You can't call yourself a Star Wars fan if you hated 3.
George Lucas answered all the complaints the first two prequels had. The movie [still has] great CGI, better writing, and added alot to the Star Wars universe.
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Educate me: films you love that everybody hated
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Same! I was ready to dislike it, but it was actually pretty good. The plot is a bit messy, full of cliches, it should've shut up about it's themes, but it was really besutiful. There were just a ton of ideas and details with the city and the characters that it was enjoyable to just absorb it all and gave it a surprising amount of humanity.
i was going to post this but I see other people clearly have great taste.
also, that's a lot of nuts.
quite possibly Robin's best role. And Jon Stewart's.
Uh no. I've read about 12 star wars novels. and saw Empire Strikes back in the theater and I can resoundly say that RotS is a piece of shit. Yes its better than the first two in the same way getting stabbed is better than getting shot.
Permanently A
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I must have watched Looney Tunes: Back in Action a hundred times as a kid. I loved it. I wonder if it holds up?
hardcastlemccormick
Banned
Warcraft
Speed Racer (though my love has finished over the years)
I'm not sure how folks feel about Cloverfield, but I love it.
Spring Breakers is a good one.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is largely considered one of the weakest films but I think it's one of the best.
Speed Racer (though my love has finished over the years)
I'm not sure how folks feel about Cloverfield, but I love it.
Spring Breakers is a good one.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is largely considered one of the weakest films but I think it's one of the best.
gutter_trash
Banned
Fantastic Four (2005)
Ghostrider
Punisher War Zone
Ghostrider
Punisher War Zone
tonysidaway
Member
Yep to the power of yep with a side order of yep and wrap it all up in a bag of yep!
Psychoward
Banned
I remember being so disappointed with Order of the Phoenix because they cut so much good stuff iirc
tonysidaway
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Love it! Weird physics in London, Greenwich Naval College as the target for weird aliens led by Chris Eccleston as a kind of evil Doctor Who.
One of my favourite Marvel films, if only because of the way Loki drapes his lovely form all over the place.
But actually: no.
That was a fabulously popular film. This thread is about films nearly everybody hated, but you liked.
MoonsaultSlayer
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Hands down, Kung Pow.
My phone notification is "Wheeoowheeoowheee" and has been for years.
My ringtone is the taco bell song and has been for years (both my own recordings reused on every phone I've had).
I quote it daily and recite the bungee cord joke whenever necessary.
Anyone who dislikes it is badong.
And my favorite gaf poster is Betty and he knows why.
Edit:
Also, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2014. I absolutely love this rendition of the turtles and it has my favorite shot/choreographed over the top action scenes I've ever seen in a comic book/videogame/cartoon live action adaption.
My phone notification is "Wheeoowheeoowheee" and has been for years.
My ringtone is the taco bell song and has been for years (both my own recordings reused on every phone I've had).
I quote it daily and recite the bungee cord joke whenever necessary.
Anyone who dislikes it is badong.
And my favorite gaf poster is Betty and he knows why.
Edit:
Also, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2014. I absolutely love this rendition of the turtles and it has my favorite shot/choreographed over the top action scenes I've ever seen in a comic book/videogame/cartoon live action adaption.
unpopularblargh
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This and Superman Returns. They both are character study films with very deliberate pacing for characters primarily known for punching things.
Affeinvasion
Member
I don't think I'd go so far as to say "love," but I really enjoyed Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within when it came out...and I'm not really into anything Final Fantasy post SNES era.
beelzebozo
Jealous Bastard
A-TEAM was awesome. i have no idea how people dislike it. everyone in the film is having the time of their lives.
tonysidaway
Member
YES.
For one not mentioned yet:
It's a fantastic movie.
Nope. Popular film. I want to know about the films you love but everybody else hates.
MoonsaultSlayer
Member
I like you, too.
CadetMahoney
Member
I don't "love" any of these films though, but I would place them in "above average":
I watched Avatar again on blu-ray and it's fx is up there with films today, even better tbh, the story isn't as shit as I previously thought.
Ghost in the Shell was better than I thought it would be.
I watched Avatar again on blu-ray and it's fx is up there with films today, even better tbh, the story isn't as shit as I previously thought.
Ghost in the Shell was better than I thought it would be.
When it first came out I think people were put off by the dark humor and lovable Jim Carrey being creepy. But I hear more and more people like Cable Guy. I don't know if I would count it anymore.
tonysidaway
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Hated it. Love to meet somebody who enjoyed it. I'll wait until you're ready. I felt as if the film was directed in a foreign language to which I possessed no lexicon.
Its always been Wes Anderson's best movie. I love it so fucking much,
But I would rank Moonrise Kingdom as his best since that came out now.
blame space
Banned
I think bandits starring Billy Bob thorton and Bruce Willis is one of the great movies.
Judging by this thread, there is no right answer. Everyone has opinions and anecdotal experiences. Everyone I've met shits on Thor 2 and its even a running gag here. For every post there is a response of, "no not really."
Zeus Molecules
illegal immigrants are stealing our air
The only redeeming moment in that whole movie was John Goodman's "Fuck you money" Monologue.
With that said "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" and "Masters of the Universe" since I saw it again after hearing how Jack Kirby influenced it.
tonysidaway
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Yes, I get that there are local exceptions. I just didn't expect a really popular Marvel film to be one of those.
