See, I actually LIKE Mulholland Drive... But I understand why people don't... And I don't consider them "uncultured" or anything, because I agree with Doc except for bashing Naomi Watts - I thought she was brilliant...
But I feel that way about Eraserhead, honestly... I DO "get" the movie, but I find it self-indulgent art house crap. I feel similarly to Tetsuo, though I have ridiculous amount of respect for that movie in terms of how incredibly risque it was.
Also - I've been mocked for saying that Pan's Labyrinth was overrated. There. I've said it AGAIN. I thought it had stunning visuals, but a story that couldn't decide whether it wanted to be a dark fantasy or a historical fiction piece. Devil's Backbone was brilliance, but Pan's Labryinth was dark and pretty with a weak story.
Doc - People give you crap for hating Kubrik? Honestly, I LOVE him, but, again, I can see the hatred... HE IS SO FUCKING BORING SOMETIMES and SELF INDULGENT. For reelz. I'm a fan, but at least I can admit that.
Same thing with Miike. LOOOOOOOOOOVE him, think he's brilliant, but see his flaws.
Also - I found Ulysses unreadable. Oh, I "GET" it, but TALK about self-indulgence... Then again, I'm a huge Sound and the Fury fan, so that, to me, makes me feel like a hypocryte (I think that the two narratives have a LOT in common).
Other overrated books that I "GET" but just found BLEAH -
Beloved (OK IT SUCKED TO BE A SLAVE I GET IT)
And back to the original subject of this post, which is Begotton... Honestly, the reason why I HAVEN'T seen is is that I think I'll probably hate it. It looks like art house crap to me, and I generally am not a fan.
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Never really understood why some people get so worked up when other people have opinions that differ from their own. So offended by the very idea that they actually have to take the time to respond just to be insulting. IMDB is full of that kind of thing. I never post there. I do occasionally read some of the arguments that result, which are often hilarious.
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Sadly, I used to be that kind of person, "Oh, you didn't LIKE it, well, that just means you didn't GET it, you CRETIN." I was angry and self-righteous and felt like an outcast with my peers (because of my SOPHISTICATED SENSIBILITIES OF COURSE) and I OWNED it - That just meant that I was intellectually SUPERIOR and I HAD TO BE RIGHT...
But then I realized that I was alienating a LOT of people by being a movie/music/pop culture snob and decided that it was OK if people didn't LIKE the things that I did. AND it was OK if people LIKED the things that I DIDN'T (although for the life of me I still maintain that people only pretent to "like" Vanilla Sky because it makes them feel SMRTR - SEE?! There's that snob coming out AGAIN!!).
Anyway. Those snobby people really get to me because in a way, I see angry-teenage-Chrono in them and it freaks me out.
Also: I do not care for Hershel Gordon Lewis. And that's considered heresy around these here parts... But COME ON! His movies are UNWATCHABLE.
AND I'm not a fan of Giallo cinema. I've tried to reach out to people here to tell me why they like it (sparking unnecessary hatred from BUB THAT DICK), and ultimately I just don't get the appeal. I didn't really like Suspira OR Tenebre. I couldn't get through Don't Torture a Duckling. I thought House by the Cemetery was awful. And I REALLY didn't care for the updated Cemetery Man. It's all like Hitchcock with flashy colors and lots of NOISE. Not my bag.