Is there a Popular movie franchise that everybody loves but you dont?
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
Calgary, Alberta
January 6, 2016 12:25am CST
I remember when the Lord of the Rings movies were released everyone where crazy about them. My friends loves them, My family members loves them and the critics loves them. When I watched every single movie though I am not into it.
I don't know why, I love fantasy movies with historical and medieval settings but for some unknown reason I was bored by Lord of the Rings.
I also remember the popularity of the Twilight movies, I don't have the stomach to finish a single Twilight movie because some woman I dated before wanted to watch it but I find watching it torturing.
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
6 Jan 16
Twilight is terrible, and so as I found is the Hunger Games series so many rave about
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
6 Jan 16
Hunger games have racist casting. Katniss is Multiracial in the book.
It is just a boring PG rip off version of the cool Japanese novel/movie Battle Royale.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
6 Jan 16
@arthurchappell Battle Royale almost got a Hollywood remake but Hunger games crushed it's chances. I am not sure if it's a good thing or bad thing,
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
6 Jan 16
@CaptAlbertWhisker yes I got the Battle Royale angle quickly on watching the first film - never read the books so only picked up on the movie's racist-casting from the backlash to that in the media
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
6 Jan 16
The fans of the source materials said the transformers movies ruined their childhood.
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@Bomber109 (201)
• Australia
6 Jan 16
Would be the Harry Potter series for me. The Transformers movies are really popular as well and I thought the first two were so boring I couldn't bear to watch any more!
Also, I found the Lord of the Rings a bit slow. I preferred the Hobbit movies.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
6 Jan 16
The Hobbit movies are actually the prequel of the Lord of the Rings movies. I watched all of those movies because my family loves them.
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@deafdiva (242)
• United States
10 Jan 16
@CaptAlbertWhisker actually no I just am not interested in those kind of movies!
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
7 Jan 16
I have a feeling it has something to do with the movies being lengthy?
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
13 Jan 16
@deafdiva What are the type of movies that you usually enjoy?
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
6 Jan 16
Let me guess, You dont like the Superhero shows and competitive Reality shows? I love them though but I notice woman usually hates them.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
6 Jan 16
I heard there will be a West end play and another movie. I think they were waiting for the actors to turn 40 so they can make movie with them being older.
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@much2say (53954)
• Los Angeles, California
10 Jan 16
I often like the first movie, but don't feel the need to get into any of the further stories. I can enjoy watching them if I happen to watch them, but I don't go out of my way to do so.
I did like Lord of the Rings, but it's not part of my all time favorites list. I never saw any of the Twilight movies and somehow don't care to. The first couple Harry Potters were fun, but it just got to be too much HP. That's what it is - I don't need an overkill of these stories as some of them go on and on.
Oh, I always liked the original Star Wars, but wasn't a fan enough to care about the rest (even though I saw them all). I did see The Force Awakens and for once I AM curious about what happens next.
@much2say (53954)
• Los Angeles, California
13 Jan 16
@CaptAlbertWhisker Oh gosh - George Lucas was heading in the wrong direction with those prequels. Bleh. I actually liked the older Anakin - but didn't like Natalie Portman's acting in it (and I like her acting otherwise) - and the costumes were crazy. I read about that child Anakin - yah, he's all messed up. But I heard it was because he was off his meds as he has schizophrenia? In any case, The Force Awakens was refreshing - I know people complain it's too much rehashing of the original - but I think that was necessary to get back to the Star Wars roots since the prequels ruined it. Hey, Happy New Year to you!!!
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
13 Jan 16
I think the Force Awakens is a huge improvement from the prequel series. Most of the actors from the prequel series not named Natalie Portman got their careers ruined. I thik some fans should not blame actors, Starwars fans bullying the child actor playing Anakin ruined his life. he is recently arrested and he blamed the wrong things about his life to Starswars
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@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
6 Jan 16
The only franchise that I loved watching was Pirates of Carribean. Though I did not appreciate the last part of it. Harry Potter was all good until the last two segments (for me). Lords of the Rings got too lengthy to watch and killed my interest. I could not finish the third and final episode. James Bond... Sean Connory, Brosnan - they were the reasons behind my watching the movies. Once Brosnan said bye, I never got into any Bond movie.
