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RE: Bone-biting weariness... - 2/2/2013 9:51:46 PM

Deviation

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I said I'd wait for DVD to form my own opinion. But I've read a lot of opinions which say the film is long, boring and tedious.

I've also read a lot that say it is magnificient. So what? You're using the worst imaginable ways to choose whether you want to see a film or not.

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I wish Spielberg would return to family film making.

Well there were these Indy and Tintin things....

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There are certainly times where calling a person a cunt is not only reasonable, it is a gross understatement.

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I really wish I could go down to see Privates

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RE: Bone-biting weariness... - 2/2/2013 9:58:44 PM

theoriginalcynic

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Good point. Both Indy and TinTin were poor. Maybe he should just retire?

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RE: Bone-biting weariness... - 2/2/2013 10:00:44 PM

Deviation

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Tintin was great NUFF SAID

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ORIGINAL: Dpp1978
There are certainly times where calling a person a cunt is not only reasonable, it is a gross understatement.

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ORIGINAL: elab49
I really wish I could go down to see Privates

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RE: Bone-biting weariness... - 2/2/2013 10:01:34 PM

theoriginalcynic

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ORIGINAL: adambatman82

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ORIGINAL: theoriginalcynic

It seems like most people are saying this is long, tedious and boring, inc various celebs on twitter.

I've bolded my favourite bit.

I actually just searched "Lincoln Boring" in twitter. This was my favourite response.

@Georgia_Olive - Lincoln is boring me. Why my parents didn't get tickets to see movie 43 I don't know

Movie 43 looks like trash. Lincoln looks boring. Point well made Adam. #sarcasm

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RE: Bone-biting weariness... - 2/2/2013 10:01:57 PM

theoriginalcynic

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ORIGINAL: Deviation

Tintin was great NUFF SAID

It really wasn't.

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RE: Bone-biting weariness... - 2/2/2013 10:02:10 PM

adambatman82

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I don't think much of Spielberg's "serious" films in general. I don't like Saving Private Ryan or Schindler's List, but I did enjoy Munich (not revisited it since theatrical release). However, Lincoln is probably my favourite Spielberg film after Close Encounters Of The Third Kind. With time it might even become my favourite. It's a bona-fide masterpiece.

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RE: Bone-biting weariness... - 2/2/2013 10:03:21 PM

theoriginalcynic

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My favouite is: @Amy__Macdonald Walked out of Lincoln because it was so boring, now going to the pub instead. #standardglaswegian

Gotta love Amy Macdonald.

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RE: Bone-biting weariness... - 2/2/2013 10:03:53 PM

Hood_Man

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Since I use a Cineworld card I've got no idea what cinema tickets cost these days, but would it still be cheaper to watch a film in the cinema than to buy the DVD?

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RE: Bone-biting weariness... - 2/2/2013 10:05:24 PM

theoriginalcynic

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ORIGINAL: Hood_Man

Since I use a Cineworld card I've got no idea what cinema tickets cost these days, but would it still be cheaper to watch a film in the cinema than to buy the DVD?

Not if you're renting. �8 a month unlimited. I hardly buy anything these days, unless I love it.

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RE: Bone-biting weariness... - 2/2/2013 10:05:28 PM

Deviation

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ORIGINAL: theoriginalcynic

My favouite is: @Amy__Macdonald Walked out of Lincoln because it was so boring, now going to the pub instead. #standardglaswegian

Gotta love Amy Macdonald.

Yeah, I trust singers who I never met for my personal viewings of films as well. BRILLIANT INTELLECT YOU ARE SHOWING HERE AND WHAT AN INCREDIBLE CRITICAL ANALYSIS SHE IS GIVING THERE

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ORIGINAL: Dpp1978
There are certainly times where calling a person a cunt is not only reasonable, it is a gross understatement.

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I really wish I could go down to see Privates

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RE: Bone-biting weariness... - 2/2/2013 10:06:14 PM

adambatman82

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ORIGINAL: theoriginalcynic

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ORIGINAL: adambatman82

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ORIGINAL: theoriginalcynic

It seems like most people are saying this is long, tedious and boring, inc various celebs on twitter.

I've bolded my favourite bit.

I actually just searched "Lincoln Boring" in twitter. This was my favourite response.

@Georgia_Olive - Lincoln is boring me. Why my parents didn't get tickets to see movie 43 I don't know

Movie 43 looks like trash. Lincoln looks boring. Point well made Adam. #sarcasm

#WayToMissThePoint You cited twitter reviews saying Lincoln was "boring". I searched twitter for "Lincoln boring". A tweet that mooted your point completely came up. I quoted it in here. You should take something from that. #Schooled

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RE: Bone-biting weariness... - 2/2/2013 10:07:33 PM

theoriginalcynic

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ORIGINAL: Deviation

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ORIGINAL: theoriginalcynic

My favouite is: @Amy__Macdonald Walked out of Lincoln because it was so boring, now going to the pub instead. #standardglaswegian

Gotta love Amy Macdonald.

