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01-31-2006, 07:20 AM
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Has anyone's opinion of a film ever changed yours ?
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 ? 
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01-31-2006, 07:35 AM
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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...) Last edited by filmmaker2; 01-31-2006 at 07:37 AM.
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anything showcasing J-lo's gorgeous booty is a classic to me :D
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01-31-2006, 07:44 AM
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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
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01-31-2006, 07:47 AM
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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. :)
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01-31-2006, 07:52 AM
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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.
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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 ..
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still havent seen Ripper though.
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