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I'll go first. Mine is that I can't stand the Deadpool movies. They are self aware and self referential to an obnoxious degree. It's like being continually reminded that I am in a movie. I swear the success of that movie has directly lead to every blockbuster having to have a joke every 30 seconds

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (6 children)

The Dark Knight has fucking terrible editing and a lot of bad, hammy acting. The opening bank heist is just bad, with really on-the-nose dialogue delivered pretty badly...even William Fichtner seems like he's trying a little too hard, and he's an otherwise good actor.

I know the editing has been covered in some YouTube essay that made the rounds a number of years ago so maybe that's not such an unpopular opinion, but it really sticks out to me like a sore thumb.

Before anyone gets totally mad at me, I still enjoy the overall story, a lot of the action, and I think both Ledger and Bale (dumb batman voice aside) are great. Also, Morgan Freeman, Michal Caine and whatshisname who plays Harvey Dent are also very good too.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Inception is one of the worst executions of an interesting idea. My imagination can imagine anything. Hollywood's? Well I guess you imagined too hard so now there's people with guns. Oh and this applies to everyone.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (15 children)

I don't like the lord of the rings series.

It's not bad bad but with that budget, actors etc it could have been so much better :-/

The hobbit: kind of the same feeling.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Can you elaborate on what specifically you didn't like about LOTR? Peter Jackson has always had a penchant for using cutting-edge CG tech in his films, to the point that some people call them tech demos. I think WETA's effects stand out as the best parts of the series, but the cinematography, sets, and acting are about as good as it gets in my opinion

The Hobbit, however....

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

Upvoted for actual unpopular opinion.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

Horror movies are unfairly judged because most people who do not like horror movies watch them for the wrong reasons.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the original) was a terrible film. The only reason people say it is the greatest classic horror film is because of nostalgia. The acting was horrible and it wasn't scary in the slightest (I understand it was probably for the time).

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

The Godfather is meh at best and the acting is melodramatic and overplayed.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (9 children)

I just don't like Star Wars and I like sci-fi in general. But Star Wars is just one of those stories I can't make myself to like.

I remember fondly the prequels with pod racing and that red black guy with double lightsaber. I wached those movies as a child.

Later I tried watching all of them and I could not bring myself to finish even one. The dated effects (good for their time) just took me out of the story way too much.

I also tried waching the new ones, but they just felt boring so I dropped them.

I don't know what is it about Star Wars, but I just can't bring myself to like them even with nostalgia by my side.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (6 children)

Crash? More like Trash.

Also, Avatar fucking blows.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

Citizen Kane and 2001: A Space Odyssey suck now.

There are old movies that have aged much better, like The Man in the White Suit and Colossus: The Forbin Project. These should be the ones we call classics.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

If Pulp Fiction is on, unless it's been a few years I'll probably switch the channel, if Django Unchained is on though...I'm grabbing a snack and watching it everytime. This isn't to say Pulp Fiction sucks, just think Django's more entertaining.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (16 children)

There's nothing great about Studio Ghibli movies, they have appreciable hand-drawn effort but that isn't what makes a movie.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

All of them? No. But there are so many great things in them you can't just bury them away like Spirited away, your neighbour Totoro...

You don't like them? I understand that totally, but they are masterpieces.

Like I just hate the Bolero and think Mosart is 'meh' I guess (toccata&fugue in D minor by Bach, now that rocks!).

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

6 Underground was a good movie. Michael Bay is just making fun of himself, and I thought it was hilarious

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