# Good movies you wish you'd never seen (mild spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 21, 2004, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-you-wish-youd-never-seen-mild-spoilers/260827 "2004-08-21T05:22:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-you-wish-youd-never-seen-mild-spoilers/260827/81 "2004-08-27T07:09:39Z")
Perhaps I’ll watch it again. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-you-wish-youd-never-seen-mild-spoilers/260827/82 "2004-08-27T07:13:36Z")
layers upon layers. Key: it’s about moral relativism: one man’s meat is another man’s poison; one man’s recreational drug is another woman’s near lethal overdose. Every single scene in that movie hinges on two different interpretations on a single thing. Every laugh as well. Almost every exchange is the cognitive dissonance of one person realizing that the other person doesn’t see the thing the same way they do. Brilliant brilliant brilliant. ---
**Author:** ![Calliope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Calliope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calliope)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-you-wish-youd-never-seen-mild-spoilers/260827/83 "2004-08-27T07:14:07Z")
I thought _Iris_ was very, very good, and I’m glad I saw it, but it was utterly depressing. I cried and cried after it ended. I’d never want to see it again. I also have to agree with whoever mentioned _Dead Man Walking._ And I truly wish I’d never even seen _Fargo._ ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-you-wish-youd-never-seen-mild-spoilers/260827/84 "2004-08-27T07:20:06Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > layers upon layers. Key: it’s about moral relativism: one man’s meat is another man’s poison; one man’s recreational drug is another woman’s near lethal overdose. Every single scene in that movie hinges on two different interpretations on a single thing. Every laugh as well. Almost every exchange is the cognitive dissonance of one person realizing that the other person doesn’t see the thing the same way they do. Brilliant brilliant brilliant. Hmmm… Didn’t see that. Wasn’t viewing it too critically at the time. I’ll watch it again. ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-you-wish-youd-never-seen-mild-spoilers/260827/85 "2004-08-27T07:20:44Z")
> [@Ilsa\_Lund](#): > > _Important_, sure. But I could take it or leave it but for the dialogue (Do I have a sign saying ‘Dead nigger storage!?’). The minor irritations are numerous enough to distract me. _Jackie Brown_ is his _best_ film. _Reservoir Dogs_ was okay. _Kill Bill_ jes’ plain sucked. While I’ve liked all his movies quite a bit, I too think _ **Jackie Brown** _ is his best flick. Of course, that’s at least partially because the roles played by Pam Grier and Robert Forster were likable people. Tarantino puts characters in his movies to root for and against, but rarely does he put characters in his movie that are likeable. I enjoyed _ **Kill Bill** _ flicks but they were enjoyable only as gaudy style over substance, which I suppose was the point. Tarentino is a visually stunning director. I’d actually like to see him use his vision to make a movie that isn’t full of badasses, but he probably doesn’t want to, [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-you-wish-youd-never-seen-mild-spoilers/260827.md?page=4)