Girly movies and other unpopular opinions

[eee1313]

First and foremost, this is for dionneshea, who has no recollection of Jake Ryan from Sixteen Candles. Jake Ryan is nothing but the hunkiest movie guy that ever was. He's even more dreamy because Michael Schoeffling, the actor who played him, basically quit Hollywood and went AWOL to build furniture somewhere in Pennsylvania. Or so the rumor goes. The idea of Jake Ryan carving rocking chairs in some remote coal mining town just adds to the mystique. *sigh*

And now, ten unpopular opinions.

1) Hot Fuzz was not funny. That's right, I said it. Take that, Simon Pegg!

2) Dirty Dancing isn't good. My only fond memory of that movie was when Christian Kane and David Boreanaz were telling the story of how they met, because both were at a showing of it and Kane was wearing his cowboy hat in the theater, and Boreanaz started mocking him for it, and that's how they became friends.

3) Shows like Law & Order are boring. There's not much more to expound on that one, really.

4) I have no desire to see Spider-Man 3, as Spider-Man 2 sucked. Sorry, America. I was bored to tears with the second one, and I'm sure the third will suffer from cast bloat. Three villains? Really? And I'm supposed to be drawn in by Tobey Maguire going evil and looking like Chris Gaines? Not so much.

5) Indian food is, for the most part, gross. I've only had one good experience with Indian food, and that's when some friends made it. Otherwise, I've always found it stinky beyond compare and mushily gross.

6) Those chirping walkie-talkie cell phones should be outlawed. I mean it. Those are more annoying than anything else on the market. Terrible. Every time someone on the train has one of those, I want to snatch it out of their hands and throw it out the window.

Have unpopular opinions of your own? Share them in the comments! Come on, it'll be fun!

Comments

[nutmeg3.livejournal.com]

Hee! That guy looks a lot like Matt Dillon, who I find disturbingly yummy.

I hated Spiderman the original and never even bothered with #2. Toby Maguire is so, so, so not superhero/hunk material.

My unpopular opinions du jour:

BSG is a humorless, self-important ode to Starbuck Mary Sue. If that's the future? Kill. Me. Now.

With the exception of "The Dead," James Joyce is an unreadable, self-indulgent waste of trees.

Reality shows are the worst thing to happen to TV in, well, ever. (And I don't mean documentaries like the one about the crab fishermen, I mean things like American Asshole, which have visited too many Carrie Underwoods upon the world. If I want to watch karaoke, I'll go to a bar.)

Can I join the Out Crowd now?

[eee1313.livejournal.com]

HEE! The guy in the icon is from Strictly Ballroom, from the awesome flashback scene when the dad has a nervous breakdown. Hi-larious that you think it looks like Matt Dillon.

I think I stopped watching BSG before it became All. About. Starbuck.

And I loved "The Dead," but everything else I've tried to read of Joyce's makes me want to gouge out my eyes.

[nutmeg3.livejournal.com]

LOL! I meant the guy in the movie who went off to make cabinets looks like Matt Dillon. The guy in your icon is more like Lou Reed impersonating the guy in my icon.

[eee1313.livejournal.com]

Oh. LOL! My bad.

[lunaris1013.livejournal.com]

Those chirping walkie-talkie cell phones should be outlawed.
OMGYES!!!

Me? I don't give a flying fuck about Harry Potter. Not the books, not the movies, and I sorta resent the way the entire fannish universe seems to come to a standstill when another installment of the franchise is released. It's not just HP fandom, it's a panfandom phenomenon.

Thanks. That felt good!

[eee1313.livejournal.com]

I purposely have never read the Harry Potter books just because I'm so sick of hearing everyone talk about how great they are. The movies are fine, because they're fun. But as for the hype over the damn books? Just SHUT UP already. Gah!

(When the last book came out, I specifically looked for spoilers online just so that I could taunt my HP-loving friends about knowing who died.)

[nutmeg3.livejournal.com]

::joins you in the Harry Potter hatred:: They're stupid books and bad movies - and the covers make my eyes bleed.

[tenar.livejournal.com]

i really really REALLY don't care about "supernatural" and i somewhat resent the fact that i know the names of the actors and when it's on tv.

:)

[eee1313.livejournal.com]

Heh. See, I enjoy Supernatural when I watch it. I think it's a fun show with good actors and I like how it works so many folk/urban legends into their stories. But for the most part I just can't be bothered to turn it on.

