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Yep

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I disagree......see my last post reference hugh grant.

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that's yours and other similar minded peoples views.

film critics are scum. what makes them so special to tell me what a good film is. ermmm i'll decide what i like thanks.

if i don't like a film i wont put it down no matter what actor is in it as it's my personal view.

if i go to the movies to see a film and i don't like it i can leave as that is my choice but to say it was carp is just plain wrong as someone else might have enjoyed it.

your comment about LOTR just goes to show that you are a special kind of person to upset others around you just because you don't like something.

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There have been some real classics that have not made it to classic status though, for example when Bladerunner was first released, it did not do so well, yet over the years it has become the cherished classic it should always have been. I have the ultimate box set of this movie and it has about six versions of the movie in all of the various edits. Some of them I cannot stand, such the voice over version for example, but others like the final edit will reduce to me to tears at their power.

It really saddened me that the Golden Compass series did not get past the first movie and that it was beset by problems. The books were amazing and I love them so much to this day. Yet the film had so much promise and it was canned. I do not know if we will ever know the true reason why it was plagued in such a manner, but the girl playing Lyra was wonderful and the cast were fantastic. Yet it was one of those movies that has fallen away.

I am not a fan of Bond and yet they seem to keep making those and often with more and more ridiculous stories. The recent ones with Daniel Craig seemed to be a bit more gritty, but some of the others have been shockingly bad with inherent sexism, borderline racism and almost fairy tale stories. But they are a product of their age, so we can't really hold that against them.

A friend of mine raved about a film called "I spit on your grave." A film so nasty it was banned for a long time. Yet it was recently remade and even has a sequel. As far as I am concerned, this is a film that I never want to see because the original was so horrible. Likewise with many other films that are of this shock value genre.

Some of the low budget independent films can have really good ideas, but no budget to make them work or to afford actors who can act past basic Am Dram level, which kills them on the first hurdle. One other thing that saddens me is the dismissal of foreign language films by Hollywood. The French Film Taxi, was sharp witty and funny. But Hollywood had to remake it and the remake was dreadful in comparison because it lacked the sharp script and humour of the original.

I love Japanese cinema, especially the works of Beat Takashi and would consider one of his to be one of my most favourite films of all time. His vitriolic comments on the state of Japanese society can be cutting to the point of brutality, but he always manages to pull it off. One of his was about a couple one of whom was terminally ill and their last journey together. It was so moving and brought tears at the end.

WHat did folks think of the film of Cormack McCarthey's book the Road? I loved the film for all of its bleak despair. I enjoyed it so much that I bought the book and read that cover to cover in a few days. It was such a disappointment and lacked the delicate prose of the movie and the subtly too. Mind you I loved the film No Country for Old Men, but am wary of reading that too. :why:

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Total plus one about the Golden Compass film, such excellent books, and I have to say I do really like the Daniel Craig James Bond films but the old ones are so misogynistic they are truly annoying to watch.

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Golden Compass basically fell foul of American Christian fundamentalists who got their knickers in a twist about perceived blasphemy and criticism of the church. If you're relying on American money and nobody in the Bible Belt is willing to risk watching it for fear of damnation, there's no chance of a sequel. It's a crying shame because the books are superb and anything that got the stories out to a wider audience would have been a good thing.

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Special kind of person? I didnt set out to upset anyone with my opinion. I stood up to remove myself from the cinema and it kinda just come out.

I understand I have a different view on films to others. A good mate of mine has the opposite taste....if he raves about something I know I wont like it. I was suckered into one of his opinions before....that was lotr.
As for my opinion on hugh grant. Sorry...I stand by it. Imo you could put him in any great film......and it would be ruined.

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Some clips from the great bad movie "The Room"

This is definitely one of the so bad, its good genre.

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Duel.

Watched it when I was a kid. Found it badly funny then, but hilariously cheesy now.

Duel (1971) Theatrical Trailer: http://youtu.be/5MtAMc4i8OA

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'Open Water'...

Getting stabbed, eating dog, Chinese water torture... all things I would seriously consider before having to sit through that again. I want my two hours back!

Oh and 'Die Another Day'. I am a big Bond fan but that was awful. I expect a good bit of fakery in a Bond film but when you stretch to an invisible car it's just not fun any more...