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convercide 25 May 2013 14:40:35 6,531 posts
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So as there's an 'Unpopular gaming opinions' thread, I'd like to start one for film.

First up, I like Alien 3. It's admittedly not as good as the first two but it's definitely not a bad film. The story is decent and it has some pretty decent actor in it. It makes the Alien terrifying again. I get that Aliens is more of an action flick but it lost some of the horror that came with the first film.

Loosely tied to the Alien films is...

Amelie (directed by the guy behind Alien Resurrection). Amelie is pretty dull. Maybe I just don't get it.

Personally, Thor is the best superhero film for years.

Watchmen the film is shit. Can't speak for the graphic novels.

PazJohnMitch 25 May 2013 14:43:34 17,276 posts
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Oldboy is the best film ever made.

convercide 25 May 2013 14:45:47 6,531 posts
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@PazJohnMitch It's one of, definitely. Don't really think that's an unpopular opinion.

PazJohnMitch 25 May 2013 14:50:23 17,276 posts
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convercide wrote:
@PazJohnMitch It's one of, definitely. Don't really think that's an unpopular opinion.

Try telling an average person that the best film ever has subtitles. Many people will refuse to watch it because of this and will claim it is to large a crux to ever be considered great.

PazJohnMitch 25 May 2013 14:54:34 17,276 posts
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The first Resident Evil film is quite good.

Scimarad 25 May 2013 14:55:41 9,965 posts
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Considering these are supposed to be unpopular opinions on film, I seem to hear them all the bloody time.

My contribution: Mystery Men is awesome.

convercide 25 May 2013 14:57:26 6,531 posts
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@PazJohnMitch Ah, I see. The same argument can be made for City of God. Phenomenal film but as I learned from working for redbox (linked so you get what it is), most of the American customers wanted refunds on renting films with subtitles as they 'don't like to read a film.'

@Steve_Perry I'd agree with you on that. I just found Avatar to be nowhere near the level it had hyped up to have been.

Scimarad 25 May 2013 14:58:48 9,965 posts
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I was annoyed at most of the characters AND the story in Avatar but I still enjoyed it a lot as it looked like any number of prog rock album covers

PazJohnMitch 25 May 2013 15:04:45 17,276 posts
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Super 8 was not very good.

convercide 25 May 2013 15:08:07 6,531 posts
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The Lord of the Rings trilogy is a monotonous snoozefest.

oldschoolsoviet 25 May 2013 15:10:02 6,968 posts
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@PazJohnMitch

I'd stop now. Your opinions seem quite rational and supported.

Me ?

I don't care one iota for The Godfather and it's sequels. Not one jot.

bladdard 25 May 2013 15:19:13 1,393 posts
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Shouldn't this stuff go in the there I said it thread?

Here's some unpopular opinions - Usual Suspects is a boring shit film and Shawshank Redemption is above average at best.

There I said it!

Edited by bladdard at 15:19:35 25-05-2013

azurelas_2 25 May 2013 15:22:28 2,157 posts
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oldschoolsoviet wrote:
@PazJohnMitch

I'd stop now. Your opinions seem quite rational and supported.

Me ?

I don't care one iota for The Godfather and it's sequels. Not one jot.

What?

RobTheBuilder 25 May 2013 15:25:04 6,976 posts
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I think Chasing Amy is one of the best romantic comedies ever made.

I was so bored by lord of the rings.

I liked twilight*

*this is a lie

PazJohnMitch 25 May 2013 15:27:01 17,276 posts
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RobTheBuilder wrote:
I think Chasing Amy is one of the best romantic comedies ever made.

I would have to agree. (It is the only one in my dvd collection).

Gruff 25 May 2013 15:27:25 3,940 posts
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I have watched War of The Worlds so many times I feared I was gay for Tom Cruise*

*I'm not, he's a barmpot

RobTheBuilder 25 May 2013 15:28:00 6,976 posts
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@PazJohnMitch good man.

"What's a Nubian?"
"Shut the fuck up."

convercide 25 May 2013 15:29:18 6,531 posts
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bladdard wrote:
Shouldn't this stuff go in the there I said it thread?

No.

@Ka-blamo I'd agree with that. TTSS is a drawn out, boring mess.

Edited by convercide at 16:46:33 25-05-2013

mal 25 May 2013 15:58:59 29,326 posts
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Gruff wrote:
I have watched War of The Worlds so many times I feared I was gay for Tom Cruise*

*I'm not, he's a barmpot

Really? I quite like the opening of WOTW, but I've never managed to last longer than about half an hour whenever I've started watching it on the telly.

Okay, my turn: The only good Tom Cruise film is Last Samurai.

DFawkes 25 May 2013 16:09:27 32,791 posts
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I don't care for 2001: A Space Odyssey. I can understand why people do as it's certainly a great piece of film-making, but I just don't enjoy watching it at all.

I also enjoy many films others don't, especially superhero ones. Daredevil is one of my favourites in this category, though I also managed to enjoy Green Lantern, Batman & Robin, Spider-man 3 and Blade Trinity, despite them all being terrible in almost every measurable way.

Aretak 25 May 2013 16:39:07 10,391 posts
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The vast majority of Ingmar Bergman's films are excruciatingly boring.

David Lynch is a talentless hack.

Traffic is shit.

Fargo is shit.

The Voyage Home is the second-worst Star Trek movie (after The Final Frontier, natch).

None of the pre-Craig Bond movies hold up today.

/edit/ Oh, and Jackie Brown is Tarantino's only good film.

Edited by Aretak at 16:40:31 25-05-2013

Humperfunk 25 May 2013 16:57:57 8,634 posts
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How Harrison Ford has ever been paid for acting work is beyond me.

brokenkey 25 May 2013 17:14:09 11,128 posts
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Judi Dench's M ruined the Bond series. I'm glad she's dead.

senso-ji 25 May 2013 17:18:15 10,271 posts
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Star Wars - The original trilogy is just as bad as the prequels. All six films are rubbish.

The Matrix Trilogy - Crap acting, boring plot, pretentious themes. No amount of expensive cgi could polish these turds.

Every single film Peter Jackson has directed has been shite.