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Started by Olivia Bauer, December 05, 2011, 11:14:13 PM

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HappyGilmore

Having never seen the original Star Wars trilogy as a kid, for some reason I was really kinda excited to see Episode 1: The Phantom Menace.  Figuring, well, it'd be best to start at the beginning and work my way through.  I hated Episode 1 enough I never bothered with 2-6.

The Matrix- I was hoping to like this.  Felt like somebody pooped on my lap as I watched it.

"The path to Heaven runs through miles of clouded Hell."

Don't get too close, it's dark inside.
It's where my demons hide, it's where my demons hide.

muckhappy

The Incredible Hulk with Eric Bana,  Godzilla with Mathew Broderick,  Masters of The Universe

ChaosTheory

THE EXPENDABLES was pretty disappointing.  Not garbage maybe, but pretty disappointing.
AMERICAN BEAUTY
PHANTOM MENACE
HANCOCK  -- in fact, everything Will Smith's done since PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS has been a serious letdown.

And my big controversial picks - not that they're garbage by any stretch, but I was majorly underwhelmed by both THE HURT LOCKER and HISTORY OF VIOLENCE (I'll show myself out....)
Through the darkness of future past
The magician longs to see
One chance opts between two worlds
Fire walk with me

Kaseykockroach

-Anything by Christopher Nolan
-Almost anything by Steven Spielberg (I can only name three that deserve any praise they get, at least in my eyes)
-Anything by Peter Jackson
-Anything by Pixar
-Most of the Disney so-called "Renaissance" films.
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"You wanna be a genius, it's easy. All you gotta say is, everything stinks. Then you're never wrong."

Olivia Bauer

Quote from: HappyGilmore on December 06, 2011, 09:02:55 PM
Having never seen the original Star Wars trilogy as a kid, for some reason I was really kinda excited to see Episode 1: The Phantom Menace.  Figuring, well, it'd be best to start at the beginning and work my way through.  I hated Episode 1 enough I never bothered with 2-6.

The Matrix- I was hoping to like this.  Felt like somebody pooped on my lap as I watched it.

Quote from: Kaseykockroach on December 07, 2011, 02:22:08 PM
-Anything by Christopher Nolan
-Almost anything by Steven Spielberg (I can only name three that deserve any praise they get, at least in my eyes)
-Anything by Peter Jackson
-Anything by Pixar
-Most of the Disney so-called "Renaissance" films.


Please read the other posts. I mean movies that critics hates too. Nolan, Spielberg, and Jackson are considered great modern directors. Movies expected to be good that actually bombed.

HappyGilmore

Quote from: A.J. Bauer on December 07, 2011, 07:07:35 PM
Quote from: HappyGilmore on December 06, 2011, 09:02:55 PM
Having never seen the original Star Wars trilogy as a kid, for some reason I was really kinda excited to see Episode 1: The Phantom Menace.  Figuring, well, it'd be best to start at the beginning and work my way through.  I hated Episode 1 enough I never bothered with 2-6.

The Matrix- I was hoping to like this.  Felt like somebody pooped on my lap as I watched it.

Quote from: Kaseykockroach on December 07, 2011, 02:22:08 PM
-Anything by Christopher Nolan
-Almost anything by Steven Spielberg (I can only name three that deserve any praise they get, at least in my eyes)
-Anything by Peter Jackson
-Anything by Pixar
-Most of the Disney so-called "Renaissance" films.


Please read the other posts. I mean movies that critics hates too. Nolan, Spielberg, and Jackson are considered great modern directors. Movies expected to be good that actually bombed.
Ah.  Gotcha.  On that note, nevermind my last post.   :twirl:
"The path to Heaven runs through miles of clouded Hell."

Don't get too close, it's dark inside.
It's where my demons hide, it's where my demons hide.

Olivia Bauer

Quote from: HappyGilmore on December 07, 2011, 07:28:06 PM
Quote from: A.J. Bauer on December 07, 2011, 07:07:35 PM
Quote from: HappyGilmore on December 06, 2011, 09:02:55 PM
Having never seen the original Star Wars trilogy as a kid, for some reason I was really kinda excited to see Episode 1: The Phantom Menace.  Figuring, well, it'd be best to start at the beginning and work my way through.  I hated Episode 1 enough I never bothered with 2-6.

The Matrix- I was hoping to like this.  Felt like somebody pooped on my lap as I watched it.

Quote from: Kaseykockroach on December 07, 2011, 02:22:08 PM
-Anything by Christopher Nolan
-Almost anything by Steven Spielberg (I can only name three that deserve any praise they get, at least in my eyes)
-Anything by Peter Jackson
-Anything by Pixar
-Most of the Disney so-called "Renaissance" films.


Please read the other posts. I mean movies that critics hates too. Nolan, Spielberg, and Jackson are considered great modern directors. Movies expected to be good that actually bombed.
Ah.  Gotcha.  On that note, nevermind my last post.   :twirl:

They can be deleted. Just delete your own and I'll delete all posts relevant to your post. Assuming somebody else doesn't quote you before you do that.

zombie no.one

It appears you seem to think that "The Critics" operate like some undercover organization, dishing out their unanimous opinion on everything that comes out like it's the ultimate verdict.

a) "The Critics" opinion is no more or less valid than any one of ours

b) "The Critics" don't have an overall opinion. A film praised by one "critic" may be panned by another, and given the 'so-so' by another...

rebel_1812

Quote from: indianasmith on December 06, 2011, 12:05:21 AM
GANGS OF NEW YORK tops that list for me.  What a long, boring, pointless movie!

Leo Dicaprio was the cause of that. The actor of the villian put in a great performance.
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bob

Quote from: rebel_1812 on December 08, 2011, 01:14:15 AM
Quote from: indianasmith on December 06, 2011, 12:05:21 AM
GANGS OF NEW YORK tops that list for me.  What a long, boring, pointless movie!

Leo Dicaprio was the cause of that. The actor of the villian put in a great performance.

I believe that's Daniel Day Lewis
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