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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Following on from another thread, what films out there are seen as classics and are critically acclaimed... but you just dont understand why???
For me its:
Bladerunner... dull dull dull
2001 Space Odessy... dull dull dull
The Shining... dull dull dull
Anything with Tom Cruise... twat twat twat |
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The latest remake of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy was mind numbingly dull.
Most sci-fi and gore horror films I don't get - my mind just can't take the scenarios on board.
The Matrix and Donnie Darko I just didn't buy into, despite their cult followings. |
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"The latest remake of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy was mind numbingly dull.
Most sci-fi and gore horror films I don't get - my mind just can't take the scenarios on board.
The Matrix and Donnie Darko I just didn't buy into, despite their cult followings."
I did not get the Matrix at all , defo nerd fodder |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Following on from another thread, what films out there are seen as classics and are critically acclaimed... but you just dont understand why???
For me its:
Bladerunner... dull dull dull
2001 Space Odessy... dull dull dull
The Shining... dull dull dull
Anything with Tom Cruise... twat twat twat"
How can you day Bladerunner is dull?
To me its cinematic perfection. Great cast, great script, great visuals, great soundtrack and makes you question morality.
I agree about Tom Cruise though, he's a vile, overpayed dwarf who can't act...lol |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Following on from another thread, what films out there are seen as classics and are critically acclaimed... but you just dont understand why???
For me its:
Bladerunner... dull dull dull
2001 Space Odessy... dull dull dull
The Shining... dull dull dull
Anything with Tom Cruise... twat twat twat
How can you day Bladerunner is dull?
To me its cinematic perfection. Great cast, great script, great visuals, great soundtrack and makes you question morality.
I agree about Tom Cruise though, he's a vile, overpayed dwarf who can't act...lol"
IMHO, boring dreary over rated dross. I have never got past the first hour of it without wanting to turn into an EMO and self harm. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Following on from another thread, what films out there are seen as classics and are critically acclaimed... but you just dont understand why???
For me its:
Bladerunner... dull dull dull
2001 Space Odessy... dull dull dull
The Shining... dull dull dull
Anything with Tom Cruise... twat twat twat"
Bladerunner is good, but does not warrant a "new" edition every couple of years.
2001 makes a lot more sense if you have read the book.
Saw the shining at the cinema this Halloween and it works well on the big screen.
Tom Cruise is sponsored by Cuprinol. |
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By *ENDAROOSCouple
over a year ago
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"The latest remake of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy was mind numbingly dull.
Most sci-fi and gore horror films I don't get - my mind just can't take the scenarios on board.
The Matrix and Donnie Darko I just didn't buy into, despite their cult followings."
Liked Matrix.....Watched Donnie Darko right through to the end but didn't get it at all, when right over my head! |
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Avatar, turned it off after 15 painful minutes, The Matrix..tried so hard but I wanted a labotomy after Keanu Reeves character had a bug crawl out of his ear, Inter_iew with a vampire ( I actually fell asleep in the cinema ), but have since watched it, it's okay and it pains me to say it, but.....Skyfall, a sycophantic Judy Dench love in with no redeeming substance, it was like a Bond love in, watchable, but cringeworthy... |
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By (user no longer on site)
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most films applauded by arty critics, like sundance film festival verification for being great films.
lots of british films(ones about gritty british life/gangsters)
godfather movies
war movies |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"The latest remake of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy was mind numbingly dull.
Most sci-fi and gore horror films I don't get - my mind just can't take the scenarios on board.
The Matrix and Donnie Darko I just didn't buy into, despite their cult followings.
Liked Matrix.....Watched Donnie Darko right through to the end but didn't get it at all, when right over my head! "
Watched Darko 10 times and it's still way too ambiguous. The scriptwriters got too cryptic and it failed.
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"The latest remake of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy was mind numbingly dull.
Most sci-fi and gore horror films I don't get - my mind just can't take the scenarios on board.
The Matrix and Donnie Darko I just didn't buy into, despite their cult followings.
Liked Matrix.....Watched Donnie Darko right through to the end but didn't get it at all, when right over my head!
Watched Darko 10 times and it's still way too ambiguous. The scriptwriters got too cryptic and it failed.
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'The Butterfly Effect' is another |
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By *ENDAROOSCouple
over a year ago
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"The latest remake of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy was mind numbingly dull.
Most sci-fi and gore horror films I don't get - my mind just can't take the scenarios on board.
The Matrix and Donnie Darko I just didn't buy into, despite their cult followings.
Liked Matrix.....Watched Donnie Darko right through to the end but didn't get it at all, when right over my head!
Watched Darko 10 times and it's still way too ambiguous. The scriptwriters got too cryptic and it failed.
