Looking at it another way. There are plenty of people who would love to be able to go down with man-flu until about January 2nd. They tend to be exclusively women though.
Ah. Popularity doesn't mean it's good or that I have to join the herd. I've just always been grossly under-whelmed by Star Wars. And I've made an effort to like it too.
Big fan me ,I know where you are coming from regarding popular films, one of my most hated films (Pulp fiction) is on most people's favourite lists and I just don't see what people see in that film......baffling.
Indeed. I find Pulp Fiction of minor entertainment only. The most entertaining thing is how mechanical the direction is. Another of the franchises, Pirates of the Carribean, I walked out on after 20 minutes. Truly awful. I've since endured the whole film on TV to see what I missed. It didn't improve. I've seen snippets of the other block-busters in the series. I shan't invest. Now Harry Potter I grew to actually like after about the third or fourth film. There's endurance for you.
Problem is media hype sometimes , I remember when Gladiator was about to be screened and all the write ups said it was a "Hollywood blockbuster" ...."must watch" ....."fantastic " ....and it was neither of them
Yep. Whereas, I loved Master & Commander: Far Side of the World [same lead actor]. Apparently it only just made proper money, which is why there has never been a follow-up.
Saw it today with the nipper (he's 12). He gave it 8/10 and thought it slightly better than The Force Awakens. I give it 6/10 and thought it slightly worse.
Looking forward to seeing it ...... I enjoyed the Force Awakens and if the Rogue is just as good I will be happy.
PS. There's something special about your 15 year old son telling his mates that he needs/wants to watch it with his Dad! Anything else he goes with his mates, but Star Wars... it's always Dad. *glows*
Nope, I have a lot of imagination. One of my favourite things is to listen to radio drama, when I have the time and takes a lot of imagination. And The Force is pretty infantile really, especially when you imagine it with Joda saying something like, In him, the Force is strong. Psychokinesis and telepathy. Ho-hum. There's only one real overriding problem. I prefer the Star Trek universe, by a country mile. Actually, make that 100 miles.
Not a huge fan of Crowe as an actor generally, but he was born to play Jack Aubrey. Such a shame there hasn't been a follow-up. Whenever I'm reading an Aubrey-Maturin novel, I imagine [take note, FLT ] Russell Crowe saying the lines. Funnily enough though, he's saying them with David Robb's voice [Radio 4's Jack Aubrey], because David Robb just has a better delivery for the character, in my view.
