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Movies we're supposed to say are good

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  • #32
    Star Bingo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,366 ✭✭✭Star Bingo


    Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy


  • #33
    Resverathrole
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 216 ✭✭Resverathrole


    I says wrote: »
    Was cruel intentions the upgraded/dated version for the Muricas
    I heard something like that, but I didn't like that one.


  • #34
    Gimme A Pound
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,482 ✭✭✭Gimme A Pound


    I says wrote: »
    Was cruel intentions the upgraded/dated version for the Muricas
    Sure was - love that film.

    The Big Lebowski really did not do it for me - but I may revisit.


  • #35
    cameramonkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,220 ✭✭✭cameramonkey


    The Usual Suspects


  • #36
    Knex*
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,475 ✭✭✭✭Knex*


    Into the Wild.

    Never before has a film crawled so far up in its own hole that the camera angle was actually from the viewpoint of the producers ass the entire time.


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  • #37
    idnkph
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 672 ✭✭✭idnkph


    Donnie darko. Pure scutter


  • #38
    Ulysses Gaze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,570 ✭✭✭Ulysses Gaze


    Withnail and I
    The Big Lebowski


  • #39
    fleet_admiral
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,750 ✭✭✭fleet_admiral


    Inception - a load of bollox


  • #40
    Duckworth_Luas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,743 ✭✭✭Duckworth_Luas


    Donald Prickly Rapper wrote: »
    Star wars = christmas, for people who were kids in the 80s
    I was a kid in the 1980s and never saw Star Wars.

    When I went to college in the 1990s there was lots of guys wearing t-shirts about Yoda, Dart Vader and such and such.

    These nerds all believed Star Wars to be a seminal event in movie history.

    At the same time George Lucas was creating his prequel series.

    To drum up the hype they re-released the original series in theatres so I got to watch it for the first time in the then Virgin Cinema in Dublin. I was shocked at how completely sh1t it was.

    Back when I was a kid in the 1980s Anything Goes used to show the old Buster Crabbe black and white Flash Gordon serials.

    Not only is Star Wars nonsense, it completely ripped off Flash Gordon.

    swripoff-flash.jpg


  • #41
    Knex*
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,475 ✭✭✭✭Knex*


    I'm not really one for the marvel films anyway, but Black Panther was actually a black hole into which any semblance of craic vanished.

    Made the mistake of seeing it in the cinema and I think you could have gathered 20 mins solid footage of me sighing in anguish alone.


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  • #42
    Cleopatra_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 812 ✭✭✭Cleopatra_


    Ulysses Gaze wrote: »
    Withnail and I
    The Big Lebowski

    + for Withnail and I. I don't get the "humour".


  • #43
    Car99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,531 ✭✭✭Car99


    Clockwork Orange


  • #44
    GMSA
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 281 ✭✭GMSA


    Anything by Quentin Tarantino. Usually a blood and gorefest.


  • #45
    GreeBo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,518 ✭✭✭✭GreeBo


    racso1975 wrote: »
    The breakfast club.

    Get your coat and get the hell out.


  • #46
    Star Bingo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,366 ✭✭✭Star Bingo


    And I said
    what about
    Breakfast at Tiffany’s


  • #47
    DavidLyons_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,300 ✭✭✭DavidLyons_


    The Shape of Water was utter dog sh1t (and I say that as a fan of del Toro). Showered in awards despite it being a boring, cliched pile of manipulative sh1t

    Hated Ladybird and Call Me By Your Name too. Just don’t get the hype around these unoriginal overrated stories.

    Most of the stuff the vile Meryl Streep appears in turns my stomach yet she is so loved by many. Ruins good stuff like The Deer Hunter and Doubt for me.

    American Beauty must be the most overrated film of all time. Boring rubbish.

    Hate stuff like Chicago and Moulin Rouge. Cannot understand their appeal. Cringeworthy drivel.


  • #48
    riemann
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,063 ✭✭✭riemann


    Schindler's List

    So boring.

