Sadly enough, I can relate to this description of Jim Carrey’s character and I’ve had so-called friends like Matthew Broderick’s character as well.
Anyway, the movie I really enjoyed that none of the critics seemed to like was Clint Eastwood’s movie, “A Perfect World.” I thought this was a fabulous movie and enjoyed Kevin Costner’s character as well as the kid’s. I remember critics bashing it for overuse of violence or something to that effect.
Years later, these same critics praise “Pulp Fiction” yet make no mention of the overuse of violence.:rolleyes:
This is weird. Of the films mentioned so far I either really enjoyed them, or haven’t heard of them (maybe 30% of the films mentioned so far?). Except Dune, I thought that was crap.
I’ve seen The Postman, Cabin Boy and Playing God several times each. Being reminded of it makes me want to buy Playing God on DVD…
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**“Lake Placid” was, as far as I can tell, treated poorly simply because it was a giant alligator movie. It was a great giant alligator movie, possibly the best of all time.
Minor nitpick. It wasn’t an alligator, but a crocodile. That being said, I loved “Lake Placid”
And Oliver Platt was the quirky millionarie, that studied crocodile and traveled all over to “commune” with them.
Was ‘Romeo Must Die’ panned? I thought the combination of stylized, goofy martial arts sequences and gritty urban warfare story was a bit odd, but I enjoyed it.
YES!!! I forgot about this one; Sam Jackson is CLASSIC in it
Geena Davis: Are you thinking what I’m thinking?
Sam Jackson: I hope not; I’m thinkin’ about how much my balls hurt.
And
Sam Jackson on the Larry King Show: You know, Larry, I always like to be frank and ernest with the ladies. In New York, I’m Frank and in LA, I"m Ernest.
And who can forget
Sam Jackson: when you assume, you make an “ass” out of you and “umption”.
Yeah, that movie is good if only for Sam Jackson’s role.
Chet speaking, how can I help you? HAHAHAHAHA. Chet.
Fifth Element, UHF, and A Perfect World were all outstanding movies. Another flick I like, even though it is quite bad, is Meet Joe Black. Whenever it’s on, I will watch it without hesitation.
One that I had forgotten about came on cable tonight.
Bubble Boy
I’m the only person I know who’s even seen this movie. It got pretty godawful review, IIRC. But I really like it. Jake Gyllenhal does the innocent idiot routine pretty well and everything about this movie is just so campy and hammed up. It’s great!
I saw it on a recommendation from a fellow professor who absolutely loved it. It’s pretty funny and did not deserve all the lousy reviews.
Okay, that’s three people who saw it.
