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View ex hibitionist's Profile ex hibitionist Flag Hastings 22 Jan 18 7.43pm Send a Private Message to ex hibitionist Add ex hibitionist as a friend

Let the Right One In - some pretentious Swedish stuff about vampires - utter tosh, never seen four weddings and never will, apart from the first black adder, the unfunniest, anything by Richard Curtis is to be avoided like small pox, likewise anything with Gary Oldman or Benedictine Cucumberpatch.

 

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View It's only a game's Profile It's only a game Flag Praa Sands 22 Jan 18 7.44pm Send a Private Message to It's only a game Add It's only a game as a friend

Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger

It's all so subjective of course but one film that seems to be held in high esteem by sci-fi buffs is 2001.
It might have good special effects and nice music but it is slow, boring, tedious, dull and ultimately underwhelming. HAL is the star but this film is massively over rated.

I saw this film with alaneagle1 when it came out back in 1968. After it had finished the pair of said 'WTF was that about?'

 


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View orpingtoneagle's Profile orpingtoneagle Flag Orpington 22 Jan 18 7.45pm Send a Private Message to orpingtoneagle Add orpingtoneagle as a friend

La La Land.


Dozed off. Didn't make sense before my little nap. Even less after.

 

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View Rudi Hedman's Profile Rudi Hedman Flag Caterham 22 Jan 18 7.58pm Send a Private Message to Rudi Hedman Add Rudi Hedman as a friend

Originally posted by ex hibitionist

Let the Right One In - some pretentious Swedish stuff about vampires - utter tosh, never seen four weddings and never will, apart from the first black adder, the unfunniest, anything by Richard Curtis is to be avoided like small pox, likewise anything with Gary Oldman or Benedictine Cucumberpatch.

So you're who they made the first series for.

BC is great as Holmes.

 


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Yellow Card - User has been warned of conduct on the messageboards View Hrolf The Ganger's Profile Hrolf The Ganger Flag 22 Jan 18 7.59pm Send a Private Message to Hrolf The Ganger Add Hrolf The Ganger as a friend

Originally posted by Mr_Gristle

The latest Alien film.

An insult.

I liked it. I'm not sure what people want from an Alien movie. The only mistake Ridley Scott made with that film was listening to what people want.

 

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View gaddifi's Profile gaddifi Flag london 22 Jan 18 8.36pm Send a Private Message to gaddifi Add gaddifi as a friend

Come on now..Withnail and I is brilliant. Who can resist a firm young carrot?
Paul Mcgann often seen wandering round Dulwich.

 

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View YT's Profile YT Flag Oxford 22 Jan 18 8.40pm Send a Private Message to YT Add YT as a friend

Originally posted by orpingtoneagle

La La Land.


Dozed off. Didn't make sense before my little nap. Even less after.

But made perfect sense during it!

 


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View Cucking Funt's Profile Cucking Funt Flag Clapham on the Back 22 Jan 18 10.27pm Send a Private Message to Cucking Funt Add Cucking Funt as a friend

Originally posted by gaddifi

Come on now..Withnail and I is brilliant. Who can resist a firm young carrot?
Paul Mcgann often seen wandering round Dulwich.

It's ok, yes. But enormously overrated.

 


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View kevlee's Profile kevlee Flag born Wandsworth emigrated to Lanc... 22 Jan 18 10.43pm Send a Private Message to kevlee Add kevlee as a friend

Originally posted by ex hibitionist

Let the Right One In - some pretentious Swedish stuff about vampires - utter tosh, never seen four weddings and never will, apart from the first black adder, the unfunniest, anything by Richard Curtis is to be avoided like small pox, likewise anything with Gary Oldman or Benedictine Cucumberpatch.

Surely you are joking?
The Firm? One of the greatest football based films ever, especially when he beat up Snowy at the end with Selhurst Park in the background and then got shot.

 


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View Dan Theolmesdaleroad's Profile Dan Theolmesdaleroad Flag Up north 22 Jan 18 11.10pm Send a Private Message to Dan Theolmesdaleroad Add Dan Theolmesdaleroad as a friend

Long time since I've seen it, but I didn't think The Sixth Sense was all that. Saw the end coming a mile off.

Although I thought it started off very well, I didn't like La La Land much either. That City of Stars theme drove me up the wall.

I would probably have added Mamma Mia! to the list too, but I have no intention of ever seeing it even once.

There was a similar thread on here some years ago, and my list at the time included Annie Hall and Midnight Cowboy (both of which won an Oscar for Best Picture). Annie Hall has some great moments in it though so I wouldn't say it was that bad now, but I've still never understood the appeal of Midnight Cowboy.

It's all subjective though, and I'm sure many people love these films and think they're absolute classics - as much as I do Singin' in the Rain, Star Wars and The Shawshank Redemption!

 

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View Jamesey's Profile Jamesey Flag Wandsworth 22 Jan 18 11.26pm Send a Private Message to Jamesey Add Jamesey as a friend

Several comments before this have been luke-warm about "La La Land".

In all my long cinema history I have never seen such a preposterously overrated load of wombats' poo.

Third (sorry fourth or even fifth) rate in every category...acting, music, screenplay, cinematography, and so on.

I would probably have just dismissed it as a rubbish non-event but when it started being compared to the magnificent classic Hollywood musicals of earlier times and winning awards I gasped in total astonishment.

Wasn't all that keen on it really.

 


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View General Waste's Profile General Waste Flag Reading 23 Jan 18 12.06am Send a Private Message to General Waste Add General Waste as a friend

Les Miserables (Russell Crowe & Hugh Jackman) was absolute torture . Also, The Hurt Locker, winner of The Academy award for best picture a while back, has to be one of the most over rated. Billed as “the best war movie of all time”, its constant filming through gaps in chairs, cracks in doors or with other objects partially obscuring your view (as if you’re spying on the action). I thought it was a steaming pile of s***e.

What do I know though? Gary Oldman, The Usual Suspects, Seven, Blade Runner, Shawshank Redemption & the Star Wars films have all been mentioned on this thread as dislikes.
Confused.

 

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