Controversial Cinema-Related Opinions

[Deacon Blackfire]

Fair enough! I'm definitely in the minority as far as opinions on that film go. Went in with pretty much no expectations but it still just rubbed me the wrong way on most levels. Nice cinematography though.

[WorzelG]

WTF why did I read @Deacon Blackfire posts on Marvel films when I’m only up to the first Avengers film? I had Homeland spoiled recently when Stephen King tweeted a plot point also, I really have to start watching stuff at the time they happen rather than 10 years later, it’s getting ridiculous (note I’m blaming myself for this, not him! Although Stephen King was dissed for his very recent spoiler)

[Deacon Blackfire]

Sorry, I should have put more overt spoiler tags on that post. My bad! : X

[WorzelG]

Sorry, I should have put more overt spoiler tags on that post. My bad! : X

no it really wasn’t your fault, you have every right to comment on a film from last year! My problem is my kids are autistic and don’t do watching films all the way through or cinema going, my eldest is in a superheroes phase though through school so we’re slowly watching them one by one and playing catch up. I’ve enjoyed them so far

[allegate]

after seeing Enver Gjokaj in that season 2 episode of Community I was reminded of his terrific work in Dollhouse. That got me thinking about who is streaming it and if I should also rewatch it because it's short and only two seasons. Then after a spoiler conversation on a podcast about Westworld (I don't watch it so I have no idea what they're talking about) but it sounds a little bit like Dollhouse in a way.

And of course I just did a Google search and Google tells me that everyone on reddit has this thought every couple of months (as they do because no one searches before posting a topic over there). I guess if I watched Westworld I would have made the connection sooner? Oh well.

Side note: it's funny seeing how many people from Community made it to the Marvel films because of the Russo Brothers, but Enver was in the first Avengers movie which was Joss and he did Dollhouse.

My controversial opinion is that I think Enver should be getting more work. I don't know if Dollhouse was just a weird one-off or what but the way he was able to mimic the other actors while imprinted as them was pretty damn good. you know, as far as memories of a decade-plus later go.

[MrLobster]

Side note: it's funny seeing how many people from Community made it to the Marvel films because of the Russo Brothers, but Enver was in the first Avengers movie which was Joss and he did Dollhouse.

Sure, he was in Avengers but you seem to be missing that he was also featured heavily in the Marvel's Agent Carter series as well.

[allegate]

I did forget that, didn't I. I blame it on the fact that I couldn't convince anyone else to watch it so that's a really big gap in my Marvel viewing.

[eversonpoe]

I did forget that, didn't I. I blame it on the fact that I couldn't convince anyone else to watch it so that's a really big gap in my Marvel viewing.

it's my favorite thing marvel has done (except ragnarok). i love it so much and i'm so mad it didn't get a third season. that cliffhanger was rough.

[allegate]

wiki says it's on D+ so I guess I'll download the eps and watch those without them.

[marodi]

Enver was in Emergence, a series that aired on ABC last fall. It was excellent and I really hope we're going to get a second season.

And with that, the cat's out of the bag: I watch cable TV *insert collective gasp of horror here*. There has been quite a few series I greatly enjoyed for the last two seasons.

Here's a few: New Amsterdam, FBI, FBI Most Wanted, Manifest, Emergence and Prodigal Son.

[WorzelG]

I’m only up to the first Avengers film in the MCU but I’m trying to figure out whether I find the character Pepper Potts annoying or if it’s specifically Gwyneth Paltrow that is putting me off Pepper Potts

[MrLobster]

I’m only up to the first Avengers film in the MCU but I’m trying to figure out whether I find the character Pepper Potts annoying or if it’s specifically Gwyneth Paltrow that is putting me off Pepper Potts

I like the character... mostly ...but not having another Iron Man that strongly features her movie doesn't hurt my feelings either. I liked her the most in Iron Man 2...

[Magnetic]

I’m only up to the first Avengers film in the MCU but I’m trying to figure out whether I find the character Pepper Potts annoying or if it’s specifically Gwyneth Paltrow that is putting me off Pepper Potts

I get it. I think the first Thor movie might have been more fun if they hadn't chosen Natalie Portman as Jane.

[MrLobster]

I get it. I think the first Thor movie might have been more fun if they hadn't chosen Natalie Portman as Jane.

