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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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OK so we've had the seriously underrated films so here we go, got to start with this one, probably the most overrated film ever
The shawshank redemption |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Titanic, 11 fucking oscars my arse, it was pants |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Some of you will hate me for this...
But Dirty Dancing!
What a crock of sticking cheesey shite! Watched it once after years of shocked gasps from friends when they discovered I hadn't...wish I still hadn't.
Lu  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Dirty Dancing "
YES!!!!!! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Star Wars |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Scream
Fookin shyte  |
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By *izzy69Man
over a year ago
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"OK so we've had the seriously underrated films so here we go, got to start with this one, probably the most overrated film ever
The shawshank redemption "
TAKE THAT BACK! *puts up fists in the style of Uncle Albert in Only Fools and Horses" |
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By *ild_oatsMan
over a year ago
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"Some of you will hate me for this...
But Dirty Dancing!
What a crock of sticking cheesey shite! Watched it once after years of shocked gasps from friends when they discovered I hadn't...wish I still hadn't.
Lu "
You are going to dislike me for this.....
But I have NEVER seen the film Dirty Dancing..... I’m not planning on changing that anytime soon.... |
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By *dhollieTV/TS
over a year ago
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Star Wars definitely and anything with Kristen Stewart she’s so wooden in everything I’ve very seen her in .
Slightly related
Roles in films that were totally over hyped or unnecessary - Anne Hathaway as cat women in dark knight rises , what does she add other than looking amazing in a catsuit I mean her acting in it is dire . |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Four Weddings and a Funeral, absolutely garbage and Hugh Grant can't act to save his life! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Some of you will hate me for this...
But Dirty Dancing!
What a crock of sticking cheesey shite! Watched it once after years of shocked gasps from friends when they discovered I hadn't...wish I still hadn't.
Lu
You are going to dislike me for this.....
But I have NEVER seen the film Dirty Dancing..... I’m not planning on changing that anytime soon.... "
Don't! It's a total waste of over an hour! |
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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago
There and to the left a bit |
Carlito's Way - a lot of people seem to like it, and I went to the flicks to see it off the back of a recommendation and didn't see what the fuss was at all.
Any of the Lord Of The Rings/Hobbit films - saw the first one when it came out and nearly fell asleep |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"OK so we've had the seriously underrated films so here we go, got to start with this one, probably the most overrated film ever
The shawshank redemption
TAKE THAT BACK! *puts up fists in the style of Uncle Albert in Only Fools and Horses""
It wasn't a bad film but however..... Meh |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Four Weddings and a Funeral, absolutely garbage and Hugh Grant can't act to save his life!"
Shite film, however he's very good in the gentlemen |
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By *izzy69Man
over a year ago
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"Four Weddings and a Funeral, absolutely garbage and Hugh Grant can't act to save his life!
Shite film, however he's very good in the gentlemen "
And also in The Undoing |
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By *izzy69Man
over a year ago
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Titanic! Definitely. Cannot see what all the fuss is about. It's just about ok-ish... |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Heat, besides the shootout scene its mediocre |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Avengers |
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"Some of you will hate me for this...
But Dirty Dancing!
What a crock of sticking cheesey shite! Watched it once after years of shocked gasps from friends when they discovered I hadn't...wish I still hadn't.
Lu "
Agreed here  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Star Wars
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I wondered how long I was going to get away with that. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Star Wars"
Lol I literally slept in the last movie. Wait what was that forgot it’s name |
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By *mmmMaybeCouple
over a year ago
West Wales |
Fast & Furious franchise
Basically, ffs grow up! 
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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The last blade runner film,does Ryan gosling ever change his expression in any film he's in? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Avatar was a pile of wank too |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"The last blade runner film,does Ryan gosling ever change his expression in any film he's in? "
Well.. he is replicant in it :p |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"The last blade runner film,does Ryan gosling ever change his expression in any film he's in? "
OK I don't like gosling, the film was okish but overrated |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"The last blade runner film,does Ryan gosling ever change his expression in any film he's in?
