Unpopular Opinions: Not everyone thinks "Citizen Kane" is the best movie ever!

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Would suggest to the two posters immediately above me that they watch Orson Welles (1958) film "Touch of Evil". It has one of the longest single opening tracking shots in movie history. It's also more campy and fun to watch than "Citizen Kane". If you have the chance, I would also suggest that
you watch both of these films on the big screen of a theater. You really don't know what your missing until you do.
 
Unpopular opinion 1 - Watching the first Lord of the rings movie was the biggest waste of three hours out of my life ever. And would love to have them back.

Not sure how unpopular this is but I can't find anyone who agrees with me but

UO 2 - I loved 'Natural born killers' I thought it was a intelligent in what it was trying to say.

UO 3 - Sean Connery is not the best James Bond.
 
I used to like her but got really turned off when she always turn down roles (like Vesper Lynd in Casino Royale, Sue Storm in Fantastic 4, Rachel Dawes in The Dark Knight.) I know it's very immature in my part but yeah. . . . .
 
#1: I love Eyes Wide Shut. I think it's bad wrap isn't deserved.
#2: I don't like The Bourne Ultimatum as much as most everyone else. I liked it, but it seems overrated to me.
#3: Juno didn't deserve a best picture nomination, although it seems more and more people are agreeing with me now that the Academy Awards are finished.
#4: The film Gerry with Matt Damon and Casey Affleck is great.
 
I havent seen Lars and the real girl but from what Ive heard a lot of people seem to agree with you, I didnt even find Juno funny, not one scene, some of the dialogues seemed forced and cliche the only thing good about it was the actors who did a great job.

I agree, nothing much happened in the Queen and when theres been so many good movies that year it didnt seem fair that they nominated The Queen, same goes for Capote.

Another OU- I actually liked Crash a lot, I havent seen BBM but it was better than all the other nominees IMO.
 
- Overrated actors/actresses: Ellen Page, Shia Labeouf, Abigail Breslin, Keira Knightley.
- Underrated actors/actresses: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Cillian Murphy, Ryan Phillippe, Josh Hartnett, Zooey Deschanel, Michelle Williams.

- I don't see what's the big deal about the Coen brothers' movies. There are interesting characters, but the stories are boring most of the times.

- Javier Bardem's best acting performance is in Mar Adentro, not in No Country for Old Men.

- Peter Jackson and Sam Raimi were cooler when they were not so mainstream.
Bad Taste, Dead Alive, Heavenly Creatures > The Lord of the Rings, King Kong
Evil Dead, A Simple Plan > Spider Man

- Tim Burton and Johnny Depp should stop making movies together for a while. Johnny Depp tries to break the mold with his excentic characters, but he is just getting into another mold playing all this similar charaters like in Sleepy Hollow, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Corpse Bride, Sweeney Todd. I feel like they're all the same person.

- The only Tim Burton movie I like so far is Beetlejuice.

- The best Steven Spielberg movies are Duel and Jaws.

- The Ring remake is better than the original.
Naomi Watts, just because The Ring was successful, doesn't mean you have to do other remakes (King Kong, Funny Games, The Birds), wait until a good one comes along.
 
Atonement - Not a good film at all. The two leads had ZERO chemistry.

Leonardo Dicaprio - Was ROBBED of an Oscar Nomination for Titanic.

Reese Witherspoon - Did Not deserve her oscar win for Walk The Line, she was a 1000 times better in The Man In The Moon.

Halloween 2007 - (Remake) - Is not the worst movie ever made, it was actually better then Ressurection. The Devil Rejects was awesome and a very good throwback to 70's horror.

The Hitcher - (Remake) was complete garbage and horrible performances by both leads.

The Faculty - Best Alien movie, IMHO.

Elizabeth and Jack - from POTC was the Worst (Hook-up/kiss/attraction/love interest/ or whatever you wanna call it.) EVER. It was so not necessary.

Winona Ryder, is still one of my favorite actresses and I wished she'd make a HUGE comeback.. Yup, I do.. she took some clothes and paid the price, it isn't like she drove drunk and hurt someone, or is a cracked out celebrity. I love alot of her movies and if someone is willing to take a chance on Paris Hilton starring in a big budget movie, then surely, they can take a chance on someone with talent.
 
