What general film/series have you just seen.. marks out of 5

[Markgway]

Not a keeper and you gave it 3, your standards for keeping must be high

Can't keep every good film. Only ones I think I'll rewatch. Daybreakers is a good film but probably not something I'll go back to. If you only give high marks to films you keep that's not being critically objective.

[romerojpg]

If you only give high marks to films you keep that's not being critically objective.

You lost me

I keep any good film. Sell the shit.

[bradavon]

I agree with Mark. I've got lots of 6 out of 10 movies that are keepers. They've got re-watch value but it doesn't mean they deserve more.

[romerojpg]

As far as I can tell thats not what he is saying at all. I will leave it to Mark to say what he means mind you

[saltysam]

i'd probably watch Daybreakers again sometime in the future.Problem with keeping every good film you see is finding the time to watch them again,there's so many unseen movies out there that i find it quite hard to find a happy medium between watching stuff i've seen and new stuff.though this year i've made a conscious effort to rewatch a fair bit of my collection.best intentions don't always work out though...i made it a mission to rewatch a lot of Jackie Chan's movies this year and so far i've only managed Armour Of God

[romerojpg]

Ahhh Jackie Chan, I may as well sell most his films, as to be honest they suck on the whole sooo many films, so much badness in them. So few classics.

[grim_tales]

My mission now is to watch stuff in my collection I havent watched yet/or seen before

[bradavon]

Problem with keeping every good film you see is finding the time to watch them again,there's so many unseen movies out there that i find it quite hard to find a happy medium between watching stuff i've seen and new stuff.

[Markgway]

Hmm... let's see if I can explain this...

Daybreakers is a better film than Commando.
But I'm keeping Commando because it's a film I'm much more likely to rewatch than Daybreakers.
I can't keep every 'good' film.
I only keep films that are good AND have rewatch value.
Make sense yet?

I bought the Alien box set because I've seen the first three films several times and am still eager to view them again. Good though it is I don't feel the same about Daybreakers -- or many other films I give *** to. I've given films ***.5/4 and sold them. The ratings reflect more than just 'are they keepers'?

[gasteropod]

I agree, for instance I thought The Green Mile was a good film, yet I don't want to see it again because it upset me, so I haven't bought it.

[Markgway]

Ghost Writer ***

Absorbing 70s-style political paranoia thriller fom Polanski.
Cracks appear if you examine the plot too closely but it's intriguing and intelligent throughout.
Good work from Pierce Brosnan (as Tony Bl-- Adam Lang) and Olivia Williams.

[bradavon]

Green Mile has to be one of the most overrated films ever. It's pretty good but no more.

[romerojpg]

[quote="bradavon"] overrated [/quote]

[grim_tales]

All those laughing smileys have a strange hypnotic effect - help me

[Markgway]

Can't... stop... staring... at... the... laughing... faces......................................

[saltysam]

Green Mile has to be one of the most overrated films ever. It's pretty good but no more.

overrated?it good decent,not great reviews.certainly never gained the same acclaim Shawshank did.it's a good movie but very long.i need to watch the BD and will probably then move it on.

[romerojpg]

Shawshank is the most "Overrated"

[gasteropod]

All those laughing smileys have a strange hypnotic effect - help me

Haha, quite trippy!

[romerojpg]

I would post more, but it can bring down come computers haha

[luckystars]

Shawshank is the most "Overrated"

...that Casino, and Goodfellas

[Yi-Long]

The Green Mile, Shawshank, Goodfellas are all good movies. They might be 'overrated' a bit by some people claiming they're the best movies ever, but they're still pretty damn good movies.

The most overrated movie must be that piece of shit Requiem for a Dream. Horrible HORRIBLE movie, yet so many people are raving about it as if it's an all-time classic. Ridiculous.

[Markgway]

The most overrated movie must be that piece of shit Requiem for a Dream. Horrible HORRIBLE movie, yet so many people are raving about it as if it's an all-time classic. Ridiculous.

Lol... did the guy who made that film fuck your cat or something?

You go from forum to forum slagging it off with a vengeance.

...and The Shawshank Redemption isn't overrated. It's one of the few modern classics that deserves the tag masterpiece. How the fuck that didn't win Best Picture will forever have to remain a mystery amongst the darkest corners of THE ACADEMY.

[bradavon]

Overrated?it good decent,not great reviews.certainly never gained the same acclaim Shawshank did.it's a good movie but very long.i need to watch the BD and will probably then move it on.

I'd say so. It's very popular. Not as much as shawshank but still very much so. Don't get me wrong, both are good (especially shawshank) but as good as the sheer number of people make out? No way. Maybe it's the feel good element that people latch on to. And yes Greenmile is ridiculously too long.

Lol... did the guy who made that film fuck your cat or something?

The Shawshank Redemption deserves the tag masterpiece.

[Yi-Long]

The most overrated movie must be that piece of shit Requiem for a Dream. Horrible HORRIBLE movie, yet so many people are raving about it as if it's an all-time classic. Ridiculous.

Lol... did the guy who made that film fuck your cat or something?

You go from forum to forum slagging it off with a vengeance.

...and The Shawshank Redemption isn't overrated. It's one of the few modern classics that deserves the tag masterpiece. How the fuck that didn't win Best Picture will forever have to remain a mystery amongst the darkest corners of THE ACADEMY.

Nope he didn't, but if he had, and he had bothered to film it, it would have made a better viewing than Requiem of a Dream.

I just slag it of here, and maybe I mentioned it once on KFC.

[romerojpg]

Shawshank was average at best, watched it once and forgot about everything in it apart from the twist. If it was not for the twist, it would have been buried on release like the averageness it is.