I was gonna say <b>Death to Smoochie</b>, but then I remembered that I may in fact be the only person on the planet who enjoyed that flick. So… er… nevermind, I guess.
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Off topic, but did she really expect a refund for a movie she disliked? It’s not like you or your company MADE the f’kin thing. Or am I missing the part where she was forced at gunpoint to rent it?
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Yes she did. I actually let her exchange it because, A) her son is frikkin hawt, and B) it was the second time this week someone expected a refund for a movie they didn’t like. The first time it was a couple who’d rented Witless Protection and brought it back because it was stupid. I blinked a couple times, and said, “It’s a Larry the Cable Guy movie.” They were like, “Well?” And I said, “I can’t give you a refund for a Larry the Cable Guy movie because it’s stupid. It’s supposed to be stupid.” So they stomped out and said they’d never come back. Awesome, I thought, but I wimped out with the plastic surgery victim because it would’ve depressed me even more to’ve lost *two *customers in one week over such a stupid thing.
Oh, and she exchanged it for Georgia Rules. As she took it, I said, drippingly, “That’s a MUCH better movie.” But she smiled–I think; it was hard to tell through the scars–and her son came in the next day. In bike shorts. (Turns out he’s circumcised.) So god’s in his heaven and all’s right with the world.
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I was gonna say <b>Death to Smoochie</b>, but then I remembered that I may in fact be the only person on the planet who enjoyed that flick. So… er… nevermind, I guess.
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Got it on DVD. I can certainly understand why some people don’t like black comedy (I also liked DeVito’s War of the Roses though Throw Momma From the Train is a touch over-rated). I oh-so-generously wouldn’t consider it a flaw in someone’s character.
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Some Like It Hot
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Wouldja believe I just watched this for the first time last night? Great flick (even though I’d had the closing punchline spoiled for me long ago).
[QUOTE=ArchiveGuy]
See, I’ve learned that no such thing exists. There are movies I love, movies I can’t imagine anyone not liking, yet I know there are people out there who don’t. Their reasons may seem petty or stupid to me (just like mine might to you about the truly detestable Billy Elliott), but this runs into the whole Litmus Test school of critique evaluation. There are critics I love who seem to sometimes “miss the mark” about movies I admire or vice versa, but I’ve learned that movies I love are simply movies I love, and while I may be an ambassador for those films, I don’t need other people to love them (though it brings me great joy if they do).
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Of course I know this. There are several nuggets of hyperbole salted through the OP; see if you can spot them.
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I was gonna say <b>Death to Smoochie</b>, but then I remembered that I may in fact be the only person on the planet who enjoyed that flick. So… er… nevermind, I guess.
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See, I love this movie. But I love Very Bad Things and Showgirls. And I’m an asshole. So . . . there you are. I guess.
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My dislike of this movie is fully justified.
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I’m shocked at how much this line shocked me. Are you thinking about the same movie? Children of Heaven is a sweet, gentle little film about a brother and sister in Iran. The brother accidentally loses the sister’s shoes and has to figure out how to get her another pair. He loves to run and hears about a race where the 2nd prize is a new pair of shoes, so he conspires to get in the race, but not to win. It’s beyond adorable but not cloying or smarmy. I’m dumbfounded that anyone would dislike it.
[QUOTE=Equipoise]
I’m shocked at how much this line shocked me. Are you thinking about the same movie? Children of Heaven is a sweet, gentle little film about a brother and sister in Iran…
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Oh, heh, I was thinking of Children of Men.
My bad.
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Oh, heh, I was thinking of Children of Men.
My bad.
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I wondered; Children of Heaven the first movie that occurred to me when I thought about starting this thread. It’s truly a movie that I cannot fathom a reason for not liking. It’s the “feel good movie” of all time. (ETA: Thanks eternally to **Cervaise **for showing it to me.)
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I was gonna say <b>Death to Smoochie</b>, but then I remembered that I may in fact be the only person on the planet who enjoyed that flick. So… er… nevermind, I guess.
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Not the only one. I love this movie.
Once
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I wondered; Children of Heaven the first movie that occurred to me when I thought about starting this thread. It’s truly a movie that I cannot fathom a reason for not liking. It’s the “feel good movie” of all time. (ETA: Thanks eternally to **Cervaise **for showing it to me.)
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Hey, I thought I showed it to you. I know we saw it in the theater when it was released here, then later, bought the DVD from England.
Bryan, I thought you must have meant Children of Men. I thought it was a pretty good movie myself, but I can see why others wouldn’t. Children of Heaven, though, that floored me. I’m glad it was CoM.
Any parent who wants to ease their young children into movies with subtitles should start with Children of Heaven. It’s 100% delightful.
You guys are killing me. I am SUCH an asshole! Remember the OP’s position…I think y’all are forgetting that. Please tell me you are:
“Wings of Desire”?
“Badlands”? (Happen to love it, but I can completely appreciate why others wouldn’t)
“Bck to the Future”?
“Tremors”?
“Moulin Rouge”? (God, boring beyond belief…hated it)
I think the OP needs to clarify the premise… does it make one an asshole not to like movies that are cuddly and sweet and well-made? Then I think the list has to start with “Babe”.
Or does it make one an asshole not to like movies that are insanely entertianing and smart and unexpected and fantasitically well made? Then the list has to include “Pulp Fiction”.
See what I mean?
I call for clarification!
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Hey, I thought I showed it to you. I know we saw it in the theater when it was released here, then later, bought the DVD from England.
Bryan, I thought you must have meant Children of Men. I thought it was a pretty good movie myself, but I can see why others wouldn’t. Children of Heaven, though, that floored me. I’m glad it was CoM.
Any parent who wants to ease their young children into movies with subtitles should start with Children of Heaven. It’s 100% delightful.
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Yes, I get a 100% approval when I recommend it to pretty much any customer, and I push it for kids’ first subtitles.
But sorry Eq, Cervaise showed it to me in our erstwhile movie group. I think you were volunteering at CIFF though, and had a screener of it, which you sent me when you dumped all your VHSes. And we talked about it on IM too, IIRC.
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You guys are killing me. I am SUCH an asshole! Remember the OP’s position…I think y’all are forgetting that. Please tell me you are:
“Wings of Desire”?
“Badlands”? (Happen to love it, but I can completely appreciate why others wouldn’t)
“Bck to the Future”?
“Tremors”?
“Moulin Rouge”? (God, boring beyond belief…hated it)
I think the OP needs to clarify the premise… does it make one an asshole not to like movies that are cuddly and sweet and well-made? Then I think the list has to start with “Babe”.
Or does it make one an asshole not to like movies that are insanely entertianing and smart and unexpected and fantasitically well made? Then the list has to include “Pulp Fiction”.
See what I mean?
I call for clarification!
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It’s a personal thing: which movies just strike you, personally, as so perfect and entertaining that the person who’d dislike would be impossible to understand.
I have to add:
Out of Sight
Ghostbusters is timeless movie-perfection. If you don’t like it, stay away from me.
Bella
Spy Kids
Pooh’s Heffalump Movie
*don’t even think about criticizing this one 
Life as a House, Hearts in Atlantis, and Down with Love are the first three that come to mind.
