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Off-Topic => Off-Topic Discussion => Topic started by: Incredirobotwars on May 22, 2012, 02:55:34 PM
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I've been reading some album reviews (and, yes, I know most of them are a load of rubbish and completely biased, but some of them are ridiculously unfair (especially since they are for a public, well-known website))
So, yeah, post ones that you find absolutely ridiculous here with your comments.
I got one here:
http://drownedinsound.com/releases/13104/reviews/3291135 (http://drownedinsound.com/releases/13104/reviews/3291135) + most of the comments after it.
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Can't remember which one it was, either 3 or "The", of the series of Final Destination movies had got acrap review.
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To be honest it's probably true that Pendulum acts more as a gateway into a genre than the best example of it.
http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/13869/Exodus-The-Atrocity-Exhibition...Exhibit-A/ (http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/13869/Exodus-The-Atrocity-Exhibition...Exhibit-A/)
Pretty bad review
http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/42483/Opeth-Damnation/ (http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/42483/Opeth-Damnation/)
A weak review with some good points despite that, but the comments are truly stupid.
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They made good points genre-wise on the Pendulum review, but they didn't seem to get the idea that they use influences from different genres to combine with their music. That, and it seemed like they don't like the music they do anyways. Why review something if it's something you don't usually like anyway?
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Must've been The Final Desination cos it was one I really liked.
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The 'South Central - Society Of The Spectacle' review is rubbish as well - 3/10:
http://drownedinsound.com/releases/16156/reviews/4142497 (http://drownedinsound.com/releases/16156/reviews/4142497)
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http://www.altpress.com/reviews/entry/meshuggah_koloss (http://www.altpress.com/reviews/entry/meshuggah_koloss)
Sure it got a passing score, but that was still way too low and the reviewer is obviously butthurt.
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Everything by Armond White. Every time he puts pen to paper, the world gets a little bit stupider. This is his Toy Story review. The coward tried to delete it, but as is the nature of the internet it was pretty easy to recover:
http://web.archive.org/web/20100714055251/http://www.nypress.com/article-21357-bored-game.html (http://web.archive.org/web/20100714055251/http://www.nypress.com/article-21357-bored-game.html)
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Must've been The Final Desination cos it was one I really liked.
Final Destination 3-4 sucked. BAD.
For me though, every time I see someone call Titanic a good movie, I want to go kick a panda.
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For me though, every time I see someone call Titanic a good movie, I want to go kick a panda.
It was "ehhh".
The Poseidon Adventure is the best sinking ship movie.
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Movies that I liked yet critics and people like to hate:
http://www.metacritic.com/movie/battleship (http://www.metacritic.com/movie/battleship)
Battleship
I thought it was a very good movie and I believe because of movie critics this film will not gain a whole lot of money because of it, I believed that Taylor Kitsch, Liam Neeson and Rihanna did great jobs in the roles they played, and hopefully Universal will do a sequel so that the scene after the credits does not go un-explained.
http://www.metacritic.com/movie/john-carter (http://www.metacritic.com/movie/john-carter)
John Carter
A Sci-fi soap opera that was somewhat similar to what you would seen in Star Wars and Star Trek, and also another movie that Taylor Kitsch was in, but why did this get a bad rating and not a whole lot of money? I thought that this movie was amazing, but sadly thanks to it grossing almost nothing it likely might not see a sequel.
http://www.metacritic.com/movie/saw-3d (http://www.metacritic.com/movie/saw-3d)
SAW 3-D
It was great 3D and was way better than some of the other sequels too it, but why was this one particularly rated so bad, it had new traps, some changes an continued to give a background on the Jigsaw killer, I thought it was a good sequel to the SAW series.
http://www.metacritic.com/movie/transformers-dark-of-the-moon (http://www.metacritic.com/movie/transformers-dark-of-the-moon)
Transformers Dark of the Moon
While defiantly better than Revenge of the Fallen, it was about as good as the first one, and also set the bar really high for future high budget sci-fi films with its over a billion dollar gross(10th film to do so), and was IMO a great way to end off the "original trilogy" of the transformers saga.