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@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
7 Jan 16
@CaptAlbertWhisker I have to agree. In order to make the Bond series/movie a success with the Black Actor as Bond, they have to work really hard with the story, the effects and also many other things. I do hope that even if the movie turns out to be a failure, the Brand remains strong enough.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
13 Jan 16
@thesids I think they should try to be sensitive about casting. If they want to have a black hero on screen, they should just adapt stories of heroes that were actually Black like Black Panther ,Blade or Luke Cage. Those as Black heroes who are actually Black. Changing ethnicities of characters is just bad.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
7 Jan 16
Hunger games only have 3 books and they end up making 4 movies because they cut the last book into 2. Gullible consumers.
Gullible consumers.@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
13 Jan 16
@pgiblett TV shows I think were able to give more justice when it comes to adopting books.
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@pgiblett (6524)
• Canada
7 Jan 16
@CaptAlbertWhisker You have to remember the average novel of 80,000 words is too long for a film script because if the made it without cutting it would exceed 10 hours in length. Most films are based on 20,000 word short stories.
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@olivetree27 (495)
• Greece
6 Jan 16
I agree with the Lord of the rings. Twilight is okay for me though but I agree that the hype is too much for a simple movie. But I love the battle scene in breaking dawn. Transformer is not that great or perhaps because I'm not a fan of action films.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
7 Jan 16
I can't tolerate Twilight, My ex forced me to watch it in a date before and watching the whole movie is torture to me. I love the transformer cartoons but I hate the movies.
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@olivetree27 (495)
• Greece
7 Jan 16
@CaptAlbertWhisker Cartoons are mostly better than real movies. The story was okay but not something that I would watch all over again. I prefer the books. Twilight is so ordinary and very predictable.You should try watching breaking dawn.
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
6 Jan 16
Have you ever been forced to watch them with families and friends?
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
13 Jan 16
@LadyDuck My dad loves Western movies so I can understand your pain!
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@LadyDuck (458491)
• Switzerland
6 Jan 16
@CaptAlbertWhisker The only movies I was forced to watch (by my previous boyfriends) were the old Westerns movie. I hate them!!!!!
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@softbabe44 (5816)
• Vancouver, Washington
7 Jan 16
There are some I don't care for either.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
7 Jan 16
Any specific titles to share?
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@softbabe44 (5816)
• Vancouver, Washington
8 Jan 16
@CaptAlbertWhisker pretty woman san Andreas great.
@Plethos (13560)
• United States
6 Jan 16
@CaptAlbertWhisker - harold and kumar ! i dont know about you, but i think neil patrick harris made those movies better, much to my surprise also.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
6 Jan 16
@Plethos Yeah he is playing is self but a crazy version of himself which is genius.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
10 Jan 16
How about those movies that you actually watched?
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@Rohvannyn (3098)
• United States
9 Jan 16
Movies/series everyone else likes but I don't: Hunger Games, Twilight, 50 Shades of Gray, Avatar, Disney stuff.
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
10 Jan 16
I still don't understand 50 shades of Grey, it glorifies abusive relationships.
@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
7 Jan 16
I have never fancied watching Hunger Games and tried the Game of Thrones but couldn't get into it
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
7 Jan 16
What do you feel about 50 shades of grey, It is about to have 2 more sequels.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
13 Jan 16
@Auntylou During the Prime of this book. It became very popular to married women and women on their 30's so it leads to many people assuming all women loves these silly books.
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@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
7 Jan 16
@CaptAlbertWhisker Never seen the film nor read the book. I used to get annoyed when the book came out first, and I would be sitting reading something else only to be asked if it was 50 shades!
