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I agree with Joe on most accounts with Shaun of the Dead. The movie knows what it wants to be. A romantic comedy with zombies. The cover says it all. However you have to see Shaun before Hot Fuzz to get Pegg and Frost's humor. The scene in the Winchester with the zombie bartender is great. If it helps, I like Shaun's mother. She plays the Prime Minister on Doctor Who... Your love of Dr. Who outgays my love of Superman and Rob's love of Nintendo/Hogan/Batman combined. Adding to the list: Every Adam Sandler movie. EVAR! The Pirates sequels. The first Spider-Man movie, it was boring compared to the second. Star Wars. While the original trilogy was good, the mass merchandising/parodizing of every part of it is completely unoriginal. ...yes rex, like my posts...
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However you have to see Shaun before Hot Fuzz to get Pegg and Frost's humor. No you don't. I saw Hot Fuzz first, and totally got their humor. Loved it. Loved them. I then wondered what they had done with it when I watched Shaun. But, that's just me. If it helps, I like Shaun's mother. She plays the Prime Minister on Doctor Who... Your love of Dr. Who outgays my love of Superman and Rob's love of Nintendo/Hogan/Batman combined. I love how you always fixate on Doctor Who as if it's some form of secret or insult that it's my favorite franchise. I also love how you attempt to speak with authority. It's fun to watch you try and grow up. Keep trying... 
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Nah, you give me shit so I have to give it back to you somehow. It's how things work here. It's all...part of the plan.
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Your love of Dr. Who outgays my love of Superman and Rob's love of Nintendo/Hogan/Batman combined.
Nothing out gays you. Ever.
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My top five (off the top of my drunken head):
1. American Pie
2. Sideways. Critics raved. I fell asleep off of a wine drunk.
3. The Burton Batman movies. Don't get me wrong. They were good Tim Burton films. They, however, were not good Batman films.
4. Network. "I'm mad as hell, and I am not going to watch it anymore!"
5. American History X. Good movie, but far too full of leftist propaganda. I think we can all understand the problem of racism without this movie shoving the lesson down our throats.
I'm sure there are many I could've and, probably, should've named. But, I'm drunk and these are the first five to come to mind.
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Star Wars. While the original trilogy was good, the mass merchandising/parodizing of every part of it is completely unoriginal.
You do realise it was probably the first movie to ever really do merchandising on that kind of level, meaning it was very original when it came to that? Yeah, there had been merchandising before, with all sorts of things from Batman, to Star Trek to James Bond, but up until Star Wars, nobody had done it on a level compared to what Star Wars did. Todays merchandising, owes a lot to the Star Wars merchandising of the 70s and 80s.
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5. Batman and Batman Returns directed by Tim Burton. 1st Batman: Pretty good but could have been better, if the writer's strike hadn't stopped Sam Hamm from finishing the original script. (With Dent becoming Two-Face, Batman not killing Joker and with Robin at the end.) Batman Returns: Batman became too much of a Punisher-style hero. Should have had Two-Face and the return of Joker. Pretty good as a Tim Burton film.
4. Titanic. Prometheus and others have made the perfect explanation.
3. I'm not there. (Todd Haynes.) Pretentious, artsy-fartsy... Read the rest in my review.
2. The Matrix trilogy. Liked the 1st film, but isn't that ground-breaking if you've read Philip K. Dick or William Gibson. This trilogy is to Cyberpunk what Star Wars is to Space Opera, but Star Wars is much better at that.
1. Superman Returns. I can't believe the professional critics didn't see how Supes acted like a goddamned stalker/pedophile.
"Batman is only meaningful as an answer to a world which in its basics is chaotic and in the hands of the wrong people, where no justice can be found. I think it's very suitable to our perception of the world's condition today... Batman embodies the will to resist evil" -Frank Miller
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"To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women!"
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My top five (off the top of my drunken head):
1. American Pie
2. Sideways. Critics raved. I fell asleep off of a wine drunk.
3. The Burton Batman movies. Don't get me wrong. They were good Tim Burton films. They, however, were not good Batman films.
4. Network. "I'm mad as hell, and I am not going to watch it anymore!"
5. American History X. Good movie, but far too full of leftist propaganda. I think we can all understand the problem of racism without this movie shoving the lesson down our throats.
I'm sure there are many I could've and, probably, should've named. But, I'm drunk and these are the first five to come to mind. I just watched American Pie again last week since it first came out. Now granted I can find a lot of flaws in it now after many years have passed, but it still was funny as fuck and better than many comedys out there.
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Surely Ang Lee's "Hulk" abomination has already been mentioned.
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One of the worst movies I've ever seen made with great actors. Just shows you how important the writers are.
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But was it overrated of widely panned?
