Unpopular Movie Opinions: Part III

[wonderer99]

Originally Posted by Foggy

Anyone who says 80’s was the best year are the exact same people who call out modern films for being nothing but sequels, remakes and franchises. Despite the fact the 80’s mainly ushered in the era of studio control and franchise mandating.

True. But the 80s was still the best decade.

[mwynn]

Carry On: 31 Films from 1958 - 1992

[dkelly26666]

Originally Posted by Gacivory

Those glasses require a Mr. Magoo level of thickness in the lenses to match that nonsense.

I started to waste my time (again) and type out a 275 title strong list of the masterpieces of the 1970s, and that's on the conservative estimate side of things, but then decided to leave this silliness alone.

This IS, after all, the UNpopular opinions thread.

[russweiss1]

Originally Posted by Foggy

Anyone who says 80’s was the best year are the exact same people who call out modern films for being nothing but sequels, remakes and franchises. Despite the fact the 80’s mainly ushered in the era of studio control and franchise mandating.

Wrong. The 80's is my favorite movie decade as that was during my teen years. I have nothing against films of any other time period, whether they are sequels, remakes, or part of a franchise.

[slip220]

Golden Globes should cease to exist and Oscars should create TV categories.

[spanky87]

I love the 1940s. Lots of great noir films and a peak decade for some of my favourite actresses like Joan Crawford, Rita Hayworth, Barbara Stanwyck.

[Walter Kafka]

Originally Posted by fighthefutureofhd

I'm not bashing Oh Mercy. That wasn't my intent. I see now that it came out in 1989. I thought it came out much earlier than that. Like around '87 or so. That is my bad. Everyone knows Dylan's period after Oh Mercy was crap up until Time Out of Mind. Though I happen to like Under the Red Sky. But that seems to be an unpopular opinion for another thread.

[spanky87]

[Member-866753]

Originally Posted by slip220

Golden Globes should cease to exist and Oscars should create TV categories.

The Golden Globes are irrelevant. It's a TV show first, an elitist celebrity party second, and an awards show third. Nobody takes it that seriously.


The Emmy's are the TV Oscars.

The Oscars are for film.

[Mikezilla3k]

Originally Posted by AspiringMinimalist

The Golden Globes are irrelevant. It's a TV show first, an elitist celebrity party second, and an awards show third. Nobody takes it that seriously.


The Emmy's are the TV Oscars.

The Oscars are for film.

Tbh, all award shows are just elitist celebrity parties. Even the sacred Oscars.

[Cinemaniac]

Originally Posted by Mikezilla3k

Tbh, all award shows are just elitist celebrity parties. Even the sacred Oscars.

"There's an after-party?" ~ Derek Zoolander

[Batmon77]

Originally Posted by wonderer99

True. But the 80s was still the best decade.

[Walter Kafka]

Originally Posted by Batmon77

Amazing movie. Kicks at all the doors.

[spider-neil]

Originally Posted by Foggy

Anyone who says 80’s was the best year are the exact same people who call out modern films for being nothing but sequels, remakes and franchises. Despite the fact the 80’s mainly ushered in the era of studio control and franchise mandating.

Aliens is a sequel
The Thing is a remake

There is nothing wrong with sequels and remakes if the execution is done right.

[Just_Discovered_3D]

Originally Posted by AspiringMinimalist

The Golden Globes are irrelevant. It's a TV show first, an elitist celebrity party second, and an awards show third. Nobody takes it that seriously.


The Emmy's are the TV Oscars.

The Oscars are for film.

If only the Oscars were for film, instead of letting streaming flicks in. At least there is generally some token theatrical release, and sometimes even home media release, but it's still not a real film, for many reasons but up near the top of the list of 'em is this new habit of holding back the "real" version of the flick.

When streaming movies, like Napoleon and Killers...moon, have ultra-extended (read: pretentious) cuts that are exclusive to streaming, do the Oscars judge those in lieu of whatever made it to theaters?

[Member-866753]

I misspoke. I hate them all. I think the Globes are the absolute bottom of the barrel. You guys are right. I don't care about the Oscars at all. Lots of issues with it but my personal beef is genre bias... no a Holocaust drama isn't automatically better than Evil Dead Rise.

[jess1581]

I avoided the 4K of Forrest Gump due to poor PQ reviews, but recently saw it for cheap so i just went ahead and snagged it. Call me blind or crazy, but I suppose my unpopular opinion would be that it didn't look that bad, like at all... in fact I found it quite pleasing overall, and don't know what was so awful about it.

[Cardboard_killer]

Originally Posted by jess1581

I suppose my unpopular opinion would be that it didn't look that bad, like at all...

The worst kind of heretic. Burn HIM!!! The internets have no place for "didn't look that bad".

[russweiss1]

Originally Posted by jess1581

I avoided the 4K of Forrest Gump due to poor PQ reviews, but recently saw it for cheap so i just went ahead and snagged it. Call me blind or crazy, but I suppose my unpopular opinion would be that it didn't look that bad, like at all... in fact I found it quite pleasing overall, and don't know what was so awful about it.

This is the perfect example of why I don't go by other reviews.

[Cinemaniac]

Originally Posted by russweiss1

This is the perfect example of why I don't go by other reviews.

The 2008 re-release of "Superman Returns" on blu-ray is a great example of it. Kenneth Brown gave the video quality 2.5/5. The video is actually fine. If anything deserves a 2.5/5 it would be the CGI/special effects. But even that doesn't deserve a 2.5/5.