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I love movies. I especially love good movies. Of course quality is subjective. Sometimes movies that critics and even general audiences love I find lacking or downright abysmal.

 

Some movies that come to mind:

 

The Revenant

Gladiator

Donnie Darko

Into the Wild

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

The Babadook

Just to name a few.

 

 



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First thing that comes to mind is The Hurt Locker.

Most boring Oscar Winner I've seen by far. Literally nothing ever happens.



Never quite got the Sixth Sense hype..



 

"We hold these truths to be self-evident - all men and women created by the, go-you know.. you know the thing!" - Joe Biden

The Amazing Spider-Man
Thor 1 and 2
Iron Man
Sausage Party
Fast and Furious
Terminator 1 (2nd was much better)
Live action Beauty and the Beast
Snow White- worst princess in my opinion.
Rush Hour 2-3

For shows:
The Walking Dead- geez, take out dead and you got the majority of the show summed up in two words...



Boyhood - I consider this a fantastic experiment with a fantastic result, and I have nothing but praise to Richard Linklater for it. But the final product, as a film, is terribly lacking. At any point the life of Mason is about to turn interesting/dramatic they cut it. Life is not as monotonic as pesented. Im glad it didnt win the best pic oscar.

Gravity - Fantastic directing, cinematography and editing. I love everything about it visually. I do not dig Sandra Bullock's acting and the screenplay is kinda lame so I cant bring myself to rewatch it again.

Crash -This is a film that tackles serious social issues in the most superficial manner possible and I just cant stand it. For me this is the worst film to ever win the oscar for best film.

Frozen - Worst Disney feature film of the 2000's for me.



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There are plenty of critically acclaimed movies that I can't muster a shred of interest in seeing, but I struggle atm to think of ones I did see that I thought sucked. Closest I can think of is people gushing over The Witch. While I appreciated the hell out of a lot of the craft involved I thought that the end sum was somehow considerably less than its individual parts. For a TV example, critics and consumers alike loved Luke Cage but I thought it was extremely mediocre. Hopefully it and Iron Fist don't indicate a trend in Netflix's handling of Marvel properties.



Signalstar said:

I love movies. I especially love good movies. Of course quality is subjective. Sometimes movies that critics and even general audiences love I find lacking or downright abysmal.

 

Some movies that come to mind:

 

The Revenant

Gladiator

Donnie Darko

Into the Wild

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

The Babadook

Just to name a few.

 

 

Out of curiosity, what critically acclaimed movies do you like, because those movies are all varied and significantly different from one another so I'm surprised you like none of them.



monocle_layton said:
The Amazing Spider-Man
Thor 1 and 2
Iron Man
Sausage Party
Fast and Furious
Terminator 1 (2nd was much better)
Live action Beauty and the Beast
Snow White- worst princess in my opinion.
Rush Hour 2-3

For shows:
The Walking Dead- geez, take out dead and you got the majority of the show summed up in two words...

You're using a really loose definition of critically acclaimed. Only movie there with true critical acclaim is Terminator 1 and to a lesser extent Iron Man. Because if "critically acclaimed" means averaging 3 to 3.5 star reviews, let me tell ya, i hate 100s of them.



Also my list off the top of my head from the past few years, i watch too much Horror:

It Follows;
Cabin in the Woods;
The Witch;
Attack the Block;
Zero Dark Thirty; and
Gravity.

The Revenant nearly made it on the list, but hot damn as shit as DiCaprio was in it (out of all his amazing performances he won it for grunting for 2 hours in this one, what the flying fuck), the cinematography was stellar.



Jpcc86 said:

Gravity - Fantastic directing, cinematography and editing. I love everything about it visually. I do not dig Sandra Bullock's acting and the screenplay is kinda lame so I cant bring myself to rewatch it again.

Did you see Gravity in theatres? Honestly, for me, seeing Gravity in theatres was an amazing experience. The way the film was shot, edited, and acted really put you into the action and feeling of what Bullock's character was going through... in theatres. It's not as mesmerizing at home, though. People seem to be really divided about Gravity. I've heard people say it was boring, which makes no sense to me if you pick up on the symbolism and appreciate great filmmaking.

OT: The English Patient (most of you probably haven't seen/heard of this one) and Boyhood. Two that come to mind pretty quickly.