Yeah, I trust singers who I never met for my personal viewings of films as well. BRILLIANT INTELLECT YOU ARE SHOWING HERE

Maybe you missed the part where I said TWICE I'd wait for DVD. My twitter post was as pointless as Adam's (which was the point you clearly missed.)

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RE: Bone-biting weariness... - 2/2/2013 10:08:53 PM

adambatman82

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ORIGINAL: Deviation

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ORIGINAL: theoriginalcynic

My favouite is: @Amy__Macdonald Walked out of Lincoln because it was so boring, now going to the pub instead. #standardglaswegian

Gotta love Amy Macdonald.

Yeah, I trust singers who I never met for my personal viewings of films as well. BRILLIANT INTELLECT YOU ARE SHOWING HERE AND WHAT AN INCREDIBLE CRITICAL ANALYSIS SHE IS GIVING THERE

The best bit! The person he's citing hasn't even seen the film! She walked out of it!

Logic, sweet logic, where are thee, why have thee abandoned this thread, why have you forsaken poor Cynic?!

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RE: Bone-biting weariness... - 2/2/2013 10:09:53 PM

Deviation

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ORIGINAL: theoriginalcynic

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ORIGINAL: Deviation

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ORIGINAL: theoriginalcynic

My favouite is: @Amy__Macdonald Walked out of Lincoln because it was so boring, now going to the pub instead. #standardglaswegian

Gotta love Amy Macdonald.

Yeah, I trust singers who I never met for my personal viewings of films as well. BRILLIANT INTELLECT YOU ARE SHOWING HERE

Maybe you missed the part where I said TWICE I'd wait for DVD. She is one of my favourite singers and backs up several thousand other viewpoints along the same lines. My twitter post was as pointless as Adam's (which was the point you clearly missed.)

No, I saw it, I also saw the bit where you stated you are using twitter to form such an opinion and then qouting singers who you've never met. Which adam and me are claiming to "That's really a bit daft".

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ORIGINAL: Dpp1978
There are certainly times where calling a person a cunt is not only reasonable, it is a gross understatement.

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ORIGINAL: elab49
I really wish I could go down to see Privates

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RE: Bone-biting weariness... - 2/2/2013 10:10:01 PM

theoriginalcynic

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ORIGINAL: adambatman82

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ORIGINAL: Deviation

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ORIGINAL: theoriginalcynic

My favouite is: @Amy__Macdonald Walked out of Lincoln because it was so boring, now going to the pub instead. #standardglaswegian

Gotta love Amy Macdonald.

Yeah, I trust singers who I never met for my personal viewings of films as well. BRILLIANT INTELLECT YOU ARE SHOWING HERE AND WHAT AN INCREDIBLE CRITICAL ANALYSIS SHE IS GIVING THERE

The best bit! The person he's citing hasn't even seen the film! She walked out of it!

Logic, sweet logic, where are thee, why have thee abandoned this thread, why have you forsaken poor Cynic?!

She walked out because it was BORING. Which was my point

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RE: Bone-biting weariness... - 2/2/2013 10:10:44 PM

adambatman82

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ORIGINAL: theoriginalcynic

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ORIGINAL: Deviation

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ORIGINAL: theoriginalcynic

My favouite is: @Amy__Macdonald Walked out of Lincoln because it was so boring, now going to the pub instead. #standardglaswegian

Gotta love Amy Macdonald.

Yeah, I trust singers who I never met for my personal viewings of films as well. BRILLIANT INTELLECT YOU ARE SHOWING HERE

Maybe you missed the part where I said TWICE I'd wait for DVD. She is one of my favourite singers and backs up several thousand other viewpoints along the same lines. My twitter post was as pointless as Adam's (which was the point you clearly missed.)

Are you being deliberately obtuse? The tweet I cited backed up my point. Your tweet backed up nothing/nada/nowt.

But hey, if she's one of your favourite singers....

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RE: Bone-biting weariness... - 2/2/2013 10:12:00 PM

adambatman82

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ORIGINAL: theoriginalcynic

She walked out because it was BORING. Which was my point

Your point is that a random woman walked out of a film that you havent seen because she found it boring? What sort of point is that? Why is that point being made in this thread? Why do your answers provoke so many questions?

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RE: Bone-biting weariness... - 2/2/2013 10:12:04 PM

Deviation

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A singer said the film was boring and nothing else. That whole "that's really a bit daft" remains.

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ORIGINAL: Dpp1978
There are certainly times where calling a person a cunt is not only reasonable, it is a gross understatement.