Well.. he is replicant in it :p"
Name me one film where he smiles |
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Pulp Fiction
Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
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"Pulp Fiction
Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
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Pulp Fiction??????
Heathen |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Hail, Caesar!
Fucking dreadful and the critics loved it  |
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Drive
That Ryan Gosling movie. Its shite |
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Dirty Dancing compared to a lot of fluff films is quite good, decent music and Patrick Swayze is very good in his role.
Shawshank Redemption was brilliant but the happy ending ruined the film for me. It’s pandering to those who need that type of ending and both me and the Director agree (he didn’t want that ending either)
Mark Kermode claims the Exorcist is the best film he’s ever seen. It’s alright but has never had me on the edge of my seat or find it particularly frightening. (The book is a hell of a lot better)
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By (user no longer on site)
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"The last blade runner film,does Ryan gosling ever change his expression in any film he's in?
Well.. he is replicant in it :p
Name me one film where he smiles"
No idea. La la land and the majority of his movies aren’t my thing. |
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"Pulp Fiction
Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
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*stares in horrified disbelief |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Is it wrong that I've never actually seen Dirty Dancing?
It looks like a pile 'o shite to me!!! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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The Godfather films or anything with Al Pacino in it.
Star Wars
The Big Lebowski
Alien
Any Horror film ever
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"Pulp Fiction
Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
*stares in horrified disbelief "
×2 |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Frozen and it’s sequel |
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"Pulp Fiction
Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
*stares in horrified disbelief
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Sorry I just don’t get the fuss about either of them |
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Another vote for Titanic here.
The visuals were amazing but the story was cliché shite that would barely pass for a TV movie. An extraordinary setting for a crap story doesn't lift the crap story or stereotypical characters above being crap and stereotypical. Almost all of it could have been set somewhere else anyway.
I'd like to add most superhero movies to the list.
I resent Star Wars and Shawshank being mentioned. Luke (guess where my Fab pseudonym comes from.) |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Drive
That Ryan Gosling movie. Its shite"
He ruins every film he's in |
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By *host63Man
over a year ago
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Twilight. Overrated pap from beginning to end |
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Deadpool...gave it 15 mins as a good mate raves over it. Holy Jesus, my teeth hurt as it was so shit.
Just no . |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Another vote for Titanic here.
The visuals were amazing but the story was cliché shite that would barely pass for a TV movie. An extraordinary setting for a crap story doesn't lift the crap story or stereotypical characters above being crap and stereotypical. Almost all of it could have been set somewhere else anyway.
I'd like to add most superhero movies to the list.
I resent Star Wars and Shawshank being mentioned. Luke (guess where my Fab pseudonym comes from.) "
Shawshank? |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Twilight. Overrated pap from beginning to end"
I was going to say that but realised iv not even seen them, won't be doing either |
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By *etcplCouple
over a year ago
Gapping Fanny |
The Godfather series. |
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By *r TriomanMan
over a year ago
Chippenham Malmesbury area |
The King's speech; seriously o,o,o,overated! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Too many films to mention.
I agree with a hell of a lot of the ones mentioned here.
Add to that,
most british films, since the nineties. Yes, including the lock stock shite. And derivatives of the same gangster genre.
Most Tarantino movies.
The majority of chick flicks ever made.
J |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Too many films to mention.
I agree with a hell of a lot of the ones mentioned here.
Add to that,
most british films, since the nineties. Yes, including the lock stock shite. And derivatives of the same gangster genre.
Most Tarantino movies.
The majority of chick flicks ever made.
J "
I can't stand british gangster films and football hooligan films, boring as fuck |
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"Drive
That Ryan Gosling movie. Its shite
He ruins every film he's in"
Didn't help that it was an awful movie where nothing happened. He was in another pointless one which was basically drive but with motorbikes |
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I entirely agree with The Shawshank Redemption.
Whilst certainly a well made film featuring a great ensemble cast who all supply great performances, I was sadly, not enthralled.
My pick though: Inception (and additionally most films by the same director, Christopher Nolan).
Overlong and pretentious. In fact, the same idea was done better in 1983’s, Dreamscape.
Talking of overrated directors, don’t get me started on Quentin Tarantino.....
