Overrated films.
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What didn't anyone get about The Shawshank Redemption? Pretty simple story.0
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The Shawshank Redemption... Great movie, but the best movie of all time? Not sure.
I think there's several films i'd put on the top shelf alongside it, if not above it.1 -
One of the reviews in the TV ad for The Post was, 'Probably the best film ever made.' What a stupid, empty statement. Maybe it's some critic or publication desperate to get their name on ads and posters. But it doesn't even make sense. It's like damning with faint praise. 'Probably' the best film ever made; there's a suggested 'but' there. Even if this person could be a bit more decisive and claim it was DEFINITELY the best film ever made, then that would also be a worthless statement. Of all the films ever made, in the history of cinema, in all the many different genres and sub-genres, this one is the absolute best, is it? But the fact that the reviewer thought it was only 'probably' the best film ever made...
I haven't seen it, mind.0 -
It’s a pretty average film .hawksmoor said:One of the reviews in the TV ad for The Post was, 'Probably the best film ever made.' What a stupid, empty statement. Maybe it's some critic or publication desperate to get their name on ads and posters. But it doesn't even make sense. It's like damning with faint praise. 'Probably' the best film ever made; there's a suggested 'but' there. Even if this person could be a bit more decisive and claim it was DEFINITELY the best film ever made, then that would also be a worthless statement. Of all the films ever made, in the history of cinema, in all the many different genres and sub-genres, this one is the absolute best, is it? But the fact that the reviewer thought it was only 'probably' the best film ever made...
I haven't seen it, mind.0 -
You may want to have a long hard look at yourselfStigThundercock said:Usual suspects
Shawshank redemption both aimless drivel only critically acclaimed cos nobody wants to admit they don’t get it There’s nothing to get neither makes any sense 2 hours of life you won’t get back
Empire Strikes Back = 10 minutes of plot plus 2 hours of filler3 -
Good film but did not live up to the hype. I watch, and collect World War 2 films but this one will not have a place in my collection.EveshamAddick said:
Didn't like it, but tempted to see it again in case I was missing something.eaststandmike said:Dunkirk
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2001 is the closest cinema has come to fine art. It’s a masterpiece whether you find it entertaining or not, especially for the techniques etc in the physical filmmaking process. Remember most sci fi films before 2001 were with men in tights and blokes in tin foil costumes pretending to be robots.Northstandpieeater said:addickfanatic said:
Normally really enjoyed Cameron Crowe’s movies but what the hell was he thinking with Vanilla Sky. 2001: Space Odyssey and Being John Malkovich, make you wonder what the critics are smoking.Fumbluff said:Artificial Intelligence and
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agree with 2001. its supposed to be a sci fi classic and im the biggest geek going but I think wtf is thisaddickfanatic said:
Normally really enjoyed Cameron Crowe’s movies but what the hell was he thinking with Vanilla Sky. 2001: Space Odyssey and Being John Malkovich, make you wonder what the critics are smoking.Fumbluff said:Artificial Intelligence and
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North by Northwest is great. You were about to lose a lot of respect I have for you options on films, but then you redeemed yourself with Eternal Sunshine, which I completely agree with.Bedsaddick said:Citizen Kane
Fight Club
North by northwest
Eternal Sunshine of the spotless Mind
The Shape of Water
Sister Act
All the Star Wars films apart from the first.
I spent the whole film hoping he managed to succeed in forgetting the irritating self-centred, bratty Kate Winslet character, which I suspect was the exact opposite of what they were aiming for.0 -
Now see, that would've been a much more honest statement on the advert:Bedsaddick said:
It’s a pretty average film .hawksmoor said:One of the reviews in the TV ad for The Post was, 'Probably the best film ever made.' What a stupid, empty statement. Maybe it's some critic or publication desperate to get their name on ads and posters. But it doesn't even make sense. It's like damning with faint praise. 'Probably' the best film ever made; there's a suggested 'but' there. Even if this person could be a bit more decisive and claim it was DEFINITELY the best film ever made, then that would also be a worthless statement. Of all the films ever made, in the history of cinema, in all the many different genres and sub-genres, this one is the absolute best, is it? But the fact that the reviewer thought it was only 'probably' the best film ever made...
I haven't seen it, mind.
Deep-toned, over-serious male voice-over: 'The Post, a pretty average film. In cinemas from Thursday.'0 -
And yeah, Tim burton is a fraud. My boss used to work at a high end soho vfx house and said the only Hollywood director/Star he ever went into a meeting and had a lower opinion of coming out was Tim burton, the guy had zero ideas and his art director was the one with all the talent.0
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A friend of mine is a film compositor and he's constantly bemoaning the laziness of certain directors. He worked on a Ridley Scott film, and he said there was a huge sequence with multiple camera set-ups and Scott just left cameras in shot because he knew the compositors would remove them.
