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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 2/4/2012 2:39:18 PM   
st3veebee


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I wouldn't say I didn't like it, but for some reason I thought it was going to be a much darker film (like Sweeney Todd or Sleepy Hollow), so I was surprised that it's actually a comedy. Of course Burton has proved he can handle comedy, but I guess I'm just a little disappointed that it's not going to be what I was looking forward to.


This. I was really expecting a return to films more like Sleepy Hollow : with a bit more bite. At first I really didn't like Dark Shadows (fish out of water comedy...sigh) but I have watched it again since then and realised it could be alright.  I still love Depp knocking his hea on the piano: fantastic comic timing.

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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 2/4/2012 2:40:57 PM   
st3veebee


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 Hold on: I didn't do my top 5 Burton films!

1. Ed Wood
2. Edward Scissorhands
3. Batman Returns
4.Beetlejuice
5. Sleepy Hollow

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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 2/4/2012 3:09:37 PM   
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 Tim Burtons only half decent film is Batman.The rest are all shite.



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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 2/4/2012 3:13:49 PM   
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 Fair snuff.

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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 2/4/2012 3:16:16 PM   
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Tim Burtons only half decent film is Batman.The rest are all shite.




You have seen all of them? Seems a bit weird if you clearly don't like him as a director.


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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 2/4/2012 3:38:58 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Cool Breeze

Tim Burtons only half decent film is Batman.The rest are all shite.




Thanks for making me laugh.

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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 2/4/2012 3:41:50 PM   
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I'd agree Batman is half decent. I reckon he's done maybe half a dozen films that are better than that though, and Ed Wood, Big Fish, Scissorhands and Beetlejuice are quality.

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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 2/4/2012 3:55:48 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Shifty Bench

quote:

ORIGINAL: Cool Breeze

Tim Burtons only half decent film is Batman.The rest are all shite.




You have seen all of them? Seems a bit weird if you clearly don't like him as a director.



It's almost like he exaggerates/prejudges things...


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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 2/4/2012 3:57:29 PM   
Shifty Bench


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ORIGINAL: Shifty Bench

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ORIGINAL: Cool Breeze

Tim Burtons only half decent film is Batman.The rest are all shite.




You have seen all of them? Seems a bit weird if you clearly don't like him as a director.



It's almost like he exaggerates/prejudges things...



Surely not.......


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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 2/4/2012 4:01:11 PM   
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I've seen lots of films by directors I don't like, though - I don't think it's that odd if you're interested in films?

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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 2/4/2012 4:03:46 PM   
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 Yeah, but I would peg you as someone who does have a very varied taste in film and would therefore keep chancing works by directors they don't like. Breeze doesn't - not that there's anything wrong with that, just sayin'.

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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 2/4/2012 4:31:01 PM   
st3veebee


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I've seen lots of films by directors I don't like, though - I don't think it's that odd if you're interested in films?


Perhaps, but Burton has such a particular style in all of his films that, if you didn't like one I can't see why you would bother to watch any others.



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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 2/4/2012 4:34:13 PM   
elab49


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In the hopes of finding one you'd like? To be able to comment on a directors work (even if it's simply to say he's repetitive and lacks originality). I've watched so many Godard without success. I succeeded, just, with Bergman.

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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 2/4/2012 5:03:32 PM   
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 Yeah I'm yet to see a Kevin Smith film I liked (apart from maybe bits of Red State) but I make a point of watching them all partly back up my anti-Smith agenda whenever his name comes up in the pub, but also because I quite like him as a person/raconteur and think that surely he must have a good movie somewhere inside him?

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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 2/4/2012 5:05:29 PM   
superdan


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You didn't like Dogma? His An Evening With... is probably the best thing he's done though, the Superman anecdote is fucking brilliant.

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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 2/4/2012 5:06:21 PM   
st3veebee


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ORIGINAL: elab49

In the hopes of finding one you'd like? To be able to comment on a directors work (even if it's simply to say he's repetitive and lacks originality). I've watched so many Godard without success. I succeeded, just, with Bergman.


Which film did it for you (Bergman)? I started with the Seventh Seal and instantly loved his work. Still a lot to see but, loved all so far.

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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 2/4/2012 5:12:11 PM   
Spaldron


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You didn't like Dogma? His An Evening With... is probably the best thing he's done though, the Superman anecdote is fucking brilliant.


Yes but only the first An Evening With..........the following five or six get increasingly shit.

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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 2/4/2012 5:15:09 PM   
horribleives

 

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You didn't like Dogma? His An Evening With... is probably the best thing he's done though, the Superman anecdote is fucking brilliant.


That's probably the one that irritated me the most! Though Clerks 2, Mallrats and Jay And Silent Bob... weren't far behind. Red State has its moments, Zak And Miri... had the odd good line and (for once) a decent cast but other than that his writing just makes my teeth itch. Though I'd agree with you, his anecdotes are great and he has a likeable persona, it's just for me he's never put that on the page or the screen.

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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 2/4/2012 5:16:38 PM   
Shifty Bench


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ORIGINAL: elab49

I've seen lots of films by directors I don't like, though - I don't think it's that odd if you're interested in films?



