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An unpopular film opinion...

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RedIsNotMyFavouriteColour · 01/06/2025 22:40

Home Alone 2 was so much better than Home Alone 1...

What's yours?

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CathyBoardman · 08/02/2026 20:43

SunComeBack · 01/06/2025 23:08

Grease 2 is better than Grease 1.

Grease 2 is brilliant.

MrsKateColumbo · 08/02/2026 20:46

@potheadpixie I unironically LOVE The Meg. I have a soft spot for slightly ridiculous shark films.

Also love Grease 2 - I feel this is a popular opinion!

My opinion- star wars episode 1 (and to a lesser extent 2 and 3) is a great film. Nothing could match 4-6 but the 00s films were entertaining films.

Also the Godfather trilogy, it's really good and I enjoy it, but it's not as amazing as people make out

CowCowSheep · 08/02/2026 20:49

Anyone else loved Gandhi wished they'd made a sequel?

BernardBlacksMolluscs · 08/02/2026 20:54

Pacific Rim is possibly the best film of all time. All films should have giant robots or giant monsters, or ideally, both

BernardBlacksMolluscs · 08/02/2026 20:55

RedIsNotMyFavouriteColour · 01/06/2025 23:19

I didn't cry at Beaches

wow

lljkk · 08/02/2026 20:57

The Matrix is boring and especially implausible. I turned it off early.

clarepetal · 08/02/2026 20:57

Lost in Translation was shit

Farticus101 · 08/02/2026 20:57

Paperweight7 · 02/06/2025 05:00

Can't stand Avatar. It's a terrible film that used a 'white saviour' narrative but with aliens.

Then they made Avatar 2! Why? 😩

I was just going to say the same thing. It feels horribly racist as the blue aliens stereotype aspects of African tribal culture. And then the most annoying character in the world does the whole white saviour thing. I've never cringed so hard!

Brefugee · 08/02/2026 21:08

BlueEyedBogWitch · 02/06/2025 05:15

Oh, and anything starring Daniel Day Lewis is guaranteed to bore the tits off me. There Will Be Blood? Yeah, there will, when I’ve chewed my fucking arm off in sheer boredom.

Everything except Last of the Mohicans which is novel-adjacent and nowhere near as good as the book, but blomey, DDL is hot in that.

HelenaWilson · 08/02/2026 21:09

Celia Johnson should have left her husband for Trevor Howard in Brief Encounter.

Oh no. Alec was a fantasy. When it got real, and a bit grubby, Laura realised what she'd be throwing away.

BernardBlacksMolluscs · 08/02/2026 21:13

Alec in brief encounter was a terrible husband and all round shit person. Laura should have had more fucking sense than to entertain him at all

the80sweregreat · 08/02/2026 22:13

I suppose that Laura couldnt deal with the scandal if she had left her husband in brief encounter. Different times!

brunettemic · 08/02/2026 22:23

Avengers Infinity War is an utter triumph and one of the greatest achievements in cinema history.

WeirdyBeardyMarrowBabyLady · 08/02/2026 22:25

The best Ghostbusters film is the one with women in the lead roles.

MrsBridgetMcClusky · 08/02/2026 22:38

clarepetal · 08/02/2026 20:57

Lost in Translation was shit

I've not enjoyed any Sophia Coppola films. All atmosphere and no action.

FastFood · 08/02/2026 22:50

mindingmyown37 · 03/06/2025 22:39

The ghost ship is very very underrated

The opening scene is one of the finest ever made.

And to remain at sea: The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (the 2004 film) is absolutely brilliant.

Toastandjam16 · 08/02/2026 23:15

Oppenheimer was a really dull film that should have had at least half an hour edited out, and, crucially, was not as good as Barbie.

Badbadbunny · 09/02/2026 10:39

the80sweregreat · 02/06/2025 09:57

Grease 1 is a terrible film promoting the view that you need to sow yourself into tight trousers in order to keep a man. I know that he changed his leather jacket for a cardigan , but that probably didn’t last once she sought out a change in clothes! I didn’t see any of this aged 14 though ( when it came out!)

But he was into her BEFORE she changed into the tight pants! He'd been persuing her throughout the school year and they'd had a bit of a fling the prior Summer! She didn't need to change her look to get him! The change in her was to signify she was finally ready for him, NOT to attract him.

Chocolatecoveredshitpig · 09/02/2026 11:10

The Holiday is absolute steaming dog shit. The worst Christmas film ever made, even the glorious Kate Winslet couldn’t save it. And Jack Black as the romantic lead??? No no no no! Jack Black is fun, eccentric and unpredictable, not some boring film exec.

grumpymacgrumpface · 04/04/2026 12:16

RebeccaDecember · 01/06/2025 23:20

The Phantom Menace was quite good (goes into hiding)

The Faculty is an amazing movie.

The Phantom Menace was the only Star Wars film I enjoyed!

grumpymacgrumpface · 04/04/2026 12:20

Denimrules · 01/06/2025 23:47

Agree, but Judy Garland version trumps both

Haven’t seen the BS/KK version but the latest one would have been an hour shorter if they cut all the f-words.

Another vote for Judy Garland (although the non-musical Janet Gaynor/Frederic March version is also worth a watch).

Judgejudysno1fan · 04/04/2026 12:41

CatherineCawoodsbestie · 01/06/2025 22:45

Surely not unpopular! It’s loads better! I mean, Tim Curry as the hotel manager is genius. And The Bird Lady. And all of the sights of NY. Brilliant!

Best scene is WHAT KIND OF IDIOTS RUN THIS PLACE?
THE BEST IDIOTS IN NEW YORK, MADAM!

BillieWiper · 04/04/2026 12:51

SunComeBack · 01/06/2025 23:08

Grease 2 is better than Grease 1.

I always thought that. The cool one was a girl and the boy had to change his image to attract her. That seemed a lot more reasonable to me as a kid!

PermanentTemporary · 04/04/2026 13:27

Agreed that the first SpongeBob Squarepanrts movie is excellent, much better than it needs to be. It’s the Lego Movie levels of brilliance with about 2% of the marketing budget.

BebbanburgIsMine · 04/04/2026 15:02

murasaki · 01/06/2025 23:27

'It's a Wonderful Life' is tedious mawkish rubbish.

Ghostbusters 2 is better than the original.

I agree about “It’s A Wonderful Life” is just sentimental nonsense! I only watched it for the first time a couple of years ago, just to see what all the fuss was about, I absolutely hated it, dreadful film.

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