Unpopular Movie Opinions: Part III

[BorisKarloffice]

The Evil Dead remake is overrated and has none of the heart of the original, which it's billed as a throwback to.

None of the characters are interesting or likable even though the actors, Jane Levy especially, are doing what they can with the microscopic scraps of personality the script gives them.

The gore is repetitive, predictable, and completely lacking the chaos and unpredictability of the original.

The behavior and appearance of the possessed is ripped straight out of the Exorcist.

The plot hinges on characters making the dumbest decisions imaginable, even more than usual for a horror movie.

The opening scene completely blows all tension for the rest of the movie by giving away so much.

The climax is flaccid and half hearted because the final opponent is less physically imposing than any of the other possessed we've seen up till that point.

I could go on but it's just a very dull, uninspired movie. It could have been written by an AI for how bland and formulaic it is. I've never understood why the horror fandom goes so crazy for it and holds it up as one of the best horror films of the 2010s. It's like a bowl of stale popcorn covered in way too much butter.

[John1701D]

Babe: Pig in the City is George Miller's best film.

[moreorless]

Originally Posted by spider-neil

The Golden Child is an awesome movie

Rips off and isnt nearly as good as Big Trouble In Little China(came out first but was supposedly based on the script of it) but its still a very fun film in its own right.

[spider-neil]

Originally Posted by moreorless

Rips off and isnt nearly as good as Big Trouble In Little China(came out first but was supposedly based on the script of it) but its still a very fun film in its own right.

Do you know that for a fact? They are hardly similar at all.
Even if GC does rip off BTiLC I prefer it. Eddie Murphy (IMHO) is way more charismatic than Russell.

[spider-neil]

Originally Posted by John1701D

Babe: Pig in the City is George Miller's best film.

I would have agreed until I saw Fury Road.

[moreorless]

Originally Posted by spider-neil

Do you know that for a fact? They are hardly similar at all.
Even if GC does rip off BTiLC I prefer it. Eddie Murphy (IMHO) is way more charismatic than Russell.

Not in direct plot but in being a mystical oriental fantasy, even has James Hong and Victor Wong in it after they'd been cast in Big Trouble.

[BudBaxter]

Originally Posted by moreorless

even has James Hong and Victor Wong in it after they'd been cast in Big Trouble.

Weren't they in pretty much every Hollywood movie in the 80s that needed an 'Asian guy'? Along with the legendary Al Leong.


Calling The Golden Child a rip-off of BTILC is a bit of a stretch, but I guess we are in the Unpopular Opinions thread...

[Mikezilla3k]

Originally Posted by John1701D

Babe: Pig in the City is George Miller's best film.

So what you're saying is that George Miller is a terrible director? I mean, if that disaster is his best film.............

[stvn1974]

I have had teeth pulled, torn my meniscus and had a heart attack and each of those things were more enjoyable than Tarantino's Death Proof.

[John1701D]

Originally Posted by Mikezilla3k

So what you're saying is that George Miller is a terrible director? I mean, if that disaster is his best film.............

Blah blah blah

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by stvn1974

I have had teeth pulled, torn my meniscus and had a heart attack and each of those things were more enjoyable than Tarantino's Death Proof.

Any other directors we can add to you hate list?

[RevolverOcelScott]

Originally Posted by stvn1974

I have had teeth pulled, torn my meniscus and had a heart attack and each of those things were more enjoyable than Tarantino's Death Proof.

That's the only QT movie I've never revisted. I own it in the "Complete Grindhouse" release, I just have never gotten around to giving it another shot. Didn't care for it much in theaters.

[Member-244966]

I used to not like Death Proof, but now I think it's one of his best, especially the Grindhouse cut which is shorter.

[Mikezilla3k]

Originally Posted by John1701D

Blah blah blah

[moreorless]

Originally Posted by BudBaxter

Weren't they in pretty much every Hollywood movie in the 80s that needed an 'Asian guy'? Along with the legendary Al Leong.

Calling The Golden Child a rip-off of BTILC is a bit of a stretch, but I guess we are in the Unpopular Opinions thread...

Were there many oriental fantasy action comdies being made before that? seems like a classic case of one script doing the rounds and another studio thinking that sounds interesting and doing something the same.

James Hong being in both I think could maybe not look like a ripoff as it was "old chinese man" of choice for about 30-40 years and the characters are quite different but Wong really is playing such a similar character.

[Jay H.]

"original" and "different" don't automatically mean "good".

[dvining]

Originally Posted by Jay H.

"original" and "different" don't automatically mean "good".

One of Howard Hawks' best films is "Only Angels Have Wings" which is a remake of his own "Ceiling Zero".

It's beat for beat.

And the later film is FAR superior.

[Bubbles-11]

Two separate opinions:

#1. Christopher Nolan is a director that I personally detest due to him forcing Warner Bros to have Tenet be the first major blockbuster out when theaters reopened during the pandemic, a bad choice considering how confusing and pretentious that film was

#2. (not related to #1) Any film that is actively harmful to a certain group of people in my eyes is worse than any studio blockbuster that may have a lot of flaws which usually gets placed in worst of year lists

[sandboxgamer]

Smelling your own farts > The Lighthouse (2019)

[moreorless]

We get so many films about historical oppression and bigotry partly because they allow the establishment to pat itself on the back for social advances of the past rather than looking at those which need to be made today.