The word of mouth and the critics I'm hearing are all saying the same thing - great special effects, weak plot. That doesn't sound like an over rate to me, it sounds like fair comment.Elessarina wrote:It got a great deal of critical acclaim and it's still making a lot of money.. so word of mouth must be keeping it going..Arse wrote:I'm not sure Avatar counts, it hasn't exactly been showered with critical acclaim or even good word of mouth. If it wins an Oscar it will be over rated, otherwise it was just over hyped.
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FBM wrote:Animavore wrote:Well this was depressingly predictable.
Guy demonstrates a Star Trek phaser on YouTube.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jluq-s_J_UY/youtube]
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That's what everyone I meet says. Not over-rated at all.Arse wrote:The word of mouth and the critics I'm hearing are all saying the same thing - great special effects, weak plot. That doesn't sound like an over rate to me, it sounds like fair comment.Elessarina wrote:It got a great deal of critical acclaim and it's still making a lot of money.. so word of mouth must be keeping it going..Arse wrote:I'm not sure Avatar counts, it hasn't exactly been showered with critical acclaim or even good word of mouth. If it wins an Oscar it will be over rated, otherwise it was just over hyped.
Now The Hangover on the other hand, which I saw last week, was acclaimed by every cunt I met telling me its the funniest thing ever...etc and I had to go see it...and so forth.
Well I did see it and I thought it was shite. I barely laughed once.
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I have just switched this post from 'stun' to 'kill.'Animavore wrote:Bella Fortuna wrote:BEW BEW BEW!!!!Animavore wrote:Please. I'm hardly afraid of someone who can speak "Klingon" and make "phaser" sounds with a kazooFBM wrote:
Thank you for your support. I'll be expecting you to cover my back as soon as the Trekkies get wind of this.That's a "laser" not a "phaser".
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FBM's all messed up!klr wrote:Uh-oh. Someone's broken the internet again.
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Kill Bill.
..and the film was crap too.
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Ani is taking my post up the bunghole! Teh bastid!!!Bella Fortuna wrote:FBM's all messed up!klr wrote:Uh-oh. Someone's broken the internet again.
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I didn't mean toFBM wrote:Ani is taking my post up the bunghole! Teh bastid!!!Bella Fortuna wrote:FBM's all messed up!klr wrote:Uh-oh. Someone's broken the internet again.
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Animavore wrote:I didn't mean toFBM wrote:Ani is taking my post up the bunghole! Teh bastid!!!Bella Fortuna wrote:FBM's all messed up!klr wrote:Uh-oh. Someone's broken the internet again.
I was just trying to post this:and the interweebs went apeshit on me.
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All better now. 
Well, not AS weird, but you know what I mean...
Well, not AS weird, but you know what I mean...
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BLASPHEMY!Rum wrote:Kill Bill.
..and the film was crap too.
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FBM wrote:Animavore wrote:I didn't mean toFBM wrote:Ani is taking my post up the bunghole! Teh bastid!!!Bella Fortuna wrote:FBM's all messed up!klr wrote:Uh-oh. Someone's broken the internet again.
and the interweebs went apeshit on me.
Make it stop. That is so fucking funny.
Its going on my Facebook.
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The over rated one that won three Oscars.Animavore wrote:Which one?Randydeluxe wrote:Crash
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Randydeluxe wrote:The over rated one that won three Oscars.Animavore wrote:Which one?Randydeluxe wrote:Crash
Boooorrriiinnggg.It seemed to me that Hollywood was trying to show how diverse and ethnically moral it was more than anything else.
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