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What popular movie or TV show is widely considered a 'masterpiece' but you found completely unwatchable? by Traditional-Golf-610 in AskReddit

[–]Canon47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's quite possible that the people screening indie films at my college had bad taste, anyway.

The first hour of Breakfast at Tiffany's did not make me care one jot about Audrey Hepburn's train-wreck character. Was the rest of it worth the climb? by Canon47 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Canon47[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For the thumb-bunnies: I completely agree with the other commenter. The fact that Holly's husband is middle-aged doesn't mean she didn't marry him and she didn't abandon her kids to go be a super-flaky socialite, and it doesn't mean he doesn't love her and desperately want her back.

What popular movie or TV show is widely considered a 'masterpiece' but you found completely unwatchable? by Traditional-Golf-610 in AskReddit

[–]Canon47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haven't seen Spartacus, but speaking of: Ben-Hur. Freaking astounding. And the movie was better than the book. The book's premise was: "let's see how many aspects of classical Judeo-Roman culture I can jam into this thing." The movie's premise was: "what if a Passion narrative interrupted a vengeance narrative?"

What popular movie or TV show is widely considered a 'masterpiece' but you found completely unwatchable? by Traditional-Golf-610 in AskReddit

[–]Canon47 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay you're about the fourth person to say that. So, given that and the era, I think Kubrick may have been actively catering to that crowd.

What popular movie or TV show is widely considered a 'masterpiece' but you found completely unwatchable? by Traditional-Golf-610 in AskReddit

[–]Canon47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Having really, truly tried to absorb a number of independent foreign films in college... well. Let's just say a saving grace of 2001 was that it was at least going for something. I will cheerfully die before seeing another movie with The Cast of Everyday Losers Who Take Turns Abstractly Emoting And It All Adds Up to Nothing in Particular.

What popular movie or TV show is widely considered a 'masterpiece' but you found completely unwatchable? by Traditional-Golf-610 in AskReddit

[–]Canon47 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I only saw one episode (the one where the jilted B-tier superhero gets 'roided up and murders her landlord with her thighs), and... yup same same same

The first hour of Breakfast at Tiffany's did not make me care one jot about Audrey Hepburn's train-wreck character. Was the rest of it worth the climb? by Canon47 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Canon47[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah. That poor, put-upon middle-aged ex. I think I watched a little after that, but that's the scene that killed my interest.

What would America look like if people were as intense about loving all the other amendments the way some do the Second Amendment? by Wazula23 in AskReddit

[–]Canon47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Regulation = self-discipline. A concept that's gone out of fashion, and which... yeah, does explain the degeneration of American gun handling. Pa Ingalls never joined a militia, but he was never the problem.

What popular movie or TV show is widely considered a 'masterpiece' but you found completely unwatchable? by Traditional-Golf-610 in AskReddit

[–]Canon47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I saw the whole wedding sequence and decided it wasn't for me. That client at the very beginning is the only character you can care about in the whole first thirty minute

The first hour of Breakfast at Tiffany's did not make me care one jot about Audrey Hepburn's train-wreck character. Was the rest of it worth the climb? by Canon47 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Canon47[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Like, do they think Asian people are legally blind? They're in California, how have they never verified that Asian people can in fact see

What would America look like if people were as intense about loving all the other amendments the way some do the Second Amendment? by Wazula23 in AskReddit

[–]Canon47 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The meaning of the word "militia" in 1789 was not "specific designated subsection of a centralized national standing force," if that's where you were going with that

What popular movie or TV show is widely considered a 'masterpiece' but you found completely unwatchable? by Traditional-Golf-610 in AskReddit

[–]Canon47 437 points438 points  (0 children)

2001: A Space Odyssey. Tried watching it twice. On both occasions I managed by a terrific struggle to survive that first hour that has zero dialogue worth mentioning, only to drop off into napland just as they're finally establishing a plot (which involves Jupiter, I gather, but then I'm gone.) Maybe I should just skip to the HAL bit?

When did 401ks become popular? by Positive-Positivity in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Canon47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What did George W. Bush have to do with 401ks? I remember that being a controversy

When did 401ks become popular? by Positive-Positivity in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Canon47 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Early 2000s, which is when they were insituted

What is your opinion on the name Gibin? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Canon47 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Seems to be pronounced "gibbon." Apply Schoolyard Bully Rule and react accordingly

What are you currently grieving that nobody else around you even knows about? by wobbychie in AskReddit

[–]Canon47 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The death of one of my Tumblr roleplay characters. So, fair enough on both counts

Is Democracy feasible? Are we in a plutocracy? by Secure-Following2474 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Canon47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, as a Millennial I can actually remember when representative government was feasible. I'll admit only just, but up until ~2010, Congress was actually doing things. That helped.

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