(That doesn't stop me from having SPN icons, though.)

[tenar.livejournal.com]

you know, i'd probably like it if i watched it. but i'm so tired of reading about it i can't bear to try watching it. i don't really think the guys are hot.

[xica-s.livejournal.com]

The Princess Bride is not funny, not is it a classic. Seriously. I have tried and tried to figure out why people think this movie is so entertaining and I just don't see it. I actually PURCHASED the damn movie, thinking that I would somehow see the magic that I never caught during forced viewings at the hands of various friends and my ex who considered it the best movie EVAR. Mandy Patinkin is made of win. Otherwise BLEH.

I not only think driving while holding a cell phone should be banned BUT talking on cell phones PERIOD should be made illegal. Its not the holding that causes accidents, its the lack fact that attention people's attention is not on the goddamn road because they are trying to tell some douche on the other line about what they had for dinner last night.

Shows beloved by most of my friendslist do absolutely nothing for me. BSG, SG-1 (or whatever), SPN, L&0: CI, American Idol, Lost, Supernatural, Firefly, I could go on for AGES. I don;t get them at all and have never been entertained by them.

I LIKE Mayor Daley.

[eee1313.livejournal.com]

Uh-oh. So when the Scientist and I show The Princess Bride at the theater between the wedding and reception, we can assume you won't be there? ;)

And I'll agree with you re: the shows on your flist. Except Firefly. You know how I feel about that.

And I like Daley, too. For all this flaws, he keeps things in motion around here.

[mei-x.livejournal.com]

I like Mayor Daley, too.

[fizzball.livejournal.com]

1. The best Robert Altman movie is not The Player, Short Cuts, MASH, or especially Nashville... it's Popeye.

2. Danny Elfman's film scores can be placed into three categories, and I'm sick of all three.

3. Completely agree that the Idol phenomenon is the worst blight in the history of television.

4. If there is to be a death penalty in the US (and completely ignoring whether or not we should in the first place), all executions should be televised in prime time.

5. Football and basketball are boooooring. And yet I like soccer and baseball.

[eee1313.livejournal.com]

GASP! You are tired of Danny??? I can't talk to you any more.

Seriously, though, his stuff is getting SO repetitive. I love him, but come on, man. (Then again, you can say the same thing about John Williams's work being repetitive as well.) The thing about Danny is that his stuff was all over the board back in the day. Just compare Black Beauty with Nightbreed with Hot to Trot with Darkman. It's crazy awesome how everything used to sound so different. I still love him, but I'll agree that it's gotten pretty cookie-cutter with him.

That said, I will always love him for Oingo Boingo. ALWAYS.

[mei-x.livejournal.com]

My unpopular opinions -

1) Tori Amos used to be OK, back in like 1992, but the rabid devotion of her fandom has since turned me off. It's like intead of having emotions and experiences of their own, they use her as a stand-in. And much of her stuff is incomprehensible or overly twee or self-consciously wannabe sexy. "MILF -- don't you forget" Whatev.

2) I don't get B-Pal or other catalog fragrance stores. Doesn't one need to know what a fragrance smells like before buying it, making the online/catalog thing kind of iffy?

3) I hate those tank tops on BSG. The way they're cut across women's bosom area looks weird and ugly.

4) I can't always stay engaged in BSG, I only watch when Callum Keith Rennie makes an appearance.

5) I like Daley.

6) Yeah, Mariah Carey is crazy. But she's also fabulous and gorgeous and amazingly talented -- therefore I love her. *g*

7) I also like Celine Dion. *g*

[eee1313.livejournal.com]

1) There's a reason I only like two Tori albums: Little Earthquakes and From the Chiorgirl Hotel. The first because it's just great, and the latter because the tunes are great, it rocks out, and the lyrics aren't totally bizarro for once.

2) I like BPAL because I have fun reading about the fragrances, what goes in them, what I know I like, and finding combinations of ingredients I know I'll enjoy. It's like a treasure hunt. So far I've had really good luck finding stuff this way (rose and sandalwood are two of my favorite scents, so I know anything with those as a base will work), and I've also discovered some new scents I really like (myrrh). That said, any of the freebies I've gotten from them have sucked.

3) I had to look the tank tops up online. They are weird.

