What is the most pretentious movie you ever saw?

[C.F. Kane]

Well, out with it. Name a film that threw too many facts and too much education up on the screen, only to have it all dribble down like eggs thrown at a house.

 

[Kane52630]

Mr. Bean's Holiday
omg i couldnt count how many times i had to see that movie over and over again to understand the plot

..............

 

[dude stannis]

The Dark Knight

Well, basically most arthouse or oscarbait films. Guys like Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola and Ridley Scott have genuine worlds to create and genuine stories to tell. Guys like Sean Penn just want to stroke their own egos.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

The Fountain. A bad movie and pretentious as all get out. I had to stiffle giggles.

 

[Sawyer]

American Beauty. Or anything by Allan Ball.

Pretentious ass.

 

[-Arya-]

The Dark Knight

Well, basically most arthouse or oscarbait films. Guys like Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola and Ridley Scott have genuine worlds to create and genuine stories to tell. Guys like Sean Penn just want to stroke their own egos.

I loved Into the Wild but I agree with you about Penn.

 

[Darthkush]

Well, I like them okay but the second and third matrix movies think they have more going on in them then they actually do.

 

[PWN3R]

Synecdoche, New York.

I like Charlie Kaufman, I do. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is brilliant, as is Being John Malkovich.

However his first movie in the director's chair is just a mess. This movie is what pretentious aspires to be when it grows up. Ugh.

 

[That-Guy]

LOST IN TRANSLATION - Oh! He whispered something in her ear! What could it possibly be?! Wait, I know - "Arthouse snobs will be pondering this worthless crap for decades."

Into the Wild

Revolver

The Royal Tenenbaums

The Proposition

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I liked "In to the Wild" but I didn't really feel that sorry for the crybaby rich kid for being an A-hole and getting himself killed. It was an interesting movie though.

I'm guessing that Sean Penn is as potentious a dick in real life as Chris McCandless obviously was...okay why did I like the movie again?

 

[That-Guy]

I like Penn well enough honestly, but Into the Wild just got on my nerves. I just got so sick of listening to his bullsh** about how "society holds you down, blah blah blah" and also all that annoying narration about how his home life was sooooooo devastating that he had NO choice but to run off and ditch everyone who cared about him.

 

[Warhammer]

Ugh, Sean Penn.

 

[Gilpesh]

Southland Tales. Like the pretentiousness of Donnie Darko concentrated into pure form and throw all about by creepy women quoting the bible and Justin Timberlake with scar makeup on.

 

[EdRyder]

The Fountain. A bad movie and pretentious as all get out. I had to stiffle giggles.

I don't see how the Fountain applies. It certainly isn't 'undeserving of merit' or 'unwarranted merit' to be exact, because it didn't receive much merit.It was even snubbed for a best soundtrack nom,which IMHO it earned.


I will give you 'Hoity'. Hoity you can have, Acceptable?

Most pretentious in recent memory?
Crash and In Bruges.
Unwarranted merit by the bucket load.

 

[PWN3R]

hahaha Southland Tales, where is Darthphere when you need him? That movie was an achievement in failure.

 

[EdRyder]

Oh btw, Most pretentious soundtrack of all time?
Rosemarys Baby

 

[Gilpesh]

hahaha Southland Tales, where is Darthphere when you need him? That movie was an achievement in failure.

He also hates it something fierce?

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I don't see how the Fountain applies. It certainly isn't 'undeserving of merit' or 'unwarranted merit' to be exact, because it didn't receive much merit.It was even snubbed for a best soundtrack nom,which IMHO it earned.


I will give you 'Hoity'. Hoity you can have, Acceptable?

Most pretentious in recent memory?
Crash and In Bruges.
Unwarranted merit by the bucket load.

You are free to disagree but thats one my picks and...I'm not changing it. I would say sorry...but I'm not, so I won't.

Peace.

I didn't bring up the film to be rebellious, it's my honest opinion that it was a Pretentious peice of crap.

 

[PWN3R]

I won't pretend to understand The Fountain, because I don't. I mean, the kung fu in space ****? Yeah? What I do know is that it was very entertaining and full of fantastic performances from everyone involved. Hugh Jackman was a beast in it.

The reason I love it though, is for Clint Mansell's score. It's so beautiful, I listen to it till this day. My favorite score to any film.

 

[EdRyder]

You are free to disagree but thats one my picks and...I'm not changing it. I would say sorry...but I'm not, so I won't.



I didn't bring up the film to be rebellious, it's my honest opinion that it was a Pretentious peice of crap.

I didnt thunk you brought it up to be rebellious. Its definitely a hoity toity artsy fartsy flick, and you're certainly not in a minority of people who didnt like it.

 

[Gilpesh]

Crash and In Bruges.

You know. I'll give you that In Bruges was pretty pretentious... but it is in no way pretentious enough to be in the same grouping as Crash.

The movie where two black guys talk about racism and how a white woman holds her husband closer when they get nearby them...... and then proceed to ROB THEM!

 

[Sawyer]

Honestly, while dont get me wrong I like it, I think Blade Runner has an air of pretentiousness to it.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I didnt thunk you brought it up to be rebellious. Its definitely a hoity toity artsy fartsy flick, and you're certainly not in a minority of people who didnt like it.

It's not a big deal. It was a love it or hate it movie...the acting was fantastic though.

 

[EdRyder]

You know. I'll give you that In Bruges was pretty pretentious... but it is in no way pretentious enough to be in the same grouping as Crash.

The movie where two black guys talk about racism and how a white woman holds her husband closer when they get nearby them...... and then proceed to ROB THEM!

In Bruges is in its very own special category of pretentious.Not only is the movie aware its a movie but the actors in their roles are aware their in a movie, and they know they're in a pretentious movie at that.

 

[Gilpesh]

Honestly, while dont get me wrong I like it, I think Blade Runner has an air of pretentiousness to it.

The end with Roy Batty especially.