OT: Let's talk about movies (and TV shows)... Part X

[Alexdaman]

Well , they are universally regarded as pretty good. We all know how picky you are by now lol.

Some movies are recognized as pretty good universally at first but then they are seen as being crap a few years later, such as Iron Man 3 which is universally regarded as good or decent... When there's no doubt it's one of the crappiest movie ever made.

Pluto Nash ≈ Iron Man 3

 

[Kimota]

Well , they are universally regarded as pretty good. We all know how picky you are by now lol.

Everybody should be picky!

Look at Fury Road. Was praised. And then realised that people have low standards. lol

I just felt like his Trek was dumb and unoriginal, the writing was poor. He wanted to make a more action-driven Trek in a concept that shouldn't be. Also I wasn't impressed by Chris Pine.

Then the second came about and I will say most people are more in line with me on this one.

 

[Alexdaman]

Everybody should be picky!

Look at Fury Road. Was praised. And then realised that people have low standards. lol

I just felt like his Trek was dumb and unoriginal, the writing was poor. He wanted to make a more action-driven Trek in a concept that shouldn't be. Also I wasn't impressed by Chris Pine.

Then the second came about and I will say most people are more in line with me on this one.

Actually Fury Road kept its rating and even increased a little bit after it came to dvd.

 

[LaP]

Actually Fury Road kept its rating and even increased a little bit after it came to dvd.

Still vastly overrated. I liked it and it's a good movie for what it is but it's not a masterpiece and not even close to it. It keeping its rating on web site like imdb doesn't mean much. The Avengers is still rated higher than many classics on imdb. It doesn't make it a classic. I'm sure people will have forgotten The Avengers in 20 years.

 

[Alexdaman]

Still vastly overrated. I liked it and it's a good movie for what it is but it's not a masterpiece and not even close to it. It keeping its rating on web site like imdb doesn't mean much. The Avengers is still rated higher than many classics on imdb. It doesn't make it a classic. I'm sure people will have forgotten The Avengers in 20 years.

Yeah but I don't think Fury Road will be forgotten, its a very good science fiction that is reminiscent of the 1980s classics. Its also very original as it created an entire new universe that can built on.

 

[Bryson]

Just watched the pilot for Supergirl. Well that was...interesting. Not sure if I will follow it religiously but still pretty awesome.

 

[Paul Dipietro]

Just watched the pilot for Supergirl. Well that was...interesting. Not sure if I will follow it religiously but still pretty awesome.

If you can get over the fact that the 2nd most powerful person on the planet (or at least top 5 in the DC world) is so incredibly neurotic then yeah, it's ok

 

[Bryson]

If you can get over the fact that the 2nd most powerful person on the planet (or at least top 5 in the DC world) is so incredibly neurotic then yeah, it's ok

They wanted the series to have a similar feel to the Donner films.
http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/berlanti-johns-discuss-supergirls-richard-donner-influence

 

[hototogisu]

Still vastly overrated. I liked it and it's a good movie for what it is but it's not a masterpiece and not even close to it. It keeping its rating on web site like imdb doesn't mean much. The Avengers is still rated higher than many classics on imdb. It doesn't make it a classic. I'm sure people will have forgotten The Avengers in 20 years.

What about its rating on websites that score actual critic reviews like Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic?

 

[Kimota]

Actually Fury Road kept its rating and even increased a little bit after it came to dvd.

I meant "I" realised that they had low standards.

I feel that nowadays people are so starved for good movies and overhype everything that has little good in them.

For example Sicario, everybody I heard talk about this said it was great, Villeneuve was the greatest director ever.

And then....nope.

 

[Deebs]

Just bought my tickets to Spectre today. Quite excited to see this chapter of Bond

 

[Alexdaman]

I meant "I" realised that they had low standards.

I feel that nowadays people are so starved for good movies and overhype everything that has little good in them.

For example Sicario, everybody I heard talk about this said it was great, Villeneuve was the greatest director ever.

And then....nope.

What's your favorite movie of the year.

 

[Habsawce]

I watched the movie "Amy" about Amy Winehouse's life last night. It was actually pretty good and gave some good insight into her. I didn't know much about her. Although it was obviously sad at the end, definitely worth a watch.

