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PoindexterOglethorpe

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24. I agree.

Reply to Walleye (Reply #6)

Sun Dec 15, 2024, 10:20 AM

Dec 2024

Perhaps because I didn't see it when it first came out, but a couple of years later. The opening bit with men in gorilla suits was dumb. Later on, it did foretell, sort of, the demise of Pan Am as it should a nearly empty passenger craft. As for the demented computer, the less said the better.

The original story it's based on, "The Sentinel" by Arthur C. Clarke is excellent.

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Movies you think are over rated [View all] bif Dec 2024 OP

Love Actually. I can't stand that movie. jimfields33 Dec 2024 #1

lol jfz9580m Dec 2024 #4

Oh, totally agree. And tis the season. Scrivener7 Dec 2024 #12

Funny you should mention it XanaDUer2 Dec 2024 #23

Same here. Ocelot II Dec 2024 #26

The Godfather Bok_Tukalo Dec 2024 #2

Ooh those are good ones too.nt jfz9580m Dec 2024 #5

I feel like I'm missing something watching that movie. Shermann Dec 2024 #10

Anything with Katherine Hepburn. n/t SheilaAnn Dec 2024 #3

Sorry but, "2001 a Space Odyssey". I thought it was very slow and went to sleep in the middle of it. Walleye Dec 2024 #6

It was pretty epic for its time but maybe hasn't aged that well. Shermann Dec 2024 #7

My favorite movie of all time! bif Dec 2024 #17

Have you seen the sequel? Sector 001 Dec 2024 #19

Thanks for the recommendation, I'll keep an eye out for it Walleye Dec 2024 #25

Arthur C. Clarke wrote 4 novels in the series PJMcK Dec 2024 #28

I agree. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2024 #24

Forest Gump... lisa58 Dec 2024 #8

For me, it is "Silence of the Lambs" Jodie Foster collaborates FSogol Dec 2024 #9

Silence of the Lambs is pretty cool but confusing Shermann Dec 2024 #13

Cell phones would've eliminated the last scene. My #1 movie theater experience underpants Dec 2024 #18

Inception. Ugh. Scrivener7 Dec 2024 #11

Most all of them bucolic_frolic Dec 2024 #14

Gone with the wind. The Ten Commandments. underpants Dec 2024 #15

C'mon, that had John Wayne as a roman centurion, "Truly he wuz the sun of gawd!" FSogol Dec 2024 #27

😎 underpants Dec 2024 #33

Oops, no worry, both were grade A cheese. FSogol Dec 2024 #44

The Searchers Mike Nelson Dec 2024 #16

The Godfather Jrsygrl96 Dec 2024 #20

I haven't seen Goodfellas, but I love The Godfather. ificandream Dec 2024 #42

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Shermann Dec 2024 #21

The Way We Were no_hypocrisy Dec 2024 #22

You must not be an eighth grade girl. murielm99 Dec 2024 #29

I only saw it a few years back, so I had heard about it for decades. Xavier Breath Dec 2024 #41

Damned near every highly acclaimed drama I've ever suffered. hunter Dec 2024 #30

Out of Africa CanonRay Dec 2024 #31

Not on my top ten list, but I liked it. Ocelot II Dec 2024 #35

"Pulp Fiction" and "Wolf of Wall Street" Mike 03 Dec 2024 #32

Agree on two. underpants Dec 2024 #37

Titanic. greatauntoftriplets Dec 2024 #34

Overrated, but worth watching once. I agree that it was too long. Ocelot II Dec 2024 #36

Not overrated but I was like that with Pearl Harbor. underpants Dec 2024 #38

Anything with Adam Sandler or Jim Carey bif Dec 2024 #39

For recent movies, it hast to be Barbie. Xavier Breath Dec 2024 #40

"The Three Stooges" ificandream Dec 2024 #43

Another vote for Forest Gump - it required way, way too much... 3catwoman3 Dec 2024 #45