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Too many films to mention.
I agree with a hell of a lot of the ones mentioned here.
Add to that,
most british films, since the nineties. Yes, including the lock stock shite. And derivatives of the same gangster genre.
Most Tarantino movies.
The majority of chick flicks ever made.
J
I can't stand british gangster films and football hooligan films, boring as fuck"
I agree - Vinnie Jones and the other one with the bald head - Yawn!
Violent 'comedy ' yeah really funny  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Every James Bond movie |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Every James Bond movie"
Sky fall was actually good. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Every James Bond movie"
Can't stand them, good call |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Dirty Dancing
Grease
Titanic
Star Wars
Harry Potter
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Eyes wide shut. And that’s coming from a frothing Kubrick fanboy. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Top gun, in fact I can't stand any Tony Scott films, give me his brother's films anyday |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Eyes wide shut. And that’s coming from a frothing Kubrick fanboy. "
Yes |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Eyes wide shut. And that’s coming from a frothing Kubrick fanboy.
Yes "
Paths of glory is one of my favourite films |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Harry Potter.
This ^ "
Iv never seen one, iv seen clips and they put me off, same with twighlight films only seen clips |
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Christopher Nolan films like Inception and Tenet. Ridiculous films made overly-complicated for the sake of it. I haven't dared watch Interstellar or Memento. |
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By *enfold75Man
over a year ago
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Agreed and independence day |
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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago
There and to the left a bit |
"Deadpool...gave it 15 mins as a good mate raves over it. Holy Jesus, my teeth hurt as it was so shit.
Just no ."
Oh god yes!! I rarely switch a film off once started but this was one...
...another was Grimsby (Sacha Baron-Cohen and Mark Strong thing) puerile nonsense |
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Apocalypse Now (oooo controversial!)
Well made admittedly (and a difficult shoot by all accounts) but ultimately overlong, overblown and typically self indulgent stuff from Coppola. |
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Love Actually....shite actually. Makes my face slapping hand twitch |
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"Harry Potter.
This ^
Iv never seen one, iv seen clips and they put me off, same with twighlight films only seen clips"
I fell asleep during the first one and not bothered with the others |
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"Harry Potter.
This ^ "
We wouldn't be able to watch anything together   |
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"Harry Potter.
This ^
We wouldn't be able to watch anything together "
There is always a compromise |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Scarface |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Christopher Nolan films like Inception and Tenet. Ridiculous films made overly-complicated for the sake of it. I haven't dared watch Interstellar or Memento. "
Interstellar was awful, memento was quite good |
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Donny Darko.
I just don’t understand the popularity of this one at all.
Was I supposed to laugh? Cry?
Falling asleep seemed the most logical response.
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Donny Darko.
I just don’t understand the popularity of this one at all.
Was I supposed to laugh? Cry?
Falling asleep seemed the most logical response.
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Fuck me that film was utter dog shit |
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Moonlight
Sorry but it just bored the arse off us  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Any lars von trier films, fucking arty shiiiiiiite |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Apocalypse Now
The Godfather (all of them)
Goodfellas
Any Disney/Pixar/Dreamworks animated film
Any film(s) which has a big fan base that won't hear anything bad about there chosen fandom
Any film made after a director has made good lower budget smaller films then is given millions of dollars to make mediocre studio films |
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"Harry Potter.
This ^
Iv never seen one, iv seen clips and they put me off, same with twighlight films only seen clips"
I sat through one at the pics with my kids. It was awful but they loved it! |
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"Harry Potter.
This ^
We wouldn't be able to watch anything together
There is always a compromise "
A woman that compromises!! Amazing (joke) |
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This one may draw unto me the wraith of the hefty fan base who will doubtless wish to behead me and take my Quickening:
Highlander.
A fantastic premise.
A fantastic soundtrack.
A wonderfully hissable villain in Clancy Brown.
But it’s one of those films for me in which the superb concept is ultimately far, far better than the actual execution.
I actually preferred the series (I’m now going into a witness protection programme) |
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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago
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"This one may draw unto me the wraith of the hefty fan base who will doubtless wish to behead me and take my Quickening:
Highlander.
