Re: Rate the last film you watched : Wed Mar 05, 2014 3:23 pm  

bren2k wrote:

Ted - had this on the Sky box for ages and finally got around to watching; it was puerile, pointless, devoid of humour and lacking any discernible plot or storyline.

0/10 - I'll never get that 90 minutes back; don't make the same mistake.

Have you checked down the back of the sofa for your sense of humour ?

Re: Rate the last film you watched : Wed Mar 05, 2014 7:13 pm  

shinymcshine wrote:

Have you checked down the back of the sofa for your sense of humour ?

Tbf it's not a bad film but close your eyes and it's just peter griffin !!!!

Re: Rate the last film you watched : Wed Mar 05, 2014 7:20 pm  

'Ted' is a 2-star film - If it wasn't made by Seth MacFarlane (who for some reason has been elevated to a Godlike status by some people) then it would have been mainly ignored and would have ended up becoming a staple on Channel 5's film slot.

Re: Rate the last film you watched : Thu Mar 06, 2014 4:46 pm  

shinymcshine wrote:

Have you checked down the back of the sofa for your sense of humour ?

Are you suggesting that 'Ted' is such a perfectly formed piece of comedy that only those people totally devoid of a sense of humour would fail to find it funny?

Re: Rate the last film you watched : Thu Mar 06, 2014 5:04 pm  

Nope, just that it wasn't that bad to be classed a 0/10 film (unless you are devoid of a sense of humour).

Re: Rate the last film you watched : Thu Mar 06, 2014 9:39 pm  

bren2k wrote:

Are you suggesting that 'Ted' is such a perfectly formed piece of comedy that only those people totally devoid of a sense of humour would fail to find it funny?

No-one's saying that. But let's see what you said about it: "puerile, pointless, devoid of humour and lacking any discernible plot or storyline".

"Puerile" - many, many silly comedies are. "Pointless" - arguably, but then again the same could be said of many films. "Devoid of humour" - incorrect. Whether you like it or not, as an out & out comedy it received mostly positive reviews, was huge at the box office and has achieved good ratings on sites such as IMDB, Metacritic & Rotten Tomatoes. "Lacking any discernible plot or storyline" - come on, the plot was extremely simple to discern and understand. A pretty standard formula: the rise & fall & rise again of friendship and a love interest. DId you really find it hard to understand?

Personally, I thought the unsubtle crudeness of the humour became tiresome (probably why the American audience loved it), the film became a bit of a one-trick pony, but overall thought it was ok with a few decent laughs. I'd give it 3/5 simply because it does what it says on the tin.

Re: Rate the last film you watched : Fri Mar 07, 2014 12:58 am  

Cronus wrote:

No-one's saying that. But let's see what you said about it: "puerile, pointless, devoid of humour and lacking any discernible plot or storyline".

"Puerile" - many, many silly comedies are. "Pointless" - arguably, but then again the same could be said of many films. "Devoid of humour" - incorrect. Whether you like it or not, as an out & out comedy it received mostly positive reviews, was huge at the box office and has achieved good ratings on sites such as IMDB, Metacritic & Rotten Tomatoes. "Lacking any discernible plot or storyline" - come on, the plot was extremely simple to discern and understand. A pretty standard formula: the rise & fall & rise again of friendship and a love interest. DId you really find it hard to understand?

Personally, I thought the unsubtle crudeness of the humour became tiresome (probably why the American audience loved it), the film became a bit of a one-trick pony, but overall thought it was ok with a few decent laughs. I'd give it 3/5 simply because it does what it says on the tin.

You're rather missing the point of the thread; this is not a SmokeyTA VT factathon - it's about 'rating' the last film you watched, which is a purely subjective and personal viewpoint. And I stand by my personal view that Ted was utter rubbish.

Re: Rate the last film you watched : Fri Mar 07, 2014 2:14 am  

bren2k wrote:

You're rather missing the point of the thread; this is not a SmokeyTA VT factathon - it's about 'rating' the last film you watched, which is a purely subjective and personal viewpoint. And I stand by my personal view that Ted was utter rubbish.

I didn't think that Ted was as good as I thought it was going to be.

But a 0/10? WTF were you expecting it to be?

Re: Rate the last film you watched : Fri Mar 07, 2014 6:36 pm  

Just watched The Lego Movie and the acting was crap so 0/10.



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Re: Rate the last film you watched : Fri Mar 07, 2014 9:34 pm  

bren2k wrote:

You're rather missing the point of the thread; this is not a SmokeyTA VT factathon - it's about 'rating' the last film you watched, which is a purely subjective and personal viewpoint. And I stand by my personal view that Ted was utter rubbish.

I missed the bit where you offer your little review as "my personal view".

Actually it's probably not worth discussing with someone who couldn't understand the plot of 'Ted'.