Cape Fear = One of the Best Unintentionally Funny Films Ever

[Warhammer]

So I've finally gotten around to seeing Cape Fear and man, it was one of the most unintentionally funny movies I've ever seen in my life. I was dying when I was watching it. Robert DeNiro was greatness in this movie. Juliette Lewis's acting was laughably bad. And I absolutely cannot forget to mention Nick Nolte's snarling/noises during the fight scene in the end.

 

[DarkKnight88]

Juliette Lewis's acting was laughably bad.

Academy Award Nominated Performance lol

 

[Rocketman]

Academy Award Nominated Performance lol

No ****ing way. Are you sure?

 

[ComicGeek-86]

He's right, she was nominated. She lost out to Mercedes Ruehl for The Fisher King. I've yet to see the Cape Fear remake. The original is amazing though.

 

[dark_b]

the movie is not meant to be realistic. this is pure art. Martin owns the planet.

 

[Ghostvirus]

So I've finally gotten around to seeing Cape Fear and man, it was one of the most unintentionally funny movies I've ever seen in my life. I was dying when I was watching it. Robert DeNiro was greatness in this movie. Juliette Lewis's acting was laughably bad. And I absolutely cannot forget to mention Nick Nolte's snarling/noises during the fight scene in the end.

I watched it on VHS when it first came out. I felt the same way. I have heard how great all the performances were, & I am like what movie were these people watching!

He's right, she was nominated. She lost out to Mercedes Ruehl for The Fisher King. I've yet to see the Cape Fear remake. The original is amazing though.

Thank god for that. Lewis is always horrible. Natural Born Killers would have been epic with a better actress.

the movie is not meant to be realistic. this is pure art. Martin owns the planet.

Very, very, very wrong.

 

[WildcatNC]

I watched it on VHS when it first came out. I felt the same way. I have heard how great all the performances were, & I am like what movie were these people watching!



Thank god for that. Lewis is always horrible. Natural Born Killers would have been epic with a better actress.




Very, very, very wrong.

It WAS EPIC.

 

[CelticPredator]

I loved Cape Fear....I think everything that was funny, was ment to be funny. Robert gave a great campy proformence.

 

[Ghostvirus]

It WAS EPIC.

It could have been more Epic.

 

[Incrediblejeff]

I don't know about you guys,but I loved Cape Fear.Natural Born Killers can go to hell though.

 

[GhostPoet]

Both films pretty much sucked.

 

[Doctor Jones]

Cape Fear is Scorsese's most underrated film and in my top five favorites. The original is fantastic as well. De Niro is amazing. Scorsese's direction remains amazing.

 

[Carnotaur3]

A lot of the remake of Cape Fear is a call back to the original and films like it, so I think that's where Marty's heart was at when he was directing it.

 

[Ghostvirus]

I don't know about you guys,but I loved Cape Fear.Natural Born Killers can go to hell though.

The thing that to me makes Natural Born Killers so great is that if you watch it realising that it came out in the very early 90's. That movie was prohetic in where the media, & our lust for violence was headed.

Look at the Casey Anthony crap. The breif worship of a loser psycho like Sheen, etc.

 

[Incrediblejeff]

The thing that to me makes Natural Born Killers so great is that if you watch it realising that it came out in the very early 90's. That movie was prohetic in where the media, & our lust for violence was headed.

Look at the Casey Anthony crap. The breif worship of a loser psycho like Sheen, etc.

I know that was one thing I can say is interesting about it.I just hated the fast pace over the top style of it,and I felt Juliette Lewis was miscast.

 

[Ghostvirus]

Can't disagree.

 

[GhostPoet]

Maybe my thing is...I just think Scorsese is completely over-rated.

 

[Rocketman]

I'm thankful we have something like Cape Fear when we're about to witness the release of Hugo soon.

 

[DACrowe]

Cape Fear is a great lurid melodrama. The acting is superb. While it borders on camp, it is played just at the right level to be heightened from natural reality but still scary. It doesn't have to be natural to be great (but going after Lewis's fine, subtle work seems to be an odd target).

I wouldn't say it is one of Scorsese's best movies, but like all of his films, it's at least really, really good. Excellent, I'd say.

As for the claim that Scorsese is overrated? Well, given he is the director of Goodfellas, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, The Departed and The Aviator, I don't think I need to say much to defend his list of films.

 

[GhostPoet]

Cape Fear is a great lurid melodrama. The acting is superb. While it borders on camp, it is played just at the right level to be heightened from natural reality but still scary. It doesn't have to be natural to be great (but going after Lewis's fine, subtle work seems to be an odd target).

I wouldn't say it is one of Scorsese's best movies, but like all of his films, it's at least really, really good. Excellent, I'd say.

As for the claim that Scorsese is overrated? Well, given he is the director of Goodfellas, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, The Departed and The Aviator, I don't think I need to say much to defend his list of films.

I actually didn't like any of those films.

 

[TX85]

Cape Fear is Scorsese's most underrated film and in my top five favorites. The original is fantastic as well. De Niro is amazing. Scorsese's direction remains amazing.

Agreed!

 

[CelticPredator]

I actually didn't like any of those films.

As Jack Black once stated...


"WHAT THE ****?!????????"

 

[DACrowe]

I actually didn't like any of those films.

Everyone has a POV. Some may be alien and incomprehensible, but opinions they be. Oh well.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

I actually didn't like any of those films.

 

[Thebumwhowalks]

Everyone has a POV. Some may be alien and incomprehensible, but opinions they be. Oh well.

I have been a Scorsese fan since I was in my teens, but I can see why some people would not like those films(apart from the Aviator, I have not seen that yet, i have a bootleg disc of it that does not play right, i think it has germs on it).
There was a guy on another forum whose opinion I respected a lot when it came to films, and I recall him saying he didn't like certain Scorsese films, I was surprised and asked him about that and it turned out he didn't like any crime/gangster film made after the Hayes code came into play. The fact that he felt some filmakers glorified these types of people rubbed him up the wrong way, so he could not enjoy the films.

I have seen another poster on here say much the same thing.
On one hand I do get baffled when folk say they need to personally like a fictional character in order to enjoy a film or tv show, but I can understand more easily if they are turned off by a film they feel glorifies and can encourage certain types of criminal behaviour.

Also, some people just don't like going deep into the darker side of the human psyche with certain films, they just don't want to watch those types of character studies.

and maybe it's partly an aesthetic thing as well, I didn't like the Departed that much, whereas you obviously do, and maybe you didn't like Mean Streets that much, as you didn't rank it amongst his best, whereas I do. So even amongst Scorses fans there is disagreement and bemusement at opinions on his work.

edit: and as for the 'alien and incomprehensible' soundbite you typed up, well, it doesn't take much thought to ascertain that the people who hold these views may think that he's the type of guy who only has one string to his bow, and just goes for these extreme characters for shock value, or to keep attention away from the fact he does not have much of a story to tell.
Your a smart guy, right? I would expect you to try and understand where someone was coming from in this regard, unless of course, your letting your own personal fandom get in the way.