• modifier@lemmy.ca
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    53 minutes ago

    Not as extreme as the case in the OP, but I’m often surprised how “meh” a reaction Don’t Look Up got. Maybe people think it was heavy handed? Too on the nose? I don’t know but most folks seem to think it was at best merely “okay”.

    For me, I place it next to Idiocracy as one of the most prescient films about what is in store for us. I think after this last election day, it seems even more prescient. On top of that, it is legitimately funny with really good performances, especially from Jennifer Lawrence.

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      21 minutes ago

      Yeah, I’d call it heavy handed. It felt like it was a message first. Not as bad as the Daily Wire stuff, but going down that road. Even if I agree with the message, it felt contrived.

      Just my two cents though.

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      It suffers from the “Reality is Unrealistic” trope. Seems so on the nose and heavy handed, yet is literally exactly how it would happen (and is arguably already happening).

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      31 minutes ago

      It’s one of the least forgettable movie I’ve seen in a while (it’s a good thing) and the concept is just so good because it’s idiotic but at the same time completely true

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    22 minutes ago

    This is your regular reminder that a 20% on Rotten Tomatoes means that 20% of reviewers liked the movie. The RT score represents chance that a reviewer liked it, not overall weighted score or how much they enjoyed it.

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    Batman and Robin. I KNOW it’s cheesy as hell but I was a kid and I loved it. I loved the aesthetic of Gotham but found the previous Batman villains too scary (Penguin, Two Face) but Mr Freeze and Poison Ivy weren’t scary at all. It was a romp!

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      47 minutes ago

      It want’s to be cheesy and not serious like the newer Batman movies. It’s like the series with Adam West. People not liking it are expecting something other.

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    Going to give an old example and a new example.

    I remember liking the Aeon Flux movie. Don’t remember too much about it, but I remember enjoying it, and favorably comparing it to Ultraviolet which came out around the same time. Recently I heard someone bring it up in a podcast as a terrible movie and it turns out it’s pretty universally panned lol.

    A more recent example is The Watchers. I thought it was pretty good and kept my interest the whole time, but seems pretty middling from reviews. A lot of people especially didn’t like the ending, which I guess was kind of sudden, but still alright imo. Not noteworthy in being especially bad or anything.

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    Not as bad as watching a movie with friends when everyone else loved it and you were the only one who hated it lol. It feels so much more visceral.

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    Star Wars: The Last Jedi

    I saw it the day it came out and thought it was a brilliant departure from the macguffin-based plots that had come before, and it showed so many different things that had never been in a Star Wars movie before.

    Turns out all Star Wars fans want is more of the exact same that had been in the previous 7 movies.

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    I thought Speed Racer was visually fantastic, and did a good job capturing some of the feel of the original show while putting a more modern spin on it. John Goodman feels like he can do no wrong. I just had a good time with it the whole time through.

    It seems most people didn’t feel the same way I did

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    I watched the Last Airbender movie before seeing the cartoon.

    It’s not a bad kung fu movie, except for the casting. Not great, but it was a fun watch. Now that I’ve seen the cartoon, I understand why the folx who grew up with it refuse to acknowledge it’s existence.

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    I have a friend who recommends literally every single thing he watches. He’ll watch the stupidest movie in the world and be like “wow, that was awesome!”. I envy how much enjoyment he can receive from terrible movies and TV shows.

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    I thought Battlefield Earth had a cool concept when I was like 13. I watched it again a few years ago and it’s hilariously bad. 90% of the movie is Dutch angles

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    I loved Equilibrium and was surprised it wasn’t rated as good.

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      I cried harder at that dog scene in that movie than any other movie ever. Even right now I’m tearing up thinking about it. It may have been in part because I watched it alone so I didn’t feel the need to filter myself at all and there wasn’t anyone to comfort me. Fuck, man. Fuck.

      But yeah, apart from that, I liked it too. It’s a bit cheesy, sure, but I really enjoyed a lot of it. I thought the gun stuff was cool. I forget the name they have it. Gun Kata or something? Like when they’d slide into a pitch black room and just shoot all around them. That was cool. It’s such a cheesy thing but so cool lol.

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      I’ve never met a person who I know has seen it but doesn’t like Equilibrium.

      …And it’s at a 7.3 on IMDb. That’s a pretty good rating.

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        Huh that’s interesting. I kinda remember it not being that well received at the time. It did get a cult following over the years so maybe the IMDb rating has gone up since then?

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          It was widely compared to the matrix which I did, but watching later it is a great movie in its own right

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          It flopped at the box and was regarded as a ripoff of the matrix’s aesthetics by critics. But it was well received by home audiences. I remember it fondly as a quick to syndication movie. It definitely has some lows in quality at points and the plot could’ve been stronger. But its highs were very solid.

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      2 hours ago

      I nearly literally started a friendship based on showing the other person this movie. It’s a fantastic movie and apparently why Christian Bale was chosen as Batman.

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      This is why I’ve adopted the ACG-style rating for reviewing stuff. So, for movies it’ll be basically: must watch asap; wait till available to stream/BD/pirate; watch if you got nothing else to watch; skip.

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    This is actually why I like rotten tomatoes, breaks apart the critics and the fans.

    I recall going to a movie with friends, walking out and saying “that was terrible” and my friend saying “what, that was good”. Debate ensued in the group.

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      Honestly nothing gets me more interested in a movie than when the reviews are greatly divisive—it’s usually a sign that the director/writer is doing something bold or at least interesting. I know that for the most part that if I go see a movie like that even if I don’t love it I’ll at least be glad I watched it.

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    For me this is the matrix sequels and Indiana Jones 4. All of them are absolutely fantastic.

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    2 hours ago

    Oh my God you guys you need to watch The Naked Man

    I’m telling you it’s fucking hilarious. I swear. Look:

    Estranged pharmacist’s son who is a savant at chiropractor by day/underground pro-wrestler by night goes on a murderous rampage to avenge his father’s murder at the hands of a quadriplegic pharmacutical ceo and his elvis impersonator bodyguard.

    He uses his knowledge of wrestling and the human skeleton to commit devastating chiropractic attacks on his enemies.

    He’s chased by a detective who’s a genius but also clinically depressed and…You must watch this movie. I’m not crazy! It’s amazing!

    Please!

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      Er, uh… wow.

      The writer must’ve been on some serious hallucinogens! Haha

      (off to find a copy…)