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[apocalypsos]

Okay, boosting this from ashlle1, 'cause I like it lots.

Am feeling vaguely ADD at the moment, so let's play a game. Simple games. Two movies you love, two movies you hate, and why for all of them. And then chitchat in response to other people.

Me first, and I'm going to use other movies than the ones I picked over there.

HATE:

The last two Matrix movies: Wait, I'm sorry. What am I saying? There were no other Matrix movies. There was just that really good movie with neat special effects and an ending with great potential. And then nothing else. Okay, maybe a video game or two, but that's it.

Moulin Rouge!: I'm not sure I should admit that in public, but, oh, did I hate Moulin Rouge! with a passion. I mean, I loved the visuals and I loved the soundtrack, but together ... my GOD, did they grate on my nerves. Plus, Nicole Kidman -- blech.

LOVE:

Sneakers: Look, it's on USA Network right now! And it's got Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier, Dan Ackroyd, James Earl Jones and River Phoenix. And look, they're all snarky and mysterious. Wheeeee.

Citizen X: Pretty much one of the best made-for-TV movies I've ever seen HBO put out. I really need to watch that again.

Okay, your turn. :)

EDIT: Dear internal organs, behave or I'm selling you all on the black market.

Comments

[metron-ariston.livejournal.com]

Hate: PRETTY IN GODDAMN PINK. Almost entirely because of the ending. I can only comfort myself by imagining Duckie was actually closeted and would soon find himself a very nice not-at-all-like-Molly-Ringwald boy to settle down with.

Uhm... I can't think of any others because just the thought of Pretty in Pink makes me so teddibly bitter I can't imagine ever hating any other movie nearly as much.

And much lurve for: Dark City. It's seriously one of the best SF films I've ever seen. The characters, the world, the story, the filmmaking... wonderful. And Kiefer Sutherland's in it. (If you've never watched it but find yourself in the position to, mute the first few minutes as there is studio-mandated narration that doesn't ruin the film, but takes away some of the mystery.)

And to balance out PiP, True Romance is ridiculously fun and has one of my /favorite/ endings ever.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Hee! I forced a co-worker to borrow Dark City this week because everybody should see that movie. Oh, yes. :)