Critically Acclaimed stuff you don't 'get'

[Vrex360]

I didn't really understand why the movie 'Little Children' is so highly praised. I mean yes, the acting is great and so is the cinematography, but when people start telling me it's this enlightened portrayal of modern feminism that's when you've lost me.

To elaborate, Little Children is the story of two people with spouses, one a woman and the other a man, who get together and have a strange and sordid affair. Supposedly there is some kind of implication that the woman at least we are supposed to sympathise with because she was 'forced' to marry a man she doesn't love for his financial benefits and in turn she treats the three year old daughter born of this marriage like shit.
Point is, she uses one man for marriage, neglects her child and then almost breaks up another marriage because she wants another woman's husband for herself.
I don't call that feminism.

 

[dodo1331]

I don't get why people love Halo. I also don't understand the love for Left4Dead... And plenty of other games now that I think about it.

Outside of gaming I generally like popular things, but I don't get the appeal of Star Wars or Lord of the Rings... I can see why people like them, but why they're so incredibly popular I just don't see. Personally I find them boring but that's just me.

If you've only played Left 4 Dead on the Xbox, then your opinion is not fully formed.

 

[NoNameMcgee]

I don't get why people love Halo. I also don't understand the love for Left4Dead... And plenty of other games now that I think about it.

Outside of gaming I generally like popular things, but I don't get the appeal of Star Wars or Lord of the Rings... I can see why people like them, but why they're so incredibly popular I just don't see. Personally I find them boring but that's just me.

If you've only played Left 4 Dead on the Xbox, then your opinion is not fully formed.

I'm a PC gamer.

 

[ragestreet]

Avatar. It's pretty but besides that I just don't see the appeal.
Also Justin Bieber.

 

[Layzor]

The Hurt Locker. Good god what a load of balls.

 

[kiwisushi]

Sin city. Found it one of the most tediously pointless films I have ever seen. Big deal, its comic film noir setting ... and? There is no real plot or point apart from gratuitous violence, the kind you can get from any crap half assed film these days. Is it because it put it into a dark comic style, that it?

 

[SlowShootinPete]

Any medical procedural TV show that isn't Scrubs or MASH.

Sin city. Found it one of the most tediously pointless films I have ever seen. Big deal, its comic film noir setting ... and? There is no real plot or point apart from gratuitous violence, the kind you can get from any crap half assed film these days. Is it because it put it into a dark comic style, that it?

While we're on the topic of Frank Miller, 300. Absolutely retarded, and the action was just jumping around in slow motion and CGI blood.

Oh.

And Wall-E.

 

[Julianking93]

What the fuck is so great about Catcher in the Rye??

 

[Embz]

Pretty much anything that wins the turner prize

 

[CK76]

The Spider-Man films. All of them.

I was so deflated after the first one I expected it to bomb and move on, and people praised it? Then the second one had more heaped on it? Then suddenly the third was dumped on. To me they are all the same, mis cast fumbling films no different than Fantastic Four or Ghost Rider.

The fact that people state Spider-Man 2 as the pinnacle of super hero films absolutely baffles me. I love Spider-Man, but found not a single redeeming quality about any of Raimi's films. It is no where near Nolan's Batman, Watchmen, Sin City, Iron Man or Kick Ass.

 

[zf6hellion]

OK some people have already said it but I'm included, why is Avatar so popular? Sure it has great effects (That cause me migraines - really great effects those are) but it's story is a rip off another movie.

 

[Satin6T]

stuff aimed at people under 17
except Pokemon
i still love Pokemon

 

[Cherry Cola]

What the fuck is so great about Catcher in the Rye??

IT KILLED JOHN LENNON! D:

It's evil!

OT: Crash sucked ass.

 

[splatterguy734]

Pulp fiction I was massively apathetic towards it for the first half of the film then enjoyed the second half though I overall didn't think it deserved to be called a masterpiece.

 

[Downfall89]

I don't get why people love Pulp Fiction. Don't hate on me, I know it's supposedly an incredibly great movie, but I don't see why..

Could someone briefly tell me why they love it so?

It just has so many memorable scenes, and the dialog, particularly between Julez and Vincent is fantastic.

I have to say the only film Ive ever seen based solely on good reviews was "No Country For Old Men" and that was the most boring and dull rubbish I have ever seen.

In terms of games, I dont get why Half Life 2 is so revered. Yeah sure it's good, but the weapons are dull, the vehicle sections are horrible, and the fact that none of the characters ever explain what the heck has been going on since Black Mesa is really annoying!!!

I haven't played Half Life 2 yet, surprisingly, but will very soon. I hope it is as good as it has always been hyped up to be.

 

[8-Bit Grin]

Bioshock is such a mediocre game that it brings the industry as a whole down a peg in my eyes.
*Whew*
Glad to finally get that out.
-F

 

[DefunctTheory]

Bioshock is such a mediocre game it brings the industry as a whole down a peg in my eyes.
*Whew*
Glad to finally get that out.
-F

I agree that Bioshock was far from the golden child that everyone seems to think it was, but it was good enough. Why I liked it was because I saw what Bioshock COULD have been. It had such potential, but it seems they ran out of time/money/caring.

Personally... Avatar, Twilight, and Twitter. I do not understand why anyone cares about these things.

 

[8-Bit Grin]

Bioshock is such a mediocre game it brings the industry as a whole down a peg in my eyes.
*Whew*
Glad to finally get that out.
-F

I agree that Bioshock was far from the golden child that everyone seems to think it was, but it was good enough. Why I liked it was because I saw what Bioshock COULD have been. It had such potential, but it seems they ran out of time/money/caring.

Personally... Avatar, Twilight, and Twitter. I do not understand why anyone cares about these things.

That's exactly how I felt about it. The potential I kept glimpsing actually stopped my enjoyment in it's tracks though. I played for twenty minutes then quit because it actually caused me intellectual pain to keep going.
-F

 

[Julianking93]

What the fuck is so great about Catcher in the Rye??

IT KILLED JOHN LENNON! D:

It's evil!

Nuh uh!

It said to kill Ronald Reagan.

Kill Ronald Reagan. Kill the phonies!

[sup][sup][sup]I'm referencing South Park if you couldn't tell[/sup][/sup][/sup]

 

[Danzaivar]

Arkham Asylum. I swear I must be playing a different game to everyone else...