Unpopular movie opinions

[LCHorn 2612]

3 hours ago, Helobious said:

The Alamo (2004) was a great movie and Billy Bob stole the show. Everything after Crockett getting executed should’ve been cut

Haha, I’m going to go half-Lobo on this one.  I saw this at the premiere in Austin with John Lee Hancock in attendance.  I had followed production and he said it was his dream project (we had a mutual acquaintance and connected previously over our love of Willie Morris).  If you had followed the property, it had been in development hell for a decade or more and pretty much every hot shit screenwriter had done a draft.  Hancock would parlay his success shooting the low budget The Rookie, and part of why he was able to get attached was that his script would be a lot cheaper than the previous iterations.  
 

Anyway, the movie wasn’t bad, but the vibe in the theater was underwhelming and you could just feel the anxiety during the post screening Q&A.  Obviously Billy Bob Thornton killed, but everything else seemed like one of those TNT historical TV series but without any of the depth to actually connect to the characters.  I do recall Harry Knowles was there, slobbering over Hancock and trying to pretend he saw a different movie.  

[The Original Greaser Bob 2819]

On 10/10/2024 at 9:54 AM, Texzilla58 said:

The Sound of Music is the worst garbage ever.  Von Trapp was an Austrian Nazi.  Maria was a gold digging whore.

Heard a great podcast about some women who grew up not having the second VHS (or Beta) of Sound of Music.  To her the movie ended with the Hitler Youth guy kissing the hot daughter (not the blond [pedobear]) and the hot older daughter going weeeee!

When she learned that there was a second half where Julie Andrews came back and they all ran from the Nazis it blew her mind.

 

Plus,

 

 

On 10/10/2024 at 10:13 AM, HouTex said:

Shawshank Redemption is way overrated.  I’ve tried to get through it several times and I’m bored to death and stop watching.  

That is unpopular because it totally fucking sucks.

[The Original Greaser Bob 2819]

On 10/12/2024 at 12:11 AM, NorthLoop said:

Almost Famous, while an incredible movie, also has so much terrible acting in it that I find parts of it hard to watch. 

I appreciate this, because I've never gotten past how great it is.

Who are the guilty parties?  And are they also drunken buffoons?

[The Original Greaser Bob 2819]

Masculin Feminin is Godard's best.  

Bridge Over the River Kwai>Brief Encounter>>>>>>>Lawrence of Arabia>Doc. Zhivago

[The Original Greaser Bob 2819]

Castrate Godfather haters.

Lock thread.

[NorthLoop 14180]

1 hour ago, The Original Greaser Bob said:

I appreciate this, because I've never gotten past how great it is.

Who are the guilty parties?  And are they also drunken buffoons?

Fugit is terrible throughout, as is Deschanel. The guy playing Ben Fong Torres is also really bad. 

[LCHorn 2612]

1 hour ago, NorthLoop said:

Ben Fong Torres

My friend who went with me to see it upon release was acquainted with Ben and I remember him laughing in the theater and saying he was perfect, fwiw.  

[956 Worldwide 34695]

8 hours ago, Da Fino said:

The problem with I Am Legend was that the book was staggeringly better than the movie they made out of it. 

The movie needed a different title. It’s fine as a movie but the book explains why the main character is a “legend.”  And the vampires are more interesting because of it. 

[LonghornJones 837]

16 hours ago, NorthLoop said:

 Ben Fong Torres

Its called a "mojo".

[Deej 76750]

18 hours ago, LCHorn said:

I do recall Harry Knowles was there, sexually harassing female employees and trying to pretend he saw a different movie.  

fixed

[The Original Greaser Bob 2819]

17 hours ago, NorthLoop said:

Fugit is terrible throughout, as is Deschanel. The guy playing Ben Fong Torres is also really bad. 

Interesting observation.  And I can't argue with the Fugit part (I kind of fell in love with the Deschanel character.  Like I did with most of the movie.)  But his weird acting actually helped you focus on the other characters.  He didn't insist upon himself.  He was just a weird, young kid.

But I also like your observation because rock/pop music is like that.  Much of it is "bad" and unfinished and unclean, and it's the badness that makes you remember it.  I can think of two example that many people would find to be messy or unpolished, but are just fantastic and perfect.  So in a weird way, bad lovable acting is just like the music that we fall in love with.  Most times you forget it but sometimes you fall head over heels for it when you don't expect it. 

 

 

 

[henrygandorf 29189]

17 hours ago, NorthLoop said:

Fugit is terrible throughout, as is Deschanel. The guy playing Ben Fong Torres is also really bad. 

i loved that movie but admit i haven't seen it in over a decade. i have a real issue with how they chose to end it, as i feel like it makes no sense. i've had this conversation/argument on this board more than a few times, but i stand by it. good movie, bad wrap up.

