Movies you just don't get

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If you're looking for a date night movie, go see Dr. Strange in 3D. I took my husband to an early show today and he loved it. That guy Benedict Cumberbatch is in it. The effects are fantastic.

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Anonymous wrote:Shakespeare in love.

I think we can stipulate "all Gwyneth Paltrow movies" -- that's just bad acting.

+1. Her Oscar for that was a rigged inside job.

+1 We share one soul.

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Anonymous wrote:Agree on Lost in Translation
also
Oh Brother Where Art Thou

Lost in Translation = Sophia Coppola nepotism. Or some word explaining how a movie like that gets made let alone acclaimed.

Agreed on "Lost in Translation." But her "Virgin Suicides" was brilliant.

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Anonymous wrote:As good as it gets

I thought it should've been called "as good as it gets for women with low self esteem "

Helen hunt's character wanting to be with jack Nicholson's character...why??? The dog was the best thing about the movie

YES to this!

Totally agree!!! I was going to write this one but I could not remember the name of it.

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Anonymous wrote:If you're looking for a date night movie, go see Dr. Strange in 3D. I took my husband to an early show today and he loved it. That guy Benedict Cumberbatch is in it. The effects are fantastic

I understand that this is a good movie, but I encourage those of you so inclined to help with the boycott of this movie. I understand if this issue is not on your radar and you choose not to support, but it helps to get the word out for those who would support the cause.

For those that don't know, this the is latest case of Hollywood discrimination against Asian actors. For generations, Asians have been been selectively excluded from Hollywood. Despite a long list of talented Asian actors, relatively few get much screen time. Asians are traditionally not considered for any non-Asian roles and even characters that are Asian are often cast with Caucasian actors. From the original Charlie Chan, to Mickey Rooney in "Breakfast at Tiffany's" to the current day (Keanu Reeves in 47 Ronin, The last Airbender and now Dr. Strange) Asians are frequently excluded even from parts written as Asian. The discrimination is usually waved off as artistic license or casting the best actor for the role, although the same consideration is never given in reverse. While I think that Tilda Swinton is an amazingly talented actress, the role was written in the 1960's and has always been an aging Tibetan man, e.g. an Asian man. He runs a monastery in Tibet that teaches martial and magical arts and it's supposed to be credible that it's a British woman?

Full disclosure: I am a part-time Asian actor in the local area and have also seen the same issue in theater. This is not a militant issue, but one where we need to raise the awareness and so I gently encourage those who have other choices, to see other movies and not support this movie.

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The Godfather. It insists upon itself.

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Anonymous wrote:Looking for a movie to watch on Amazon prime. No County for Old Men has popped up as trending moving. When I watched that movie, I was not impressed. I really do not get the critical acclaim for it. Very strange movie that did not draw me in.

Did you see it? Thoughts? What movies that have been critically acclaimed do you just not "get?"

Pretty much anything mentioned or reviewed on NPR.

Boring snooze-fest.

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Mulholland Drive

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Mulloholand Drive ... Explain that one to me.

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The Tree of Life

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The Constant Gardener, Mulholland Falls, Requiem for a Dream

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The Crying Game and the English Patient. I hated both.

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Fault in our Stars - hated the book. Watched the movie on a plane only because I was held captive.

Hail, Caesar! - I love 50% of Coen Bros. movies, but this one was junk.

To me, Bill Murray saves Lost in Translation. But PPs are correct that this movie only saw the light of day because of Daddy. Navel gazing at its finest.

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The Piano

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Pulp Fiction. I have to hide my lack of understanding and that I dislike that movie since bunch of cousins are calling it the best movie ever.