Think about it!
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1. Superman Returns. I can't believe the professional critics didn't see how Supes acted like a goddamned stalker/pedophile.
I swear Singer's goal was to back the franchise into a corner. Adding: Will Ferrell movies after Old School. Ron Howard's "How the Grinch stole Christmas".
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You say Will Ferrell films after Old school are overrated, yet claimed in another thread that you have not watched any after Old school, so how do you know they are overrated?
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Addendum: every Tom Cruise flick as well. Even Top Gun, the only good thing about that film is the soundtrack. Mission Impossible 1 and 3 Vanilla Sky Minority Report Last Samurai all decent movies. i didnt see Last Samurai till this past year, damn good flick...
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Cruise is one of those actors I never much cared for back in the old dats, but since Mission Impossible, I have tended to enjoy many of his films.
I really couldnt care less if he is a looney these days, just so long as his films are good.
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Addendum: every Tom Cruise flick as well. Even Top Gun, the only good thing about that film is the soundtrack. Mission Impossible 1 and 3 Vanilla Sky Minority Report Last Samurai all decent movies. i didnt see Last Samurai till this past year, damn good flick... ] Except it's historically inaccurate to the point of being pure fantasy. For one, the Samurai where an oppressive aristocracy that exploited and oppressed the "common folk." This is why there was such a surge of animosity when the western styles of society began taking root.
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I'm sorry you thought I was watching the history channel?
I hope you don't find out Star Wars is historically inaccurate.
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Braveheart was historically inaccurate, but that didnt stop that being a good film!
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I'm sorry you thought I was watching the history channel?
I hope you don't find out Star Wars is historically inaccurate. George Lucas never touted the film's authenticity as did the producers of "The Last Samurai" when promoting their film.
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Braveheart was historically inaccurate, but that didnt stop that being a good film! 
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I'm sorry you thought I was watching the history channel?
I hope you don't find out Star Wars is historically inaccurate. George Lucas never touted the film's authenticity as did the producers of "The Last Samurai" when promoting their film. Has there ever been a film that is historically accurate?
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I'm sorry you thought I was watching the history channel?
I hope you don't find out Star Wars is historically inaccurate. George Lucas never touted the film's authenticity as did the producers of "The Last Samurai" when promoting their film. Has there ever been a film that is historically accurate? Das Boot was pretty accurate. I'm not saying that a movie has to be 100% true to every insignificant detail, but Last Samurai was gobdamned ignorant.
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Well, the Japanese for one.
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I'm sorry you thought I was watching the history channel?
I hope you don't find out Star Wars is historically inaccurate. George Lucas never touted the film's authenticity as did the producers of "The Last Samurai" when promoting their film. Has there ever been a film that is historically accurate? spaceballs.
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I'm sorry you thought I was watching the history channel?
I hope you don't find out Star Wars is historically inaccurate. George Lucas never touted the film's authenticity as did the producers of "The Last Samurai" when promoting their film. i didnt see the "touting" and even if i did it wouldnt determine whether it was enjoyable or not. you read the historically inaccurate science books all the time and i don't hear you complaining.
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You say Will Ferrell films after Old school are overrated, yet claimed in another thread that you have not watched any after Old school, so how do you know they are overrated?
Kind of like hating Catherine Tate in Doctor Who, even though you've never watched her in it?  
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Here is mine:
Face/Off: Terrible film. It seems alot of people liked it. God only knows why.
It starred Nick Cage and John Travolta.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day: Once the novelty of the special effects wear off it's crap.
More to come...
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You say Will Ferrell films after Old school are overrated, yet claimed in another thread that you have not watched any after Old school, so how do you know they are overrated?
Kind of like hating Catherine Tate in Doctor Who, even though you've never watched her in it? Wrong you bald monkey, I have watched her in it, and if you paid attention you would know I still hated it!
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And please try to remember, I actually saw her in it before you did!
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Fair enough, fair enough. I didn't realize you had actually watched any of the episodes. What about if Eccles and her had a season together? Would that be your favorite run of the show?
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I watched that horrible Christmas show she did (runaway bride?) and the first episode of the last series....that was enough!
Northern monkey I can live with as Doctor, but that ugly slapper can fuck off!
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You say Will Ferrell films after Old school are overrated, yet claimed in another thread that you have not watched any after Old school, so how do you know they are overrated?
I have seen Anchorman. It had one scene in it that was consistently funny, and it wasn't because of Will Ferrell. I've also seen enough of Elf to be bored by it.
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Anchorman is one of the funniest films ever, if you don't like it you obviously have no sense of humor.
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I actually stopped hating Ferrell with Old School. It was decent. Then Anchorman and Talladega Nights were just fucking hilarious.
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