2. The MCU should have stopped at Endgame. Yes, I know that some of the Phase 4 & 5 films have been good, but even so, they had an extraordinary string of luck & should've quit while they were ahead.
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Have you seen Fantastic Four?
aug 11, 2025, 2:29 am • 1 0 • view
Yep. It was good, and they seem to be getting their groove back, but I stand by my assessment. That could’ve been a standalone film anyway.
aug 11, 2025, 2:30 am • 1 0 • view
I’ve always liked the Netflix (& now Disney) Defender series. Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Daredevil, & Iron Fist. Not so much the Punisher, but so never liked him in the comics either.
aug 11, 2025, 3:38 am • 0 0 • view
I’d probably have stopped it even before that but yes definitely.
jul 23, 2025, 6:27 pm • 1 0 • view
3. Instead of remaking successful movies, Hollywood should only remake films which had a great story but which failed the first time due purely to bad casting, timing, marketing etc. Yes, I know opinions will vary about what those movies are, but still.
jul 23, 2025, 6:26 pm • 70 2 • view
True Grit, for example.
jul 23, 2025, 6:34 pm • 1 0 • view
Really like this one! Has it been done before? What would be your first choice for this type of remake?
jul 24, 2025, 2:06 pm • 1 0 • view
In Time. It was actually financially successful but critically panned. From the writer/director of Gattaca. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Time
jul 24, 2025, 2:14 pm • 1 0 • view
I feel like there are many SciFi movies that could be in the category. Especially those that were made for the SciFi channel. Some of those were *so bad* but could have been pretty awesome. Most of the time it was the acting.
jul 24, 2025, 2:18 pm • 1 0 • view
Always thought this. The Other would be good to remake. I think nobody but me ever saw it. Movies that had good stories but outdated special effects could qualify too
jul 23, 2025, 6:36 pm • 1 0 • view
4. St. Elsewhere was the greatest hospital drama series ever produced with an endless list of jaw-dropping cameos of both past & future movie/TV stars...yet also included some storylines which were handled incredibly ham-handedly in retrospect.
jul 23, 2025, 6:30 pm • 43 1 • view
I love and respect you, my friend, but when it comes to a hospital TV series, Scrubs was 10 times better.
jul 23, 2025, 6:42 pm • 2 0 • view
OK, but I specified "drama" while Scrubs was more of a comedy. Does that work?
jul 23, 2025, 7:31 pm • 2 0 • view
Scrubs had a lot dramatic (even a few heartbreaking) moments. But, I'll spot you St. Elsewhere as more of a drama. And also there's Denzel and Alfre.
jul 23, 2025, 7:49 pm • 3 0 • view
The fact that Denzel Washington and Howie Mandel had equal billing for 6 years constantly amazes me.
jul 23, 2025, 7:50 pm • 1 0 • view
jul 23, 2025, 8:00 pm • 1 0 • view
This right here is the type of discourse we all need these days 🤔
jul 23, 2025, 7:34 pm • 2 0 • view
This is the most on point observation I've read in quute some time
jul 23, 2025, 7:30 pm • 2 0 • view
Not just my own, I'm sure 😉
jul 23, 2025, 7:50 pm • 1 0 • view
They should have killed off Peter much quicker.
jul 23, 2025, 6:44 pm • 1 0 • view
This is a hard one for me. Ham-handed, indeed, and I absolutely love St. Elsewhere. But, Mandy Patinkin’s musical moments scattered throughout Chicago Hope make it hard to beat, for me.
jul 23, 2025, 9:06 pm • 1 0 • view
I think The Pitt now has them all beat.
jul 24, 2025, 9:22 am • 0 0 • view
5. As much as I absolutely love Die Hard and as perfect as it is, I'd also love to see an alternate version which sticks more closely to the novel (originally titled "Nothing Lasts Forever"). If you've read it, you know everything I'm talking about. Yes, even the ending.
jul 23, 2025, 6:33 pm • 17 0 • view
Blindfolded, 95% of "Vinyl Apprecianados" could tell the difference between vinyl and CDs or streaming
jul 23, 2025, 6:38 pm • 2 0 • view
6. Every suburban subdivision should have sidewalks. In fact, there should be a requirement that all new road construction should include sidewalks on at least one side.
jul 23, 2025, 6:40 pm • 110 4 • view
Every new development, commercial, residential, industrial, all should have sidewalks.
