What horrible movies were you forced to watch and why?

That seems like pretty bad judgement on his part. By looking at your top ten, I wouldn't recommend anything of the like. Did he know of your taste?

well he didn't know what the film was either. I don't think either of us would have chosen it were it not free, even though he definitely was more into art films than I ever will be.

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Edge of Tomorrow: I wouldn't say it's horrible, but I watched against my will because my brother promised it would be better than Brave...I'm not sure that was much of a promise.

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Yeah, about the only movies that could get me to the theaters these days are animated movies because I usually at least somewhat enjoy them.

I love How To Train Your Dragon as does just about every adult I know.

Well everyone else who watched it liked it too. I guess I'm the only one who doesn't like How to Train Your Dragon. But it was just an hour and a half sitting on the top of the sofa, because the room was crowded. People were even sitting on the floor. So it was uncomfortable and boring for me.

Mark needs to stop being so insecure and accept that people have different opinions than him, rather than challenge their credentials in a petty manor. Not everyone has to like Citizen Kane just because it's regarded as a classic.

No, they should like it because it's great.

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Nah not really - liking has more to do with personal preferences - you but you can still appreciate greatness. Big difference lol

I think that was mark's point when asking about which films they'd seen which were better in a critical viewing.

Hard to tell with Mark

You should probably know that the reason everyone here is defending Mark and respects his opinion is because he is the exact opposite person that you seem to think he is.

If you would spend some time on here and get to know people's personalities instead of showing up fifteen minutes a week to pick fights you might understand that.

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I got the impression he was drive-by trolling a newbie who's opinion bugged him, since he has a history of doing that. Notice how the user has only 7 posts, and Mark has no contribs in this thread other than dissing a newbie's opinion?

I'm calling him out - I know he won't reply because people who do that aren't used to being confronted - he tried the same thing on me, then when I called him out he backed off without a word, lol.

I am not going to speak for him because I know he doesn't want or need me to. What I will say is mine and your first experiences on this site are very different.

Normally I wouldn't go on with this, but I feel that's one of the reasons that UF hasn't returned and I don't want that to happen again with a member who's given so much for the sake of making a post.

You really couldn't be more wrong about mark. He'd love nothing more, well, except watch films of course, I think, than to sit and talk movies all day with most people, but he can't for health reasons. Not via a keyboard, at least. That's one of the reasons his posts are short now. If you want to know what he thinks about a film, try and find somewhere on the site where he's talked about the film before. You might not agree, I often don't , but he had no problem being able to explain his point and get it over in a way which made even the most unappreciative audience (often me again) understand why he thought what he did.

He may be a little crankier now and his posts are far less frequent and much shorter (for instance, go look at the movie tab. He might've only watched about half as many films back then, but each entry would usually have quite a bit written about it and he'd always be happy to expand on any and all points raised) but he's still a much valued, respected and loved member of the site.

Of course you don't have to like him or respect him or anything else. But if you don't like him, at least be sure about who you don't like.

This isn't me having a go at you, BTW, but I know who you think mark is and who he is is wrong.

I'll just put it this way - the only time I've had contact with the guy is him showing up out of the blue and making snarky "drive-by" comments; I'm assuming just because he disagrees with the opinion. When I called him out on this, he started doing the same thing - just passive-aggressively wording the comments in "3rd person" instead of addressing me directly. From the post in this thread to another newer user it looks like he has a habit of flaming newbies.

If he has health issues then my heart goes out to him, but if he keeps up his routine of sniping at me or others like that then I'll continue to be annoyed.

Here's just a few random examples:

http://www.movieforums.com/community...99#post1092599

http://www.movieforums.com/community...20#post1092820

Both those examples are from the same day. That may or may not be of any consequence, but I thought I'd raise it. Maybe he was having a bad day that day or, maybe, he saw two posts/reviews of two films from the same person, neither of which really review the films.

Beyond the content, I can't think of a reason for the von Trier comment. Maybe Von Trier made a comment about how he loved it? Maybe it's to do with Von Trier's Funny Games and his reasons for making it? That's what I took it to be.

Your post about Juno is almost exclusively about young high school mothers and society rather than the film itself. Whilst that's not invalid, his comment about reviewing the film rather than your feelings about the subject are valid, IMO. You don't have to address them, you've made your post and, if you're happy with it fine, but I think he's trying to provoke your thoughts about the film, rather than the subject matter.

I could be wrong. I probably am. Maybe that's why I've annoyed him so much over the years.

The Last Airbender: Do not get me wrong the show is one of the top 10 greatest shows of all time not just in animation but the second I found out who the director is I did not want to watch it. But my friend convinced me to give the movie a chance and I was dragged with him to watch it.

One of the worst pieces of **** that my eyes have seen

At last! A cinematic soulmate...I have never gotten the appeal of It's a Wonderful Life either...that movie bores the crap out of me and I have understood the universal love it has earned.