Unpopular Opinions Thread

[Js1 86,939]

11 hours ago, Zepol87 said:

Never seen it. 

I've never seen it start to finish

[Patricio Swayze 17,058]

It’s a movie made for children. 

I’m willing to bet you like several movies that were “made for children”.

[WhatTheBuck 28,904]

4 hours ago, Patricio Swayze said:

I’m willing to bet you like several movies that were “made for children”.

I still have The Wizard of Oz on DVD but haven’t watched it in a long while. But that’s a classic.

I loved Raiders as a kid. I saw it in the theater twice. The second time I snuck my Super 8mm camera in to film parts of it. I never owned it on DVD because they only sold it with the sequels in a boxed set and I thought the sequels sucked even when I was young. Then later, when I was older, I saw Raiders again when it was on HBO and it really didn’t hold up. It’s a comic book story and not a particularly good one. 

[Underdog 29,101]

17 hours ago, tbone_ said:

Feels a little hokey now but it was bad ass when it came out.

It’s still badass imo.  A great ride from start to finish. 

[ztejas 44,114]

14 hours ago, WhatTheBuck said:

It’s a movie made for children. 

Raiders is intense. If by "children" you mean teenagers then sure but it isn't a kid's movie at all. People are getting wasted left and right in pretty gruesome ways. I remember watching it recently and thinking "Man Indy sure is blowing a lot of people away for being a history professor".

[Vic Mackey 47,846]

I watched the first Indiana Jones late last year for the first time. It was corny was fuck. Absolutely no desire to watch the rest of them. 

Edited May 31, 2022 by Vic Mackey

[Wiler77 1,619]

10 hours ago, Steamboat1874 said:

I thought the sequel to Top Gun was Days of Thunder.

Same movie only with cars.

And that's why Days of Thunder was badass.

[General Specific 3,484]

Some of you a Bad Ass Mother Fuckers, can’t be bothered to watch Maverick, Indiana and the like. Hell, I bet Chitty Chitty Bang Bang isn’t gangster enough for y’all…

[Helobious 9,755]

Reading is no different than watching TV or playing video games. At the end of the day it’s just another passive way to pass time, but people get self-righteous about it for some reason. 

[Okie State 3,887]

I'm just going to have my kids watch more TV instead of reading. Thanks Surly!

[General Specific 3,484]

You can't be serious.

[Helobious 9,755]

All of those things can be beneficial. I’m just saying reading isn’t inherently better than anything else. Especially if you’re reading something stupid.

[shakahorn 1,655]

44 minutes ago, Helobious said:

All of those things can be beneficial. I’m just saying reading isn’t inherently better than anything else. Especially if you’re reading something stupid.

Well yeah, if by 'reading' you mean National Enquirer or People magazine.  Most people use the term 'reading' to refer to actual books.

['stache 22,117]

22 minutes ago, RatJuul said:

Where are you getting this? Is this just an opinion you cooked up on your own?

It's the unpopular opinion thread, so yeah, no reasoning required is kinda the theme I think.

['stache 22,117]

2 hours ago, shakahorn said:

Well yeah, if by 'reading' you mean National Enquirer or People magazine.  Most people use the term 'reading' to refer to actual books.

[Okie State 3,887]

Where are you getting this? Is this just an opinion you cooked up on your own?

In a board full of terrible takes, he consistently has some of the worst. So keep that in mind.

[Okie State 3,887]

I was telling my wife just the other night that I want to start reading real actual books again, but it makes me fall asleep. She responded that if I can read a message board for hours a day then I can read a few pages of a book each night. Fair enough.

[WhatTheBuck 28,904]

9 hours ago, Helobious said:

All of those things can be beneficial. I’m just saying reading isn’t inherently better than anything else. Especially if you’re reading something stupid.

So you’re not a reader, huh?

And another piece of the puzzle falls into place. 

[Cheeseweasel 26,439]

14 hours ago, Okie State said:

I was telling my wife just the other night that I want to start reading real actual books again, but it makes me fall asleep. She responded that if I can read a message board for hours a day then I can read a few pages of a book each night. Fair enough.

Message boards have tits, honey. 

[nnm 37,737]

1 minute ago, Cheeseweasel said:

Message boards have tits, honey. 

So do a lot of books. 

[Cheeseweasel 26,439]

17 minutes ago, nnm said:

So do a lot of books. 

[NWBuck 8,619]

3 hours ago, Cheeseweasel said:

Meh. I use the expurgated version of "Olsen's Standard Book of British Birds"

[Cheeseweasel 26,439]

8 minutes ago, NWBuck said:

Meh. I use the expurgated version of "Olsen's Standard Book of British Birds"

The expurgated version? The one without the gannet?

Edited June 2, 2022 by Cheeseweasel

[NWBuck 8,619]

Just now, Cheeseweasel said:

The expurgated version? The one without the gannet?

They wet their nests, afterall.

[WhatTheBuck 28,904]

On 6/2/2022 at 10:26 AM, Cheeseweasel said:

They also have a good app called Merlin Bird ID. They have photos, descriptions, and recordings of bird calls. 

[Cheeseweasel 26,439]

Do they address Bird Law?