7) I rock out any time I hear "That's the Way It Is." I LOVE THAT SONG. Celine totally owns that one. And for that, I can't not like her, even in her cheesy over-the-top glory.

Celine LUUURRRRVE

[yakgirl.livejournal.com]

Um, you do know that song was written for Backstreet Boys, right? So does that now make you a BSB fan? If so, HAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!

As for the "rumor" that Jake Ryan is making furniture, it's true. I sat through one crap-tastic E! True Hollywood "Where are they now?" special or other such crap just to see the two-minute blurb about Jake. Still HAWT with the salt and pepper hair. I'd like to get my hands on his furniture.... :)

And my confession? I LOVE JOHN DENVER!!! He fills up my senses, baby!

Re: Celine LUUURRRRVE

[eee1313.livejournal.com]

I sat through one crap-tastic E! True Hollywood "Where are they now?" special or other such crap just to see the two-minute blurb about Jake. Still HAWT with the salt and pepper hair.

Wait, there's actual footage of him somehwere as an adult??? I thought he was hiding from the public ll Unibomber-style. I'm going to have to go search YouTube for that link.

And I will openly admit to really liking BSB's "I Want It That Way." Despite its confusing lyrics, that is a great song.

[fizzball.livejournal.com]

Her covers album is pretty cool, except for "Happiness is a Warm Gun." (which The Breeders now "pwn," as the kids say)


But generally...fans ruining something?! That never happens!

[mei-x.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, I thought of another one --

I'm from the Chicago area, and I don't worship Jennifer Hudson. She's OK, and I wasn't sad when she was voted off American Idol, but I don't love her.

[dionneshea.livejournal.com]

Well, I remember who he is now, but I guess my first unpopular opinion will be, Jake Ryan? *shrugs* I honestly didn't think he was all that.

I couldn't agree with you more on Spider-Man. Spider-Man 2 was good only in concept. In actual execution, it blew. And not even Topher Grace will entice me to see the third one.

I thought the whole point of Dirty Dancing was that it was bad. It's a cheesy, poorly acted, mess of a movie with dialogue so bad it makes me cringe. And yet, I still enjoy it.

Oh, my other unpopular opinion? I've tried to watch Heroes, I have, but I can't get into it. The only character I like is Hiro. I couldn't care less about the rest.

[eee1313.livejournal.com]

I thought the whole point of Dirty Dancing was that it was bad. It's a cheesy, poorly acted, mess of a movie with dialogue so bad it makes me cringe.

But people took it seriously back then. It's not like it was the Snakes on a Plane of its day or anything. People honestly enjoyed it. And its soundtracks.

I remember in college when the 10th anniversary came around, all the girls on my floor discovered Dirty Dancing for the first time and went apeshit for it. It was like junior high all over again. ::stabs::


We will again have to agree to disagree about Jake Ryan.

[missrachael.livejournal.com]

Hmm, let's see.

1. I don't text. I don't understand texting.

2. I don't understand the popularity of CSI clones.

3. Most modern literary fiction is crap. Take that, Don Delillo! Thomas Pynchon, I am looking in your direction. Chuck Palahniuk, please die.

4. Annnnnd... I don't like Barack Obama. There's just something about him that creeps me out, like he's an android secretly controlled by the Chinese government or something. Too perfect.

[eee1313.livejournal.com]

I text because sometimes it's discreet when the situation calls for it. Or when you don't want to have a conversation with someone, but want to tell them something quickly.

I like Obama. But I'm from Chicagoland, where it's required, just like Jennifer Hudson. (Take THAT, mei_x!)

[mei-x.livejournal.com]

Heehee!!!

[fizzball.livejournal.com]

Oh! I forgot. Audrey Hepburn? OH-ver-RA-ted, clap-clap-clapclapclap.

[eee1313.livejournal.com]

I will agree. And after seeing her in Sabrina, I'd like to raise you a Humphrey Bogart. I just don't get that one, either.

[fizzball.livejournal.com]

He's painfully miscast there (Cary Grant was the first choice, if Wikipedia is to be believed). But elsewhere he earns the rep. Angels with Dirty Faces, High Sierra, Petrified Forest...to say nothing of the John Huston movies and C--abl--ca.

[tiaralynn.livejournal.com]

Hot Fuzz wasn't funny? That makes me sad. I still want to give it a chance, but I'm not really surprised. I had a dream with Simon in it the other night. Strange.