[LCHorn 2612]

Fugit was fine.  Not everyone is Chalamet or DiCaprio talented when they are 15.

Almost Famous’ biggest problem is that Crudup is admirably trying but Crowe originally wanted Brad Pitt and that Tyler Dursen charisma.  

[NorthLoop 14180]

1 hour ago, henrygandorf said:

i loved that movie but admit i haven't seen it in over a decade. i have a real issue with how they chose to end it, as i feel like it makes no sense. i've had this conversation/argument on this board more than a few times, but i stand by it. good movie, bad wrap up.

Yeah I remember that. Your issue was how the magazine just totally shit all over him based on that one phone call between the fact checker and a band member. I can't watch that movie now without thinking of that every time. 

 

And for the record, I fucking love that movie. If you haven't seen the extended director's cut, you're missing out. 

[MagicSoccerSpray 1732]

On 10/15/2024 at 12:49 PM, Parliament said:

Quantum of Solace is a good movie.

 

Never got the hate for that movie, I thought it was good. It had one of the best Bond opening chases too.

 

 

[henrygandorf 29189]

1 hour ago, NorthLoop said:

Yeah I remember that. Your issue was how the magazine just totally shit all over him based on that one phone call between the fact checker and a band member. I can't watch that movie now without thinking of that every time. 

yeah, they fucking loved it. then got off the phone with the band who denied it "denied it!" says that annoying rolling stone girl. then torres shakes his head with a "i can't believe i trusted you" look, which makes no sense.

then, you can hear someone say "what did you expect, he's just a fan", which again, makes no sense, because a fan would've written the opposite of what he wrote.

and then later, it's like oh, i called them and said you told the truth, so they fixed it lol.

[Stringer 1438]

5 hours ago, LCHorn said:

Fugit was fine.  Not everyone is Chalamet or DiCaprio talented when they are 15.

Almost Famous’ biggest problem is that Crudup is admirably trying but Crowe originally wanted Brad Pitt and that Tyler Dursen charisma.  

This was on again the other night, so I watched it for the 100th time.  I think I agree that Fugit was fine.  He's an awkward 17 year old playing an awkward 15 year old.  If he was smooth, it would be a little weird.  In the bigger moments ("I AM THE ENEMY" and "I LOVED HER"), he's not great, but in the quieter moments, I think he plays the wide eyed kid well.

I do disagree on the Crudup/Pitt thing. I think with Pitt, it's a different movie, and the whole movie would be imbalanced.  That kind of super wattage would take away from the movie.  The strength of the movie is the scruffiness of it with smaller actors reflecting the level of the band who isn't quite there yet.  It would have made more money, but I don't think it would feel as casual or rewatchable.  

I do want to add one thing.  Every time I watch it, I love Jason Lee more.  He's such a charismatic and fun performer ("actually, THAT you can print").   He had a fine career and is beloved by men of a certain age, but I wish he had more shots like this.

[Deej 76750]

5 hours ago, henrygandorf said:

yeah, they fucking loved it. then got off the phone with the band who denied it "denied it!" says that annoying rolling stone girl. then torres shakes his head with a "i can't believe i trusted you" look, which makes no sense.

then, you can hear someone say "what did you expect, he's just a fan", which again, makes no sense, because a fan would've written the opposite of what he wrote.

and then later, it's like oh, i called them and said you told the truth, so they fixed it lol.

Crowe lived that character, for the most part. Are we sure something like that didn't really happen?

[Your Mom 4805]

On 10/15/2024 at 12:10 PM, Helobious said:

Is it unpopular to say reading is no different than watching TV or sitting there scrolling tiktok? They all involve you passively sitting there not creating anything or being productive. 

This is the dumbest opinion on this thread.  Reading requires you to form the images in your head to imagine the visuals of the story being told to you. Being read a story as a child and imagining it in your own head was probably the very first creative thing you ever did (and last for some of you).   It’s not passive at all, it requires thought. There are decades and decades of studies showing that reading improves your capacity for learning in ways that screen time definitely does not.   

On 10/15/2024 at 12:10 PM, Helobious said:

Edited October 17 by Your Mom

[Deej 76750]

2 hours ago, Stringer said:

This was on again the other night, so I watched it for the 100th time.  I think I agree that Fugit was fine.  He's an awkward 17 year old playing an awkward 15 year old.  If he was smooth, it would be a little weird.  In the bigger moments ("I AM THE ENEMY" and "I LOVED HER"), he's not great, but in the quieter moments, I think he plays the wide eyed kid well.

