From: colten@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (marc.colten)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: Movies you were forced to see
Summary: Opinions of movies
Date: 6 Jan 93 13:19:49 GMT
Organization: AT&T

In article <1993Jan5.115053.2470@vixvax.mgi.com>, eiswirth@vixvax.mgi.com (Steve Eiswirth) writes:
> I know I'm not alone as someone who was forced/guilted into seeing a movie
> that my spouse wanted to see.  Here's a partial list, with commentary.  Have
> any other guys out there been forced/guilted into seeing these movies?
> 
> 	Pretty Woman - she enjoyed it, I would have preferred prison camp
> 	torture to watching this movie.  PW was the reason I have since
> 	invoked my "no more Julia Roberts" rule.
> 

Pretty much agree.  Silly premise, silly movie.  Best comment on this
was Ellen Cleghorn on SNL - "She's a HO!"

> 	Cousins - we were both surprised at how much we enjoyed this movie.
> 	I was completely prepared to hate it, but it wasn't bad at all.
> 

Didn't enjoy it.  First it violated my first rule of movies - "never
watch a film made from a bad French movie".  Second - way over done
and over sold.

> 	Sleeping With The Enemy - I saw this before PW, and again, hated it.
> 	Patrick Bergin was a decent bad guy, but the movie was totally
> 	predictable, even down to the dialogue.  A perfect example of the
> 	lack of talent in Hollywood.  This was a dime a dozen, half-ass
> 	attempt at a thriller.  My wife even mocked this movie.
> 

Gave up as soon as it stopped making sense - which was almost
immediately.  Violated my second rule of movies - don't bother with
films so predictable you could sit down and write out the plot after
having seen the trailer.

> 	Broadcast News - one of the most overrated movies ever.  Holly Hunter
> 	is clearly a member of the non-actors guild.  Wm. Hurt was the same
> 	character for the nth movie in a row.  Albert Brooks was the only
> 	good thing in the movie.
> 

Sad, but true.

> 	Crossing Delancey - a great movie.  We both loved it and have seen it
> 	at least 3 times now.  The main guy (can't think of his name) is a great
> 	actor and plays a real man (nice to see in this day of PC).  The other
> 	supporting characters are terriffic, especially Amy Irving's mother.
> 

HATED THIS PICTURE!  Maybe because I'm Jewish or from New York or
whatever.  I mean, come on!  Old yentas and matchmakers overacting
wildly.  We know all her "artsy" friends will turn out to be pompous
creeps.  And in the final analysis - what does she know about the
pickle guy?  nothing, except he's Jewish and recomended by her
grandmother.  I gave their romance 6 weeks from the time the credits
rolled.

> 	Moonstruck - another great movie.  I generally can't stand Cher,
> 	especially when she's singing.  But the entire cast was terriffic.
> 

Excellent movie, but I could really do without Danny Aiello.

> 	When Harry Met Sally - one of my all-time fav' movies.  I remember
> 	seeing the commercials for it and thinking "that's not funny."  So
> 	we waited for the video and I took a chance.  Except for a few scenes
> 	when Meg Ryan acts poorly, and a few scenes that are a blatant rip-off
> 	of Annie Hall and Manhattan, this was a wonderful movie.  Incidentally,
> 	once I saw the entire scene that I originally felt was not funny,
> 	in its entire context, it was damn funny.  (It was the ride from Chi.
> 	to NY when BC was eating concorde grapes.)
> 

Disappointing on many counts. Too often Billy Crystal's character is
actually Billy Crystal doing schtick.  The part that bothered me
the most is they have this long relationship and in the end HE learns
the great lesson. What did she learn?  I didn't she her change one bit.
It was like she was perfect and just waiting for him to stop being
a neanderthal.  Too one sided.


marc colten