A fantastic premise.
A fantastic soundtrack.
A wonderfully hissable villain in Clancy Brown.
But it’s one of those films for me in which the superb concept is ultimately far, far better than the actual execution.
I actually preferred the series (I’m now going into a witness protection programme) "
I loved Highlander when I first saw it, without knowing what it was and watched it countless times and still have it on DVD....*HOWEVER* I decided to "educate" my daughter about a year ago and introduce her to it - and that killed it for me...think it was a mix of the incredibly dated SFX and the hammy acting (that I don't know why I'd not picked up on before) that did it...so I'll not disagree with you |
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Rocky. Fucking hell man, all that and he loses? Really?
American Beauty. A boring, uninvolving story of a knobhead perv.
The Hustler. Decent story let down by trying to make pool interesting. Pool is always going to be really dull to watch. It's ok if you can fast forward through all the pool. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"This one may draw unto me the wraith of the hefty fan base who will doubtless wish to behead me and take my Quickening:
Highlander.
A fantastic premise.
A fantastic soundtrack.
A wonderfully hissable villain in Clancy Brown.
But it’s one of those films for me in which the superb concept is ultimately far, far better than the actual execution.
I actually preferred the series (I’m now going into a witness protection programme) "
Clancy brown was probably the best thing in the shawshank redemption |
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Oh Brother Where Art Thou: I’d heard rave reviews for this so decided to give it a go.
I loved the concept of adapting Homer’s Odyssey into the setting of the Great Depression in America.
....But that’s sadly all I loved 
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Four Weddings and a Funeral, absolutely garbage and Hugh Grant can't act to save his life!"
Then I suggest you watch the gentleman- I had to do a double take |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Four Weddings and a Funeral, absolutely garbage and Hugh Grant can't act to save his life!
Then I suggest you watch the gentleman- I had to do a double take "
Take you're word for it but everything I've seen him in he "acts" exactly the same, a bumbling, mumbling minor public school halfwit |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Four Weddings and a Funeral, absolutely garbage and Hugh Grant can't act to save his life!
Then I suggest you watch the gentleman- I had to do a double take
Take you're word for it but everything I've seen him in he "acts" exactly the same, a bumbling, mumbling minor public school halfwit"
Yeah I think the same, but in the gentlemen he's a slimy fucking twat, he's really good in it |
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By *heerFlirtMan
over a year ago
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I think I disagree with the majority of selections in this thread...
However... for my contribution: "The Greatest Showman"
I hate musicals, but everyone I know said "Give it a chance, you'll love this one!"
Firkin idiots. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Four Weddings and a Funeral, absolutely garbage and Hugh Grant can't act to save his life!
Then I suggest you watch the gentleman- I had to do a double take
Take you're word for it but everything I've seen him in he "acts" exactly the same, a bumbling, mumbling minor public school halfwit
Yeah I think the same, but in the gentlemen he's a slimy fucking twat, he's really good in it"
Hugh grant in the gentlemen
https://youtu.be/fZF1VK8D3Pw |
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"I think I disagree with the majority of selections in this thread...
However... for my contribution: "The Greatest Showman"
I hate musicals, but everyone I know said "Give it a chance, you'll love this one!"
Firkin idiots."
You’re right mate, that is a shit film and it does my head in. |
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Amazing how there’s so many with different tastes. I love the godfather films but agree with a lot of the others.
I refuse point
Blank to even watch Mama Mia. Several
Others as well.
