AndyRM
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I know, I know. I vaguely hate myself for liking it but there we have it. Partly it's because I seem to have a soft spot for films which have been totally misrepresented by crappy marketing.
Films you've switched off half way through or walked out of
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I know, I know. I vaguely hate myself for liking it but there we have it. Partly it's because I seem to have a soft spot for films which have been totally misrepresented by crappy marketing.
John the Monkey
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I'd not go as far as anything (Jackie Brown is good, Django Unchained is ok). But yes. Needs an editor, and for his films to be less obviously in love with how clever they think they are.
Probably your last chance to hear Pierce Brosnan sing "SOS" like a man with a gun to his head though.
Birdemic: Shock and Terror, Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen? (Inept and cynically awful respectively).
Seen "Left Behind" yet?
swee'pea99
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Having avoided this movie like the plague I now find myself strangely tempted...
John the Monkey
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It is a genuinely astonishing performance, as though he's forcing every word out at great personal cost.
AndyRM
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swee'pea99
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37 seconds was enough to change my mind. <shudder>
Arrival got good reviews when it was in the cinema. I didn't see it so I was looking forward to the bluray release.
Arrival arrived yesterday (ha!) - oh dear. An awful film - desperately trying to be serious and meaningful but lacking any kind of content to support its cinematic moodiness. Difficult to say much without giving away the paper-thin storyline but when I started laughing at the breakthrough communication scenes, I knew that was it for me.
Arrival arrived yesterday (ha!) - oh dear. An awful film - desperately trying to be serious and meaningful but lacking any kind of content to support its cinematic moodiness. Difficult to say much without giving away the paper-thin storyline but when I started laughing at the breakthrough communication scenes, I knew that was it for me.
keithmac
Guru
Was just thinking about this thread last night while flicking through the Tivo guide looking for a film.
I may have to take back Robocop 3 and replace it with any film "starring" Steven Seagal (and there's quite a few!).
Genuinely surprised he hasn't been mentioned already.
Alternatively anything on the SyFy Channel, they seem to completely rip a film off with a poor budget remake and alter the title slightly to get away with it..
I may have to take back Robocop 3 and replace it with any film "starring" Steven Seagal (and there's quite a few!).
Genuinely surprised he hasn't been mentioned already.
Alternatively anything on the SyFy Channel, they seem to completely rip a film off with a poor budget remake and alter the title slightly to get away with it..
potsy
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I did not walk out but wish I had when I watched Reservoir Dogs, at the time people were raving about it, I found it incredibly slow and dull.
Nowadays I give films 20 minutes, no more.
Nowadays I give films 20 minutes, no more.
Drago
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You'll love Dr Zhivago then!
John the Monkey
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I find myself desperately wishing for context while reading this thread.
Like I need to cross reference it with the "What Film did you watch" or "Films you can watch again and again" threads.
Like I need to cross reference it with the "What Film did you watch" or "Films you can watch again and again" threads.
Profpointy
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Though I've not actually see that, it does occur to me that there's a difference between nothing particularly happening in 20 minutes and clearly being crap after 20 minutes. A few of my favourite films have nothing much happening all the way through
MontyVeda
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Goldmember.
After thirty minutes i started thinking there's a pub across the road selling cold fizzy lager, even if it's Carling, it's got to be better than this. After forty minutes, I was in the pub.
After thirty minutes i started thinking there's a pub across the road selling cold fizzy lager, even if it's Carling, it's got to be better than this. After forty minutes, I was in the pub.
