Unpopular film & TV opinions

[Orang Utan]

Yeah not much happens, it is true. I think the repetition is part of the point, mind you. Perhaps a point that makes it boring to watch?

one perhaps unpopular view is that not much has to happen for a film to be enjoyed by the audience. People are also often wrong when they say a film or tv show is slow. Breaking Bad is an example, but any film that has little action and lots of dialogue is often wrongly criticised as 'slow'.

 

[Sue]

one perhaps unpopular view is that not much has to happen for a film to be enjoyed by the audience. People are also often wrong when they say a film or tv show is slow. Breaking Bad is an example, but any film that has little action and lots of dialogue is often wrongly criticised as 'slow'.

I don't mind slow. I mind dull though...

 

[Orang Utan]

I don't mind slow. I mind dull though...

oh yeah, they just often get confused.
there are very few films where nothing happens. but people who claim this are usually describing a film where loads happens ie there are conversations. they just mean there were no helicopters or fights or whatever

 

[Knotted]

Yeah, but none of them is very good.

But The Force Awakens and Blakkklansman were examples of playing it safe and being dull hollywood moneyspinners whereas Dead Don't Die was an example of a movie taking risks and (I think) failing.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

oh yeah, they just often get confused.
there are very few films where nothing happens. but people who claim this are usually describing a film where loads happens ie there are conversations. they just mean there were no helicopters or fights or whatever

Turin Horse comes close.

 

[Sue]

But The Force Awakens and Blakkklansman were examples of playing it safe and being dull hollywood moneyspinners whereas Dead Don't Die was an example of a movie taking risks and (I think) failing.

I wouldn't say Jarmusch making a zombie flick was a risk tbh.

 

[Knotted]

I wouldn't say Jarmusch making a zombie flick was a risk tbh.

Not seen any of his other movies so I don't know how it compares but I've never seen anything remotely like it. As a zombie flick it deliberately tried to fail as a zombie flick to become this overt meta-commentary and that's a bold move by any standards.

 

[Sue]

Not seen any of his other movies so I don't know how it compares but I've never seen anything remotely like it. As a zombie flick it deliberately tried to fail as a zombie flick to become this overt meta-commentary and that's a bold move by any standards.

Hmm, I'm not sure I'd agree with that. Felt more like he/it ran out of steam.

He did a non-traditionalish vampire film a few years before this one.

 

[Kaka Tim]

2010 is a better film than 2001.

 

[poppy60]

And since I brought up Polanksi (and given the Allen link), Rosemary's Baby is a great big pile of cinematic poo.

Agreed,well overrated

 

[RainbowTown]

And since I brought up Polanksi (and given the Allen link), Rosemary's Baby is a great big pile of cinematic poo.

Rosemary's Baby is indeed a bad movie - overwrought, too hysterical and Mia Farrow is far too nondescript an actress to carry any kind of character of depth. On the other hand Repulsion is a brilliant film. One of the finest studies of schizophrenia and the descent into the depths of mental illness I've seen. A genuinely disturbing movie.

On a different note, I watched The Deer Hunter a while back. What a huge let down. Good performances, yes. But way too long, especially that pointless wedding section which just went on and on and on. Very overrated film.

 

[dshl]

Al Pacino.

Awful, painful to watch. Anything he's been in for the last few decades he's made terrible.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Al Pacino.

Awful, painful to watch. Anything he's been in for the last few decades he's made terrible.

He was pretty good in Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son

 

[Jennaonthebeach]

I agree with this except for Tom Hanks. so far my Never Tom Hanks rule as proved 100% reliable, the few times I've broken it, I've regretted it every time.

Tom Hanks agrees with me. He even agrees on what is the main exception - Cloud Atlas.

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

Danny Dyer and Jason Statham are both good actors, just that they sometimes (often) make poor choices when it comes to picking projects, and sometimes (often) don't stretch themselves enough to show off what they are capable of.

Danny Dyer is an actual actor? I have a vague awareness of him, through headlines etc in celebrity sections of the media, but I thought he was someone who'd appeared in that Essex reality show who'd somehow built a television career from that. Just Googled him and found out he was an actor all along. News to me.