Fast and furious first film was alright but stop flogging a dead horse! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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The Matrix |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Any fast and the furious. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"The Matrix "
All of them |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Love actually and most other chick flicks |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Grease is one that springs to mind |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Four Weddings too |
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over a year ago
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Nightmare on Elms street...I was expecting to be scared witless. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Ghost - Fucking shite "
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Star Wars"
I can't, I just can't believe this blasphemy |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"OK so we've had the seriously underrated films so here we go, got to start with this one, probably the most overrated film ever
The shawshank redemption "
Any of the twilight films. They got really good reviews and I hated the first tried watching the rest and turned them off. Terrible cinema! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Gladiator,,, don't get me started on the historical inaccuracies |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"OK so we've had the seriously underrated films so here we go, got to start with this one, probably the most overrated film ever
The shawshank redemption "
Oh dear, Shawshank wasn’t that popular to start with, it was a slow burner that gained Notoriety through word of mouth, but some people don’t like when things become popular, think it’s called elitism, I’m sure if it was an underground classic you would be raving about it. |
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over a year ago
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No country for old men
Enough said about that crock of shit |
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Mama Mia
Enough said, just to add insult, they made a sequel. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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7even |
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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago
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"Gladiator,,, don't get me started on the historical inaccuracies "
Could say the same about the classic (which I love) that is Zulu in that case Taff...most of the men there were from the Midlands not Wales..and that's just for starters |
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The revenant
Tried to watch it lasted 40 mins and turned it off utter shite |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Catch me if you can
The only time I've actually fallen asleep in the cinema |
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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago
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Shutter Island was another I didn't get...in fact find that with a lot of DiCaprio films...Romeo & Juliet, The Great Gatsby and The Wolf Of Wall Street being three very good examples of films I either didn't finish or just didn't see the fuss about them |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Fast & Furious franchise
Basically, ffs grow up!
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Nobody had ever said Fast and Furious was a good film. Any of the 33 films they’ve done. They are entertaining however because they are so shite.
Also I’m biased because I was an extra on the 6th one.
My pick would be the star wars franchise. The continuity is shocking as is the “plot” |
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over a year ago
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Saving Private Ryan, nearly 3hrs and it didn't pull me in.
I can see why other may like it, but it really wasn't my cup of tea |
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over a year ago
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"OK so we've had the seriously underrated films so here we go, got to start with this one, probably the most overrated film ever
The shawshank redemption "
blasphamy. Go hide you heathan. It is my fave film  |
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"OK so we've had the seriously underrated films so here we go, got to start with this one, probably the most overrated film ever
The shawshank redemption
TAKE THAT BACK! *puts up fists in the style of Uncle Albert in Only Fools and Horses""
I cannot believe he said shawshank was shite |
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"Gladiator,,, don't get me started on the historical inaccuracies "
Like most movies unfortunately. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Gladiator,,, don't get me started on the historical inaccuracies
Like most movies unfortunately. "
Well yeah. They didn’t have cameras in the Roman times so how would they have filmed it?
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"Oh Brother Where Art Thou: I’d heard rave reviews for this so decided to give it a go.
I loved the concept of adapting Homer’s Odyssey into the setting of the Great Depression in America.
....But that’s sadly all I loved
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I actually enjoyed that movie, fantastic soundtrack. |
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"Deadpool...gave it 15 mins as a good mate raves over it. Holy Jesus, my teeth hurt as it was so shit.
Just no .
Oh god yes!! I rarely switch a film off once started but this was one...
...another was Grimsby (Sacha Baron-Cohen and Mark Strong thing) puerile nonsense "
To be fair, Grimsby is not overrated. It was panned by the critics and everybody I have talked to about it says it was crap. I personally think it was a dreadful film.
For something to be overrated, there has to be somebody who actually likes it in the first place,and I haven't found anybody yet. |
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By *ljamMan
over a year ago
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Skyfall was lauded as a great modern Bond film... I thought it was so-so |
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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago
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"Deadpool...gave it 15 mins as a good mate raves over it. Holy Jesus, my teeth hurt as it was so shit.
Just no .
Oh god yes!! I rarely switch a film off once started but this was one...
...another was Grimsby (Sacha Baron-Cohen and Mark Strong thing) puerile nonsense
To be fair, Grimsby is not overrated. It was panned by the critics and everybody I have talked to about it says it was crap. I personally think it was a dreadful film.
For something to be overrated, there has to be somebody who actually likes it in the first place,and I haven't found anybody yet."
