# How can anyone love this film??? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 1, 2000, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-anyone-love-this-film/15578 "2000-04-01T05:32:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2000, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-anyone-love-this-film/15578/21 "2000-04-03T07:03:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by GuanoLad: > \*\*Hey guys! > > We all have different tastes. I don’t like 'em, don’t understand their popularity. Doesn’t mean I should be a victim of such extreme violence as being beaten on by three women with a nerfbat. > > \*\* What if you were naked? And we brought some whipped cream? (Just asking!) * * * “You don’t have insurance? Well, just have a seat and someone will be with you after you die.” --Yes, another quality sig custom created by Wally! ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2000, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-anyone-love-this-film/15578/22 "2000-04-03T18:48:00Z")
Not a huge fan of the movie, but I did make sure to pick up the album when it came out on CD. Personally, I’m more of a soundtrack person than an actual film person, but not that way with live theatre. Esprix * * * [Ask the Gay Guy!](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/001376.html) ---
**Author:** ![beefymeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@beefymeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beefymeg)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2000, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-anyone-love-this-film/15578/23 "2000-04-03T19:09:00Z")
Xanadu: Gene Kelly **in roller skates**. _YESSS!_ * * * “Well, I guess this means the fun’s over.” -Gus Mc Crae “It may be over, but it sure wasn’t fun.” - Woodrow Call ---
**Author:** ![Drum\_God](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drum_god/32/44_2.png) [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2000, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-anyone-love-this-film/15578/24 "2000-04-03T22:51:00Z")
Not really about Xanadu, but what in the world was Eyes Wide Shut all about? My wife and I watched it and we just didn’t quite get it. Why was Tom Cruise hanging around those people? Why was the costume shop-keeper upset about his tramp-daughter one day, then fine with her slutty ways the next? What did the girl with the dead father have to do with anything? Huh??? Not to mention the weird fact that the last word in Kubrick’s last film is an emphatic “F\*\*K!” I guess that’s what I want on my epitaph. I suppose a Kubrick movie is really supposed to be experienced rather than understood. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-anyone-love-this-film/15578/25 "2000-04-04T00:06:00Z")
> [@](#): > > What if you were naked? And we brought some whipped cream? (Just asking!) Hmm. Suddenly that has a certain appeal… * * * [The Legend Of PigeonMan](http://www.hotkey.net.au/~guanolad/pigeonman/) - **Shadow of the Pigeon** - Weirdo of the Night ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-anyone-love-this-film/15578/26 "2000-04-04T00:18:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by GuanoLad: > \*\*Any other film I don’t understand is popular? > > You mean like _The Matrix_? Or _The English Patient_? Or _The Piano_? Or _American Beauty_? > > _sigh_ > \*\* Hmmm… I haven’t seen the English Patient but I LOVED the other three! * * * – From an actual catalog: “Disco balls create an enchanting, dazzling effect of light shafts, adding movement and glamour to any occasion” _the Abrams’ bris was certainly memorable_ O p a l C a t [www.opalcat.com](http://www.opalcat.com) ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-anyone-love-this-film/15578/27 "2000-04-04T13:49:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by **Drum God** : > > … what in the world was Eyes Wide Shut all about? Check out the “Stanely Kubrick is better off dead” or whatever the thread title is here in MPSIMS for a very enthusiastic discussion about his merits as a director and the film’s merits as art. Esprix * * * [Ask the Gay Guy!](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/001376.html) ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2000, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-anyone-love-this-film/15578/28 "2000-04-05T05:08:00Z")
