Excellent movie-But not your cup of tea.

Is "The Birds" supposed to be great? I've seen it a couple of times and I never need to see it again.

Goodfellas. I recognize that’s it’s a very well-made film, but I’ve never had any desire to rewatch it.

[quote] I also think the look of film reminds me of an episode of “ Alfred Hitchcock Presents”.

He used the photographer from his TV show for Psycho (who hadn't worked on big screen movies). He wanted to break from the big wide-screen colour movies.

The second half of Psycho is like a very routine, boring TV drama and those scenes with Simon Oakland are tedious exposition scenes. However the shower scene was a complicated set up as involved as his big movie set-ups. There's hardly any of the Hermann score in the second half.

The first half is brilliant; the second half humdrum.

Most of the movies of the classical golden age of Hollywood. I've watched a lot of them and I understand their value but I can always see through the acting. Few actors of that time period give performances that aren't outright histrionic (Cary Grant and Irene Dunne come to mind). My favourite movies of that era are the musicals, some silent films (Sunrise, Joan of Arc etc) and some of the pre-code films. Most of the dramas are painfully campy to me though, unless you're a Douglas Sirk, then you're deliciously campy.

[quote] Most of the movies of the classical golden age of Hollywood. I've watched a lot of them and I understand their value

They may have made some financial value to the producers but 60% of mainstream classical golden age Hollywood was mindless pap not worth a second thought.

We can rewatch their edited highlights but we have shorter attention-spans now.

Pretty much every great Kubrick movie. I can recognize why people think they're wonderful and appreciate the craft, but ultimately they will never have any appeal to me. I've tried at various points in my life, thinking maybe I needed a different perspective to finally appreciate them the way other people do, but eventually I accepted that it's never going to happen.

In the Bedroom.

Terms of Endearment -- everyone says it's excellent, therefore it must be, but blech.

L'Avventura - I appreciate it, but it's a tough slog. I even tried watching it in a theater a few years back because I thought it would make it more compelling, but it just made it seem longer.

In contrast, I love La Notte and L'Eclisse.

Call Me By Your Name.

I read about it and it sounds depressing.

I don't like dramatic, depressing movies.

Although, I LOVE the original Boys in the Band, which can seem dramatic and depressing.

And I also love Ordinary People.

2001

boooooooring

R19, the difference is that while Boys In The Band can seem dramatic and depressing, it's got the wittiest dialogue this side of All About Eve.

R6, could not agree more about every Kubrick film. I know they're "important" and technically great, but they just bore the shit out of me. Even a film "inspired" by Kubrick , (A.I.) could drive you to suicide.

Lord I can’t even remember the name of that black n white Christmas film with Jimmy Stewart & Santa Claus. Every Christmas my husband is baffled by stubborn refusal to watch it.

Shawshank Redemption. How is this movie so beloved? I would agree with Kubrick except for The Shining and Spartacus which are both great movies.

R12 this is R11. Beg to disagree. “Barry Lyndon” is slow and GREAT. “Paths to Glory” is just great. ‘The Shining’ is overrated, indeed.

Snakes On A Plane.