Candeldandel
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Haha, yeah... I loved this one so much I saw it several times in theaters (before tickets got ridiculous)
David Wenham is in it, which was part of it 'cause Faramir is my favorite lol
Net_Wrecker
Member
I'll go to bat for this as not only one of my favorite crime movies, but one of the best movies of the 21st century so far, and maybe even more blasphemous statements beyond that if you push me hard enough.
hikarutilmitt
Member
Folks need to stop posting stuff like The Punisher and Iron Man 3 and stuff because it's starting to make me feel like I like bad movies in general.
Mine would probably be Road House or Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man. Yeah they're cheesy action movies but those are the best ones. Hell I think I like just about anything Cannon made in the 80s if only because so many of the movies they made are just so amazingly fun.
Mine would probably be Road House or Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man. Yeah they're cheesy action movies but those are the best ones. Hell I think I like just about anything Cannon made in the 80s if only because so many of the movies they made are just so amazingly fun.
Push - A cool little sci-fi flick with a great cast, a really well drawn world with some great use of the locale(Hong Kong), it is the best X-Men movie we've gotten thus far.
Rob Zombie's Halloween 2 - A rather unpleasant experience, there is no fun to be had here, but a welcome alternative to the traditional slasher sequel.
Rob Zombie's Halloween 2 - A rather unpleasant experience, there is no fun to be had here, but a welcome alternative to the traditional slasher sequel.
Well, it sure wasn't at the time...
Speed Racer will get the appreciation it deserves one day.
I think a lot of people like this movie, but I absolutely love this movie, and critics definitely seemed to hate it when it came out. I love it for a few reasons, it's a really good satire about fascism, it's one of the best sci-fi war movies ever made, and, although it takes place in a fascist utopia, it's incredibly progressive for its time. I mean, a war movie where women have a presence in every facet of war, from army grunt to naval command, it was mind blowing at the time.
All good to me
Maybe I'm crazy but I don't remember this being hated, just that nobody gave a shit. I loved it when I first saw it and I wonder how well it holds up now. And a street-level superhero shadow government pseudo-heist thing feels so much more like what would be produced in modern day superhero tv.
There are probably most movies in here, I enjoy than a normal thread. Though I have to disagree with the notion everyone hated for a lot. Speed Racer is a bonafide Cult classic now. I know a few reviewers even went back to state it was much better than what they gave it for.
Lone Ranger and John Carter are two others as well.
Stuff like Ready to Rumble, Dirty Work, Warcraft, Ironman 3, Alien 3, etc. I loved too.
If we're going for a few I don't see a lot of love for, normally used as jokes.
-Battleship: It's basically what Transformers should be. Likable cast, action, well paced, etc. Nothing is great outside the water effects.
-Tomorrowland: Even the ending, I enjoyed. It has a certain charm to it, you don't find in movies much anymore.
-Immortals: Superman's first gig as a superhero. Pure style over substance.
-Wolfman: The first 2/3 are fantastic and probably the best adaption of the werewolf story, then it sadly falls apart. But damn it was good.
GIJoe:Rise of Cobra was another. Doom. A quite a few more....
Lone Ranger and John Carter are two others as well.
Stuff like Ready to Rumble, Dirty Work, Warcraft, Ironman 3, Alien 3, etc. I loved too.
If we're going for a few I don't see a lot of love for, normally used as jokes.
-Battleship: It's basically what Transformers should be. Likable cast, action, well paced, etc. Nothing is great outside the water effects.
-Tomorrowland: Even the ending, I enjoyed. It has a certain charm to it, you don't find in movies much anymore.
-Immortals: Superman's first gig as a superhero. Pure style over substance.
-Wolfman: The first 2/3 are fantastic and probably the best adaption of the werewolf story, then it sadly falls apart. But damn it was good.
GIJoe:Rise of Cobra was another. Doom. A quite a few more....
It was actually pretty harshly received(currently sits at 23% on RT, with an audience score of only 42%). It still confuses me to this day, I would take Push over the majority of superhero films out there.
Affeinvasion
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Oh man is Battleship something. It is the single most subversive(maybe accidentally) mainstream film made since Starship Troopers.
And I definitely agree with you about Tomorrowland. It has some problems here and there, chief among them that the main protagonist is really along for someone's else ride, but it is still great.
It sucks that Tomorrowland, The Lone Ranger, Tron Legacy, and John Carter all failed to gain mainstream traction.
Well. It everyone hated.
But I think Robin Hood Prince of Thieves is maybe top 5 when it comes to entertaining films. Endlessly quotable, great action. Hilarious dialogue. Even when it is bad, it is funny bad. Never boring.
The Fountain. I think it was something like 50% on Rotten Tomatoes when released. I love that film. One of my favorites of all time.
But I think Robin Hood Prince of Thieves is maybe top 5 when it comes to entertaining films. Endlessly quotable, great action. Hilarious dialogue. Even when it is bad, it is funny bad. Never boring.
The Fountain. I think it was something like 50% on Rotten Tomatoes when released. I love that film. One of my favorites of all time.
Captain Zyrain
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PantherLotus
Professional Schmuck
Cruel Intentions was actually a masterpiece.
Captain Zyrain
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Cruel Intentions was actually a masterpiece.
My god. Just seeing that picture made that Placebo song pop into my head. That's a blast from the past.