you mean out of all 6 films ?
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Yep, probably an unpopular opinion. I find the original trilogy too slow/outdated.
Like you, I recently watched them for the first time and I'd agree with you that 3rd one was the best but none of them were great.
I know it was probably amazing as a kid back when but watching it now, as an adult, for the first time it's hard to see why people love it other than for nostalgic reasons.
I will agree that 3 is the best of the second Trilogy but best out of both , just no , that for me is The Empire Strikes Back, it has everything a Sci-Fi film should have and even the baddie gets to win in the end.
This is the Rocky series we're talking about. Not a documentary.
But even by Rocky standards it was pathetic.
Race With The Devil
Two couples accidentally witness a satanic ritual murder and then try to leave town but can't trust anyone as they are being followed by the cult. Decent thriller film, had some really intense scenes, especially one involving rattle snakes. The stunts looked great for the time and the whole film had me wondering who is a part of the cult and who isn't. It did have problems though. Some of the actions were a little stupid e.g. driving away a few miles from the pursuers then parking up the RV and sippin' on Martinis. Also, the women the screamed everytime something happened and were literally just damsels in distress and slightly wasted. The ending also felt quite abrupt. This is a film that deserves a remake. Overall a fun experience 6/10
A Field In England
I really liked The Kill List and read on many websites that this is a great horror film from 2013 directed by Ben Wheatley. I don't know how this slipped under my radar so I thought I'll give it a watch. Firstly, this is in no way a fecking horror film. I would like to explain the story, but it didn't have one. The closest I can get is that a few men desert a war and are looking for treasure. The film was all over the bloody place. I kept watching because Kill List was basically three genre films rolled into one and I enjoyed that so much I thought I'll give this piece of shit the full 90 minutes but it felt like 90 days watching this horseshit. It was completely style over any substance and felt like Wheatley was just showing off all the tricks he learnt at film school instead of making an actual film. Maybe I'm too stupid to understand this piece of 'art' but personally I believe only a pretentious wanker of the highest order will find something to enjoy this god-awful mess. I would have more fun watching re-runs of United vs. Norwich on loop than seeing this cnut of a film. It's probably the last film I'll see this year and boy did I save the worst film I have ever seen until last. What the feck -2/10
Two couples accidentally witness a satanic ritual murder and then try to leave town but can't trust anyone as they are being followed by the cult. Decent thriller film, had some really intense scenes, especially one involving rattle snakes. The stunts looked great for the time and the whole film had me wondering who is a part of the cult and who isn't. It did have problems though. Some of the actions were a little stupid e.g. driving away a few miles from the pursuers then parking up the RV and sippin' on Martinis. Also, the women the screamed everytime something happened and were literally just damsels in distress and slightly wasted. The ending also felt quite abrupt. This is a film that deserves a remake. Overall a fun experience 6/10
A Field In England
I really liked The Kill List and read on many websites that this is a great horror film from 2013 directed by Ben Wheatley. I don't know how this slipped under my radar so I thought I'll give it a watch. Firstly, this is in no way a fecking horror film. I would like to explain the story, but it didn't have one. The closest I can get is that a few men desert a war and are looking for treasure. The film was all over the bloody place. I kept watching because Kill List was basically three genre films rolled into one and I enjoyed that so much I thought I'll give this piece of shit the full 90 minutes but it felt like 90 days watching this horseshit. It was completely style over any substance and felt like Wheatley was just showing off all the tricks he learnt at film school instead of making an actual film. Maybe I'm too stupid to understand this piece of 'art' but personally I believe only a pretentious wanker of the highest order will find something to enjoy this god-awful mess. I would have more fun watching re-runs of United vs. Norwich on loop than seeing this cnut of a film. It's probably the last film I'll see this year and boy did I save the worst film I have ever seen until last. What the feck -2/10
I watched maybe half of the film , had to turn it off, it made my head hurt.
Because of this limp-dick of a film I think I'm going to not watch anything for a while. I get concussion everytime I sit in front of the TV now. I actually feel like finding Ben Wheatley to punch him in the mouth that fecking cnut. I have never felt so pissed off after a movie before and that's coming from someone who has sat through all the Twilight films, Divergent series, Batman & Robin, all the Resident Evil films, Alone in the Dark, The Last Airbender, After Earth and many Adam Sandler films. Nothing has riled me up as much as this goats shit.
I agree , I have watched some real rubbish , but what I saw of this was beyond bad.
There's a great tradition in Horror literature of landscapes that truly menace humankind; this, though, sounds like a Poundland Witchfinder General stapled to Session 9.
