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Posted: 1/1/2018 1:05:01 AM EDT
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What's the purpose of movie-making? Is it to create art? No. It's to make money for the people who produce and finance it. Therefore, by that measurement, any movie that's popular is therefore a good movie. If you're referring to artist merit, then that's another argument. Even then, people can have very different opinions. Just read the user reviews on IMDB for almost any movie. It is not synonymous with “profitable.” |
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Posted: 1/1/2018 1:17:26 AM EDT
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Dirty Dancing. Seriously. Sucked bad. Every woman in SW Virginia fucking made at least one trip to Mountain Lake over in Giles Co. over that half-ass, awful fucking movie.
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Posted: 1/1/2018 1:20:19 AM EDT
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I liked the newer one way better than the old one. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Both Red Dawns. Lets get this party started! 
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Posted: 1/1/2018 1:21:13 AM EDT
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Overrated shit? Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon was a sub par example of the genre, overhyped by a fawning western press who hadn’t never seen better examples. |
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Posted: 1/1/2018 2:22:05 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The oldest Sullivan brother survived the sinking of the Juneau...he went crazy looking for his brothers, and swam off from the rest of the survivors, disappeared. 
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Posted: 1/1/2018 2:25:46 AM EDT
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All those Caddyshack, National Lampoons & Weekend @ Bernie’s movies - were retarded.
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Posted: 1/1/2018 2:34:29 AM EDT
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The original True Grit. So badly acted, I can't bring myself to re-watch it. Honestly, it's pathetic.
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Posted: 1/1/2018 2:37:01 AM EDT
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Star Wars Phantom menace
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Posted: 1/1/2018 2:38:45 AM EDT
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No Country for Old Men is in my top 5! Avatar is the kind of movie that came to my mind when I read your thread title. Op is wrong on slumdog and 1000 corpses. Decent movies |
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Posted: 1/1/2018 2:39:03 AM EDT
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Jurassic World
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Posted: 1/1/2018 3:04:16 AM EDT
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Star wars episode 7: The Force Awakens.
Sometimes I think I am in a parallel universe where I'm the only one who sees it's just a cheap copy of the 1977 Star Wars- cute robot wandering around the desert secretly carrying important data, cantina scene with weird aliens, sneaking into an imperial base to rescue a prisoner, bad guy in a black helmet, important character dramatically getting killed, etc etc etc. |
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Posted: 1/1/2018 3:04:32 AM EDT
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you're hurting my heart, brother. peak wuxia, i can't think of a better one. hero went harder. ashes of time, maybe? red cliff? help me out here. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Overrated shit? Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon was a sub par example of the genre, overhyped by a fawning western press who hadn’t never seen better examples. Speaking of Jet Li, his Once Upon a Time in China and The Swordsman movies are good examples I’ll throw out. Saw nothing in Crouching Tiger to make it warrant the fuss it got compared to them. Hell, Shaolin Soccer (which came out about the same time as Crouching Tiger) had better wire work. Most of the reviews and attention it got in the West seemed to be due to its themes being new to the critics, more of a distribution and marketing coup than anything (not that a movie like Once Upon a Time in China had a chance in hell of gaining a Western following). And how could a movie like Crouching Tiger get so much attention while the following year’s Musa - with international distribution even arranged by Tarantino - went nowhere? Now there’s a superior film by every measure... though might be my Korean and Silk Road history bias showing. |
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Posted: 1/1/2018 3:12:36 AM EDT
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Star wars episode 7: The Force Awakens. Sometimes I think I am in a parallel universe where I'm the only one who sees it's just a cheap copy of the 1977 Star Wars- cute robot wandering around the desert secretly carrying important data, cantina scene with weird aliens, sneaking into an imperial base to rescue a prisoner, bad guy in a black helmet, important character dramatically getting killed, etc etc etc. |
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Posted: 1/1/2018 3:22:15 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It was actual Inspire by a real event, but not directly about it. Look up the Sullivan brothers. 5 Brothers joined the navy, all were stationed on the same ship, 4 were killed in the same attack. The survivor was discharged and sent home. That incident is the reason the navy won’t let siblings serve on the same ship anymore. It is also what U.S.S. The Sullivans is named after. |
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Posted: 1/1/2018 3:23:55 AM EDT
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Any Godfather
Avatar Any of the slave movies |
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Posted: 1/1/2018 3:26:50 AM EDT
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Titanic or Avatar.