jul 24, 2025, 5:36 am • 0 0 • view
7. Crash (2004) was a terrible, awful, insulting film. It was so bad it makes Crash (1996) seem fantastic by comparison, and that was about people who have a sexual fetish about automobile accidents.
jul 23, 2025, 7:29 pm • 30 0 • view
And Crash stole Brokeback Mountain's Oscar for Best Picture.
jul 23, 2025, 7:39 pm • 2 0 • view
Thank you.
jul 23, 2025, 8:55 pm • 1 0 • view
I watched it. That's all I'll say about it.
jul 23, 2025, 11:15 pm • 1 0 • view
Giving that movie Best Picture over Brokeback Mountain was literally the last time I ever attended an Oscar Watch party, or watched the Oscars at all (after decades of attending and watching faithfully). The Oscars have been dead to me ever since
jul 23, 2025, 11:17 pm • 5 0 • view
I don't blame you one iota, friend.
jul 23, 2025, 11:27 pm • 2 0 • view
They were dead to me when Denzel didn’t get Best Actor for Malcolm X. Actually they were dead to me when Goodfellas didn’t get Best Picture over that steaming pile of shit Dances With Wolves.
jul 23, 2025, 11:19 pm • 10 1 • view
I had to look up who won Best Actor that year . . . Al Pacino for "Scent of a Woman"?? Yeesh.
jul 24, 2025, 3:21 am • 1 0 • view
I'm embarrassed by how much I liked DWW when it came out, simply because it made the Lakota the focus of sympathy, and I hated traditional Westerns for upholding the white guys. Now I recognize the tropes and Costner's bad acting . . ::cringes::
jul 23, 2025, 11:32 pm • 2 0 • view
Or when "The Color Purple" lost to that colonialist piece of crap "Out Of Africa."
jul 23, 2025, 11:23 pm • 4 0 • view
Out of Africa's biggest sin wasn't being colonialist, it was that it was boring as hell.
jul 23, 2025, 11:54 pm • 2 0 • view
I didn't hate DWW, but I absolutely agree Goodfellas should've won.
jul 23, 2025, 11:58 pm • 2 0 • view
It was definitely the superior film.
jul 24, 2025, 12:05 am • 1 0 • view
I stopped after the one where they gave all the awards to the worst movie of its year, The English Patient. But I understand that. Academy often puts up terrible, horrible, rotten movies as "Best Picture."
jul 23, 2025, 11:52 pm • 1 0 • view
8. "Before Sunrise" is overrated. I had heard so much hype about it that I was sorely disappointed when I actually watched it. It wasn't bad, just not amazing. I'm impressed that Linklater, Hawke & Delpy had enough dedication for the 18 years it would take to complete the trilogy, however.
jul 23, 2025, 7:37 pm • 21 0 • view
BS.. Before sunrise Before sunset Before midnight It’s about taking a chance as a young person, I moved from Nyc to LA, and if you are someone who never left your hometown, this movie will not resonate with you Because you never took a chance
jul 23, 2025, 7:46 pm • 0 0 • view
I didn't say it didn't resonate with me. I liked it. I just didn't *love* it. Honestly, I thought it would've been better/more powerful if they hadn't actually slept together (never shown but heavily implied).
jul 23, 2025, 7:49 pm • 0 0 • view
Opinion Rating: Bad opinion.
jul 23, 2025, 7:44 pm • 1 0 • view
I feel like that series resonates with people who've had a similar experience or a 'one that got away', and bores everyone else to tears. I loved it, but I get why people might not.
jul 23, 2025, 11:07 pm • 0 0 • view
The most boring movie ever
jul 23, 2025, 8:46 pm • 0 0 • view
Nah...that'd be either "Shining Through" with Michael Douglas & Melanie Griffith or "The English Patient." www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5qa...
jul 23, 2025, 8:51 pm • 1 0 • view
Never saw either. You’re not selling them. 😉
jul 23, 2025, 8:53 pm • 1 0 • view
9. I don't know if it's the most *beautiful* place in the world, but the most *serene* place I've ever been to is the shores of Lake Windermere in Cumbria, England. It's also the home of the Beatrix Potter Museum, FWIW.
