I miss the controversial opinion thread

[pksmith74]

Originally Posted by Snicket

Wow, life was really hard in 2008.

Don't come to Australia and announce your love of Star Wars and Lord of the Rings, you will probably end up in the nearest hospital in traction like my brother did. All he did was show up to a premiere in costume, he was dragged out by a group of guys and beaten.

I was abused and heckled for doing nothing but standing in line to see a session of Return of the King. Things escalated fast and I was forced to leave the queue and go home. Never did end up seeing that on the big screen.

I have to hide my love of these films and NEVER discuss them openly with anyone in public, unless it's on these forums which is a damn shame.

When will we sci-fi and fantasy aficionados get some love and a bit less hatred

[Snicket]

Originally Posted by pksmith74

Don't come to Australia and announce your love of Star Wars and Lord of the Rings, you will probably end up in the nearest hospital in traction like my brother did. All he did was show up to a premiere in costume, he was dragged out by a group of guys and beaten.

I was abused and heckled for doing nothing but standing in line to see a session of Return of the King. Things escalated fast and I was forced to leave the queue and go home. Never did end up seeing that on the big screen.

I have to hide my love of these films and NEVER discuss them openly with anyone in public, unless it's on these forums which is a damn shame.

When will we sci-fi and fantasy aficionados get some love and a bit less hatred

Wow, thats crazy!!!

I think it wasn't your quiet admiration of sci-fi and fantasy films that inspired the abuse, but rather you live close to some legit crazy folk who have some serious issues with themselves.

[arrow61095]

Originally Posted by pksmith74

Don't come to Australia and announce your love of Star Wars and Lord of the Rings, you will probably end up in the nearest hospital in traction like my brother did. All he did was show up to a premiere in costume, he was dragged out by a group of guys and beaten.

I was abused and heckled for doing nothing but standing in line to see a session of Return of the King. Things escalated fast and I was forced to leave the queue and go home. Never did end up seeing that on the big screen.

I have to hide my love of these films and NEVER discuss them openly with anyone in public, unless it's on these forums which is a damn shame.

When will we sci-fi and fantasy aficionados get some love and a bit less hatred

Never thought that Australia would have the anti-scifi attitude considering Farscape was filmed there with almost an entirely Australian cast (Ben Browder was American).


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farscape#Production

[Ex Accountant]

Originally Posted by Uuah

The guy who started it got mad at MJBethancourt and closed it.
You, Me, Young-at-heart, Gradpa Blu and Ex Accountant should start one.
Start it, now.

Thanks for the props. I'll read through this in the next couple of days to chime in

[SpartanX]

Originally Posted by Kevin Holly

Friends sucks
Jennifer Aniston sucks
Jennifer Aniston is repulsive
Anna Hathaway is repuslive
Star Trek (2009) was mediocre
Star Trek Into Darkness looks horrible
JJ Abrams is mediore
Joss Whedon is a one-hit wonder
Christopher Nolan is decent
The Dark Knight Rises was poor
The Hunger Games was the worst film of 2012, by far
The Hunger Games is one of the wost films ever made
Forrest Gump sucks
The only good found footage movie is Project X
Chronicle sucks
Paranormal Activity 1 is one of the worst movies ever made
Paranormal Activity 1 is by far the worst of the series, each one is marginally better than the last
Blair Witch is bad
Adam Sandler sucks, including Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, The Waterboy
Will Smith is the worst actor in Hollywood
Pacific Rim looks awful
Unbreakable Sucks
Signs Sucks
The Happening is M. Night's second most enjoyable film
M. Night was never great
Will Ferrell sucks
Tom Hanks sucks and shouldn't even have one Oscar
Pierce Brosnan sucks
George Clooney sucks
The Descendants sucks
Spielberg is okay at best
E.T. sucks
The Shawshank Redemption is great, but not nearly near the best ever
Zoolander sucks
Slumdog Millionaire is alright at best
The Coens are okay at best
Terrence Malick is the Michael Bay of the art house
Pixar is far worse than the olden days of Disney animation
Up sucks
Scott Pilgrim sucks
Sacha Baron Cohen sucks except, oddly, in small roles where he really shines
Star Wars Original Trilogy is okay
Star Wars New Trilogy are three of the worst films ever made
Saw sucks but Hostel is decent

