You read the posts on this board and the reviews and the number of peope that say "I wanted to like it".. why exactly? So you can say you like a film that others consider to be arty? Be yourself and if you don't like it then you don't like it.. period!
I didn't like this film and I'm ok with that, I don't need to watch it again to try to like it.
Because it may contain aspects that people are a fan of, but feel other things ultimately brought it down.
I haven't seen this film yet, but from all I've seen over the years, I "want to like it". I like laid-back films with lots of mundane dialogue. I like scenes with coffee, and I love scenes with cigarettes, not because they're good props, or that smoking looks dramatic on film, but also because it hearkens back to the days of film noir.
I'm also a huge fan of the director.
There. Now I "want to like it". I'll be seeing it shortly, and then can make the decision whether I liked it or not in the long run.
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Well the point of liking a film is not saying that you liked in later on, but the process of the liking itself. If you like a movie, it feels good watching it, appreciating it.
Personally I have watched some movies that I can see are very good, but I just couldn't like them. And my wanting to like them has nothing to do with the desire to tell people 'I liked the Shawshank redeption' (which I couldn't like, even though I wanted to), but is more because of a feeling that I might be missing something good.
And I'm still myself after that :P
The reason I wanted to like it is because it sounded like an interesting idea. Too bad that the film had to be ruined by the childish dialogue. But then, many modern films are ruined for the same reason. Do all characters in modern films (regardless of age) have to sound like they're 13?
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