My Favorite Movies That Nobody Else Like
1997’s A Life Less Ordinary
Plot summary: A cleaning man(Ewan McGregor) takes his boss’ daughter(Cameron Diaz) hostage after being fired and replaced by a robot. Meanwhile two angels(Holly Hunter & Delroy Lindo) try to get this unlikely couple to fall in love.
Why I like it: What a great cast. Besides McGregor, Diaz, Hunter and Lindo you also get great character actors Dan Hedaya, Stanley Tucci, Ian Holm and Tony Shalhoub. All under the watchful director’s eye of Danny Boyle who later went on to direct 127 Hours and the Oscar winning movie Slumdog Millionaire. Cameron Diaz gives the best performance in the movie as the spoiled rich girl who is capable of anything. The soundtrack is another part of the movie that I like very much. A quirky movie that I never could figure out where it was going….but I enjoyed the ride.
Why people do not like it: The angels are some of the strangest angels to ever appear on movie screens. The movie does not seem to know what kind of movie it is….sometimes it is a comedy, sometimes it is a fantasy, sometimes it is a drama, sometimes it is a musical, sometimes it is a claymation movie and sometimes it is a Pulp Fiction clone. Put altogether you end up with a very bumpy movie ride. A Life Less Ordinary earned only 4.7 million in worldwide box office.
1985’s Fandango
Plot Summary: Five college buddies from the University of Texas circa 1971 embark on a final road trip odyssey across the Mexican border before facing up to uncertain futures, in Vietnam and otherwise.
Why I Like It: The performances of Kevin Costner, Judd Nelson and Chuck Bush as Dorman. Movie has some interesting scenes that include a firework cemetry scence, a tie a car to a moving train scene, a parachute scene and a very humorous last minute wedding. The director, Kevin Reynolds, and Costner went on to make more movies together…Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and Waterworld. Soundtrack is filled with many classic songs. One of the few Kevin Costner movies I actually like.
Why people do not like it: After seeing Kevin Reynold’s college short film, Steven Spielberg provided the money for this movie to be made into a feature film. After seeing the results, Spielberg wanted nothing to do with the movie. Fandango grossed $91,166 dollars in North America.
2004’s Wicker Park
Plot Summary: A young Chicago advertising executive(Josh Hartnett) believes a woman(Diane Kruger) he sees in a café is his long-lost love. His conviction leads to obsession, as he puts his life on hold to trail her.
Why I Like It: I love a movie that makes me think, this movie is guaranteed to make you think. The plot twist about halfway through the movie takes a movie that was very confusing and helps explain things in a very original and memorable way. Hartnett and director Paul McGuigan would later make another favorite of mine, Lucky Number Slevin.
Why people do not like it: A very confusing movie. It took me three attempts to watch this movie until it’s conclusion. I can easily see many people giving up on this movie and saying it was one of the worst movies ever made. But remember patience is a virtue. Wicker Park earned 12.83 million during its box office run in North America.
1994’s Fresh
Plot Summary: Michael/Fresh(Sean Nelson) is a 12-year-old drug pusher who lives in a crowded housing project with his cousins and aunt. His father has become a street bum(Samuel L. Jackson), but still meets with Fresh on occasion to play chess. Fresh’s sister is a junkie who sleeps with the dealers who Fresh sells for. As the story progresses Fresh realizes that he doesn’t want to sell drugs anymore, he wants out.
Why I like it: Sean Nelson gives one of the best child performances ever. I would put his role in Fresh up against Haley Joel Osment in The Sixth Sense, Christian Bale in Empire of the Sun, Natalie Portman in The Professional, Jodie Foster in Taxi Driver and Ivana Baquero in Pan’s Labyrinth. Samuel L. Jackson as his chess playing father, is also outstanding in a small but important part. I like how we watch Fresh go from a child with little choices to a child with a master plan that he carries out with brutal consequences.
Why people do not like it: Simply put….. Fresh lives in a very brutal world. It is not a fun movie to watch. It is a brutal world filled with lots of violence, drug use and cruelty and is not a movie for everyone. But if you want to watch one of the best child performances ever check out Fresh. Fresh grossed just over 8.00 million during it’s release in North America.
My friend, I hate to say this, but you are on your own with these movies. I really wanted to force myself to like at least one of these movies so you wouldn’t be so alone, but I just couldn’t make it happen. Sorry! Even if I can’t get on board with any of these movies, I still voted up the page since the page is great. 🙂
Hey Jeannieinabottle…..are you sure?…if you look at the first photo….there are plenty of sits available…..lots of elbow room…..lol. Thanks for the votes up and the visit…both are greatly appreciated.
Bruce,
This is such a great idea for a movie page. I don’t think I’ve seen any of your favorites.
Regarding your honorable mention list, however, I’ve seen Hudson Hawk, and the titles of two of the other movies sound familiar, so I might have seen them.
Hey Daisy….thanks for the Google 1 and for the visit. I think Hudson Hawk actually has some interesting elements to it….the whole Da Vinci hiding items in his work was actually done many years before Dan Brown used that idea in his The Da Vinci Code book. But that being said….I will acknowledge they pretty let Bruce get way out of hand in the movie…..sometimes I think they just need to tell a star…no…..but that does not happen to often.
The first one right off the bat was a winner in my eyes… I love that movie. Than again it has been known that I typically like movies that others don’t necessarily find appealing. The other 4 I have never even heard of before. However, I am always willing to give a movie a shot – at least right off the bat.
Hey barbergirl28…..glad we both agree on A Life Less Ordinary….I love the movie’s soundtrack as well. I hope you can check out some of the other ones…..I think they offer something for the thinking movie going….these movies require the viewer to think while watching. I appreciate the visit and the comment.
Loved Swimming with sharks! Might rent fangdango, I like you, have not enjoyed too many Kevin Costner films, so maybe I’ll like it too. Wicker Park sounds intriguing.
Loved Swimming with sharks! Might rent fangdango, I like you, have not enjoyed too many Kevin Costner films, so maybe I’ll like it too. Wicker Park sounds intriguing.
Hey grinnin1….thanks for visiting my least popular hub ever….but then again….I guess that is fitting considering the title and the subject matter….lol.
Glad to see somebody else likes Swimming With Sharks….the ending blew me away the first time I saw the movie…..but after further viewings I realize the ending is given away with the very first line in the movie….”Some stories are about love conquering all…this is not one of them”….classic.
Hope you enjoy Fandango if you can find it….and good luck with Wicker Park….wow is that a confusing movie. I appreciate the comment and nice compliment.
Very interesting info. I have not seen any, but you make a couple of them sound interesting, almost. A well done page!
Hey xstatic….thanks for checking out this hub. This hub is like the movies listed in it….it has been one of my least popular hubs….I am surprised it has not gotten the dreaded….Zzzzz symbol. If you ever watch any of these movies please let me know what you think.