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The Batman is good, but it's not amazing. First half is fantastic, second half left stuff to be desired. At times I feel like the movie is so gorgeous to look at that it kinda makes it easier to overlook the drawn out runtime. Still a good film though, but certainly not the best.....

*Runs and hides*

No, I agree. I had some definite issues with it. It's no Dark Knight.
 
No, I agree. I had some definite issues with it. It's no Dark Knight.
And it's also no Batman Begins or The Dark Knight Rises either if you ask me. I'm hesitant to rank it above Burtons movies as well but I go back and forth on that. Either way, I just can't get totally on board with some aspects of this iteration yet. The emo stuff was a little too edgy for me.
 
The Batman is good, but it's not amazing. First half is fantastic, second half left stuff to be desired. At times I feel like the movie is so gorgeous to look at that it kinda makes it easier to overlook the drawn out runtime. Still a good film though, but certainly not the best.....

*Runs and hides*
No need to run, I wouldn't call that unpopular. I love The Batman, I'd personally call it the best "Batman movie" while I still consider The Dark Knight to be the "best movie that Batman is in", if that makes sense. That being said, I think that your opinion falls under what the majority of people thought of The Batman. People generally liked it but it wasn't as acclaimed as TDK, it also didn't take pop culture by storm the way TDK did.
 
And it's also no Batman Begins or The Dark Knight Rises either if you ask me. I'm hesitant to rank it above Burtons movies as well but I go back and forth on that. Either way, I just can't get totally on board with some aspects of this iteration yet. The emo stuff was a little too edgy for me.

I thought the entire last act after Riddler was captured felt really tacked on, like studio executives thought the movie didn't have enough action and forced it in there. It is out of place with the rest of the film. I also had issues with a lot of the characters and performances. It was like they were robots. I think this mostly works for Batman, but almost the entire cast (Riddler being an exception) performs this way. Yes, the visuals are great but it is film that seems overly reliant on them to the expense of the human element. Classic style over substance.
 
I thought the entire last act after Riddler was captured felt really tacked on, like studio executives thought the movie didn't have enough action and forced it in there. It is out of place with the rest of the film. I also had issues with a lot of the characters and performances. It was like they were robots. I think this mostly works for Batman, but almost the entire cast (Riddler being an exception) performs this way. Yes, the visuals are great but it is film that seems overly reliant on them to the expense of the human element. Classic style over substance.
You hit the nail on the head. I had trouble connecting with all the characters for that very reason. The movie plays in a way where it expects you to already know those characters beforehand. But we don't, because it's a new interpretation. It's just way too stoic overall. I feel like Andy Serkis' Alfred is the only character that I felt genuine emotion for. It's integral that we care about these characters and latch onto them. I didn't even feel much in the final scene with the flare. People act like it was revolutionary to have Batman do something heroic at the end. I mean, he did that all throughout TDK trilogy.

No need to run, I wouldn't call that unpopular. I love The Batman, I'd personally call it the best "Batman movie" while I still consider The Dark Knight to be the "best movie that Batman is in", if that makes sense. That being said, I think that your opinion falls under what the majority of people thought of The Batman. People generally liked it but it wasn't as acclaimed as TDK, it also didn't take pop culture by storm the way TDK did.
I think for me, it's just a movie that is nice to look at but not much else. I was kind of let down by the detective elements too, and the overall edginess. I felt like Pattinson's Bruce Wayne was a one note ******* too haha. I liked his Batman though. I just hope the sequel surprises me a bit more and doesn't play it so safe.
 
You know, after the last few years... I'm starting to look back fondly at movies like Iron Man 2 or Thor: The Dark World.
You know…you’re right. Dark World was bad, but I saw it all the way through at least. I tapped out of Love and Thunder after just 1 hour. Couldn’t tolerate the rushed, choppy narrative and terrible humor. When those goats came in, I legitimately thought Marvel was trolling the audience. Couldn’t believe what I was seeing
 
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I mean, there hasn't been an instantaneously cool as f*** scene like this in the MCU in a long while.
At least not something that felt tangible and set in a real environment. Even good scenes like the ones in Shang Chi were CGi over-load.
And the less is said about L&T and Quantumania the better.
 
Steven Soderbergh sucks ****ing donkey nards.

Love Traffic and like Sex, Lies and Videotape, rest very lacking.

Syriana, Three Kings and Good Night and Good Luck are probably the only really good films Clooney has made.
 
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I mean, there hasn't been an instantaneously cool as f*** scene like this in the MCU in a long while.
At least not something that felt tangible and set in a real environment. Even good scenes like the ones in Shang Chi were CGi over-load.
And the less is said about L&T and Quantumania the better.
People seem to love Shang Chi but the entire third act gave me a headache. I hope superhero movies are considerably diminished within the next decade. We’re way, way past the peak.
 