jul 23, 2025, 7:41 pm • 41 0 • view
The movie is about taking a chance with love
jul 23, 2025, 7:47 pm • 0 0 • view
Destiny of the Republic is one of the greatest books of all time.
jul 23, 2025, 8:43 pm • 1 0 • view
10. Romano Cheese > Parmesan Cheese It's less expensive (at least for us) and just tastes better.
jul 23, 2025, 7:46 pm • 33 0 • view
OH MY GOD YES!
jul 23, 2025, 7:59 pm • 1 0 • view
Agree
jul 24, 2025, 5:37 am • 0 0 • view
July 3rd is the best day of the year to have your birthday.
jul 23, 2025, 7:49 pm • 1 0 • view
11. I'll take a good cheeseburger over the finest filet mignon any day of the week and twice on Sunday.
jul 23, 2025, 7:52 pm • 31 0 • view
Erm.....no, thank you. I'll take the filet, medium rare, please.
jul 24, 2025, 5:38 am • 0 0 • view
I agree--but right now I'd kill for a slab of rare prime rib.
jul 23, 2025, 11:14 pm • 0 0 • view
12. "Casualties of War" is one of the most powerful & disturbing war films ever made even if it includes unnecessary bookend scenes and an unnecessary speech. It also features Michael J. Fox's best performance and Sean Penn at his most intimidating.
jul 23, 2025, 7:55 pm • 11 0 • view
Plus they are a perfect meal with protein, dairy, salad and carbs.
jul 23, 2025, 8:05 pm • 1 0 • view
There's more than one of us! I like steak but it has to be best of the best for me to prefer it to a good burger.
jul 23, 2025, 7:56 pm • 2 0 • view
It really does doesn’t it? Although I do enjoy blending them.
jul 23, 2025, 7:48 pm • 1 0 • view
Grana Padano too!
jul 24, 2025, 4:09 am • 0 0 • view
+1000 to this - and the rest of the Lake District
jul 23, 2025, 7:54 pm • 3 0 • view
Omfg 🥰🥰🥰💖💖💖
jul 24, 2025, 4:10 am • 1 0 • view
Thank you
jul 23, 2025, 7:43 pm • 1 0 • view
And every new home and remodel should have foot pedals on all sinks to reduce water usage.
jul 23, 2025, 8:25 pm • 1 0 • view
Really wide sidewalks.
jul 23, 2025, 6:52 pm • 5 0 • view
This is great. As a professional urban planner, this is a pretty damn political opinion (at a local level). 😀
jul 23, 2025, 7:35 pm • 3 0 • view
But the big question is... would you have cast Sinatra?
jul 24, 2025, 5:47 am • 1 0 • view
Cameo perhaps?
aug 11, 2025, 2:24 am • 0 0 • view
Have to be the lead. He'd already played the character and had first refusal rights. I'm not saying it would have made for a good movie, but it would have been worth it to hear "doo-be-doo-be-doo, motherfucker!"
aug 11, 2025, 2:42 am • 1 0 • view
I agree up until the last season when the hospital rapist thing kind of took over the whole storyline.
jul 23, 2025, 6:32 pm • 0 0 • view
That storyline was actually much earlier...season 2 or 3 I believe.
jul 23, 2025, 6:35 pm • 1 0 • view
it seemed like it went on forever. Of course this was years ago and my memory is not what it was. 😉 I am surprised one of the many "Oldies" cable networks is not showing this.
jul 23, 2025, 6:37 pm • 1 0 • view
I'm watching The Pitt on HBO. It's fabulous.
jul 23, 2025, 6:32 pm • 3 0 • view
St. Elsewhere was good, but ER was better.
jul 23, 2025, 6:49 pm • 1 0 • view
I partly agree, but I also think remaking a successful movie that has a very different approach can be worthwhile. The 50's The Thing From Another World and the 80's The Thing are both very good movies that are very different.
jul 23, 2025, 10:40 pm • 1 0 • view
Battlefield Earth.
jul 23, 2025, 6:31 pm • 0 0 • view
ummmmmmmm...
jul 23, 2025, 6:35 pm • 0 0 • view
The book was fine. But the movie, partially because of the lack of capabilities to recreate the alien races, and partially because of the actors chosen - was such a colossal failure that it was almost considered a parody.
jul 23, 2025, 6:55 pm • 1 0 • view
This is totally the correct take.
jul 23, 2025, 6:31 pm • 1 0 • view