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Re: Unpopular Movie Opinions
« Reply #730 on: July 28, 2008, 04:05:57 PM »

Okay. I HATE Casablanca, The Godfather and Citizen Kane, as well as Back to the Future, The Wizard of OZ, It's a Wonderful Life, A Christmas Story, puppies, babies, and candy.

love how you snuck Back To The Future into that list

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Re: Unpopular Movie Opinions
« Reply #731 on: July 28, 2008, 05:32:46 PM »
The Seven Samurai is a lackluster Kurosawa film.  (2.5/4 at best) :o

I defy anyone to top that! :P

(Prepares for those sensational people who hate Casablanca, The Godfather and Citizen Kane to throw their hats in the ring.)

You can't just casually drop a bomb like that without providing some reasoning.

DO IT.
Okay.

I guess my biggest qualm is that I feel that three of the seven samurai are throwaway characters that aren't ever really developed. I really wanted each to have their own distinct personalities but found the that film failed to deliver that. Also, the pacing was just really off to me. Once the fighting starts I think it's fantastic but a lot of the early sequences felt like a ridiculously long drag, especially coming across every last samurai one at a time. A couple of setups were great, mainly the swordmaster, but others were pointless. I had to force myself to watch the first hour of this film before I actually got interested, which is always a bad sign because I love a lot of slow paced, deliberate films.

Those are my two main qualms with the film. But it's just my opinion and knowing me it's probably woefully wrong. :P

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Re: Unpopular Movie Opinions
« Reply #732 on: July 28, 2008, 09:49:27 PM »

Okay. I HATE Casablanca, The Godfather and Citizen Kane, as well as Back to the Future, The Wizard of OZ, It's a Wonderful Life, A Christmas Story, puppies, babies, and candy.

love how you snuck Back To The Future into that list

Yeah. I figured by now enough people know about my love of BttF.
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Re: Unpopular Movie Opinions
« Reply #733 on: July 28, 2008, 09:52:01 PM »
I tried to watch Citizen Kane the other night and fell asleep...I hang my head in shame.
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Re: Unpopular Movie Opinions
« Reply #734 on: July 29, 2008, 12:44:19 AM »
I tried to watch Citizen Kane the other night and fell asleep...I hang my head in shame.

don't worry about it, the movie is pretty dull  ;D
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Re: Unpopular Movie Opinions
« Reply #735 on: July 29, 2008, 01:16:34 AM »
Great Movies that I Hate could be a thread unto itself... "Super Deluxe Unpopular Opinions."

Films by Fellini (after La Strada), Scorsese (Before Last Temptation) and a couple of Kubrick

8 1/2 and La Dolce Vita - completely didn't get the point and honestly didn't care.

Raging Bull, Taxi Driver and Mean Streets - I think Cape Fear is better than those 3.

2001 - way more of its time than people are willing to admit.
Dr. Strangelove - a comedy by people who were smarter than you and were going to educate you on dumb comedy.  Don't think it's funny, just smug.

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Re: Unpopular Movie Opinions
« Reply #736 on: July 29, 2008, 09:07:27 AM »
I tried to watch Citizen Kane the other night and fell asleep...I hang my head in shame.

don't worry about it, the movie is pretty dull  ;D

It's far from dull. But I too regularly fall asleep when trying to watch old b/w movies at night.
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Re: Unpopular Movie Opinions
« Reply #737 on: July 29, 2008, 10:35:52 AM »
Reading subtitles hurts my brain.  :(

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Re: Unpopular Movie Opinions
« Reply #738 on: July 29, 2008, 04:24:50 PM »
The Hours is one of the worst film I have ever seen.

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Re: Unpopular Movie Opinions
« Reply #739 on: July 29, 2008, 04:28:11 PM »
The Hours is one of the worst film I have ever seen.

Is it because of the nose?

 

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