things you don't 'get' that the majority of people love - Page 3 - GoFuckYourself.com

Jim_Gunn · 10-24-2008, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by After Shock Media

I am still trying to come to grips with many in this industry (peers) devotion to the following movies and shows:
Scarface
Godfather -any
Casino
Goodfella's
Entourage

Plus full on man love for Pacino and Deniro.

I am leaning towards the whole fuck the system, be rich, lifestyle or something that many dream to obtain. Still not fully clear on it yet, just many really and I mean really envy these movies and show. I do not think they were bad movies, just do not get the whole devotion aspect or following.

What's so hard to understand about the allure of money and power? Gangster movies are like the modern versions of Western movies that were so popular in the mid-20th Century, except that post baby boomer generations think that it's more fun to root for the outlaws!

SilentKnight · 10-24-2008, 04:54 PM

Just two come to mind...

Seinfeld.

Golf (although I doubt the 'majority' love it)

MikeSmoke · 10-24-2008, 05:38 PM

Phones that do more that ring and transmit voices back and forth.
Coffee (except when mixed with chocolate in a recipe).
Dogs that yip.
Morality police.
TV "Talent" shows, and reality shows without a compelling premise or star (in other words, Hell's Kitchen and The Apprentice are in, fat people losing weight or exchanging families or doing almost anything else are out).
One person driving an SUV, especially in SoCal where parking spaces aren't even big enough for SUVs.
Broccoli, cauliflower, squash, eggplant, or any other similar vegetable that was never meant to be eaten.
Incompetent service people (especially the unionized supermarket workers in SoCal who make nearly $20 an hour) who take 10 minutes to slice a pound of cheese - or who can't count out change.
The fact that I've been playing the lottery for well over 20 years and never won more than $10.
Brie.

halfpint · 10-24-2008, 05:48 PM

those fucking cheap toilet rolls that my misses thinks is a good bargain, well they aint they fall to pieces in your hand when you wipe your bum ..nasty shit

OH and she thinks she is saving money by buying these shitty loo rolls but she aint because you have to use 3 times the amount you would normally use with a decent loo roll

StuartD · 10-24-2008, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by borked

I was reading this, and thought that you hadn't simply watched enough foreign films, or maybe watched a really bad one once and that had forged you contre anything with subtitles, then I read... To me, subtitles, some tears and a lack of special effects does not an instant work of art make.

I think that lack of special effects things really STANDS OUT

No, some foreign films really are very good. That's not the point. It's that to many people a good film has to be foreign. It has to have sub titles and it has to be in black and white or have some girl sobbing.
There are some foreign films that are very very good, but that doesn't mean that every Hollywood movie is a piece of crap. It also doesn't mean that anything with a sub title is a work of art.

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Originally Posted by StuartD

although many pieces in a museum are masterpieces

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Originally Posted by borked

So you class "Black On Canvas" with the same type of the fingers as Matisse's Self Portrait In A Striped T-Shirt?? Surely not....

Again, I said right in my post that most of the art in a museum can truly be considered a masterpiece but there's also a lot that is simply paint on a canvas... and it sells for hundreds of thousands, if not millions.

I said quite clearly in my posts that I didn't think that of all films nor works of art. Please don't read into it any more than what I say or else I'll add you to my list

Poindexterity · 10-24-2008, 07:08 PM

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Chosen · 10-24-2008, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr Pheer

rap or hiphop music

10-24-2008, 05:38 PM	#103
MikeSmoke Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: SoCal Posts: 3,233	Phones that do more that ring and transmit voices back and forth. Coffee (except when mixed with chocolate in a recipe). Dogs that yip. Morality police. TV "Talent" shows, and reality shows without a compelling premise or star (in other words, Hell's Kitchen and The Apprentice are in, fat people losing weight or exchanging families or doing almost anything else are out). One person driving an SUV, especially in SoCal where parking spaces aren't even big enough for SUVs. Broccoli, cauliflower, squash, eggplant, or any other similar vegetable that was never meant to be eaten. Incompetent service people (especially the unionized supermarket workers in SoCal who make nearly $20 an hour) who take 10 minutes to slice a pound of cheese - or who can't count out change. The fact that I've been playing the lottery for well over 20 years and never won more than $10. Brie. __________________ icq: 541-739-92

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