FWJ Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 (Title brazenly stolen from Backadder Goes Forth) A mention on another thread got me thinking. There are some sci-fi films I’m quite happy to go along with - Star Trek, Star Wars etc and things like Deep Impact. But... there are some that I don’t even enjoy for what they are because I just think ‘nah, I’m not having that’.... The Core Face/Off Armageddon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlandjambo3 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 5 minutes ago, FWJ said: (Title brazenly stolen from Backadder Goes Forth) A mention on another thread got me thinking. There are some sci-fi films I’m quite happy to go along with - Star Trek, Star Wars etc and things like Deep Impact. But... there are some that I don’t even enjoy for what they are because I just think ‘nah, I’m not having that’.... The Core Face/Off Armageddon Is it true the Taliban caught you then let you go as they had no idea what you were on about ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 2 minutes ago, highlandjambo3 said: Is it true the Taliban caught you then let you go as they had no idea what you were on about ? Seemed quite clear to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlandjambo3 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 3 minutes ago, Tazio said: Seemed quite clear to me. But then your much more cleverest than I. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Just now, highlandjambo3 said: But then your much more cleverest than I. I’m not sure understanding the concept of the suspension of disbelief makes me clever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlandjambo3 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 2 minutes ago, Tazio said: I’m not sure understanding the concept of the suspension of disbelief makes me clever. They let you go as well didn’t they 😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milky_26 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 14 minutes ago, FWJ said: (Title brazenly stolen from Backadder Goes Forth) A mention on another thread got me thinking. There are some sci-fi films I’m quite happy to go along with - Star Trek, Star Wars etc and things like Deep Impact. But... there are some that I don’t even enjoy for what they are because I just think ‘nah, I’m not having that’.... The Core Face/Off Armageddon so deep impact is fine but armageddon is not? they are to some extent the same film Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FWJ Posted April 7, 2021 Author Share Posted April 7, 2021 3 minutes ago, milky_26 said: so deep impact is fine but armageddon is not? they are to some extent the same film I know, that’s why it’s weird. Sometimes I can go along with it and other times... nope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Der Kaiser Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 That's how I feel with any movies about magic.....Lord of the Rings movies are my exception as the magic is kinda diluted and simple. But anything akin to Harry Potter....I'm out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jambopilms Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Felt the same about the marvel avengers films. Loved them all but as soon as they started time traveling I was a bit nah don't believe it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 It all down to how a film is presented by the director. I’ll quite happily sit and tut at a fight in a film where the good guy takes several full blooded punches to the face without wincing and beats up 2 people. But I’ll quite happily sit and enjoy John Wick shooting his way though huge gangs of armed gangsters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redjambo Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Science fiction is science fiction. In a way, unless it's just an ordinary plot (e.g. a murder mystery or goodies vs baddies) which happens to take place in other spacetimes than our own, it's supposed to push the boundaries of (dis)belief. However, in saying that, if a movie has plot holes, that puts me right off. Or if the characters in the film continually make stupid decisions. Of if the film just ends up as a series of mano-a-mano fights. And those happen a lot, but not only in science fiction films. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Governor Tarkin Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 So was Team America a serious documentary or not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Debbie does Dallas just about finished me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Boy Named Crow Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 I can cope with some sci-fi, brief suspension type stuff, but the superhero films leave me utterly cold. I just can't bring myself to care who wins or loses, in any of the franchises I've seen. In my less kind moments I've described them as films for utter morons... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Burgundy Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 I managed it up until Sharknado 3, then it just got silly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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