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Overrated films that people seem to think are a great but really are not

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    #692
    [Deleted User]
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    quickbeam wrote: »
    Change who you are to impress the boy you like. I think that’s disturbing.

    It is but in the realm of a fluffy musical I don't think it's a big deal.


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    #693
    EmmetSpiceland
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    quickbeam wrote: »
    Change who you are to impress the boy you like. I think that’s disturbing.

    Not to mention some of the “adults” playing teenagers.

    “It is not blood that makes you Irish but a willingness to be part of the Irish nation” - Thomas Davis



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    #694
    IAMAMORON
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    quickbeam wrote: »
    Change who you are to impress the boy you like. I think that’s disturbing.

    I thought it was the irony of both changing up to suit their match which was I took from the ending. Sandy ends up in a pair of raunchy leather pants and Danny going all Jock in his sports jacket?

    Mega Romance imo, like a soul sacrifice.


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    #695
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    I see Grease as being just a film. Same as Gone with the Wind and Disney stories where a woman is rescued by a man. It's odd how some people twist themselves in to knots over these things.


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    #696
    Kaybaykwah
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    whisky_galore wrote: »
    Never saw Grease until a few years ago at an open air screening, thought it was shīt.
    Thankfully it started raining and gave me an excuse to leave.

    Funny.

    I was a teen when Saturday Night Fever came out. I was under the impression it was just a vehicle for disco's growing popularity. I was never a part of a groupthink in musical terms but still closer to the prog rock sensitivity so, I was never interested in watching it.

    I saw it last year and was surprised at the quality in scriptwriting, not an overwhelmingly great movie, but pretty decent all told.


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    #697
    IAMAMORON
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    I see Grease as being just a film. Same as Gone with the Wind and Disney stories where a woman is rescued by a man. It's odd how some people twist themselves in to knots over these things.

    Grease is so much more.

    Grease is the time, is the place, is the motion....Grease is the way we are feeling. Grease is the word, its the word that you heard, it's got a groove, it's got a meaning


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    #698
    Tony EH
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    Kaybaykwah wrote: »
    Funny.

    I was a teen when Saturday Night Fever came out. I was under the impression it was just a vehicle for disco's growing popularity. I was never a part of a groupthink in musical terms but still closer to the prog rock sensitivity so, I was never interested in watching it.

    I saw it last year and was surprised at the quality in scriptwriting, not an overwhelmingly great movie, but pretty decent all told.

    It's absolutely not the film people think it is.


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    #699
    Hector Savage
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    fly_agaric wrote: »
    Knowing (Nicholas Cage)?
    Don't think it is regarded as "great" by anyone (?!) which probably rules it out.

    Jesus yeah, that was garbage, poor Nic Cage, he hasn't been in a good film since Leaving Las Vegas ...


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    #700
    EmmetSpiceland
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    Hector Savage wrote: »
    Jesus yeah, that was garbage, poor Nic Cage, he hasn't been in a good film since Leaving Las Vegas ...

    ‘National Treasure’ would disagree with you there, H.

    “It is not blood that makes you Irish but a willingness to be part of the Irish nation” - Thomas Davis



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    #701
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    Barton Fink


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    #702
    quickbeam
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Barton Fink

    As a fan of the Coens, I totally agree with this.


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    #703
    Ash.J.Williams
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    EmmetSpiceland wrote: »
    ‘National Treasure’ would disagree with you there, H.

    Mandy !


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    #704
    Ash.J.Williams
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    What I’m getting from this thread is that some things have a place and time


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    #705
    IAMAMORON
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    Ash.J.Williams wrote: »
    What I’m getting from this thread is that some things have a place and time

    Not unlike Breakdancing, the Rubik's cube and Lolo Balls?


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    #706
    whisky_galore
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    EmmetSpiceland wrote: »
    Not to mention some of the “adults” playing teenagers.

