Unpopular Movie Opinions.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 07-02-2011, 08:57 PM

Sorry my reply doesn't reach your standards.
I wasn't trying to prove Jackhammer wrong, just that it works the other way around too.

I'm not saying all films are bad, most of the films he listed are very good.

What I am saying is I've never seen a film that was better than the book or the TV series if it was originally made as those things. I enjoy character development, watching plot strands come to fruition, evolution of concepts. Most of those things don't translate into films very well due to the time constraints that most films have.
So from my point of view the only things that movies have as a plus point is a bigger budget which is probably why I watch so few.
Last year I spent about 2 months working my way through the entire run of The Sopranos. I got a hell of a lot more out of that than I ever did watching The Godfather Trilogy or Goodfellas, as good as they are.

If you want something to fill a couple of hours then movies are great, I just like to invest a bit more time into something a little deeper, that's all.

METALLICA_RULES · 07-02-2011, 09:24 PM

I do agree that movies based on a book are not as good as the book. That's because of the limitations a movie has compared to a book.

~~Sansa Stark~~ · 07-02-2011, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by METALLICA_RULES

I do agree that movies based on a book are not as good as the book. That's because of the limitations a movie has compared to a book.

This is an unpopular opinion?

METALLICA_RULES · 07-02-2011, 09:38 PM

No, I just said that I agreed with Urban Hatemonger. That's all.

Dr.Seussicide · 07-02-2011, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

Sorry my reply doesn't reach your standards.
I wasn't trying to prove Jackhammer wrong, just that it works the other way around too.

I'm not saying all films are bad, most of the films he listed are very good.

What I am saying is I've never seen a film that was better than the book or the TV series if it was originally made as those things. I enjoy character development, watching plot strands come to fruition, evolution of concepts. Most of those things don't translate into films very well due to the time constraints that most films have.
So from my point of view the only things that movies have as a plus point is a bigger budget which is probably why I watch so few.
Last year I spent about 2 months working my way through the entire run of The Sopranos. I got a hell of a lot more out of that than I ever did watching The Godfather Trilogy or Goodfellas, as good as they are.

If you want something to fill a couple of hours then movies are great, I just like to invest a bit more time into something a little deeper, that's all.

I can definitely agree with the bolded point, granted you have the time, and I do love television series, even especially mini-series a lot as well. But I guess the point I was trying to make is just that, movies do actually do pretty well for themselves given their time frame, and I guess the fact that they can pull it off is what make movies special. I can appreciate your view on plot outlines and character development as well in books and tv series being fundamentally better than movies . I can completely understand that. So I guess the second side of the coin isn't as dirty as I originally thought.

Freebase Dali · 07-03-2011, 01:17 AM

The Godfather 2 and 3 are crap.

Goodfellas is complete and utter crap.

Stand By Me is absolutely great.

The 1990 color remake of the original '68 Night Of The Living Dead is the better one, in all respects except for the acting department, minus Tony Todd and Patricia Tallman, even though the two movies are practically scene-for-scene identical.

The latest Tron movie was the equivalent of waving flashy lights in the eyes of a deaf, dumb, appendageless prisoner who has been in solitary confinement for at least 4 years.

METALLICA_RULES · 07-03-2011, 01:31 AM

All 4 of the Scary Movies were funny.

djchameleon · 07-03-2011, 08:21 AM

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Stand By Me is absolutely great.

I have heard nothing but good opinions about this movie.

Mulholland drive is a piece of unfinished crap that shouldn't get the recognition and praise that it gets.

When the movie boils down to the last 30 mins, you can tell that he just threw together an ending to tie off loose ends but not an ending that makes any sense and people love that it doesn't make sense and that it's open ended to interpretation.

I know the movie was initially made to be a pilot for a series but it's clear that he opened up a can a worms and didn't know how to put them back in when he had to turn it into just a stand alone movie.

Blarobbarg · 07-03-2011, 12:11 PM

Avatar, by James Cameron, is complete and utter crap. Just because it's pretty sparkly crap does not make it any less crap.

Star Wars is fun and enjoyable, but honestly quite mindless, stupid entertainment. It is not a work of genius, its the work of somebody that can take thousands of age old ideas and put them in one movie. In space.

I got more. I just gotta think of them.

**Janszoon** · 07-03-2011, 12:32 PM

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Goodfellas is complete and utter crap.

Yes! At long last I've found someone who agrees with me about this!

07-02-2011, 08:57 PM	#11 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	Sorry my reply doesn't reach your standards. I wasn't trying to prove Jackhammer wrong, just that it works the other way around too. I'm not saying all films are bad, most of the films he listed are very good. What I am saying is I've never seen a film that was better than the book or the TV series if it was originally made as those things. I enjoy character development, watching plot strands come to fruition, evolution of concepts. Most of those things don't translate into films very well due to the time constraints that most films have. So from my point of view the only things that movies have as a plus point is a bigger budget which is probably why I watch so few. Last year I spent about 2 months working my way through the entire run of The Sopranos. I got a hell of a lot more out of that than I ever did watching The Godfather Trilogy or Goodfellas, as good as they are. If you want something to fill a couple of hours then movies are great, I just like to invest a bit more time into something a little deeper, that's all. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

07-02-2011, 09:24 PM	#12 (permalink)
METALLICA_RULES Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 127	I do agree that movies based on a book are not as good as the book. That's because of the limitations a movie has compared to a book.

07-02-2011, 09:38 PM	#14 (permalink)
METALLICA_RULES Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 127	No, I just said that I agreed with Urban Hatemonger. That's all.

07-03-2011, 01:17 AM	#16 (permalink)
Freebase Dali Partying on the inside Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 5,584	The Godfather 2 and 3 are crap. Goodfellas is complete and utter crap. Stand By Me is absolutely great. The 1990 color remake of the original '68 Night Of The Living Dead is the better one, in all respects except for the acting department, minus Tony Todd and Patricia Tallman, even though the two movies are practically scene-for-scene identical. The latest Tron movie was the equivalent of waving flashy lights in the eyes of a deaf, dumb, appendageless prisoner who has been in solitary confinement for at least 4 years.

07-03-2011, 01:31 AM	#17 (permalink)
METALLICA_RULES Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 127	All 4 of the Scary Movies were funny.

07-03-2011, 12:11 PM	#19 (permalink)
Blarobbarg Do good. Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota Posts: 2,065	Avatar, by James Cameron, is complete and utter crap. Just because it's pretty sparkly crap does not make it any less crap. Star Wars is fun and enjoyable, but honestly quite mindless, stupid entertainment. It is not a work of genius, its the work of somebody that can take thousands of age old ideas and put them in one movie. In space. I got more. I just gotta think of them.