The following is a bit long, so thanks for reading and your time.
Mmh, I remember
"The Prestige" and actually liked the movie for the most part but I could never get around that end, it was so disappointing. Would've much preferred there not to be a machine, because one, as the audience, was willing to believe in magic at the end, depsite knowing we shouldn't, and that beauty in suspension of disbelief was discarded with the machine plot device. It felt like a cop-out.
Think I'm gonna get in trouble here, because I'm probably too dumb for the following and really don't enjoy overuse of symbolism, plus, my reasoning's bland and might tread on some people's favourite films, apologies, but anyway:
There will be Blood - I thought it was utterly boring and didn't enjoy the atmosphere on a whole. DDL may be a good actor but I'd rather watch "The Crucible" then. "Don't take my naaaame" *snot*. Really much better film
to/for me.
No Country for Old Men - It has it's moments and very unique feel, the acting's good and I do appreciate the style and narration, love deserts and the calm, but do feel it's overrated on a whole.
Uuh, just see now,
Avatar, haha. Didn't think this movie was being taken seriously, but yes, it's a joke for reasons named. As an avid gamer I thought the CGI was piss poor and it's overuse ruins many films nowadays. Cameron has gotten extremely lazy since Titanic and making all that money. Pity (loved Aliens and the first Terminator).
Oh, and
Titanic is technically brilliant, but the whole love story is the most cringeworthy thing I've ever seen
"take me to the stars, Jack". I also felt that having a real person who had actually been there and died that night, as in First Officer Murdoch, being bribed by a fictional character was highly insensitive and insulting to his memory. Especially since he got out the vast proportion (think 70%) of the mere 712 survivors that night. Woud've sued Cameron's ass into oblivion for that.
Absolutely loved the first
Lord of the Rings movie, Fellowship of the Ring. To me it's an almost perfect movie, which creates an entire world for the audience to delve into. It's beautiful in so many ways. The two sequels were no where near as good. Of course, there were some great parts too, but also a lot of cringeworthy overly dramatic scenes, which the first movie didn't have. I never read the books, but feel it was handled poorly.
Am not a too bigga fan of
David Lynch movies. Yes, I'm sorry, but while I appreciate movies feeling like a dream, those never did it for me.
There's plenty of movies which get hyped up for commercial purposes and they'll always tell one how amazing and life-altering it is, and everyone goes wild and beats any criticism down, and then a few years later you see the movie rating dropping considerably on these sites.... well, well.... who would've thought?