Worst 20 Films Ever, Alphabetically

Billy Madison
Clash of the Titans 2010
Disaster Movie
The Eagle
Forrest Gump
Gerry
The Hunger Games
Independence Day
The Love Guru
MacGruber
Norbit
Paranormal Activity 1
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
Star Wars Episode I
Star Wars Episode II
Star Wars Episode III
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
The Waterboy
Wild Wild West

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Bad Lieutenant is the best film of the 1990s
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans is the best film of the 2000s
Nicolas Cage is a badass and one of the best actors of all time
Ghost Rider 2 s a great film and is to be enjoyed unironically
Wild at Heart deserves its Palme d'Or
Pumpkinhead is a classic
Killing Them Softly is not only the best film of 2012, it's the best of the 2010s so far
Uwe Boll is okay
The Asylum is okay
The best bond is Timothy Dalton, then George Lazenby, then Sean Connery
Tom Cruise is a great actor
Alien 3 is pretty good
The Godfather 3 is great
all the Hannibal movies are at least pretty good
Chris Penn is one of the greatest actors ever
Cement is a classic

The Hunger Games is not particularly amazing, but it's certainly not the worst movie ever made. Bad Liuetantant best of the 90's? NOPE.That award goes to Pulp Fiction or American Beauty. Bad Lieutantant Port of Call New Orleans best of the 00's? NOPE. That award goes to There Will Be Blood or The Dark Knight.

[Kevin Holly]

Originally Posted by SpartanX

The Hunger Games is not particularly amazing, but it's certainly not the worst movie ever made. Bad Liuetantant best of the 90's? NOPE.That award goes to Pulp Fiction or American Beauty. Bad Lieutantant Port of Call New Orleans best of the 00's? NOPE. That award goes to There Will Be Blood or The Dark Knight.

This is the controversial opinions thread. I guess I win for getting this comment?

I didn't say The Hunger Games was the worst movie ever made. I said it's in the top 20 worst. The worst is Billy Madison.

I would say Bad Lieutenant is my favorite of the 90s (and #4 of all time), Pulp Fiction is in my top 5.

As for the 2000s, it's between Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans and There Will Be Blood and Mulholland Drive. It's close, but I am aware the most controversial choice is what I put.

As for the Dark Knight, it's good, but it's not even in the top 50 of the 2000s. Heck, it's not even the best in its series.

[nefilim]

Bad Lieutenant -- excellent & masterpiece.

Harvey Keitel should have won oscar for lead best male performance.

hands down.

if you can -- see it on big screen. i have. awe.

[Al_The_Strange]

Sucker Punch is severely underrated and misunderstood.

The Matrix sequels are severely underrated and misunderstood.

People complain about Prometheus now, saying the characters were stupid and nothing makes sense. Years from now, it'll be praised as a masterpiece, alongside with Alien and Blade Runner, which were also considered crap when they were released. I'm willing to bet money on that.

I hate movies that have no conflict or stakes, internal or external. They don't feel like actual stories or plots to me, just a bunch of crap that happens. Chief examples: Lost in Translation, L'aaventura, Into the Wild, etc.

A lot of the "Oscar bait" movies (Slumdog Millionaire, King's Speech, The Artist, etc) are fine and dandy, but I have serious doubts that these movies will be remembered years from now.

I hate French New Wave.

It's getting to the point where Asian cinema is often better than American cinema.

There's not enough pulpy R-rated high fantasy or sword and sorcery films out there.

Some of the bloodiest and goriest films I've seen are also the funniest. Seriously, I dare you to watch Tokyo Gore Police and not laugh.

I love slow motion photography.

I love computer generated imagery.

I love movies with weird camera angles or really wild light and shadows.

I don't like Julianne Moore as an actress in most films she's in.

There are maybe a few Stephen Soderbergh movies I like, but I hate the rest.

Paul W.S. Anderson films are fun.

I never understood the Michael Bay hate.

I think Uwe Boll is gradually maturing as a director, and is actually semi-decent with movies that aren't based on video games.

There's not enough symphonic metal music in film scores and soundtracks.

Who cares whether not Han Solo shot first?
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Now, how many people have I ticked off today?

[nefilim]

Originally Posted by Al_The_Strange

Sucker Punch is severely underrated and misunderstood.

The Matrix sequels are severely underrated and misunderstood.

People complain about Prometheus now, saying the characters were stupid and nothing makes sense. Years from now, it'll be praised as a masterpiece, alongside with Alien and Blade Runner, which were also considered crap when they were released. I'm willing to bet money on that.

