Your Unpopular TV/Film opinions.

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The Haunting 1999 while no doubt is an awful awful awful film.
It had fantastic sets. The atmosphere was far better than the film deserved. The moment Hugh Craine painting flies back up on the wall and he emerges from it is cool but only in that very moment. There is a lot of good stuff wasted in a bad film.


House on Haunted Hill I feel is a better film than the previous film. It's not great tho but decent. I do think it's genuinely creepy. has one of the best ghosts ever. Some great scenes. It just doesn't add up as well as it should. I do not think it's a bad film at all however.

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Why why why is there another Transformers movie? The fourth one was so bad I cannot imagine there is any desire for another.

Chinese moviegoers want big American action movies and Transformers translates well for foreign audiences because there's barely anything to translate.

Why anyone in the western world keeps going to see them is anyone's guess.

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To everyone that said they don't like comic book or superhero movies, have you seen Logan? 2017 movie of the year, I'm calling it.

I saw Logan in the theater (because my wife wanted to see it, not me). I thought it was kinda meh overall. The slow motion scene were Prof X is seizing out and Wolverine fought his way through the hotel to reach him was kinda cool. The self driving semis were cool. The Wolverine VS Wolverine Clone was a good fight. But I really didn't enjoy seeing a little girl brutally murdering people just for the sake of shock and awe spectacle. That aspect was low brow and trashy. And having Wolverine say "fuck" or "fucking" every five minutes just seemed disingenuous. At least it was more interesting then the bore-fest that Doctor Strange was.

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Star Wars... I grew up a fan of the original films (saw an original screening of Jedi when I was a kid and remember the experience). And although I enjoy the universe (it's perfect for video games), I'm not a huge Star Wars fanboy by any means.

The Clone Wars films were pretty terrible, I only saw each of them once. The third one was the only half decent film of those. Then I went and saw Star Wars VII and it was OK, but I just couldn't take Kylo Ren seriously because he was so badly casted (no offense to Adam Driver, he's just not intimidating enough for the part).

And now we're getting these anthology films. Rogue One was OK, but forgettable. As in, I saw the film in the theater, and I already forgot most of it. I just remember the last act was pretty action packed and good, but there was a lot of slow boring stuff before that. According to Wikipedia we've got Star Wars VIII coming this year, then an untitled Han Solo film coming in 2018, Star Wars IX coming in 2019, and then another Star Wars anthology film coming in 2020. So if you enjoy Star Wars you'll get your annual dosage for a while.

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As a taste reference (not that I claim to have any taste), these are my top 5 favored films in order of most favorite to lesser favorite:

1. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
2. Blade Runner (1982)
3. Akira (1988)
4. Ghost in the Shell (1995)
5. Frog Dreaming (1986)

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But I really didn't enjoy seeing a little girl brutally murdering people just for the sake of shock and awe spectacle. That aspect was low brow and trashy.

I haven't seen the film. Did these scenes serve a purpose to further the story or define/develop the character?

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But I really didn't enjoy seeing a little girl brutally murdering people just for the sake of shock and awe spectacle. That aspect was low brow and trashy.

I haven't seen the film. Did these scenes serve a purpose to further the story or define/develop the character?

are you familiar with the X-23 character? I would say that yes, those scenes totally define the character. And are true to the comics.

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Did these scenes serve a purpose to further the story or define/develop the character?

I guess they are cannon, I don't know. But the level of intensity in its gratuitousness was for spectacle if we're being honest.

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Isn't that what Kick Ass did? Not seen it in years but a young Chloe Grace Mortez murdering a bunch of dudes but she also swore a lot. Gore violence and swearing doesn't offend me but stuff like that feels kinda forced to me.



As for the topic. Tank Girl would have been a good film had the director been allowed to do what she wanted. Studio interfered so much it came out a disaster.

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Isn't that what Kick Ass did? Not seen it in years but a young Chloe Grace Mortez murdering a bunch of dudes but she also swore a lot.

Yes Kick Ass did it before Logan. And that aspect bothered me when I saw Kick Ass as well. Granted I'm likely biased by having a daughter myself, and come from a different perspective about child violence in films for mere entertainment's sake. I understand it's fiction. But the kid is still being encouraged to pretend to murder people without having a properly mature frame of reference to understand the significance. I think that's harmful for the kid's psyche.

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But the kid is still being encouraged to pretend to murder people without having a properly mature frame of reference to understand the significance. I think that's harmful for the kid's psyche.

Honestly, I think simply being a child actor is just as risky to a child's future as being a child actor pretending to murder. Even the ones with pretty tame roles can spin way out of control. But a lot of that comes down to the parents. I think a young child with good parents can probably navigate that particular challenge pretty well.

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But the kid is still being encouraged to pretend to murder people without having a properly mature frame of reference to understand the significance. I think that's harmful for the kid's psyche.

Honestly, I think simply being a child actor is just as risky to a child's future as being a child actor pretending to murder. Even the ones with pretty tame roles can spin way out of control. But a lot of that comes down to the parents. I think a young child with good parents can probably navigate that particular challenge pretty well.

As a former child actor I agree. I never did anything like that tho. However it's one of those things parents sometimes say "my kid is smart they know the difference" yeah sure but still have to factor in maturity. I mean I had the sex ed by the time I was 12 and had the book knowledge. Then my dad showed me the film the crying game. That film seriously disturbed me at that age. I had a hard time handling it.