I do disagree on the Crudup/Pitt thing. I think with Pitt, it's a different movie, and the whole movie would be imbalanced.  That kind of super wattage would take away from the movie.  The strength of the movie is the scruffiness of it with smaller actors reflecting the level of the band who isn't quite there yet.  It would have made more money, but I don't think it would feel as casual or rewatchable.  

I do want to add one thing.  Every time I watch it, I love Jason Lee more.  He's such a charismatic and fun performer ("actually, THAT you can print").   He had a fine career and is beloved by men of a certain age, but I wish he had more shots like this.

Without Jason Lee, several Kevin Smith movies would be forgettable 

[Horn80 6114]

On 10/15/2024 at 11:36 AM, Helobious said:

No Country for Old Men was a great movie, but lol at anyone thinking Chigurh is a realistic character or portrayal of evil. No “hitman” (those don’t exist btw) is going to risk killing as many random people as he did for no reason

Chigurh was a psychopathic killer and thought Javier Bardem’s portrayal might have been the most realistic ever.

[TxTower 650]

Rudy may be the best movie ever made.

FIFY

[henrygandorf 29189]

7 hours ago, Deej said:

Crowe lived that character, for the most part. Are we sure something like that didn't really happen?

even if it happened exactly like that, take some artistic license for the sake of the movie. 

or disagree with me and say the ending made sense to you. 

[Horn80 6114]

On 10/15/2024 at 3:22 PM, LCHorn said:

Haha, I’m going to go half-Lobo on this one.  I saw this at the premiere in Austin with John Lee Hancock in attendance.  I had followed production and he said it was his dream project (we had a mutual acquaintance and connected previously over our love of Willie Morris).  If you had followed the property, it had been in development hell for a decade or more and pretty much every hot shit screenwriter had done a draft.  Hancock would parlay his success shooting the low budget The Rookie, and part of why he was able to get attached was that his script would be a lot cheaper than the previous iterations.  
 

Anyway, the movie wasn’t bad, but the vibe in the theater was underwhelming and you could just feel the anxiety during the post screening Q&A.  Obviously Billy Bob Thornton killed, but everything else seemed like one of those TNT historical TV series but without any of the depth to actually connect to the characters.  I do recall Harry Knowles was there, slobbering over Hancock and trying to pretend he saw a different movie.  

Always thought Alamo 2004 was doomed once Ron Howard walked away.

[Wilcox Cummingtonite 2935]

Deadpool and sequels/derivatives suck

Major League 2 and 3 weren’t that bad

Tin Cup is the best golf movie ever

Edited October 18 by Wilcox Cummingtonite

[Derka 6135]

there will be blood and gangs of new york are boring movies that aren’t worth rewatching.

[ztejas 43411]

On 10/16/2024 at 4:38 PM, Stringer said:

I do want to add one thing.  Every time I watch it, I love Jason Lee more.  He's such a charismatic and fun performer ("actually, THAT you can print").   He had a fine career and is beloved by men of a certain age, but I wish he had more shots like this.

Alvin and the chipmunks was powerhouse filmmaking. 

[LCHorn 2612]

Finally had a good one.  Blood In, Blood Out is up there with Goodfellas as the best crime film of the 90's, despite the fact it's truly cheesy at times. 

[Bender Bending Rodriguez 1678]

Here’s a high res version of Blood In, Blood Out I found in YouTube a while back. Enjoy!

One semester in college back in the late 90’s my roommates and I decided to drop cable and had a Blood In, Blood Out VHS and wore that thing out. It was on loop for almost the entirety of 1999. We knew every word of every line to a 3+ hour movie. Good times!

 

[PittsburghTiger 6174]

On 10/10/2024 at 8:50 PM, mr. sunshine said:

I used to watch the CBS Evening News with my father every week day when I was a kid. It was anchored by some fellow named Cronkite back then. Followed the war in Vietnam, Manson, Watergate, etc. Anywho I still remember the first TV ad for Star Wars and him declaring it "a bunch of crap."

But I also remember him saying AC/DC were a bunch of homos just based on the cover of Highway to Hell so it's not like he was clairvoyant or anything

Are we talking about your dad, or Cronkite, saying these things?

[Butch Had Not 2969]

1 hour ago, Bender Bending Rodriguez said:

Here’s a high res version of Blood In, Blood Out I found in YouTube a while back. Enjoy!

One semester in college back in the late 90’s my roommates and I decided to drop cable and had a Blood In, Blood Out VHS and wore that thing out. It was on loop for almost the entirety of 1999. We knew every word of every line to a 3+ hour movie. Good times!

