DAR Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Now take a film like the Assasination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. That's also a movie that some would call boring, but I happen to really like it. 2001 is the only Kubrick film I find boring. I think Eyes Wide Shut is just a bad movie and never saw Barry Lyndon or Lolita. But everything else I'm a fan. And I should correct Tree of Life to say all of Terrence Malick movies bore me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Gary Scott Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Jesse james is a great movie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishstick Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Great topic.Any movie that Gopher likes is pretentious. Even if you like it as well, his reasonings for liking that movie are completely different than yours. So that's my answer. :rofl: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishstick Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 I guess I'd go by the standard definition, that is; affecting importance where none exists, or should not exist and then having a negative reaction to that.Bingo. Movies that think they are oh so smart and have something profound to say whereas they are stupid and have nothing to say that we didn`t know before are pretentious. In short, Prometheus. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 We use Zhuangbility instead of Pretentious in Chinese ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Someone called me pretentious for liking Pulp Fiction once. I consider that to be the moment that the word lost any sort of definition. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riczhang Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Someone called me pretentious for liking Pulp Fiction once. I consider that to be the moment that the word lost any sort of definition.Well it is the GA, can't possibly have a refined taste in stuff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Pretentious is a word pretentious people use. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Pretentious- a word used by the unsophisticated masses to make themselves feel better as a result of not understanding something that is simply above their class level.You slay me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 "Pretentious" is a word "pretentious" people use. And this is what we call shooting yourself to hit the enemy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Any movie that baumer likes isn't very good. Even if you like it as well, his reasons for liking that movie are arbitrary and nonsensical and completely different from yours. That's MY answer! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Pretentious is a vile word. People misuse it all the time. Usually people mean esoteric or ostentatious. But really the word means when people are reaching for merit that is undeserved. Like when someone does what someone else did without really understanding why they did it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozymandias Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 (edited) I really do hate the use of this word when associated with movies. Most of the time, it's a quick way to knock a film when somebody just doesn't like it. If it doesn't entertain or satisfy them in the way they want.If I could like this 50 times I would. In the case of movies, what is or isn't pretentious is entirely subjective. Whenever I see that word in critic reviews, I usually just stop reading. Fuck off.A good example would be Lemire's review of Cloud Atlas. Edited January 18, 2013 by Shpongle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teardropmina Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 from I gather from the use of the term "pretentious" online, people mostly use it to describe artsy movies that they don't quite understand. for me personally, on the personal cinema side, I'd say Angelopoulos is more often than not pretentious with his long take, contriving to be artsy.on the mainstream side, Inception is pretentious as Nolan deploys overly convoluting narrative and flashy visuals to convey very simple concepts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Gittes Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 A pretentious movie (or book, or any piece of art, really), to me, is something that pretends it's saying more than it actually does, or places more weight and importance on its subject than the subject warrants. It's definitely an overused word in online community, but I do believe it can be used appropriately and I don't shy away from using it when it's really the best way to describe how I feel. Of course, I also explain why exactly I feel that way; different movies can be made in exactly the same way, but in one case it will be justified, and in other case it won't. In that sense, it's most definitely wrong to describe as "pretentious" all movies that are slow-paced or all movies that have open endings. In the case of movies, what is or isn't pretentious is entirely subjective.In the case of movies, or any other art form, everything is subjective. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovex Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Pretentious describes pretty much every Best Picture nominee this year and last years Best picture winner for sure . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted January 19, 2013 Author Share Posted January 19, 2013 Pretentious describes pretty much every Best Picture nominee this year and last years Best picture winner for sure . LMAO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Gittes Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Yeah. This is exactly why so many people consider the word overused and bordering on meaningless 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 (edited) I don't know how one could call (for example) Lincoln pretentious when the subject matter is about as important as one can get for U.S. history. You may find it dull or plodding, but calling it pretentious is 100% un-be-fucking-lieveable. Edited January 19, 2013 by 4815162342 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted January 19, 2013 Author Share Posted January 19, 2013 I dont call movie pretentious, but people who like to analyze movies to death and to find far-fetched deeper meanings from them.. Thats pretentious, especially when it seems they cant enjoy movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...