The Stingray Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 I wish it hadn't become a slasher film. That was a poor choice imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezen Baklattan Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Silver Linings Playbook: Oh, wow, we're getting a poignant look of people with mental disorders trying to find happiness in life! JK, it's a rom com. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dashrendar44 Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 (edited) Silver Linings Playbook: Oh, wow, we're getting a poignant look of people with mental disorders trying to find happiness in life! JK, it's a rom com. Since I was never completely sold in those two characters as being mental disorders people but handsome people having a low in their otherwise perfect cosy life line like anybody else (Handsome male faced a break-up, beautiful gal dealt with husband's death), the shift didn't really surprised me. In fact, it's an indie romcom from the beginning to the end. Edited March 3, 2013 by dashrendar44 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acsc1312 Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Silver Linings Playbook:Oh, wow, we're getting a poignant look of people with mental disorders trying to find happiness in life! JK, it's a rom com.So you want people with mental disorders not to find love? I still don't get this argument that everyone uses. Are they too crazy to end up with each other? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezen Baklattan Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 I had no problem with them ending up together. In fact, I wanted Pat to find his silver lining. The ending, which becomes full-on Hollywood crowd-pleaser, took me out of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riczhang Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 (edited) So you want people with mental disorders not to find love? I still don't get this argument that everyone uses. Are they too crazy to end up with each other?It's too fast and abrupt. You never felt like it was the natural, and realistic thing for them to do. It felt like O. Russell went, "The movie's running too long now, but we must have a happy ending so let's just tack on a Disney ending." it ruins the entire fucking movie.I'm not against them ending up together but for that to have been realistic the movie either needed to be reworked or 20-30 minutes longer. Edited March 3, 2013 by riczhang 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 I don't mind the happy ending at all -- it's sweet and nice -- but it takes a ton of arbitrary shortcuts to get there and ditches a lot of the great setup from the first half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riczhang Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 I'll get shit for this, but I think Spirited Away was ruined for me by that fucking No Face. I think the movie just took a really unnecessarily grotesque turn there, and it just made me bummed and grossed out for the rest of the filmI hated the entire thing. And thought the ending was the only kinda decent part of the movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 SLP is one of the most perfect films I've ever seen. So let's get that out there right away. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wadey Wilsoney Posted March 3, 2013 Author Share Posted March 3, 2013 The Lost World: Jurassic Park. When the T-Rex rampaged through the streets of San Diego. Spielberg had a massive brain fart when he decided to go that route. It just felt like a desperate attempt at pandering to the crowd... And I'm still not sure how the crew on that cargo ship died. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 (edited) SLP is one of the most perfect films I've ever seen. So let's get that out there right away. I know you love it, B, but your love blinds you. It's okay, it happens to all of us. Edited March 3, 2013 by Telemachos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishstick Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Slumdog Millionaire went to shit from the moment Pinto made a sandwitch to brother`s really WTF last second change of heart for no apparent reason but to have POinto and what`s-his-face reunited somehow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Super 8 belongs in this category too. The first half does a great job building up both the personal drama and the alien thriller elements but the second half was just awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Super 8 belongs in this category too. The first half does a great job building up both the personal drama and the alien thriller elements but the second half was just awful. LOL I agree with both of your picks. And I would like to add one of my own. Quills starring Geoffrey Rush, Joaquin Phoenix and Kate Winslet. It was supposed to be a fictionalized account of Marques De Sade a writer back in some century. It started off so well but the final act just descended into the depths of movie hell with Phoenix character (a priest or monk) performing necrophilia. ugh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 I know i'll get some stick for this, but I think Looper falls apart once JGL hits the farm. It was going great before that, but it just stops dead and becomes tedious. 30 million can only go so far, lol. The way it died at the farm house and was reborn as a somewhat different movie made it seem like they started running low on money and had to something low cost. I agree the first half had me on the edge of my seat wondering what was gonna happen next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainJackSparrow Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Super 8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnY Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Crazy Stupid Love!!! The movie was great until that big fight caused by some stupid misunderstanding involving everyone, then they all went into “It’s over, I don’t wanna talk to you anymore” mode and all the cheesy melodrama started. Suddenly, people realized that would be cool if they talked to each other and clarified the situation, because they are all friends and family anyway and they actually love each other soooo much. Kinda like the Jack and Jill ending. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Berberian Sound Studio. Sublime 2/3, atrocious "WTF is this?" third act. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Friday the 13th 9..Jason Goes to Hell. The first ten minutes was brilliant. The rest sucked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goffe Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 The Awakening and two terrible twists Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
