Yes, you can over appreciate movies. Like anything in life, rose tinted glasses help to blind you from the truth that a movie or any form of artistic medium isn’t actually that good.
A personal example for me would be the film...........wait for it..............just a little longer.....................’Don’t be a Menace to South Central while drinking your juice in the Hood’. Firstly, don’t judge me. I was an innocent child who didn’t know any better. I thought it was the funniest thing ever. The toilet humour was great. The references were great (even the ones I didn’t get). I thought it was a hidden gem. I thought wrong.
I grew up; grew some hair, voice broke slightly and my brain developed a little more. The film is about as much fun as an episode of Eastenders. Terrible, terrible stuff. It is from the same morons who brought you your favourite classics such as Scary Movie, Scary Movie 2, Scary Movie 3, Disaster Movie and ‘Put random noun in front of the word 'movie', in a hapless attempt at implying fun shenanigans Movie’.
If you are thinking of putting an end to it all, pop one of the Wayans brother’s movies into your VHS player and you’ll soon discover the courage to continue fighting the good fight. Because, no matter how sad your life gets, you know the rest.
Anyways, back to the task at hand (see above title)
1) Apocalypse Now
The story is if I can recall, is that a crazy General (Marlon Brando) has set up a cult in a Vietnamese jungle and a soldier (Martin Sheen) is sent in to take him out. First reaction is, YAWN! Second reaction is sigh and the final motion is hit eject.
The film tries to come across as some sort of 2001: A Space Odyssey set in a jungle. Don’t get me wrong, the plots are like chalk and cheese, but the director’s attempt at trying to ignite some deep, meaningful thought from the viewer failed on me. I come from the school of thought that you should say what you mean, as chopping off the head of a cow doesn’t really get your point or any point across.
In the end, the soldier kills the general while also on some sort of psychedelic mind trip to the twilight zone.
What the hell is the movie about?!!! Someone tell me! Answers on a postcard or just leave a comment below.
2) 2001: A Space Odyssey
*stretches fingers*.......*coughs*...........*sniffs*..........
Fuck it! Next!
3) The Godfather Trilogy
I don’t get it. I don’t understand what the hype is for these movies and what the hate is for the 3rd one of the series. I mean, it can’t be any more boring than the first two films.
Firstly, I have to admit, that I didn’t sit through the whole lot of any of the movies, but that’s because I was bored witless. They are gangster movies, more specifically about one specific family. It follows the rise and fall (? I don’t know what happens in the end) of Michael Corleone. If you like movies about the mafia, perhaps you’ll like it. If you don’t, like me, you’re going to struggle to see what all the fuss is about.
It’s a movie about what a Mafia family got up to during the 20th century. Why was this film given Oscars?! It’s really not that interesting. At best, it’s a heavily funded soap opera with swearing and guns.
4) Blade Runner
Man living in a futuristic Tokyo-esque city. Hunts gang of criminal Androids. Androids look like humans. Man uses test to see if Androids are human or not. Man finds gang of androids and takes them out one by one. Man has final face off with head android on a rooftop in the rain. Android gives emotional speech and then dies. Man’s partner suggests that Man is an android. Man dreams unicorn (as you do). Film ends.
I
DON’T
GET IT!
5) The Sixth Sense
This is the most modern example of an overrated movie. The premise is about a boy who sees ghosts or ‘dead people’. He also has some sort of counsellor played by Bruce Willis. In the end, it turns out that his counsellor is also a ghost. What a fantastic twist. I mean the movie was actually quite boring, but you know the twist at the end is fantastic. Isn't it? it's just fantastic really. Sorry, I couldn't quite hear you, could you speak up? I said, that the twist at end was fantas...WRONG!!!
If on it's original release, I was to remove that twist at the end, the movie would have taken a trip on the hype train, destination- Yawn ville, home of the famous Goldfish wildlife preserve . You know what, leave the twist in. It’s still going on the train, together with all the other hundred movies who tried to do the same trick of making the audience think one thing and then reveal at the end that their preconceived notions were wrong. OOOOhhh AAAAAAAh THAT’S..................................shit.
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