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Re: Unpopular Movie Opinions
« Reply #380 on: May 22, 2008, 12:24:57 AM »
Since I'm new here, I'd like to get a couple of these off my chest in the interest of full disclosure.


- From the few films of his that I've seen, I think John Ford is overrated.  And from the many films of his that I've seen, I think Robert Altman is overrated.  In both cases, I think their great gift to cinema was having served as an inspiration to a great many directors that have made better films than theirs.

- AI: Artificial Intelligence is in my top 50 favorite films of the 2000s and is possibly my favorite Spielberg film since Last Crusade.

- Pootie Tang is legitimately brilliant.

- Firefly/Serenity is really just a watered-down mash-up of every sci-fi movie you've ever seen and so cannot be seriously considered to be one of the best sci-fi films ever.

Wow. A.I. as one of your top 50 best since 2000 and the best Spielberg film since The Last Crusade? Those are two rather bold statements there. Although I think Spielberg started with a strong idea, the final product felt rather watered down for me.
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Re: Unpopular Movie Opinions
« Reply #381 on: May 22, 2008, 01:22:19 AM »
Since I'm new here, I'd like to get a couple of these off my chest in the interest of full disclosure.


- From the few films of his that I've seen, I think John Ford is overrated.

see more. he is one of the greatest american directors.
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Re: Unpopular Movie Opinions
« Reply #382 on: May 22, 2008, 05:34:04 AM »


Wow. A.I. as one of your top 50 best since 2000 and the best Spielberg film since The Last Crusade? Those are two rather bold statements there.

I would agree with the first statement, but love Jurassic Park too much to agree with the second.

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Re: Unpopular Movie Opinions
« Reply #383 on: May 22, 2008, 05:35:14 AM »
Shane is not one of the great westerns.
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« Reply #384 on: May 22, 2008, 08:53:22 AM »
Shane is not one of the great westerns.

Thank you. No really, thank you. The movie buffs at my work look at me crooked when I say that. Now I know that damn movie hasn't hipnotized eveyerone into thinking it's great.
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Re: Unpopular Movie Opinions
« Reply #385 on: May 22, 2008, 08:55:49 AM »
Since I'm new here, I'd like to get a couple of these off my chest in the interest of full disclosure.


- From the few films of his that I've seen, I think John Ford is overrated.

see more. he is one of the greatest american directors.

I'll take any recommendations as I do feel a sense of shame about this.  I've only seen Stagecoach, The Searchers, and Liberty Valance and none of them clicked for me.  I'm more of a revisionist western fan than a classic western fan and I would have liked Liberty Valance if not for the spoilerful description on netflix that gives away the entire ending.

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Re: Unpopular Movie Opinions
« Reply #386 on: May 22, 2008, 11:20:11 AM »
Shane is not one of the great westerns.

Thank you. No really, thank you. The movie buffs at my work look at me crooked when I say that. Now I know that damn movie hasn't hipnotized eveyerone into thinking it's great.


Your welcome. It's a good movie, but like I say, Shane would only ever be a hero in my eyes if he shot at the kid and scared him off for the duration of the film, then I might be able to cope with it.

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« Reply #387 on: May 22, 2008, 11:25:42 AM »
Oh man. You guys just brought back from the dead the memory of that kid from Shane. Most annoying child's voice in the history of movies? We just may have a winner.

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« Reply #388 on: May 22, 2008, 11:30:00 AM »
Oh man. You guys just brought back from the dead the memory of that kid from Shane. Most annoying child's voice in the history of movies? We just may have a winner.

I love these message boards even more every time someone posts comments like that. Darn that annoying kid.

-kid: Shane! Shane! I love you Shane!

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« Reply #389 on: May 22, 2008, 11:44:07 AM »
-kid: Shane! Shane! I love you Shane!

Shane - slumps over in saddle as loses will to live
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