The Untouchables (1987). The costumes were elegant. The sets were delightful. The cinematography was beautiful. The score was luscious. The acting was...fine.
Leaving history aside for a moment, the script was...at best...simplistically juvenile.
What other films are lovely to the senses, but fail the intellect.
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06-25-2019, 02:38 PM #1Boisterously Confused
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Gorgeous but Stupid Film.
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06-25-2019, 03:18 PM #2Mighty Member
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Batman Forever
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06-25-2019, 04:04 PM #3Astonishing Member
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I'll go with the obvious one.
Avatar.
Absolutely beautiful and briefly revived interest in 3D. The plot itself is utterly cliche and forgettable.Current Pull: Amazing Spider-Man and Domino
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06-25-2019, 04:18 PM #4BANNED
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Avatar to be sure. The Untouchables belongs nowhere near this list.
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06-25-2019, 04:37 PM #5Extraordinary Member
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Good art or films don't need to be intellectual to be good. But I agree Untouchables doesn't belong on this list. Avatar was dumb tho.
But one that comes to mind is GOTG 2. C'mon a planet trying to take over other planets by growing itself on those planets or something lol. Yeah entertaining ,beautiful( except for young Kurt Russel's chin)but kinda dumb.
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06-25-2019, 04:40 PM #6Invincible Member
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Oblivion, the Tom Cruise movie. Visually stunning, but yeah, kinda dumb.
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06-25-2019, 05:03 PM #7New and Improved
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The JJ Abrams Star Trek movies.
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06-26-2019, 05:59 PM #9Boisterously Confused
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Retracted. I was a jerk.
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06-26-2019, 06:35 PM #10Ceiling Belkar stabs you
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Top Gun. Nice flight scenes, idiotic plot.
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06-27-2019, 04:23 AM #11BANNED
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I wasn't looking for a documentary, particularly that one because the story itself is pretty boring. I was looking for a smartly written, tightly plotted action thriller, and it's one of the best of the genre. Originally Posted by DrNewGod
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Originally Posted by Kusanagi
Avatar is the template for a thread like this.....I remember being amazed by the visuals but thinking the movie, itself, was just OK. I was excited to get the bluray, and when it finally came out I was bored to tears. It's almost unwatchable without that 3-D experience in the theaters.
Originally Posted by Phoenix Raptor
Sounds like you just described Zack Snyder's entire filmography.
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