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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 4/11/2012 4:32:09 PM

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But Aronofsky has done that OTT, loud and uber-melodramatic thing that is Reqiuem for a Dream. I do put the blame on his direction on me not liking that film, everything about it thematically is excellent, I simply don't like the execution.

You may not like it, but it's considered a great film. I don't like Citizen Kane, but that doesn't make it a bad film.

So what? The Deer Hunter is considered a stone-cold American classic with the complexity and finesse of a Russian novel. It's actually a piece of shit.

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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 4/11/2012 6:47:04 PM

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Darren Aronofsky, Joss Whedon, JJ Abrams, Terrence Malick, Wes Anderson.

None of the above have ever made a 'bad' film.

Agree with you on Joss Whedon and JJ Abrams but Terrence Malick made The Thin Red Line which I found boring and Wes Anderson made The Royal Tenenbaums which was awful. Black Swan was ok while Reqiuem for a Dream was boring.
But hey life would be boring if we all liked the same thing.

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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 4/11/2012 10:27:49 PM

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Wes Anderson made The Royal Tenenbaums which was awful.

Can't agree here, Tenenbaums is Anderson's masterpiece... granted his others are pretty damn good, but Tenenbaums is tops

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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 4/11/2012 10:31:16 PM

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So what? The Deer Hunter is considered a stone-cold American classic. It's actually a piece of shit.

Deviation is rarely right about anything, but I have to agree with him on this.

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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 4/11/2012 10:33:55 PM

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I'm always right, especially on how overrated Olaf's mum is.

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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 4/11/2012 10:42:16 PM

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Agree with you on Joss Whedon and JJ Abrams but��Terrence Malick made The Thin Red Line which I found boring and Wes Anderson made The Royal Tenenbaums which was awful. Black Swan was ok while Reqiuem for a Dream was boring.
But hey �life would be boring if we all liked the same thing.

The overuse of the word "boring" is boring.

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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 4/11/2012 10:56:12 PM

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I have to agree
I could not even watch the third transformers.
I was close to completely losing it.
Rosie what's her face can not act . TRUE FACT

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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 4/11/2012 10:57:24 PM

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Boring is just another way of saying ''I didn't like this film'' when asked why you didn't like it.

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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 4/11/2012 10:58:11 PM

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I have to agree
I could not even watch the third transformers.
I was close to completely losing it.
Rosie what's her face can not act . TRUE FACT

How is this unpopular? Any sane person would agree with this.

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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 4/11/2012 11:35:17 PM

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Rock of Ages was probably the most purely entertaining movie I've seen this year.

It also has, hands down, the greatest soundtrack of any movie ever made.

*huge Drive soundtrack pic*

That doesn't have Pour Some Sugar On Me or Cum On Feel The Noize on it, ergo it's not as good.

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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 4/11/2012 11:36:29 PM

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I know people who liked Rock of Ages, they're all girls.

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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 4/11/2012 11:43:14 PM

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For me, the Drive soundtrack has the edge because it doesn't have badly performed karaoke versions of rock songs that were never that good to begin with.

Could be worse, though. Rock of Ages could have had Nickleback on the soundtrack. Eh, Tommy? Eh?

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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 4/11/2012 11:45:04 PM

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For me, the Drive soundtrack has the edge because it doesn't have badly performed karaoke versions of rock songs that were never that good to begin with.

While I agree that the Drive soundtrack is superior, I disagree that the songs in Rock Of Ages were never that good to begin with

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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 4/11/2012 11:54:15 PM

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The Drive soundtrack is aces. It makes me want to drive around Los Angeles in a cool as fuck jacket.

Except I can't drive, I don't live in LA and I'll never be as cool as Ryan Gosling. : ( <----- Sad face.

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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 4/11/2012 11:58:42 PM

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The Drive soundtrack is aces. It makes me want to drive around Los Angeles in a cool as fuck jacket.

Except I can't drive, I don't live in LA and I'll never be as cool as Ryan Gosling. : ( <----- Sad face.

