The Futurist Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Manchester by the Sea is a morally corrupt & emotionnally manipulative movie. Cinephiles have really low standards these days, they shouldn't settle for this tripe. But because not many serious or adult or whatever you want to call them movies are made these days, they scream "masterpiece !" the minute there isn't a superhero in it. Knowledgeable cinephiles, you deserve better, pull yourselves together & ask for transcendant moviemaking, not mundane over the top drama. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Binoche Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 The Godfather is boring. Goodfellas >>> ET sucks. The Breakfast Club...meh. Home Alone...meh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webslinger Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 That Manchester by the Sea post is baffling from top to bottom. Finding it overrated is something I can understand, but it's so nuanced and restrained that it's not even vaguely "over the top." And for what it's worth, it's not just the stuffy cinephile elite who are eating it up; I saw it with two near-capacity crowds that both had nothing but high praise for it on the way out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WrathOfHan Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 9 minutes ago, Webslinger said: That Manchester by the Sea post is baffling from top to bottom. Finding it overrated is something I can understand, but it's so nuanced and restrained that it's not even vaguely "over the top." And for what it's worth, it's not just the stuffy cinephile elite who are eating it up; I saw it with two near-capacity crowds that both had nothing but high praise for it on the way out. It's just Futurist being himself, don't take the bait Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webslinger Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Oh, I know. I just felt like seeing whether things could get more interesting in this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Futurist Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 (edited) On 24 décembre 2016 at 11:50 PM, Webslinger said: That Manchester by the Sea post is baffling from top to bottom. Finding it overrated is something I can understand, but it's so nuanced and restrained that it's not even vaguely "over the top." And for what it's worth, it's not just the stuffy cinephile elite who are eating it up; I saw it with two near-capacity crowds that both had nothing but high praise for it on the way out. Emotionnal blackmail & manipulation works on everybody, it doesn't require much talent to make the audience sympathize for your characters when you afflict them with all the horrors one can experience throughout life in just ONE movie. That poor kid, I was just shaking my head listing what all of the tragic things his relatives suffered through in this sob story. As for the nuance thing, the middle scene of the movie, AKA the BIg reveal was as delicate & subtle as an Innaritu film. Inarittu al least is not some basic like Kennteh Lonergan when it comes to the choice of your music cue for "DRAMA !" Edited December 26, 2016 by The Futurist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goffe Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 (edited) Kubrick first five films are the stronger portion of his filmography. Edited December 27, 2016 by Goffe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel M Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 20 hours ago, Goffe said: Kubrick first five films are the stronger portion of his filmography. Are you counting also Fear & Desire and Killer's Kiss in his first 5? If you are, that's indeed a REALLY unpopular opinion. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goffe Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 53 minutes ago, Joel M said: Are you counting also Fear & Desire and Killer's Kiss in his first 5? Yeah. I strongly dislike Fear and Desire, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m3racer123 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 (edited) Fellowship of the Ring is the worst (or least best, as it's still amazing and in my top 5 films) LOTR movie, mainly due to the lack of Gollum and none of the huge, epic battles. RotK is my favourite, and my #1 movie ever, just edging out TDK, Fury Road and the other two LOTR movies. Edit: Ha, I just saw this 3-year-old post from Baumer! I disagree with him on almost every movie opinion. On 25/07/2013 at 2:50 PM, Christmas Baumer said: The only LOTR film that is worthy of its lofty place amongst the best films of all time is FOTR, the others range from crap to okay. Edited December 29, 2016 by m3racer123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m3racer123 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 On 21/06/2012 at 1:03 AM, YoursTruly said: Titanic is hackneyed, ham-fisted film-making with pretty visuals. Avatar is hackneyed, ham-fisted film-making with pretty visuals. @IronJimbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolifofo Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 On 4/8/2014 at 0:56 AM, Vanilla said: Star Wars is by far the most over rated film series in history. Don't get the love for these films. This is more about a genre but I can not stand the look of anime. It all looks horrible to me. I second all of this. I don't get what's so special/good about Star Wars (for the modern generation, I'm 20) besides its historical significance as a film. And I also really dislike anime. Watched it all the time as a kid, but I can hardly stand it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronJimbo Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 On 29/12/2016 at 3:35 PM, m3racer123 said: @IronJimbo Unpopular opinion for a reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 TTT and ROTK are both vastly inferior to FOTR. The sequels suffer from poor pacing and Eowyn. Her so called love for Aragorn is ridiculous. She has a discussion with him on a horse and now they are soul mates. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 But i still love the LOTR trilogy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Futurist Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 1 hour ago, baumer said: TTT and ROTK are both vastly inferior to FOTR. The sequels suffer from poor pacing and Eowyn. Her so called love for Aragorn is ridiculous. She has a discussion with him on a horse and now they are soul mates. That s like saying you like Act I better than Act II & III in a story. LOTR was never a trilogy. It s a 10 hour Film, shot at once with the exact same actors and crew and they could shoot scenes from ROTK in the morning and scenes from FOTR in the afternoon. Tone, sets, direction, everything is the same during these 3 movies. Never understood why people sets them apart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChD Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 La La Land - slightly overrated. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 2 hours ago, The Futurist said: That s like saying you like Act I better than Act II & III in a story. LOTR was never a trilogy. It s a 10 hour Film, shot at once with the exact same actors and crew and they could shoot scenes from ROTK in the morning and scenes from FOTR in the afternoon. Tone, sets, direction, everything is the same during these 3 movies. Never understood why people sets them apart. Because they were released in different years. And because ROTK won best picture.....not the LOTR trilogy. Pretty simple stuff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porthos Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Keanu Reeves is a TREMENDOUSLY underrated actor. Something I've thought for decades, and nothing I've seen from him convinces me otherwise. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aabattery Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 I unironically think Bee Movie is a good movie. I thought this before all the memes this year; I can dig up some chat logs I have talking about it but that's a pain and I hope you guys trust me. It's legitimately funny and I dig the plot. I'm not saying it's perfect but it's a solid 7-7.5/10 for me. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...