 

Give me some chon chon!

[DDD Dad 14323]

On 10/10/2024 at 10:03 PM, billfromlaketravis said:

I’m not saying Keaton isn’t good at what he’s done, Night Shift being the exception, but he’s playing the same character over and over again.

You misspelled Kevin Costner. 

[NorthLoop 14180]

Die Hard with a Vengeance is the best Die Hard movie. 

[irishtexan 11511]

I had a ton of people recommend Boondock Saints when it first came out. That movie is fucking terrible. It's one of the only movies I quit watching halfway through. 

[safe sex 11696]

On 10/15/2024 at 4:34 PM, The Original Greaser Bob said:

Masculin Feminin is Godard's best. 

Hottest take I've seen in the thread.

[Frieda’s Boss 181]

Batman Begins is the best movie in Nolan’s Batman trilogy

Reservoir Dogs is Tarantino’s best film. 

[ztejas 43411]

On 10/21/2024 at 9:30 AM, irishtexan said:

I had a ton of people recommend Boondock Saints when it first came out. That movie is fucking terrible. It's one of the only movies I quit watching halfway through. 

Repped because it's perfect for the premise of the thread - not because I agree. 

15 minutes ago, Frieda’s Boss said:

Batman Begins is the best movie in Nolan’s Batman trilogy

This is a fairly popular contrarian opinion. I'd say that's a more controversial take than an unpopular one. 

[Deej 76750]

All of Nolan's Batman films were overrated garbage. 

[Parliament 14225]

The Prestige is Nolan's best film.

[High Plains Drifter 11024]

7 hours ago, Deej said:

All of Nolan's Batman films were overrated garbage. 

 

If I rep this because I agree with the opinion, then that's two of us, which means it might not be an unpopular movie opinion, which means it shouldn't be in this thread, which means I should neg it. But I can't neg a post I don't like. 

Anyway, agree, Nolan' Batman films are overrated garbage. 

 

[A-Tex Devil 2446]

The government was doing the right thing in ET and the kids potentially put us all in danger by breaking Merton Hanks out of there.

[Gene Parmesan 4002]

8 hours ago, Deej said:

All of Nolan's Batman films were overrated garbage. 

Overrated yes, but you would need to define garbage?  We've sunk to some serious new lows in that genre currently.

[ChickenSandwich 9824]

Marvel died with Endgame, but really the last good movie they made was Infinity war.

[Dignan 355]

Daniel Day-Lewis over acts in everything he does. I rarely like anything he is in. 

20 hours ago, ChickenSandwich said:

Marvel died with Endgame, but really the last good movie they made was Infinity war.

Man, I LOVED Deadpool and Wolverine. One of their best. But I agree, almost everything else since End Game was awful. 

Edited October 24 by Dignan

[ChickenSandwich 9824]

7 minutes ago, Dignan said:

Daniel Day-Lewis over acts in everything he does. I rarely like anything he is in. 

Man, I LOVED Deadpool and Wolverine. One of their best. But I agree, almost everything else since End Game was awful. 

* Have not seen DP/W

[Stringer 1438]

Marvel died with Endgame, but really the last good movie they made was Infinity war.

Guardians 3 was really good. The rest can be done without.

[LCHorn 2612]

23 hours ago, High Plains Drifter said:

Anyway, agree, Nolan' Batman films are overrated garbage

I don’t think they are garbage, but I’ve been re-watching with my eight year old and there’s definitely some weak spots that I bet Nolan would acknowledge don’t work.  
 

Heath Ledger, fwiw, is still incredible.  

2 hours ago, Dignan said:

Daniel Day-Lewis over acts in everything he does. I rarely like anything he is in.

Have you seen the Phantom Thread?  He’s relatively subdued in it and it’s probably the best lead performance of anyone in 2017.

[ChickenSandwich 9824]

Adds to list 

[WhatTheBuck 28771]

On 10/10/2024 at 11:03 PM, billfromlaketravis said:

I’m not saying Keaton isn’t good at what he’s done, Night Shift being the exception, but he’s playing the same character over and over again.

Mr. Mom, Batman, and Beetlejuice are all the same character? Umm, okay, whatever. 

[ztejas 43411]

13 hours ago, LCHorn said:

I don’t think they are garbage, but I’ve been re-watching with my eight year old and there’s definitely some weak spots that I bet Nolan would acknowledge don’t work.

Like Maggie G?

13 hours ago, LCHorn said:

Have you seen the Phantom Thread?  He’s relatively subdued in it and it’s probably the best lead performance of anyone in 2017.

I saw phantom thread in the theater and thought it was brilliant. Haven't rewatched it.