Overrated movies
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I agree with all your choices except for the Dark Knight Rises. While not as good as the Dark Knight, I still found it to be decent and close to par with the other two. Haven't seen Star Trek Into Darkness yet, but I'll be interested to see if I feel the same way you do on that one as well.
Se7en is one of my two or three favorite movies, so I'm in no way adverse to horror/violence/thrillers. The point of Se7en to me, though, is that so much is left to your imagination, which is even worse than showing it right to you like Tarantino has done lately. Se7en treats the violence as the dark, terrible thing it is by only lightly touching on it, and treating it very seriously. Tarantino has made his violence cartoony lately. There hasn't been anything serious in his film violence in many, many movies.
I personally don't watch movies like Saw and Hostel, because I don't see any redeeming value in them. I like scary movies, but I don't just need to see gore for the sake of gore. I think those movies get talked about, but Quentin tries to pass himself off as still being a serious artist - nobody watching the gore in the last few movies can call that "serious" or "art."
Quentin still has some of the best dialogue scenes out there. He should focus on his skill at that a little bit more than trying to push an envelope that doesn't need pushed.
The first Saw was solid. I enjoyed the twists and mind games. Plus a good cast. The rest...meh, money grabs.
I refuse to watch Hostel. Thats just gratuitous violence. Stupid.
Almost forgot: Fight Club. People talked like it changed their lives or something. For me it was just meh.
I did see the first Saw. Cary Elwes was good, and it did have an interesting idea. After that, though, I knew what it was about, and tapped out.
Oh, man, I can't get behind that. Fantastic movie. Fincher sometimes skews too far to style (like Panic Room) or is very serious and all about substance (like Se7en) - although I like Se7en better, I thought Fight Club was one of his best jobs of meshing the two extremes.
Lol, I need a sense of humor? I've been accused of a lot if things here but that's not one.
I believe some of Django was an homage to old spaghetti westerns, and while there was probably more blood in Django compared to those older movies, the body count probably wasn't that different. I'm sure if you look you'll find that there are tributes to other genres for IB as well. The cathartic interpretation is just what I came away with after watching it, mainly from the final scene.
Tarantino is a director that likes to tell stories while paying homage to other films and genres that have influenced him. That's just what he's decided to do and he pretty much has free reign to do what ever he wants now. I think he's an excellent story teller and a master of dialogue, and if you look past the goriness, there are some pretty great stories underneath. And I don't think it's really fair to try and say he's not producing "art". Art that you don't care for is still art.
