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PixelPerfect on 23 July 2015

I can't say it was amazing but calling it the worst thing to happen to cinema is a bit of a stretch.



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Ganoncrotch on 23 July 2015

No it isn't.



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Kotastic on 23 July 2015

You should replace "cinema" with "memes"



Ucouldntbemorewrong on 23 July 2015

Took my 6 year old daughter to it last week, one of the worst movies I have seen in a while, to bad DM 1 and 2 were quite good and enjoyable. Could not wait till this one was over. Daughter was even Meh about movie once we got out usally she says right after can we get that movie when it comes out.



Ultrashroomz on 23 July 2015

Erm... no?



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CladInShadows on 23 July 2015

Worst thing to happen to social media. That's about it.



celador on 23 July 2015

No. This is already worse, and hasn't been released yet.



Mr_No on 23 July 2015
Augen said:
No. There is still great family films like "Inside Out" this Summer.

Worst thing to happen to Cinema was the Production Code of Censorship that retarded film development in the US for years back in the 50s and into the 60s. Once it was gone we saw a boom in creativity in the 1970s.

I did not know about that Production Code of Censorship, but it is true that by the 70's, movies became less restricted, which in turn made that decade one of the best in cinematography if not the best.



Augen on 23 July 2015
Mr_No said:
Augen said:
No. There is still great family films like "Inside Out" this Summer.

Worst thing to happen to Cinema was the Production Code of Censorship that retarded film development in the US for years back in the 50s and into the 60s. Once it was gone we saw a boom in creativity in the 1970s.

I did not know about that Production Code of Censorship, but it is true that by the 70's, movies became less restricted, which in turn made that decade one of the best in cinematography if not the best.

It is also known as the Hays Code

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_Picture_Production_Code

Thank goodness for other nations pushing the envelope and stealing light away from Hollywood to finally break, but it was a terrible era.



Mr_No on 23 July 2015

Well... I expected you to make an argument on how pointless the movie was, being a spin-off of a more successful movie. On how producers expect to make tons of money by copying what people liked about a movie and pasting it into a new canvas, milking it 'till they can't make money out of it. Or I thought you were gonna mention how creatively lazy the movie was.

Is Minions the worst thing that happened to cinema? Don't think so. There are many recent movies that could fit in what you've said. If you had mentioned any of the most recent Adam Sandler movies, or The Human Centipede, then I'd agree with you. But this is all subjective, I suppose.