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Nice to see Transformers 2 on almost every single critic's list there.
I checked that 100 best characters list, saw Edward Cullen actually on there (at least he was at 97 or something), got bored, skipped to the top ten and stared incredulously at the number one. Also that Juno character is terrible. It's almost enough to make me forget that Rotten Tomatoes has appalling taste.
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Posted 17 January 2010 - 02:42 AM
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Posted 17 January 2010 - 03:02 AM
I think they're judging it by ongoing pop-culture impact, not necessarily likability. Unfortunately.
I must admit I tend to read comments by critics and readers rather than taking lists at face value. There's usually some decent snark going on there.
I must admit I tend to read comments by critics and readers rather than taking lists at face value. There's usually some decent snark going on there.
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"I have strong views about not tempting providence and, as a wise man once said, the difference between luck and a wheelbarrow is, luck doesn’t work if you push it." - Colonel Orhan, Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City - KJ Parker
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Posted 17 January 2010 - 04:05 AM
ok i only read the last and the first page o fthat chaacter rating page but i would say that i dont really think that The Joker and Gollum would classify as characters of this decade so im not going to put much credence in this list
so im not going to put much credence in this list
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Posted 17 January 2010 - 05:06 AM
I'd forgotten about most of these truly horrid little crap fests that dominated the past year. Gee thanks Sombra-buzzkill. So many of those might well even be worst movie ever contenders.
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Posted 17 January 2010 - 06:54 AM
baudin, on 17 January 2010 - 04:05 AM, said:
ok i only read the last and the first page o fthat chaacter rating page but i would say that i dont really think that The Joker and Gollum would classify as characters of this decade 
so im not going to put much credence in this list
so im not going to put much credence in this listPardon???
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This post has been edited by Sombra: 17 January 2010 - 06:55 AM
"Fortune favors the bold, though statistics favor the cautious." - Indomitable Courteous (Icy) Fist, The Palace Job - Patrick Weekes
"Well well well ... if it ain't The Invisible C**t." - Billy Butcher, The Boys
"I have strong views about not tempting providence and, as a wise man once said, the difference between luck and a wheelbarrow is, luck doesn’t work if you push it." - Colonel Orhan, Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City - KJ Parker
"Well well well ... if it ain't The Invisible C**t." - Billy Butcher, The Boys
"I have strong views about not tempting providence and, as a wise man once said, the difference between luck and a wheelbarrow is, luck doesn’t work if you push it." - Colonel Orhan, Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City - KJ Parker
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Posted 17 January 2010 - 10:46 AM
Saw Moon. Not half bad.
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Posted 17 January 2010 - 01:00 PM
Glad to see that Transformers 2 was so universally loathed. Though Sherlock Holmes by no means turned out to be a great movie, listing it as one of the worst seems to me more of a fashion statement than anything. Mind you, one could argue that based on potential it deserves a low spot, but even so.
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Posted 17 January 2010 - 03:23 PM
I saw "The Book of Eli" holy crap I loved it. Denzel Washington is ace.
Was a bit annoyed to see Ninja Assassin on a couple of those lists. I don't think there is anything in the world that is going to make me hate that movie...
Was a bit annoyed to see Ninja Assassin on a couple of those lists. I don't think there is anything in the world that is going to make me hate that movie...
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Posted 17 January 2010 - 05:51 PM
You liked it? I thought it was pretty average with a terrible ending that when I thought back didn't make a whole lot of sense.
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Posted 17 January 2010 - 06:34 PM
Tiste Simeon, on 17 January 2010 - 03:23 PM, said:
I saw "The Book of Eli" holy crap I loved it. Denzel Washington is ace.
Was a bit annoyed to see Ninja Assassin on a couple of those lists. I don't think there is anything in the world that is going to make me hate that movie...
Was a bit annoyed to see Ninja Assassin on a couple of those lists. I don't think there is anything in the world that is going to make me hate that movie...
Ok, so taking these two statements in unison, all I can get is this: Avoid Book of Eli like plague. And not some piddly syphilis or bubonic-bull plague, but like a mutated hardcore-horse-sex induced strain of ebola.
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Posted 17 January 2010 - 07:00 PM
Hey I just like ninjas!
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Posted 17 January 2010 - 07:24 PM
Aptorian, on 17 January 2010 - 06:18 PM, said:
Transformers 2 was awesome! AWESOME!
Above post, more than anything, proves that Transformers 2 was terrible.
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Posted 17 January 2010 - 10:31 PM
Aptorian, on 17 January 2010 - 07:39 PM, said:
IT HAD A GIGANTIC ROBOT THAT ATE THE PYRAMID OF GIZA! A GIANT ROBOT! THAT EATS A PYRAMID! WHAT MORE DO YOU PEOPLE WANT!? HOW IS THIS NOT AMAZING!?
It's like talking to my seven year old cousin
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Posted 18 January 2010 - 09:16 AM
Morgoth, on 17 January 2010 - 10:31 PM, said:
Aptorian, on 17 January 2010 - 07:39 PM, said:
IT HAD A GIGANTIC ROBOT THAT ATE THE PYRAMID OF GIZA! A GIANT ROBOT! THAT EATS A PYRAMID! WHAT MORE DO YOU PEOPLE WANT!? HOW IS THIS NOT AMAZING!?
It's like talking to my seven year old cousin
The one that is still in kindergarten?
@Apt
OK, my more childlike aspects enjoyed it too.
Although as one reviewer said somewhere "Michael Bay doesn't exhilarate you, he pummels you", or something to that effect. Especially after the last massive battle scene. When I walked out of Transformers 2 it was kinda like afterglow - without the glow.
Must be getting old.
This post has been edited by Sombra: 18 January 2010 - 09:19 AM
"Fortune favors the bold, though statistics favor the cautious." - Indomitable Courteous (Icy) Fist, The Palace Job - Patrick Weekes
"Well well well ... if it ain't The Invisible C**t." - Billy Butcher, The Boys
"I have strong views about not tempting providence and, as a wise man once said, the difference between luck and a wheelbarrow is, luck doesn’t work if you push it." - Colonel Orhan, Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City - KJ Parker
"Well well well ... if it ain't The Invisible C**t." - Billy Butcher, The Boys
"I have strong views about not tempting providence and, as a wise man once said, the difference between luck and a wheelbarrow is, luck doesn’t work if you push it." - Colonel Orhan, Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City - KJ Parker
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Posted 18 January 2010 - 09:24 AM
I would watch a 180 minute movie consisting of nothing but Devastator gobbling up national monuments while fighting smaller robots and puny human beings.
EDIT: Just look at it!
EDIT: Just look at it!
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Posted 18 January 2010 - 10:11 AM
Aptorian, on 18 January 2010 - 07:12 AM, said:
Your inner child is dead.
It was murdered by Transformers 2
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Posted 18 January 2010 - 04:08 PM
Aptorian, on 18 January 2010 - 09:24 AM, said:
I would watch a 180 minute movie consisting of nothing but Devastator gobbling up national monuments while fighting smaller robots and puny human beings.
EDIT: Just look at it!
EDIT: Just look at it!
Ah, now I see, your mind defensively removed all memory of the rest of the movie. Our minds weren't as fortunate.
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