'The Butterfly Effect' is another"
I didn't mind The Butterfly Effect as I got the gist of it....
Once was enough for me watching Donnie Darko...10 times your a sucker for punishment  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"The latest remake of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy was mind numbingly dull.
Most sci-fi and gore horror films I don't get - my mind just can't take the scenarios on board.
The Matrix and Donnie Darko I just didn't buy into, despite their cult followings.
Liked Matrix.....Watched Donnie Darko right through to the end but didn't get it at all, when right over my head!
Watched Darko 10 times and it's still way too ambiguous. The scriptwriters got too cryptic and it failed.
'The Butterfly Effect' is another
I didn't mind The Butterfly Effect as I got the gist of it....
Once was enough for me watching Donnie Darko...10 times your a sucker for punishment "
lol agreed but I was convinced there was something really simple that I wasnt getting about it all, and it wound me up  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Following on from another thread, what films out there are seen as classics and are critically acclaimed... but you just dont understand why???
For me its:
Bladerunner... dull dull dull
2001 Space Odessy... dull dull dull
The Shining... dull dull dull
Anything with Tom Cruise... twat twat twat"
Critcally acclaimed Tom Cruise movies, I can think of one  |
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Prometheus. - I thought it was fucking awful and I was so angry at Ridley Scott for going back on everything he ever preached about the Alien films.
I really didn't understand the hype, as a movie it was terrible. Poor level of acting, really bad CGI and NO imagination what-so-ever. I couldn't wait for the characters to die, there wasn't a single one I felt I could relate to and, to be honest, they just annoyed me.
It was one of those movies where you sit there every minute wondering WHY you're still watching it and when it was finished I just remember me and Vincent looking at eachother wondering why we wasted 2hrs of our lives...
- Amy. x |
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By *emmefataleWoman
over a year ago
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"Following on from another thread, what films out there are seen as classics and are critically acclaimed... but you just dont understand why???
For me its:
Bladerunner... dull dull dull
2001 Space Odessy... dull dull dull
The Shining... dull dull dull
Anything with Tom Cruise... twat twat twat
Critcally acclaimed Tom Cruise movies, I can think of one "
Magnolia |
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I love watchIng films and have enjoyed most of those above which people found dull except Donnie Darko which I just did not get at all. Worst 'classic' for me? Taxidriver...."you talkin' to me?"...."dunno, can't understand a word that you're saying". The Shining was pretty dire too. Great fan of star wars, titanic, bladerunner, etc. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Girl with the dragon tattoo....found it boring!"
The one with Daniel Craig is shite but the original Swedish one aswell as played with fire and hornets nest are good if you don't mind English voice overs |
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"Girl with the dragon tattoo....found it boring!
The one with Daniel Craig is shite but the original Swedish one aswell as played with fire and hornets nest are good if you don't mind English voice overs "
They're even better with subtitles...I hate dubbed films !
Cruise can act as he proved in Magnolia and Born on the Fourth of July, he just appears to choose not to these days, unfortunately. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Girl with the dragon tattoo....found it boring!
The one with Daniel Craig is shite but the original Swedish one aswell as played with fire and hornets nest are good if you don't mind English voice overs
They're even better with subtitles...I hate dubbed films !
Cruise can act as he proved in Magnolia and Born on the Fourth of July, he just appears to choose not to these days, unfortunately."
I've been a fan of Jackie Chan movies since I was a kid and hate it when a movie is dubbed. I quickly developed the ability to read subtitles and not miss any action. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Girl with the dragon tattoo....found it boring!
The one with Daniel Craig is shite but the original Swedish one aswell as played with fire and hornets nest are good if you don't mind English voice overs
They're even better with subtitles...I hate dubbed films !
Cruise can act as he proved in Magnolia and Born on the Fourth of July, he just appears to choose not to these days, unfortunately."
I have to admit liking Born the 4th July, but Cruise has churned shit film after shit film, lord only knows why he has stayed popular.
I have heard he is the perfect actor to play Jack Reacher in his next film *runs of and takes cover* |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Girl with the dragon tattoo....found it boring!
The one with Daniel Craig is shite but the original Swedish one aswell as played with fire and hornets nest are good if you don't mind English voice overs
They're even better with subtitles...I hate dubbed films !
Cruise can act as he proved in Magnolia and Born on the Fourth of July, he just appears to choose not to these days, unfortunately."
Good in Rain Man as well. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Following on from another thread, what films out there are seen as classics and are critically acclaimed... but you just dont understand why???
For me its:
Bladerunner... dull dull dull
2001 Space Odessy... dull dull dull
The Shining... dull dull dull
Anything with Tom Cruise... twat twat twat
How can you day Bladerunner is dull?
