The Unpopular Film, TV, Music, Art, Books, Comics, Games, & Technology Opinion Thread (for all you contrarians!) — Page 22

Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind is essentially the same story as Dune, but better.

I’ve never thought of it like that, but you’re right.

For all its hype 2001 A Space Odyssey is imo inferior to Interstellar

The Northman didn’t do much for me. The whole while the movie was playing, all I could think of was this quote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vYOqoBj_Wc

The protagonist being an unrepentant murderous slaver didn’t help any, either.

Everything becomes fanfiction if it’s popular enough. No exceptions.

Superweapon VII said:

Everything becomes fanfiction if it’s popular enough. No exceptions.

For a second I thought you meant every popular work IS a fanfiction.

Oh BTW that avatar is magnificent.

Spuffure said:

Oh BTW that avatar is magnificent.

Felt appropriate to give such a crappy character such a crappy hairstyle.

Superweapon VII said:

Spuffure said:

Oh BTW that avatar is magnificent.

Felt appropriate to give such a crappy character such a crappy hairstyle.

1,000% disagree. Anakin is a great character and his story is an incredibly tragic one.

JackNapier said:

Superweapon VII said:

Spuffure said:

Oh BTW that avatar is magnificent.

Felt appropriate to give such a crappy character such a crappy hairstyle.

1,000% disagree. Anakin is a great character and his story is an incredibly tragic one.

The only thing I found tragic was Lucas’ filmmaking. But different strokes and all that jazz.

I think the Starfleet uniforms in TOS look like ass. My initial thought was they bought primary-coloured sweaters in bulk, slapped patches on the breasts, and called it a day; that’s how cheap they look to me.

Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul are both overrated. They are both really good but I still think the universal praise they get is undeserved.

Speaking of overrated shows, I just started watching the first episode of Monty Python’s Flying Circus. Most of the jokes are silly rather than funny. I just don’t get surreal humour. To me it feels like it goes into r/iamveryrandom territory. I much prefer Fawlty Towers as its humour is more “structured” if you catch my drift.

I love Monty Python’s Flying Circus. The movies, not as much. Their humour works best for me in the half-hour format, I suppose.

Superweapon VII said:

I love Monty Python’s Flying Circus. The movies, not as much. Their humour works best for me in the half-hour format, I suppose.

I actually like the show a bit more than the movies.

In my opinion slapstick works best when it’s something unrealistic happening in a realistic setting.

Cartoon slapstick doesn’t really work because the situation is already unrealistic, so stuff like that would be expected and blend in too much with the cartoon setting.

Live action slapstick on the other hand, can be knee-slap worthy because of something unrealistic happening in a realistic setting.

(I remember a year ago I said slapstick wasn’t funny at all. Well my opinion has certainly changed.)

JadedSkywalker said:

The Hobbit trilogy was one of the most disappointing film trilogies ever. I think Martin Freeman was a great choice for Bilbo but the overreliance on greenscreen and cgi and not shooting on film, rushed production destroyed those movies. I sort of grudgingly enjoy the first two the third was a disaster. They are up there with the Star Wars prequels and sequels as depressingly disappointing when they could have been amazing.

I don’t see this as an unpopular opinion.

CloakedDragon97 said:

JadedSkywalker said:

The Hobbit trilogy was one of the most disappointing film trilogies ever. I think Martin Freeman was a great choice for Bilbo but the overreliance on greenscreen and cgi and not shooting on film, rushed production destroyed those movies. I sort of grudgingly enjoy the first two the third was a disaster. They are up there with the Star Wars prequels and sequels as depressingly disappointing when they could have been amazing.

I don’t see this as an unpopular opinion.

This.

Vampires combusting in sunlight’s one of my least favourite tropes in vampire lore. I don’t begrudge Nosferatu for introducing it, but it’s become grossly overused in the decades since.

Also dislike the common “patchwork corpse” approach towards Frankenstein’s Monster. Shelley never actually describes how the creature was made in her novel; there’s evidence he may’ve been closer to a homunculus than a scientific zombie. That’s all beside the point, though. The physical description of the monster in the book is striking in-and-of itself and would translate well to screen; it’s criminal how few filmmakers have even made a cursory attempt.

Superweapon VII said:

Vampires combusting in sunlight’s one of my least favourite tropes in vampire lore. I don’t begrudge Nosferatu for introducing it, but it’s become grossly overused in the decades since.

I can remember Interview with the Vampire and Let the Right One In, which were both very effective in terms of drama and not just “defeating the boss.” I’m curious where else is this depicted? I do recall many vampire movies that merely show them avoiding sunlight, and Coppola’s Dracula literally dismisses the idea. Haven’t seen any of the Hammer movies.

Highlander is not a good movie.