I'm skipping this one—changing the channel!

There isn't really a single genre I’ll dodge because, honestly, I’m a total cinephile; I know how it goes where I'll just lock myself away for three or four days straight and plow through twenty different movies, whether they're on my old Blu-ray collection or just streaming on Netflix... I genuinely appreciate everything there is to see, and frankly, I can't stand people who come up with these incredibly shallow, cliché reasons to hate on a certain film, because at the end of the day, a movie is meant to be experienced, ranging from the most mindless trash to a brilliant Hollywood blockbuster... at least that's how it works for me. Anyway, it's become pretty clear to me that not a single day goes by without me sitting down for at least one or two films... so yeah, that's basically my life in a nutshell.🙂

Emily Thomas3 said:I dunno. First off, baseball isn't exactly a high-octane sport. Second, they play 162 games a season, so you don't get the same die-hard crowd showing up every single day, which means you lack those intense supporter groups you see in soccer stadiums (over here, the stadium DJ usually handles the energy, and honestly, they do that for most sports too). Third, there’s tons of stuff going on at the park besides the actual game—you’ll see people walking around and grabbing food constantly. Plus, fans of different teams are all mixed together, making it hard to build that one massive, unified group that drives the cheering (at least in the traditional sense).

People definitely get loud during clutch moments, like the final out or a huge rivalry game—especially when the Yankees and Red Sox are playing—but otherwise, the vibe at the stadium is just chill and relaxed.🤣

Oops, went off-topic again. 😢

BTW, you never actually explained why you're so against the suffering of Jewish people (I'm still holding out hope that someone does an adaptation of Maus. Animated, obviously).

I don’t have anything against walls themselves, per se. But honestly? When these studios have all that capital to burn on movies about various barriers and divides, you’d think they could manage to produce a single feature about an actual individual—someone like Freud, for instance. Instead, we just get endless, repetitive cycles of Holocaust cinema. It feels redundant.

I mean, look, they can make whatever they want. They can put out all the content they like. But as for me? I’m not going to waste my time watching it. 🙂

By the way, I’d give *The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas* an 8 out of 10.

Donna Gray4 said:There isn't really a single genre I’ll dodge because, honestly, I’m a total cinephile; I know how it goes where I'll just lock myself away for three or four days straight and plow through twenty different movies, whether they're on my old Blu-ray collection or just streaming on Netflix... I genuinely appreciate everything there is to see, and frankly, I can't stand people who come up with these incredibly shallow, cliché reasons to hate on a certain film, because at the end of the day, a movie is meant to be experienced, ranging from the most mindless trash to a brilliant Hollywood blockbuster... at least that's how it works for me. Anyway, it's become pretty clear to me that not a single day goes by without me sitting down for at least one or two films... so yeah, that's basically my life in a nutshell.🙂

Well, good for you. 🙂

I personally clock in at around 300 films a year... and I genuinely enjoy it. But honestly, my real pleasure comes from watching people waste their time on absolute garbage, only to see them vent online with those predictable, pathetic little rants about "wanting their ten bucks back" or "wanting those two hours of their life back." 😁

Anyone else here struggling with their weight? 🤣

I mean, how on earth am I actually maintaining a normal weight?

goldenhound32 said:It doesn't matter; at least we've established that baseball fans don't really cheer. And why is that?
I see the average game runs about two and a half hours or longer. Nice.

Oh, right... I forgot to mention... I tend to avoid WWII movies (especially if they dwell on civilian suffering) because there are just too many of them, and I find myself thinking, "For heaven's sake, pick a different era of warfare." Still, I ended up watching Downfall because everything suggested it was a masterpiece. And it truly is.

Downfall is an amazing movie... but your take on it sounds like something coming from a deranged little Nazi kid👎

Anthony Smith3 said:It’s pretty rare... I don't usually give everything a shot...

That's my boy🙏

I feel like it’s overkill to check every single movie online—it’s fine when I’m buying them myself, but usually, I can just stumble upon something interesting on my own. Back then, I never thought about pulling up the teletext just to grab a title to type into Google...

It’s all just the same old rotation: martial arts flicks (including those slapstick action-comedies in the vein of Jackie Chan), various "one-man army" commandos, standard westerns, or those mindless comedies where high school and college idiots essentially compete to see who can be the most moronic... and so on.

Those American horror flicks where you just get some wet hair draped over a face and random water leaking from a bathtub for no reason at all... I guess they think that's actually scary.

I’ll admit, I’ve become quite picky. I find myself turning off a movie almost immediately if it doesn't grab me; I just don't have the patience to waste my time on nonsense.
When I was younger, I’d sit through just about anything—honestly, I don't even know how I managed it back then—but nowadays, I just can't bring myself to do it.

It’s rare that I’ll reject a film outright or flat-out refuse to watch an entire genre based on generalizations,
but there are definitely certain tropes and characteristics that I simply can't stand. If I see them, I’m happy to skip the movie entirely. Here is what stays on my "no" list:
1. Poor acting or unappealing casts. I really have no desire to have my evening ruined by someone delivering a subpar performance on screen.
2. Pointless violence, gore, mutilation, or any of those cheap attempts at horror that rely solely on shock value.
3. Sci-fi or tech-heavy plots that feel more like a tedious video game than actual storytelling.
4. Forced action sequences, whether they are shoved into a comedy or used to prop up a trashy, high-tension thriller.
5. Those overly pretentious "indie" flicks or European art-house movies that try way too hard to be deep.

