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Bradley Witherberry
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 10 Decent Movies That Were Doomed by Unfair Memes Fresh from io9 is a an article on 10 Decent Movies That Were Doomed by Unfair Memes - - and it's a pretty darn good list (though Sunshine actually did suck and deserves no place on this list). Here's the list, click on the link for their rationale: 1. Serenity2. Snakes on a Plane3. Idiocracy4. Sunshine5. Jennifer's Body6. Push7. Let Me In8. Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World9. John Carter10. Dredd_________________."Change your God." - Nazgul9
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Re: 10 Decent Movies That Were Doomed by Unfair Memes 1. Serenity - Never saw it
2. Snakes on a Plane - Never saw it
3. Idiocracy - Love this Film!
4. Sunshine - Somewhat like it
5. Jennifer's Body - Never saw it
6. Push - Was bleh
7. Let Me In - Enjoyed it
8. Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World - Loved it
9. John Carter - Enjoyed it
10. Dredd - Pretty good
1. Idiocracy
2. Scott Pilgrim vs the World
3. Dredd
4. Let Me In
5. Sunshine
6. John Carter
7. Push
It's all about the rankings
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be.redy
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Re: 10 Decent Movies That Were Doomed by Unfair Memes Snakes On a Plane, Idiocracy, Jennifer's Body plain simply suck.
Serenity, Sunshine, Scott Pilgrim, John Carter are all very good to great movies.
Let Me In kinda did OK for what it was.
Push was OK, fun flick for cinema.
Haven't seen Dredd.
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Re: 10 Decent Movies That Were Doomed by Unfair Memes I'm sorry, but 'Sunshine' is "a monster movie in space".
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BJ
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Re: 10 Decent Movies That Were Doomed by Unfair Memes Seen most of em, Love most of em.
7. Let Me In - Never saw it
9. John Carter - Never saw it
1. Scott Pilgrim vs the World A
2. Serenity A
3. Idiocracy A
4. Dredd A-
5. Push A-
6. Jennifer's Body B+/A-
7. Sunshine B+/A-
8. Snakes on a Plane B-
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Re: 10 Decent Movies That Were Doomed by Unfair Memes I havent seen Sunshine and Dredd. Except for Snakes on a Plane everything else is OK to pretty good.
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Darth Indiana Bond
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Re: 10 Decent Movies That Were Doomed by Unfair Memes I've only seen Scott Pilgrim, which is a great, great film.
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Re: 10 Decent Movies That Were Doomed by Unfair Memes John Carter rivals Heaven's Gate in regard to just being railroaded and savaged before its release, to the point of perhaps causing certain careers enduring damage.
And it is such a fun film.
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Algren
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Re: 10 Decent Movies That Were Doomed by Unfair Memes 1. Serenity - Not seen. Looks bad.
2. Snakes on a Plane - Terrible because it's terrible. But it can be fun on the first viewing.
3. Idiocracy - Not heard of.
4. Sunshine - Not seen.
5. Jennifer's Body - Won't see.
6. Push - Rubbish because it was rubbish, not because of a meme.
7. Let Me In - Won't see because the original was fine enough.
8. Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World - Not seen.
9. John Carter - Not seen, but looks shit. I guess the meme worked on me.
10. Dredd - Good film, didn't deserve any negative meme it may have had, not least because Judge Dredd is a good film.
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Mister Ecks
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Re: 10 Decent Movies That Were Doomed by Unfair Memes On Dredd: "This movie never quite got the Stallone taint off it."
No one wants the Stallone taint near them. Except Algren.
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Algren
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Re: 10 Decent Movies That Were Doomed by Unfair Memes And all of the people that worked on every Stallone movie since 1995. And all of the people that watched every Stallone movie since 1995. But yeah, everyone else doesn't want the taint near them.  _________________If we have souls, they're made of the love we share.
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Mister Ecks
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Re: 10 Decent Movies That Were Doomed by Unfair Memes Algren didn't get it.
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Bradley Witherberry
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Re: 10 Decent Movies That Were Doomed by Unfair Memes T'ain't his thang.
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Algren
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Re: 10 Decent Movies That Were Doomed by Unfair Memes I don't think you got your original statement.
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Mister Ecks
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Re: 10 Decent Movies That Were Doomed by Unfair Memes No, I'm pretty sure I did.
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Re: 10 Decent Movies That Were Doomed by Unfair Memes 1. Serenity - Didn't care for it - and personally I did feel like I was missing something as I'd never watched "Firefly."
2. Snakes on a Plane - Really enjoyed it
3. Idiocracy - Loved it!
4. Sunshine - Loved it!
5. Jennifer's Body - Loved it!
6. Push - Really enjoyed it
7. Let Me In - A masterpiece! Prefer it to the original, which I thought was great. But this was GREAT!!!!
8. Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World - Love it!
9. John Carter - Didn't see it
10. Dredd - Haven't seen it yet
Good list.
Jennifer's Body gets better and better for me. I liked it the first time I saw it, but loved it when I saw it again. Now it's a personal fav. Pretty underrated.
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Mister Ecks
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Re: 10 Decent Movies That Were Doomed by Unfair Memes I might add The Happening. I think it has a small following here on KJ, but that's a movie that was way too unfairly hated. Once The Village hit, everything Shyamalan since has been tainted (just not with his taint). It's happening again with After Earth.
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be.redy
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Re: 10 Decent Movies That Were Doomed by Unfair Memes Mister Ecks wrote: I might add The Happening. I think it has a small following here on KJ, but that's a movie that was way too unfairly hated. Once The Village hit, everything Shyamalan since has been tainted (just not with his taint). It's happening again with After Earth. Hey if I remember correctly Bradley loved The Happening! That's more than JUST a small following. Also I don't agree Shyamalan got a bad rep after The Village. Lady In the Water got way much more (undeserved) hate. After Earth's main problem for me is that it stars that annoying kid of Will Smith.
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Re: 10 Decent Movies That Were Doomed by Unfair Memes True, because of a joke or something else a good movie gets knocked down...
"1. Serenity A -
2. Snakes on a Plane Not Seen
3. Idiocracy B+ Funny setting
4. Sunshine B-
5. Jennifer's Body Not seen
6. Push Not Seen
7. Let Me In Not Seen
8. Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World Very funny and strange concept B
9. John Carter Great great timepass B-
10. Dredd" Solid action film B+
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