Flicks You WANT to Like But Just CAN'T

[SweetOblivion]

Jan 3, 2012 19:14:06 GMT -4 mmmkrimpets said:

I just can't get on the Cary Grant love train

*faints*

[chonies]

Feb 2, 2012 23:30:47 GMT -4 sjankis630 said:

I've ever been able to get out of it is a sense of how much Bogart had aged by that point

you ain't the only one. I thought both he and Hepburn looked like shit.

I always thought their middle-agedness was part of the story. Bogart's character was kind of a loose cannon: no family, no real home, etc. Same thing with Hepburn's character, and their ages drove the point home--the character of Rose was originally written for her mid-30's, I think, so you know...spinster . They didn't really have the option of starting over, marrying and having a little family (together or separate). They were staring down the barrel of the choices they'd made as younger people amidst powers beyond their control.

Or something. I haven't seen it in a while but it's the first movie I ever remember watching, so it's kind of seared into my brain.

Feb 8, 2012 9:56:55 GMT -4 SweetOblivion said:

Jan 3, 2012 19:14:06 GMT -4 mmmkrimpets said:

I just can't get on the Cary Grant love train

*faints*

Also faints. Although, I will concede that sometimes it's more brain appeal than, shall we say, physical response. But still! Perfection. Even if he was Archie Leach playing Cary Grant, it was still and interesting, squinty character, even in the movies he hated doing, like Father Goose.

And to stay on topic, instead of being belligerent, I will add Breakfast at Tiffany's. I've watched, I've tried liking it, but it doesn't do it for me.

[Mutagen]

chonies, are you me? I liked The African Queen too, in big part because I saw it young - it was probably the first I had ever seen Bogart or Hepburn in, so the age issue didn't bother me.

And, I was really surprised when I finally sat down to watch it at how much I didn't like Breakfast at Tiffany's. In fact, I would go as far as to say I hated it.

[Hamatron]

I don't like Breakfast at Tiffany's either. I thought Audrey Hepburn was horribly miscast. Epically miscast. I read somewhere that the story was originally written with Marylin Monroe in mind. Yeah. That makes a lot of sense. Hepburn as a doe-eyed hooker? Not so much.

And then the white guy comes out with his pathetic, racist Asian character and I can't deal with the shittiness anymore.

[Shalamar]

I didn't like Breakfast at Tiffany's either. And I've probably mentioned this before, but I can't stand Meet Me in St. Louis. I love most Hollywood musicals from around that era (Seven Brides especially), but that one just makes me want to throw things. The father was a jackass, Margaret O'Brien is insufferable, and all I can think while Judy is on the screen is how thin and ill she looks.

[Mierin]

savelilo said:

I usually dislike mainstream comedies because they're not funny, but I really wanted to like Bridesmaids. I actually did laugh out loud a few times. But the combination of Kirsten Wiig's contorted faces, the gross out humor, and the extremely depressing elements (no job, no boyfriend, no apartment!) is just...NO. It just wasn't as 'feel good' as I wanted it to be. I don't need a depressing dose of reality in a light comedy!

Agreed. I really wanted to like Bridesmaids and, while there were some funny moments, I found myself depressed at the end of the movie and had to put on another comedy to cheer myself up. Comedies aren't supposed to depress me!

[kanding]

Bridesmaids made me reeeeeeally uncomfortable at certain moments, but she ended up with Chris O'Dowd at the end! Good ending! Happy ending!

But yeah, if it hadn't ended like that, I would have had to watch something else to get rid of the uneasy feeling.

[satellite]

Feb 8, 2012 11:55:34 GMT -4 Hamatron said:

I don't like Breakfast at Tiffany's either. I thought Audrey Hepburn was horribly miscast. Epically miscast. I read somewhere that the story was originally written with Marylin Monroe in mind. Yeah. That makes a lot of sense. Hepburn as a doe-eyed hooker? Not so much.

And then the white guy comes out with his pathetic, racist Asian character and I can't deal with the shittiness anymore.

Wow. I swear I paused after the second sentence of this post and thought "maybe Marilyn Monroe would have been better".

I remember watching with a group in college and dozing off for much of it. Plus, I didn't know enough about the movie at the time to know what "party girl" actually meant .

[Alexis Machine]

Feb 14, 2012 15:37:51 GMT -4 Mierin said:

[quote author=savelilo board=movietalk thread=3242 post=1004607 time=13253858I usually dislike mainstream comedies because they're not funny, but I really wanted to like Bridesmaids. I actually did laugh out loud a few times. But the combination of Kirsten Wiig's contorted faces, the gross out humor, and the extremely depressing elements (no job, no boyfriend, no apartment!) is just...NO. It just wasn't as 'feel good' as I wanted it to be. I don't need a depressing dose of reality in a light comedy!

Agreed. I really wanted to like Bridesmaids and, while there were some funny moments, I found myself depressed at the end of the movie and had to put on another comedy to cheer myself up. Comedies aren't supposed to depress me! [/quote]

It seemed like they were trying to make an American version of Muriel's Wedding - a depressing but funny movie - but somehow forgot it was supposed to be good and funny. Also, why are Apatow's movies so goddamned long?

[save lilo!]

Feb 14, 2012 15:48:53 GMT -4 kanding said:

Bridesmaids made me reeeeeeally uncomfortable at certain moments, but she ended up with Chris O'Dowd at the end! Good ending! Happy ending!

But yeah, if it hadn't ended like that, I would have had to watch something else to get rid of the uneasy feeling.

I don't like that this female-headlined comedy that was supposed to prove *something* only had the female lead find a MAN and everything was A-OK. But that's another gripe for another day.