Unpopular Movie Opinions: Part III

[mwynn]

Originally Posted by Bubbles-11

Agreed it just seems like incredibly blatant military propaganda, refuse to watch any of that stuff!

Looks like the Dod had a lot of power over the movie.
https://www.vox.com/23141487/top-gun...tary-hollywood

Film-makers get to borrow expensive bits of kit on the cheap, but the Pentagon uses movies as a propaganda machine

https://www.theguardian.com/film/202...s-best-wingman

[s2mikey]

Originally Posted by mwynn

Looks like the Dod had a lot of power over the movie.
https://www.vox.com/23141487/top-gun...tary-hollywood

Film-makers get to borrow expensive bits of kit on the cheap, but the Pentagon uses movies as a propaganda machine

https://www.theguardian.com/film/202...s-best-wingman

Those sources you’ve linked aren’t exactly unbiased towards the military, LOL. I think it’s great that the film industry and Pentagon work together like this. Excellent. I’m glad this is how it works.

[HipsterTrash]

Last year's Firestarter film is actually good. And the actress who played Charlie wasn't awful, despite what the Razzies thought. If anything Efron was the weakest part of the film.

[snipemonkey]

Originally Posted by Patient Leech

I'm in the process of giving Avengers Endgame another chance, 2nd watch, and it's awful. After the fun and exciting ride that was Infinity War they really should have done some serious rewrites. I'm halfway through and it's just so f#cking dull with a stupid time travel plot that we knew was coming from a mile away. Then it's just "memba this stuff from some of the good movies?" and an orgiastic climax for Marvel fanboys.

I can't believe it made so much money and is so highly rated.

I just pretend that Infinity War is the ending and Thanos won. It's better that way.

Glad I ain't the only one.

Axiom: Any movie series that stoops to "Back to the Future-ing That Sh*t" to get out of a self-inflicted plot cul-de-sac has reached its nadir and should just die already. It's lazy hack-work on the level of the old "It Was All a Dream" chestnut. Any writer worth his paycheck should be ashamed to ever go near it. If the only way you can think of to solve a plot problem is to go back to the past and undo it you are officially a sh*t writer and should be run out of the business.

This is why I can't stand most of post-The Voyage Home Star Trek -- every other episode/movie seems to give up and settle for a "fix the past" band-aid.

[Cinemaniac]

The MCU has sucked since before the two-part Avengers movies.

[AKORIS]

Originally Posted by s2mikey

TG Maverick isnt military propaganda. People are just "looking" for such things since they have been trained to despise the military, LOL. Lets be honest here & just say it.

Been a while since I had this unpopular take so here it is again: The Harry Potter movies suck.

I completely agree with your first comments


and completely disagree with your second....

[Lord Method Man]

I agree with the first comment and can't say anything about the second. I've never seen a Harry Potter film.

[AKORIS]

Originally Posted by HipsterTrash

Last year's Firestarter film is actually good. And the actress who played Charlie wasn't awful, despite what the Razzies thought. If anything Efron was the weakest part of the film.

agree on that... the movie otherwise was dreadful.....

[dvining]

Only the Brave > Top Gun: Maverick

[HipsterTrash]

The Machinist > American Psycho

[Doc Samson]

Originally Posted by HipsterTrash

The Machinist > American Psycho

Rescue Dawn > The Machinist > American Psycho

[Lastyear]

Everything, Everywhere at Once is a terrible movie. Can't understand the love. Just a lot of fast edits and zero character development. Almost as bad as the director's previous movie Swiss Army Man. I love Michelle Yeoh but not this.

[spider-neil]

Originally Posted by Lastyear

Everything, Everywhere at Once is a terrible movie. Can't understand the love. Just a lot of fast edits and zero character development. Almost as bad as the director's previous movie Swiss Army Man. I love Michelle Yeoh but not this.

No character development in EEaO? Seriously?

[Patient Leech]

Originally Posted by snipemonkey

Glad I ain't the only one.

Axiom: Any movie series that stoops to "Back to the Future-ing That Sh*t" to get out of a self-inflicted plot cul-de-sac has reached its nadir and should just die already. It's lazy hack-work on the level of the old "It Was All a Dream" chestnut. Any writer worth his paycheck should be ashamed to ever go near it. If the only way you can think of to solve a plot problem is to go back to the past and undo it you are officially a sh*t writer and should be run out of the business.

Exactly. It's dogsh!t writing. But they didn't care because they knew Marvel fanboys would go see it anyway.

But it makes me wonder if it was actually written well and was actually fun like Infinity War, if it could have made like $4 or $5 billion or something at the box office.

[spider-neil]

Originally Posted by snipemonkey

Glad I ain't the only one.

Axiom: Any movie series that stoops to "Back to the Future-ing That Sh*t" to get out of a self-inflicted plot cul-de-sac has reached its nadir and should just die already. It's lazy hack-work on the level of the old "It Was All a Dream" chestnut. Any writer worth his paycheck should be ashamed to ever go near it. If the only way you can think of to solve a plot problem is to go back to the past and undo it you are officially a sh*t writer and should be run out of the business.

This is why I can't stand most of post-The Voyage Home Star Trek -- every other episode/movie seems to give up and settle for a "fix the past" band-aid.

You like what you like and you are entitled to your (unpopular) opinion but I view Endgame as a tribute movie and pure fan service to the people that watched 10 years of MCU. For me, Endgame isn’t in my top ten MCU movies but I like it and glad I saw it.

[s2mikey]

Originally Posted by AKORIS

I completely agree with your first comments


and completely disagree with your second....

I hear ya - My stance is unpopular regarding the Potter films. I have tried viewing them a few times and just get bored. Feels like they could have cut it to like 3-4 movies. I dunno. Just me. .

[AKORIS]

Originally Posted by s2mikey

I hear ya - My stance is unpopular regarding the Potter films. I have tried viewing them a few times and just get bored. Feels like they could have cut it to like 3-4 movies. I dunno. Just me. .

no worries-- I'm exactly the same with the LORD OF THE RINGS movies--

[moreorless]

Originally Posted by snipemonkey

Glad I ain't the only one.

Axiom: Any movie series that stoops to "Back to the Future-ing That Sh*t" to get out of a self-inflicted plot cul-de-sac has reached its nadir and should just die already. It's lazy hack-work on the level of the old "It Was All a Dream" chestnut. Any writer worth his paycheck should be ashamed to ever go near it. If the only way you can think of to solve a plot problem is to go back to the past and undo it you are officially a sh*t writer and should be run out of the business.

This is why I can't stand most of post-The Voyage Home Star Trek -- every other episode/movie seems to give up and settle for a "fix the past" band-aid.

To me that seems to be putting too much importance ontop a specific of the plot in films which really do not focus very strongly on atempting at kind of serious sci fi. I spose Voyage Home does "somewhat" but really its a film thats mostly focused on its characters and End Game I would say even moreso.

I think it actually ends up as a strength that the film doesn't focus strongly on the mechanics of how to "fix" things and instead focuses on its characters drama which I think it pulls off very well. I think that was likely the main considering for going with time travel, that it would allow them to play up character stories more effectively.

[drush9999]

Originally Posted by AKORIS

no worries-- I'm exactly the same with the LORD OF THE RINGS movies--

I'd with you if it was those Hobbit movies

[s2mikey]

Another unpopular one for me: The Avengers films are a chore to get through and I didnt even bother with like the last few. Its just so much and so ridiculous. Then I find out that they went super-cheese with time travel conveniences. Barf.

I much prefer some of the individual character film series' to the "group" thing.

There, I said it.