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Usenet Posted 21 years ago
Screenwriting

Films/scripts I thought were great (but seems everyone else hated)

I find it's always a good idea to destroy your credibility with your peers - especially when you've only just joined the gang. But bollocks to it.
Following the continuing debate about whether Cutthroat Island was great (PJJ) or shite (everyone else) made me think about films I've enjoyed but everyone else hated.
Not to reopen an old debate, but I'm one of those who believes Lost In Translation is a fantastic film, and that the s.p deserved the Oscar. I enjoyed Deep Blue Sea and Godzilla. I'll watch Last Action Hero whenever it comes on the TV. Rocky II and Scream 2 are two of the great sequels. First Blood one of the great flicks of the 80s.

Have I embarrassed myself enough? No doubt there are even worse ones which I'll admit to as and when I remember them.
Who's brave enough to confess theirs?
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com: [nq:1]Not to reopen an old debate, but I'm one of those who believes Lost In Translation is a fantastic film,[/nq] I liked it too, bu I thnk the long silences sometimes operate as Rorschach tests and may not be quite as meaningful as people often think. [nq:1]I enjoyed Deep Blue Sea[/nq] Own the DVD. [/nq] Too many incongruities.

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  • com: [nq:1]Not to reopen an old debate, but I'm one of those who believes Lost In Translation is a fantastic film,[/nq] I liked it too, bu I thnk the long silences sometimes operate as Rorschach tests and may not be quite as meaningful as people often think.
  • [nq:1]I enjoyed Deep Blue Sea[/nq] Own the DVD.
  • [/nq] Too many incongruities.
  • First of all, the helicopyter being chased by Gozilla through the city.
  • Er, have they tried going UP??!!
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@reader1.panix.com:
[nq:1]Not to reopen an old debate, but I'm one of those who believes Lost In Translation is a fantastic film,[/nq]
I liked it too, bu I thnk the long silences sometimes operate as Rorschach tests and may not be quite as meaningful as people often think.
[nq:1]I enjoyed Deep Blue Sea[/nq]
Own the DVD.
[nq:1]and Godzilla.[/nq]
Too many incongruities. First
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At the only screenwriter lecture I've ever been to (Michael Hague, and very interesting it was) we were asked to nominate a recent or fairly recent film which had particularly impressed us. My choice, to general derision, was Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves.

(But what did they know? We also had to state our profession, and I was the only one present who actually said "writer"...)

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[nq:1]Not to reopen an old debate, but I'm one of those who believes Lost In Translation is a fantastic film, ... even worse ones which I'll admit to as and when I remember them. Who's brave enough to confess theirs? A[/nq]
S.O.B.
Actually, there's some interesting stuff (subtext in First Blood, satire in LAH) in the scripts you mention. And you don't mention whether you enjoyed Deep Blue
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[nq:1]Not to reopen an old debate, but I'm one of those who believes Lost In Translation is a fantastic film,[/nq]
Does that put you in the minority? When I first watched it, I thought it was so-so. But after hearing such universal praise for it, I decided I had to see it again (why is it just me?). On second viewing, I decided all the praise was deserved. It really is fantastic, in my revised
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@reader1.panix.com:
[nq:2]Who's brave enough to confess theirs?[/nq]
[nq:1]To this day, one of my all-time favorites is The Hudsucker Proxy, and I think it's the best movie the Coen brothers have ever made (yes, better than Fargo, albeit not by much).[/nq]
Wow, you are so fearless... ;-)
I think the OP was requesting our best worst movie that's not drawn from a peer-approved AFI li
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[nq:1]@reader1.panix.com:[/nq]
[nq:2]To this day, one of my all-time favorites is The ... ever made (yes, better than Fargo, albeit not by much).[/nq]
[nq:1]Wow, you are so fearless... ;-) I think the OP was requesting our best worst movie that's not drawn from ... Come on, slum it a little. Turn off the little voice and tell us which bad movie is your favourite.[/nq]
BTW, I like "Huds
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[nq:1]I'll watch Last Action Hero whenever it comes on the TV.[/nq]
Yeah, I agree with you. I have always liked "Last Action Hero". And I rewatch it whenever I stumble upon it on television.

And I also like the original TREMORS. It's cheesy, but I really like it.
But probably my absolute worst (best?) guilt pleasure movie is...

(Prepare to groan, nearly everyone does)...
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[nq:2]To this day, one of my all-time favorites is The ... ever made (yes, better than Fargo, albeit not by much).[/nq]
[nq:1]Wow, you are so fearless... ;-)[/nq]
Sorry, I didn't realize I was supposed to be proving my masculinity, here.
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[nq:1]BTW, I like "Hudsucker Proxy" too, and I don't think any serious cinephile would ever consider it to be unworthy of praise.[/nq]
Oh, then you answered my question from my other reply. I wasn't aware of any widespread fondness for it.

Stephen Mack
"Nobody's smart enough to be wrong all the time." -Ken Wilber
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[nq:1]Oh, then you answered my question from my other reply. I wasn't aware of any widespread fondness for it.[/nq]
I think there *is* a lot of fondness for it. Includes me.

"I write with one hand, but I fight with both."
Victor Hugo
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