And I agree about Indian food. While a choice few dishes are among my favorite meals ever, most of it is terrible and weird.

My unpopular opinions:
1. I hate Steven Spielburg movies. Just about all of them. I'd need to see a list before I can make it a blanket statement.

2. I think Labyrinth is boring. I have never made it through completely because I always fall asleep. I think I could possibly love it, but I simply can't make it through the whole movie.

3. I find Brad Pitt completely unattractive. I like nothing about his face, his body is just your average nice body. I also think George Clooney is overrated and looks like someone's uncle (albeit their attractive uncle).

4. I think texting is a cop out. Is it really that hard to call somebody? I also want to destroy everyone who thinks it's acceptable to text during a movie.

And what surprisingly tends to be among my least popular opinions:
5. I think people need to get the hell over the loss of Firefly. Love it, cherish it, watch it over and over and over, cosplay it, squee about it, get excited when the actors are doing new things (I do all of these things), but for gods sake stop sending petitions to bring it back or begging Joss or the actors to bring it back. It's my favorite single season of tv ever, but I have mourned and it's time to MOVE ON.

[eee1313.livejournal.com]

Anyone who texts in a movie theater deserves to die. Seriously. I wish movie theaters would paint their walls with that cell-phone blocking paint, so that no one could get reception at all. If it's so important that you can't turn off your phone for two hours, DON'T GO TO THE MOVIES.

And as for Firefly, I totally agree. It's great to do the yearly charity screening of Serenity and watch the show again and again. But seriously, there's no way the show could come back now. Get over it, people. Just accept the movie as a great coda that wrapped up the series and be done with it. Sheesh.

[angelchicken.livejournal.com]

Unpopular opinions, yeah, I[ll get right on it.
But first . . .


JAKE RYAN OMG!!!!!

Dude, that little clip made my night.

*sigh* He's so dreamy. I love him. Thank you!

[ottomatic02.livejournal.com]

1. Bluetooth makes you look actively delusional. I once saw a crazy deaf man on the bus signing to the people in his head, who apparently lived about two feet up and one foot to the left of his face. Talking on bluetooth, or really any hands-free apparatus, makes you look like that.

2. I can't finish Anna Karenina. I like the period detail, I love the costuming that occurs in my head, and, knowing that she buys it in the end, I'm not sorry and I can't be bothered to get through the last 200 pages. I have been trying on-and-off for 12 years.

3. Chunky highlights are a styling cop-out. It's not cute. It's not stylish. It's a way for salons to charge you for making you look like your junior-high-age sister got ahold of the Clairol while you were passed out.

4. The Constitutional right to parent your children is a crock. Your child has a G-d-given right to be parented properly and lovingly. Any emphasis on your rights was forfeited when you decided that Spawn was someday going to be Amy or Justin or Luke and you were going to raise him or her. Get over it. If you want to do drugs and commit crimes, I think you should have to either keep your knees together (or visit the Walgreen's present on every other corner) or do so knowing that the State and your precious babies are not going to wait for you to get your act together.

[ottomatic02.livejournal.com]

Ooh, but you know what? Jake Ryan? SUPERHOT. I like Labyrinth, but it's no Party Girl. I watch Dirty Dancing for the dancing and the nostalgia. I'm not so into Audrey Hepburn; if it weren't for the whole early childhood starvation in her history, I'd say she needed to eat more cookies. AND, Humphrey Bogart merely played well with his leading ladies. Kathryn Hepburn, on the other hand? She rocks.

[katesti.livejournal.com]

Michael Schoeffling as Jake Ryan? Meh.

Michael Schoeffling as dreamy Joe in Mermaids? Hot damn.

Let's see, other unpopular opinions...

- I could not care less about the following: boy wizards, pirates, superheroes of any kind.

- No, Obnoxious Coworker, I do not NEED a cell phone to live my life fully. So please shut up about it.

- I still like Lindsay Lohan and will defend her until she starts eating babies (which, at the rate she's going, could be this summer). I also own and enjoy both of her albums.

- I am still enjoying Lost and Grey's Anatomy. I also like the characters of Jack, Kate and Meredith.

- I don't give a shit about shows like The Office or Arrested Development, and I think How I Met Your Mother is the best thing on television right now.

[eee1313.livejournal.com]

I think How I Met Your Mother is the best thing on television right now.

I totally agree.

SLUT UP!!!