JackFetch Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 Time to get flamed! Superman II - I don't get the love towards this movie. It does so many things wrong, including screwing up basic science. For some reason there is gravity on the moon. Zod has powers that Superman doesn't, which includes telekinesis. Superman has powers that he never had anywhere else, including his cellophane S weapon, and the ability to kiss someone and make them forget the last week of their life. Every time I watch it I find something new to bitch about. Spider-Man 2 - I've talked about this so many times I'm tired of explaining why it's bad. Reservoir Dogs - I finally saw this a couple months ago, and there is absolutely nothing special about it. It was QT's first movie, and that gives it a reverence it probably shouldn't get. I think that's enough heads exploding for the first post. What are some movies that you are supposed to like, but just don't? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 I rather like Superman II but acknowledge it has a lot of flaws. However, the moon does have gravity. It's 1/6 Earth normal, and I think the movie does well in depicting that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 Star Wars The Breakfast Club Most Tarantino movies Most superhero movies All Wes Anderson movies The Shining Scarface Napoleon Dynamite (I don't even know. Do people like this thing?) I'd be here forever if I listed them all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 For some reason there is gravity on the moon. Zod has powers that Superman doesn't, which includes telekinesis. Superman has powers that he never had anywhere else, including his cellophane S weapon, and the ability to kiss someone and make them forget the last week of their life. You just listed every reason Superman II is awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted April 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 I rather like Superman II but acknowledge it has a lot of flaws. However, the moon does have gravity. It's 1/6 Earth normal, and I think the movie does well in depicting that. Watch that scene again and tell me the gravity is 1/6 of Earth. Especially the end when he drops the flag and it bounces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted April 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 Napoleon Dynamite (I don't even know. Do people like this thing?) I never got that movie. I don't understand if it's about retarded people or what? Also Juno. I want to punch everyone in that thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 I honestly believe that The Godfather is vastly overrated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 Ha, I like almost every movie that's been listed thus far. Napoleon Dynamite is one of my favorite comedies, but I'm too tired to explain why tonight. It's fucking brilliant and I'll explain why later. I also really like Superman II. The Avengers Spaceballs Look Who's Talking The Amazing Spider-Man Toy Story 1-3 (To some extent) Billy Madison Forrest Gump Good Will Hunting The Chronicles of Narnia (All of them) Spirited Away Galaxy Quest District 9 (Also to some extent) Liar Liar Hercules Quentin Tarantino movies Lord of the Rings 1-3 (Again to some extent) Shrek 1-4 The Adventures of Tintin The Artist Mission Imposible 1-4 I'm sure there are more... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 I honestly believe that The Godfather is vastly overrated.I better not see you this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 Well, I was already expecting someone to reenact Death in the Family on me because of the Christmas Special. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 We're saving that 'til 2014. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 Love Actually Mulholland Drive Whilst the title implies that this is a safe space free of judgement I have to admit I'm judging some of you hard. I mean, there's stuff in here I can use to invalidate any argument you might have at a later stage. "I'm telling you the earth revolves around the sun" "Yeah, but you didn't like The Godfather so how far can we really trust your opinion?" For some reason there is gravity on the moon. There IS gravity on the moon! What do you think causes tides? Also historically Superman was always coming up with crazy new powers in the old comics. Just because he always has the same boring set now it's hard to argue that for some reason heat vision is more credible than Rohypnol smoochies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted April 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 For some reason there is gravity on the moon. There IS gravity on the moon! What do you think causes tides? There is very little gravity. Not enough to cause things to fall with as much force as they show in the movie. Remember the bouncing astronauts in real life? Why does nobody understand this? Watch the scene again and tell me they got it right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 There's no proof they got it right when they faked the moon landing. Maybe Superman 2 got it right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 Lost in Translation and Broken Flowers are overrated, I never saw the appeal of either. Halloween. Blade 2. The X-Men Movies. A Bug's Life. Cars The Royal Tennenbaums. District 9 The majority of Tim Burton films after Batman Returns. Probably a lot more, and I'll come back later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 Pretty much every movie I've ever seen, ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 Comedies in general. If a comedy gets a huge amount of word-of-mouth, I'm pretty much guaranteed to watch it and wonder what everyone is thinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 The Lord of the Rings Trilogy All six Star Wars films Madmen (not a film, I get it) Pan's Labyrinth (looks pretty, but it's so basic and generally boring) The Avengers Dark Knight Rises Citizen Kane (overrated) Pulp Fiction (way overrated) Thor, apparently. ET, sentimental pap. Raiders of the Lost Ark, total bullshit. Superman (yes, that one) Pixar movies (so generic) I'm sure I'll think of more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 Take out Thor and Pan's Labyrinth and you can add all of Des' list to mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 Fucking Thor...what is appealing about that movie. It's so thin that I worry when I watch it like watching Bale in The Machinist. There could be joy in the unexpected if you're watching a film that threatens to collapse under the weight of its own stupidity, I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 If we're also doing TV then add Walking Dead to my list. I fucking hate that show. Also, Citizen Kane is overrated but it's still an amazing film, I don't think it necessarily deserves to be on this list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 Thor had a guy with a hammer beating up frost giants and it was a superhero movie that wasn't trying to be Batman. I wasn't expecting Fritz Lang. Also, I could not give less of a shit about the source material, so that probably helped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 There's no proof they got it right when they faked the moon landing. Maybe Superman 2 got it right. In other news, this might be my favorite thing ever posted on this forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 If we're also doing TV then add Walking Dead to my list. I fucking hate that show. Also, Citizen Kane is overrated but it's still an amazing film, I don't think it necessarily deserves to be on this list. Well, the list is "movies everyone else likes but you," so you shouldn't be able to determine what should and shouldn't be on my list. But yes, Walking Dead was shit from the third episode of season one, and I'm the target demographic. Thor had a guy with a hammer beating up frost giants and it was a superhero movie that wasn't trying to be Batman. Okay, it had a few minutes of that, but Superman in Superman Returns took a bullet to the fucking eye, which is better than anything that happened in Thor and it's still shit. You're right that it wasn't trying to be Batman, but what it was trying to be was an epic film about redemption and honor, but it ended up being a film about paper characters with daddy issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molly Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 "Paper characters with Daddy issues." You just described Hamlet, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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