Napoleon Dynamite. The main thing I got from the movie was that know I know where a meme comes from.
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I've never understood the fascination people had/have with this movie.
The inglorious bastards. It treats a very serious subject matter with too much quirky humor.
Also the Nazi slaughter group is basically like an Einsatz Gruppe, but for slaughtering German soldiers. Literally locking people in a building (often a church) and then setting it ablaze was a technique used against Jews.
Just reversing the roles doesn't make it an act that's worth cheering for, like people did in the cinema when I saw it. I couldn't detach myself from that, hence why I did personally not enjoy it.
Inglorious Bastards ain't your average war flick or history lesson, it's Tarantino doing his offbeat thing. The humor's not mocking the war, but poking at the villains. The Basterds are soldiers, not a hit squad against innocents. The cinema cheers? That's just folks enjoying seeing the Nazis get some comeuppance. If you didn't dig it, cool. But remember, Tarantino's all about pushing buttons and sparking chatter. If it got under your skin, maybe it hit the mark.
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I tried twice to watch The Godfather and fell asleep both times. Nothing about it caught me at all.
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Mean Girls is ok. It has some good meme quotes, but it isn't really a good movie.
Heathers is better for that kind of movie
No country for old men. I get that it's supposed to be bleak and not resolve at the end. I still hate that it's bleak and doesn't resolve at the end. I didn't really get the "amazingness" of the coin flip scene either.
I also thought Blade Runner was ok, but the whole "tears in the rain" monologue is so hyped on the internet that it was a bit meh when it actually happened.
No country for old men. I get that it's supposed to be bleak and not resolve at the end. I still hate that it's bleak and doesn't resolve at the end.
Yes! I was expecting more, and was left feeling cheated at the end with no resolution. It felt like wasted time.
Rocky Horror has one of the weakest 3rd acts I've ever seen.
Ive never seen the live show so it might just be pains trying to fit a 2 act musical into a traditional 3 act movie
I have watched it a bunch. But saw it first a live cast and with people who were really into it. So any re-watch brings me back to that time. Being high helps lol
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Maybe not a cult classic but the highly praised adaptation of Little Women (2019). It did not have the positive flow and feel compared to the 1994 version. Also, having a 22 year old actress playing the young version of Amy was not a good choice, her sitting between the other girls at school looked ridiculous.
The Big Lebowski is extremely boring and nonsensical.
Breakfast club. It doesn't age well. Bender commits sexual assault, and he's the hero.
It's crazy and disturbing how normalized sexual harassment and assault are in movies from decades past.
The first Mad Max movie, just feels like a slog at times to get through and when you finally finish it there's no resolution it's just a cliffhanger into the next movie.
I had a little personal crisis when I watched The Big Lebowski for the first time and just hated it. I was so bored.
I'll have to give it another go and hope I get it .
This was mine as well. It's mildly amusing, but I really don't get the massive hype on it.
Pulp Fiction
Repo! The Genetic Opera. I could not get into it at all.
Donnie Darko.
Not a terrible movie, just an extremely odd film of which I have never understood the cult following.
I always recommend watching the director's cut. It's like a totally different movie and gives more context.
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I'll be honest. WarGames. I'm a big fan of 80s movies, but when I saw WarGames, it was very much meh.
I'm afraid to watch the Princess Bride because everyone I know loves it and begs me to watch it and I'm afraid it will be terrible and when they ask me how it was I'll have to lie
Faces of Death (1978)
The first viewing was full of shock value.
After that it was not my cup of tea. Repulsive on many levels.
Now that subject matter is just a normal Tuesday on Reddit.
Rocky Horror Picture Show was dumb as fuck.
Is supposed to be, itβs the essence of camp.
Big Lebowski .. I mean I enjoyed it but not enough to join the cult
βThatβs just, likeβ¦ your opinion, man.
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Synecdoche New York. Every one of my friends whoβve seen it think itβs brilliant. I tried watching it and felt like I was losing my mind. I know thatβs the point, but that doesnβt make it a good movie!
Jupiter Ascending. It's just all around terrible, and not in the it's-so-bad-it's-good way. I don't get the appeal.
Does anyone really think its a cult film? I think it's just a bad movie.
I find there are few cult classics that can be found by future generations and maintain their cult status outside of the truly timeless greats like Rocky Horror Picture Show or similar. There's a nostalgia associated with most cult films. I can't imagine GenZ glomming onto Better off Dead or Ferris Bueller's Day Off or The Goonies because so much of the camp and humor is tied to a time they don't have a reference for.
Agreed. There are many that are definitely generational. I think Office Space transcends well. When it came out I was probably 10, I didn't have an office job until I was in my late 20s. It was sort of funny when I saw it as an adult, but after working in a cube farm for the first time I saw it in an entirely new light. Rolling Kansas is a good one too. Just a weird-ass, slow paced comedy about some potheads looking for their parent's long lost pot farm and running into Rip Torn along the way lol
Funny you used Rocky Horror as a counter example when that is my answer to the post lol
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Almost all of them when I had read the book first.
The Hobbit
The latest (The Hobbit) I got my son to read the book, then watch the movies and he's like 'Whaaaaaa???' because they tried to amplify it into a blockbuster.
So yes, Great movie - but sucked after reading the book.
The latest The Hobbit(s) were terrible, the old animated film was actually not bad.
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I can't stand the Fifth Element. On paper, it should be perfect for me but I just find it really obnoxious.
I wholeheartedly disagree but can understand why. I love it, but I feel like if I watched it now, I wouldnβt, or at least not nearly as much as I remember. Itβs pretty over the top, but Chris tucker as ruby rhod is one of my favorite parts. I think it was also the time it came out. There wasnβt a whole lot like it, that I can remember.
Don't overthink about rewatching it. The movie's unique style still stands out today. Ruby Rhod? Still a standout character. The timeless themes? Still hit home. And its unique spot in the sci-fi genre? Still uncontested. This isn't just some '90s relic, it's a movie that's stood the test of time. Give it another go, you might find it's held up better than you think.
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Galaxy Quest. I wouldn't say it was a huge disappointment, it was fine, but as someone who has never seen any Star Trek I feel like a lot of the enjoyment was lost on me.
2001 Space Odyssey.
It's just so bad. Objectively bad. And I rarely use that term, because movies and art are so subjective.
It feels like it was trying to be a showcase of 1960's film technology, and I've got nothing about that. It's shot well, and it's kinda cool seeing how they had to do things back then.
But the plot feels like it was written mostly during a bad acid trip that just wouldn't end. I'm fully convinced that its one of those things that people pretend to like so they can pretentiously chortle with their film buddies about "how the common man just doesn't have the attention span needed to appreciate it."
It's an hour too long and the plot is so basic yet so overly convoluted.
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