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ORIGINAL: elab49
I really wish I could go down to see Privates

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RE: Bone-biting weariness... - 2/2/2013 10:12:28 PM

theoriginalcynic

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ORIGINAL: Deviation

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ORIGINAL: theoriginalcynic

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ORIGINAL: Deviation

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ORIGINAL: theoriginalcynic

My favouite is: @Amy__Macdonald Walked out of Lincoln because it was so boring, now going to the pub instead. #standardglaswegian

Gotta love Amy Macdonald.

Yeah, I trust singers who I never met for my personal viewings of films as well. BRILLIANT INTELLECT YOU ARE SHOWING HERE

Maybe you missed the part where I said TWICE I'd wait for DVD. She is one of my favourite singers and backs up several thousand other viewpoints along the same lines. My twitter post was as pointless as Adam's (which was the point you clearly missed.)

No, I saw it, I also saw the bit where you stated you are using twitter to form such an opinion and then qouting singers who you've never met. Which adam and me are claiming to "That's really a bit daft".

Umm no. I posted that in response to Adam's pointless twitter post. How do you know I haven't met her? She might be my aunt.

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RE: Bone-biting weariness... - 2/2/2013 10:13:51 PM

theoriginalcynic

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ORIGINAL: adambatman82

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ORIGINAL: theoriginalcynic

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ORIGINAL: Deviation

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ORIGINAL: theoriginalcynic

My favouite is: @Amy__Macdonald Walked out of Lincoln because it was so boring, now going to the pub instead. #standardglaswegian

Gotta love Amy Macdonald.

Yeah, I trust singers who I never met for my personal viewings of films as well. BRILLIANT INTELLECT YOU ARE SHOWING HERE

Maybe you missed the part where I said TWICE I'd wait for DVD. She is one of my favourite singers and backs up several thousand other viewpoints along the same lines. My twitter post was as pointless as Adam's (which was the point you clearly missed.)

Are you being deliberately obtuse? The tweet I cited backed up my point. Your tweet backed up nothing/nada/nowt.

But hey, if she's one of your favourite singers....

Your tweet backed up NOTHING! One person said they'd rather see Movie 43. One person!!! You forgot to post the other thousand tweets that hated the film.

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RE: Bone-biting weariness... - 2/2/2013 10:16:25 PM

theoriginalcynic

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She walked out because it was BORING. Which was my point

Your point is that a random woman walked out of a film that you havent seen because she found it boring? What sort of point is that? Why is that point being made in this thread? Why do your answers provoke so many questions?

You're just being deliberately antagonistic now! Your twitter post was one person's opinion, and so I posed someone else's opinion. Anyway good night gentleman. Continue to be pretentious and enjoy snoozefest films that critics tell you to like. LOL! So easy to wind up.

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RE: Bone-biting weariness... - 2/2/2013 10:17:39 PM

Deviation

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ORIGINAL: theoriginalcynic

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ORIGINAL: adambatman82

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ORIGINAL: theoriginalcynic

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ORIGINAL: Deviation

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ORIGINAL: theoriginalcynic

My favouite is: @Amy__Macdonald Walked out of Lincoln because it was so boring, now going to the pub instead. #standardglaswegian

Gotta love Amy Macdonald.

Yeah, I trust singers who I never met for my personal viewings of films as well. BRILLIANT INTELLECT YOU ARE SHOWING HERE

Maybe you missed the part where I said TWICE I'd wait for DVD. She is one of my favourite singers and backs up several thousand other viewpoints along the same lines. My twitter post was as pointless as Adam's (which was the point you clearly missed.)

Are you being deliberately obtuse? The tweet I cited backed up my point. Your tweet backed up nothing/nada/nowt.

But hey, if she's one of your favourite singers....

Your tweet backed up NOTHING! One person said they'd rather see Movie 43. One person!!! You forgot to post the other thousand tweets that hated the film.

On the other hand, 44k people liked it enough on average to give it a 7.9/10 on imdb and an 83% approval rating on RT made by some 16k votes. And even if it has 5.0/10 or 20% on the respective sites, forming it ON TWEETS, imdb or just RT is still slightly stupid.

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ORIGINAL: Dpp1978
There are certainly times where calling a person a cunt is not only reasonable, it is a gross understatement.

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ORIGINAL: elab49
I really wish I could go down to see Privates

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RE: Bone-biting weariness... - 2/2/2013 10:19:46 PM

Deviation

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ORIGINAL: theoriginalcynic

You're just being deliberately antagonistic now! Your twitter post was one person's opinion, and so I posed someone else's opinion. Anyway good night gentleman. Continue to be pretentious and enjoy snoozefest films that critics tell you to like. LOL! So easy to wind up.

I apologize for calling your twitter point slightly stupid. It's quite intelligent when compared to the absolute stupidity of this.

Oh no wait, I forgot you can make vad3r look sensible and intelligent sometimes.

