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jgvol

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Re: OT - TV shows and Movies
« Reply #798 on: July 17, 2025, 10:13:26 AM »
What's the worst show that you've ever binge watched from start to finish?

Tough question, because when I decide something sucks, I don't finish it.

The closest I came however, was -- Stranger Things.

From my recollection, it started very strong for Season 1 & 2, and did a nosedive into the crapper very soon thereafter.

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« Reply #799 on: July 17, 2025, 11:12:44 AM »
Mad Men.
would be my answer but the show was so boring and stupid I couldn’t keep watching it and gave up on it almost immediately.

I’ll say walking dead, but not sure it counts because I didn’t watch every season. it started off great but just got so bad I actually quit watching it- but I kept watching for a couple seasons longer than I would’ve just based on the strength of the first 3-4 seasons.

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Re: OT - TV shows and Movies
« Reply #800 on: July 17, 2025, 11:15:23 AM »
I think Mad Men is the best drama on television, ever.
The Sopranos?????

James Galdofini is one of the most brilliant actors ever and his performance as Tony Soprano is the greatest acting we have ever seen on the television screen imo. 

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« Reply #801 on: July 17, 2025, 11:16:57 AM »
The Sopranos?????

James Galdofini is one of the most brilliant actors ever and his performance as Tony Soprano is the greatest acting we have ever seen on the television screen imo.
I hated the Sopranos.  Wanted them all dead after the first couple of episodes.  So... yeah, no.

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Re: OT - TV shows and Movies
« Reply #802 on: July 17, 2025, 11:34:06 AM »
I think a bad series might be one you watched decades ago and liked, and watched again and thought it was campy or poorly done.

Otherwise, you're not watching it for long.


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Re: OT - TV shows and Movies
« Reply #803 on: July 17, 2025, 11:48:58 AM »
I hated the Sopranos.  Wanted them all dead after the first couple of episodes.  So... yeah, no.
man that’s wild lol.

James Gandolfini and Eddie Falco’s blowout fights are the most realistic acting I think I’ve ever seen on television. It feels like you’re a fly on the wall watching a fucked up dysfunctional married couple in some gnarly fights and not sitting on your couch watching a television show. Their chemistry was so on point and they were both phenomenal actors.

Gandolfini was so incredible in that role- he could go through like 6 different emotions in a single scene- and when he was on the screen you couldn’t take your eyes off of him. He disappeared into the role and became Tony Soprano on the television screen the way Daniel Day-Lewis disappears into his roles and becomes his characters on the movie screen. He was at that high a level of acting imo.

Not only was it an unbelievable drama, but that show to me had some of the funniest characters and most hilarious moments in tv history- Uncle Junior, Paulie Walnuts, and Christopher were downright hilarious at times.

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« Reply #804 on: July 17, 2025, 11:54:01 AM »
I hated the Sopranos.  Wanted them all dead after the first couple of episodes.  So... yeah, no.
Ya wasn't much for the The God Father flicks either, funny all the bent groupies espousing the virtues of this "GENRE". Puhleeze
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Re: OT - TV shows and Movies
« Reply #805 on: July 17, 2025, 11:59:05 AM »
Ya wasn't much for the The God Father flicks either, funny all the bent groupies espousing the virtues of this "GENRE". Puhleeze
What the F. 

GF 1 & 2 are absolutely incredible…3rd one however is absolutely awful.

Casino & The Irishmen are awful movies imo.   

Goodfellas is good, but kinda overrated imo. 

Donnie Brasco is one of the most underrated movies ever. Pacino & Johnny Depp were excellent in that. 

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« Reply #806 on: July 17, 2025, 12:01:07 PM »
Serpico was decent and maybe kill the Irishman involving Cleveland mobsters were decent. As they were based on true stories/actual events
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« Reply #807 on: July 17, 2025, 12:02:48 PM »
Yup agree with Nubbz,  I hate mobster movies and the entire genre.  Hard pass.

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« Reply #808 on: July 17, 2025, 12:10:22 PM »
Yup agree with Nubbz,  I hate mobster movies and the entire genre.  Hard pass.
like all movies I only like them if the writing, story/character development and acting is on point.

GF I & II are probably the two best films I’ve ever seen, and I think II is probably better than I - but really they could be seen as one giant like 6 hour film. They take place in and around the mob but they aren’t actually about the mob. And I mean for Christ sake you have Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, and Robert Duvall in those movies. Brando is the greatest actor who ever lived and those other 3 guys aren’t exactly chopped liver themselves. 

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« Reply #809 on: July 17, 2025, 12:21:37 PM »
like all movies I only like them if the writing, story/character development and acting is on point.

GF I & II are probably the two best films I’ve ever seen, and I think II is probably better than I - but really they could be seen as one giant like 6 hour film. They take place in and around the mob but they aren’t actually about the mob. And I mean for Christ sake you have Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, and Robert Duvall in those movies. Brando is the greatest actor who ever lived and those other 3 guys aren’t exactly chopped liver themselves.
Yeah I know you like the GF movies.  I don't.

That's cool, it's okay for people to like different things and have different opinions.

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« Reply #810 on: July 17, 2025, 12:24:00 PM »
like all movies I only like them if the writing, story/character development and acting is on point.

GF I & II are probably the two best films I’ve ever seen, and I think II is probably better than I - but really they could be seen as one giant like 6 hour film. They take place in and around the mob but they aren’t actually about the mob. And I mean for Christ sake you have Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, and Robert Duvall in those movies. Brando is the greatest actor who ever lived and those other 3 guys aren’t exactly chopped liver themselves.
James Caan!
U RAH RAH! WIS CON SIN!

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Re: OT - TV shows and Movies
« Reply #811 on: July 17, 2025, 12:36:43 PM »
James Caan!
he was great as Sonny for sure, but he isn't quite at the same level as some of the other actors in that movie. John Cazale who played Fredo and was in Dog Day Afternoon and The Deer Hunter was an amazing actor as well- forgot about him. when Jimmy Caan was like the 6th or 7th best actor in the movie- you know that movie is loaded with talent. 

 

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