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Post by rhaegyr on Dec 8, 2022 14:33:10 GMT
Third Harry Potter film is the only decent one - the rest are absolute trash.
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Post by wunty on Dec 8, 2022 14:38:49 GMT
Nah, Potter 1 is just silly lightweight fun that you can actually enjoy. Then it goes up it's own arse faster than you can say Cunto Confundo or whatever the stupid fucking spells are in it.
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Post by clemfandango on Dec 8, 2022 14:45:02 GMT
I can't stand the harry potter films but having watched them all twice (two kids) I find the 4th one (with Robert Pattinson) the most entertaining. It's the only one that seems like a coherent well made movie.
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Post by aubergine on Dec 8, 2022 14:46:29 GMT
There must be heaps worse movies around, I just don’t watch that many, but my first thought was The Avengers, the one with Sean Connery in it as the villain. I just remember every frame of it being terrible.
A lot of the movies listed here are ones I wouldn’t have seen anyway, expecting them to be bad, but this movie had a great cast and I liked The Avengers TV show. I think you have to pay to see a movie at the cinema for it to really land as terrible.
I just watched The Howling for the first time. It was pretty excruciating. Very slow and boring.
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Post by geefe on Dec 8, 2022 14:48:09 GMT
I always have far too many questions about them.
How do they listen to music? Are they aware of Arctic Monkeys? Do they have a PlayStation or Xbox? What sports do they like that aren't made up? What do they tell their non wizard friends?
The problem Rowling created was that, in creating magic world as coexisting with normal world, she ignored the fact that a lot of them just live in fucking London, next to a kebab shop and a pub.
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Post by baihu1983 on Dec 8, 2022 14:50:26 GMT
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is pure trash.
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Post by wunty on Dec 8, 2022 14:53:56 GMT
I always have far too many questions about them. How do they listen to music? Are they aware of Arctic Monkeys? Do they have a PlayStation or Xbox? What sports do they like that aren't made up? What do they tell their non wizard friends? The problem Rowling created was that, in creating magic world as coexisting with normal world, she ignored the fact that a lot of them just live in fucking London, next to a kebab shop and a pub. What's a wizard's favourite band?
That's right, the Arctic Muggles.
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Post by drhickman1983 on Dec 8, 2022 14:59:20 GMT
The books and films are both okay. But I'm not sure why the books became so popular, as they're not exactly great and they aren't original. I guess they're easy to read, which can't be discounted.
The films vary in quality. I think one of the middle ones is best, but I can't really remember which is which as they all blur into one.
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Post by baihu1983 on Dec 8, 2022 14:59:37 GMT
Didn't one of them have an actual band playing at the school?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2022 15:03:43 GMT
I remember watching the first one with my boy and all I could think was "why haven't any of them been to the toilet? How come we've never seen Hermonie taking a piss?" Completely ruined it for me. Didn't watch any more after that.
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Post by cristar on Dec 8, 2022 15:09:27 GMT
I quite liked the first Hunger Games book. Didn't read the rest though.
First Hunger Games film I thought was pretty crap. Second film was unwatchable, and turned it off half way. Boring as hell.
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Post by Vandelay on Dec 8, 2022 15:10:52 GMT
I remember one of the bits that really made Firefly stand out for me was seeing Malcolm Reynolds using a toilet on Serenity. I instantly thought "wow, this is so real, we are seeing what it is like to piss in the future!"
That probably shouldn't feel that unique.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2022 15:14:10 GMT
I don't even think Emma Watson has taken a piss in any of her other films, it's fucking ridiculous.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Dec 8, 2022 15:14:23 GMT
Third Harry Potter film is the only decent one - the rest are absolute trash. We went to Harry Potter Land at Universal Studios a few years ago and its very telling that pretty much everything, rides, merch and theming comes from the third movie, the only one with a proper, visually interesting director. |
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Post by rhaegyr on Dec 8, 2022 15:16:03 GMT
It's the film that changed the most from the source material too.
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Post by Aunt Alison on Dec 8, 2022 16:04:35 GMT
I remember one of the bits that really made Firefly stand out for me was seeing Malcolm Reynolds using a toilet on Serenity. I instantly thought "wow, this is so real, we are seeing what it is like to piss in the future!" That probably shouldn't feel that unique. Babylon 5 had Sinclair and Garibaldi enjoying a future piss and chat together |
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Post by drhickman1983 on Dec 8, 2022 16:52:00 GMT
One of Rowling's great post-book additions to the Potter universe was the idea that Wizards would just shit themselves then magic it away.
Such great world building.
It's also really weird how Racoon City had a massive sewer system yet appeared to have no toilets.
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Post by deekyfun on Dec 8, 2022 18:21:58 GMT
One of Rowling's great post-book additions to the Potter universe was the idea that Wizards would just shit themselves then magic it away. Such great world building. It's also really weird how Racoon City had a massive sewer system yet appeared to have no toilets. Thats what you get when you get Raccoons to build you a city. |
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Post by rawshark on Dec 8, 2022 20:15:38 GMT
Didn't one of them have an actual band playing at the school? Yep. That was the fourth one. If I recall correctly, they were called “Wyrd Sisters” and were fronted by Jarvis Cocker with Jonny Greenwood on guitar. |
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Post by rawshark on Dec 8, 2022 20:18:35 GMT
I don't even think Emma Watson has taken a piss in any of her other films, it's fucking ridiculous. I don’t think Emma Watson has ever taken a shit. In a film or otherwise. She just absorbs space particles and expels a sweet smelling vapour. |
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Post by 😎 on Dec 8, 2022 20:20:49 GMT
Urine and faeces are processed in her thigh pads.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Dec 8, 2022 20:35:15 GMT
One of Rowling's great post-book additions to the Potter universe was the idea that Wizards would just shit themselves then magic it away. Such great world building. It's also really weird how Racoon City had a massive sewer system yet appeared to have no toilets. Is that actually a thing?! |
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Post by 😎 on Dec 8, 2022 20:45:26 GMT
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Post by Jambowayoh on Dec 8, 2022 20:47:20 GMT
Well, you learn something new everyday. Something fucked up that is
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2022 20:47:52 GMT
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Post by 😎 on Dec 8, 2022 20:53:08 GMT
Note that it isn’t that they magicked it away to another dimension or Scotland or wherever, just that they made it vanish. So someone could have just done an unvanishing spell and then an entire lifetimes worth of shit and piss just appears out of nowhere.
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Post by 😎 on Dec 8, 2022 20:54:40 GMT
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Post by Dougs on Dec 8, 2022 22:31:19 GMT
I'd forgotten about that article. I wish I still had tbh.
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Post by retro74 on Dec 8, 2022 22:36:18 GMT
They might be able to ‘vanish’ away the shit and piss but there would definitely be a residual stink after a while
No wonder the muggles hate those shitty arsed wizards and witches in the films
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Post by A46Matt on Dec 8, 2022 22:39:48 GMT
Bar-B-Q is by far the worst film I’ve ever seen and must be one of the worst and most pointless films ever made.
This was back when we would hire vhs and take a punt on random films. From what I remember the first hour was a guy calling his mates and organising a bbq, the last 30 minutes was them just having the bbq.
I guess it delivered on its title at least.
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