    Fell asleep.


  • #49
    s7ryf3925pivug
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,999 ✭✭✭s7ryf3925pivug


    Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

    Back when I was a kid in the 1980s Anything Goes used to show the old Buster Crabbe black and white Flash Gordon serials.

    []

    I was a kid in the 80s and have no idea what you’re talking about.

    I do remember Star Wars being shown on TV every Xmas, and Star Wars figures being hugely popular toys - that you might get for Xmas.

    Don’t think anyone thinks they were seminal movie events. Think they remind people of happy things in their childhood.


  • #50
    Franz Von Peppercorn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,070 ✭✭✭Franz Von Peppercorn


    DavidLyons_ wrote: »
    The Shape of Water was utter dog sh1t (and I say that as a fan of del Toro). Showered in awards despite it being a boring, cliched pile of manipulative sh1t

    Hated Ladybird and Call Me By Your Name too. Just don’t get the hype around these unoriginal overrated stories.

    Most of the stuff the vile Meryl Streep appears in turns my stomach yet she is so loved by many. Ruins good stuff like The Deer Hunter and Doubt for me.

    American Beauty must be the most overrated film of all time. Boring rubbish.

    Hate stuff like Chicago and Moulin Rouge. Cannot understand their appeal. Cringeworthy drivel.

    Agree with all of that except moulin rouge. Musicals are not for everyone but it was enjoyable enough. Chicago was a crap musical though. La la land was good.


  • #51
    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,474 ✭✭✭Obvious Desperate Breakfasts


    Summer wind wrote: »
    Bridesmaids which is the most boring whore of a film ever.

    The “look, women are funny too!” marketing was tedious but I liked the film anyway because

    a) it ripped the piss beautifully out of the OTT wedding industry

    b) it’s actually a very good study of somebody who is depressed and down on their luck


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  • #52
    ArnoldJRimmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,521 ✭✭✭ArnoldJRimmer


    The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Not saying they're bad movies, they're visually spectacular, but I found them boring. Actually fell asleep in the cinema during two of them.


  • #53
    The Pheasant2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,699 ✭✭✭The Pheasant2


    ArnoldJRimmer wrote: »
    The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Not saying they're bad movies, they're visually spectacular, but I found them boring. Actually fell asleep in the cinema during two of them.

    You shut your whore mouth.


  • #54
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    racso1975 wrote: »
    The breakfast club.

    Do people actually like that though?


  • #55
    AllForIt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,809 ✭✭✭AllForIt


    Trainspotting

    The Commitments


  • #56
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Blue is the warmest colour.

    Any hipster worth their salt say this is brilliant. Its at least an hour longer than it needs to be. Some scenes serve almost no purpose other than to convey the passage of time. Snoozefest.


  • #57
    S. Goodspeed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 418 ✭✭S. Goodspeed


    Black panther - long over due some black leads / super heros but it was a very average super hero movie

    On a similar note, Crazy Rich Asians is a pretty bland romcom. Yes it’s great that a mainstream Hollywood movie has a lot of asian actors in it but that alone shouldn’t make it immune to criticism


  • #58
    Riddle101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,646 ✭✭✭Riddle101


    2001: A Space Odyssey. Just found it boring and I also fell asleep while watching it. It's probably the only time I fell asleep while watching a movie.


  • #59
    annascott
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,271 ✭✭✭annascott


    Ulysses Gaze wrote: »
    Withnail and I
    The Big Lebowski

    Withnail & I is one of my favourite films. A lot of people
    from small town or rural backgrounds do not get it..


  • #60
    Ursus Horribilis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,168 ✭✭✭Ursus Horribilis


    Black Hawk Down.


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  • #61
    Duckworth_Luas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,743 ✭✭✭Duckworth_Luas


    annascott wrote: »
    Withnail & I is one of my favourite films. A lot of people
    from small town or rural backgrounds do not get it..
    They get it all right!

    They get that it's a complete turd of a movie.


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