This film franchise is utter shite

[keaton]

All-Time Worldwide Boxoffice
Rank Title Worldwide Box Office
1. Titanic (1997) $1,835,300,000
2. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) $1,129,219,252
3. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) $1,060,332,628
4. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) $968,657,891
5. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) $922,379,000
6. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) $921,600,000
7. Jurassic Park (1993) $919,700,000
8. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) $892,194,397
9. Shrek 2 (2004) $880,871,036
10. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) $866,300,000
11. Finding Nemo (2003) $865,000,000
12. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) $860,700,000
13. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) $848,462,555
14. Independence Day (1996) $811,200,000
15. Spider-Man (2002) $806,700,000
16. Star Wars (1977) $797,900,000
17. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) $789,458,727
18. Spider-Man 2 (2004) $783,577,893
19. The Lion King (1994) $783,400,000
20. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) $756,700,000
21. The Da Vinci Code (2006) $749,536,138
22. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) $738,809,845
23. The Matrix Reloaded (2003) $735,600,000
24. Forrest Gump (1994) $679,400,000
25. The Sixth Sense (1999) $661,500,000
26. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) $653,200,000
27. Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) $648,200,000
28. The Incredibles (2004) $624,037,578
29. Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006) $623,829,763
30. The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) $614,300,000
31. The Passion of the Christ (2004) $604,370,943
32. War of the Worlds (2005) $591,377,056
33. Men in Black (1997) $587,200,000
34. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) $572,700,000
35. Armageddon (1998) $554,600,000
36. King Kong (2005) $547,051,260
37. Mission: Impossible II (2000) $545,300,000
38. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) $533,800,000
39. Home Alone (1990) $533,800,000
40. Monsters, Inc. (2001) $528,900,000
41. The Day After Tomorrow (2004) $527,939,919
42. Ghost (1990) $517,600,000
43. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) $516,800,000
44. Aladdin (1992) $501,900,000
45. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) $494,800,000
46. Twister (1996) $494,700,000
47. Toy Story 2 (1999) $485,700,000
48. Troy (2004) $481,228,348
49. Saving Private Ryan (1998) $479,300,000
50. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) $471,856,431

it's one of the better films on that list though

 

[Man of Harveys]

Colin did you see Kermodes 1 hour interview with the beard last night for his 60th birthday

No, I saw bits of it before (that was on about a month ago?) and it was...not bad actually. I thought you hated Kermode?!

 

[Buzzer]

Yeah but Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear are alright

 

[Billy the Fish]

Bit of a subjective view from someone who rates himself as a bit of a film buff. I've only seen the first one and thought it was good, no better, no worse. It does what it says on the tin, no shite performances from any of the actors and a very good one from Depp, an ok script, an ok storyline, nice visually, if it's not your thing then don't watch it.

 

[surrey jim]

i liked it

 

[Chicken Run]

This has to be the most over rated film franchise in the history of cinema. However some people think they are great and I just don't see it.

Depp is an excellent actor but his stupid , over the top, half drunk, Keith Richards role just gets my back up, feck off Depp you tosser . The Academy were on drugs when he was nominated for best actor oscar. Give me Depp in Scissorhands or Nick of Time anytime.

The films are 2 and a half hours of utter shite. I thought part 1 was dissapointing but the second half was total nonsense and a waste of 150 minutes of my life.

It took $ 1 000 000 at the box office and is 3rd of all time.

And to make matters worse I have to put up with this shite film over Xmas as " the big film ".

Whats the verdict ?

He was good in 21 Jump Street

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

it's one of the better films on that list though

I have gone through the list and it is the worst film by far, ifact the 2 are the worst 2 films in the list

 

[Chicken Run]

cool

 

[keaton]

I have gone through the list and it is the worst film by far, ifact the 2 are the worst 2 films in the list

Twister, Titanic? The Matrix sequels are the worst films i've ever and there's about ten godawful and pointless big budget remakes

 

[Shirty]

Twister, Titanic? The Matrix sequels are the worst films i've ever and there's about ten godawful and pointless big budget remakes

And Spiderman is utter, utter pants.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Twister - better
Titanic - much better is it actually a good film but is now just trending and lazy to slag it off
Matrix 1 - much better
Spiderman - much better

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

I'm not a film buff or anything so I'm sure my view is worth nothing...

I've only seen the first Pirates movie. It was an entertaining enough way of passing a couple of hours. I have no interest in watching it again though. I also thought that Jonny Depp was rather good in it. His over the top, self-indulgent performance was very enjoyable IMO. It seemed to me that he was aware it was a cheesy, throw away, money making piece of fun and so went as extravegant as he could.

That list of the top 50 money makers of all time is a SHIT list, isn't it?

 

[Silent Bob]

The first Pirates was ok. The second is dire.

 

[keaton]

Twister - better
Titanic - much better is it actually a good film but is now just trending and lazy to slag it off
Matrix 1 - much better
Spiderman - much better

aah i didn't realise you had solid empirical evidence

 

[Les Biehn]

I have to say I agree with Meado. Depp is decent at outreagous characters detached from reality but when playing a more grounded role he tends to come off as a cyper, an actor player an actor playing a normal man.

 

[Les Biehn]

A large percentage of those films are shit. Give me something about incest, memory disorders and a dead cop that actually explores its themes in an intelligent and stylistically interesting way and thats a film.

 

[Les Biehn]

Twister - better - vacuous popcorn tripe
Titanic - much better is it actually a good film but is now just trending and lazy to slag it off - poorly written melodrama with snazzy effects
Matrix 1 - much better - Shit hot, intelligent action movie, who would have thought it
Spiderman - much better - Melodramatic and oddly dull