Holy shit. You are probably too well versed in shit movies!
I watch more than my fair share of shit movies, but even I could not finish it off.
Well you absolutely deserve this for thinking Kill List was anything but awful.
Yeah initially I didn't like it but re-watched it once I knew what to expect and enjoyed it a lot more. Even if the film isn't amazing in any one thing, there are still many elements to enjoy in it. For example, I really liked how the guy loses his shit around the dinner table, I liked how they tortured that paedophile, liked them getting vexed at the christian group, even the satanic parts were out of nowhere and caught me by surprise. It was something different and I liked that.
This however was hands down the most shittest pile of outdated shit I have ever seen.
SE7EN
Loved the idea and thought the acting was brilliant from Pitt and Freeman, dunno why but Kevin Spacey just wasn't creepy enough for me and the ending I'd been told to wait for didnt live up to expectations. That aside the suspense and tension throughout the film was excellent and one of the murders was beyond chilling.
7/10
An Officer and a Gentleman
Felt similar to Top Gun but I preferred Gere to Cruise in that 1 man against the world role. Soundtrack was excellent and it was a great Boxing Day film. 7.5/10
Loved the idea and thought the acting was brilliant from Pitt and Freeman, dunno why but Kevin Spacey just wasn't creepy enough for me and the ending I'd been told to wait for didnt live up to expectations. That aside the suspense and tension throughout the film was excellent and one of the murders was beyond chilling.
7/10
An Officer and a Gentleman
Felt similar to Top Gun but I preferred Gere to Cruise in that 1 man against the world role. Soundtrack was excellent and it was a great Boxing Day film. 7.5/10
Obi-Wan is a plot device. He's there to mentor Luke; introduce him to the force; get him off his backwater planet and into the big, wide Galaxy; and nudge him towards his destiny. Obi's done his job, with no place in the final showdown, so they kill him off in a suitably portentous manner, with the added bonus of giving Luke an extra reason to hate Vader.
When I saw the film for the first time many Galactic revolutions ago it puzzled me as well. It still doesn't make any sense.
It is a really shit fight. Like, the worst fight ever. My favorite bit is Kenobi at 0:35. Seriously, what the feck were they smoking. I would have beaten the shit out of them combined despite that I have never had a sword in my life. They look like two idiots who have got a sword/lightsaber for the first time in their lives and for some reason are fighting in slow motion.
Yep, they looked like two strong, very fast wizards fighting.
Btw, I think that it OT they improved after that abomination on two Luke-Vader duels. Especially that duel in Empire was really good.
Anakin vs Kenobi in RotS > any other duel in SW though.
Prefered Yoda vs Palpatine.
Yeh as bad as the prequels were, the Yoda fight and the Anakin vs Ben fight trumped any fights in the originals.
It wasn't great but I still didn't hate it totally.
The Yoda fights were awful, CGI shite.
That would probably be my second favorite. I loved how they combined them (it switches from fight to fight) and shows the difference. Anakin vs Kenobi are two great duelists fighting with each other, while Yoda vs Palpls are two most powerful Force users fighting with each other mainly using the force.
Nothing wrong with CGI.
It is cool to hate CGI nowdays!
Which is ridiculous because pretty much all movies are covered in CGI.
Episode IV by some distance surely?
Absolutely loved The Lobster. Filippou and Lanthimos have some warped ideas, but deal with them with a dark sense of humour too. A film I'll definitely watch again.
The trick is for CGI not to look like CGI at first glance which there are some really good examples of in films nowadays. Star Wars episodes 1-3 are however partly filled with some examples of poor CGI that looks at first glance like exactly what it is computer generated imagery.
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I think that episode V is universally acclaimed to be the best one, with Episode IV being the most influential movie on the saga. Episode III might be my personal favorite, but objectively speaking, The Empire Strikes Back is easily the best one in the series. And one of the best movies ever.
I agree with that. CGI only gets noticed when it is bad or unrealistic looking which is why it gets such unfair criticism. People never notice good CGI. Star Wars has shit CGI (Although for the times they were pretty decent) but Yoda vs Palpatine doesn't really come under bad CGI. You know it is CGI but it still holds up quite well today.
Nope. The original trilogy just aren't very watchable unless you grew up on them.
Its a really good fight.
I meant V or EST. Just fecked up the Roman numerals.You share the same opinion for Blade Runner, Alien/Aliens and 2001?
I've never seen any of those films.
Only seen Alien(s) out of those and yeah, same opinion.
You should.
Just not true , my 10 year old loves them.