Unpopular movie opinions...

[jamespowers]

You actually watched that movie? I knew from the title it wouldn't be good and after seeing that the Hulk was in it, well, now I know lol

What can I say? Children love dumb movies. If I have to listen to The Wiggles or Yo Gabba Gabba just one more time.....:eusa_doh:

 

[MissMittens]

Probably be escorted from the lounge with this......but White Christmas. That movie was terrible. Just an excuse by a movie company to cash in on the song from a decade earlier. Plain awful.

Holiday Inn, the original movie the song was in, was a much better and funnier movie, if a little too campy at times - but all the musical vehicles of the time were a little camp.

Plus Holiday Inn had Marjorie Reynolds in it, and she was a babe

 

[rue]

What can I say? Children love dumb movies. If I have to listen to The Wiggles or Yo Gabba Gabba just one more time.....:eusa_doh:

Apparently your taste hasn't rubbed off on them yet

 

[rue]

Probably be escorted from the lounge with this......but White Christmas. That movie was terrible. Just an excuse by a movie company to cash in on the song from a decade earlier. Plain awful.

Holiday Inn, the original movie the song was in, was a much better and funnier movie, if a little too campy at times - but all the musical vehicles of the time were a little camp.

Agreed

 

[MissMittens]

I'm not sure, but I'd put $1 on White Christmas being the first movie "remake"..........I'm a fan of Pre-Code cinema (I watch TCM more than any other channel except History Channel) and I can't think of a movie made before White Christmas that was a remake of an earlier movie. I might be wrong, I don't know every movie made back then

 

[Amy Jeanne]

I'm not sure, but I'd put $1 on White Christmas being the first movie "remake"..........I'm a fan of Pre-Code cinema (I watch TCM more than any other channel except History Channel) and I can't think of a movie made before White Christmas that was a remake of an earlier movie. I might be wrong, I don't know every movie made back then

Tons of silent movies were remade into talkies. Off the top of my head:

The Show Off (1926) became Men Are Like That (1930)
Love em & Leave em (1926) became The Saturday Night Kid (1929)

And The 1940s Maltese Falcon was actually made ealier in 1931 under the title Dangerous Female.

The Brodaway melody (1929) was remade in 1940 under the title Two Girls On Broadway.

Lots and lots of movies were remade from the 1890s to the 1940s. That's why I don't get when people cry about remakes today. the whole industry was MADE on remakes!

 

[MissMittens]

Thanks for the re-education. I've seen both Dangerous Female and Maltese Falcon, and didn't equate the latter as a remake. Looking at the synopsis right now in my other window, it's abundantly clear that you're right.

 

[jamespowers]

Apparently your taste hasn't rubbed off on them yet

Well, they watch scifi with me anyway.
Oh, that reminds me about the remake of Clash of the Titans. I hate to admit it but the 70seek: the 70s) version was better without all the CG crap to augment it.

 

[Caity Lynn]

I despise anything Will Ferrel. With maybe one exception. I really dislike all crude humor movies....so basically any modern comedy. Also NOT a fan of Jim Carrey. I can tolerate Adam Sandler in some movies, and Jack Black...well....he gets points only because Meatloaf likes him.

 

[CharlieB]

I despise anything Will Ferrel. With maybe one exception. I really dislike all crude humor movies....so basically any modern comedy. Also NOT a fan of Jim Carrey. I can tolerate Adam Sandler in some movies, and Jack Black...well....he gets points only because Meatloaf likes him.

Totally agree with you. I think Adam Sandler depends on who he is co-starring with. Drew Barrymore seems to bring out something better in him than he displays in other films.

 

[John in Covina]

I have certain movies that I have never seen because they don't appeal to me. I have no interest in watching any of the SAW movies. Also some films like the "I Know What You Did Last Summer" and other films where teens to twenty-somethings are placed in a horror or supernatural setting along those lines tends to be tedious to me. There are some movies where I don't find the persons in the film at all sympathetic.

 

[Amy Jeanne]

Thanks for the re-education. I've seen both Dangerous Female and Maltese Falcon, and didn't equate the latter as a remake. Looking at the synopsis right now in my other window, it's abundantly clear that you're right.

