Unpopular Opinions about Movies (and Television Shows)

Another unpopular opinion of mine:

The Simpsons didn’t stop being funny and didn’t get really bad until Season 19ish. Also:

King Of The Hill > The Simpsons > Family Guy > South Park

That being said, Season 4 of The Simpsons is still not just the best adult animated TV Season ever…but the best season of any TV Show ever.

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Indeed.
To hear the individuals featured in Star War’s Episode III commentary, their longing sighs and bittersweet goodbyes.

Funny. But sad.

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True. So very true. Love how much heart KOTH has. I genuinely love all the characters as people (except maybe for Peggy).

Yeah, hard disagree on this one. I definitely like the vibe and aesthetic of Reeves’ Batman more than Nolan’s, but the plot (especially with what feels like a movie ruining fourth act) was just such a fumble that I can’t put it up there with Nolan’s.

I guess my hottest Batman take would be that Batman: Mask of the Phantasm is the best Batman movie, animated or otherwise. 70 minutes of tight, gripping, nonlinear bliss. Great villains, twisty (but fair) plot, a pretty great romance, and excellent visuals/score.

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I’m not sure what you mean exactly by the ruined fourth act.
Do you mean, that Batman didn’t figure out the master plan of the Riddler in time? (To flood Gothem by planting explosives under the sea wall.)
Well, if that’s the case, then I would make two arguments against it:

1.) Unlike most adaptations or iterations, Pettinson’s Batman (Battinson) is still in their grief state, he is still very early on in His masked-vigilante career. He even mentions at the beginning, in that narrating monologue that He’s been only Batman for two years.
He still lacks experience with foes such as the Riddler, thus He has underestimated him.

2.) From the point of view of his character and motivation (which the film had built its message around.), he still needed to fail to transform from a masked crime-fighter pursuing revenge to a beacon (no pun intended) of hope in the total darkness.
He had to face the consequences of his actions by losing to realize that he was on the wrong path.
He unwillingly inspired the Riddler and his cult and had to make that realization to change that.

The film’s main message, which overlaps with the title character’s development could be summed up by one famous quote:
“The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.”-Marcus Aurelius.

That’s something I cannot argue with!
Mask of the Phantasm is just spectacular for the said reasons. :+1: :handshake:

Opinion: The first live-action Transformers movie was memorable but not much better than the rest of the Bay Pentalogy.
It mostly suffered from the same aspects as the other films the main reason it is remembered more fondly is probably nostalgia.

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Good to see another fella who loves KOTH as much as me on here.

Yeah, I’ve always felt KOTH was the only real spiritual successor to The Simpsons. Unfortunately, I’m also of the opinion that the show got a little too cartoony during its last few seasons and the show almost lost its touch during the last couple of years it aired and was becoming what The Simpsons became after its golden age wrapped up.

I ALSO HATE the Cotton Death episode and think he was done a little dirty with that episode and think the whole Bobby Hill Babysitting subplot was a fine example of how poorly written some of the later episodes could be.

But that’s just me, it’s was still incredible funny show and I still enjoy all the seasons of KOTH and am glad it ended when it did.

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After watching the television adaptation of a childhood book series, I feel as if this has become my anthem in my circle of associates regarding its execution.

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The laugh track in old scooby-doo episodes is funny.

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I like Family Guy much more than American Dad.

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everything else < South Park

also Rocky & Bullwinkle is peak

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Rocky & Bullwinkle is peak

Ha I recently watched the 2000 film. It started off pretty good and lost steam near the end. But yeah the original cartoon is funny.

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That’s a cartoon that I need to rewatch. The comics are amazing, the cartoon was equally great! The movie was also good, though there were parts where the conflation of characters between the 4th and 5th books made the alterations more noticeable.

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