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My boss got bored of this and turned it off


He must not like slow-burn, "arty" comic-book supervillain movies.

He did, however, LOVE the Lion King remake. There's no pleasing some people.

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tell him the 'joke' is on him

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I tried to explain how great this movie is, and what he was missing, but he actually rolled his eyes up when I brought up TDK and Batman'89!

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Well, TDK was vastly superior to this Joker movie which was extremely uneventful and underwhelming.

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"Joker" is the real deal and I think it's superior to TDK.

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Pirate TV?

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The Lion King remake is not a bad movie. The problem is that it's a exact copy from the original one with new visuals. Visuals were better, animation and voice acting much worse. In general it's worse than the original, but the original was very good, so there's margin.

If you get make an exact copy from Raider's of Lost Ark, it's gonna be a good movie, how couldn't it be? But... it will be just a copy.

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the biggest problems were

-some of the best things in the originals were seeing the reactions and expressions of characters. these "realistic" animals have neither

- since its more grounded in reality. all the music numbers are massively toned down.

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how do you turn off a movie in a cinema?

i have heard of walkouts.... never heard that you actually find the movie projector and turn it off.

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I don't think he saw it in the cinema.

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exactly...... just how can you be so stupid to out yourself like that, and his boss for that matter.

but since it's not out on home media, only option is a cam bootleg recorded in a movie theatre.
now who watches shit like that?


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"but since it's not out on home media, only option is a cam bootleg recorded in a movie theatre.
now who watches shit like that?"

Nice try but it is a HD copy. If a film has to be seen in a cinema to be fully enjoyed then it can't be that good of a film.

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Pirated streaming copies of movies don't tend to garner positive reviews or positive movie watching experiences. The Pirateer normally has zero investment (emotional or financial) in movies and they tend to have limited attention spans. You'll get a lot of "Sure glad I didn't pay to see it".

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You're saying that you have more positive experiences because you paid for the movie.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choice-supportive_bias
It's actually you the one who's not an objective reviewer.

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[–] MovieElephant (37) 6 hours ago
You're saying that you have more positive experiences because you paid for the movie.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choice-supportive_bias
It's actually you the one who's not an objective reviewer.
That's is an interesting perspective that I was also uniquely aware of. Thanks for sharing. Except I didn't say, "that you have more positive experiences because you paid for the movie."

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If he didn't like it, so what?

No film in history has ever been liked by everyone. His opinion of it doesn't change your enjoyment.

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It certainly does not.

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Just go into his office and start beating yourself up ala Fight Club and you'll get a promotion.

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