Unpopular Movie Opinions: Part III

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by moreorless

Becoming too obsessed with image/audio quality or specific technical issues is a dangerous path I would say that seems to damage a lot of peoples enjoyment of films.

It is definitely an obsession I've seen color some people's abilities to objectively analyze films or TV shows.

[Mikezilla3k]

Advance warning, about to commit heresy in the JCVD fandom.

The Quest > Bloodsport

[Batman1980]

[MATBAN96]

Originally Posted by Mikezilla3k

Advance warning, about to commit heresy in the JCVD fandom.

The Quest > Bloodsport

Originally Posted by Batman1980

A year from now will you guys keep accusing me?

[dallywhitty]

Originally Posted by Mikezilla3k

Advance warning, about to commit heresy in the JCVD fandom.

The Quest > Bloodsport

I feel like somebody just punched me in the nuts.

[Batman1980]

[Akibiyori]

Originally Posted by moreorless

Becoming too obsessed with image/audio quality or specific technical issues is a dangerous path I would say that seems to damage a lot of peoples enjoyment of films.

Also, a lot of these people with a “perfection” fixation are entirely selective about what technical issues are important. For instance, hardly anyone cares about how silent film frame rates are translated when this is a far more fundamental issue - guys like Kevin Brownlow spent decades rectifying the “jerky” perception of silent films and now everyone has been conditioned to accept jerkiness again by people who insist everything has to be “24 progressive” or it’s total scum bag junk.

[Jay H.]

Originally Posted by Mikezilla3k

Advance warning, about to commit heresy in the JCVD fandom.

The Quest > Bloodsport

I'll take it a few steps further: I think both movies suck.

[DR Herbert West]

Van Damme > De Niro

[Blu Lemmy]

I've missed something.

Who do we think has returned?

[Blu Lemmy]

Originally Posted by DR Herbert West

Van Damme > De Niro

Van Damme > Most

[MATBAN96]

Originally Posted by DR Herbert West

Van Damme > De Niro

Sup Herbert. I haven't seen any Van Damme movies so far. What are some of his movies you would recommend?

[DR Herbert West]

Originally Posted by MATBAN96

Sup Herbert. I haven't seen any Van Damme movies so far. What are some of his movies you would recommend?

Hard Target
Universal Soldier
Universal Soldier: Regeneration
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
Kickboxer
Bloodsport
Timecop

[MATBAN96]

Originally Posted by DR Herbert West

Hard Target
Universal Soldier
Universal Soldier: Regeneration
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
Kickboxer
Bloodsport
Timecop

I'll check some of those out. I've heard of Hard Target before, so I might check that one out first. Thanks.

[MATBAN96]

I'm starting Hard Target right now. The classic Universal logo reminds me of Child's Play 2, I'll re-watch that movie later.

Edit - John Woo directed this? Huh, that's kinda cool.

[moreorless]

Originally Posted by Batman1980

It is definitely an obsession I've seen color some people's abilities to objectively analyze films or TV shows.

I would say not in terms of wanting the best version of a film/show but in becoming so obsessed with looking for weaknesses in them that you cannot enjoy many(most?) releases.

Again it just seems like people become obsessed with arguing about this stuff on forums and that becomes more important to them then actually enjoying films.

I get the sense some people here they have shelves full of disks they can't enjoy because they've picked out some minor weakness in them, "2 seconds of minor macro blocking? killed the entire film for me"

[BudBaxter]

Originally Posted by Damon1281

Predator is a near perfect movie. Predator 2, while entertaining, suffers from the inclusion of Morton Downey and Gary Busey.

No film suffers from the inclusion of Gary Busey. He automatically makes everything 75% better.

[mwynn]

Originally Posted by BudBaxter

No film suffers from the inclusion of Gary Busey. He automatically makes everything 75% better.

Agreed Drop Zone is made watchable because of him.

[moreorless]

Originally Posted by BudBaxter

No film suffers from the inclusion of Gary Busey. He automatically makes everything 75% better.

I think actually a lot of what makes Predator 2 good is that its not just "lets redo the original but in the city", instead it becomes almost like a greatest hits of late 80's action cinema with characters from Aliens, Lethal Weapon, Running Man, etc transferred across along with shouting chiefs and ******* government operatives and weird drug lords.

Predators just becomes a bit too dorky for me "what if a predator fought a samurai?".

[scarletlion]

I seem to be in a minority when it comes to my opinion of the film 'Everything Everywhere all at once'. It was relentless. Superfast paced with just so much in your face craziness, short edits, screen movement that I zoned out for pretty much the middle hour of the film. The good bits were really good, they were just drowned in so many stop start images that took me out of the film. There's no jeopardy. There's no drama. Anything can happen and anything does happen. I couldn't wait for it to end.