Everyone who i have ever spoken to, reckons Cloverfield is the biggest pile of shite ever.
Classic films that some students think are "rubbish"
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what the feck are you on abut?
I realise it's a subjective thing, but for feck sake, Clockwork Orange, man.
And Taxi Driver!?
Bet all you lot on here would give me no end of grief in a film studies lecture!
Taxi Driver is a classic, so is A Clockwork Orange.. I can go with Dr. Strangelove because comedies is a very subjective thing.. but you can't deny the obvious quality.
Kubrick is a genius.
Kubrick is a genius.
This coming week I'm planning to show clips from the following:
Scream
The Godfather
Don't Look Now
Falling Down
Se7en
I'll let you know whether any of these films are officially 'rubbish'....
Scream
The Godfather
Don't Look Now
Falling Down
Se7en
I'll let you know whether any of these films are officially 'rubbish'....
So because a couple of retarded people that you teach think these 'classic films' are rubbish, all students think that they're rubbish?
No not at all...truth is when one or two come out with these opinions the vast majority of the class shout them down.
When I ask why they are 'rubbish' they mumble something incoherent and shut up!
Don't Look Now- one of the best movies ever. Ever!
I know what scene I`d show them.
I think Devils advocate is one of many games students seem to enjoy, however your students don't sound like their much good at it.
Students haven`t got a film equivalent of the NME to tell them what to like so they`re fecked on the taste front.
How the feck is Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet shit?
It is fecking quality, the subtlties like the news report for the narrator, the business rivals adding to the family feud.
Anyone saying that is shit needs to take their head and stick it in front of High School Musical for punishment.
It is fecking quality, the subtlties like the news report for the narrator, the business rivals adding to the family feud.
Anyone saying that is shit needs to take their head and stick it in front of High School Musical for punishment.
Students think Superbad is a classic, feck students.
Seriously? It's a disgrace!
And why won't firefox-speller accept the word "movie" ?
show more non-american, preferably Scandiavian
I have to work within the confines of the syallabus, which dictates a more American flavour in the Autumn Term. If they go onto the second year then it does have a more world cinema feel. They will be getting stuff like Persona and Festen in the second year...that should sort them out!
Like I said a few comments ago, it is the minority who have voiced their disapproval, but then one who didn't like Raiders of the Lost Ark has named Godfather 1 and 2 as his all-time favourites, so I guess it is a matter of taste.
I do win them round in the end, though. Last year the set text for one exam was Get Carter (thankfully the original) and after a bit of resistance (mainly the dialogue for some reason) quite a lot were putting it as one of their favourites on their Facebook pages! I guess it is an attritional war which I am determined to win!
Hey, teacher! Leave them kids alone!
Wrong, do it again!
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding. How can you
have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?
You! Yes, you behind the bikesheds, stand still laddy!
I have to work within the confines of the syallabus, which dictates a more American flavour in the Autumn Term. If they go onto the second year then it does have a more world cinema feel. They will be getting stuff like Persona and Festen in the second year...that should sort them out!
Is that the one about child molestation?
Hard hitting film that.
Thats the one. Great film.
what do they reckon to "The Great Escape"?
*sharpens bayonet*
btw Spoony, i loved Blair Witch Project..at least the first 2 times i saw it. Admittedly the first time i was off my head on substances & the 2nd time i convinced a girl that it was real. She freaked out. I laughed
*sharpens bayonet*
btw Spoony, i loved Blair Witch Project..at least the first 2 times i saw it. Admittedly the first time i was off my head on substances & the 2nd time i convinced a girl that it was real. She freaked out. I laughed
Blair Witch Project is quality
Not sure GB...for the most part I can only go on the films that I show and refer to in the lecture sessions.
I will sound them out on The Great Escape - and if one of them even dares to criticise it, then my college will be recieving my resignation forthwith!
Oh come on that is ridiculous, it is an awful movie
With the exception of Romeo and Juliet (Not a Lurhmann fan unfortunately) every film on that list is a classic (Maybe not Cloverfield yet but it was still incredible).
Raiders, Dawn, Halloween and the Exorcist were all Genre defining movies. How could any film student think otherwise?