To me its cinematic perfection. Great cast, great script, great visuals, great soundtrack and makes you question morality.
I agree about Tom Cruise though, he's a vile, overpayed dwarf who can't act...lol"
Agree...bladerunner is a masterpiece. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Drive…. The only film we have ever left the cinema before the end of. We have vowed never to go and see another film that says it is “art house” "
Yes that was really crap |
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anything with woopsi goldberg in..
or dully parton..
or elvis ..
gone with the wind, yep like a cows fart..
titanic, drivel total urgggh..
the current cult of vampire / werewolf utter bollocks..
animal house and the related sequels..
anything that is advertised with the phrase 'feel good' or rom com...rather eat my own eyeballs
pretty much all of steve martin, and several other non funny american 'comedians'..
woody allen..
Blade runner is a classic...
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Prometheus. - I thought it was fucking awful and I was so angry at Ridley Scott for going back on everything he ever preached about the Alien films.
I really didn't understand the hype, as a movie it was terrible. Poor level of acting, really bad CGI and NO imagination what-so-ever. I couldn't wait for the characters to die, there wasn't a single one I felt I could relate to and, to be honest, they just annoyed me.
It was one of those movies where you sit there every minute wondering WHY you're still watching it and when it was finished I just remember me and Vincent looking at eachother wondering why we wasted 2hrs of our lives...
- Amy. x"
 It was rather terrible  |
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Oh dear....I loved Avatar and Prometheus and LOTR and zombie movies....I don't like world cinema movies. Watched 'cinema paradiso' once and fell asleep in the cinema. It was sooooo boring! No lasers no aliens no sex no horror...utter drivel. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Prometheus. - I thought it was fucking awful and I was so angry at Ridley Scott for going back on everything he ever preached about the Alien films.
I really didn't understand the hype, as a movie it was terrible. Poor level of acting, really bad CGI and NO imagination what-so-ever. I couldn't wait for the characters to die, there wasn't a single one I felt I could relate to and, to be honest, they just annoyed me.
It was one of those movies where you sit there every minute wondering WHY you're still watching it and when it was finished I just remember me and Vincent looking at eachother wondering why we wasted 2hrs of our lives...
- Amy. x
It was rather terrible "
I disagree...although agree on several of the actors/actresses( fassbender and theron were good I thought tho) |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Following on from another thread, what films out there are seen as classics and are critically acclaimed... but you just dont understand why???
For me its:
Bladerunner... dull dull dull
2001 Space Odessy... dull dull dull
The Shining... dull dull dull
Anything with Tom Cruise... twat twat twat"
2001 Space Odyssey definitely agree there, absolute diabolical crap  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Prometheus. - I thought it was fucking awful and I was so angry at Ridley Scott for going back on everything he ever preached about the Alien films.
I really didn't understand the hype, as a movie it was terrible. Poor level of acting, really bad CGI and NO imagination what-so-ever. I couldn't wait for the characters to die, there wasn't a single one I felt I could relate to and, to be honest, they just annoyed me.
It was one of those movies where you sit there every minute wondering WHY you're still watching it and when it was finished I just remember me and Vincent looking at eachother wondering why we wasted 2hrs of our lives...
- Amy. x"
See now I thought the special effects were brilliant but I really didn't understand it and having been told it was an Alien prequel, for me that just spoilt it, wouldn't watch it again |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"The latest remake of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy was mind numbingly dull.
Most sci-fi and gore horror films I don't get - my mind just can't take the scenarios on board.
The Matrix and Donnie Darko I just didn't buy into, despite their cult followings."
Same here as my friend and I went to see Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, how he managed to stay awake with such dull mind numbing boredness is beyond me as I slept through most of it, still managed to work out who the murderer was though  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Personally I think this board is somewhat pointless as "good" or "bad" films is completely subjective"
I think whether a thread is pointless is subjective also
I quite like threads like this. Getting an idea of what fellow posters do, and don't, like. |
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"Prometheus. - I thought it was fucking awful and I was so angry at Ridley Scott for going back on everything he ever preached about the Alien films.
I really didn't understand the hype, as a movie it was terrible. Poor level of acting, really bad CGI and NO imagination what-so-ever. I couldn't wait for the characters to die, there wasn't a single one I felt I could relate to and, to be honest, they just annoyed me.
It was one of those movies where you sit there every minute wondering WHY you're still watching it and when it was finished I just remember me and Vincent looking at eachother wondering why we wasted 2hrs of our lives...
