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Originally Posted by Straker
I'm seriously baffled by the neg votes for both Bubba Ho Tep but more specifically the negativity towards Shadow of the Vampire....
It's frankly laughable to hear people talk about original concepts and ideas and then neg rep one of the most original screenplays you could ever come across. It's one thing to not vote for it or even not rate it as a movie, but to neg rep it while talking about the originality of other movies in the same breath is laughable. I'd like to ask anyone on this forum to point me in the direction of a more creative and original vampire story than Shadow of the Vampire.
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Excellent question! Glad you asked. Let me explain my side of it. I love original concepts and ideas, it's a big plus, but it's not everything. I loved the concept for Shadow of the Vampire, plus I'm an aficionado of Malkovich, and ran out and saw it. After seeing it, I still give it a plus for concept, but I didn't like a lot of other things about it, and overall, didn't find it a good movie.
Buba was a similar story (giving it a plus for original concept). One of my best friends showed it to me. He's a big fan of the movie. I enjoyed watching it with him. But to be honest, I didn't think much of it. He'd punch me if he knew I neg'd it. But it's my honest opinion.
There's films that have high praise by critics and fans, and even the mighty AFI. I agree with the mast majority of highly praised films, but sometimes I decidedly don't. I'm not a sheep in these matters. I know the components of a good film, have a media degree, but still much of art is subjective.