Movies you love but others hate.
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Anyone up for a Waterworld / Postman double feature?
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Thing about that movie is that it's so damned fun to watch! That's something the new version with Crowe missed out on. yes it had humor, but not nearly enough in my mind.
If there is enough beer...
I just managed to watch Postman until the end because my mum, sister and I were going hysterical over it. It's really bad.
Oh, oh, I know another one! Not me...my sister loves that flick, and everyone else hates it. Now, there's two of you. Hurray!
Good. Tell her to bring sandwiches and we'll have a Water World party.
Another one I like that nobody else seems to is Lost in Space (1998). My best friend and I both love the series, but for some weird reason, he considers the movie an insult to the show. I thought it was good. Not great, but a fun way to spend 2 hours.
I didn't think Water World was bad at all. Granted, I haven't seen it since it came out, and in retrospect, many movies from the '90s that I liked at the time seem ridiculous now. Everything was all overblown and melodramatic.
Heh. I would argue that everything made TODAY is overblown and melodramatic. But I guess it's all just perspective.
Serenity.
I'm pretty sure the majority like it, but there are some very loud discontents out there.
I'm pretty sure the majority like it, but there are some very loud discontents out there.
I've got a pitchfork - let's make 'em like it!
THIS is the definitive version of Robin Hood...
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Mega Force! I loved that movie from the 80's.
i really enjoy this version of Frankenstein too.Mary Shelley's Frankenstein - the Kenneth Branagh-directed version of the tale. It was crapped on by pretty much everyone, but while I wouldn't say I love it I liked it at the time and still do.
Yay, I'm not the only one who likes it.I agree with this 100%. But I admit I loved it.Mary Shelley's Frankenstein - the Kenneth Branagh-directed version of the tale. It was crapped on by pretty much everyone, but while I wouldn't say I love it I liked it at the time and still do.
Was Alan Rickman the sheriff?
Tomorrow Never Dies is one of the best Bond films yet, inexplicably, is widely considered to be one of the worst. Let us count the ways in which the film is awesome:
- Brosnan is superlative as Bond, offering a far more polished performance than he did in Goldeneye.
- Great chicks, from the Norwegian(?) blonde at Oxford to Paris Carver to Wai Lin.
- Paris Carver continues the trend of a more self-aware Bond (and franchise) which started in Goldeneye: Paris: "Did I get too close?" Bond: "Yes."
- Wai Lin is Bond's equal in every way - far moreso than whatsherface in The Spy Who Loved Me - a true 21st century Bond Girl.
- Great settings and use thereof: Germany and Vietnam.
- Great opening sequence. Snow. Cooperation between Russia/UK in action against terrorists. Cruise missiles. "What the hell is he doing?" "His job!"
- Great tweaking of the American audience: "I wonder what the Americans will be more upset about: that they lost it or that we found it."
- CHINA. Tomorrow Never Dies recognises the rise of the Middle Kingdom well before CNN catches on. True to past form re: Russia - and commendably for a western production - China isn't made the bad guy. (Wai Lin of course being a Chinese agent).
- THE POWER AND AMORALITY OF THE MEDIA. Today folks are talking about the way in which the entertainment-focussed media has been inflaming political discourse in the United States for its own benefit with tragic consequences. Tomorrow Never Dies was there first.
- Dr. Kaufmann: "I assure you Mr. Bond, I could shoot you from Stuggart and still create ze proper effect!"
- Great car sequence and related material: "Don't let her push you around."
- Great scenes with M and Moneypenny: "You'll just have to decide how much pumping is needed, James."
- The 'Stealth Ship' and naval action. The ship could almost be real (see: US Navy project 'Sea Shadow').
- Great motorcycle sequence in Saigon.
- I liked Sheryl Crowe's song even if nobody else did.
I'm probably missing some stuff but that'll do for the moment.
This.
Also I sometimes wonder why PotC: Dead Man's Chest and Saharah have so much heartfelt hate aimed at them.
i really enjoy this version of Frankenstein too.Mary Shelley's Frankenstein - the Kenneth Branagh-directed version of the tale. It was crapped on by pretty much everyone, but while I wouldn't say I love it I liked it at the time and still do.
Yay, I'm not the only one who likes it.I agree with this 100%. But I admit I loved it.Mary Shelley's Frankenstein - the Kenneth Branagh-directed version of the tale. It was crapped on by pretty much everyone, but while I wouldn't say I love it I liked it at the time and still do.
