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[–] JackbyDev 12 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

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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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

There's lots of them but one that hasn't been mentioned is Sucker Punch. It's 6.1 on IMDB and 22% on Rotten Tomatoes and I loved the visuals.

Also, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is terrible but everyone needs to watch the opening sequence

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Van Wilder

Soundtrack is incredible, it's one of Tara Reid's best roles, the cast is absolutely stacked, and IMO it's basically Deadpool without the costume. It's Ryan Reynolds best movie to date, and if he doesn't return for a second (the sequel doesn't exist) his career afterwards is ultimately pointless.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Batman V Superman from 2016.

My local theatre had an early early show: an early morning premiere, a day earlier than the official release date.

In spite of the, frankly, stupid trailer #2, I was still excited to see the first live action movie with Batman and Superman with my fellow nerds.

We came out of the theatre thinking it was a good movie, with Lex Luthor’s odd shenanigans aside (mannerisms, maintaining tabs on meta humans with well designed logos, etc.).

I specifically remember appreciating and talking about the movie’s score (Hans Zimmer), cinematography (Larry Fong), and costumes (Michael Wilkinson and Ironhead Studios).

While driving back, one of us checked the reviews and box office indications, and it was abysmal. The reaction was so bad that there was unspoken agreement between us to never talk about it again in public.

I still like the movie, and like the Ultimate Edition even more. But I wasn’t a fan of all the movies that followed.

E: grammar

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Kangaroo Jack (2003) for me. It's not objectively good but I found it silly and fun, and it's one of my dad's favorite movies. Never really understood why it's so panned (9% critic and 29% audience on Rotten Tomatoes)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The Ice Pirates is a damn fun movie. Very camp 80s sci-fi.

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[–] tyler 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The first Silent Hill movie and the Tim Burton Charlie and the Chocolate Factory stand out for me. The consensus seems to be that they suck, but I like 'em.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks 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.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Beowulf (2007).

Yes, the cgi aged badly, but everyone panned it for the plot change, which was the thing I liked about it the most!

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 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.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I showed my friends Rubber. It's a movie about a serial killer tire. I think it's great. Everyone I've showed it to thought it was terrible.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Back in the day before RT, it was Ishtar. My parents loved that movie.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There is nothing wrong with Ishtar as a film. It's not perfect, but it's actually a decent comedy. The problem is that the production ran over budget by such a huge amount that it killed Elaine May's directing career and it became a meme even before memes were a thing.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Freddy got fingered is the most notorious example of a movie with very funny/memorable scenes that got hated.

Palm Springs should have had best movie oscar, much less nominated, is my biggest pet peave.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

Land of the Lost (2009)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Dude Where's My Car?

Nothing spectacular but I thought it was pretty funny. I still remember laughing my ass off at individual scenes. I read ten or eleven reviews of it, and all of them except one said it was the worst movie they had ever seen. Not just bad - the WORST movie they'd EVER seen. Wat?

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