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

Napoleon Dynamite. The main thing I got from the movie was that know I know where a meme comes from.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I've never understood the fascination people had/have with this movie.

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

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.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I tried twice to watch The Godfather and fell asleep both times. Nothing about it caught me at all.

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

Mean Girls is ok. It has some good meme quotes, but it isn't really a good movie.

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

Heathers is better for that kind of movie

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

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

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

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

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

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.

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

The Big Lebowski is extremely boring and nonsensical.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Breakfast club. It doesn't age well. Bender commits sexual assault, and he's the hero.

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

It's crazy and disturbing how normalized sexual harassment and assault are in movies from decades past.

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

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.

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

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 .

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

This was mine as well. It's mildly amusing, but I really don't get the massive hype on it.

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

Pulp Fiction

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

Repo! The Genetic Opera. I could not get into it at all.

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

Donnie Darko.

Not a terrible movie, just an extremely odd film of which I have never understood the cult following.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I always recommend watching the director's cut. It's like a totally different movie and gives more context.

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

I'll be honest. WarGames. I'm a big fan of 80s movies, but when I saw WarGames, it was very much meh.

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

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

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

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Rocky Horror Picture Show was dumb as fuck.

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

Is supposed to be, it’s the essence of camp.

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

Big Lebowski .. I mean I enjoyed it but not enough to join the cult

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

β€œThat’s just, like… your opinion, man.

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

Synecdoche New York. Every one of my friends who’ve seen it think it’s brilliant. I tried watching it and felt like I was losing my mind. I know that’s the point, but that doesn’t make it a good movie!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

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

Does anyone really think its a cult film? I think it's just a bad movie.

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

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.

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

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

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

Funny you used Rocky Horror as a counter example when that is my answer to the post lol

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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.

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

The latest The Hobbit(s) were terrible, the old animated film was actually not bad.

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

I can't stand the Fifth Element. On paper, it should be perfect for me but I just find it really obnoxious.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wholeheartedly disagree but can understand why. I love it, but I feel like if I watched it now, I wouldn’t, or at least not nearly as much as I remember. It’s 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 wasn’t a whole lot like it, that I can remember.

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

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

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.

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

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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