- Amy. x
See now I thought the special effects were brilliant but I really didn't understand it and having been told it was an Alien prequel, for me that just spoilt it, wouldn't watch it again "
and u can now watch Alien, and piece together aspects.
I dont mind remakes/prequels that change the existing storyline of a franchise.Unlike Underworld, which had one of the most pointless prequels ever! |
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"The artist....black white no sound...whtf"
Ah but there is sound - even talking !
You just have to wait 
I struggled to get used to the silence initially, but after about 20 minutes it didn't even occur to me that it was silent and I really enjoyed watching it.
I do think being in the cinema helped though - some films don't translate too well away from the big screen ! |
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"Kick-Ass
i mean seriously  "
Noooooooooo!
Absolutley love this!
How often do you get to see a little girl kick the shit out of the bad guys and then say a line like
"Okay, you cunts. Let's see what you can do now!"
Priceless! |
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"Gentleben:
Bladerunner... dull dull dull"
Agreed. Shooting scantily-clad women just because they happen to be clones is just not right. He could have fucked her first fgs!!
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2001 Space Odyssey... dull dull dull
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WHAAAT! Tis a brill film!! You're really wierd!!
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The Shining... dull dull dull
Anything with Tom Cruise... twat twat twat"
Yup, The Shining is remembered only for Jack Nicholson sticking his ugly mug through a bathroom door and saying, "Heeeere's JohnnY!" like he was introducing a contestant for Deal or No Deal.
..and as for Tom Cruise... I don't think he's ever made a film where there isn't a five minute segment where nobody but him speaks. It's like the entire film is shot so that it builds up to Cruise's prime moment. |
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"Drive…. The only film we have ever left the cinema before the end of. We have vowed never to go and see another film that says it is “art house” "
Worth hanging around until the last half hour, it is killer. |
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I've never really bought into the Blue Brothers tbh. I've started watching it loads of times thinking I must be missing something but every time I've watched it I've realised that after five minutes I'm thinking of something else and have literally lost the plot to the film - and then turned it over.
It's booooooooring!
Pulp Fiction is exactly the same - it's pants.
Kill Bill 1 & 2 as well. I mean, how many times can the same japanese guy get his arm cut off ffs! |
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Pulp Fiction is exactly the same - it's pants.
Kill Bill 1 & 2 as well. I mean, how many times can the same japanese guy get his arm cut off ffs! "
Tarantino films are worth watching just for the soundtracks |
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"I've never really bought into the Blue Brothers tbh. I've started watching it loads of times thinking I must be missing something but every time I've watched it I've realised that after five minutes I'm thinking of something else and have literally lost the plot to the film - and then turned it over.
It's booooooooring!
Pulp Fiction is exactly the same - it's pants.
Kill Bill 1 & 2 as well. I mean, how many times can the same japanese guy get his arm cut off ffs! "
Oh dear, we wouldn't get on, you've just trashed four of my favourite films! |
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Right where do I start
Sixth sense -dire, fell asleep
Shawshank redemption - I just don't get the attraction
The green mile - like a slow death
Someone mentioned blazing saddles earlier- the only film I've ever walked out of the cinema. Just don't get the humour
Generally the more a film is hyped the less inclined I am likely to watch it
I feel special mention must go to independence day, I went to the cinema really looking forward to it, what an absolute let down
Infact anything with will smith normally is! |
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Pulp Fiction is exactly the same - it's pants.
Kill Bill 1 & 2 as well. I mean, how many times can the same japanese guy get his arm cut off ffs! "
Kill Bill 1 & 2 should have been one film... it was dragged out for no apparent reason other than to double the takings by hoping people wanted to know how it ended.
But Pulp Fiction is a classic!
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Pulp Fiction is exactly the same - it's pants.
Kill Bill 1 & 2 as well. I mean, how many times can the same japanese guy get his arm cut off ffs!
Kill Bill 1 & 2 should have been one film... it was dragged out for no apparent reason other than to double the takings by hoping people wanted to know how it ended.
But Pulp Fiction is a classic!
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Pulp fiction is a classic but so is kill bill 1/2 it's not dragged out, there are no unnecessary scenes at all and it would be too long as one movie as it was originally imagined
Tarantos scripts are second to none, just as good is deathproof
Although inglorious bastards was a bit of a let down |
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inglorious basterds god what drivel
sky fall shouldnt be called a bond film awful
sleepless in seattle god cringey
and any vampire film
they dont make god to honest mysteries without swearing and extreme violence or comedies that arent about to dwindle into nothingness  |
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In order to understand where people are coming from when saying a film is shit you really need to know what film in its place is good, for instance if someone said the godfather was shit but the hangover 2 was the best film ever then we might have an incling as to how they think and evaluate. lol |
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