Attack-Free Unpopular Opinion Thread

[Mr. McGibblets]

Cash's Southern Accents is also 100x better than Tom Petty's.

[transmogrifier]

Better covers (no order, and not all unpopular, obviously):

1. "Maggie's Farm" - Rage Against the Machine
2. "Superstar" - Sonic Youth
3. "Life's What You Make It" - Rowland S. Howard
4. "Matty Groves" - Fairport Convention
5. "Torn" - Natalie Imbruglia
6. "I'm Not There" - Sonic Youth
7. "Wild Horses" - The Sundays
8. "Across the Universe" - Fiona Apple
9. "Hallelujah" - Jeff Buckley
10. "I Heard it Through the Grapevine" - Creedence Clearwater Revival
11. "Sweet Jane" - The Cowboy Junkies
12. "Gloria" - Patti Smith
13. "Walk This Way" - Run DMC
14. "I Will Survive" - Cake
15. "Last Kiss" - Pearl Jam

[Philip J. Fry]

I've always been partial to this one.

[Philip J. Fry]

Listening as my mom watches another Jesus biopic and I'm like "why does every single Jesus movie (or play or, well, anything) not starring Willem Dafoe portrays Jesus as this always solemn, almost robotic being without any hint of a personality?"

I'm not a Bible scholar or anything, but I don't remember any instance saying Jesus behaved like that (or had any discernible personality trait besides being, like, wise) so theoretically, there could be a myriad of interpretations one couod give to that character that would be equally valid and more interesting. Where's the humor, wit, sadness, skepticism, charisma, etc? Where's the humanity?

[Philip J. Fry]

I love this cover as well (original by Jefferson Airplane). The progression reminds me a lot of The Velvet Underground's Ocean.

[Grouchy]

Listening as my mom watches another Jesus biopic and I'm like "why does every single Jesus movie (or play or, well, anything) not starring Willem Dafoe portrays Jesus as this always solemn, almost robotic being without any hint of a personality?"

I'm not a Bible scholar or anything, but I don't remember any instance saying Jesus behaved like that (or had any discernible personality trait besides being, like, wise) so theoretically, there could be a myriad of interpretations one couod give to that character that would be equally valid and more interesting. Where's the humor, wit, sadness, skepticism, charisma, etc? Where's the humanity?

Have you seen Buñuel's The Milky Way?

[baby doll]

Carina Lau is now prettier than Maggie Cheung.

[Philip J. Fry]

Have you seen Buñuel's The Milky Way?

I have not.

[Grouchy]

I have not.

It's not a Jesus biopic heheh but you'd enjoy its Jesus scenes based on what you said.

[StanleyK]

Having just watched Shaolin Soccer and Kung Fu Hustle, I thought the former was the much better film. Hustle is fine, but some of the humor falls flat and it doesn't transition well between the comedy and action/more serious stuff, especially in the final act; Soccer is hilarious from beginning to end and more tonally consistent.

[Dukefrukem]

Having just watched Shaolin Soccer and Kung Fu Hustle, I thought the former was the much better film. Hustle is fine, but some of the humor falls flat and it doesn't transition well between the comedy and action/more serious stuff, especially in the final act; Soccer is hilarious from beginning to end and more tonally consistent.

Oh man, I love both but Kung Fu Hustle is 100% my brand of humor and finale.

Where is Stephen Chow these days??

[baby doll]

Where is Stephen Chow these days??

Making lots of money in mainland China.

[Grouchy]

I googled him up recently. Kung Fu Hustle 2 was scheduled to be released in 2021.

[Skitch]

Shaolin Soccer is terrific.

[transmogrifier]

Oh, finally, a relevant unpopular opinion: Shaolin Soccer and Kung Fu Hustle are fucking annoying. I've never bothered to watch another Chow film after suffering through those.

[Morris Schæffer]

Oh, finally, a relevant unpopular opinion: Shaolin Soccer and Kung Fu Hustle are fucking annoying. I've never bothered to watch another Chow film after suffering through those.

I couldn't take KFH either. People said it's just like a road runner cartoon come to life but watching 90 minutes of Wile E Coyote trying to ensnare the titular bird would outstay its welcome I suspect at the 30 minute mark.

[Peng]

Seeing the news in other threads makes me remember this one... Into the Darkness is the best of the new three Star Trek films.

[Dukefrukem]

Seeing the news in other threads makes me remember this one... Into the Darkness is the best of the new three Star Trek films.

You mean the one where they discover to cure death and also have an interplanetary teleportation system that can instantly teleport people off world to the other side of the galaxy? Two of the STUPIDEST mechanics to ever be conceived in a franchise that could use them on a daily basis but then never again because script? That movie?

[Peng]

Ahem, thread title.

I can see why it rankles when considered within the franchise history/seriously, but for me (at least during that pretty blah 2013 summer season, haven't rewatched it since), the strong direction for a summer blockbuster really helps paper over some story flaws/franchise-inconsistent plot points. To (sacrilegiously?) use a Hitchcock phrase, it's such an entertaining refrigerator blockbuster in-the-moment that I can only go "Ah, I see" about plot issue raised afterwards, but don't feel it much. And as for my "best" wording I meant relative to its immediate other entires, where I was clearly not about any claim for actual greatness; for me the first one loses steam hard during the tail end, while the third one, being faithful to the show's spirit as it may, just feels to me a little strained and distancingly slight overall.

[Dukefrukem]

Ahem, thread title.

I can see why it rankles when considered within the franchise history/seriously, but for me (at least during that pretty blah 2013 summer season, haven't rewatched it since), the strong direction for a summer blockbuster really helps paper over some story flaws/franchise-inconsistent plot points. To (sacrilegiously?) use a Hitchcock phrase, it's such an entertaining refrigerator blockbuster in-the-moment that I can only go "Ah, I see" about plot issue raised afterwards, but don't feel it much. And as for my "best" wording I meant relative to its immediate other entires, where I was clearly not about any claim for actual greatness; for me the first one loses steam hard during the tail end, while the third one, being faithful to the show's spirit as it may, just feels to me a little strained and distancingly slight overall.

[Dukefrukem]

[Peng]

Deep.

EDIT: Holy shit, I never ever clicked on one of non-trailer/clip videos posted here, but just from random curiosity since it's a reply to me, pressed to see its format, and 44 minutes!? OK, change that sarcastic "deep" to literal one.

[Peng]

In the interest of equal effort reply (let me know if this is any good though, since it's direct from search bar . My clip stance remains firm even if it falls more on my side of opinion):

[Skitch]

Ahem, thread title.

I rule that he is attacking the film, not you. I'll allow it.

[Dukefrukem]

In the interest of equal effort reply (let me know if this is any good though, since it's direct from search bar . My clip stance remains firm even if it falls more on my side of opinion):

Oh man. A minute and 17 seconds in and it immediately goes back to my second point. Cross galaxy teleportation technology exists and for some reason they struggle to get Spock from the base of a volcano to the enterprise in the sea because .... they don't have "line of sight". Wut?