Oh there were plenty I know raved about it which is why I decided to watch it in the first place |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"OK so we've had the seriously underrated films so here we go, got to start with this one, probably the most overrated film ever
The shawshank redemption
TAKE THAT BACK! *puts up fists in the style of Uncle Albert in Only Fools and Horses"
I cannot believe he said shawshank was shite "
Who said it was shite? I said overrated, point me to the word 'shite' in my comment.... Ta |
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By *ldbluMan
over a year ago
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Only god forgives
What a pile of shite |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Only god forgives
What a pile of shite "
Ryan gosling, need I say more, I think he only said one line in that film, utter bollox |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Gravity
Visual effects superb. Shit storyline, a five year old could have written. Two actors and a voice. Dreadful |
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"Gravity
Visual effects superb. Shit storyline, a five year old could have written. Two actors and a voice. Dreadful "
I watched once but never again. Total dross |
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By *ermite12ukMan
over a year ago
Solihull and Brentwood |
Snow white and the seven dwarfs. Not quite what I was hoping for |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Snow white and the seven dwarfs. Not quite what I was hoping for "
Not what she was hoping for either i bet |
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Pride & Predjudice.
...I’m referring to the big screen version starring Keira Knightley.
The BBC adaptation of Jane Austin’s classic starring Colin Firth was absolutely delightful.
The big screen version however, I found to be unforgivably boring with bland performances and characterisations throughout.
Thankfully, the big screen version of Sense And Sensibility was very good though which somewhat redressed the balance |
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Great expectations.... wasn't all I'd hoped for. |
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"Four Weddings and a Funeral, absolutely garbage and Hugh Grant can't act to save his life!"
Absolute nonsense. Superb as Jeremy Thorpe |
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La La Land.
Visually marvellous, admittedly.
......Dull as a pane of glass smeared with shit however 
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Scarface, what utter shite, wanted to fall asleep.
Lily |
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Star wars, couldn't sit through it, ever |
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Oh! What a lovely war!
Colour purple
Cloud atlas
...all those wasted hours! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Blazing saddles, just not funny, in fact any mel Brooks film |
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over a year ago
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Silence of the lambs, not a bad film just a tad overrated, I thought manhunter was better, Brian Cox as the first hannibal lecter |
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"Silence of the lambs, not a bad film just a tad overrated, I thought manhunter was better, Brian Cox as the first hannibal lecter "
I think Man Hunter was a good film but I prefer the version (Red Dragon) with Hopkins and Edward Norton. I see Anthony Hopkins as closer to what I imagine Lectar to be like having read the books. I enjoyed all three of Hopkins films but I rate them the order that plot fits.
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Shawshank Redemption is a funny one. When it was first released it didn't do very well at all. So, seriously underrated. Then, for whatever reason, it gained cult status and then became really popular which is possibly why some people think it is overrated. Probably some rebound effect. Either way, I personally think it's a great film. Love it.
One of the biggest disappointments I had (film wise) was A Fish Called Wanda. For me, it was massively overrated. Hyped as the funniest film ever and that probably exaggerated my disappointment as it really wasn't that funny |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Shawshank Redemption is a funny one. When it was first released it didn't do very well at all. So, seriously underrated. Then, for whatever reason, it gained cult status and then became really popular which is possibly why some people think it is overrated. Probably some rebound effect. Either way, I personally think it's a great film. Love it.
One of the biggest disappointments I had (film wise) was A Fish Called Wanda. For me, it was massively overrated. Hyped as the funniest film ever and that probably exaggerated my disappointment as it really wasn't that funny "
The funniest person in it was the most serious actor, Kevin kline |
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Birdbox was very disappointing.
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over a year ago
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Avatar , genuinely don’t see what all the fuss is about |
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Forrest Gump
Dirty Dancing
Titanic
Glad I’m not the only one that found Avatar a yawn fest. |
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over a year ago
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Avatar was garbage. |
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By *izzy69Man
over a year ago
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"Avatar , genuinely don’t see what all the fuss is about "
Avatar was only rated at the time of its release because of the pioneering use of 3D. Even then it was acceoted that the story wasn't all that and the acting was meh.