I hate movies that have no conflict or stakes, internal or external. They don't feel like actual stories or plots to me, just a bunch of crap that happens. Chief examples: Lost in Translation, L'aaventura, Into the Wild, etc.

A lot of the "Oscar bait" movies (Slumdog Millionaire, King's Speech, The Artist, etc) are fine and dandy, but I have serious doubts that these movies will be remembered years from now.

I hate French New Wave.

It's getting to the point where Asian cinema is often better than American cinema.

There's not enough pulpy R-rated high fantasy or sword and sorcery films out there.

Some of the bloodiest and goriest films I've seen are also the funniest. Seriously, I dare you to watch Tokyo Gore Police and not laugh.

I love slow motion photography.

I love computer generated imagery.

I love movies with weird camera angles or really wild light and shadows.

I don't like Julianne Moore as an actress in most films she's in.

There are maybe a few Stephen Soderbergh movies I like, but I hate the rest.

Paul W.S. Anderson films are fun.

I never understood the Michael Bay hate.

I think Uwe Boll is gradually maturing as a director, and is actually semi-decent with movies that aren't based on video games.

There's not enough symphonic metal music in film scores and soundtracks.

Who cares whether not Han Solo shot first?
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Now, how many people have I ticked off today?

if you really watch that 'movie' w/ thought -- you find million plot holes that all cgi glimmer can not hide.

*pukes*

[Captain Kirk]

Originally Posted by Al_The_Strange

The Matrix sequels are severely underrated and misunderstood.

People complain about Prometheus now, saying the characters were stupid and nothing makes sense. Years from now, it'll be praised as a masterpiece, alongside with Alien and Blade Runner, which were also considered crap when they were released. I'm willing to bet money on that.

Thank You!

I've been saying this since the release of both sets of films. I'm glad I'm not the only one.

[Kevin Holly]

Originally Posted by nefilim

Bad Lieutenant -- excellent & masterpiece.

Harvey Keitel should have won oscar for lead best male performance.

hands down.

if you can -- see it on big screen. i have. awe.

Now that's a man!

[leest3]

The movie Oldboy 2003.

[Show spoiler]The scene at the end where he is licking the guys shoes like a dog.

I thought it was hilarious, and I burst out laughing in the theater. Judging from the looks I got from my GF at the time, my brother and other theater goers, my opinion in humour was not shared.

[Jennifer Lawrence Fan]

Everyone here likes remakes, but they just don't like to admit to it. In fear od being made fun of like a little kid.

Also Rob Zombie's Halloween was better then John Carpenters.

[Kevin Holly]

Originally Posted by Michael Bay Fan

Everyone here likes remakes, but they just don't like to admit to it. In fear od being made fun of like a little kid.

What? How can you possibly presume to speak for other people? You crazy?

That being said, I like some.

[Kevin Holly]

Star Wars isn't even in the 10 best films of 1977. And given the existence of 2001: A Space Odyssey 9 years earlier, I find it hard to consider it great on the basis of effects alone.

[Jennifer Lawrence Fan]

Originally Posted by Kevin Holly

What? How can you possibly presume to speak for other people? You crazy?

That being said, I like some.

I don't presume, I just know! There's alot of deep seeded secrets people keep in their closets. Whether they be a closet remake fan, or a closet transsexual. (Not saying anyone on here is)

[nefilim]

Originally Posted by Michael Bay Fan

Everyone here likes remakes, but they just don't like to admit to it. In fear od being made fun of like a little kid.

Also Rob Zombie's Halloween was better then John Carpenters.

nope
and
nope again.

[Scarriere]

Christopher Walken and Dennis Hopper's scene together in "True Romance" is the best film scene between two male actors ever.

[arrow61095]

My 2 controversial opinions for the day:

1. For those hockey brawl fans out there ---- Goon was better than Slapshot.


2. For those animation fans --- The Pixar movies from the past 10 years (Up, Wall-E, The Incredibles, Ratatouille, Brave, etc....) are better than the classic Disney movies (Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, The Little Mermaid, Beauty & the Beast, etc....).

[filmnut5]

Originally Posted by Michael Bay Fan

Everyone here likes remakes, but they just don't like to admit to it. In fear od being made fun of like a little kid.

Also Rob Zombie's Halloween was better then John Carpenters.

Nope
&
Yup.