Agreed with the top line, and a sad acknowledgement and agreement with the bottom line.

As for movie soundtracks, I think High Fidelity's soundtrack is all kinds of brilliant. In fact I think High Fidelity is one of the funniest films made in the last 12 years. Unpopular opinion?

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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 5/11/2012 12:15:24 AM

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The Drive soundtrack is aces. It makes me want to drive around Los Angeles in a cool as fuck jacket.

Except I can't drive, I don't live in LA and I'll never be as cool as Ryan Gosling. : ( <----- Sad face.

Agreed with the top line, and a sad acknowledgement and agreement with the bottom line.

As for movie soundtracks, I think High Fidelity's soundtrack is all kinds of brilliant. In fact I think High Fidelity is one of the funniest films made in the last 12 years. Unpopular opinion?

There's not really been any decent competition, TV's been the home of good comedy since the 90's.

Although, Hot Rod and Napoleon Dynamite make me lol.

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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 5/11/2012 12:36:28 AM

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The Drive soundtrack is aces. It makes me want to drive around Los Angeles in a cool as fuck jacket.

Except I can't drive, I don't live in LA and I'll never be as cool as Ryan Gosling. : ( <----- Sad face.

Agreed with the top line, and a sad acknowledgement and agreement with the bottom line.

As for movie soundtracks, I think High Fidelity's soundtrack is all kinds of brilliant. In fact I think High Fidelity is one of the funniest films made in the last 12 years. Unpopular opinion?

There's not really been any decent competition, TV's been the home of good comedy since the 90's.

Although, Hot Rod and Napoleon Dynamite make me lol.

That's true. Archer, Community and Parks and Rec are all funnier in one episode alone then most of the comedy films of the 00's. Though I do really like Anchorman and Hot Rod, Napoleon Dynamite I wasn't a fan of.

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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 5/11/2012 7:22:19 AM

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For me, the Drive soundtrack has the edge because it doesn't have badly performed karaoke versions of rock songs that were never that good to begin with.

Could be worse, though. Rock of Ages could have had Nickleback on the soundtrack. Eh, Tommy? Eh?

A version of Burn It To The Ground would have been the icing on the cake, tbh. Sadly it wasn't released in the 80s.

The film did highlight how dull today's music scene is in comparison, though.

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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 5/11/2012 12:17:41 PM

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The film did highlight how dull today's music scene is in comparison, though.

Well, the music that gets constant radio-play, sure.

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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 5/11/2012 12:21:06 PM

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The film did highlight how dull today's music scene is in comparison, though.

If you listen to radio1 that is.

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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 5/11/2012 12:26:25 PM

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Here's one for you lot, and I'm going to elaborate on my opinion instead of just saying "lol it's overrated".

The adulation that Anchorman receives has always baffled me. It does a couple of pretty chucklesome moments and I do have a lot of time for McKay and Ferrell's later collaborations like Step Brothers and Talladega Nights. But for me, Anchorman isn't really that funny. There's very little wit to it. It is essentially people just saying random weird things and shouting a lot.

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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 5/11/2012 12:41:23 PM

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Here's one for you lot, and I'm going to elaborate on my opinion instead of just saying "lol it's overrated".

The adulation that Anchorman receives has always baffled me. It does a couple of pretty chucklesome moments and I do have a lot of time for McKay and Ferrell's later collaborations like Step Brothers and Talladega Nights. But for me, Anchorman isn't really that funny. There's very little wit to it. It is essentially people just saying random weird things and shouting a lot.

I never got Ferrell in general but I wholeheartedly agree.

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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 5/11/2012 12:43:34 PM

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Here's one for you lot, and I'm going to elaborate on my opinion instead of just saying "lol it's overrated".

The adulation that Anchorman receives has always baffled me. It does a couple of pretty chucklesome moments and I do have a lot of time for McKay and Ferrell's later collaborations like Step Brothers and Talladega Nights. But for me, Anchorman isn't really that funny. There's very little wit to it. It is essentially people just saying random weird things and shouting a lot.

