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I like to introduce certain titles to my 6 year old granddaughter, so in life she'll grow up to appreciate the fine art of films and its contents.. ,It's a slow process as she,& her little brain doesn't or isn't ready to develop story line material and consequences as movie continues . She has to this day loved Wizard of Oz ( after initially presenting by cutting out the entire sepia tone sequence and starting the movie at the aftermath of the tornado scene. Then onto fantasy and adventure came the 1933 B/W King Kong, again, cutting to the abduction of Ann Darrel off the ship., . Then  came 7th Voyage of Sinbad, no problem here as the cyclops scene is the first five minutes ..
Bottom line today at the age of 6, she watches ALL these fine  films and others over and over and over and over again from the opening credits.

I recently got her hooked on... TV's Lost In Space episodes ..  ( Danger Will Robinson.!!  ) 

She's a real ham for adventure and action.. But  due to the availability of getting to that scene of any film on the fly ( compared to VHS tape, or CLV Laser discs),  DVDs have been very important in the development of film appreciation in our house. ,.,  MY 26 year son has never seen Wizard of Oz or even the 1933 King Kong because it is in B/W and finds B/W boring and stupid and old fashioned..
He has now grown up to day to watch 'his favourite' films such as The Saw series etc.. 

Hopefully the day will come soon when I can start the musicals such as My Fair Lady and West Side Story on her,, but time is of the essence in the development of a true Movie Lover ..

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My suggestion is Waterworld.  It had such a bad reputation that I was totally surprised when I watched it that I didn't think it was anywhere near as bad as I'd been led to believe.  I acutally enjoyed it.

I liked it a lot too, same as Postman.

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Recently Watchmen was one for me.

Upon recommendation of a lot of my friends and relatives my partner and I rented the film and were both really excited as we gathered our popcorn and nibbles.

Personally I was underwhelmed. It was messy (in places incoherent) and overrated; but visually very impressive. My partner thought it was a complete turd and fell asleep just over halfway through.

Everyone I've spoken to since has loved it....so maybe I just missed the point!

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Recently Watchmen was one for me.

Upon recommendation of a lot of my friends and relatives my partner and I rented the film and were both really excited as we gathered our popcorn and nibbles.

Personally I was underwhelmed. It was messy (in places incoherent) and overrated; but visually very impressive. My partner thought it was a complete turd and fell asleep just over halfway through.

Everyone I've spoken to since has loved it....so maybe I just missed the point!

I ADORED Watchmen.  It's easily in my top 5 of movies made this decade.  But I've met a number of people who thought the same as you - that it was overrated, incoherent and they just couldn't follow it.  At my comic shop, we think we've found the breakdown, though.

So, I have to ask - are you a comic book person? 

Our conclusion has been that Watchmen was made for people who are really into comics.  Not someone who just knows who Spider-Man or Batman is, but someone who knows what issue Jason Todd or Gwen Stacy died in (just an example, but you get the idea).  It's not a mainstream film like The Dark Knight at all; it's very much made for comic book geeks, the folks who read and buy comics all the time (me, I end up with 5-15 to bag & board a week).

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Yes, there is definitely a line between fan and geek.  No offense taken!  I have long since crossed into geekdom.  I think when you buy multiple copies of the same issue just for the variant covers - knowing they're not worth any money - that's it, give it up, you are now a comic book geek. 

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"The Strangers" so many friends telling me how scarey it is, I was bored.