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-- sorry, you're going to have to delete that comment; either that or watch it again and marvel



Hahaha, agreed.

I have 2 major problems with it, but other than that I loved it.  Great edge of your seat chase film.


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I haven't seen it in several years. I could very well see it again and have a different opinion. At the same time, I know I don't like Russell Crowe or Ridley Scott. Crowe has a lot of gravitas but isn't emotive enough for my taste and plays the same character pretty much every film. Ridley Scott is good at violence and visuals but not so much as emotion or getting the best out of actors. Not particularly interested in giving it another go.


First and foremost I'll clarify that I was just being a dipshit:



Haha but uh, I more or less agree with you. Looks great, pretty boring when people aren't killing each other in awesome ways. For me, that doesn't make it unlikeable -- as Wes recently mentioned, I'll happily watch a film like Ninja: Shadow of a Tear, which is utterly terrible except for the action -- but I'd certainly agree that it not quite the exceptional film it tends to get treated as.


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I hate every Fincher film with a passion.



Inception is okay, I thought. And it's not an action movie or sci-fi film btw. It's a thriller. Heist thriller to be specific.

-J.S.


Haha Fincher is definitely obnoxious. I do like The Game and Panic Room, and also -- in an inversion of this thread's premise -- Alien 3.

Heist thriller, yeah, fair enough. My dislike of Inception has a lot to do with the way it was talked received/talked about when it came out, and my experience was that there was a lot of talk about "finally, a good science fiction film," and about how intelligent/cerebral/innovative/challenging it was…when all I saw was an overlong and irritatingly self-important action heist movie.
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I've tried 4 or 5 times to get through the original Oldboy and never have been able to.  I will watch the remake this week, most likely.
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First and foremost I'll clarify that I was just being a dipshit:



No, I caught that, haha. Nevertheless, in response to General Maximus, I was not entertained... at least not for the full running time. 25-30 minutes, sure.


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Thread rules BTW.

Going to throw Scream into the ring while we're at it. Can hardly think of a single good thing to say about it.


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I may one day give 'No Country' another try.  I'm not really into the Coen's, which I know isn't a cool thing to say.

Moving on --

I couldn't stand 'There will be blood'.

The soundtrack especially. Just sounded like that bloke from Radiohead hitting his kitchenware from what I can remember.
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I couldn't stand 'There will be blood'.  


I think that's a great movie. I'm not a fan of all the other Paul T.A movies but I think There will be blood is great, Punch drunk love is okay too.

I love John Carpenter but I don't think Halloween is as great a movie as it's made out to be. The Thing is great but Halloween not so much.
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I agree on Godard. The Usual Suspects isn't as good as its reputation makes it out to be. Lost in Translation I think it's horrible.

But Rocky, I think Rocky has like 4-5 scenes that elevate the whole movie to a different level.


Ah, I get it. So Godard and Suspects are now rubbish and Sly (Aaaddddriaaaanne!) Stallone, of all people, is on a different level.

Robert Kennedy said, when he was still alive, 'About one-fifth of the people are against everything all the time.'

I doubt there's a film out there that everybody likes. It would be a weirder world if we all agreed.

However, those poor tykes who dislike UP show clear signs of being soulless, or delusion at best. I suggest you reconsider and rewatch when you have sat in the corner and thought about what you have done.

Losts of good stuff getging a kicking on here. I'm surprised nobody has yet slagged the Smurfs in Space, aka Avatar.

Floating mountains, unobtanium, blue arse babbling. Naturally sequels are on the way.

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Losts of good stuff getging a kicking on here. I'm surprised nobody has yet slagged the Smurfs in Space, aka Avatar.


Dances with Smurfs.


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My dislike of Inception has a lot to do with the way it was talked received/talked about when it came out, and my experience was that there was a lot of talk about "finally, a good science fiction film," and about how intelligent/cerebral/innovative/challenging it was…when all I saw was an overlong and irritatingly self-important action heist movie.


My biggest dislike was the music. I just can't understand how someone can go from creating one of the greatest scores in cinema history, the Lion King, to Inception. Brain twister, I'm tellin' ya.
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My biggest dislike was the music. I just can't understand how someone can go from creating one of the greatest scores in cinema history, the Lion King, to Inception. Brain twister, I'm tellin' ya.


Indeed you are. Being awkward and argumentative, I have to say loved the music for Inception. And what he did on the apparently loathed and overblown Batman series. I know, we should go back to the Clooney and Kilmer versions. Let's have Zac Efron playing Robin.

Not only me who liked it either. Almost every time you watch an action movie since there's some thieving little maestro who nicks some of the themes so it all sounds like Zimmer did it.

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Ah, I get it. So Godard and Suspects are now rubbish and Sly (Aaaddddriaaaanne!) Stallone, of all people, is on a different level.


You obviously didn't read my post correctly. I never said Godard and Usual Suspects are rubbish. Nor did I say Rocky is on a different level compared to them.

At the end of the day, it's all subjective so it isn't worth it to get upset about other people disliking what you like. There is no correct answer.


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You obviously didn't read my post correctly.


Well, that's one way to view it. Or I could have been having a laugh. I forget.

Oh, and you'll have to do far better than that to upset me.

At the end of the day it gets dark. Going forward and basically, I'll put up The Avengers. Which is just very silly.

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All film is subjective. While I might disagree with some of what ruffles people's feathers here (the original Star Wars trilogy?? Okay whatever floats your boat I guess..,) The question remains and it took me all about three seconds to come up with an answer.

E.T.


See? I had at least one. Funny thing is, it is the only Speilberg film I never liked. Not as a pre-teen., Not as a teen. Not as an adult. I still hate the movie. I never warmed up to it. For a long time I thought I was cold hearted, drained of all human compassion and one step away from the funny farm. In life, only one of the three is true. I'll let you fathom which one it might be.

Then a number of years ago, the director himself indirectly answered a question for me when reissuing ET for Blu-Ray/remastered something or other. He CG'd out a soldiers gun and put in a flashlight in its place. Reason "Not to scare the small children". But the scene where ET gets young Elliot bombed is still in there. Dudes who use weapons for defense but don't kill people and/or cute alien = bad. Cute little alien who needs to phone home and "supports" underage drinking= good.

Everyone I know as far as film geeks go loves films directed by Darren Aronofsky. The Fountain and Requiem For A Dream in specific. Guess who is the odd man out? Me, that's who.

Last year's Star Trek Into Darkness is a film which something I felt was a overrated piece of garbage. What offends me more is my peers suggesting that those who don't like it have a bias due to the original series of films and the TNG films. But if I LOVED the filst JJ Abrams Star Trek reboot, and I thought Into Darkness was a piece of garbage...





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However, those poor tykes who dislike UP show clear signs of being soulless, or delusion at best. I suggest you reconsider and rewatch when you have sat in the corner and thought about what you have done.

R


Since I'm the only one who mentioned this film here...

I know people love this film. It already lost me in the exposition. I cut out after 15-20 min, same with Wall E.

Up has a horrible exposition which is indeed soulless, and terrible boring. The look isn't my thing, too.

Maybe they build "up" a lovable movie in the rest of the time. Not enough to be as great as the reputation, if they ruined it in 20 in a way that I want to vomit or watch any other stuff ever filmed. Okay, okay. I'll give it a second view, but I'm afraid of it...




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Waterworld. Oh... wait. I actually love that movie!

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