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ORIGINAL: Dpp1978
There are certainly times where calling a person a cunt is not only reasonable, it is a gross understatement.

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ORIGINAL: elab49
I really wish I could go down to see Privates

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RE: Bone-biting weariness... - 2/2/2013 10:20:21 PM

Hood_Man

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This thread took a dramatic turn

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RE: Bone-biting weariness... - 2/2/2013 10:21:39 PM

adambatman82

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ORIGINAL: theoriginalcynic

Your tweet backed up NOTHING! One person said they'd rather see Movie 43. One person!!! You forgot to post the other thousand tweets that hated the film.

I'm not sure you understand how this whole quoting-to-back-up-a-point-thing works! I cited one person because I don't have the time, nor the inclination to post them all, not least when anyone can simply nip over to Twitter and search "Lincoln Boring" and see the idiocy for themselves. Pretty much every single one of said tweets, including the one that you yourself quoted, backs up everything that everyone on the last two pages of this thread is saying in response to you.

In short, the people calling Lincoln boring don't seem to be the kind of people whose opinions would ordinarily affect the standing of the more discerning cinema-goer.

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RE: Bone-biting weariness... - 2/2/2013 10:22:05 PM

theoriginalcynic

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ORIGINAL: Deviation

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ORIGINAL: theoriginalcynic

You're just being deliberately antagonistic now! Your twitter post was one person's opinion, and so I posed someone else's opinion. Anyway good night gentleman. Continue to be pretentious and enjoy snoozefest films that critics tell you to like. LOL! So easy to wind up.

I apologize for calling your twitter point slightly stupid. It's quite intelligent when compared to the absolute stupidity of this.

Deviation. If you want me to pick a decent film for you to enjoy before you pop off to bed, just ask. You don't have to beat around the bush

Lmao. I love film snobs on Empire.

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RE: Bone-biting weariness... - 2/2/2013 10:23:16 PM

adambatman82

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ORIGINAL: theoriginalcynic

You're just being deliberately antagonistic now! Your twitter post was one person's opinion, and so I posed someone else's opinion. Anyway good night gentleman. Continue to be pretentious and enjoy snoozefest films that critics tell you to like. LOL! So easy to wind up.

You call me antagonistic and then admit that you're deliberately on the wind up. Brilliant.

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RE: Bone-biting weariness... - 2/2/2013 10:24:26 PM

theoriginalcynic

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ORIGINAL: adambatman82

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ORIGINAL: theoriginalcynic

Your tweet backed up NOTHING! One person said they'd rather see Movie 43. One person!!! You forgot to post the other thousand tweets that hated the film.

I'm not sure you understand how this whole quoting-to-back-up-a-point-thing works! I cited one person because I don't have the time, nor the inclination to post them all, not least when anyone can simply nip over to Twitter and search "Lincoln Boring" and see the idiocy for themselves. Pretty much every single one of said tweets, including the one that you yourself quoted, backs up everything that everyone on the last two pages of this thread is saying in response to you.

In short, the people calling Lincoln boring don't seem to be the kind of people whose opinions would ordinarily affect the standing of the more discerning cinema-goer.

Pretentious snobs you mean. Like the people who visit your site, where three people bother to comment on any given review.

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RE: Bone-biting weariness... - 2/2/2013 10:25:01 PM

theoriginalcynic

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ORIGINAL: adambatman82

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ORIGINAL: theoriginalcynic

You're just being deliberately antagonistic now! Your twitter post was one person's opinion, and so I posed someone else's opinion. Anyway good night gentleman. Continue to be pretentious and enjoy snoozefest films that critics tell you to like. LOL! So easy to wind up.

You call me antagonistic and then admit that you're deliberately on the wind up. Brilliant.

Well, I wasn't. But I am now.

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RE: Bone-biting weariness... - 2/2/2013 10:25:15 PM

Deviation

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ORIGINAL: theoriginalcynic

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ORIGINAL: Deviation

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ORIGINAL: theoriginalcynic

You're just being deliberately antagonistic now! Your twitter post was one person's opinion, and so I posed someone else's opinion. Anyway good night gentleman. Continue to be pretentious and enjoy snoozefest films that critics tell you to like. LOL! So easy to wind up.

I apologize for calling your twitter point slightly stupid. It's quite intelligent when compared to the absolute stupidity of this.

Deviation. If you want me to pick a decent film for you to enjoy before you pop off to bed, just ask. You don't have to beat around the bush Lmao. I love film snobs on Empire.

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA really? You do realize this is making you look horrible? You're not only passing judgments on films you haven't watched (which we have) based on the worst of sources (which we are criticizing), you're also now putting judgments ON WHY WE LIKE IT and calling us snobs for doing so and criticizing you for making, to be polite, a horribly ill-thought choice. Well done, you sir have absolutely lost any ground on this discussion.

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