http://www.metacritic.com/movie/thor (http://www.metacritic.com/movie/thor)
Thor
It may have been put in theaters at a bad time with notable competition being Super 8, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Hangover 2 and Green Lantern it was a quite well done superhero film that I think was overshadowed by the other films that were out, It was fun and was an overall good movie that once again was given a bad rating
http://www.metacritic.com/movie/scooby-doo-2-monsters-unleashed (http://www.metacritic.com/movie/scooby-doo-2-monsters-unleashed)
Scooby Doo 2 Monsters Unleashed
The sequel to the 2002 live action film of Scooby Doo. I found that this movie was a lot more interesting and funny than its first film and still provides very good laughs, it is a shame they did not make a 3rd Scooby Doo film and instead made lame and crappy direct to video prequels which were horrible.
http://www.metacritic.com/movie/spider-man-3 (http://www.metacritic.com/movie/spider-man-3)
Spider-Man 3
The third spiderman film. It was a really well done film that, I don't no why so many people hated it, I thought that the acting was strong and the villains(Venom, New Green Goblin and Sandman) were pretty awesome, I hope that Amazing Spiderman will be as good.
http://www.metacritic.com/movie/a-nightmare-on-elm-street (http://www.metacritic.com/movie/a-nightmare-on-elm-street)
Nightmare on Elm Street(2010 Remake)
A lot of people dislike this because Robert Englund was not in the film as Freddy Krueger but instead they got a darker more sinister Freddy with
Jackie Earle Haley as the main role, IMO I thought he did the role quite well. Another reasons for it being disliked were that they got rid of the comedic bits of the series(I thought this was a good decision for the remake).
I think that is it...
As for dislikes:
I thought that Hugo was boring and was horrible
http://www.metacritic.com/movie/hugo (http://www.metacritic.com/movie/hugo)
Finally, a lot of people like Paranormal Activity and say it is scary, I have seen it and actually find it really bland and not scary
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Battleship's crap not because of the acting (pretty fine considering the script really), but because of its terribad script ridiculous plot.
John Carter isn't that bad, it's cheesy, sure, but it's Disney. What would you expect? :P
Saw 3D was crap and the new traps did absolutely nothing to make up for it. The plot is almost as over-the-top as that of The Room. Despite being a horror film, I have laughed tons of times here.
Dark of the Moon was in no way as good as the first one, but thankfully is was also way better than the second. PLOT IS CRAP
Thor got the Disney treatment, but I also kinda liked it. Treat the bad reviews like those 1/10s & 2/10s on Diablo 3 from butthurt gamers who knew the servers would be clogged on the first day of release.
And wait, there are people who actually liked Scooby Doo 2? O_O
Spider-Man 3 would have been fine had there been one less villain or two. Instead, its pacing became inconsistent and that what probably made the reviewers hate it.
Like most remakes, the Elm Street remake looks totally awesome, but for some reason doesn't contain that 'zing' that made the original so memorable. Still couldn't point it out. I liked the darker Freddy, though.
I also lost my taste for family films, so yeah, I didn't like Hugo either. :P
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http://www.altpress.com/reviews/entry/meshuggah_koloss (http://www.altpress.com/reviews/entry/meshuggah_koloss)
Sure it got a passing score, but that was still way too low and the reviewer is obviously butthurt.
I didn't like Koloss personally, the production sounded a little too soft and the vocals were mixed too high. The songs also lacked any real inspired riffwork in them.
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I liked Child's Play 3.
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Movies that I liked yet critics and people like to hate:
http://www.metacritic.com/movie/battleship (http://www.metacritic.com/movie/battleship)
Battleship
I thought it was a very good movie and I believe because of movie critics this film will not gain a whole lot of money because of it, I believed that Taylor Kitsch, Liam Neeson and Rihanna did great jobs in the roles they played, and hopefully Universal will do a sequel so that the scene after the credits does not go un-explained.
http://www.metacritic.com/movie/john-carter (http://www.metacritic.com/movie/john-carter)
John Carter
A Sci-fi soap opera that was somewhat similar to what you would seen in Star Wars and Star Trek, and also another movie that Taylor Kitsch was in, but why did this get a bad rating and not a whole lot of money? I thought that this movie was amazing, but sadly thanks to it grossing almost nothing it likely might not see a sequel.
