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Polarizing Films
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Love Blair Witch 2: Book of Shadows


I don't love it, but I definitely found it far more entertaining than the original. 
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I hated Dangerous Liaisons, whereas many people loved it.
By the same token: to me the average Ingmar Bergman film constitutes an effective cure for insomnia, whereas...
Barbarella is a polarizing movie, not in the least because of "Hanoi Jane" performing the main character.
Fando & Lis was controversial from Day One. Its first screening turned into a riot.
And then of course there's Caligula. Or take any Pasolini film.
And if you'd like to upset some religious people, try Monty Python's Life of Brian.

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Any film by Lars von Trier, Michael Haneke or Andrei Tarkovsky.
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The new Star Trek movie, the fandom is strongly divided on that and those who don't like it claim that "the others" aren't really fans at all.


I absolutely HATED this film. I felt that Abrams found subplots in the scripts from TOS and tossed them in a hat, then picked them out one at a time and pieced together the story. Plus, the added "comedic" quality of Kirk was pathetic.

I loved it. 



I loved the star Trek film as well. And I'm looking forward to watching it again when it comes in December (on Blu Ray of course).
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I think the french film "Martyrs" polarized alot of people.
I think it is very hard to keep your eyes on what is happening there.

Personally I think this film is a masterpiece, but I can understand that there are people , who say it is simply disgusting.

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It's surprising how many of the films mentioned here I thoroughly enjoy... 

The one film in my collection that I've yet to find a fellow supporter for is the universally-panned box office flop 'Ishtar'. Sure it's a tad on cheesy side, but come on: it's just great fun! Even just the opening scene, with Hoffman & Beatty working on their doomed-to-fail "hit" song 'Dangerous Business', has me - but only me - laughing out loud every time I watch it.
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My suggestion is Waterworld.  It had such a bad reputation that I was totally surprised when I watched it that I didn't think it was anywhere near as bad as I'd been led to believe.  I acutally enjoyed it.
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My suggestion is Waterworld.  It had such a bad reputation that I was totally surprised when I watched it that I didn't think it was anywhere near as bad as I'd been led to believe.  I acutally enjoyed it.


I liked it a lot too, same as Postman.
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My colleague at work loved Quantum of Solace. I hated it. I thought it was possibly the worst of all Bond films. Possibly a generation thing. I just couldn't stand the choppy editing...
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We had a movie night years ago like you mentioned and watched Gattaca.  Everyone present was a big time sci-fi geek, yet of the 4 people there I was the only one who enjoyed it.  And I really, really enjoyed it.  My wife and the other couple thought it was the most boring movie they'd ever seen.
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My suggestion is Waterworld.  It had such a bad reputation that I was totally surprised when I watched it that I didn't think it was anywhere near as bad as I'd been led to believe.  I acutally enjoyed it.


I liked it a lot too, same as Postman.


Yep, I like both of those too, despite so many who hate them.
A bit like Battlefield Earth, that wasn't such a bad film was it?
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A bit like Battlefield Earth, that wasn't such a bad film was it?

It wasn't???
When I first watched it I couldn't decide what to do, laugh, cry, throw up. So I went for switch off ... after 35 minutes (which felt like 2 and a half hours). But possibly the best was yet to come.

EDIT: Oh, and one more (which possibly fits into the "Blair Witch Project"-section) was "Cloverfield", which I found great, but the best of all possible wifes simply hates it.
It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?


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2001: A Space Odyssey.

Most of my friends seem to think that this is one of the greatest sci-fi movies ever made.
I find it utterly boring, and a complete waste of time. One of the worst films I've ever seen... 
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Here is one that I liked that many did not:

The Gods Must Be Crazy.

Way back when it came out, I went to see this with my girlfriend.  I had no idea what this movie was.  Maybe that is why I liked it so much.  It was a very refreshing and unexpected story.
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I like to introduce certain titles to my 6 year old granddaughter, so in life she'll grow up to appreciate the fine art of films and its contents.. ,It's a slow process as she,& her little brain doesn't or isn't ready to develop story line material and consequences as movie continues . She has to this day loved Wizard of Oz ( after initially presenting by cutting out the entire sepia tone sequence and starting the movie at the aftermath of the tornado scene. Then onto fantasy and adventure came the 1933 B/W King Kong, again, cutting to the abduction of Ann Darrel off the ship., . Then  came 7th Voyage of Sinbad, no problem here as the cyclops scene is the first five minutes ..
Bottom line today at the age of 6, she watches ALL these fine  films and others over and over and over and over again from the opening credits.

I recently got her hooked on... TV's Lost In Space episodes ..  ( Danger Will Robinson.!!  ) 

She's a real ham for adventure and action.. But  due to the availability of getting to that scene of any film on the fly ( compared to VHS tape, or CLV Laser discs),  DVDs have been very important in the development of film appreciation in our house. ,.,  MY 26 year son has never seen Wizard of Oz or even the 1933 King Kong because it is in B/W and finds B/W boring and stupid and old fashioned..
He has now grown up to day to watch 'his favourite' films such as The Saw series etc.. 

Hopefully the day will come soon when I can start the musicals such as My Fair Lady and West Side Story on her,, but time is of the essence in the development of a true Movie Lover ..
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"The Strangers" so many friends telling me how scarey it is, I was bored.  Other film is "Napoleon Dynamite" sorry didn't find this one a bit funny.  Yet friends love it.
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