Back in the day Twister was basically a re-telling of Moby Dick but with tornados instead of a whale and Oklahoma instead of the ocean. |
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Posted: 1/1/2018 3:27:25 AM EDT
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Star Wars |
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Posted: 1/1/2018 3:29:00 AM EDT
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Avatar was highly overrated. Very lazy remaking of westerns with the bad old white man being the root of all evil. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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avatar and titanic immediately spring to mind. |
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Posted: 1/1/2018 3:32:52 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Peak came later with Hero. Pure art. Speaking of Jet Li, his Once Upon a Time in China and The Swordsman movies are good examples I’ll throw out. Saw nothing in Crouching Tiger to make it warrant the fuss it got compared to them. Hell, Shaolin Soccer (which came out about the same time as Crouching Tiger) had better wire work. Most of the reviews and attention it got in the West seemed to be due to its themes being new to the critics, more of a distribution and marketing coup than anything (not that a movie like Once Upon a Time in China had a chance in hell of gaining a Western following). And how could a movie like Crouching Tiger get so much attention while the following year’s Musa - with international distribution even arranged by Tarantino - went nowhere? Now there’s a superior film by every measure... though might be my Korean and Silk Road history bias showing. So did Kung fu hustle, Kungpow (still makes me want to get an adult pair of squeaky shoes), hell even chandni chowk to china was better. If you want a laugh till you piss zombie movie check out bio zombie on dvd and turn on the engrish sub titles. |
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Posted: 1/1/2018 3:34:24 AM EDT
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Lord of the Rings movies, all of them. They sucked balls. |
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Posted: 1/1/2018 3:39:49 AM EDT
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avatar and titanic immediately spring to mind.  Attached File |
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Posted: 1/1/2018 3:42:17 AM EDT
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With the worst of the 80's Brat Pack. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Both Red Dawns. Lets get this party started! |
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Posted: 1/1/2018 4:37:04 AM EDT
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Big Lebowski |
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Posted: 1/1/2018 5:21:36 AM EDT
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The premise of the OP are movies that were popular but actually suck OR movies that sucked yet were treated like epic block busters by the critics and the awards. Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted: Yeah I did, doesn't change the logic fail on your judgement of Slumdog. Maybe you should watch it and make up your own mind. |
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Posted: 1/1/2018 6:26:58 AM EDT
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Star wars episode 7: The Force Awakens. Sometimes I think I am in a parallel universe where I'm the only one who sees it's just a cheap copy of the 1977 Star Wars- cute robot wandering around the desert secretly carrying important data, cantina scene with weird aliens, sneaking into an imperial base to rescue a prisoner, bad guy in a black helmet, important character dramatically getting killed, etc etc etc. |
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Posted: 1/1/2018 7:26:46 AM EDT
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People in Hollywood only vote for those inside their tribe to win. Talent is meaningless. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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99.9999% of every movie nominated for an Oscar in the past 30+ years. Earliest one I can recall that has been hyped into the stratosphere, forever, is Casablanca. Bogart was a leftwinger. His old lady, Bacall, was too. I recall the hype over that movie Streisand made once. Yentl, I think it was called. Man, that was a piece of work, but it got the whole media festoonage, glitter and roll out. Titanic was another. I never understood the fascination my fellow countrymen had for that film or even the actual ship wreck. The ship wreck was a major event back in the day, but why it occupies so much space in American culture, I will never understand. Must've been a large compliment of communists onboard is all I can figure. |
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Posted: 1/1/2018 8:19:22 AM EDT
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Eraserhead. What a steaming pile of shit.
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Posted: 1/1/2018 8:27:50 AM EDT
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Titanic - damn boat sank at the end. |
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Posted: 1/1/2018 8:31:26 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It was actual Inspire by a real event, but not directly about it. Look up the Sullivan brothers. 5 Brothers joined the navy, all were stationed on the same ship, 4 were killed in the same attack. The survivor was discharged and sent home. That incident is the reason the navy won’t let siblings serve on the same ship anymore. It is also what U.S.S. The Sullivans is named after. |
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Posted: 1/1/2018 9:26:09 AM EDT
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There Will be Blood The Big Lebowski Lost in Translation Dumb and Dumber District 9 |
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Posted: 1/1/2018 9:29:58 AM EDT
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Posted: 1/1/2018 9:29:59 AM EDT
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The last Jedi
  
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Posted: 1/1/2018 9:38:39 AM EDT
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The premise of the OP are movies that were popular but actually suck OR movies that sucked yet were treated like epic block busters by the critics and the awards. My logic is: 1. Slumdog made over $377,000,000 worldwide. That qualifies it as a popular movie. 2. You've never seen it. That disqualifies you as being worthy to judge whether it was 'good.' |
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Posted: 1/1/2018 10:00:30 AM EDT
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I'm a big space nerd, but I couldn't make it through Gravity.
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Posted: 1/1/2018 10:02:14 AM EDT
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I'm a big space nerd, but I couldn't make it through Gravity. It was impressive for its visuals... but wow you really had to suspend disbelief related to any basic knowledge or orbital mechanics or even high school physics. |
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Posted: 1/1/2018 10:03:59 AM EDT
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Avatar. That movie is a turd.
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Posted: 1/1/2018 10:46:55 AM EDT
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Caddyshack. Tried to watch it on Amazon Prime. Turned it off half way through.
Bough a copy of Escape from New York on DVD. Sucked pretty bad. |
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Posted: 1/1/2018 11:01:06 AM EDT
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Pulp Fiction |
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Posted: 1/1/2018 11:02:19 AM EDT
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Apocalypse Now
I think I fell asleep 3 times during that boring F'in movie. |
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Posted: 1/1/2018 11:02:37 AM EDT
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Big Lebowski |
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Posted: 1/1/2018 11:08:52 AM EDT
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Thor Ragnarok. What an awful turd of a movie. Bad acting by many, moronic plot I felt cheated watching it.
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Posted: 1/1/2018 11:09:33 AM EDT
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star wars
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Posted: 1/1/2018 11:11:51 AM EDT
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Pearl harbor. I dont understand how so many people enjoyed that movie. Perfect war movie materials, right there. |
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Posted: 1/1/2018 11:15:05 AM EDT
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Legends of the Fall.
I thought it kind of redeemed itself with that cool shootout ending, but then it kept going and got even worse. |
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Posted: 1/1/2018 11:26:16 AM EDT
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Inglorious Basterds.
Stupid and predictable, plus Tarantino is an overrated douche. |
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Posted: 1/1/2018 11:33:17 AM EDT
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Hunger Games (all)
No Country for Old Men Babel English Patient Bridges of Madison County |
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Posted: 1/1/2018 11:36:28 AM EDT
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Posted: 1/1/2018 12:28:11 PM EDT
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FUCKING HERETIC!!!! Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Both Red Dawns. Lets get this party started! 
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Posted: 1/1/2018 1:36:48 PM EDT
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No Country for Old Men 
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Posted: 1/1/2018 1:57:47 PM EDT
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Titanic - damn boat sank at the end. |
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