great soundtrack too.

 

[Mrs M]

Not a great film buff, only watch if a "captive audience" when Mr M watching.
The Good, Bad and Ugly is on just now.
Just had a torture scene, know how they feel
Usually avoid the cinema also as I usually fall asleep, then get woken up by the louder than required sound track

 

[steve50]

I'm not a massive film fan and tend to get easily bored with the dross that keeps being billed as the "next hollywood blockbuster" but I do like movies based on real life events, something you can actually relate to, perhaps a story based on an actual event.
The one movie that really stands out for me is based on a New Zealand family living in the slums, a powerful drama that you could see happening in the real world, well worth the watch.

 

[snorri]

I tend to avoid anything from the USA, anything with a car chase and anything likely to have daft explosions.

 

[OskarTennisChampion]

I tend to avoid anything from the USA, anything with a car chase and anything likely to have daft explosions.

My suggestion would be to put your TV in the cupboard after 8 PM.

 

[MontyVeda]

Oh yes while i remember...
slating Tom Hanks?

I though Forrest Gump was an amaizing film..had everything..

mind you i love Happy Gilmore..and Tom wasn't in that

Hanks is excellent in Apollo 13 too. I can't really see the problem with Tom Hanks - a pretty good actor . Hey I even like the slobbery dog cop movie

People keep telling he's an amazing actor but to me, watching Hanks is like staring at a bowl of tepid dishwater, which is marginally better than Matt Damon, who has the on-screen presence of a tea bag.

 

[steve50]

Interesting. I tend to avoid movies based on real events since I realised that many of them (<cough>Oliver Stone<cough>) take liberties with the events and give a completely false spin to what really happened. Some people do end up thinking what they see in a movie is what really took place, which sometimes really matters I think.

I tend to agree to some extent, however the film makers have to make the film interesting to a potential audience so filling in missing details and enhancing the details to make the movie a little more interesting (watchable) warrants some alteration of the facts as long as they don't go too overboard.
Another one worth watching,

 

[MontyVeda]

I tend to agree to some extent, however the film makers have to make the film interesting to a potential audience so filling in missing details and enhancing the details to make the movie a little more interesting (watchable) warrants some alteration of the facts as long as they don't go too overboard.

like that one about the u-boat... they altered the fact that it was British 'victory' and turned it into an American one

 

[steve50]

That sounds fair, but consider the spurious stuff about the assassination of Kennedy in Stone's film, which many people believe to be true. And the film about IRA prisoners (sorry I forget the title) in which a man and his father met in prison, whereas in life they did not. I can't see the point in embroidering the facts like this, when the facts themselves are interesting enough.

fair comment and TBH I haven't watched either of those films.

 

[Tin Pot]

I'm not a massive film fan and tend to get easily bored with the dross that keeps being billed as the "next hollywood blockbuster" but I do like movies based on real life events, something you can actually relate to, perhaps a story based on an actual event.
The one movie that really stands out for me is based on a New Zealand family living in the slums, a powerful drama that you could see happening in the real world, well worth the watch.

Cook me some farking eggs.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

My main criteria is to aovid seeing anything that is showing at the local multiplex. Not always, but in general this is a pretty good policy.

On the other hand, I disagree with whoever was dissing the Bourne films above. The ones directed by Paul Greengrass are rather superior action films, and Matt Damon makes for a convincing cypher.

 

[jefmcg]

I'm not a massive film fan and tend to get easily bored with the dross that keeps being billed as the "next hollywood blockbuster" but I do like movies based on real life events, something you can actually relate to, perhaps a story based on an actual event.
The one movie that really stands out for me is based on a New Zealand family living in the slums, a powerful drama that you could see happening in the real world, well worth the watch.

Very good film. Disappointed in the careers of both leads after this, I next saw him in a Pamela Anderson vehicle**. Actually, it's worth a look if you are interested in the bizarre, Barb Wire, which is - as I recall - a remake of Casablanca, set in a madmaxian future, were Anderson plays Rick, and Temuera plays Ilsa. Both he and Rena Owen have both done Star Wars movies, so presumably they will never be broke, but Temuera filmography just makes me sad. Speed 2, Dusk to Dawn 3, Scorpion King 3, and in post-production (who-the-hell-asked-for-this?) Hard Target 2.

**this needs explanation. Back in the 90s I used to go to the drive in often***. Warm car, pick up a pizza on the way, sound through your stereo. Double feature for less than the price of a single movie in a cinema. Saw all sorts of films as second feature with something I wanted to see.

***this needs explanation. It wasn't in the UK. http://villagecinemas.com.au/cinemas/coburg-drive-in <- it's still there! they wanted to build a multiplex on the site. I'm glad they haven't.

 

[jefmcg]

Jean Claude Van Damme

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1130988/

also

Kickboxer (1989)
Mr Van Damme is a sensational discovery, combining the balletic grace of Mikhail Baryshnikov with the acting ability of a turnip. Chris Tookey, Sunday Telegraph

He was beautiful in motion.

 

[Profpointy]

Very good film. Disappointed in the careers of both leads after this, I next saw him in a Pamela Anderson vehicle. Actually, it's worth a look if you are interested in the bizarre, Barb Wire, which is - as I recall - a remake of Casablanca, set in a madmaxian future, were Anderson plays Rick, and Temuera plays Ilsa. Both he and Rena Owen have both done Star Wars movies, so presumably they will never be broke, but Temuera filmography just makes me sad. Speed 2, Dusk to Dawn 3, Scorpion King 3, and in post-production (who-the-hell-asked-for-this?) Hard Target 2.

I have a vague recollection of seeing Barb Wire.and it being quite a lot better than you'd have expected. May be mixing it with Tank Girl.mind

 

[gavroche]

Any James Bond films. They are all the same and so predictable. Horror films, there is enough horrors in this world, don't need to add on to it. Basically, I don't watch many films.