I don't think it's so rated anymore because it all seems so normal now. |
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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago
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"Shawshank Redemption is a funny one. When it was first released it didn't do very well at all. So, seriously underrated. Then, for whatever reason, it gained cult status and then became really popular which is possibly why some people think it is overrated. Probably some rebound effect. Either way, I personally think it's a great film. Love it.
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This raises a very good point actually - a lot of the films that I think are over rated (not necessarily the ones I named on this thread) are ones that have been very popular and hyped to the core as being "the best film since..." - so much so that when I've seen them I've been expecting something phenomenal but have been left disappointed when it hasn't been - whereas had I of not heard the hype I'd have enjoyed it?
Titanic is a good example of this for me - I got sick to death of the hype when it was released so much so I refused to see it - was only about a year later, after the hype died down, when I was sat on a flight from Houston (back in the days when in economy all you got was one film choice and that was shown on an overhead screen) and I could either watch Titanic or stare into space for three hours, so watched the film and cheesiness aside I actually enjoyed it. |
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over a year ago
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Any film with subtitles, I’m not a fan of reading, so I don’t want to be watching a film. Also any film that makes you think, I’m not a fan of thinking so any film that does that is very overrated, |
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The batman with Heather ledger as the joker, crap! |
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over a year ago
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"The batman with Heather ledger as the joker, crap!"
Couldn’t disagree more. The score, the cinematography. The way the joker is deliberately left as a mysterious character, all the little nods to events in the comic books that are just different enough that you might not notice them the first time. The fact that the joker wins even though he gets caught. It’s all brilliant. |
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"The batman with Heather ledger as the joker, crap!
Couldn’t disagree more. The score, the cinematography. The way the joker is deliberately left as a mysterious character, all the little nods to events in the comic books that are just different enough that you might not notice them the first time. The fact that the joker wins even though he gets caught. It’s all brilliant. "
Swings and roundabouts dude. I think its shit, others, including my brother love it. I love Lost Boys but he thinks its shit hah. Life would be boring if we all liked the same stuff. |
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If its not already been said, Frozen. Words cant describe how much i detest it lol |
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"Carlito's Way - a lot of people seem to like it, and I went to the flicks to see it off the back of a recommendation and didn't see what the fuss was at all.
Any of the Lord Of The Rings/Hobbit films - saw the first one when it came out and nearly fell asleep "
Shame on you, it’s worth it just for Sean Penn’s hair ! |
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over a year ago
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Any Harry Potter
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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That ghostbusters 3 shite. Ruined a master of a generational goofy moviez.
Any sequel
Any prequel
Any remake after1990.
Any Disney.
Even ridley Scott's stuff is fucking boring , completely misses good story telling.
Fuck all movies these days, not worth trip to flicks. Try to find a copy or screen recording so we can see if this "great movie" lives up to it
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Taxi Driver. Robert De Niro is good but as soon as it gets going the film is over. |
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"Star Wars"
Fair point...the additional cgi spoils the film. However, at the time, it really was the best thing I'd ever seen in a cinema. All the kids locally and at school were of the same opinion. |
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The Big Lebowski
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Thats like... just your opinion man! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Star wars & anything Disney (apart from the little mermaid) |
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By *mmmMaybeCouple
over a year ago
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"Star wars & anything Disney (apart from the little mermaid)"
Nooooo! Brave is the best Disney film!
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By *mmmMaybeCouple
over a year ago
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"If its not already been said, Frozen. Words cant describe how much i detest it lol"
Chill mate
Let it go
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"Star wars & anything Disney (apart from the little mermaid)"
I hope your not meaning The Phantom Menace |
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The good the bad and the ugly, what did Eli Wallach do to deserve that |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Star wars & anything Disney (apart from the little mermaid)
I hope your not meaning The Phantom Menace "
All of them. |
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Going to receive some hate for this one but Elf! Basically 95% of Will Ferrell films. He just shouts! |
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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago
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"Going to receive some hate for this one but Elf! Basically 95% of Will Ferrell films. He just shouts! "
With you on that one and would add most Ben Stiller and Adam Sandler films to that (with the exception of the Night At The Museum's for the former and The Wedding Singer for the latter) |
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