http://www.metacritic.com/movie/saw-3d (http://www.metacritic.com/movie/saw-3d)
SAW 3-D
It was great 3D and was way better than some of the other sequels too it, but why was this one particularly rated so bad, it had new traps, some changes an continued to give a background on the Jigsaw killer, I thought it was a good sequel to the SAW series.
http://www.metacritic.com/movie/transformers-dark-of-the-moon (http://www.metacritic.com/movie/transformers-dark-of-the-moon)
Transformers Dark of the Moon
While defiantly better than Revenge of the Fallen, it was about as good as the first one, and also set the bar really high for future high budget sci-fi films with its over a billion dollar gross(10th film to do so), and was IMO a great way to end off the "original trilogy" of the transformers saga.
http://www.metacritic.com/movie/thor (http://www.metacritic.com/movie/thor)
Thor
It may have been put in theaters at a bad time with notable competition being Super 8, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Hangover 2 and Green Lantern it was a quite well done superhero film that I think was overshadowed by the other films that were out, It was fun and was an overall good movie that once again was given a bad rating
http://www.metacritic.com/movie/scooby-doo-2-monsters-unleashed (http://www.metacritic.com/movie/scooby-doo-2-monsters-unleashed)
Scooby Doo 2 Monsters Unleashed
The sequel to the 2002 live action film of Scooby Doo. I found that this movie was a lot more interesting and funny than its first film and still provides very good laughs, it is a shame they did not make a 3rd Scooby Doo film and instead made lame and crappy direct to video prequels which were horrible.
http://www.metacritic.com/movie/spider-man-3 (http://www.metacritic.com/movie/spider-man-3)
Spider-Man 3
The third spiderman film. It was a really well done film that, I don't no why so many people hated it, I thought that the acting was strong and the villains(Venom, New Green Goblin and Sandman) were pretty awesome, I hope that Amazing Spiderman will be as good.
http://www.metacritic.com/movie/a-nightmare-on-elm-street (http://www.metacritic.com/movie/a-nightmare-on-elm-street)
Nightmare on Elm Street(2010 Remake)
A lot of people dislike this because Robert Englund was not in the film as Freddy Krueger but instead they got a darker more sinister Freddy with
Jackie Earle Haley as the main role, IMO I thought he did the role quite well. Another reasons for it being disliked were that they got rid of the comedic bits of the series(I thought this was a good decision for the remake).
I think that is it...
As for dislikes:
I thought that Hugo was boring and was horrible
http://www.metacritic.com/movie/hugo (http://www.metacritic.com/movie/hugo)
Finally, a lot of people like Paranormal Activity and say it is scary, I have seen it and actually find it really bland and not scary
I actually hate all of those movies.
But I do agree with Hugo, it was kind of boring in general. PA is also ehhh; it's a good concept, but after 3 movies, and basically just sitting there for 2 hours solely to be scared for a couple seconds, it doesn't work IMO.
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Hugo. The heck, that movie was good-ish. Only bad part was, throughout the while movie I imagined Hugo being Naryar as a child. Ruined the movie
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Movies that I like that everyone else hates / go unnoticed:
- Jumper
- 1941
- Wayne's World 2
- Real Genius
- The Cable Guy
- Delta Farce
- Saw 3D
- Bananas
- Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
- Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
- Bean
Movie I hate that everyone else likes:
- TWILIGHT
- THE HUNGER GAMES
- Titanic
- Avatar
- Hangover Part 2
- Transformers III
- Boy in the Striped Pajamas (inb4rage)
- Cars 2
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Bean
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- Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
Epic movie!
Also, this is about the reviews, dude.
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- Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
Epic movie!
Also, this is about the reviews, dude.
And a lot of the movies I posted have (IMO) unfair ratings (good or bad, depending on which category I put them in)
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Well, find the reviews and post the links here, so that we know what you're talking about. Anyone can just say 'I like this, but everyone else hates it!'
Links, dude.
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Anyone can just say 'I like this, but everyone else hates it!'
..and anyone can go and find a review for it.