Yeah, it's overrated,lol.

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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 5/11/2012 12:47:04 PM

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I think it's because it's more of an ensemble piece wheras everything else Ferrell has done has been all about him; Step Brothers aside.

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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 5/11/2012 12:57:31 PM

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I think Anchorman is great. It's not my favourite modern comedy (that's still probably Zoolander) but it's definitely up there with the best in (relatively) recent years. I've got a lot of love for Talladega Nights and Step Brothers as well, Ferrell and Reilly make a good pairing. I also have a lot of time and love for The Other Guys and Blades of Glory.

So yeah, when Ferrell is on form I think he's head and shoulders above his peers. He has appeared in some dross (hello Wedding Crashers, Bewitched and Land of the Lost) but I think he has far more hits than misses.

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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 5/11/2012 1:23:40 PM

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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 5/11/2012 1:30:39 PM

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The Drive soundtrack is aces. It makes me want to drive around Los Angeles in a cool as fuck jacket.

Except I can't drive, I don't live in LA and I'll never be as cool as Ryan Gosling. : ( <----- Sad face.

Agreed with the top line, and a sad acknowledgement and agreement with the bottom line.

As for movie soundtracks, I think High Fidelity's soundtrack is all kinds of brilliant. In fact I think High Fidelity is one of the funniest films made in the last 12 years. Unpopular opinion?

High Fidelity is aces (after all, it does have a line about Evil Dead 2 in it) - the bit where they beat up Tim Robbins in the store is utterly hiliarious (mostly becuase it's completely unexpected). Certainly not an unpopular opinion.

But it's no Black Dynamite...

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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 5/11/2012 3:25:16 PM

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I think Anchorman is great. It's not my favourite modern comedy (that's still probably Zoolander) but it's definitely�up there with the best in (relatively) recent years. I've got a lot of love for Talladega Nights and Step Brothers as well, Ferrell and Reilly make a good pairing. I also have a lot of time and love for The Other Guys and Blades of Glory.

So yeah, when Ferrell is on form I think he's head and shoulders above his peers. He has appeared in some dross (hello Wedding Crashers, Bewitched and Land of the Lost) but I think he has far more hits than misses.

Possibly an unpopular opinion, but I think Land of the Lost is great. I was reduced to a childish giggling mess on more than one occasion during that film (using the big crystal to vibrate and sing Cher being a good example). It isn't as good as Step Brothers or Anchorman, but I rate it above some of Ferrell's other films (Ricky Bobby, Other Guys, for example).

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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 5/11/2012 3:35:23 PM

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The only thing I remember about Land of the Lost is Anna Friel in shorts.

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RE: YOUR UNPOPULAR OPINION!! - 5/11/2012 3:40:46 PM

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I think Anchorman is great. It's not my favourite modern comedy (that's still probably Zoolander) but it's definitely�up there with the best in (relatively) recent years. I've got a lot of love for Talladega Nights and Step Brothers as well, Ferrell and Reilly make a good pairing. I also have a lot of time and love for The Other Guys and Blades of Glory.

So yeah, when Ferrell is on form I think he's head and shoulders above his peers. He has appeared in some dross (hello Wedding Crashers, Bewitched and Land of the Lost) but I think he has far more hits than misses.

Possibly an unpopular opinion, but I think Land of the Lost is great. I was reduced to a childish giggling mess on more than one occasion during that film (using the big crystal to vibrate and sing Cher being a good example). It isn't as good as Step Brothers or Anchorman, but I rate it above some of Ferrell's other films (Ricky Bobby, Other Guys, for example).

I really enjoy Land of the Lost too.....fun times. I like everything Ferrell does actually, I will watch anything he appears in and will most likely end up enjoying it (not Bewitched though, never Bewitched!) Step Brothers is the best, the amount of insane is awesome.

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