Unpopular Movie Opinions: Part III

[Rodney-2187]

I wonder what percentage of internet forum posts were written while sitting on the toilet?

[HipsterTrash]

Originally Posted by DanTheMan

We can at least agree that Shape of Water > Green Book, right?

I’d even put it over Argo, The Artist, and Spotlight (and I like all the aforementioned films).

Birdman, 12 Years a Slave, and Moonlight are still my favorite Best Picture winners of the last decade.

Out of your list, Birdman is the only one I care about. Didn't even care for AGI's follow up The Revenant.

The last time the Oscars Best Picture got me/I agreed with, was last year with Parasite. I can try to be contrarian with that but I just can't...it's so damn good.

[Darthvaderrocks]

Originally Posted by Jay H.

I'm not a teenager. I don't care if a movie is "smart" or "cool". I just want to be entertained. All of David Fincher's films are very entertaining to me, as are the films of Christopher Nolan. If that causes others to have a negative opinion, it's nothing to me.

If you don't like Fincher/Nolan films, or any other movie, great. But when you criticize others for liking what you don't...that's not an "unpopular movie opinion". That's just you being a ****.

Yeah. I agree.

There's nothing "intellectual" about liking some obscure or indipendent director and acting like that's art and mainstream directors are "overrated" or "for teenegers". That's just being arrogant (if you bash em) and having different taste.

You like what you like. But if you don't like something then the better thing to do is to just have some constructive criticism. Like, I have seen many valid complaints on Benjamin Button and TDKR (Nolan's and Fincher's most criticized films in the internet)... yet, I love both films still.

[DR Herbert West]

Nobody > John Wick

[Gacivory]

Originally Posted by Rodney-2187

I wonder what percentage of internet forum posts were written while sitting on the toilet?

A crap ton.

[Martoto]

Originally Posted by DR Herbert West

Nobody > John Wick

"Nobody"? Or Nobody?

[HipsterTrash]

Originally Posted by DR Herbert West

Nobody > John Wick

Damn.
Question is, are you a fan of the John Wick movies?

[DR Herbert West]

Originally Posted by HipsterTrash

Damn.
Question is, are you a fan of the John Wick movies?

Yes.

Originally Posted by Martoto

"Nobody"? Or Nobody?

[oubukibun]

Violent bias incoming: The Fifth Element is my favorite movie of all time.

But it also happens to have the greatest trailer ever made, which, to my knowledge, has only ever been included on overseas Blu-rays and the original DVD for The Professional stateside.

That is a crime against humanity.

Here it is, remastered by a fan, with a few alterations made in order for the HD copy of the film to be used:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH4islqoA8o

[DR Herbert West]

^ The last great Willis film.

[HipsterTrash]

Originally Posted by DR Herbert West

Yes.

Well then I gotta see this once it's on blu.

[Lemmy Lugosi]

UMO: The Fifth Element is one of the worst films I've ever taken the time see. And I've seen it at least twice that I can recall. Fool me twice, and all that, etc.

[John1701D]

You're not alone, I've tried more than once and nope.

[mwynn]

Fifth Element is a goofy fun movie, the more you think about it the more problems you have with it. Valerian follows it's path and has the same issues.

[Star Lord]

Seven Psychopaths > In Bruges

[Martoto]

Originally Posted by DR Herbert West

Yes.

Nobody then l.

[AreaFive]

Originally Posted by mwynn

Fifth Element is a goofy fun movie, the more you think about it the more problems you have with it. Valerian follows it's path and has the same issues.

I had high hopes for Valerian. The source material is excellent and Besson seemed exceptionally well suited for its visuals. Unfortunately, it was absolutely ruined for me by the incredible miscasting of the two main characters. What a waste.

[dkelly26666]

The last time I agreed with the Academy on Best Picture was 2007, when "No Country for Old Men" won. That's the last time I agreed with them on Best Director, as well.

In fact, since the mid-80s, I've only agreed with their Best Picture choice six times. Six times since like 1984. 36 Oscar seasons ago. I've agreed with Best Director only 8 times. (Two extra times, where Picture and Director split, and I agreed with the Director winner, but not the Picture winner).

I had a much better record with them in the 70s , but not always matching up.

But this past decade is the first time I hadn't a single time that I agreed with Picture or Director.

And it's not extremes here, I'm not saying the Picture and Director winners they choose usually are terrible, they are usually good films. They're just not what my choice is personally, in that given year, for what is actually best.

[moreorless]

Originally Posted by Star Lord

Seven Psychopaths > In Bruges

Certainly very underrated relative to it anyway, Walken and Rockwell are both superb in it.

Originally Posted by dkelly26666

The last time I agreed with the Academy on Best Picture was 2007, when "No Country for Old Men" won. That's the last time I agreed with them on Best Director, as well.

In fact, since the mid-80s, I've only agreed with their Best Picture choice six times. Six times since like 1984. 36 Oscar seasons ago. I've agreed with Best Director only 8 times. (Two extra times, where Picture and Director split, and I agreed with the Director winner, but not the Picture winner).

I had a much better record with them in the 70s , but not always matching up.

But this past decade is the first time I hadn't a single time that I agreed with Picture or Director.

And it's not extremes here, I'm not saying the Picture and Director winners they choose usually are terrible, they are usually good films. They're just not what my choice is personally, in that given year, for what is actually best.

Really I think you could argue the 70's were a bit of a blip when they actually had their finger somewhat on the pulse.

By comparison they've mostly tended to ignore the whole art-house/indie scene over the last 25 years.

[Jay H.]

Originally Posted by DR Herbert West

Yes.

Serious question: is this a comedy/spoof/satire? I'm not interested enough to watch it to find out for myself.