oh yeah, i work at family video and we have to put stickers on subtitled films so people will know and can't return them because they didn't want to "have to read a movie." i can't tell you how many people put pan's labyrinth back on the shelf after realizing it was in spanish. in fact, here's a rather mind-bogglingly hopeless scenario that once happened to me regarding this:

a man brought a copy of pan's labyrinth up the counter.

MAN: is this movie in spain-ish?

ME: yeah, it's in spanish with english subtitles.

MAN (looking dumbfounded): you mean they made it that way?

ugh. i wanted to spear him through.

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I don't think anything needs to be said.
But goddamn.

haha my ex-boyfriend wouldn't watch it with me and used that exact excuse. He's my ex for a reason. Soo closed minded.

Lately my mom has been getting on my nerves about movies. She'll watch movies with me but the problem is that she's mad at me for knowing a lot about movies.

Ugh, I kinda have the same problem with my friends, we do have the same taste in movies, except when I suggest something like Pan's Labyrinth or Sin City, they literally say " Dude, fuck that, what kind of moron reads during a movie?" or " If i wanted to se a black and white movie I'll watch something with my grandma." I fucking hate it because they won't even think of watching anything else. I hate it. Not to mention that I'm like the only one in my group of friends that doesn't really like rap.

In response to the original poster... I whole-heartedly know what you mean! I have friends who insist that movies like "Dodgeball" and "Zoolander" are the best comedies ever made, yet they refuse to see such classics as "Caddyshack" or "Ferris Bueller's Day Off."

I tell them "Bug" was good, and they say they'd rather watch "Hostel".

Seriously, they think my taste in movies suck. Let's see what you guys think:

My Top 10 All-Time Favorite Films: (1 being the #1 all-time favorite)...

10. The Fountain
9. The Green Mile
8. The Matrix
7. 12 Angry Men
6. Good Will Hunting
5. Psycho (original)
4. Requiem for a Dream
3. Vertigo
2. Heat
1. The Shawshank Redemption

Yep, Shawshank is the best movie I've ever seen. No equal. Some say it's overrated and overhyped, but godammit, nothing beats that movie for me.

And, unlike my friends, my Top 10 list NEVER changes. You might say, "well, The Fountain came out in 2006, so you must've changed something".... HOWEVER, the fact is, I've always kept the slots empty until I've finally found something to fill it with. The Fountain is the last great film I've seen, and that was like 2 years ago. Sad.

And it's funny, because horror is my favorite genre, yet you don't see it all over my list. These movies, believe it or not, all "suck" according to friends. Doesn't that blow your fucking mind??? Not only that, but they refuse to see any movie that came out before 2000. It's like any movie that came out in 1998 or 1999 is now considered "old" or something. Unbelievable.

Now, although "taste" is strictly based on opinion, I have a strong opinion that I have better taste than most people... especially the tools I call my friends.

Amen, brother. I'd like to slap a few of those folks.

These people aren't stupid, they're just uneducated. They haven't learned how to look for new experiences. Sit these silly people down and show them all kinds of fun movies and explain to them how none of this modern shit would exist without the stuff that came before it. Teach them to love history--films are a tapestry of cultural history.

What makes you think I haven't tried? Some people just don't want to listen Crabby, and that's sad. They're not good, there's nothing inside of them that makes them want to learn, they're just bastard coated bastards with a bastard filling.

NOTE: This is a SERIOUSLY pissed off ChronoGrl needing to vent or else go on a killing spree. And I am REALLY trying to control my rage today.

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Is it wrong that I seriously HATE going to the movies with my boyfriend's family?

His dad and brother seriously canNOT sit in a theater without talking (one of my personal pet peeves when going to the movies - WHY PAY $10 AND THEN TALK THE WHOLE TIME THROUGH?!). We've already told them that this is not appropriate theater conduct (we had a "talk" after attempting to watch The Mist in peace), but yet TODAY during CLOVERFIELD, his brother simply would not shut the fuck up. "What are those things?! Are those... SPIDERS?"

DIE. It's like interacting with a SMALL CHILD... ... ... BUT HE'S 41.

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Also. It's like going to the movies... with my grandparents.

Last movie that I went to see with my grandparents: American Sweethearts. Why? Because we were looking for something to DO and it was something that I didn't necessarily OBJECT to go see (and plus they were paying for it).

BUT

I do NOT make it a habit to go to see movies with my grandparents THAT I ACTUALLY WANT TO SEE (anything horror, indie, experimental, or deep) because, well, I know that they would JUST NOT BE INTERESTED (also why I do not subject my FRIENDS to these movies, exept with "grandparents," well, there's just something more... ANNOYING... let me extrapolate):

So today we went to see Cloverfield with my boyfriend's family. While my FRIENDS might have very simple responses such as "AWESOME" or "BLAH!" his FAMILY's responses:

"Man, that shakey cam. It was like... I didn't know what was going ON sometimes."

I seriously cannot comprehend this statement without hearing an exaggerated crotchety old man's voice.

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Really. Hmmm. I wonder IF THAT WAS FUCKING INTENTIONAL. HOW FUCKING STUPID CAN YOU BE TO MAKE THAT FUCKING COMMENT?! THIS IS WHY I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO DESIRE TO GO TO THE MOVIES WITH HIS FAMILY TO SEE MOVIES THAT I ACTUALLY WANT TO SEE.

And THIS movie experience going on the coattails of my boyfriend and I watching "Sunshine" last night and spending a good hour or so discussing it (not a perfect movie, but enough to evoke conversation on its merits, pitfalls, and complete homage to ALL space movies that have gone before, from Alien to 2001 to even Event Horizon), and then after Cloverfield, the only conversation that THEY can make is, "THERE WAS TOO MUCH SHAKY CAM?!"

It's absolutely so incredibly exhausting to interact with the ignorant masses. Even MORESO when I feel as though I HAVE TO LIKE THEM.

FUCK I HATE PEOPLE

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We should have a [Rant] [/Rant] code for moments like these.:D