Films that were lauded when they came out but turns out they were absolute shite



Crash (the Oscar winner not the Cronenberg one) - proper route one mawkish Oscar bait shite
Titanic - Just a bog standard melodrama killing time until they can sink a ship
Dark Knight Trilogy - Completely poe faced, overtly serious versions of a grown man who dresses up as a bat at night. At least Tim Burton knew the inherent ridiculousness of the premise and played to it. And Christian Bale's phone sex pervert voice as batman is risible.
Blade Runner 2020 - overlong, pretentious and did nothing the original didn't do better.
The King's Speech - pampered posh bloke has a stutter, whoop de doo.
Doctor Sleep - another outrageously overlong slog, devoid of any of the artistry of the original and played out like a typical under par Stephen King TV adaptation.
The Hateful Eight - eight characters talking in a shed for what seemed like weeks. See also Kill Bill, another absolute indulgence, making a bog standard simple kung fu movie is one thing, but stretching it out to over four hours, no need.
I may not agree with all of your opinions but I love the incisive way with which you state them. In short, I like the cut of your jib. As Dorothy Parker (?) said “If you don’t have something nice to say, sit right here next to me!”
 
Crash (the Oscar winner not the Cronenberg one) - proper route one mawkish Oscar bait shite
Titanic - Just a bog standard melodrama killing time until they can sink a ship
Dark Knight Trilogy - Completely poe faced, overtly serious versions of a grown man who dresses up as a bat at night. At least Tim Burton knew the inherent ridiculousness of the premise and played to it. And Christian Bale's phone sex pervert voice as batman is risible.
Blade Runner 2020 - overlong, pretentious and did nothing the original didn't do better.
The King's Speech - pampered posh bloke has a stutter, whoop de doo.
Doctor Sleep - another outrageously overlong slog, devoid of any of the artistry of the original and played out like a typical under par Stephen King TV adaptation.
The Hateful Eight - eight characters talking in a shed for what seemed like weeks. See also Kill Bill, another absolute indulgence, making a bog standard simple kung fu movie is one thing, but stretching it out to over four hours, no need.

Afternoon Barry Norman
 
Left this out as I didn't think it had been significantly lauded after the car wreck of the 2nd one.

It's absolute shit marra.

Is that with fatty Giamatti and him with the ridiculous square jaw drawl driving about wine country? I think I turned it off after 10 mins. Drivel.

Sounds about right. Though having said that I'm still not sure what was so great about the acting either. Dishevelled man laughs on a bus. Gerrin'.
His portrayal of a canny severely disturbed person was spot on, the laughing pissed me off anarl though - wish he had a different tick ffs :lol:
 
The departed, thought it was long and boring.
The Irishman, heard great stuff and again...long and boring
I think The Departed is a good film, but ya right about The Irishman - could have easily been an hour shorter. I'm not sure I'll ever watch that one again. Could quite fancy watching The Departed again however and have seen it two or three times before.
 

Back
Top