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Movies and tv shows that everyone thinks are great and you don't really know why

  • 12-11-2014 04:00PM
    #1
    deadybai
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,489 ✭✭✭


    Im not talking about them being really bad but they arent really as good as everyone makes them out to be.

    Anyone else sick to death of hearing Anchorman jokes that you thought weren't that funny in the first place? Why does everyone think that film is so brilliant?

    James Bond is another one. The new films are decent enough but before Casino Royal they were basically all the same premise. Why does everyone think they are excellent?



    My list of films and tv shows that everyone thinks are great and I don't really no why would be;

    Anchorman, James Bond, Harry Potter, South Park, Hardy Bucks, Super Troopers (one good scene rest was fairly poor),Family Guy, Dodgeball, The Big Bang Theory (although I think that is sh!te)

    Anything else?


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Comments

  • #2
    eviltwin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,495 ✭✭✭✭eviltwin


    Love/Hate and Breaking Bad. Tried to get into them but never took to them.


  • #3
    solomafioso
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,095 ✭✭✭solomafioso


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CY0Qjx5K53o


  • #4
    Don Kedick
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 778 ✭✭✭Don Kedick


    I agree Love/Hate was awful muck.


  • #5
    Ava_e
    Closed Accounts Posts: 241 ✭✭Ava_e


    Scarface, its a good film but it's one that dull people reel off as an abosulte classic.

    The movie poster is the kind of thing you see framed in a footballers bedroom, above his bed.

    Say hello to my little friend. No thanks


  • #6
    Chunners
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 424 ✭✭Chunners


    Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy, The mighty boosh, big brother, I'm a celebrity get me out of here, ALL The Godfather movies...the list of mindless drivel is endless


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  • #7
    WoollyRedHat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,462 ✭✭✭✭WoollyRedHat


    Star Wars... Meh.


  • #8
    Don Kedick
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 778 ✭✭✭Don Kedick


    The Godfather was boring, that's parts 1-3.


  • #9
    Generic Dreadhead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,870 ✭✭✭✭Generic Dreadhead


    The Godfather, I was bored as **** about halfway through, couldn't stomach any more, as Peter said in Family Guy:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRsemHatx-o


  • #10
    iDave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,750 ✭✭✭iDave


    Cant say Anchorman enough times


  • #11
    Dark Phoenix
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,185 ✭✭✭Dark Phoenix


    modern family, how I met your mother.

    Soaps, I just don't get it at all.

    crappy rom com films that seem to be released several times a year and are aimed at women and have predictable characters and plots.


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  • #12
    yeppydeppy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,170 ✭✭✭yeppydeppy


    24 - the acting was poor and the plot holes left me annoyed. I got through series 1 and could only manage 2 or 3 episodes of series 2 and that was enough for me - thanks.


  • #13
    Duggy747
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    People who foam at the mouth if you have any criticism towards Christopher Nolan's movies.

    You might still like the movie but complaints will be seeing as Nolan-hating / nitpicking.


    Also, Seth Rogen and those whole "bromance" comedies that were all the rage a few years ago.

    Oh look, there's another scene of Rogen talking about weed.............hilarious...........


  • #14
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,808 ✭✭✭✭smash


    Ava_e wrote: »
    Scarface, its a good film but it's one that dull people reel off as an abosulte classic.

    I find that most classics are crap. Bad acting, bad effects... bad hair!


  • #15
    The Floyd p
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,920 ✭✭✭The Floyd p


    The Big Bang Theory has to be the most soul crushing show ever. The uninspired jokes and wooden delivery, and a laugh track that is like a bullet to the head.


  • #16
    Boskowski
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,360 ✭✭✭Boskowski


    Anchorman. A lot of the Will Ferrell stuff. Hangover. Basically most of those American teenie highschool college 'we're going to get a bit wasted and that makes us soooo funny and outrageous' "comedies". Yawn. You want to have the mind of a ten year old to find those funny.


  • #17
    Leslie91
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,017 ✭✭✭Leslie91


    Anchorman.

    Complete horse.


  • #18
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,808 ✭✭✭✭smash


    The Floyd p wrote: »
    The Big Bang Theory has to be the most soul crushing show ever. The uninspired jokes and wooden delivery, and a laugh track that is like a bullet in the head.
    Plenty of Big Bang Theory videos minus the canned laughter on youtube. Very hard to find the joke without being told when it's supposed to be funny.


  • #19
    keano_afc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,713 ✭✭✭keano_afc


    Friends - complete absence of jokes.
    Doctor Who - utter tosh.


  • #20
    xabi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,029 ✭✭✭xabi


    Breaking Bad, Lord of the rings, The Wire, Mary Poppins.


  • #21
    Ave Sodalis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,555 ✭✭✭Ave Sodalis


    Chunners wrote: »
    Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy

    Movie sent you to sleep quicker than any lullaby but from what I've heard, it's an insult to the book which is meant to be brilliant
    deadybai wrote: »
    Harry Potter


    Ah now! Can you really not understand why Harry Potter is so popular?
    xabi wrote: »
    Lord of the rings

    :(


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  • #22
    Don Kedick
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 778 ✭✭✭Don Kedick


    Jaws was awful.


  • #23
    Buona Fortuna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,507 ✭✭✭Buona Fortuna


    eviltwin wrote: »
    Love/Hate and Breaking Bad. Tried to get into them but never took to them.

    Love/Hate - never watched. Now with all the post show hype maybe I should :o

    Breaking Bad was such a good idea after S1 it was just, I dunno Batman does drugs. What unusual scrape will our two "heroes" get in and then get out of this week. Meh ;)


  • #24
    force eleven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,039 ✭✭✭force eleven


    Bosco. I never understood how they could open the magic door and suddenly be in Dublin Zoo...


  • #25
    eviltwin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,495 ✭✭✭✭eviltwin


    Anything with Adam Sandler, I don't get why he is so popular. Ditto Tom Cruise and Will Ferrell. Elf is up there as a lot of people's favourite Christmas movies but I hate it mainly because of Ferrell.


  • #26
    Dark Phoenix
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,185 ✭✭✭Dark Phoenix


    Lost - what s f**king stupid show and what a cop out of an ending. I couldnt believe people managed to care for that long.


  • #27
    deadybai
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,489 ✭✭✭deadybai


    I can understand why people think The Godfather and Breaking bad are boring but they are actually masterpieces and deserve all the praise they can get :pac:


  • #28
    Custardpi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,807 ✭✭✭Custardpi


    Downton Abbey. All my family are mad about it but I've always found it mind-numbingly dull. Modern Family is another one. Sofía Vergara is hot so that's some compensation but the dialogue & acting of many of the characters is toe curlingly bad.


  • #29
    elefant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,697 ✭✭✭elefant


    This thread has me shaking me head.


  • #30
    deadybai
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,489 ✭✭✭deadybai


    sup_dude wrote: »
    Movie sent you to sleep quicker than any lullaby but from what I've heard, it's an insult to the book which is meant to be brilliant




    Ah now! Can you really not understand why Harry Potter is so popular?



    :(

    Biggest load of crap. I dont get it. 'Alakazam I made a spell, Im so cool' :pac:


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  • #31
    Ave Sodalis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,555 ✭✭✭Ave Sodalis


    deadybai wrote: »
    Biggest load of crap. I dont get it. 'Alakazam I made a spell, Im so cool' :pac:

    JK Rowling didn't just make a few books that made it into movies. She made an entire new world in such a way that it's completely believeable. The movies do fail to quite capture that but none the less, they're great movies of which the theme tunes still sends chills down my spine...


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