I mentioned a lot of movies, I'm not going to go find every single one, but I'll pick out a couple:
Delta Farce
http://www.cinemablend.com/reviews/Delta-Farce-2287.html (http://www.cinemablend.com/reviews/Delta-Farce-2287.html)
Jumper
http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1713836,00.html (http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1713836,00.html)
Bill & Ted II
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117789261?refcatid=31 (http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117789261?refcatid=31)
The Cable Guy
http://movies.tvguide.com/cable-guy/review/131632 (http://movies.tvguide.com/cable-guy/review/131632)
http://www.timeout.com/film/reviews/68698/the_cable_guy.html (http://www.timeout.com/film/reviews/68698/the_cable_guy.html)
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Maybe you should read thread titles and first post descriptions before posting random lists, K?
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- Titanic Meh to me
- Boy in the Striped Pajamas (inb4rage) I liked that movie
- Cars 2
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Maybe you should read thread titles and first post descriptions before posting random lists, K?
Sorry. How long do you think my jail sentence should be?
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I'm just giving you advice, dude!
Sheesh.
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I'm just giving you advice, dude!
Sheesh.
I see what you're saying (btw you're overreacting more than i am), but I still posted something that comes up with interesting discussions instead of getting the "LURK MOAR" and going through 10 pages of Movies and Music to find the thread and then getting slammed with "stop reviving old threads" where something we could have actually talked about is disregarded.
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I disagree with all bad Saw reviews.
Watch all 7 films, consecutively, fairly closely together (even just one a week) so you don't forget the intricacies of the plot, and it's a very good storyline in my opinion. You overlook so much when watching them so far apart, and the bad reviews for the later ones are because the reviewer probably doesn't remember the entire backstory. I love them. And I laugh at them. That doesn't make me a bad person, right?
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I disagree with all bad Saw reviews.
Watch all 7 films, consecutively, fairly closely together (even just one a week) so you don't forget the intricacies of the plot, and it's a very good storyline in my opinion. You overlook so much when watching them so far apart, and the bad reviews for the later ones are because the reviewer probably doesn't remember the entire backstory. I love them. And I laugh at them. That doesn't make me a bad person, right?
I don't think so, and I especially hate when people call it "torture porn". No, HOSTEL was torture. Even if you don't agree with Jigsaw's methods, the movies weren't made just to see people get killed. They have a very precise storyline, and even with some mistakes, it holds together pretty well. And those ending sequences, man.
BUT YOU SHOULD POST A REVIEW BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE SAID ANYTHING BAD ABOUT IT
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I'm just giving you advice, dude!
Sheesh.
I see what you're saying (btw you're overreacting more than i am), but I still posted something that comes up with interesting discussions instead of getting the "LURK MOAR" and going through 10 pages of Movies and Music to find the thread and then getting slammed with "stop reviving old threads" where something we could have actually talked about is disregarded.
I saw a series of reviews
I didn't agree with them
I wanted to see if that was just my taste in music and movies, so made this thread.
If I wanted to talk about just random movies and shiz, I would've asked in GCT.
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Knock it off, guys.
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Lawl, do I even need to? For anyone disputing my lack of sources, go to ANY movie reviewing website and just search 'Saw' and read them all. I'm too lazy.
The end sequences are genius, the series did lose a little steam halfway through, but there were still many important parts to the plot fed in, even if the 'games' didn't contribute in the grand scheme (like the people involved were insignificant to the whole games/Jigsaw/Jill/etc thing).
The last film was awesome, and I didn't even watch it in 3D.
(This is on topic, I am disagreeing with most reviewers ever.)
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Movies that I like that everyone else hates / go unnoticed:
- JumperNever seen
- 1941Never Seen
- Wayne's World 2Never Seen
- Real GeniusNever seen
- The Cable GuyNever Seen
- Delta FarceNever seen
- Saw 3DNever seen
- BananasNever Seen
- Bill & Ted's Bogus JourneyNever seen
- Attack of the Killer TomatoesNever seen
- BeanNever seen
Movie I hate that everyone else likes:
- TWILIGHTNever seen, don't want to
- THE HUNGER GAMESWasn't bad, needed more gore
- TitanicBoring movie, never seen
- AvatarTwas okay.(Not dvd good though
- Hangover Part 2Meh
- Transformers IIIThe first one was bad enough
- Boy in the Striped Pajamas (inb4rage)Never seen
- Cars 2I find it funny how Disney won't make a sequel of good movies like Finding Nemo, but will make a sequel of sh**y Cars
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- Cars 2I find it funny how Disney won't make a sequel of good movies like Finding Nemo, but will make a sequel of ship Cars
and then they make like 500 air bud/air buddies sequels
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I liked Cars. Never seen the second, though.
