Rubbish Films

Totally agree notgoneyet. Find it difficult to watch films when I’ve read the book first, for the same reasons. Similarly, many years ago we saw Shirley Valentine in the West End. It was a monologue with Paula Wilcox, with kitchen units as staging in the first half, and a rock on the beach in the second half. Loved every minute and couldnt wait for the film. Sadly I hated it. The scenery was beautiful; that gorgeous blue sea, loads of other colourful characters, but the whole thing just distracted and diluted the message of the play IMO. Loved reading First Marigold hotel but didnt enjoy film as that wasnt how it all appeared in my head. Again, although sumptuous, too much distraction I think. I cant get into audiobooks either. The characters, the intonation and accents etc, unsurprisingly, never sound the same as they do in my head when I’m reading. But how lucky are we to have such a variety and wealth of choice at our fingertips in so many different formats.

Agree wholeheartedly about American Beauty, The Greatest Showman, La La Land - and especially the latest version of Little Women, with its appalling miscasting and to and fro scene switching.
However, I think Brief Encounter is a period piece and needs to be viewed in its historical context. It was made at a time when attitudes were very different and was considered quite shocking at the time.

On the positive side, under lockdown have caught up on TV with a number of films I missed first time around. Much enjoyed 'Sliding Doors'. It made a change from the latest corona virus updates.

There’s a new film out on Netflix called Capone - we watched it for 1/2 hour had to put it off ....Normally love Tom Hardy but this ones a turkey!! Didn’t like Mama Mia either.

tinaf1

It’s a Wonderful Life ducks behind the sofa?

I’m leaning over that sofa back now giving all you naysayers a very hard Paddington Bear stare. I won’t have a word said against James Stewart, do you hear?

But oh yes, Mamma Mia, Lost in Translation, La La Land, James Bond and Jim Carey. Spare me.

And Isle of Dogs and Where the Wild Things are. Children’s films? They gave me nightmares!

Titanic, all the Tolkein stuff, all the Star Wars stuff.
I can't stand sci-fi, I wouldn't go and see Chariots of Fire many years ago and I've seen more of Start Wars in the queues in Florida than anywere else.

Glengarry Glen Ross - I paid to watch it, so I suffered.

Reminds me of my late MIL who was complaining about how disgusting the film Shampoo was that she and her friend had been to see on cheap pensioners afternoon. We asked why they hadn't got up and left and being Yorkshire women she said, We'd paid to go in so we stayed!

Maggiemaybe ,I too think James Stewart was great along with a lot of other actors of that era. Just the film itself I just can’t see why it’s classed as the ultimate Christmas feel good film.

Can I come from behind the sofa now I’ve got some marmalade sandwiches ?

Paperback writer why not start an alternative thread about best books and films you’ve seen. I don’t think it’s necessarily depressing or
slagging off , just lighthearted about what different people enjoy, you can see from the posts some poster’s heaven is another’s hell .

Okay, tinaf1, you’ve won me round with your kind words about Jimmy and your tasty sandwiches.

I’m always a sucker for a mid-afternoon snack.

Fully agree with many of the films already mentioned numerous times even though a lot of them are Oscar winners:
American Beauty
Lost in Translation
La La Land
Mamma Mia
The Sound of Music
anything with John Wayne

Casdon

Titanic - absolutely predictable.

After about half an hour I found myself saying For God's sake, sink!

Mama Mia - despite both my sisters' attempts to get me to like it. They can't understand that I HATE Abba music - more of a 'rock chick' than 'disco queen' . They insisted on putting it on the TV during a caravan holiday - I sat knitting all the way through it, just to prove my disinterest .

Les Miserables - No thank you! In school we used to refer to this book as 'The Crying B*g*ers' . Even the term 'Les Mis' makes me want to grind my teeth!

It's A Wonderful Life - so pleased to see that I'm not the only one who can't stand this. When you say you don't like it, people look at you as though you've admitted to 'shooting Bambi's mother' . Pass me the remote, PLEASE!

