5. Slumdog Millionaire
This movie got a TON of hype as it came out. So much so, that I felt compelled to watch it. At best this movie is a average fairy tale type story. But all the reviews said it was "life-changing", that it showed you what it was like to live in the slums in India, and that "hard work. perseverance and luck" could overcome anything. I expected a gritty, realistic movie about the human condition. Instead we got a cliched movie that relied way too much on coincidence and pure dumb luck for its ending.
4. Crash
The theme of Crash seemed to be "hey we're all a little bit prejudiced but we can still be good people despite it" which is an okay message...I guess. Otherwise the acting was weak, the stories were weak. The characters weren't that believable. It's a very special skill to be able to flesh out multiple characters in an ensemble type movie, and Crash failed at this. On a basic level, the movie was enjoyable but it was no where near Oscar worthy.
3. Inception
This movie isn't that deep. There, I said it. The ending is purposefully ambiguous, but that's about it. I have no idea how people could have sat through Inception multiple times. The effects were cool, and the acting was good but after I saw it once, it wasn't a movie I felt I needed to see again. It wasn't a movie I WANTED to see again. In fact, it also wasn't a movie I felt that I needed to tell all my friends to go see. Apparently I was the only person in America to feel so.
* Here's where a change in the tone will change for this post. I for the most part like the above 3 movies, just not as much as everyone else. I actively hate these next two movies.
2. The Blair Witch Project
Eff this movie. No seriously, eff this movie. And Eff everyone who loves this movie. Here's some backround: I didn't see this movie until 2005. I stayed up until 5:00 am on a night before I had an 8:00am class in the morning just to watch this movie. Nothing happens in this movie. And don't give me that BS "the terror you don't see is scarier than the terror you do see". Yes that is true if the story is well written with good pace and good acting. Those kids were annoying. Halfway through the movie I was just hoping they would all die anyway. Almost the entire movie is spent watching them be lost in the woods. HOW IS THAT GOOD CINEMA????
1. Fight Club
This movie isn't good. It isn't smart. There's no deep message. It's a bunch of preformed ideas that look cool on paper but do not translate to anything. It's the equivalent to the college freshman who is taking a philosophy course and is now thinks he/she is an expert and forces their new found enlightenment into every conversation that they can. "We are too materialistic". "We are living our lives in a catatonic state" blah blah blah. One of the most pretentious movies I have ever seen. I not only think this movie is overrated, I actively hate this movie and do all I can to campaign against this movie. Let me stop now because I could go on for days about all the things I hate about this movie.
