• affiliate@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    6 hours ago

    i feel like it’s much harder when you finish a movie, and you hate it, and then find out it’s one of the most critically acclaimed movies of all time.

    this was my experience watching taxi driver. to this day, i have not been able to find a single other person who disliked that movie as much as i did

    • Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      50 minutes ago

      That’s how I felt about Paranormal Activity. It was like I spent the entire movie waiting for something scary to happen. A thing just… stood there. Every “night” on screen felt the same: a being… just standing there. Not standing there sharpening a knife. Not standing there ominously stroking people’s cheeks. Nothing attacked or even made threats to do so. It just. fucking. stood. there.

      Then when something finally started to happen, the movie ended.

      I don’t know if my standards for “scary” are too high, but I found the entire film (save for those last few seconds) to be extremely boring. How it’s so popular (and even spawned a sequel?!) is beyond me.

    • WeltEnglish
      1·
      55 minutes ago

      Same, not for Taxi Driver, but for The Deer Hunter, Chinatown, Life is Beautiful, Amour…

    • JayObey711@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 hour ago

      Oh my god I just watched taxi driver and thought it was mediocre at best. Gave it 2 1/2 stars. Saw that it sits at 4,2?!?

    • absGeekNZ@lemmy.nzEnglish
      5·
      3 hours ago

      I get this, other than Pulp Fiction, I dislike all of Tarantino’s films.

      I don’t like the style or the pacing, I don’t like the revisionist take on events.

      But people generally like his films.