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[–] [email protected] 6 points 38 minutes ago (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 minutes ago

I really liked that movie. Great example for me, too.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 16 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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 minutes ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 47 minutes ago (1 children)

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!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 32 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 39 minutes ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

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.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 minutes ago

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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 58 minutes ago

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

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Fuck β€˜em.

A good movie is a movie you enjoyed watching. Full stop.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 48 minutes ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 hour ago

Honestly nothing gets me more interested in a movie than when the reviews are greatly divisiveβ€”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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

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!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 50 minutes ago

Er, uh... wow.

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

(off to find a copy...)

[–] tyler 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

All of the 3 ninjas movies. I was telling my wife about them and was talking about how great they were (this was like a decade ago) and went to look them up. Like 0-35% on rotten tomatoes depending on which one.

3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain is particularly bad at 0% critic score, 29% audience score, and a 3 on IMDb.

I loved all the 3 ninjas movies so much though.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

As a kid, I couldn't believe how funny Wild Wild West is

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 hours ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 47 minutes ago

I think it did.

But I grew up watching the TV show, and others like it (Get Smart), and appreciate the style of humor.

I think the divide on this is knowing what that genre is about, and some people just don't appreciate that kind of humor.

I get it, I like these movies/shows, but don't like the 3 Stooges.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

I still think the movie slaps

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

Me too! I saw it in theaters and cracked up the whole time. Haven’t watched it again since then, but I did listen to an interview with the director who essentially disowned the movie. He said something to the effect of: β€œthe couple of moments that were cute were not worth the overall quality of the film.” He said Klein and Smith had no chemistry. He also basically confirmed the Will Smith MIB fart rumor in the same interview.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 53 minutes ago (1 children)

I love Reign of Fire. And honestly I think the CGI has held up surprisingly well for a 2002 movie (although not at all perfect).

6.2/10 IMBD, 41% critic/49% audience on Rotten Tomatoes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 14 minutes ago

One of McConaughey's most iconic characters. The fact he is introduced as a crazy evil antagonist but transitions to badass bro of the protagonist by the end of the movie is genius.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

For me, it was The Fastest Guitar Alive. I remember loving it as a kid, then looked it up recently to a surprising metacritic rating.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Alien Romulus. Me and my friends fucking loved that movie and were blown away so we were surprised to see how many people hated it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

That movie has no originality. I just wanted something new and all we got was a rehash of the original alien movie, but with attractive kids.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 minute ago

I thought it did some cool stuff with making the Facehuggers scary again and the

Tap for spoilerHybrid alien was cool. Although apparently that was a reference to an alien movie I haven't seen yet or something?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 42 minutes ago

That's a fair assessment of that movie. I still liked it tho.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 hours ago

Land of the Lost (2009)

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (2 children)

I'm one of those people that thought Wet Hot American Summer was in the same league as Anchorman. Great cast, great music, littered with one-liners, just irreverant enough. It did eventually come out from under the radar but back in the early 2000s it was a total dud most people hadn't heard of

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I always dissolve into laughter at the 'going into town for supplies' scene. It's just perfect.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

It's always fun to get away from camp, even for an hour!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

Oh man there's a movie with Paul Bettany dressed up like a priest, and it's this post apocalyptic cowboy western, but very horror manga in style, and he has a deeply goofy fight with Daywalker Vampire Karl Urban on top of a moving maglev train.

It's called Priest. I've seen it four times at least. It's real bad.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

Boondock Saints is such a movie, which is a crime

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 hours ago (4 children)

Wagons East was one of my favourite movies growing up and my fam would watch it many multiple of times.

It has a 0% on Rotten Tomatoes.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Happen to me recently with "I saw the TV glowing" I tough it was a good movie, not 9 but maybe 8.5, apparently not, 5.5 by the IMDB voters.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

That’s a lot of A24 stuff tbh. A lot of disagreements between critics and moviegoers, but that’s usually a sign that they’re doing something interesting

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

North [1994]

Loved it as a kid, rewatched it tripping, very funny concept. 4.5 on IMDB

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