Has anyone's opinion of a film ever changed yours ?

[urgeok]

I'm pretty set in how i think - but i can remember clearly one time where i didnt like a film, then i heard a review that made me look at it in a different light and as a result i had a whole new level of appreciation for it.

my exampe is a non horror one ...(but it's a genre film per say)


The Core.

I saw this movie and thought it was a cornball film. I didnt care for it.
Then i heard a radio reviewer say he enjoyed it - in a Jules Verne kind of way .. and my opinion of the film flipped completely .. i understood immediately what the guy was saying and i felt the same way about the film after that.

several folks in here have had strong opinions pro and against a lot of films ..
have any of these or other sources ever coloured your opinion on a flick ?
made you re-evaluate it ?

[filmmaker2]

Yes, definitely.

The closest I can explain it is that sometimes a person's interpretation of a film can be a "key" to seeing how the film works--what makes it tick.

I used to not like George Romero's "Day of the Dead," until someone explained to me why they thought it worked, and after I thought about it I agreed and the next time I watched it, I liked it. Now I think it's great. So I would say my opinion was changed.

A lot of people hate "Anaconda," and I am always trying to explain to them that it's not your normal bad film because it KNOWS it's bad, and is perfectly content to be a piece of crap. I think that once a person "gets" that, the film can be very entertaining. (Also, for a piece of crap, I thought it was pretty well-made...)

[urgeok]

Originally posted by filmmaker2
Yes, definitely.

The closest I can explain it is that sometimes a person's interpretation of a film can be a "key" to seeing how the film works--what makes it tick.

I used to not like George Romero's "Day of the Dead," until someone explained to me why they thought it worked, and after I thought about it I agreed and the next time I watched it, I liked it. Now I think it's great. So I would say my opinion was changed.

A lot of people hate "Anaconda," and I am always trying to explain to them that it's not your normal bad film because it KNOWS it's bad, and is perfectly content to be a piece of crap. I think that once a person "gets" that, the film can be very entertaining. (Also, for a piece of crap, I thought it was pretty well-made...)


anything showcasing J-lo's gorgeous booty is a classic to me :D

[PR3SSUR3]

The considered and educated insight into several otherwise overlooked films by some authors has prompted sudden re-evaluation, and occasionally ignited a relevance of certain scenes or messages that weren't obvious at first.

Recently, I was reminded that Texas Chain Saw Massacre 4: The Next Generation was a far more digestible "post-modern" horror tale than other recent efforts... but of course this could be more down to the failure of similar self-referential movies to be anything other than "clever" (with one or two good bits).

I also used to hate Police Academy 7... oh wait, still do.

:D

[PR3SSUR3]

Of course no matter how convincing one can come across, changing people's minds about the merits of The Blair Witch Project may seem like flogging a dead horse.

So instead, I just call them thick and achieve satisfaction this way instead.



:)

[urgeok]

and i still think Fulci's The Beyond is one of the dumbest pieces of rotting donkey cock i've ever seen ...
despite the valiant efforts of some of the folks here to make me 'see the light' :D

[PR3SSUR3]

The Beyond is definitive Lucio Fulci, meaning incoherence, atrocious dubbing and serious plot contrivances and improbabilities.

But his vision is the film's heart, and his naivete its appeal.

See, you like it now.

[urgeok]

Originally posted by PR3SSUR3
The Beyond is definitive Lucio Fulci, meaning incoherence, atrocious dubbing and serious plot contrivances and improbabilities.

But his vision is the film's heart, and his naivete its appeal.

See, you like it now.


heh ...

you know - i probably would have liked and appreciated it 20 years ago ..
thats when i fell in love with italian horror...
but i've seen 'style without substance' done in ways i've preferred since.

the worst part was probably my anticipation - i was expecting the be all and end all of horror films. so much so that i bought the very expensive anchor bay tin.

then i sat down to watch it - all hepped up .... and was let down BIG time !


so ... nahh.. i still hate it ... but i'll probably watch it again ..

[PR3SSUR3]

Personally, I prefer the dreaminess of City of the Living Dead - and outright brutal savagery of The New York Ripper.

[urgeok]

Originally posted by PR3SSUR3
Personally, I prefer the dreaminess of City of the Living Dead - and outright brutal savagery of The New York Ripper.

i have, and have seen, and enjoyed the 1st of those ,,,
still havent seen Ripper though.

[newb]

Originally posted by urgeok
and i still think Fulci's The Beyond is one of the dumbest pieces of rotting donkey cock i've ever seen ...
despite the valiant efforts of some of the folks here to make me 'see the light' :D

I still can't understand why you can't grasp the concept "two in the stomach one in the head".:D

[urgeok]

Originally posted by newb
I still can't understand why you can't grasp the concept "two in the stomach one in the head".:D


i CAN grasp it .. but none of the dumb fucks in the film can :p

[slasherman]

..hasnt happend often...but first I didnt like Donnie Darko...but many people around me liked it and explained why they did...I like it better now...

[zwoti]

Originally posted by newb
I still can't understand why you can't grasp the concept "two in the stomach one in the head".:D

Originally posted by urgeok
i CAN grasp it .. but none of the dumb fucks in the film can :p

don't get me started :p

[newb]

I was wondering where you were?:D

[zwoti]

Originally posted by newb
I was wondering where you were?:D

some of us have to work for a living :eek:

[Soloman Kane]

Videodrome pissed me off. As I got older I took a film appreciation class in college. The professor & I became life long friends & we used to debate the film with its impact on media etc. Then before I knew it the damn film had grown on me. Two years later & Dan had passed on but the legacy of the film with its message of violence & the media still haunts me. I've been using a vitiam cream & the New Flesh infection isn't as bad now.. ;)