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

wp_rathead · 12-11-2014 05:12PM

Greys Anotomy
Any Chuck Lorre sitcom (Big Bang, Mike and Molly, Two and Half Men)
Little Britain

Movies:
Gravity
American Hustle
Paranormal Activity

Billy86 · 12-11-2014 05:13PM

Chunners wrote: »

Game of Thrones sucked big time, tried watching it but really it seemed to me to be something trying to thinly veil softcore porn with a flimsy storyline. If you took all the tit shots out of the first few episodes it would never have gained the following it did. Sure even now people say they watch it for the story but the truth is they mostly only watch it for the next nipple shot

If someone wanted to see boobs just for the sake of seeing boobs, there's an almost inviting amount of them available just by putting "boobs into Google images. They days of people tuning into a program for the sole reason of some flashes of nudity here and there died out in the 90 - there is no need to any more.

Plenty of TV shows at the moment also shows boobs, but there is a reason GOT is so much more popular and critically acclaimed than them - because it is better, pure and simple. Not only that but unlike BB, Sopranos or The Wire it has thrived despite being in a genre that typically would be classified as niche and would struggle to justify such a huge budget, but it has got the attention of the wider public because of its high quality production values, imaginative storylines, varied cast of intriguing characters, and incredible acting (Peter Dinklage in particular, is as good in it as James Gandolfini in the Sopranos or Bryan Cranston in Breaking Bad).

Curious by the way if you think The Sopranos was only popular because of nudity?

WoollyRedHat · 12-11-2014 05:14PM

Sir Gallagher wrote: »

Barney the Dinosaur, where do i start...completely unrealistic portrayal of dinosaurs. One dimensional main character, plot-holes you could fit a Brachiosaurus' arse into. Contrived storylines. Dated set design. Hammy acting.

We may laugh at it now, but in its day it was unrivalled, cutting edge design and special effects that were out of this world.

But there was also trouble behind the scenes, with the lead star often being voracious and a disrupting influence in the end and even rumours that Barney tried to kill B.J one day after a bad trip on LSD.

Billy86 · 12-11-2014 05:17PM

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

We may laugh at it now, but in its day it was unrivalled, cutting edge design and special effects that were out of this world.

But there was also trouble behind the scenes, with the lead star often being voracious and a disrupting influence in the end and even rumours that Barney tried to kill B.J one day after a bad trip on LSD.

And he was 10 times worse about his damn cookies than Kent Brockman ever was about going on set without his Danish.

SimonTemplar · 12-11-2014 05:20PM

The Big Bang Theory

akelly02 · 12-11-2014 05:22PM

Mrs Browns Boys

Terrible acting altogether, the lad who does the Grandfather should be put down.

wp_rathead · 12-11-2014 05:25PM

sup_dude wrote: »

Meh, that's a matter of opinion. I wouldn't consider Terry Pratchett to be one of my all time favourites and although I've nothing particularly against his work, I would pick up JK Rowling or JRR Tolkien before hime.

Oh I've a rather unpopular opinion here but I thougth Tolkien was an awful storyteller. He created an amazing world with great mythology but LotR was a painful read imo.. Much prefered the films.

Alot of the bulk (and indeed the appeal) of the Harry Potter series was we saw what he is thinking and feeling throughout, and the all the plots are driven so we only see it through his POV. Unfort this doesn't work quite as well onscreen, they still enjoyable films, but doesn't quite capture what turned so many of us into Potheads :pac::cool:

Frigga_92 · 12-11-2014 05:27PM

deadybai wrote: »

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

Ah come on now, there is so much more to Harry Potter than that.

The first Harry Potter book came out when I was 11 and I had always been a bookworm. I remember reading wasn't "cool" and the majority of the people I went to school with didn't like reading. All of a sudden I went from being the only person in my class who had read the Chronicles of Narnia to being surrounded by bookworms.

It has been said an awful lot about JK Rowling that she brought books back into the lives of both children and adults.

Frigga_92 · 12-11-2014 05:27PM

Mrs Browns Boys is horrible.

Generic Dreadhead · 12-11-2014 05:36PM

wprathead wrote: »

Oh I've a rather unpopular opinion here but I thougth Tolkien was an awful storyteller. He created an amazing world with great mythology but LotR was a painful read imo.. Much prefered the films.

+1

gubbie · 12-11-2014 05:38PM

Chunners wrote: »

No sweetheart Terry Pratchett...

