Today, we watched a movie in class. Afterwards, the professor asked us what we thought. I raised my hand and said it was pretentious, dull and a really poor example of filmmaking. It was the movie HE spent five years writing and directing. FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, in my film class, we were watching Schindler's List. At least, we tried. The moron next to me kept interrupting the most intense scenes with a very loud, "I don't get it." Not only did she break the focus of the class, but we had to keep stopping the movie to explain it to her. FML
Today, we watched a movie in French class. I went on a French exchange last year, so I wanted to sound all impressive and cultured for my crush who is in the same class. I said that it was my favorite movie and I couldn't wait to watch it with everyone. The movie turned out to be about incest. FML
Today, I was entertaining my date by suggesting a movie on Netflix. I confidently picked one that I thought was new and amazing. After the first 10 minutes, I realized it was a terrible sequel to a movie I'd completely forgotten about. I spent the rest of the movie in silence, pretending I was into it. FML
Today, I watched a movie my old teacher recommended me. She was one of my favourite teachers. I saw the title, opened it, and found out that the premise is racist towards my ethnic group. She marked me harshly. FML
Today, my date dumped me after he took me to see a French language film and I was completely unable to follow the plot, or discuss the underlying philosophical and sociological themes and nuances afterwards. Apparently I’m not smart enough for him, which is just insulting. FML
Today, at the cinema, I sat next to a guy who couldn’t stand a minute without laughing or making comments about the film. FML
Today, I took my girlfriend to see the new Avatar movie I’ve waited over 10 years to see. After it was over, she just said, "That was utter shite, why did you bring me here?" Entire experience ruined. FML
Today, I was involved in a 5-way conversation about the movie Inception. I nodded and agreed with things that were said, but couldn't admit that despite having seen it 4 times, I still haven't the foggiest idea of how to explain what it's about. FML
Today, in my architecture class, my professor's lecture consisted of a list of movies and books which feature characters who are architects. I couldn't leave because I needed the attendance points, and it lasted 45 minutes. I paid out of state tuition for this. FML
Today, I went to the movies with my boyfriend. The movie was in 3D, and he couldn't help but notice it would be much cooler if you could feel what the characters did. He spent the next two hours slapping me every time the person in the movie did, claiming the movie would be "better". FML
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yikesO_O 0
Hey, you spoke the truth. People can't be babied all their lives anyways.
DrConstantine 0
Exactly. If the professor is opening the movie to critique, he better suck it up and deal with it.
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Comments (121)
frozen_heart 0
haha hope you don't mind failing and retaking it and hopefully when you do retake it, somebody else teaches it might as well drop the class now
ummfresh 0
hahahahaha love you for this friend.
Cassy_fml 0
#31: That's true too. Though I'm not sure about the diplomacy part, I don't think he(?) really said "It's pretentious, dull and ill directed," it sounds like a short summary to me. FMLs can't go beyond a certain amount of strokes.
jSOPURE 3
Constructive criticism & honesty= Win. :)
fcryingoutloud 9
Any damage you suffer as a result of this is an honourable burden. Art comes first.
justjayit 0
Oh. Wow. But hey, you gave your own opinion and that's what he asked for, so right on. (unless you were being a douchebag just trying to start trouble in which case you deserved it.)
ErinJF 0
I kind of did something like this. When I was in highschool our teacher made us watch this ridiculous movie. She asked me after what I thought of it and I said "well the guy who played the main character was pretty awful but other than that it was ok." Turns out the guy who played the main character was her son. Oops.
gqduck 0
I guess you're responsible for nothing other than being honest. He asked an honest question and got an honest (harsh) answer.
RPGod 0
Good for you!
Stupoopy 0
What I always found was that Professors tend to overcompensate for what students say in class. If you disagree with them, they'll be afraid of looking biased and like a child, so they wont give you a bad grade (it will reflect poorly on them), especially since everyone saw that happen . On the other hand, if you write it and only your professor sees it, there's a good chance they will read and read until they can tear it apart and fail you. You're fine.