Every single one of the director's films though? I just find it a bit odd that someone would put themselves through watching every Tim Burton film especially if they clearly don't like him. If you don't like Beetljuice, you're not going to sit through Mars Attacks or Sleepy Hollow, are you, really?

Well, maybe you would, Elab

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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 2/4/2012 5:19:00 PM   
superdan


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ORIGINAL: Spaldron


quote:

ORIGINAL: superdan

You didn't like Dogma? His An Evening With... is probably the best thing he's done though, the Superman anecdote is fucking brilliant.


Yes but only the first An Evening With..........the following five or six get increasingly shit.


That's the only one I've seen. I figured it would be the law of diminishing returns after that.

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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 2/4/2012 7:17:30 PM   
Deviation


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ORIGINAL: elab49

In the hopes of finding one you'd like? To be able to comment on a directors work (even if it's simply to say he's repetitive and lacks originality). I've watched so many Godard without success. I succeeded, just, with Bergman.




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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 2/4/2012 7:19:50 PM   
elab49


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ORIGINAL: st3veebee

quote:

ORIGINAL: elab49

In the hopes of finding one you'd like? To be able to comment on a directors work (even if it's simply to say he's repetitive and lacks originality). I've watched so many Godard without success. I succeeded, just, with Bergman.


Which film did it for you (Bergman)? I started with the Seventh Seal and instantly loved his work. Still a lot to see but, loved all so far.


Wild Strawberries. It just works for me

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Well, maybe you would, Elab


I really would

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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 2/4/2012 8:20:37 PM   
Darth Marenghi


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ORIGINAL: horribleives

Yeah I'm yet to see a Kevin Smith film I liked (apart from maybe bits of Red State) but I make a point of watching them all partly back up my anti-Smith agenda whenever his name comes up in the pub, but also because I quite like him as a person/raconteur and think that surely he must have a good movie somewhere inside him?


Personally, I'd just save my money if I'd been burned that many times.


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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 2/4/2012 10:37:07 PM   
horribleives

 

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ORIGINAL: Darth Marenghi


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ORIGINAL: horribleives

Yeah I'm yet to see a Kevin Smith film I liked (apart from maybe bits of Red State) but I make a point of watching them all partly back up my anti-Smith agenda whenever his name comes up in the pub, but also because I quite like him as a person/raconteur and think that surely he must have a good movie somewhere inside him?


Personally, I'd just save my money if I'd been burned that many times.



Oh, apart from Clerks and Dogma I've never seen any of them at the pictures (though even if I wanted to you only tend to get a three day window anyway )

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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 2/4/2012 10:49:56 PM   
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 I really enjoyed Dogma - anything that takes a pop at religion is well worth a look in my book

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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 3/4/2012 1:00:56 AM   
Spaldron


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 About Kevin Smith films I prefer Clerks, Jay and Silent Bob, Red State and one or two others.

I'm not a fan of Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Jersey Girl. Haven't seen Clerks 2 or Zack and Miri.

I'm having Deja-Vu on this topic.


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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 3/4/2012 1:49:05 AM   
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 Watched Wild Strawberries for the first time probably over a year and a half ago now. It's a very special film indeed, love it.

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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 3/4/2012 5:16:50 AM   
threshold


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 I've said it once and I'll say it again.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is a great film.
People just hate it because nostalgia prevents them from liking it. And because of the aliens.
But that's it.

Also,

5. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
4. Ed Wood
3. Corpse Bride
2. Big Fish
1. Sweeney Todd

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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 3/4/2012 9:40:28 AM   
st3veebee


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I've said it once and I'll say it again.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is a great film.
People just hate it because nostalgia prevents them from liking it. And because of the aliens.
But that's it.


Must resist...ah sod it.


-Shia LaBoeuf swining with/like monkeys

-Cate Blanchett overacting with a shocking accent( and just being crap)

-Ray Bloody Winstone

-Shia Labeouf trying to be Marlon Brando

-Harrisson is just too old

-Marion is pants and just whinges

-Ray Bloody Winstone

-The Shameless waste of John Hurt

-Ants used as a demonic killing machine

-The Crystal Skull looks like a Toys 'r' us bargain basement item

There are tons more reasons as well (The criminally unoriginal Aliens, lack of any really good set pieces, lack of heart, lack of fun, terrible casting.... ALIENS) as well. It's not the worst film ever....just the most dissapointing  .

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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 3/4/2012 11:56:48 AM   
UTB


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ORIGINAL: threshold

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is a great film.



Agree.


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ORIGINAL: st3veebee

Must resist...ah sod it.


-Shia LaBoeuf swining with/like monkeys

-Cate Blanchett overacting with a shocking accent( and just being crap)

-Ray Bloody Winstone

-Shia Labeouf trying to be Marlon Brando

-Harrisson is just too old

-Marion is pants and just whinges

-Ray Bloody Winstone

-The Shameless waste of John Hurt

-Ants used as a demonic killing machine

-The Crystal Skull looks like a Toys 'r' us bargain basement item

There are tons more reasons as well (The criminally unoriginal Aliens, lack of any really good set pieces, lack of heart, lack of fun, terrible casting.... ALIENS) as well. It's not the worst film ever....just the most dissapointing  .


This is not an unpopular opinion

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