I was Stateside on a family holiday (Vacation
) back in '99. I decided that i couldn't go back to England without going to an American Cinema so i took myself off to go see what was on.I ran through the listings and Saw "Blair Witch Project" advertised. I didn't have a clue about this movie at the time, i hadn't even heard of it in fact.
When i started watching it, at first i thought it was a genuine documentary. And in truth the movie just blew me away.
Back in the UK in '99 it was released just before Halloween and was billed as "The scariest movie of all time". That statement is what killed the movie stone dead for most people. To much hype.
People were expecting a heart attack a second of a movie but didn't get anything of the sort.
I will always have fond memories of the Blair witch Project because of my complete lack of knowledge going into it.
Had i not watched it, returned to the UK and eaten up all the ridiculous hype over it and then seen it, i probably would of thought it was shit to.
Thought Blair Witch was great.
Cloverfield couldn't even get the basic idea right. The film looked like the finest hi definition video recording i've ever seen. Then their was the totally contrived race against time/love story. With the camera by chance recording every important detail to form a structured narrative. It was a great idea executed by a bunch of circus clowns. Who had given up on the whole premise by the opening shot and decided to make an episode of the O.C. and tag a shitty monster on to it instead.
I might call Blair Witch a classic but it baffles me that anyone could say the same about Cloverfield.
Open Water was a pretty good effort and stuck to the rules. Anyone seen that 'Paranormal Activity' film supposed to be pretty intense.
Cloverfield couldn't even get the basic idea right. The film looked like the finest hi definition video recording i've ever seen. Then their was the totally contrived race against time/love story. With the camera by chance recording every important detail to form a structured narrative. It was a great idea executed by a bunch of circus clowns. Who had given up on the whole premise by the opening shot and decided to make an episode of the O.C. and tag a shitty monster on to it instead.
I might call Blair Witch a classic but it baffles me that anyone could say the same about Cloverfield.
Open Water was a pretty good effort and stuck to the rules. Anyone seen that 'Paranormal Activity' film supposed to be pretty intense.
I always find it a bit funny with films that people are supposed to have a massive spectrum of taste. You wouldn't expect it with say books: some people like chick lit or Dan Brown but no one expects them to necessarily like Ulysses. Maybe because it's such a popular medium you're supposed to like all of it.Film students who may not be on my course for very much longer, that's who!
Get Carter, Dirty Harry and Unforgiven are class films. You should show them.
I just watched Blair Witch for the first time, for the sake of this thread, and have to say that it is one of the scariest films I've ever seen. (Anyone feel free to point me towards a scarier film, It'd be my pleasure to watch it).
Clockwork Orange is a fantastic film, took me a watch and a half to get my head around. I also think that The Matrix would be a modern-day classic, had they not brought out sequels. The sequels were good, but not a touch on the first one.
Get Carter is one of the set texts in the Spring Term. Showed it last year and it went down really well. I did a lecture beforehand on the British gangster film and Carter's place in British popular culture...think it helped them put it into context.
Update from this week's lectures:
Clip from Se7en went down okay. One girl has asked to borrow the dvd on the back of it.
Clip from Don't Look Now was very popular and got a lot of positive discussion going. Again a few students have asked if they can watch it in full, so that's promising.
Most had seen Scream already and liked it.
The Godfather didn't recieve any negatives from what I showed them.
They loved the stuff from Falling Down (the burger bar sequence).
So all in all a more positive week!
Only two films are apparently rubbish this week (minority view):
The Birds
American Beauty
Clip from Se7en went down okay. One girl has asked to borrow the dvd on the back of it.
Clip from Don't Look Now was very popular and got a lot of positive discussion going. Again a few students have asked if they can watch it in full, so that's promising.
Most had seen Scream already and liked it.
The Godfather didn't recieve any negatives from what I showed them.
They loved the stuff from Falling Down (the burger bar sequence).
So all in all a more positive week!
Only two films are apparently rubbish this week (minority view):
The Birds
American Beauty
I didn't like The Birds or American Beauty.
I thought American Beauty was superb.
Why didn't you like it?
EDIT: Actually, this was aimed at the Spoons.
American Beauty was rather average.