You owe me a dollar!! lol

 

[jamespowers]

You owe me a dollar!! lol

And fifty cents.:eyebrows:

 

[MissMittens]

You owe me a dollar!! lol

I've only got 2 bits

 

[p51]

I understand war movies. I think the public needs to know what it's like. However my husband is no longer allowed to watch Black Hawk Down because he was there and I witnessed the dead stare and shaking during the movie that he did, but the rest of the world should see it. I'm glad I did so I could understand what he went through.

I actually watched the Rangers training for this mission and did some OPFOR (opposing force) training for them. I talked with a few after they came back, and the same guys were hollow shells of the people I’d talked with before the left. I have a hard time with that movie, knowing that I saw some of these training and that some of them never made it back alive. I must concede that it’s a very well-done film, though. I’m a former Army officer and sometimes I get the “shakes” and have bad nightmares when I see a helicopter crash in a movie. It hits too close to home, let’s just say that and be done on the topic.

I despise anything Will Ferrel. With maybe one exception. I really dislike all crude humor movies....so basically any modern comedy. Also NOT a fan of Jim Carrey. I can tolerate Adam Sandler in some movies, and Jack Black...well....he gets points only because Meatloaf likes him.

I agree, especially with movies that are made as crude as they can with no regard to how appropriate it is. I’m fine with crude humor IF it’s done well. Everyone involved in the making of “There’s Something about Mary” should be burned at the stake. That movie is about as funny as childhood cancer. Here’s a few of my points on the subject:

• I have never been able to get through “Citizen Cain”
• Same thing with “The Godfather”. I wanted to like it, but I just don’t get the hype. Really, I don’t get it.
• I think “Casablanca” is a well-done movie, but it does nothing for me. I never bought into that ending.
• Most of Hitchcock’s movies to me are simply boring as heck, even in the context of moviemaking back then.
• Mel Brooks movies. Man, I haven’t found one I have liked yet. To me, they’re all exercises in tedium, 5 minutes each of really funny moments surrounded by 90-120 minutes of nothing.
• Most horror movies are downright silly. I don’t like horror as a genre because mostly, it’s so poorly done.
• Musicals in general also escape me. Maybe it’s all that testosterone, but man, I just don’t understand the appeal of the concept. My wife watched an episode of “Glee” last night, which I’ve never seen before. Now I know why.
• For the above reason, I never liked “Wizard of Oz.” The hype over the years for that film baffles me.
• Is it just me or are most Western movies a sure cure for insomnia? I recognize many are well done, but to me, most are about as interesting as watching paint dry. This is really odd for me, as I’m a cowboy action competition shooter and own several Western firearms!
• Lucile Ball? Man, I never thought she was funny. I never liked the show.
• Want to see the absolute consistently worst acting on TV? Watch an afternoon of Hallmark Channel. My wife loves those moronic movies (especially with the Christmas movies they turn out like a factory) with no plots and acting that isn’t good enough for a junior-high skit. Even actors with chops come off as amateurs when they do a production for that crummy network!
• I despise zombie movies and think those who like them have something wrong with them. I’ll save you a lot of time and money; THE ZOMBIES WIN. They always win, every single time. Every single zombie movie ever made shows the zombies overrunning the Earth, society collapses and the normal people living in despair and preying on one another, then they do something stupid that ensures the zombies overrun whoever’s left. Why would anyone bother with a movie or TV show with a already-known theme and a foregone conclusion?

 

[jamespowers]

I agree, especially with movies that are made as crude as they can with no regard to how appropriate it is. I’m fine with crude humor IF it’s done well. Everyone involved in the making of “There’s Something about Mary” should be burned at the stake. That movie is about as funny as childhood cancer. Here’s a few of my points on the subject:

• I have never been able to get through “Citizen Cain”
• Same thing with “The Godfather”. I wanted to like it, but I just don’t get the hype. Really, I don’t get it.
• I think “Casablanca” is a well-done movie, but it does nothing for me. I never bought into that ending.
• Most of Hitchcock’s movies to me are simply boring as heck, even in the context of moviemaking back then.
• Mel Brooks movies. Man, I haven’t found one I have liked yet. To me, they’re all exercises in tedium, 5 minutes each of really funny moments surrounded by 90-120 minutes of nothing.
• Most horror movies are downright silly. I don’t like horror as a genre because mostly, it’s so poorly done.
• Musicals in general also escape me. Maybe it’s all that testosterone, but man, I just don’t understand the appeal of the concept. My wife watched an episode of “Glee” last night, which I’ve never seen before. Now I know why.
• For the above reason, I never liked “Wizard of Oz.” The hype over the years for that film baffles me.
• Is it just me or are most Western movies a sure cure for insomnia? I recognize many are well done, but to me, most are about as interesting as watching paint dry. This is really odd for me, as I’m a cowboy action competition shooter and own several Western firearms!
• Lucile Ball? Man, I never thought she was funny. I never liked the show.
• Want to see the absolute consistently worst acting on TV? Watch an afternoon of Hallmark Channel. My wife loves those moronic movies (especially with the Christmas movies they turn out like a factory) with no plots and acting that isn’t good enough for a junior-high skit. Even actors with chops come off as amateurs when they do a production for that crummy network!
• I despise zombie movies and think those who like them have something wrong with them. I’ll save you a lot of time and money; THE ZOMBIES WIN. They always win, every single time. Every single zombie movie ever made shows the zombies overrunning the Earth, society collapses and the normal people living in despair and preying on one another, then they do something stupid that ensures the zombies overrun whoever’s left. Why would anyone bother with a movie or TV show with a already-known theme and a foregone conclusion?

I see a lot of sympatico in your comments. Hallmark movies are all like miniature Love Stories---they are all fatastic wastes of time.
Musicals?! Geez they just don't make sense. I have never decided that it was time to put life on hold and sing running through the streets. There is not one that I can stand. As soon as someone breaks from the action and starts singing, I am out of there.
Lucille Ball and that show I love Lucy was frustrating. If that was my wife she would have been strangled long before the first few episodes were done.:eusa_doh: Poor Desi. What a nut! As a regular person, I think she was probably fine but playing consistent nitwits over time gets really boring fast.
I have got to disagree with Casablanca though. There is just so much in that movie that you have to take it in its time and context to get all the allusions and action. Vichy water for instance.
I like westerns as well--- not all of course but a few that is for sure. Rio Bravo is a good example. I even like the rehash El Dorado. Gary Cooper was also a good fit for this genre.
Lastly, for Zombie movies----I am Legend. That ended with a cure for zombies so they were not long for this world. They even took out a good amount of them in the end.

 

[fluteplayer07]

My dad hates Humphrey Bogart. Can't stand any of his movies. He says Casablanca was nothing special. He also said he didn't like Citizen Kane.

I, personally, can't sit through The Godfather. I'm sure it must be good once you get into it, but I can't sit through long enough to start picking up the plot. I loved Public Enemies with Depp.

I can't stand most westerns. They all blend together to me; too much shooting and melodramatic tough-guy yelling. I'll give the new True Grit a chance.

This is probably very anti-Fedora Lounge. I generally love sci-fi/fantasy thrillers. GATTACA and any of the Star Wars and Harry Potter films.

I've never watched Citizen Kane; or Treasure of the Sierra Madre, or some other big ones from Humphrey Bogart, personally. I have seen Maltese Falcon and Casablanca.

Any more blasphemy you guys want me to post?

 

[Lincsong]

I hate Star Wars. Didn't see it until 1996 and then I realized I hadn't missed a thing. Don't understand why anyone would want to dress up like the characters either. NUTS!

 

[Widebrim]

I've never watched Citizen Kane; or Treasure of the Sierra Madre, or some other big ones from Humphrey Bogart, personally. I have seen Maltese Falcon and Casablanca.

Any more blasphemy you guys want me to post?

Citizen Kane was, in many ways, unlike any American movie that came before it. Much of its lighting and cinematography techniques were used in many later Films Noir. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, IMO, is a good film, and Bogart gives a good performance (Huston, pere, almost steals the spotlight). I haven't seen The Maltese Falcon in many years, and don't care for Mary Astor much (her hair, especially), but it is considered by many to be the first Film Noir. And when it comes to Casablanca, I'm sorry, but I disagree with your dad BIG time...

 

[Widebrim]

I actually watched the Rangers training for this mission and did some OPFOR (opposing force) training for them. I talked with a few after they came back, and the same guys were hollow shells of the people I’d talked with before the left. I have a hard time with that movie, knowing that I saw some of these training and that some of them never made it back alive. I must concede that it’s a very well-done film, though. I’m a former Army officer and sometimes I get the “shakes” and have bad nightmares when I see a helicopter crash in a movie. It hits too close to home[...]

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I kind of feel the same way about films dealing with the Iraq War; have yet to see one.