Personally, I like her as Jane and I'm looking forward to seeing what they do next.

[bobbie solo]

I’m only up to the first Avengers film in the MCU but I’m trying to figure out whether I find the character Pepper Potts annoying or if it’s specifically Gwyneth Paltrow that is putting me off Pepper Potts

It's Goop & her vagina scented candles, not Pepper.

[eversonpoe]

I’m only up to the first Avengers film in the MCU but I’m trying to figure out whether I find the character Pepper Potts annoying or if it’s specifically Gwyneth Paltrow that is putting me off Pepper Potts

I like the character... mostly ...but not having another Iron Man that strongly features her movie doesn't hurt my feelings either. I liked her the most in Iron Man 2...

yeah, it's definitely gwenyth. if you can try to forget it's her, pepper is great. i love her in iron man 3, especially.

[WorzelG]

It's Goop & her vagina scented candles, not Pepper.

Not to mention marrying the awful Chris Martin from Coldplay and ‘consciously uncoupling’ from him! Such an irritating woman

[eversonpoe]

everybody ready for the strangest and funniest / creepiest thing gwenyth has ever been involved in? make sure you read the text posts under each video, because they are hilarious.

https://lavenderek.tumblr.com/post/1...ashayed-my/amp

[kaydraven]

I don't like It Follows. I feel like I'm one of the few who just hated that movie.

[mfte]

I don't like It Follows. I feel like I'm one of the few who just hated that movie.

Give Under The Silver Lake a watch!

[kaydraven]

Give Under The Silver Lake a watch!

Never heard of it, but looked it up and it sounds interesting. I'll put it on my lengthy "To watch" list.

[BRoswell]

I don't like It Follows. I feel like I'm one of the few who just hated that movie.

I hated it too, and that's not a word I throw around a lot when it comes to films. It's a circle jerk for 80s fetishists masquerading as something more than that. I feel the same way about Stranger Things. You're just better off watching the films that inspired them.

[eversonpoe]

I hated it too, and that's not a word I throw around a lot when it comes to films. It's a circle jerk for 80s fetishists masquerading as something more than that. I feel the same way about Stranger Things. You're just better off watching the films that inspired them.

:: hides in corner ::

[kaydraven]

I hated it too, and that's not a word I throw around a lot when it comes to films. It's a circle jerk for 80s fetishists masquerading as something more than that. I feel the same way about Stranger Things. You're just better off watching the films that inspired them.

Yes! It just confused me how it got so much praised for a "John Carpenter feel" and I was thinking they just ripped it off. It didn't feel like a "smart choice" to me. I'd rather just watch Carpenter's movies. Another thing that bugged me was the unclear timeframe. Sometimes it felt like the present, sometimes it felt like the past, and at times it felt like the future. That was something else that was praised but I found it annoying and distracting.

While I do like Stranger Things, I think it kind of spawned the media obsession with 80s inspired movies and shows. If done well it works, but other times it's just unnecessary.

[Alexandros]

While I do like Stranger Things, I think it kind of spawned the media obsession with 80s inspired movies and shows. If done well it works, but other times it's just unnecessary.

No wait, Stranger Things is the result of 80s nostalgia, not the cause. It may have added fuel to it but it definitely wasn't the start, this has been going on for the whole past decade.

[WorzelG]

yeah, it's definitely gwenyth. if you can try to forget it's her, pepper is great. i love her in iron man 3, especially.

Just watched Iron Man 3 and, yes, Pepper has definitely grown on me, loved the ending.

One thing I find sometimes takes me out of films a bit is when actors from the soap Neighbours (Australian soap that became randomly massive in the UK and spawned Kylie Minogue) turn up in things, so Guy Pearce threw me for a loop, OMG it’s Mike from Neighbours. The same happened in Lost when Jim Robinson from Neighbours turned up as an enemy. I don’t think Neighbours played or caught on in the US but I can’t overstate its popularity in the late 80s UK!

[r_z]

The most entertaining movie to come out of the Marvel franchise is Spoiler: Punisher: War Zone.

[GulDukat]

Attack of the Clones>Citizen Cane



































j/k

[eversonpoe]

Kids In The Hall "Citizen Kane" sketch > Citizen Kane

[GulDukat]

Kids In The Hall "Citizen Kane" sketch > Citizen Kane

Hadn't see that before. I love KITH.