    This is weird in anything, regardless.
    Olivia NJ was nearly 30 for godsakes.


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    #707
    quickbeam
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    Stockard Channing was 34 :eek:


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    #708
    Rothko
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Barton Fink

    Underrated, if anything. No one seems to ever mention it.


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    #709
    Rothko
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    Kaybaykwah wrote: »
    Funny.

    I was a teen when Saturday Night Fever came out. I was under the impression it was just a vehicle for disco's growing popularity. I was never a part of a groupthink in musical terms but still closer to the prog rock sensitivity so, I was never interested in watching it.

    I saw it last year and was surprised at the quality in scriptwriting, not an overwhelmingly great movie, but pretty decent all told.

    Yeah, I was put off watching it for years because I mostly hated disco. It was a far better film than I expected it to be.


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    #710
    igCorcaigh
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    There are days when I'd laugh at a leaf blowing but when it comes to comedy be it film, TV, stand up, the majority I don't like.
    I'll always choose a different genre.

    Oddly enough I absolutely loved A Fish Called Wanda and Fawlty Towers. Along with Black Books and Father Ted they are the exceptions :)
    Maybe I'll give Python another go.

    Oh do.
    Have a drop or puff and give Meaning of Life a watch.

    The flying circus stuff is more for the hard core fans.

    I loved Cleese in Clockwise though, remember that?


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    #711
    quickbeam
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    I hated Black Books (saw first season only). While similar, The IT Crowd was a million times better.


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    #712
    igCorcaigh
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    I hated Rambo and pretty much most 80s film. Especially anything to do with boxing.

    One flew over the cuckoo's nest was great though, as was ET.


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    #713
    igCorcaigh
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    Gone with the Wind.

    Or anything from that era.

    I just don't get it.


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    #714
    gmisk
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    Hector Savage wrote: »
    Jesus yeah, that was garbage, poor Nic Cage, he hasn't been in a good film since Leaving Las Vegas ...
    Naw...he has been in an awful lot of rubbish but since that he has been in some films I liked
    The rock
    Con air
    Face off
    Adaptation
    Lord of war
    Matchstick men
    Kick ass
    Color out of space
    Mandy


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    #715
    Rothko
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    igCorcaigh wrote: »
    Oh do.
    Have a drop or puff and give Meaning of Life a watch.

    The flying circus stuff is more for the hard core fans.

    I loved Cleese in Clockwise though, remember that?


    If you need to drink or smoke to find something funny then there's something wrong.


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    #716
    milehip
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    Just saw Invictus, does not sit anywhere near the zenith of Eastwood's catalogue.


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    #717
    EmmetSpiceland
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    Rothko wrote: »
    If you need to drink or smoke to find something funny then there's something wrong.

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    “It is not blood that makes you Irish but a willingness to be part of the Irish nation” - Thomas Davis



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    #718
    TCDStudent1
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    quickbeam wrote: »
    I hated Black Books (saw first season only). While similar, The IT Crowd was a million times better.


    I never got into Black Books either. But pretty much every one of my friends told me how great it was and how much they thought I would love it!


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    #719
    Quantum Erasure
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    milehip wrote: »
    Just saw Invictus, does not sit anywhere near the zenith of Eastwood's catalogue.

    He blacks up well, a convincing South African accent too....


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    #720
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    Rothko wrote: »
    If you need to drink or smoke to find something funny then there's something wrong.

    I don't think it's to make one find it funny, rather it would enhance the experience.


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    igCorcaigh wrote: »
    Oh do.
    Have a drop or puff and give Meaning of Life a watch.

    The flying circus stuff is more for the hard core fans.

    I loved Cleese in Clockwise though, remember that?

    Clockwise rang a bell so I had to google. I haven't watched it but I do remember the box in the old 'video shop' I used to go in to when I was a child. We didn't have a vcr player for years but I loved having a look around that shop.

    Thanks for the reminder :)


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