Movies you don't understand all of the hate for..
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Movies you don't understand all of the hate for..
Ok, this is not meant to be a thread about movies that were not that successful or noticed and considered underrated. Rather, this is about movies that got more or less panned universally and upon your viewing, didn't really find that bad. They were not great, but not the steaming pile of crap you were lead to believe.
Van Helsing- until the third act, found it just as entertaining as the first two Mummy movies
13th Warrior- just a pulpy Viking adventure story, nothing more or less
Van Helsing- until the third act, found it just as entertaining as the first two Mummy movies
13th Warrior- just a pulpy Viking adventure story, nothing more or less
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Chronicles of Riddick - I thought it was a lot better than Pitch Black, had great effects, and a massive universe that was populated with some interesting characters/races.
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Transformers: Revenge of the fallen
The Unborn
One Missed Call (remake)
Twilight: New Moon
I enjoyed all 4 of these and they are pretty much panned everyehere
The Unborn
One Missed Call (remake)
Twilight: New Moon
I enjoyed all 4 of these and they are pretty much panned everyehere
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Any Given Sunday, besides an owner not dating Justin Timberlake what more does anyone want out of a football movie?
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Titanic - It made a zillion dollars and won plenty of Oscars, but it's very chic to crap all over it. I think it's terrific. One of my favorites and I watch it fairly often.
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Spider-Man 3-- it is a step down from the first two but not an abomination like I often hear -- that would be "Batman and Robin" is the correct answer. The worst flaws in "S3" are the last, very very rushed act, I think, and the shoehorning in Venom rather painfully. I even enjoyed "Dancing Parker," myself.
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I view the sequels as as set of outtakes of the first, and enjoy them for the decent action scenes, but ignore the plots and dialogue.
First half: classic. 2nd half: a bunch of painful to listen to bitches droning on for what seems like hours and a near perfect villian transformed into a wimp.
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Dreamcatcher - I really liked the angle they took in respect to the aliens taking passive forms to psych the humans. The whole ass-weasel deal didn't bother me but it was just lacking a final polish IMO.
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Daredevil - not the best Marvel adaptation, but decent enough for me. Wish they would do a sequel.
1941 - nearly everyone I know hates this movie while I think it's one of the most funny movies ever.
1941 - nearly everyone I know hates this movie while I think it's one of the most funny movies ever.
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I am going to go with 1941 as well. I held off on watching it for years and years but ended up liking it quite a bit. Then I learned the movie did really well in Europe and it seems I like movies Europeans tend to like, so that may explain it. But it was actually quite good.
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It lacked good story, character, and dialogue and tried to make up for it with big explosions. The effects were no better (some even think worse) then the first one, and the continuity errors with the robots were way to common and noticeable. The story was riddled with errors that make the whole premises laughable, not to mention how in every scene Shia talked like he was on drugs. The humor would have only been funny if you were 7, and the use of IMAX cameras were completely wasted with the back and forth (35mm-70mm) cuts and the lack of wide immersive shots. Overall it insults the moviegoers intelligence, and takes a huge shit on American cinema.
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^ If anything Tranformers 2 deserves more hate than it gets. Truly dreadful, bloated, loud and embarrassing...a film that embodies everything that's wrong with the 'summer blockbuster' phenomena.
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