Unpopular Opinions Thread

[MrNubbz]

My unpopular opinion-- I don't like either one of them.  I hate mob movies in general.  

Junior - you get a Yuengling

[FearlessF]

Unpopular opinion:  Godfather III isn't really that bad....in a vacuum.

When lumped in with the first two it can't help but disappoint fans because tonally it's just so different.  The first two movies do a thing, and then the third comes along and doesn't even seem like it's trying to do that thing, let alone succeed. 

But on its own merits, divorced from comparison to the other two, it was okay. 

2 hours of your life wasted

[847badgerfan]

2?

[betarhoalphadelta]

I think I've seen The Godfather, start to finish. Maybe once. Have never seen II or III. 

I actually haven't seen the 2nd or 3rd LOTR movies, despite reading the books at age ~13, and then re-reading them in college when they started making the movies. Haven't seen the Hobbit. Haven't watched the 2nd or 3rd Matrix movies. I've seen Star Wars 1, 4-6, 7-9, Solo, and Rogue One. I've vaguely seen bits and pieces of movies 2 and 3 when the kids were watching them, but have never sat through them straight through. 

I don't watch a lot of movies, tbh...

[jgvol]

I've never seen any of the "Godfather" flicks.  Always meant to, but haven't.

I'll turn in my man card.

[847badgerfan]

I've probably seen 1 & 2 at least 50 times each, and I still pick things up that I missed.

Very complex and brilliant.

[Cincydawg]

I agree about GF, I think I appreciated them more when rewatching years later, I'm better able to pick up on dialog and acting and worry less about where it's headed.

I like a lot of the famous mafia movies.

An unusual series I really like is "Pride and Prejudice", the BBC multipart production.  I thought the book was terrific also.

A quasi-unpopular opinion my wife has is she does not want to live in France at all, no way.  She'd like us to spend maybe a month there in Provence some time.

If we do that, I'll be soaking up rays, drinking wine, eating cheese.  I don't know what makes them run.

[FearlessF]

soaking up rays, drinking wine, eating cheese

sound much like San Diego 

[utee94]

soaking up rays, drinking wine, eating cheese

sound much like San Diego

Wine and cheese are much, much better in France.

Rays are better in San Diego-- as long as it's midday in August.

[FearlessF]

[Cincydawg]

I used to be friendly (through my wife) of the top French chef in Cincy.  Sadly, he passed away fairly recently, but we have reservations at his one remaining restaurant in August when we go up.  It is really good IMHO.  Anyway, he told me the one food item better in the US is beef.  He chatted about how tough it is to get the right kinds of basics like flour and spices here that emulate French "cuisine" (which literally means kitchen, not food).

Le Bar à Boeuf - Bistro at Edgecliff Condos - East Walnut Hills - Cincinnati

I still have a hard time understanding why French restaurants almost don't exist in a city the size of ATL.  There are a handful that claim to be French, but the two that were close to French both closed.  Maybe I'm too persnickety.

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[FearlessF]

French Bistros are mostly very expensive
that's the only reason I can see that they don't do well

[847badgerfan]

I'd sit at the bar and have the soup and a burger with frittes.

[bayareabadger]

The back up quarterback is usually a back up for a reason and even if a coach is wrong, they’re wrong for reasons that still have to do with being much much smarter about football than you.