Unpopular Movie Opinions: Part III

[DR Herbert West]

Originally Posted by Martoto

I don't know if this is an unpopular opinion but it caught some heat in the Abyss thread.

Movies set mainly underwater suck and, generally speaking, underwater sequences are death for a movie. With exceptions. But if they are building up to an action set piece in a a movie and people start putting on scuba gear, take a sip of coffee or make sure you're not operating any heavy machinery at the time. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Time for a 20 minute Thunderball nap.

That's one of the reasons I prefer Leviathan over The Abyss. Leviathan keeps that stuff to a minimum.

[spider-neil]

Originally Posted by Martoto

I never knew Wakanda was under water.

A significant portion of the movie is underwater.

[dvining]

Originally Posted by DR Herbert West

Time for a 20 minute Thunderball nap.

That's one of the reasons I prefer Leviathan over The Abyss. Leviathan keeps that stuff to a minimum.

Thunderball is booooooring, and it has a lot to do with the underwater stuff.

I've never understood the love it gets from the Bond faithful.

Separate opinion:

Gentleman's Agreement is an outright bad movie.

[Winslow Leach]

THUNDERBALL is one of my favorite Bond films. It's in my top 5, actually.

There's no such thing as a bad (or boring) Bond film.

[wonderer99]

Source Code is an underrated little gem.

[stvn1974]

Originally Posted by Winslow Leach

THUNDERBALL is one of my favorite Bond films. It's in my top 5, actually.

There's no such thing as a bad (or boring) Bond film.

I felt this way until Die Another Day. The James Bond Collection (1962-2015) BD set is perfect for me since it stops at SPECTRE. The ending of SPECTRE works brilliantly for the end of the Craig run.

[Jay H.]

Rocky IV is a giant pile of dung. I can't believe that's an unpopular opinion, but it has a massive following. It's awful. It isn't Rocky Balboa in the movie; it's Sylvester Stallone. III is mighty cheesy, but it's a masterpiece compared to this vanity project. No, I haven't seen the director's cut of Rocky IV. And I ain't gonna.

Conversely, Rocky V isn't nearly as bad as many make it out to be.

[Boccaccio]

Originally Posted by Jay H.

Rocky IV is a giant pile of dung. I can't believe that's an unpopular opinion, but it has a massive following. It's awful. It isn't Rocky Balboa in the movie; it's Sylvester Stallone. III is mighty cheesy, but it's a masterpiece compared to this vanity project. No, I haven't seen the director's cut of Rocky IV. And I ain't gonna.

Conversely, Rocky V isn't nearly as bad as many make it out to be.

IV isn't really good but it has it's moments. V is an absolute disaster.

[Jay H.]

Originally Posted by Boccaccio

IV isn't really good but it has it's moments. V is an absolute disaster.

For me, the only good thing about Rocky IV is it led to the awesome "Weird Al" parody Living With A Hernia.

Rocky V portrayed Rocky Balboa as he was in the first two films. It isn't great, but I'll watch it over III and IV any day.

[spider-neil]

Originally Posted by wonderer99

Source Code is an underrated little gem.

Definitely. But is this an unpopular opinion?

[spider-neil]

Originally Posted by Boccaccio

IV isn't really good but it has it's moments. V is an absolute disaster.

If I can change! And you can change! We all can change!!

Rocky ushers in the next era of world peace.

[Jay H.]

Originally Posted by spider-neil

If I can change! And you can change! We all can change!!

Rocky ushers in the next era of world peace.

I damn-near barfed when he gave that speech.

[stvn1974]

Rocky IV brought down the Berlin Wall.

[Jay H.]

Originally Posted by stvn1974

Rocky IV brought down the Berlin Wall.

Why did it take 4 years?

[stvn1974]

Originally Posted by Jay H.

Why did it take 4 years?

They were trying to book David Hasselhoff to do a concert in that time.

[Jay H.]

Originally Posted by stvn1974

They were trying to book David Hasselhoff to do a concert in that time.

It wasn't Rocky after all...

David Hasselhoff still thinks he brought down the Berlin Wall - YouTube

[Martoto]

Originally Posted by Jay H.

Why did it take 4 years?

Tory cuts.

[Damon1281]

Originally Posted by Martoto

I don't know if this is an unpopular opinion but it caught some heat in the Abyss thread.

Movies set mainly underwater suck and, generally speaking, underwater sequences are death for a movie. With exceptions. But if they are building up to an action set piece in a a movie and people start putting on scuba gear, take a sip of coffee or make sure you're not operating any heavy machinery at the time. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

The underwater scenes make Into the Blue, watchable.

[Walter Kafka]

Brandon Lee was nothing special.

[Martoto]

Originally Posted by DR Herbert West

Time for a 20 minute Thunderball nap.

That's one of the reasons I prefer Leviathan over The Abyss. Leviathan keeps that stuff to a minimum.

I liked Deepstar Six myself.