Looking at IMDBs top 250, there are some real stinkers. Here are my SLDKJFSDJFSDJGSDJFDSesque reviews
The Godfather a film about some guy who you only meet at birthdays and weddings.
Schindler’s List must be a film about some guy who writes some words on a clipboard
Rear Window a film about glass. Must be boring.
North by Northwest a film about a compass bearing
M what were the producers thinking?
Jaws a film about dentistry???
Forrest Gump is an even dumber name and looked how that turned out!
I rented Kramer vs. Kramer because the title sounded interesting- who wouldn’t want to see the wacky neighbor from Seinfeld fight his evil clone? But when I got it home, I think somebody at the video store put the wrong movie in the wrong box- it was this thing about this husband and wife who divorced suing over the custody of their child. Somebody at that video store’s gonna end up upside down with a fuckin’ fork up their ass- unless, of course, I end up enjoying this documentary about celebrity feuds I also rented. I think it’s called Star Wars.
Why not rent Michael Collins and make it a double feature?
I’m with pretty much everyone else here. I’d heard of “Michael Clayton” and didn’t know much about it until one of my friends who doesn’t work in the film industry said that he’d seen it and it was the best movie he’d seen in 2007. I finally saw it this weekend - not the best, but certainly very good.
Or better yet, order a vodka Collins, and make it a double!
I didn’t read the OP, except for the title, and I found it to be agressively and actively boring.
Nobody I know had ever heard of this post before last night, and by “nobody I know” I mean people who actively make message boards and follow the message board industry.
Nobody ever read this OP, and nobody ever will. It’s not even a post, it’s the black hit of space in digital versatile form, a black hole that will eat us all.
Did I mention that I didn’t actually read it?
This also explains the Grammys, which should really be retitled the “What Trophies Shall We Hand to Elton John, Billy Joel, and Bruce Springsteen, and Other Selected Artists Who We Still Like Even Though the Radio Doesn’t Play Them Any More? Awards”.
TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW is complaining about poor naming choices?
The irony, it makes one’s eyes water!
I liked it. It was a good movie.
Just wanted to say that I’ve seen this movie couple of months ago and liked it very much - a lot more than “No country for old men”. Plus, there is Tilda Svinton. And the best final scene I’ve seen in a long time. Rapid-fire negotiations that are verbal equivalent to crashing through glass roof simultaneously shooting pistols in both hands… The way he made her confess to everything and propose him bribe… I left movie theater really impressed. To write, direct and play scene like this really requires top-end movie making skills.
I am going to take the OP as inspiration. When I write my next review for the magazine at work I will restrict it to a review of the title and trailer only without actually seeing the movie. Of course I will inform my readers of these facts. I’ll let you know how I get on.
Hey, Glengarry Glen Ross is an amazingly tense, suspenseful and interesting movie, and it’s about real estate salesmen - the vast majority of the film takes place in a dingy office. It’s totally possible for movies about dry, seemingly-boring “adult” topics to be highly entertaining - it’s all about the story and the acting. The OP might actually find he enjoyed the movie if he gave it a chance.
Yeah, all that, but it’s got a snappy title, so it must be OK by our esteemed original poster.
In the spirit of the OP:
I’ve personally never seen Titanic. So clearly it’s an unknown film and shouldn’t have won any Oscars.
Nobody ever watched this, and nobody ever will. It’s not even a movie, it’s the black hit of space in digital versatile form, a black hole that will eat us all.
My proudest Michael Collins-related post.
Anyway, I’m just now watching The Astronaut Farmer which has a moderating compelling title, but this movie sucks!
Well, I gave The Astronaut Farmer a fair shake.
This movie is stoooooooopid.
Good point about Hamlet; I should have used David Copperfield as an example. But my point was there’s a long tradition of books, plays, and movies named for a character.
And what would be a better title? It’s a morality play; the title character is at the center of it and is a really strong character. I was surprised to see it nominated for an original screenplay Oscar, because I assumed it was adapted from a novel, and was thinking of trying to find the novel to read it. A lot of movies have sort of generic titles. Consider these:
Primal Fear.
Jagged Edge.
Presumed Innocent.
Different movies, but those titles could have been swapped around amongst them and still made sense.
So, pick a better title for Michael Clayton. If I had to change it, I might go with Different Dreams.
To do that the OP would have to actualy watch the movie :smack:
Consider these Steven Seagal titles:
Urban Justice
Mercenary for Justice
Today You Die
Into the Sun
Out of Reach
Out for a Kill
Half Past Dead
Exit Wounds
Fire Down Below
On Deadly Ground
Under Siege
Out for Justice
Marked for Death
Hard to Kill
Above the Law
Can any but the most hard-core Seagal fans tell these movies apart?
Why on earth would you watch that movie? I’m calling the looney bin.