I find myself drifting back to that peculiar cinematic obsession we all seem to share—you know the one—wherever there are rings involved. I’m talking about those sweeping epics like *Lord of the Rings*, where a single piece of jewelry carries the weight of the entire world on its shoulders, or even those more grounded, domestic dramas where a wedding is the central pivot. It’s always something about the ring, isn't it? Whether it’s the grand spectacle of a ceremony, some high-stakes romantic gesture, or just a quiet, poignant moment where someone stares longingly at a ring in a storefront window or receives a dusty heirloom from a grandmother. There seems to be this endless fascination with the ring as a symbol of destiny, duty, or perhaps just the inevitable passage of time.

I have this rather peculiar, perhaps even slightly indulgent, weakness for cinema where the color palette leans heavily into those deep, saturated reds or warm, glowing oranges—you know, the kind of cinematography that makes you feel like you're trapped inside a sunset or a fever dream. 😁

Charles Martin78 said:I find myself drifting back to that peculiar cinematic obsession we all seem to share—you know the one—wherever there are rings involved. I’m talking about those sweeping epics like *Lord of the Rings*, where a single piece of jewelry carries the weight of the entire world on its shoulders, or even those more grounded, domestic dramas where a wedding is the central pivot. It’s always something about the ring, isn't it? Whether it’s the grand spectacle of a ceremony, some high-stakes romantic gesture, or just a quiet, poignant moment where someone stares longingly at a ring in a storefront window or receives a dusty heirloom from a grandmother. There seems to be this endless fascination with the ring as a symbol of destiny, duty, or perhaps just the inevitable passage of time.

I have this rather peculiar, perhaps even slightly indulgent, weakness for cinema where the color palette leans heavily into those deep, saturated reds or warm, glowing oranges—you know, the kind of cinematography that makes you feel like you're trapped inside a sunset or a fever dream. 😁

Oh, right, forgot that one too.
And Harry Potter.

All those movies about rings, you know, the whole Lord of the Rings thing,

Finally, someone who actually gets what I'm talking about!

Nicholas Edwards4 said:

All those movies about rings, you know, the whole Lord of the Rings thing,

Finally, someone who actually gets what I'm talking about!

Big yes. I caught the premiere of that absolute garbage at the local AMC when it first dropped. Everyone else was all hyped up, but I walked out halfway through. I just couldn't sit there and take it anymore.😳

slywolf45 said:It’s all just the same old rotation: martial arts flicks (including those slapstick action-comedies in the vein of Jackie Chan), various "one-man army" commandos, standard westerns, or those mindless comedies where high school and college idiots essentially compete to see who can be the most moronic... and so on.

I couldn't have put it better myself. 👍

What even is this nonsense, just winged lions, gnomes, dwarves, and all these weird little forests...😵

Karen Smith9 said:Downfall is an amazing movie... but your take on it sounds like something coming from a deranged little Nazi kid👎

Only someone with a certain kind of agenda would ever write something like that.

Jean-Claude Van Damme absolutely crushed it with Kickboxer, and honestly, that’s how he’ll always be legendary to me—just pure, gritty martial arts action...
I feel like Stallone and Schwarzenegger movies usually had this much more intense, serious vibe to them...

I wouldn't even put Bruce Lee in that same category because the Die Hard trilogy is just on a whole different level than those flicks...well, if you don't count the fourth one...

But hey, I gotta give props to all three of them...
In my head, I always group them like this:
Jean-Claude Van Damme with Kickboxer and that classic Hard Target
Bruce Lee with Die Hard and The Fifth Element
And Schwarzenegger with Conan, Predator, and Terminator—man, he might just be the ultimate icon with those three legendary roles...🙏

goldenhound32 said:Where exactly did I say that? Could I get a quote, please?

Here is my own rating for a few films that sit below a 7:
Spun (8), Pret-a-Porter (9), Aria (7), In Turn (10), May (8), Ararat (8), A Complete History of My Sexual Failures (8), Darkman (8), À ma soeur! (7), 2:37 (7), Night's Sex Comedy (7).

Do you actually keep a log of everything you watch and the ratings you give them?

Staying on topic—I guess I agree that Holocaust themes are pretty overdone, but I'm glad to see a movie about those events from a slightly different, less stereotypical angle (like in The Reader, where the lead character is basically—at least to me—a totally likable Nazi criminal).

Haha, honestly, my least favorite movies are those ones where it’s just... one guy against the world... one "oh boy, here we go again" kind of trope.
I mean, who actually watches that stuff? Aside from the fact that sci-fi war epics feel like a total waste of time to me, I find those gritty "realistic hero" stories or movies based on video games to be even worse. Ugh.
And don't even get me started on those overly dramatic horror flicks where everyone starts having existential crises, praying for mercy, and shedding crocodile tears.

That said, I absolutely love superhero movies.😁 To me, they really belong in an entirely different league.