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  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

    xkcd: Unpopular Opinions[^] Try it: I can't find anything I liked that got less than 55% (The Dressmaker (2016) - Rotten Tomatoes[^] - and even then it was 66% for the audience!) I figured that "Last cab to Darwin" - a good "thinky" movie - would do it, but ... 89%! Deserved, but annoying score. He's right - hating something popular is a heck of a lot easier than liking something hated by the masses. Got any suggestion, people?

    Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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    RickZeeland
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    I thought this X-Men movie rated at 47% wasn't that bad: X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) - Rotten Tomatoes[^] Although it is not the best one in the series I still found it enjoyable and think it deserves a higher score !

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    • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

      xkcd: Unpopular Opinions[^] Try it: I can't find anything I liked that got less than 55% (The Dressmaker (2016) - Rotten Tomatoes[^] - and even then it was 66% for the audience!) I figured that "Last cab to Darwin" - a good "thinky" movie - would do it, but ... 89%! Deserved, but annoying score. He's right - hating something popular is a heck of a lot easier than liking something hated by the masses. Got any suggestion, people?

      Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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      Lost User
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      Howard the Duck (1986) - Rotten Tomatoes[^]

      Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.

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        Howard the Duck (1986) - Rotten Tomatoes[^]

        Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.

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        Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter
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        "in your adult life, post-2000"...

        "The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012

        "It never ceases to amaze me that a spacecraft launched in 1977 can be fixed remotely from Earth." ― Brian Cox

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        • Kornfeld Eliyahu PeterK Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

          "in your adult life, post-2000"...

          "The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012

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          Lost User
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          Ah, missed that part :laugh:

          Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.

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          • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

            xkcd: Unpopular Opinions[^] Try it: I can't find anything I liked that got less than 55% (The Dressmaker (2016) - Rotten Tomatoes[^] - and even then it was 66% for the audience!) I figured that "Last cab to Darwin" - a good "thinky" movie - would do it, but ... 89%! Deserved, but annoying score. He's right - hating something popular is a heck of a lot easier than liking something hated by the masses. Got any suggestion, people?

            Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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            raddevus
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            _Everyone_ hates this movie but I like it. Oscar (1991) - Rotten Tomatoes[^] Do I win an Official No-Prize? :rolleyes: Oh, I just noticed...post 2000. Oops.

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              _Everyone_ hates this movie but I like it. Oscar (1991) - Rotten Tomatoes[^] Do I win an Official No-Prize? :rolleyes: Oh, I just noticed...post 2000. Oops.

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              OriginalGriff
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              The cutoff date is probably so movies before Rotten Tomatoes started don't unduly skew the results.

              Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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              "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                _Everyone_ hates this movie but I like it. Oscar (1991) - Rotten Tomatoes[^] Do I win an Official No-Prize? :rolleyes: Oh, I just noticed...post 2000. Oops.

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                PIEBALDconsult
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                I need to see that one again. I did re-watch "Brazil" again recently.

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                • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                  xkcd: Unpopular Opinions[^] Try it: I can't find anything I liked that got less than 55% (The Dressmaker (2016) - Rotten Tomatoes[^] - and even then it was 66% for the audience!) I figured that "Last cab to Darwin" - a good "thinky" movie - would do it, but ... 89%! Deserved, but annoying score. He's right - hating something popular is a heck of a lot easier than liking something hated by the masses. Got any suggestion, people?

                  Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                  PIEBALDconsult
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                  I suspect it's more a comment on the accuracy of rating sites. However, my kid was born in 2001, so most movies I've seen since 2000 have been kids movies, so not many would have really low ratings anyway.

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                    I suspect it's more a comment on the accuracy of rating sites. However, my kid was born in 2001, so most movies I've seen since 2000 have been kids movies, so not many would have really low ratings anyway.

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                    OriginalGriff
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                    I dunno, Frozen[^] has a rating of 90%, and I suspect most parents would have voted it considerably lower after the 90th repeat of that damn song ... :laugh:

                    Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

                    "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                    "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                      Howard the Duck (1986) - Rotten Tomatoes[^]

                      Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.

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                      honey the codewitch
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                      me too. I liked that movie. Of course, I saw it as a child.

                      When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.

