movies you like that everyone else hates
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I'm with ya. Guilty pleasure from my youth. :lol
Zombie_61
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Here's an example of how bad Howard the Duck was. The month before it was released, at a local monthly sci-fi and comics convention issue #1 of the Howard the Duck comic book was going for $100 or more. The month after it was released, they were literally handing them out at the door as you walked in. :lol
Sad fact is that I recall some great artists on the comic - Gene Colan, Michael Golden ...
New Vegas Doc
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Spawn, Army of Darkness, The Hulk with Eric Bana, all the Punisher movies yes even the Dolph Lundgren one lol
Captain America: The First Avenger. A lot of folks either dislike this or say it's boring. I liked it tremendously.
I really think it has to be viewed through the eyes of the 1940's sensibility. I think it's challenging to make a film that's consciously and deliberately devoid of characters with that modern jaded sarcastic attitude. This film does it so well. And you really feel the era. I've watched a lot of 1940's movies so maybe that affects my appreciation of it. On the other had there are some films set in the past that irritate me because the characters are inappropriately modern - (e.g. I thought Oprah Windfrey in The Color Purple was too "modern" - I'm not just talking about how the character was written but the actress' body language and diction were all wrong.)
Some viewers seemed to be uncomfortable with the "pro-American" aspect of the film. To me I didn't think the film played up that aspect any more than it needed. In fact I think that the showboating of the flag throughout the movie through his heroism was a necessary part of Steve's early character development - and makes the events and themes of The Winter Soldier that much more poignant through the eyes of Steve.
I was sure they would use his character as a vehicle to address modern sociopolitical issues but I was surprised that it didn't happen in the first film. It just so happens they saved that analysis for The Winter Soldier which actually works much better.
I think it's not fair to compare the two films, either, because they're both part of a singular story IMO. I think The Winter Soldier wouldn't be as effective without The First Avenger setting it up. It would still be good but just not as effective.
I really think it has to be viewed through the eyes of the 1940's sensibility. I think it's challenging to make a film that's consciously and deliberately devoid of characters with that modern jaded sarcastic attitude. This film does it so well. And you really feel the era. I've watched a lot of 1940's movies so maybe that affects my appreciation of it. On the other had there are some films set in the past that irritate me because the characters are inappropriately modern - (e.g. I thought Oprah Windfrey in The Color Purple was too "modern" - I'm not just talking about how the character was written but the actress' body language and diction were all wrong.)
Some viewers seemed to be uncomfortable with the "pro-American" aspect of the film. To me I didn't think the film played up that aspect any more than it needed. In fact I think that the showboating of the flag throughout the movie through his heroism was a necessary part of Steve's early character development - and makes the events and themes of The Winter Soldier that much more poignant through the eyes of Steve.
I was sure they would use his character as a vehicle to address modern sociopolitical issues but I was surprised that it didn't happen in the first film. It just so happens they saved that analysis for The Winter Soldier which actually works much better.
I think it's not fair to compare the two films, either, because they're both part of a singular story IMO. I think The Winter Soldier wouldn't be as effective without The First Avenger setting it up. It would still be good but just not as effective.
There are people who don't like Army of Darkness?
Curmudgeon
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National Treasure movies
The 3rd Mummy
The 3rd Mummy
New Vegas Doc
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There are people who don't like Army of Darkness?[/QUOTE]
only lame people haha
only lame people haha
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