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paulsaves
10-15-2006, 05:21 PM
Does anyone else have a friend that's just not into movies like you are, and they start giving you movie advice? Because that just happened to me. I was just told to go watch The Guardian, telling me it was intense and powerful.
So, does anyone else have a friend that recommends the worst movies?
Anyone in my family would easily fall under that category. My sister for example said I should go see the Garfield movie because she thought it was good. They forced me to watch The Day After Tomorrow again saying I would like it. Needless to say I don't talk about movies anywhere near my family.
satori
10-15-2006, 05:29 PM
Does anyone else have a friend that's just not into movies like you are, and they start giving you movie advice? Because that just happened to me. I was just told to go watch The Guardian, telling me it was intense and powerful.
So, does anyone else have a friend that recommends the worst movies?
this person is not your fried.
viscountradu
10-15-2006, 05:42 PM
my mom does this with books. she will hand me a book from her collection and tell me all the cool supernatural/fantasy stuff about it, but leave out the fact that it is thinly disguised erotica written by women who have no idea about the opposite sex.
my girlfriend takes all my movie recommendations and seems to like everything i suggest, which probably means she is "the one."
xxxthundercatxxx
10-15-2006, 05:49 PM
my mom does this with books. she will hand me a book from her collection and tell me all the cool supernatural/fantasy stuff about it, but leave out the fact that it is thinly disguised erotica written by women who have no idea about the opposite sex.
my girlfriend takes all my movie recommendations and seems to like everything i suggest, which probably means she is "the one."
I'm confused, are you nailing Neo or Jet Li?
satori
10-15-2006, 05:50 PM
When I was 15 my mom was concerned on the life choices that I was making. She decided to give me a book that would in theory make me see the error of my ways. She lent me her copy of Jack Kerouac's On the Road. It had the exact opposite effect on me than it was supposed to. Every so often your mom can inadvertantly give you something life affirming (head out of the gutter thank you).
viscountradu
10-15-2006, 05:52 PM
I'm confused, are you nailing Neo or Jet Li?
hey, The One was one of the movies I told her she would like and she did. now that I think about it, she has murdered several alternate versions of herself simply to become a more powerful. soon she will be the most powerful entomologist in the multiverse! (not sure if that's a good thing)
masherscf
10-15-2006, 05:53 PM
Does anyone else have a friend that's just not into movies like you are, and they start giving you movie advice? Because that just happened to me. I was just told to go watch The Guardian, telling me it was intense and powerful.
So, does anyone else have a friend that recommends the worst movies?
People have different tastes. I always take that into account when listing to critiques. If I've already decided to see a movie, I'll ignore most critiques because I like forming my own opinion. I'll often read critic's reviews and compare them too my own.
Friends often come to me for movie recommendations. I have what Tolkien described as a 'elvish' attitude toward these recommendations.
satori
10-15-2006, 06:05 PM
there is no good reason to tell anyone to watch the Guardian regardless of taste.
fushna
10-15-2006, 06:55 PM
My brother does that all the time. He invites me to go see the bad movies in the theater, he invited me to see the Cave, and Agent Cody Banks those are the only two I can think of right now. Oh heres the kicker he's older than me and I'm 21 in a month.
toastmstrgeneral
10-15-2006, 07:06 PM
Yes, and he goes by the handle invaderzim; Derailed was not a good movie.
itsamix
10-16-2006, 02:33 AM
Thats why I download movies unless it has Wayne Gretzgy in it then its opening night!
EDIT: i dont actually download movies thats illegal i support my local theatre through and through! :EDIT
satansmagichat
10-16-2006, 04:34 AM
Someone in these forums recommended Mysterious Skin. I feel like I've been molested, and no amount of therapy can stop it. Ooh, Doritos...
seumas
10-16-2006, 06:39 AM
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boxcarjay
10-16-2006, 08:19 AM
girls mostly pick the worste movies and im not saying all girls but some. i know this one that would always go see the worst horror movie of the week in theaters and think it was awsome. and i would name a few but that would take to long and i blocked them out of my mind so just think back to the worste horror movies of the last year and she went to see them. and yeah i went with her cause shes hot and im a whore who will sit through anything that sucks no innuendo intended well maybe a little.
seumas
10-16-2006, 08:28 AM
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strongoloid
10-16-2006, 09:22 AM
My friend hates film critic David Edelstein from NPR. Other than that, most of the worst movie advice comes from the TV.