It's like the job of cinematographer. It's no longer someone like Jack Cardiff sorting out the lighting and filters and how the camera will move in a certain way in the desert on a dolly, it's someone filming an actor against a green screen that will be filled up later by the f/x guys, then he gets the compositors to adjust the light and shade and colour pallete at another stage.0 -
The Player - Another film with the tagline "Probably the best film ever made" although this was of course tongue in cheek as the film was a "hilarious" satire on the industry. Still a crap film though. Robert Altman made some crap.0
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Ridley Scott hasn’t made a good film in years. A great art director but not much else going for him in the storytelling department.hawksmoor said:A friend of mine is a film compositor and he's constantly bemoaning the laziness of certain directors. He worked on a Ridley Scott film, and he said there was a huge sequence with multiple camera set-ups and Scott just left cameras in shot because he knew the compositors would remove them.
It's like the job of cinematographer. It's no longer someone like Jack Cardiff sorting out the lighting and filters and how the camera will move in a certain way in the desert on a dolly, it's someone filming an actor against a green screen that will be filled up later by the f/x guys, then he gets the compositors to adjust the light and shade and colour pallete at another stage.
You bemoan the dying art of the cinematographer, but compositing and CG is an art within itself that’s cruelly overlooked (to the detriment of the artists who usually are forced to work illegal hours).0 -
And with everyone talking at the same time.Riviera said:The Player - Another film with the tagline "Probably the best film ever made" although this was of course tongue in cheek as the film was a "hilarious" satire on the industry. Still a crap film though. Robert Altman made some crap.
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Best film ever is One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest!0
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I absolutely recognise the importance and the artful nature of the work that compositors and the CGI guys do. Talking of green screen... there was a clip from Ugly Betty going round where the title character fell down some steps and crashed into a bus stop. Except the actress was not at any of those locations. The whole short sequence was all green screen. And that's 'just' for a TV show.kentaddick said:
Ridley Scott hasn’t made a good film in years. A great art director but not much else going for him in the storytelling department.hawksmoor said:A friend of mine is a film compositor and he's constantly bemoaning the laziness of certain directors. He worked on a Ridley Scott film, and he said there was a huge sequence with multiple camera set-ups and Scott just left cameras in shot because he knew the compositors would remove them.
It's like the job of cinematographer. It's no longer someone like Jack Cardiff sorting out the lighting and filters and how the camera will move in a certain way in the desert on a dolly, it's someone filming an actor against a green screen that will be filled up later by the f/x guys, then he gets the compositors to adjust the light and shade and colour pallete at another stage.
You bemoan the dying art of the cinematographer, but compositing and CG is an art within itself that’s cruelly overlooked (to the detriment of the artists who usually are forced to work illegal hours).0 -
I understand the use of green screen for certain genres and applications, but for a TV show shot in a particular city, I just assumed the scenes would be filmed in those locations.0
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A lot of CG in films is now unnoticed, I remember there being a lot of cg in the wolf of Wall Street that you never really notice at all.hawksmoor said:I understand the use of green screen for certain genres and applications, but for a TV show shot in a particular city, I just assumed the scenes would be filmed in those locations.
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It's very expensive to get permits to shoot in come cities (Manhattan for example).....I read somewhere a few years back that Vancouver was being used as a replacement for Manhattan in film shoots because it was so much cheaper.hawksmoor said:I understand the use of green screen for certain genres and applications, but for a TV show shot in a particular city, I just assumed the scenes would be filmed in those locations.
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Vancouver, Singapore, Bangalore and London are the post production capitals of the world cos of the tax concessions.SuedeAdidas said:
It's very expensive to get permits to shoot in come cities (Manhattan for example).....I read somewhere a few years back that Vancouver was being used as a replacement for Manhattan in film shoots because it was so much cheaper.hawksmoor said:I understand the use of green screen for certain genres and applications, but for a TV show shot in a particular city, I just assumed the scenes would be filmed in those locations.
Iirc Atlanta is used for shoots a lot these days and pinewood have opened up studios there.0 - Sponsored links:
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I went to see the new Dunkirk film (my Dad was a Dunkirk veteran), but realised that the original film with John Mills was much better, so went and bought it.1
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Blair witch project. Scariest thing about it was that I paid to see it.1
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NoMan_About_Town said:Forest Gump
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Harry Potter
Lord Of The Rings0 -
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It's certainly not the greatest movie of all time, which is why, in my opinion, it is overrated.Dazzler21 said:The Shawshank Redemption... Great movie, but the best movie of all time? Not sure.
I think there's several films i'd put on the top shelf alongside it, if not above it.0 -
Good shout. And the book is great too.SoundAsa£ said:Best film ever is One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest!
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