People seem to love Shang Chi but the entire third act gave me a headache. I hope superhero movies are considerably diminished within the next decade. We’re way, way past the peak.
I agree. As much as I liked Shang Chi, the fight scenes could've used some grittiness. The bus scene was cool but the fake background takes me out of the movie. They could've used some old school Jackie Chan's approach to filmmaking.
The main problem for me is that everything looks fake. There's not an ounce of realism.
 
I agree. As much as I liked Shang Chi, the fight scenes could've used some grittiness. The bus scene was cool but the fake background takes me out of the movie. They could've used some old school Jackie Chan's approach to filmmaking.
The main problem for me is that everything looks fake. There's not an ounce of realism.
I would’ve loved a retro 70’s style Shangi Chi instead of this modern day CGI nonsense we got.
 
I don't know why I'm in the minority here, but I rewatched Dark Phoenix and my original opinion still stands: I really really like it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
 
i finally watched XM: Apocalypse the other night and it was eh?
 
I don't get the view that Valley of the Dolls was terrible or even bad, I thought it was at least a fine story and with the overall quality average. Or that it was even campy, a bit overdone but not by much, I don't think either intentional or unintentional goofiness.
 
Jaws 3 (or Jaws 3D, if you prefer) is a worse movie than Jaws: The Revenge. Both are pretty terrible but I've always found 3 to be way more unwatchable.
 
You know, after the last few years... I'm starting to look back fondly at movies like Iron Man 2 or Thor: The Dark World.
I always enjoyed Iron Man 2. I prefer it over 3. However, as much as I love Hemsworth and him as Thor.... The Dark World is still a snooze fest to me. I tried again not too long ago and still had to fast forward and ultimately ended up just cutting it off.
 
As much as I liked The Last Jedi, and the cool as heck moments in it, ( Puppet Yoda!!!) I do have to admit that I can't be blind to the stinker moments in it. There was no need to have udders look like that or have such a close ups of them, sound effects included. Luke's and Kylo's division could've happened in a more in character way, Rose Tico was great till the looong casino detour and ham fisted moral lectures.

Guess it's an unpopular opinion because I both dislike much of it AND consider it the best of the sequel trilogy.
 
I like The Happening as a guilty pleasure, it is very, very weird and a few parts are dumb but not that many or that much, a lot is at least OK, at least somewhat entertaining. It is helped quite a bit by me liking Zooey Deschanel and John Leguizamo in general but there are also other positives. And I particularly liked that a lot of it was open to interpretation.
 
John Wick 4 was a dumb and pointless movie that added nothing to an already stale franchise. The movie rehashes at least three things we JUST saw in the previous installment (which also sucked): John crossing the desert to meet some High Table guy who lives out in the middle of nowhere, John fighting a bunch of guys in a big room full of artifacts on display in glass cases, and a character who uses dogs as a weapon. Like, they aren’t even trying to make a new movie anymore or make interesting set pieces. John just basically teleports around the globe and almost everyone he runs into tries to kill him.

Also, if you thought they were building up to John finally taking down the High Table, think again. No, John just has to go up against the latest annoying villain who wants him dead and John (again) has to make peace with the High Table so he can stay alive. Also, at some point can we have a French villain in an action movie who doesn’t come off like the lovechild of the Merovingian and Pepe le Pew? I usually love Bill Skarsgard but he deserves a Razzie for his hammy performance here.

And why are we even rooting for John at this point? John isn’t protecting anyone or avenging anyone. He’s just trying to save his own ass and getting the few friends he has left killed in the process. And John, at this point, has probably killed 1000 more people than the worst bad guy in any of these movies so why should we care that his life is in danger?

The action scenes are well choreographed, sure. And I did really like Donnie Yen’s character. But this movie is just ridiculous. It’s like playing a Soulslike video game and you keep dying to a mini boss so you have to go all the way back and fight your way through the poison swamp again (or in this case, a neverending starway).

I seriously can’t believe various people named this movie as one of the best of the year. This franchise is basically just The Fast & the Furious with better action sequences. I have no interest in seeing Keanu sleepwalk his way through the inevitable John Wick 5 (yes, I know how 4 ended but come on; he’ll be back) but somehow I know I’ll get suckered into watching it anyway.
 
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James Cameron says he has ideas for ‘AVATAR 6 & 7’.“I'll probably be handing the baton on at that point. I mean, mortality catches up.”

I find it depressing that one of the best directors we've had has locked himself into making just Avatar films.
What a waste of talent and creativity.
 
James Cameron says he has ideas for ‘AVATAR 6 & 7’.“I'll probably be handing the baton on at that point. I mean, mortality catches up.”

I find it depressing that one of the best directors we've had has locked himself into making just Avatar films.
What a waste of talent and creativity.
I feel this way about any talented director doing franchise movies. For example the director of Moonlight is doing the ****ing Mufasa prequel….
 
I feel this way about any talented director doing franchise movies. For example the director of Moonlight is doing the ****ing Mufasa prequel….

That's horrible, I had no idea that was a Barry Jenkins film. What a waste.
 

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