I do like a good action movie, so have seen some Jason Statham films, which are entertaining enough. The one thing that irks me a little bit is framing - the top of his head is often just outside the frame and it happens so often, noticeably so, that I wondered if it's contractual, like the director/editor mustn't show his bald head or something? It's weird. And once you notice it, you really notice it.

 

[DotCommunist]

Dyer puts in a good performance in 'The Trench' a ww1 film with Daniel Craig. One of those films where you keep seeing brit actors and going 'Him! out of whatsit!'

 

[danny la rouge]

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Tom Hanks agrees with me. He even agrees on what is the main exception - Cloud Atlas.

What are the 4? Big, and 3 of the Toy Story films?

 

[DotCommunist]

What are the 4? Big, and 3 of the Toy Story films?

Big, Splash, Forrest Gump and Toy Story 1

 

[danny la rouge]

Big, Splash, Forrest Gump and Toy Story 1

I haven’t seen Forrest Gump. But I’d agree with that. (Although the sexism of the era in Big and Splash is pretty jarring when seen through today’s eyes).

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

Most popular reality TV programmes are not just fucking shite, but a stain on humanity. In particular those documenting the lives of parasitic celebrities, from Kardashians to surplus twats from Essex, and the likes of Love Island and other dating shows.

I saw a bit of Big Brother when it first came out, but haven't seen it for years, mostly boring, ditto the jungle show. Once you've seen it once, you've seen it, really. I watched a bit of Made in Chelsea, intrigued by a friend talking about it, and it was basically a conversation topic.

I've been meaning to watch Love Island though. A while ago, a male friend mentioned watching it and made a convincing argument for watching it, ie there's not many places where you can see men talking about their feelings and relationships and it was really interesting because of that, so it stood out from other reality shows because of this particular social science aspect to it.

 

[Jeff Robinson]

Most contemporary films are way too long. Films that are two hours plus should be very few and far between.

I think this is close to a consensus amongst viewers and critics now. Director’s on the other hand…

 

[DaveCinzano]

Danny Dyer is an actual actor? I have a vague awareness of him, through headlines etc in celebrity sections of the media, but I thought he was someone who'd appeared in that Essex reality show who'd somehow built a television career from that. Just Googled him and found out he was an actor all along. News to me.

He's done a fair bit

 

[Jeff Robinson]

Both The Sopranos and The Wire are vastly overrated.

I agree on the Sopranos but strong disagree on the Wire. Sopranos has aged really badly

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

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

The art of colour grading is massively underrated.

As is the job of whoever selects the music to play in films and television series, there's a real knack and an art to that too.

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

Brokeback Mountain is boring with no relatable main characters.

I very vaguely recall it was a beautiful love story.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Tom Hanks agrees with me. He even agrees on what is the main exception - Cloud Atlas.

Hanks pretty much made that movie happen as well. The directors were ready to give up on it but Hanks told them he was getting on the plane anyway so they'd better have a shoot ready.

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

Happy Valley....it's watchable but by no means as amazing as some people would make you think.

Sarah Lancashire's performance is amazing, she's an outstanding actor. I suppose one of the reasons it wowed most of it's audience was the gritty realism it showed of life in the Happy/Hippy Valley and how it's not necessarily as idyllic as it might look from the outside.

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

agree - as is Aliens 3
(talking of which just heard about a much improved 'assembly' cut of Alien 3 Alien‭ ‬3:‭ ‬Comparing the Assembly Cut to the Theatrical Cut )

pixar films should be banned (along with all other fast talking american cgi kids films)

(funniest Woody Allen film is Love & Death btw
and his favourite of his own films is Broadway Danny Rose IIRC)

WALL-E and Up were good though. Apart from those two, they do seem to rinse each film franchise for sequels.

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

No, the best (ie only good) MCU films are the Guardians of the Galaxy ones.

A friend's boyfriend was talking about Guardians of the Galaxy and I wondered how they could be making a sequel without Alan Rickman.

Several minutes of cross-purpose talking later and I realised I was confusing Guardians of the Galaxy with something different, and then a few minutes later realised I was thinking about Galaxy Quest.

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

It's a rare occurrence that a score improves a film. Most of the time watching most films I'm thinking "ferchrissake just leave out this half-arsed attempt at film music and let me listen to the incidental noise". I wish there was a mute option for it.

Three Colours Blue was exceptionally good. That was a masterpiece.