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    Rank The Indiana Jones Films

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    For me a 7/10 could be a C+, a B-, or a low B. Using just a 10 point scale can get confusing.

     

    A+, A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, C-, F is a 10 point scale. It's just for whatever reason people refuse to use the full spectrum of any number based system. People just tend to stop at the number 5 or 6 unless they truley hate a film in which case they give it a 1.

     

    So the way most people use a 10 point number scale is effectively as a 6 point number scale anyways.

    Too much Force?

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    The author is right in a sense but its too late to put that genie back in the bottle. It's like walking in on your parents having sex. You can do your best to forget it, but the images haunt your mind forever.

     

    The prequels are with us for good and there is no chance imo of getting back that magical first feeling you got when Yoda moved the X-ring or whatever. The best we can realistically hope for is that we get a movie whose characters make us care about all the force action going on around us.

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    Name your guilty pleasure movies

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    im not insulting Pacific Rim, just merely pointing out that imdb ratings are useless.

     

    I loved Bad Boy 2 when I was 13, haven't seen it much sinse but it was a very quotable movie.

     

    IMDB ratings are not useless. You just have to keep in mind the userbase that tends to frequent that website to gain meaning from those results.

    Name your guilty pleasure movies

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    its lolworthy because it just shows how useless IMDB ratings are. The GA quite clearly loved Armageddon and ID4, they didn't care much for PR. Every time I mention PR you seem to come out of your cave to reply with some pointless posts, we get it, you like Pacific Rim, cool.

     

    Hands off Pacific Rim. It literally gave me multiple orgasms while watching it. 

     

    Bad boys 2 is pure brainless entertainment, its awesome.

     

    Bad Boys 2 bored me to tears.The original Bad Boys fits the bill though.

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    House of Cards (K̶̷e̶̷v̶̷i̶̷n̶̷ ̶̷S̶̷p̶̷a̶̷c̶̷e̶̷y̶̷ Robin Wright)

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    Well I binged watched series 1 over the last few days. I had high hopes for this series but unfortunately it misses the mark for me compared to the original BBC series.

     

    I think there are two problems with the show compared to the BBC version.

     

    1) Frank Underwood vs Francis Urquhart. Nothing against Kevin Spacey who does a fantastic job with the material he is given but the character as written misses the mark IMO. With Urquhart he was a power hungry bastard for sure, but he had a reason behind his power hungry ways. He honestly thought that what he was doing was for the betterment of England. Only through his ultra conservative politics would England thrive. Underwood on the other hand appears to be a middle of the road democrat whose politics are very flexible and are used only to serve to gain him more power. This difference IMO makes Urquhart a far more interesting and fascinating character to watch.

     

    2) The BBC miniseries was the perfect length with very little waste. Stretching it out to 13 episodes in a season....its like spreading margarine over too much bread. Lots of little side-plots and characters that I really couldn't care less about.

     

    For all these faults its still a highly watchable series but give me the original any day of the week.

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    Kill Five Franchises

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    Transformers - At least the Bay incarnation of it. Die you sack of shit, die!

     

    Paranormal Activity - Look that up in the dictionary and you see it ask you to refer to 'beating a dead horse'

     

    Twilight - Just in case Stephanie Myers decides to extend the series. No. For the love that is all that is good and that is holy NO.

     

    Bourne - If the Bourne Legacy was anything to go by, please don't dilute this great action trilogy any further please. kthxbye

     

    Wolverine - Two stand alone flicks is enough. I hope.

    Fanboy Wars Thread: Personal Attacks not allowed | With Digital Fur Technology

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    On a serious note, comparing DC to Marvel is stupid in my opinion, at least until the DC shared universe starts showing up because they really are two completely different things at the moment. The Nolan batman's were amazing flicks in their own rights while Marvel films have perhaps not individually reached those heights, but at the same time they have created this giant interconnected world that we simply haven't seen on the big screen before. I'm glad we got the TDK trilogy and I'm glad we have the Marvel Shared World stuff. Both are fantastic efforts that shouldn't, imo, be compared to each other.

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