Critically acclaimed movies you don't like

Blissey said:
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Blissey said:
Viridi said:
the dark knight
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actually that's another good example on my end.

i think the movie's ok, but that's about it. i could never get the hype behind it, at least no more than any other average superhero flick.
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The Dark Knight was more serious and emotional, that's more than your average superhero flick
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i meant "average" as in the movie's overall quality, not its contents.
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i watched it yesterday. though i thought it was overhyped, i still thought it was a good movie, though batman was probably the most boring part of it. the joker was an incredibly well-written, well-acted character and the situations he created make the moving fascinating to watch
 
i wouldn't say batman was the best protagonist but he was good enough for me

at the very least, his interactions with alfred were great, especially if you've seen batman begins first. they had a great sense of humor together

also yeah the joker was awesome in every way
 
it wasn't that batman was bad, it's just that the joker (and harvey dent) kinda stole the show from him
 
Viridi said:
at the very least, his interactions with alfred were great, especially if you've seen batman begins first. they had a great sense of humor together
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oh ok that might have been the problem, then.

i didn't see begins. maybe that's why i was confused as fuck as to what was happening half the time, maybe it's explained better there.
 
Blissey said:
Viridi said:
at the very least, his interactions with alfred were great, especially if you've seen batman begins first. they had a great sense of humor together
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oh ok that might have been the problem, then.

i didn't see begins. maybe that's why i was confused as fuck as to what was happening half the time, maybe it's explained better there.
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it hasn't really influenced the dark knight as much as it has the dark knight rises

batman begins and the dark knight both hold separate stories that more or less converge in the Dark Knight Rises

though there were one or two nods that call forward and call back to eachother in the first two films
 
Watching the sequel without watching the first movie generally leads to confusion.

To be honest I don't know why people do it.
 
in my experience a lot of sequels don't really require knowledge of the first movie to understand it well, as long as you know the basic idea
 
Dark Knight was the first batman movie i watched in that series

that prompted me to watch the first movie, then the first movie again followed by the second movie, then the third movie, then the second movie then the first movie followed by the second movie followed by the third movie, and rinse and repeat

seriously though it was a fantastic movie nonetheless
 
Blissey said:
Viridi said:
at the very least, his interactions with alfred were great, especially if you've seen batman begins first. they had a great sense of humor together
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oh ok that might have been the problem, then.

i didn't see begins. maybe that's why i was confused as fuck as to what was happening half the time, maybe it's explained better there.
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I can see that. If you hadn't seen begins you wouldn't know anything about the Batmobile, why Batman doesn't kill anyone, why he knows Gordon so well, why he's a vigilante in the first place, most of the Alfred/Bruce dialogue, any of the Bruce/Rachel dialogue, and a lot of other small things really.
No-Face said:
in my experience a lot of sequels don't really require knowledge of the first movie to understand it well, as long as you know the basic idea
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Depends on the series. Some series have well-contained movies that are more of books in a series, tie up all loose ends at the end of each, and then the next movie won't reference the previous one but barely.

Other series like to leave threads between each other and tie in a lot of things, which makes them more impressive if you watch them all but less impressive if you watch only one.
 
Viridi said:
Other series like to leave threads between each other and tie in a lot of things, which makes them more impressive if you watch them all but less impressive if you watch only one.
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I love books, movies, shows etc. that do this. One of my favorite aspects of the Deathly Hallows was that pretty much every character who wasn't dead came back. Granted, half of them got killed, but still.

Avatar: The Last Airbender was really good at this too. A lot of characters/places came back after their debut. Even if something was minor before, it had a sometimes larger role in the future. All those "characters of the day" are great examples. It's a reason why "The Day of Black Sun" is one of my favorite two part episodes.
 
GalacticPetey said:
Watching the sequel without watching the first movie generally leads to confusion.

To be honest I don't know why people do it.
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With the Dark Knight Trilogy I actually watched it backwards. I saw The Dark Knight Rises first, then Batman Begins then The Dark Knight. TDKR still made sense on it's own though and all 3 are great in my opinion.
 
Eh, the third film is riddled with plot holes, dumb moments, and has a dues ex machina ending.

It's enjoyable, but not as good as the first two films.
 
Batman Begins was an absolutely fantastic movie. The only reason people don't talk about it much is because The Dark Knight came out and was even better.
 
the first half of batman begins was great but the second half had too much action

the dark knight also had too much action, honestly. maybe the tunnel chase scene was just too long. i know they're action movies, but i think it'd work a lot better if the action was used sparingly
 
batman was always the most realistic superhero, all nolan did was cut out the most unrealistic parts, such as killer croc and man bat, and choose the most realistic villains, such as ra's al ghul, joker and bane

still, not too realistic, i mean those cuts to the joker's mouth cut several major arteries, plus dent getting half his face blown off would have killed him, and bane getting his face ripped off is also a dangerous thing, and a mask holding in the pain is so technologically advanced, it's just not funny anymore. the batmobile, the batpod, and the "bat" probably wouldn't work, but most of batman's suit is based off real things

the material used for his cape, however, in real life, is more attributed to cars, and would be impossible to make into a cape that could make you fly.
 
Bane was actually not a very realistic character to begin with. They just did away with his venom, which is a core part of his character. It seems odd to have Bane without venom.
 
If Bane's hopped up on anesthetics and painkillers 24/7 because of the whole face injury thing, why isn't he drowsy all the time?
 
I am not sure if Critics liked this movie but everyone I know loves it.

ELF

I find it really stupid and it just gets annoying. Back in Jr. High, usually the last day before winter break, we watched it in at least 2 out of the 3 classes. It was horrible and even freshmen year we watched it.

I don't really know what else to say about it, other than it's stupidity.
 
The Lego Movie. It had a few things goings going for it, like its sense of humor, but the plot twist at the end
(about actual real-life people existing)
was completely uncalled for, and it took away most of the respect I had for the movie.
 
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