On Golden Pond - when the credits rolled at the end, I was still waiting for the story to begin . Surely this film was only made because 'Hollywood powers-that-be' realised that Henry Ford had NEVER won an Oscar throughout his career, was getting on in years and therefore needed to be 'recognised' as one of their Acting Greats .

There's lots of others as well - usually when something has been 'over-hyped' or contains far too much CGI such as:

King Kong (Jack Black version) Kong would have caught them all within three strides during that 'chase scene'!

Gladiator - nope, didn't do anything for me at all!

Lord of The Rings - those battle scenes, oh pleeeeeese.

Manchester By Sea. 2 hours of my life that I'll never get back.
La La Land likewise.
Both won oscars. Why?

showing my age but my favourite actress is Bette Davis, she has made some brilliant films, of the later films , i loved The Greatest Showman from start to finish

oh god Manchester by the sea was SUCH a sad film

Lost In Translation

Eyes Wide Shut.

Forrest Gump. In fact, all Tom Hanks' films except Splash! and Big. It's not that I don't like him but I don't enjoy the films that he's in. You've Got Mail was particularly awful. It had none of the charm of the original, The Shop Around The Corner.

Harry Potter films. Excruciating.

Anything by Quentin Tarantino. Utterly horrible people doing horrible things. Overrated dialogue.

Slumdog Millionaire. Billed as "the feelgood film of the year." Dead mother, child has eyes gouged out, prostitution, police brutality, murdered brother. Happy happy joy joy, as Ren and Stimpy used to say.

Maggiemaybe white or brown bread ?

I really enjoyed all the Harry Potter books & films it was nice to have a chat with my adult kids and grandkids something we had in common, but agree Bluecat I find Queinton Taranto films just gratuitous violence .

Mamma Mia! Pierce Brosnan can’t sing. Meryl Streep can’t sing. Famous actors are cast too often in inappropriate roles, it spoils the film.

Re Bluecats post on Slumdog Millionaire, I remember someone at work recommending the film Terms of Endearment to me as a comedy film !
I watched it all the way through and I did enjoy it ( and I suppose you could say jack Nicholson was amusing in it) but no way would I have classed it as a comedy.
I very rarely watch a film more than once do many posters watch films they have enjoyed lots of times?

La La Land was one of those that I couldn't understand the hype about. Most Jim Carey Films but I did love The Truman Show but that was probably because it wasn't the normal Jim Carey vehicle.
I've never been able to get into X-men except the last one. I loved The Matrix 1 but the others just bored me. I have always been surprised the Dirty Dancing and Flashdance cult status. As a general rule I avoid horror films too.

Up - Makes everyone cry except me
Mumma Mia films - As has already bee said ... a ridiculous storyline
Slumdog Millionaire - not for me
Dirty Dancing - the couple look like father and daughter
It's a Wonderful Life - I love James Stewart but not in this dreary film

I am sure I will think of some more!

PEARL HARBOUR. ALL THE LORD OF THE RINGS,TITANIC BUT I LOVED A NIGHT TO REMEMBER WITH KENNETH MORE.DANCES WITH WOLVES AND ALOT OF WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED

I normally love any film that Mike Leigh makes but Happy go Lucky with Sally Hawkins just made me cringe. DH enjoyed it so I couldn’t even get up and walk out. She played such an annoying character and I’m sure she’s very talented but it put me right off her!

Tinf1 I do watch some of my favourite films lots of times. I have lost count of the number of times I have seen Some Like It Hot, my all-time favourite film. I have also seen Withnail And I and The Big Lebowski several times.

The Philadelphia Story and Bringing Up Baby are films that I can watch repeatedly. Cary Grant was in both of them and he was lovely.

In the early 1920s my grandfather watched the film, 'Rose of the Bonnie Briar Bush'. I believe a young Hitchcock was involved

He was so disappointed with the film's representation of a book he had so much enjoyed that he said he never wanted to see any film again after that, his first..... and he didn't

I/m not too sure that he succumbed to many more books, either

I can’t stand anything with Nicholas Cage and Jim Carey in it.