[Hate 20,232]

I like the Pace medium Picante Sauce.  I have always have a jar on hand.  It is not what I use for every salsa situation, but it is in my rotation. 

[nnm 37,737]

26 minutes ago, Hate said:

I like the Pace medium Picante Sauce.  I have always have a jar on hand.  It is not what I use for every salsa situation, but it is in my rotation. 

[Patricio Swayze 17,058]

I like the Pace medium Picante Sauce.  I have always have a jar on hand.  It is not what I use for every salsa situation, but it is in my rotation. 

Medium and mild salsas should not even exist.

[Trey3216 15,450]

1 hour ago, nnm said:

avatar on point  

[TriStone 1,724]

The Big Lebowski is thoroughly unentertaining, and is easily the worst of the Coen Brothers output.

[Patricio Swayze 17,058]

The Big Lebowski is thoroughly unentertaining, and is easily the worst of the Coen Brothers output.

Lock the thread. We are done here.

['stache 22,117]

10 minutes ago, TriStone said:

The Big Lebowski is thoroughly unentertaining, and is easily the worst of the Coen Brothers output.

Wow. There's unpopular and there's wrong.

[52-80 19,379]

21 minutes ago, TriStone said:

The Big Lebowski is thoroughly unentertaining, and is easily the worst of the Coen Brothers output.

[UncleSonny 6,790]

31 minutes ago, TriStone said:

The Big Lebowski is thoroughly unentertaining, and is easily the worst of the Coen Brothers output.

Certainly the right thread for it, but how committed are you to this take exactly?

Because I’d love to hear you make the case that the Ladykillers is a better movie than the Big Lebowski 

Edited June 9, 2022 by UncleSonny

[TriStone 1,724]

Forgot about that one.  Yes, that one was worse than TBL.

[Born to Run 6,598]

The Big Lebowski is thoroughly unentertaining, and is easily the worst of the Coen Brothers output.

Well that's just like your opinion, man.

[Helobious 9,755]

I saw TBL for the first time a few years ago. It was good but not all it was hyped up to be. 
 

That said, I could watch the scene at Larry’s house 50 times and it would still be hysterical.

[fellside 1,135]

Feta cheese smells (and I can only assume tastes) like cat vomit and all these Texas bbq and Mexican joints putting it on beans and tacos to seem impressive should just stop already.

[General Specific 3,484]

Hot damn, this thread is punching above it’s weight today!

[Js1 86,939]

11 minutes ago, fellside said:

Feta cheese smells (and I can only assume tastes) like cat vomit and all these Texas bbq and Mexican joints putting it on beans and tacos to seem impressive should just stop already.

There’s very few things I can tolerate feta on. Keep it away from BBQ and Mexican 

[nnm 37,737]

6 hours ago, TriStone said:

The Big Lebowski is thoroughly unentertaining, and is easily the worst of the Coen Brothers output.

1) The first clause is wrong.  Just wrong. May God have mercy on your soul.

2) The second clause is wrong because as brilliant as the Coen Bros are, they’ve put out some stinkers. I’m looking at you, Llewyn Davis Barton Fink, and A Serious Man. 

Edited June 10, 2022 by nnm

[Brisketexan 106,618]

Feta cheese smells (and I can only assume tastes) like cat vomit and all these Texas bbq and Mexican joints putting it on beans and tacos to seem impressive should just stop already.

Ummmmm…..you sure it’s feta and not queso fresco? Because that would make a lot more sense.

[Patricio Swayze 17,058]

Ummmmm…..you sure it’s feta and not queso fresco? Because that would make a lot more sense.

I don’t want to live in a world where people hate in queso fresco.

[UncleSonny 6,790]

13 hours ago, nnm said:

2) The second clause is wrong because as brilliant as the Coen Bros are, they’ve put out some stinkers. I’m looking at you, Llewyn Davis Barton Fink, and A Serious Man. 

I guess my unpopular opinion is that A Serious Man is their best movie. At least 1B. 

The other two you listed are also probably in the top half of my personal favorite Coens. 
 

[Cheeseweasel 26,439]

16 minutes ago, UncleSonny said:

I guess my unpopular opinion is that A Serious Man is their best movie.

Yeah, given the fact that No Country is probably one of the best movies ever made and Raising Arizona is in the top 10 of most comedy lists.

[PantsTent 2,003]

Ummmmm…..you sure it’s feta and not queso fresco? Because that would make a lot more sense.

Or cotija?

[Brisketexan 106,618]

1 minute ago, PantsTent said:

Or cotija?

Also an option.  Feta would just be a weird choice for those contexts.  And neither cotija or queso fresco has a particularly strong smell.  Really am curious about the places he's talking about, and what they actually used.

I mean, I love feta cheese too, in the proper context.

[ztejas 44,114]

On 6/8/2022 at 1:20 PM, Hate said:

I like the Pace medium Picante Sauce.  I have always have a jar on hand.  It is not what I use for every salsa situation, but it is in my rotation. 

I think it does pretty well on breakfast items. For anything else - gtfo. 

[Vic Mackey 47,846]

On 6/8/2022 at 1:20 PM, Hate said:

I like the Pace medium Picante Sauce.  I have always have a jar on hand.  It is not what I use for every salsa situation, but it is in my rotation. 

Dad?