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                      • Kornfeld Eliyahu PeterK Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

                        "in your adult life, post-2000"...

                        "The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012

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                        Rick York
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                        What if your adult life started much earlier than that?

                        "They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"

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                          What if your adult life started much earlier than that?

                          "They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"

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                          Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter
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                          In that case the challenge may not be that hard... :-D

                          "The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012

                          "It never ceases to amaze me that a spacecraft launched in 1977 can be fixed remotely from Earth." ― Brian Cox

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                          • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                            xkcd: Unpopular Opinions[^] Try it: I can't find anything I liked that got less than 55% (The Dressmaker (2016) - Rotten Tomatoes[^] - and even then it was 66% for the audience!) I figured that "Last cab to Darwin" - a good "thinky" movie - would do it, but ... 89%! Deserved, but annoying score. He's right - hating something popular is a heck of a lot easier than liking something hated by the masses. Got any suggestion, people?

                            Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                            Nelek
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                            What is better? To have high or low %tomatoes? Edit: I liked The Titan (2018) - Rotten Tomatoes[^] would it count?

                            M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

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                              xkcd: Unpopular Opinions[^] Try it: I can't find anything I liked that got less than 55% (The Dressmaker (2016) - Rotten Tomatoes[^] - and even then it was 66% for the audience!) I figured that "Last cab to Darwin" - a good "thinky" movie - would do it, but ... 89%! Deserved, but annoying score. He's right - hating something popular is a heck of a lot easier than liking something hated by the masses. Got any suggestion, people?

                              Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                              Simon_Whale
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                              I thought Sharknado but even that got 82%

                              Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians. Help end the violence EAT BACON

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                                What is better? To have high or low %tomatoes? Edit: I liked The Titan (2018) - Rotten Tomatoes[^] would it count?

                                M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

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                                OriginalGriff
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                                Not sure - it looks like "straight to video" stock and the XKCD doesn't specify. It it a movie if it never saw a cinema? Not sure it is, technically.

                                Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

                                "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                                "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                                  I thought Sharknado but even that got 82%

                                  Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians. Help end the violence EAT BACON

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                                  OriginalGriff
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                                  That's the problem - you think "nobody else can have liked that!" and find out just about everyone did! I guess it's easy to hate Justin Bieber, but not so easy to like Nickleback ...

                                  Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

                                  "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                                  "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                                  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                    xkcd: Unpopular Opinions[^] Try it: I can't find anything I liked that got less than 55% (The Dressmaker (2016) - Rotten Tomatoes[^] - and even then it was 66% for the audience!) I figured that "Last cab to Darwin" - a good "thinky" movie - would do it, but ... 89%! Deserved, but annoying score. He's right - hating something popular is a heck of a lot easier than liking something hated by the masses. Got any suggestion, people?

                                    Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                                    Member 9167057
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                                    I think that Duke Nukem Forever is actually a decent game. Sure, it gained a lot with the inventory increasing update not present at launch but in it's current state, it's very much enjoyable.

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                                    • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                      xkcd: Unpopular Opinions[^] Try it: I can't find anything I liked that got less than 55% (The Dressmaker (2016) - Rotten Tomatoes[^] - and even then it was 66% for the audience!) I figured that "Last cab to Darwin" - a good "thinky" movie - would do it, but ... 89%! Deserved, but annoying score. He's right - hating something popular is a heck of a lot easier than liking something hated by the masses. Got any suggestion, people?

                                      Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                                      User 10334242
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                                      Not difficult at all! Had Sucker Punch immediately at top of my head, and easliy ticked all the boxes!

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                                        I think that Duke Nukem Forever is actually a decent game. Sure, it gained a lot with the inventory increasing update not present at launch but in it's current state, it's very much enjoyable.

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                                        OriginalGriff
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                                        But not a movie ... ... and horribly "on rails" at times, which was one of the really good bits about the original. It wasn't on rails! :laugh:

                                        Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

                                        "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                                        "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                                        • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                          But not a movie ... ... and horribly "on rails" at times, which was one of the really good bits about the original. It wasn't on rails! :laugh:

                                          Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                                          The challenge isn't about a movie as much as it's about liking something universally hated. Movies are just more of a mainstream culture than video games are.

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