#293

Those Americans love the royals. Think they forgot that they won a war to get away from them.

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#294

I HATED Chef. Probably an all time bottom fiver for me.

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#295

Watching taxi driver tonight. Never seen it. Prepare for some takes

#296

St Elmo’s Fire is an under-rated classic, the main characters are all well-rounded and their motivations relatable. Plus the urge to punch Rob Lowe in the face is relatively easily suppressed.

#297

The Big Lebowski is possibly the weakest Coen brothers movie.

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#298

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#299

That’s the standard opinion though. A real hot take is that this is a masterpiece and Twin Peaks would be lesser if this storyline hadn’t happened

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#300

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#301

The Toxic Avenger is fucking great. Although you’d have to be a right bore to disagree. Not a very hot take.

Err… Event Horizon deserves its place as one of the great b movie horrors of all time

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#302

Mad Max: Fury Road, Snowpiercer, and The Fifth Element are all unwatchable garbage.

Forrest Gump is fascist propaganda (is this a hot take? Don’t know).

Terrence Malick does pretty films but they are fucking boring.

#303

Oh man, I loved Toni Erdmann so much, and I normally hate cringeworthy awkward comedy.

Context might be important? Saw it in a crowded cinema and by the end people were cracking up laughing when the camera panned to a door, in anticipation of Toni coming through it. [And I’d argue that there’s more to it than his practical jokes - the relationship with the daughter, her career, the reason he’s playing the practical jokes in the first place…]. But to each their own.

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#306

Same. All I remember is some snow and a cabin. The plot :man_shrugging:

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#307

Turns out taxi driver is a good motion picture.

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#308

a few

#309

But do you care much for films like Star Wars?

I have a mate a few years older than me who never saw a Star Wars film until 2015 when he watched the original for the first time and thought it was great. He didn’t have any strong feelings about the others.

#310

War films are boring

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#311

Are there any American horror films that are actually scary?

#312

Rotten tomatoes audience score is the best metric for judging films

#313

Obviously my like doesn’t cover your last point.

Bonds in order:

Craig > Dalton > Moore > Connery > Brosnan > Lazenby

Dalton gets his place because The Living Daylights is the best Bond film but drops a place because Licence to Kill is utter trash.

Moore is mostly bad but you can’t deny Moonraker as so bad its good and For Your Eyes Only as one of the great Bond films.

If you don’t think Live and Let Die is the best Bond theme then get out. Particularly if you’re going to imply a theme by fucking Bono is the best.

With that I yield.

#314

I mean, I really like fantasy films, so maybe I should like star wars?

I really enjoyed the new star trek films, for instance.