 

[hototogisu]

For example Sicario, everybody I heard talk about this said it was great, Villeneuve was the greatest director ever.

And then....nope.

What does "and then nope" even mean?

Sounds like you're making the mistake of assuming your personal opinions of reflective of anything more than...your personal opinions.

 

[Teufelsdreck]

Continue here...

Have you become bored with hockey? Just wondering.

 

[Tabarouette]

i'm so excited for that movie

 

[GoodKiwi]

i'm so excited for that movie

I have long given up on Quentin so I'm not expecting much. Used to be a huge fan (Pulp Fiction is my favorite movie of all time), but I couldn't connect with him since Jackie Brown.

The three back-to-back-to-back masterpieces (IMO) of 92-94 will always have him as one of the best directors/writers in my mind.

 

[mitchmagic]

I have long given up on Quentin so I'm not expecting much. Used to be a huge fan (Pulp Fiction is my favorite movie of all time), but I couldn't connect with him since Jackie Brown.

The three back-to-back-to-back masterpieces (IMO) of 92-94 will always have him as one of the best directors/writers in my mind.

Reservoir Dogs is awful though.

 

[GoodKiwi]

Reservoir Dogs is awful though.

Your opinion tends to be awful more often than not though.

P.S. but I know you like Jackie Brown too.

 

[DangerDave]

i'm so excited for that movie

I have no idea what it's about even after watching the trailer but I love Tarantino's stuff and I know this is gonna be good. Tarantino and Samuel Jackson is always a winning formula.

 

[Carey Chant]

I have long given up on Quentin so I'm not expecting much. Used to be a huge fan (Pulp Fiction is my favorite movie of all time), but I couldn't connect with him since Jackie Brown.

The three back-to-back-to-back masterpieces (IMO) of 92-94 will always have him as one of the best directors/writers in my mind.

I feel the exact same way about QT.

His cameos are terrible as well. Hearing people say django was great while Tarantino acted in it and ruined the movie (terrible australian), wasted such an allstar cast. ********....the Jew Bear cameo by Eli roth...never was there a more annoying character I wanted to die from nazi gunfire

QT just got too full of himself. I don't expect squat from the new flick coming out. Sucks, he was one of my favs with scorsese & mann.

 

[GoodKiwi]

I feel the exact same way about QT.

His cameos are terrible as well. Hearing people say django was great while Tarantino acted in it and ruined the movie (terrible australian), wasted such an allstar cast. ********....the Jew Bear cameo by Eli roth...never was there a more annoying character I wanted to die from nazi gunfire

QT just got too full of himself. I don't expect squat from the new flick coming out. Sucks, he was one of my favs with scorsese & mann.

Django was terrible all around IMO. QT's cameo only provided the final nail in its coffin from where I stand.

I can't quite get a grip on what QT has been trying to do. It's not a firm opinion by any means, but it feels like he's been trying to out-do his last movie while sticking to the exact same shtick every single time. It got old really quick for me. But I also get why some many (most?) like it, because there is something there and his touch is always felt through anything he does. It's just that, as a hardcore fan of his in the past, I want to see more growth.

 

[FerrisRox]

I mentioned the effects and they were good. But not good enough to save this horrible film. Personally it's the worst film to earn billions.

If you honestly think that 'Star Wars' is worse than 'Transformers' it's very difficult to take anything you say about movies seriously.

 

[FerrisRox]

Saw The Martian.

Well made movie but it's in line with the Sandra Bullock in space flick. It's someone that tries to survive in space/another planet. I don't get the appeal.

The science of 'The Martian' is much better than 'Gravity' which, amazingly, didn't seem to fully understand gravity, among many other scientific goofs.

 

[GoodKiwi]

The second season of Fargo is not nearly as good as the first one IMO. There, I said it.

I know it's only four episodes in, and it has some nice things going for it (fantastic split screen editing in the last episode), but it lacks the great cast of the first one (Freeman & Thornton killed their roles) as well as the story-line is moving at a glacial pace with some considerable filler to it IMO. And where the heck is my dry, dark humor? That well has seemingly dried up as well.

Hopefully it picks up during its second half, but so far I can't help but be disappointed.

What does everyone else think?