Films you're not allowed not to like.

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I've been pondering this and it seems to me there are some films you're simply not allowed not to like. The ones people rave about and quote endlessly in a vain attempt to look cool, or look at you aghast like your life is empty and blighted because you didn't appreciate them.

I'll kick off with Blade Runner and Pulp Fiction, which may actually be great films but did feck all for me.

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I'm really talking about the ones that are almost universally acclaimed and that people quote at you in a vain attempt to sound cool.

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lauda said:

Porkie said:

rasputin said:

Slumdog Millionaire.

I didn't hate it. It was just... ok. Entertaining enough if you've got nothing better to do.

I just can't get why everyone thinks so highly of it...

agree.

Also agree. It was a decent film but I wouldn't rush to watch it again anytime soon. I was really hoping that In Bruges was going to pip it to the post for some of the Baftas.

However I voiced this opinion to some friends recently and was put in my place in no uncertain terms. Seems I'm in the minority.

Some people seem to get positively psychotic over films.

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KANEIT said:

Prometheus said:

I've been pondering this and it seems to me there are some films you're simply not allowed not to like. The ones people rave about and quote endlessly in a vain attempt to look cool, or look at you aghast like your life is empty and blighted because you didn't appreciate them.

I'll kick off with Blade Runner and Pulp Fiction, which may actually be great films but did feck all for me.

Why do you assume people rave on about films to look cool? Maybe they really love those films? I do rave on about Blade Runner, if asked, because it is my favourite film of all time. The Motorcycle Diaries and 36 are some of the films I love too. I'm not bothered if someone doesn't like it or doesn't think I should like films with Harrison Ford in them or nigh on thirty year old sci-fi. We're all different and appreciate different genres and elements of films. I really like The Fifth Element - it's the same genre as Blade Runner yet so very different a film. Some people will love Blade Runner and hate The Fifth Element. I'm not a fan of Tarantino in general but can see why some people like his films.

In essence - get over it!

I am over it.

I'd still like to have the next person that quotes that bloody Rutger Hauer "time to die" speech beaten to death with their own shoes.

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ukwill said:

Blimey. There are some absolutely outstanding films listed in this thread. Some of you must have an altogether "different" ticking mechanism.

Well aye, that's the whole point of the thread.

Trouble with Blade Runner is I never saw it when it first came out and by the time I did see it years later I'd already sat through countless ripoffs so it was never going to have the same impact it might have had.