Unpopular Movie Opinions.

LoathsomePete · 07-16-2011, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

As promised:

One hour of soap opera followed by one hour of kinetic brilliance and tension; followed by yet another hour of soap opera.

Bloated, lacking focus and Russian Roulette aside; slow and tedious to the point of inertia.

Anyone who has dissed the Godfather trilogy and heralds this instead needs their heads testing.

I don't doubt the sincerity of this film but it is ridiculously over rated.

I will say that Jon Cazale is magnificent in this movie though which does add brownie points.

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.. ................ that's actually a pretty good summation of the movie. Still, it was one that stuck with me long after I first viewed it so that's gotta count for something.

**Exo** · 07-16-2011, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by matious

Jim Jarmusch should direct everything

I nearly killed myself during Dead Man. SO BORING.

Sparky · 07-17-2011, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Exoskeletal

I nearly killed myself during Dead Man. SO BORING.

Did you ever see Down by Law?

Engine · 07-17-2011, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Exoskeletal

I nearly killed myself during Dead Man. SO BORING.

You should've gone ahead. Dead Man is one of my favorite films.

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Originally Posted by matious

Did you ever see Down by Law?

yeah, it's also great - I love all the early Jarmusch films - and the recent ones.

Two guys sitting at a table staring at their beers (Stranger than Paradise) is more interesting than 99% of what Hollywood sponsors today.

My unpopular opinion:
Anybody who thinks that The Matrix is goundbreakingly philosophical should know that Plato said the same shit centuries ago.
You should have already known this stuff before the Washowski Bros. and Keanu informed you in 1999.

Alfred · 07-17-2011, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by captaincaptain

I guess another unpopular opinion would be that Fight Club or The Social Network are not Fincher's best work. That goes to Zodiac.

Those are the only 3 of his movies I've seen but I will agree.

djchameleon · 07-17-2011, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Engine

My unpopular opinion:
Anybody who thinks that The Matrix is goundbreakingly philosophical should know that Plato said the same shit centuries ago.
You should have already known this stuff before the Washowski Bros. and Keanu informed you in 1999.

Not sure why you would hate on people finding out the same philosophy via a movie as opposed to digging through Plato's work to find it. It still gets to the end user regardless of the source.

Engine · 07-17-2011, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by djchameleon

Not sure why you would hate on people finding out the same philosophy via a movie as opposed to digging through Plato's work to find it. It still gets to the end user regardless of the source.

No hate.
My unpopular opinion is that people should be more interested in Plato than Keanu Reeves. We all learned about Plato as children (allegory of the cave ring a bell?). Almost nobody cared until they saw The Matrix. Then they gave the cred for the knowledge to Hollywood bs. I've met people who thought the W bros. made this stuff up.

Sparky · 07-17-2011, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by djchameleon

Not sure why you would hate on people finding out the same philosophy via a movie as opposed to digging through Plato's work to find it. It still gets to the end user regardless of the source.

Because it allows for this kinda bull**** to get made
Amazon.com: Taking the Red Pill: Science, Philosophy and the Religion in the Matrix (Smart Pop series) (9781932100020): Glenn Yeffeth, David Gerrold: Books

Seriously read the user reviews. This movie is like a cult.