Talk about patronising

I can never understand the love for How I Met Your Mother

valoren · 12-11-2014 05:39PM

Mrs Browns Boys is considered great?

Joeface · 12-11-2014 05:39PM

2 broke girls .bad script bad acting ,bad comedy timing .laugh track is awful , its like 60's tv comedy only poorer.

I wouldn't try and judge the things like Harry Potter , they are this generations star wars, more orientated for a younger audience but I wouldn't walk out of one

an awful lot of movies & tv been released are all style over substance , huge budgets and all blown on flashing lights.

...Baddadook comes along 30k to make i think ...no effects...creepy as f-k really enjoyed that / Guardians of the Galaxy ..100million was it ,bored me found myself looking around the cinema.

uch · 12-11-2014 05:39PM

Everything on SKY

deadybai · 12-11-2014 05:39PM

26sdrawkcab wrote: »

Ah come on now, there is so much more to Harry Potter than that.

The first Harry Potter book came out when I was 11 and I had always been a bookworm. I remember reading wasn't "cool" and the majority of the people I went to school with didn't like reading. All of a sudden I went from being the only person in my class who had read the Chronicles of Narnia to being surrounded by bookworms.

It has been said an awful lot about JK Rowling that she brought books back into the lives of both children and adults.

I am talking about the films. Im ignoring the books as I never red them. But i really think Harry Potter is the stupidest movie phenomenoms. Found them extremely boring

valoren · 12-11-2014 05:40PM

For me it's Fawlty Towers.

It's considered a downright classic and is revered for it's longevity.

I could never take to it and I've tried.

Generic Dreadhead · 12-11-2014 05:40PM

2 and a Half Men, it's ****

valoren wrote: »

For me it's Fawlty Towers.

Ban him, ban him for life :pac:

Buona Fortuna · 12-11-2014 05:41PM

valoren wrote: »

For me it's Fawlty Towers.

It's considered a downright classic and is revered for it's longevity.

I could never take to it and I've tried.

You have just crossed the line :mad:

Joeface · 12-11-2014 05:48PM

oh and the OFFICE ...Ricky Gervais is not funny

youtube! · 12-11-2014 05:49PM

Any movie by Christopher Nolan especially inception .

mikemac1 · 12-11-2014 05:49PM

Breaking Bad

Watched 3 seasons waiting, waiting, waiting for it to get good and it never did

Interstellar

Saw this in the cinema last night. Didn't enjoy it at all and was getting bored near the end, far too long and I didn't care about any of the characters. Reading a few pages of the film forum today, it seems I'm not intelligent enough to appreciate it

MojoRisinnnn · 12-11-2014 05:53PM

Anchorman is honestly the worst film of all time, the fact that people quote it in every day life from time to time is genuinely heartbreaking.

Joeface · 12-11-2014 05:54PM

mikemac1 wrote: »

it seems I'm not intelligent enough to appreciate it

thought that only happened if you said the Tree of Life was a terrible awful movie

mikemac1 · 12-11-2014 05:54PM

There are a lot of film snobs out there

Rootsblower · 12-11-2014 05:58PM

All of the Monty Python stuff is s*** especially The Life of Brian

All American sitcoms from except Fraiser, Everybody Loves Raymond and Cheers are muck.

Anything on RTE is muck too

sashafierce · 12-11-2014 06:05PM

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Generic Dreadhead · 12-11-2014 06:08PM

sashafierce wrote: »

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Does it help if you're a woman who's particularly attracted to ruffians, that's what my FB News Feed seems to suggest, rarely see guys post about it.

Billy86 · 12-11-2014 06:09PM

MojoRisinnnn wrote: »

Anchorman is honestly the worst film of all time, the fact that people quote it in every day life from time to time is genuinely heartbreaking.

Allow me to introduce you...

blackwhite · 12-11-2014 06:26PM

Chunners wrote: »

Game of Thrones sucked big time, tried watching it but really it seemed to me to be something trying to thinly veil softcore porn with a flimsy storyline. If you took all the tit shots out of the first few episodes it would never have gained the following it did. Sure even now people say they watch it for the story but the truth is they mostly only watch it for the next nipple shot

Yup - everyone sits though an hour of TV for 5 seconds of a nipple shot.

I mean it's not like you can see naked ladies on the internet or anything.

Your post reminds me of this for some reason - sorry Family Guy haters!

Capt'n Midnight · 12-11-2014 07:38PM

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 to the head.

The more science and technology you understand the worse it gets.

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

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