Glad to see that “The Matrix” made it. I, for the absolute life of me, cannot find one thing to appreciate about Keanu Reeves. IMHO, he’s as stiff and wooden as a telephone pole with as much emotional range. I just don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2000, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-anyone-love-this-film/15578/29 "2000-04-05T05:10:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by plnnr: > **Glad to see that “The Matrix” made it. I, for the absolute life of me, cannot find one thing to appreciate about Keanu Reeves. IMHO, he’s as stiff and wooden as a telephone pole with as much emotional range. I just don’t get it.** I like him. Of course, I know several people in real life who are just like him, so he doesn’t come across as unrealistic to me. * * * – I have over 2000 posts, dammit! Show some respect. O p a l C a t [www.opalcat.com](http://www.opalcat.com) ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-anyone-love-this-film/15578/30 "2000-04-04T18:52:00Z")
Back when pay tv started up in Canada they showed the same movies over and over and over and we would watch them over and over and over. I can still remember parts of "Porky’s’ and “Porky’s II”, but I can’t for the life of me remember a damn thing about “Xanadu” even thoug I saw it at least four times. It wasn’t truly awful, just mediocre. OTOH, to my eternal regret, I still remember large hunks of “Nasty Habits” , which starred Glenda Jackson as a nun version of Richard Nixon, and the whole thing was a Watergate parable. I also remember all forty-eight hours of “The English Patient”, which was the most boring movie I sat through. Keith PS: Post 200 (finally) * * * You want brilliance BEFORE I’ve had my coffee!!! ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-anyone-love-this-film/15578/31 "2000-04-04T19:23:00Z")
I think I saw Xanadu once but was embarrassed for everyone involved and turned it off. I felt the same way when I watched “Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Heartclub Band” even though it involved my favorite band of the time, the BeeGees (long sigh, recapturing my youthful lust for Barry Gibb). Hey! At least they write their own stuff! Try that one N’Sync. ---
**Author:** ![SmoothOperator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@SmoothOperator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmoothOperator)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-anyone-love-this-film/15578/32 "2000-04-04T19:40:00Z")
I’m not sure why, but I was ROTFLMAO over Romey and Michelle’s High School Reunion and Clueless. I wasn’t doing drugs or drinking anything alcoholic at the time, but I really enjoyed them. Especially that one garage scene in Romey & Michelle. ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-anyone-love-this-film/15578/33 "2000-04-04T21:28:00Z")
I’m not going to talk bad about The Blair Witch Project. . . . I’m not going to talk bad about The Blair Witch Project. . . . . I’m not going to talk bad about The Blair Witch Project. . . . I’m not going to talk bad about The Blair Witch Project. . . . . I’m not going to talk bad about The Blair Witch Project. . . . I’m not going to talk bad about The Blair Witch Project. . . . . UGGH! I can’t help it. . . ## IT SUCKS THE BIG ONE! Pardon me while I burst into flames. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2000, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-anyone-love-this-film/15578/34 "2000-04-05T07:20:00Z")
I didn’t like BWP either, Diane. I just don’t think it was a **movie**. I said this when it was first out: the so-called directors didn’t **direct** anything. Directing means working **with** the actors; leaving notes with general instructions is not directing. What we saw was fairly good improv, from actors who should do well in their next role, but those two guys, whatever their names were, have yet to prove that they can direct traffic. Also, I love how working with unknown, non-union actors means one doesn’t have to adhere to safety guidelines or reasonable working hours. * * * “His eyes are as green as a fresh-pickled toad, His hair is as dark as a blackboard, I wish he was mine, he’s really divine, The hero who conquered the Dark Lord.” ---
**Author:** ![ToddEverett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e8c25b/32.png) [@ToddEverett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToddEverett)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2000, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-anyone-love-this-film/15578/35 "2000-04-06T06:37:00Z")
I remember seeing Xanadu in a second-run theater (remember those?), here in Hollywood. There’s a point where the new skating rink building is unveiled (or something, it’s been a while) and somebody says “What’s that?” Swear to God, several people in the theater shouted out simultaneously, “It’s the Pan-Pacific Auditorium!” Which it wss, a wonderful art deco building that was used as the expetior and which, sadly, no longer exists. Pretty good music, though, if you like that kind of thing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-anyone-love-this-film/15578.md?page=1)