I liked it a lot as well. But when did it get to be 16, almost 17 years old??
Masters of the Universe with Dolph Lundgren and Frank Langella. I don't know anyone who doesn't hate it, but I love it.
Totally agreed. I also think it's one of the best. Also David Arnold's best Bond soundtrack.
Tomorrow Never Dies is one of the best Bond films yet, inexplicably, is widely considered to be one of the worst. Let us count the ways in which the film is awesome:
- Brosnan is superlative as Bond, offering a far more polished performance than he did in Goldeneye.
- Great chicks, from the Norwegian(?) blonde at Oxford to Paris Carver to Wai Lin.
- Paris Carver continues the trend of a more self-aware Bond (and franchise) which started in Goldeneye: Paris: "Did I get too close?" Bond: "Yes."
- Wai Lin is Bond's equal in every way - far moreso than whatsherface in The Spy Who Loved Me - a true 21st century Bond Girl.
- Great settings and use thereof: Germany and Vietnam.
- Great opening sequence. Snow. Cooperation between Russia/UK in action against terrorists. Cruise missiles. "What the hell is he doing?" "His job!"
- Great tweaking of the American audience: "I wonder what the Americans will be more upset about: that they lost it or that we found it."
- CHINA. Tomorrow Never Dies recognises the rise of the Middle Kingdom well before CNN catches on. True to past form re: Russia - and commendably for a western production - China isn't made the bad guy. (Wai Lin of course being a Chinese agent).
- THE POWER AND AMORALITY OF THE MEDIA. Today folks are talking about the way in which the entertainment-focussed media has been inflaming political discourse in the United States for its own benefit with tragic consequences. Tomorrow Never Dies was there first.
- Dr. Kaufmann: "I assure you Mr. Bond, I could shoot you from Stuggart and still create ze proper effect!"
- Great car sequence and related material: "Don't let her push you around."
- Great scenes with M and Moneypenny: "You'll just have to decide how much pumping is needed, James."
- The 'Stealth Ship' and naval action. The ship could almost be real (see: US Navy project 'Sea Shadow').
- Great motorcycle sequence in Saigon.
- I liked Sheryl Crowe's song even if nobody else did.
I'm probably missing some stuff but that'll do for the moment.
Totally agreed. I also think it's one of the best. Also David Arnold's best Bond soundtrack.
Anyone remember a 1999 flick called The Beach, starring Leonardo DiCaprio? That was before he grew up and started making real movies...coincidentally, that was during my foolish adolescent years, and I was still madly in love with Titanic.
So, long story short, everyone hates The Beach, but I think it's really cool.
Also, I will always love Titanic. Screw everyone who cried at the cinema and later pretended they've always hated it.
So, long story short, everyone hates The Beach, but I think it's really cool.
Also, I will always love Titanic. Screw everyone who cried at the cinema and later pretended they've always hated it.
"Love" might be too strong a word, but I actually like this one quite a bit. Langella was a bad-ass Skeletor.
^The Beach I really liked. Did see it at 3 in the morning so I was at the totally right mindset for it probably
And yeah Titanic is great. Is it Cameron's best? Hell no, but it's a damned good movie.
Yay! A kindred soul. Howdy.
Howdy! 
Also it should be noted that I have always been, but especially since I went to a year of film school, rather fond of bad movies as well as good. As long as I find some charm I'm okay with it. Could be because I'm such an 80s child and a LOT of stuff from the 80s is BAAAAD, but delicously so! One of my favorite series is still Super Dimentional Fortress Macross, which at times is like like cheddar cheese on cheese crackers, but I still love it.
To get back to The Beach, I always had fun that there where some Swedish guys in it, Tilda Swinton is always great and I always laugh my ass of at Leo's characters Video game fantasy in the jungle
Also it should be noted that I have always been, but especially since I went to a year of film school, rather fond of bad movies as well as good. As long as I find some charm I'm okay with it. Could be because I'm such an 80s child and a LOT of stuff from the 80s is BAAAAD, but delicously so! One of my favorite series is still Super Dimentional Fortress Macross, which at times is like like cheddar cheese on cheese crackers, but I still love it.
To get back to The Beach, I always had fun that there where some Swedish guys in it, Tilda Swinton is always great and I always laugh my ass of at Leo's characters Video game fantasy in the jungle
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