moviefreakedmind

I’m pretty sure it was a huge box office bomb also, only making back about 20% of its budget.

Dek Rollins said:

Jurassic World… ugh… this movie is just bad. I’m not even going to take the effort to explain any further.

Given that it received generally positive reviews, you should explain further. It isn’t like people think of this film as Catwoman.

This is the first time I’ve heard about it since it came out, so I guess I’m not surprised by its reviews given that it has been forgotten by almost everyone.

I thought it was Buffalo Bill.

Dek Rollins said:

Wow, I didn’t even know Osmosis Jones had such poor reception (55% RT; 6.2/10; 3/4 Roger Ebert). I love that film.

3.4 from Roger Ebert is bad? Even the other two are mostly mixed; far from poor reception.

I was never able to sit through an Austin Powers movie.

LuckyGungan2001 said:
Dr No: B-

It dragged a lot in the second act, most characters are underdeveloped, and the story is pretty poor, but overall the good outweighed the bad.

Madness.

I understand what you are saying, Frink. For example, I do not particularly care for the Hip-Hop genre. Straight Outta Compton is a very good album (I own it) and I admit that even though I don’t care for the genre, it is a well done and important album. I have the same opinion about Run-DMC. I was frustrated that Green Day has been inducted into the HOF because I believe they are an objectively worse band than Boston, the Cars, or all four musicians (Steve Miller Band, Chicago, Cheap Trick, and Deep Purple) inducted afterward in 2016.

Possessed said:

Yeah the guys a blooming idiot and an Asshole

No need for a disclaimer. Prince once said that he had two souls living in his brain and he was still trying to determine their genders. If we had to discount music purely for behavior at least %10 of the hall would be null and void.

I also would go so far as to say that I like every Cars album I’ve heard (which admittedly is not all of them) more than American Idiot. I also find the title song extremely obnoxious.

TV’s Frink said:

If you don’t think rap groups belong, then neither do ABBA or Donna Summer. What’s the difference?

Disco music evolved out of elements of rock to an extent, and ABBA borders on rock just barely enough at times in order for me to not be disturbed by their inclusion. If I were in charge of the Hall of Fame I ABBA and Summer would’ve been some of my last choices (I probably wouldn’t have thought to include them at all TBH).

Run-DMC bordered just enough on rock for me to accept their induction.

Again though, I can bring myself to tolerate Green Day’s induction as a difference in opinion and taste; it is the inclusion of groups like NWA, Beastie Boys, Grandmaster Flash, and pretty much any rap group that gets me. Some people didn’t like ABBA or Donna Summer’s inclusion, but I wasn’t too bothered by those, I just don’t like inducting rap/hip-hop groups. Keep them in the Hip-Hop Hall of Fame. You don’t see the Clash getting inducted into the Hip-Hop Hall of Fame so why should Public Enemy be in the Rock Hall of Fame?

TV’s Frink said:

Regardless of HOF credentials, I’d say Green Day is a better band than The Cars, and I like The Cars.

Nothing The Cars made was ever as good as American Idiot.

I really have tried to enjoy Green Day, but I just can’t get into them. The only album of theirs that I think is OK is Dookie. One reason I dislike them is because they have always been more of a pop band masquerading as a punk band. Then again Blondie blurred the lines between the two and I like them, so I’m not sure. Something about Green Day always just rubbed me the wrong way.

Possessed said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Possessed said:

Also that Stevie Ray Vaughan and Green Day got inducted on the same year. Not saying necessarily that Green Day doesn’t deserve to be in it, but SRV should have been in years ahead of them.

Green Day really got me. I have very mixed feelings about their music, and don’t want them in the hall. You’re right though that SRV and many others should have been added years ago.

I don’t like them at all but didn’t want to get into a debate with anyone about it. 😉

I agree. The fact that they were in the Hall before the Cars, Deep Purple, or Nick Drake (who I doubt they’ll ever induct) makes me physically ill.

Possessed said:

Also that Stevie Ray Vaughan and Green Day got inducted on the same year. Not saying necessarily that Green Day doesn’t deserve to be in it, but SRV should have been in years ahead of them.

Green Day really got me. I have very mixed feelings about their music, and don’t want them in the hall. You’re right though that SRV and many others should have been added years ago.

DuracellEnergizer said:

Come a decade or so, “rock ‘n’ roll” will stand for “rock music” as much as “MTV” stands for “music television” today.

I can’t even listen to mainstream music that comes out today. There is still some talent out there but you have to search for it.

Smithers said:

The Village - B

I actually liked the plot twist, I didn’t know where it was going until the third act started to unravel, I don’t know why everyone hates on this one

I don’t remember it well, but it was certainly better than most of Shayamans’ post-Signs movies. Apparently no one likes Signs anymore, but I thought it was pretty good.

Smithers said:

Grievous’ lightsaber battle is hard to watch, all of the dialogue is terrible and the camera is too close to see what the hell is going on

I always hated how Obi Wan kept pointing at things with his finger when using the force during that duel. It reminded me of the dance scenes from Saturday Night Fever, a much better film.

suspiciouscoffee said:

[Superman] Returns . . . came out about a decade ago

Wow, I can’t believe how fast time flies!

Warbler said:

Villanova 95 - Oklahoma 51

I thought that was the National Championship. I was under the impression this was over for another year.

Almost every year now the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts a group or individual who has absolutely no place in the Hall of Fame. I find it especially irritating when rap/hip-hop groups get in. Maybe Run-D.M.C. could qualify as rock . . . maaaaybe, but still, so many important rock musicians have yet to be inducted so why are they choosing all these non-rock related musicians?

RicOlie_2 said:

There’s a sequel?

There’s a RicOlie 2?

TV’s Frink said:

I swear I’ve never seen someone care about something so much that is a complete non-issue.

http://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/921680

One of the more distracting things about Revenge of the Sith is the nauseating lighting throughout. Not that it’s too colorful and seizure-inducing (like the Coruscant chase from AOTC for example), but it just felt so dark and odd. One scene that comes to mind is when Anakin is standing in the Jedi conference room and stares at Padamay from across the city. It just doesn’t look right and can’t put a finger on why exactly. It’s one of the main reasons why I find the movie so difficult to sit through.

One time in years past I had to give a presentation for some kind of terrible focus group type audience and the whole time I was waiting to start I kept imagining the overhead projector bursting into flames and lightning hitting all the lights and electronics like in Raiders of the Lost Ark. It actually was so amusing and idiotic that I completely forgot to dread giving the speech, and it was over before I knew it.

Why do people post pictures of their disgusting food on Facebook? No one wants to see it. My biannual Facebook login never serves to do anything but irritate me.