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Movies that I like that everyone else hates / go unnoticed:
- JumperNever seen
- 1941Never Seen
- Wayne's World 2Never Seen
- Real GeniusNever seen
- The Cable GuyNever Seen
- Delta FarceNever seen
- Saw 3DNever seen
- BananasNever Seen
- Bill & Ted's Bogus JourneyNever seen
- Attack of the Killer TomatoesNever seen
- BeanNever seen
Movie I hate that everyone else likes:
- TWILIGHTNever seen, don't want to
- THE HUNGER GAMESWasn't bad, needed more gore
- TitanicBoring movie, never seen
- AvatarTwas okay.(Not dvd good though
- Hangover Part 2Meh
- Transformers IIIThe first one was bad enough
- Boy in the Striped Pajamas (inb4rage)Never seen
- Cars 2I find it funny how Disney won't make a sequel of good movies like Finding Nemo, but will make a sequel of sh**y Cars
have you seen, like, eight movies?
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I've only seen two of those movies, and one of those I can barely remember.
Has anybody seen 'Constantine'? I've read some of the reviews...they're spot-on, but a bit harsh in conclusion...50% from metacritic.
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I don't think Nineteen Eighty-Four deserves as much credit as it's gotten.
In my opinion Brave New World's a lot scarier and a lot more powerful.
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I don't think Nineteen Eighty-Four deserves as much credit as it's gotten.
In my opinion Brave New World's a lot scarier and a lot more powerful.
I did like the book 1984 better than the movie.
Haven't seen Brave New World, should look for that.
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@freez Which one is PA? Also, you're not as alone as you think in your dislike of Transformers.
I saw Constantine, I'd say it's no worse than any other obscure comic book movie. (Hellboy, Dardevil, etc)
I don't know if this counts: I liked Scott Pilgrim, but thought Michael Cera was a poor choice for the lead.
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thought Michael Cera was a poor choice for the lead.
No one else could portray an awkward boy gunning for the girl of his dreams like he does. Hell, that's all he can do.
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Movies that I like that everyone else hates / go unnoticed:
- Jumper
- 1941
- Wayne's World 2
- Real Genius
- The Cable Guy
- Delta Farce
- Saw 3D
- Bananas
- Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
- Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
- Bean
Movie I hate that everyone else likes:
- TWILIGHT
- THE HUNGER GAMES
- Titanic
- Avatar
- Hangover Part 2
- Transformers III
- Boy in the Striped Pajamas (inb4rage)
- Cars 2
YOU DO NOT DESERVE THE TELEVISION YOU SAW IT ON YOU TURNIP!
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I hated Happy Feet.
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I've only seen two of those movies, and one of those I can barely remember.
Has anybody seen 'Constantine'? I've read some of the reviews...they're spot-on, but a bit harsh in conclusion...50% from metacritic.
I've seen Constantine,not amazing but definitely worth a watch. I liked it.
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thought Michael Cera was a poor choice for the lead.
No one else could portray an awkward boy gunning for the girl of his dreams like he does. Hell, that's all he can do.
This. SP is my favourite film, and Cera is probably my favourite actor. Mainly because his awkwardness reminds me of myself.
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I hated Happy Feet.
You'll like this then
http://www.cartoonbrew.com/dvd/happy-feet-knock-off-tappy-toes.html (http://www.cartoonbrew.com/dvd/happy-feet-knock-off-tappy-toes.html)
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I hated Happy Feet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t774IRMqY1w&feature=related# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t774IRMqY1w&feature=related#)
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I thought the movie Hanna was good. Better than the reviews. The plot was good and the actor was very good.
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I've seen her in other movies. I agree, she is good at the somewhat 'surreal' roles. For example, the movie 'Push'.
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I didn't like Koloss personally, the production sounded a little too soft and the vocals were mixed too high. The songs also lacked any real inspired riffwork in them.
Now this is a legitimate reason to not like Koloss, as opposed to:
At this point Meshuggah would do well to stop endlessly obsessing over intellectual musicality and write something that will stick in our craw a little more. Heck, maybe even a song with a chorus someday?
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i didnt like mean girls