Unpopular film & TV opinions

[Sue]

Tarantino’s been shit since Jackie Brown but if I really had to watch one of them again it would be Once Upon A Time In Hollywood.

As I said to the friend I went to see it with, it's his best film in a long time, a solid 5/10.

(Don't think I'd bother watching it again though and I really hated the massively OTT violence near the end.)

 

[Orang Utan]

Fellini's films are tedious. Style over substance.

Have only seen two and one is boring af (La Dolce Vita), but the other is delightful (La Strada)

 

[Orang Utan]

"Deadpool" 1 & 2. No. No. No. Juvenile rubbish

sort of agree, but only if you also agree that they are still the best Marvel movies

 

[Orang Utan]

"In Bruges". Just no. Fuck off.

innit - don't know why it's so rated. i like mcdonagh's other films as a rule

 

[Orang Utan]

Wes Anderson should call it a day. There's quirky and there's bollocks and he's not quirky.

I agree to a point but I still can't help myself as i love the way his films look

 

[Orang Utan]

I'm a massive fan of GBnews....

Show your workings

 

[Sue]

Jodorowsky's El Topo and The Holy Mountain are utterly, utterly dull and I'd rather scratch my eyes out than sit through them again. (I was also unaware of the controversy about El Topo when I saw it. )

 

[tim]

Woody Allen's only good films are the silly ones from the 70s. His best film is Sleeper, and it's been downhill ever since. His take on modern urban living is shallow and self-indulgent and has little relevance to anyone not from the upper middle classes of Manhattan.

How does stating something that nearly everyone would agree with qualify as an unpopular opinion?

 

[littlebabyjesus]

As I said to the friend I went to see it with, it's his best film in a long time, a solid 5/10.

(Don't think I'd bother watching it again though and I really hated the massively OTT violence near the end.)

I was disappointed by it. It's no Django Unchained.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Have only seen two and one is boring af (La Dolce Vita), but the other is delightful (La Strada)

I have also only seen two, tbf, but two was enough. La Dolce Vita and 8 1/2.

 

[Sue]

I have also only seen two, tbf, but two was enough. La Dolce Vita and 8 1/2.

I'd suggest La Strada, Nights of Cabiria and Amarcord might change your opinion.

 

[Sue]

Woody Allen's only good films are the silly ones from the 70s. His best film is Sleeper, and it's been downhill ever since. His take on modern urban living is shallow and self-indulgent and has little relevance to anyone not from the upper middle classes of Manhattan.

Woody Allen's films are all way overrated. (Assume so anyway, given I've seen his 'best' ones -- including Annie Hall, Manhattan and Sleeper -- at least and was distinctly underwhelmed.)

And Midnight in Paris being nominated for multiple Oscars and winning one? Wtf.

 

[Orang Utan]

I agree with the Woody Allen posts here but I really liked Zelig (as well as Sleeper of course). I also quite like Everything You Wanted To Know About Sex But Were Afraid To Ask. And Bananas.
I have not seen any of those films since I was young and impressionable though, so am reluctant to stand by them now.

 

[Kaka Tim]

Kubrick is a hugely overated bore merchant. Especially 2001..

 

[rubbershoes]

"Deadpool" 1 & 2. No. No. No. Juvenile rubbish

Kick Ass ploughed the same furrow but just did it better

 

[rubbershoes]

The Rise of the Footsoldier series are one of the finest British film franchises

Except no 2 , as all the interesting characters had met an unfortunate end in film no 1.

Only Carlton Kirby's left and no one cares about him

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Kubrick is a hugely overated bore merchant. Especially 2001..

The Killing is fast and tight and short. Not a boring second.
Paths of Glory is excellent and again pretty tight.
Dr Strangelove is. Just. Genius.
Barry Lyndon isn't short but it's a joy all the way through.
I think The Shining is overrated. It's enjoyable enough, but essentially nonsense.
Full Metal Jacket isn't exactly boring. Not my favourite flim but not a bad film.

2001 is a film you need to let wash over you. Yes, the ending is a bit OTT, but if you forgive it for its conceits and its pacing, you can sit back and enjoy.

Eyes Wide Shut is shite.

ETA:

Forgot Clockwork Orange. Brilliant film.

 

[Cloo]

I actually really like The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

 

[Maggot]

Brokeback Mountain is boring with no relatable main characters.

 

[petee]

Seinfeld is fucking shit.

no.
this is not a matter of opinion so i don't care what thread this is. i'm telling you this as a native of manhattan who has known people like that.
what's shit is Friends. oh god al-fucking-mighty.

 

[quimcunx]

I've never watched the rocky horror picture show. It looks shit.

 

[petee]

Most All James Bond films are actually quite shite.

ftfy

 

[quimcunx]

Brokeback Mountain is boring with no relatable main characters.

I can't remember whether they were relatable or not but heath ledger was rubbish. All that bloody mumbling.

 

[May Kasahara]

no.
this is not a matter of opinion

Lol. My teenage son tries this tactic with me as well, it doesn't work there either.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Only Carlton Kirby's left and no one cares about him

Leach, shurely?

 

[littlebabyjesus]

ftfy

Nah. Moonraker's great. In fact all the Roger Moore ones are good.

 

[petee]

Lol. My teenage son tries this tactic with me as well, it doesn't work there either.

you must invite him onto the board.

 

[RedRedRose]

Ralph Bakshi's Lord of the Rings film (1978) was way better than Jackson's efforts.

I watched the 1978 film about 20 odd years ago and there was always talk of it being incomplete. I would have to revisit it.

I did, however, recently listen to 1981 radio play of LOTR and I am struck by how much groundwork had already been gifted to Peter Jackson. Ian Holm was already in the cast, the voice of Gollum was already formed (and even better than the film), script and characters were trimmed down etc etc. Very few people who talk about the achievement of Peter Jackson's LOTR seem to acknowledge that it was a refinement of six or so previous incantations (radio included).

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Nah. Moonraker's great. In fact all the Roger Moore ones are good.

A neighbour of mine gave away all their bond dvds. Put them all up on his wall for people to pass by and take. The only one I grabbed was moonraker.

 

[rubbershoes]

Leach, shurely?

My mistake.

The films would be more lively if they replaced Leach with Kirby but I'm still not sure the box office would be set alight by the gritty tale of him rising through the ranks to become the principal cycling commentator for Eurosport