What Kind of Movies Do You Like?

Well then there you go... Although I liked the Godfather. But I'm a sucker for all that "old country" stuff, Pacino in paisano gear roaming the Sicilian countryside. And there are great moments in that film, small glances that destroy. In general I agree abt stylized romanticism tho -- not only in gangster movies but in any period piece where each shoelace looks like it cost more than my house. If you went by the movies you saw you'd think that everything in the past was very expensive and well-groomed.

'Godfather I' was a fairy tale (no less good for that), 'Godfather 2' was an ice-cold dissection of the American century blah blah, but 'Goodfellas' was the most wildly overrated film ever - sure, loads of fantastic bits, but didn't the story arc just kind of...fizzle...("Johny was in prison upstate, Pauly was somewhere else...I don't know..." - I know this was supposed to illustrate how 'normal' being inside'n'outside was to them, but who wants to see a 'normal' working day on screen? Especially since it immediately afterwards into the apocalyptic cocaine paranoia - I mean, come on! Helicopters? This is out of a 60's Richard Rush film, with Bruce Dern! Marty exorcising his lost weekend with Robbie Robertson, why not use "Stage Fright" instead of "Monkey Man") Anyway, for the supposedly quotidien counterblast to 'Godfather', he did a FAR better job with 'Mean Streets', earlier on

Hey, I like Ween! I can see what people mean though. I think the difference is, when Ween is on you can program the good tracks and do the dishes, whereas with film you have to sit in one position and watch the brothers jerk off for nearly two hours.
If Coen bros=Ween, then does David Fincher=Korn?

i rather like trite films. but archly stylistic piles of toss are just as good...

Trying to think of an archly stylistic pile of toss which is also trite : I know Absolute Beginners. You'd love that Gareth.

um, hated absolute beginners, sorry pete...