1.I think that Marilyn Monroe is a brilliant actress.
2.Sophia Loren absolutely deserved her Oscar and she outshined everybody that year.
3.I find "The notebook" and" A Walk to remember" laughably bad movies.
4.Rachel Mcadams is so overrated,it's not even funny :|
5.I thought that "Brokeback Mountain" is EXTREMELY cliched and cheesy

That's from me ;).
 
Cool thread here are mine:

UO 1: I agree that Juno wasn't a good movie. Totally false yet people treat it as if it's a classic.

UO 2: I hate musicals therefore Hairspray wasn't that great.

UO 3: I loved Spiderman 3 over the other two.

UO 4: Patrick Dempsey is good for Grey's Anatomy and Sweet Home Alabama but aside from that not much else

UO 5: The only reason I don't like Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest was because it outdid Superman Returns (I'm a bigger Superman fan than I am for Pirates)

UO 6: The only reason I do watch Pirates of the Caribbean 3: Dead Man's Chest is because I like that Keira Knightley/Elizabeth turns pirate herself and she and Orlando Bloom have fantastic chemistry.

UO 6: I'm a sucker for romance films even though I try not to be (so yes I am a fan of Atonement, Pride & Prejudice, The Notebook, Titanic and all of those other old time love stories)

UO 7: I liked the Incredible Hulk movie even though there was a bunch of negative feedback

UO 8: I am not a fan of Tom Cruise. Never did like his movies. He's an over rated actor. I don't see what others see in him.
 
Thinking of the title.

I hated the movie 'It's a wonderful life' sappy, corny crap. I sent most of the movie rolling my eyes.
 
Well then I guess on this subject, I'm the one with the unpopular opinion...:lol:

I loved the LOTR movies, thought they were fantastic and well cast. The books are always better but seeing a book like LOTR on screen was just amazing.
 
I'm not sure how unpopular this is, but I think Lynn Redgrave deserved the award for Best Supporting Actress for "Gods and Monsters" over Judi Dench for "Shakespeare in Love".
 
Zodiac is one of the best true crime movies I have ever seen.

Some people were like, it's too long, and I was on edge from beginning to end. There wasn't one scene that wasn't needed, yeah it was long, but I didn't notice that, I was so into the story.
 
From a director's stand point I can see why Kane would be a movie to study. I've never seen the movie as a whole but I've seen scenes here an there. It was a change in direction so it influenced a lot of the movies we see today.
 
I love Angelina Jolie. No preface or exception. She's made of awesome.

UO: I can't stand Nicole Kidman. I just don't see her as being a good actress at all. She almost ruined Cold Mountain for moi.
 
As regards to the title of the thread: I finally saw Citizen Kane last night and I didn't think it was the best movie ever :lol: It's good, and my sister was pointing out all of Welles' techniques so it must've been quite revolutionary when it came out, but as someone who wouldn't have noticed his techniques otherwise it's a bit hard to appreciate it in that area. So personally it's good, maybe a bit long, but not the best movie ever.
 
I don't think it's an UO...

Okay...

I can't stand Angelina Jolie, and this has nothing to do with Brad Pitt or Jennifer Aniston, I don't like her acting and I think she's just showing off, and she's not pretty at all

I'm sorry those who like her, but I'm not going to argue on that...
 
Oh, I have huge issues with Juno being nominated for Best Picture and winning Best Screenplay - I felt that, writing-wise, Lars and the Real Girl was a lot better than Juno and the only reason why Juno won was because it was funny, although it wasn't that great once you took away the humour from the writing. And while I enjoyed Juno I didn't think it was good enough to be a Best Picture nominee.



Aww, but I loved The Queen! I guess it's individual taste and nothing really much happened in The Queen.

And as regards to the title - I haven't seen Citizen Kane yet! I will say, however, that I didn't love Breakfast at Tiffany's and I didn't worship Roman Holiday like everyone else seems to. I think Audrey Hepburn is beautiful but I don't quite love her movies - they're just OK. So I don't see the fuss about her.
 
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