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Posted by moviePig on 07/21/07 13:26
On Jul 21, 7:42 am, "Jim Beaver" <jumble...@prodigy.spam> wrote:
> "Dave" <dap...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> news:1184989032.256973.203670@i38g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
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> > Compared to any other ones you also dislike, what 1 or 2 (live action
> > or animated)
> > film franchises do you regard as the most overrated one/s and please
> > say why, for each one mentioned.
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> STAR WARS. I saw the first three when they came out and was increasingly
> bewildered by what audiences could find to like in them beyond a certain
> (initial) fun with the special effects. Years later, I went back and saw a
> couple of them again and wondered why I had not hated them any more in the
> first place. I cannot bring myself to see the new batch. While there are a
> couple of Gene Autry movies I've enjoyed less, there are no Roy Rogers
> movies I've enjoyed less.
Imo, the first SW was indeed "initial fun" (with special effects)...
but, thereafter, we were asked to care, which was an intergalactic sea-
change...
Meanwhile, though, if you're able to compare kids' movies (like Roy's
and Gene's) watched at a single-digit age with those from 20-and-up,
then you're a better man than I am Gunga Din (Charlie Brown, etc.)...
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