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bluemeanie
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Posted: January 5, 2009 at 11:46pm
Anyone who honestly watches \"Repo\" and considers it to be a 'good' films is a fucking moron. Period.
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Greg Follender
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Posted: January 6, 2009 at 3:06am
Sigh... hilarious... and predictable.
I'm sure that you are the shit as far as critics go out there in Alabama... but around here... geez, do I really have to say it?
I'm just glad SOMEONE pays you for being such a snob... I'm sure that your Mother is very proud.
As for me... well, I'm no impostor. But then, I've never claimed to be anything other than just another opinion on an online movie review site.
In regards to your professionalism... well, you are the only critic I've ever encountered that felt the need to disclose his own sexual preference in order to justify a particular film review. Need I say more?
Just for the record... no one cares, Meanie.
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bluemeanie
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Posted: January 6, 2009 at 11:23am
LOL. Feel the need to disclose? I feel the need to disclose nothing. I am proud of who I am and don't have the need to hide it. If it gets brought up in a review, so be it. And, once again, you obviously don't read a lot of film critiques if you think critics don't bring up personal issues in them. And I certainly don't have to justify anything, especially to you. I love how meticulous you are about every word -- going out of your way in an attempt to sound so sophisticated and so 'regal' in your dissection of things. I have been writing online for a LONG time and have come across individuals like you on more than one occasion -- which is how I spotted you the moment you started posting. I am done debating this. Neither one of us seems willing to let this conversation die, so I'll be the bigger person and finally put the final nail in the coffin. I don't really care who likes my reviews and who doesn't. The people I write for enjoy them and that number gets larger all the time. Who gives a flying fuck about a well-worded fraud with severe insecurities?
And, for the record -- you're right. No one cares.
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Greg Follender
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Posted: January 6, 2009 at 5:54pm
Hmm... the best you can come up with is an insult of my vernacular?
Again... the last bastion of someone who can't simply admit when he's made a bit of an ass of himself.
Too bad.
As for my being a fraud...
What is it that I'm pretending to be, Meanie?
You know nothing about me, my misguided friend... and I can't say how happy that makes me!
I've claimed nothing but my own opinion and a sincere wish that you'd occasionally pull your head out of your own ass long enough to see why a lot of folks find you irritating.
It's unfortunate as well... because regardless of your groundless arrogance, your reviews can sometimes be quite informative and enjoyable to read.
As for you being the bigger person in any dispute... I find that fairly laughable... but I'm glad to give it a rest if you are.
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bluemeanie
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Posted: January 6, 2009 at 5:57pm
This is so much fun I could spit. I dream of a day when the two of us have a review show on public access somewhere. It would be quite entertaining for audiences I think. And it would have to be better than \"At the Movies\".
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Greg Follender
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Posted: January 6, 2009 at 11:54pm
Nice.
I've got my ugliest tie prepped for the occasion...
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bluemeanie
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Posted: January 7, 2009 at 12:41am
Fabulous. I'll start preparing my 'quotables' for direct media consumption.
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Greg Follender
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Posted: January 7, 2009 at 1:38am
Sounds good...
Hey... does this typeface make me look fat?
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Chad
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Posted: January 15, 2009 at 5:03pm
So, now that I've actually seen this one... have you lost your fucking mind? This movie was incredible - I don't think the smile left my face until the credits rolled, and it only left then because I wanted more. In my ever so humble opinion, there wasn't a single flaw to be found in this film - yes, that includes Paris Hilton's appearance and vocals. Great, fantastic, perfect film, and if you want my detailed opinion on it, play \"opposite day\" with just about every line in meanie's review up above. 10/10.
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bluemeanie
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Posted: January 16, 2009 at 11:02am
OK...then you sir need a brain transplant. For you to honestly write that and give it a 10/10 defies logic. My God. \"Perfect Film\". The only reason you're even saying that is to disprove my review. \"Perfect film\"? Fucking retarded.
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bluemeanie
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Posted: January 16, 2009 at 11:03am
PARIS HILTON'S APPEARANCE AND VOCALS?! This HAS to be a joke. If it's not, you have lost ALL credibility.
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Chad
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Posted: January 16, 2009 at 11:39am
I'm dead serious. I'm certainly no fan of Paris, but she played the role perfectly and her vocals were just fine. I'm not going to run out and buy her solo album because of it, but when I purchase and rip the soundtrack, I won't be excluding her tracks.
As for the film itself - really, what was your problem with it? The plot was perfectly acceptable (certainly far from a \"fuck up the ass\"), the acting was great, and the soundtrack was catchy as all hell (again, note my eventual soundtrack purchase). You said right up there at the top of your review that you \"had no desire to see this film\" and that you were \"literally dragged, kicking and screaming, by friends\", so I really wonder what you had against this before you saw minute number one of the actual product.
Also, for what it's worth - I watched this with the female of the house and a couple of friends, and every last one of us felt the same way. You're certainly entitled to your own opinion, but going by this particular household and the number of extremely positive reviews from the horror websites that matter, I think that you're in the minority with this one.
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bluemeanie
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Posted: January 16, 2009 at 1:28pm
My problem with it? The acting was AWFUL. The songs were AWFUL. The story wasn't interesting and was poorly constructed. It was a film that was made with the desire to be a cult film, which goes against the whole idea of a cult film. Paris' vocals were TERRIBLE and maybe it's more evident to me since I'm a musical theatre person.
And I am definitely NOT in the minority on this one.
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bluemeanie
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Posted: January 16, 2009 at 1:30pm
Head on over to Rotten Tomatoes and see what some of the responses are.
Don't just get your statistics from the horror websites.
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Chad
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Posted: January 16, 2009 at 1:43pm
RT isn't exactly the authority on great movies either... Repo has a 33% over there, while Mirrors (a movie that you gave 9/10) is sitting at 14%. So, judging this one based on that site, Repo is more than twice as good as a film that you thought was damned near perfect.
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bluemeanie
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Posted: January 16, 2009 at 2:16pm
I'm not saying RT is the end all be all -- what I'm saying is that it's just as reputable a source as going and checking the horror sites. On the whole, more people will dislike \"Repo\" than like it. On the whole, more film critics will dislike it than like it. I personally just cannot see what there is for ANYONE to enjoy about this picture. It's pathetic as a musical, just pathetic.
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Chad
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Posted: January 16, 2009 at 2:58pm
Go back and read comment #23 - that, in my eyes, makes those horror sites more reputable that RT. RT compiles reviews from numerous critics, people who may or may not even be a fan of the genre. Look at it like this: if I say Sweeney Todd sucks (which it does in my opinion), would you put much stock in that if you hadn't already seen it? Probably not, since I've said numerous times over that I hate musicals in general. Now, if I said some random zombie flick was awful, would you put a little more faith in that review knowing that I watch more of those than the average bear? I'd like to think so.
Regardless of who says what, I, personally, thought this was a great movie. The horror sites - again, sites that love the genre more than the \"drama and blockbuster\" critics - back me up on that and that should be rather telling to horror fans, but even if they didn't... so what? I liked it, and to me, that's all that matters.
I'm curious to see how these comments go in the coming weeks once more people get to see this one.
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bluemeanie
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Posted: January 16, 2009 at 3:22pm
I will say this -- if you're not a fan of musicals, it makes sense that you would enjoy a terrible one.
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Crispy
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Posted: January 16, 2009 at 3:48pm
Did you really go into this expecting something on par with The Sound of Music?
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Chad
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Posted: January 16, 2009 at 4:06pm
No, that just proves that this one was particularly well done if it could appeal even to someone who hates the genre as a rule.
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