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I agree stupid line but to be honest I don't like the beach and this is exactly why.
Empire Strikes Back
A New Hope
Revenge of the Sith
Return of the Jedi
The Last Jedi
Rogue One
The Force Awakens/Solo
The Phantom Menace
Attack of the Clones
As a side note: I think, based on your rankings, you might enjoy Solo. It's a decent enough film and a good Star Wars film; I didn't think it was amazing but I still enjoyed it for the most part.
Well I'm not sure, I might be forgetting something obvious from the films but one of the high schools I went to had a similar sort of thing with house points, no trophy though. However, the winning house usually got some sort of prize or reward if they won. So I assume, unless I am forgetting something, that there would actually be some sort of reward for the winning house beyond just the cup?
I think you're just not looking at the right places, it's still available. I've seen it available for 15-25AUD on blu-ray and for less than 10AUD in DVD. Both online and in physical stores.
In regards to Viking movies I do not, all that comes to mind is the TV series Vikings but that isn't a movie.
Ever since seeing this film I've had a crush on her, not only is she incredibly 11/10 attractive but her character is an amazing person too, can't top that, attractive and a 10/10 personality. Honestly she kills me any time I see her in anything because of this film.
It really is almost identical, if you didn't like this, chances are you wouldn't like the original. Same director. I think it would've benefitted actually by changing it more, the OP is correct in that it had a norse tone not present in American films so the audience just isn't used to it. Really, I think he just used the same script and shot it to make an English language version instead of adapting it. In my opinion it would've benefitted from a few changes to make it more palatable as an American film. But that's just my opinion.
I thin BigWorm's answer is pretty on point. If you like Star Wars I do think you will greatly benefit from starting with the Original Series era movies, specifically Wrath of Kahn. Don't bother with The Motion Picture until you have seen The Original Series (if you aren't a fan of the style of The Original Series then you likely will not be a fan of The Motion Picture). Watching The Final Frontier is also optional, I think it's the only TOS era film I haven't watched a second time.
In regards to the series it looks like BigWorm provided a very sufficient response. I do disagree about Enterprise though, I do like the series as a whole however I do accept that is a minority opinion. However, I do think you should start withe the beginning, at least the first two episodes (it was a two part episode). And I think there are at least are a few exceptional episodes in the first two seasons worth watching, plus it will help build investment in the characters which may make seasons 3 and 4 more enjoyable.
TNG and the Kelvin timeline movies are both optional. The TNG movies are mainly just generic sci-fi action (I do think First Contact is a must watch though) and the Kelvin timeline films are fairly standard too, I did like Beyond though.
Discovery is also optional, the first season was a real struggle for me and as of right now I am still stuck about halfway through season 2. It's a real effort but I'm giving it the benefit of the doubt it will improve. In terms of style Discovery is your typical generic new grimdark Battlestar Galactica reboot clone. Think of Stargate Universe in comparison to Atlantis or SG-1.
Note: If you are interested in watching the better episodes of the first few seasons of Enterprise just shoot me a response and I'll put together a little list of episodes I enjoyed.
That's wonderful to hear. If/when you read it let me know what you thought of it!
I watched it because I had heard about it before hand on news sites and that it was based on a book. Upon doing some research I found the book was fairly well regarded so I read the book. Loved the book by the way, well written, very interesting, finished it in only a few days. I did hear about Scarlett being nude in the film before I saw it though (thanks to said news sites) but was intending to watch it anyway. So I would say the book caught my attention and is what attracted me to watching it, her nudity played no consideration into my decision. Was I surprised that I saw her nude, not really, it is a European film after all and they feature much more nudity than American films, at least in the films I have seen. What did surprise me was her doing such a small budget European film. As for the film, I felt it was incredibly boring and was very disappointed after looking forward to so much as I had thoroughly enjoyed the book.
Those are almost my thoughts exactly so far with the new season.
I think they is getting his story slightly mixed up. Last I heard is that Syfy cancelled Happy but the production company are currently shopping it to other networks in plans to produce a third season, so far no one has bought it.
Just to correct you as you seem to be not aware, the whole Church is responsible for the Dark Ages is a myth and is largely unsupported by modern research. The Dark Ages are largely attributed to the fall of the Roman Empire and the societal collapse that followed. The view that the Catholic Church is responsible for halting human advancement for 1000 years is also incredibly west-centric as Christians are not the only advanced humans but also Roman Catholics weren't even the only advanced Christians.
I agree with all those criticisms as well, interesting side note: my friend who I saw it with thought it was an amazing film and one of the best manga adaptions he'd ever seen. I asked him why and after a minute long conversation he retracted his statement.
Yeah it isn't. I mean I enjoyed it, was a bit of fun but nothing was particularly good about it. The animated face throws you off at first but you get used to it. But to summarise the film would be a typical YA action/adventure film complete with romantic interest that blossoms over a 3 day period. Not saying it was bad, like I said I did enjoy it but end of the day it is an average film. Now was the CG action good? For the most part yeah, the action was alright and it was a fun world to explore but if you like Rodriguez the best way to look at it is a watered down YA version of his regular material, at the very least tho you should still enjoy it if you are a fan of his regular work.
Exactly
I know this post seems to be getting a bit of flak but your entitled to your opinion and to an extent I agree with you, sort of. I didn't get into this show straight away and actually found it boring, but after a few episodes and once I started to remember characters and such I really got into it by about half way through the first season but before that did indeed find it a bit slow and mundane. While now that I have got into the groove I don't see the show that way anymore I did at a certain point and can completely understand how you can feel this way.
Sounds like a plan haha, I plan to watch the first episode in the day or two and will come back with my thoughts on it. I am interested to know what you think of it!
Came here to read a fun troll by my god you made me laugh.
While that is true they were at still one point wildly popular, Gone With the Wind adjusted for inflation is still the highest grossing movie of all time. A cult film is a film with a small passionate fanbase. Like Rocky Horror or Evil Dead. Films that might be found at midnight screenings or special screenings, ones that might even be interactive (both the prior films I mentioned have interactive screenings, I myself have been to interactive Evil Dead screening (and brought along two friends, one of which is a big horror fan, who had not heard of the film before). Let's be honest, Evil Dead does not have as large a fanbase as the films you mentioned (that is why the TV series was cancelled, look at it's ratings, if it were a huge series it would've kept going). To add further anecdotal sources (I know they don't really count but this is in regards to your initial point) having even spoken to many older movie goers all of them have heard of those larger films but when I mention the Evil Dead unless they are cinephiles or horror fanatics they have never heard of it.
To add some figures domestically the biggest in the franchise (not including the new one which I will mention later) was AoD which grossed $11.5m ($22m WW) and the biggest overall was ED which grossed $29.4m ($2.7m domestic). To an extent a success and launched Sam Raimi's career but if it were a studio film these figures are abysmal. Looking at the new one on a $17m budget it grossed $97m WW and $55m domestic, those figures aren't great, while it did make it's budget back and does bring talks for a sequel I would hardly say that is the figures for a big budget film, and I doubt all of that is due to Evil Dead fans, a large part would be due to new audience members. To further elaborate, Fight Club is considered a cult film, it grossed $100m WW without inflation.
I think so yes, while a lot of people you've spoken too have heard of them that doesn't mean they enjoy or have seen it, cult films are those that are liked by a small group of people, not just known of by people although it does help with the statues if no one's heard of it either. Also my experience differs to yours, very few people I know have even heard of these movies, let alone seen the films which suggest it likely still does deserve the title.