MOVIES I PLAN TO NEVER, EVER SEE

From this discussion in Name That Film:

I've learned from bitter experience that any movie that can plausibly be described as "a triumph of the human spirit" is bunk. Hence, I've avoided the following movies like the plague:

Life is Beautiful
Dances with Wolves
Schindler's List
Crash (2004)
Children of Huang Shi
Biko
Gandhi
Amistad
Bravehart
Forrest Gump

These sort of Oscar-bait movies drop off the best-of lists after a few years anyway, to be remembered only as a historical record of what was considered serious and important in the past. (Gentleman's Agreement, A Patch of Blue, The Greatest Show on Earth, anyone?)

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Comments

JethSeux said…

So does that mean that you just MIGHT see Game Plan, with the Rock getting heart to heart with his sweet, long lost daughter?

7:07 PM

ash966 said…

Noooo.....I forgot to mention, anything described as "heartwarming" is also a must to avoid.

6:30 PM

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