Post your unpopular TV/film opinions?

[anonymous-user]

singlecoil said:

Crossflow Kid said:

singlecoil said:

Oh Her Majesty's Secret Service was the best Bond film ever made.

That's not an unpopular opinion though.

It was at the time, but it's one I've held since I first saw it 1970.

True. It did get a rather unfounded slating by critics at the time who simply refused to accept anyone but Connery as Bond, much like when Craig took over from Brosnan.
OHMSS was something of a leap forward for the franchise though, particularly in production, with newly invented cinematography techniques being put to good use, mostly during the mountain scenes.
It's always widely accepted the public just weren't ready for a new Bond though.

[bodhi]

Heh, think I have a few of these:

- The best Bond film was The Living Daylights, and Dalton was a damn good Bond imo - closest to the Bond in the books out of all of them.
- Shawshank Redemption was deeply average and went on far too long
- Matrix Reloaded and Revolutions were both really good films
- Adam Sandler made on of the funniest films of all time (Happy Gilmore)
- The best TV Breakfast show is Good Morning Britain when Piers Morgan is on.

[marcosgt]

Bradgate said:

Star Wars films are children's films. Some of them are good children's films, and some are bad children's films, but thay (sic) are all children's films.

All comic book based films fall into this category.

I disagree with the rest of the post though. For Star Wars and much Comic book based stuff, for many adults it's nostalgia, not immaturity that's the appeal.

M

[viggyp]

The Godfather films didn't do much for me.

Friends is WAY overrated.

[K50 DEL]

All "reality TV" shows are rubbish and are responsible for the overall decline in decent television over the last couple of decades.

[viggyp]

K50 DEL said:

All "reality TV" shows are rubbish and are responsible for the overall decline in decent television over the last couple of decades.

Yep. I get slated when I state this and when I state that "talentless shows" have also ruined television.

[singlecoil]

Strictly Come Dancing is a stupid title for a stupid programme featuring stupid people. The first couple of series were not too bad, and it should have been killed off then.

[toasty]

Grange Hill was responsible for the downfall of modern times.

[P-Jay]

All Comic Book Films and TV are crap and only ever have very slight variations of the same story.

Car SOS is the greatest Motoring Show on TV.

The last Top Gear series (minus Evans) was the best Top Gear in a long, long time and better than the Grand Tour.

Sherlock is average at best and takes liberties with it's audiences ability suspend it's disbelief.

Breaking Bad is 20% brilliance and 80% filler. Better Call Saul is more like 5% and 95%.

[HappyMidget]

I like Jar Jar Binks

[KrazyIvan]

The whole premise of the show "Friends" was weak, as was the acting. I dared voice this as at party once and was berated for being boring/sad/misguided ect ect, I have since then kept it to myself.........................but I cant really be the only person in world who thinks this......can I.

[Rude-boy]

Matt Hew said:

The 51st state is a film masterpiece, Samuel L Jackson should have won an Oscar for his performance as Elmo.

No so sure i agree with the second part of that but it certainly is a really is a great film to watch. Not challenging or informative or something that takes you on an emotional rollercoaster or anything of that sort but a Class A film for brains out entertainment.

[Rude-boy]

KrazyIvan said:

The whole premise of the show "Friends" was weak, as was the acting. I dared voice this as at party once and was berated for being boring/sad/misguided ect ect, I have since then kept it to myself.........................but I cant really be the only person in world who thinks this......can I.

Friends was 'Of it's time'.

Amusing brain out TV where people would try to link themselves to one of the characters - in our group we certainly had a Joey, a Ross (called Ross...) and a Phoebe (although ours was better looking and a bit more of a 'good time girl').

However 20 + years later it is very dated, just like most things from the mid 90's are now...

[Rawwr]

Crossflow Kid said:

singlecoil said:

Oh Her Majesty's Secret Service was the best Bond film ever made.

That's not an unpopular opinion though.

How about this one, then?

Dalton was the best Bond. I really believe that in terms of portraying the character, Dalton was the best.

Brosnan was by far the worst.

[Rawwr]

Jackie Brown was Tarantino's best movie.

[montecristo]

Rawwr said:

How about this one, then?

Dalton was the best Bond. I really believe that in terms of portraying the character, Dalton was the best.

Brosnan was by far the worst.

Agreed. Brosnan's best Bond was the washed up contract killer in The Matador.

[montecristo]

The Shawshank Redemption is the most overestimated film. Top of the IMDB rankings since forever.

[Nom de ploom]

MitchT said:

Gladiator was mind-numbingly boring.

I didn't think it was boring but it was over-rated. wronged man gets revenge. dies. so what?

on another note, The Green mile - patronising garbage masquerading as quality cinema - Sam Rockwell aside.

i try to watch as little TV as possible these days apart from natural world programmes, blue planet etc

soaps and reality TV is becoming the death knell to social behaviour imho. by reality TV i mean BB, love island, et al.

[anonymous-user]

Rawwr said:

How about this one, then?

Dalton was the best Bond. I really believe that in terms of portraying the character, Dalton was the best.

Brosnan was by far the worst.

You're not alone. Dalton is/was seen as really brining the character on from Moore. His tenure was killed off by lack of studios (License to Kill had to be made entirely outside the UK) compounded by a six year delay in the series due to copyright issues, by which time Dalton had moved on to other things.
I suspect Brosnan never really wanted the role other than as a cash cow. He knew from the mid-80s that he was in the frame for it so didn't really have to put in much effort and, certainly after Goldeneye, it really shows.

[ukaskew]

Return of the Jedi is my favourite Star Wars film.

Roger Moore is my favourite Bond (mainly because it's the Bond I grew up with, The Sky Who Loved Me is my all time favourite Bond film.

Western and gangster movies are boring, all of them.

I'd take a US setting for most movies over a British one almost every time, just something a little more romantic about it.