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What's the dumbest blockbuster movie you have seen that somehow received high praise?

I’m not saying the worst, otherwise I would need to include the star wars sequels or transformers movies… Just some really dumb movie that somehow got praised.

For me has to be Ready Player One. That movie message is so “uhuh” obvious that is stupid, the whole nerd that saves the world in a thing that otherwise would be useless to know in real life… The so over the top evil gaming corporation. The whole 80s and 90s movies and games references get old after half an hour… And it’s so pandering towards the geeks and nerds, they really want the viewer feeling really cool for knowing that is the Shining hallway, or that is a Monty python reference… Or look a GUNDAM! YOU’RE SO COOL FOR COLLECTING THOSE GUN PLA! Look we have also overwatch and halo in the background! You’re so cool modern gamer!

Also the obviously attractive “nerd” hacker girl that thinks she’s ugly and deformed for having a small hard to see red tint in one side of her pretty face… Cmon man. In no universe anyone would think that actress is ugly.

And the message at the end is so hilarious: Look man, you’re cool for getting these references and being a real gamer is cool, but go outside more!

Is like the creators have no self awareness.

Liz ,

Frozen was 3 hours worth of movie jammed into 1 and a half hours. So much stuff happens that either didn’t need to happen or needed a lot more setup and motivation. I can understand why little kids liked it, I still have no idea why all the young women liked it too.

aphlamingphoenix ,

The sequel was worse: a hackneyed “elements” magic system and a plot that would only work on a much longer time scale. Too much stuff crammed into too little movie.

captain_aggravated ,
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I’m reliably informed there are people who like Michael Bay’s Transformers movies. The most interesting part of the entire series to me was watching a Camaro get into a literal fist fight with a Mustang. Otherwise my memories of the movie were having eye rollingly childish catch phrases boomed down at me, or visuals that are basically just technicolor television snow.

BeMoreCareful ,

I like them because they’re stupid. I do have a problem seeing irony where there is none though.

captain_aggravated ,
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Transformers: Dumb blockbuster movie that somehow received high praise. I think I understood the assignment.

Bronzefish ,

No like is the wrong word. I love them. Don’t know why thou, they are fucking stupid.
I mean its clearly an ad for the military where cars beat up cars. Buuuut Its hilariously epic and very comforting in its shallowness. Normally I am more of a weird indie movie guy. But every time optimus calls out all autobots in the end I cry.

AFC1886VCC ,

Transformers for me was pretty much Megan Fox and nothing else.

MeetInPotatoes ,

There were other people in that movie?

HobbitFoot ,

The hilarious thing is that, in the script, Megan Fox’s character is actually really interesting and multidimensional. And Bay films her as just some T&A.

FookReddit69 OP ,

I’m not complaining tbh.

frezik ,

I thought the first one was at least fun, but had some obviously annoying parts that should have been cut from any sequel.

Then the second one comes out, and the annoying parts of the first are the entire movie of the second.

son_named_bort ,

Cloverfield. It was a monster movie where you barely saw the monster. Instead, we get the story of 4 characters with a camera trying to escape the monster but then going back to rescue their friend and may or may not have been killed by the monster. I don’t know, the movie had no beginning or end and yet it managed to spawn a couple of sequels.

doofy77 ,

I spent most of that movie feeling like I needed to throw up.

rothaine ,

Lol, we still refer to movies shot with a shakey nauseating camera as “filmed Cloverfield-style”

aphlamingphoenix ,

“Filmed on a canoe” is how I put it.

Toribor ,
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I think the mundane perspective and ordinary characters were meant to ground the movie. Most kaiju movies follow elite scientists or squads of soldiers so it’s a bit easier to relate to regular people just bumbling around (and a lot cheaper to film). Found footage stuff seems to be real hit or miss for people though. I definitely understand the desire for more spectacle and a more likeable cast.

iamtrashman1312 ,

I think the mundane perspective and ordinary characters were meant to ground the movie. Most kaiju movies follow elite scientists or squads of soldiers so it’s a bit easier to relate to regular people just bumbling around (and a lot cheaper to film).

See, this is what got me into the theater for Cloverfield, I wanted this movie. It’s a bummer I got it in the form of some particularly jittery found footage. I was hoping for something more akin to those goofy disaster movies, but the disaster is a kaiju; not just in tone, but in how it was shot. As you say, some more spectacle would have gone a long way. That, or to really drill down and get into the “human horror” aspect and maybe make the military/authority figures more antagonistic.

All in all, I guess I’m glad Cloverfield succeeded despite my personal feelings because we got 10 Cloverfield Lane which, while not without problems of its own, I enjoyed much more

Toribor ,
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10 Cloverfield Lane is definitely an overall better film. Man I should watch that one again.

Also I just remembered that The Cloverfield Paradox exists which I had completely forgotten about. That one was a total mess which is a bummer because the overall premise is in my wheelhouse and I love me some good space horror. I’ll just watch Event Horizon instead.

mondoman712 ,

Logan

The whole premise was that they’re in danger and need to get to Canada to be safe (the bad guys don’t have passports I guess 🤷), but have to wait just before they cross the border for everyone to show up seemingly for no reason.

SuperSaiyanSwag ,

They were trying to get to North Dakota initially because that’s where “Eden” is, later Logan is going there to prove to Laura that there is no Eden. Turns out bunch of escaped kids were there and they were planning on going to Canada the next day. Logan gave the impression that Canada won’t really save them (I think I might be remembering this detail wrong).

MeetInPotatoes ,

One of the best superhero movies by far. You take that back sir, and have at thee.

(I can’t find a gauntlet so I’m throwing down a dishwashing glove)

ouRKaoS ,

I think my favorite “recent” superhero movie is the first Guardians of the Galaxy. The whole thing just developed organically and nothing at all felt like filler.

Appoxo ,
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GOTG is a really good movie. But hardly recent being 10 years ago…

MeetInPotatoes ,

It’s probably my most entertaining series by far.

onlooker ,
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James Cameron’s Titanic. It’s marketed as a romantic film, but the moment you start looking at other aspects of the movie, it just seems stupid. The antagonist is so cartoonishly evil, it’s a wonder they didn’t give him a mustache to twirl.

And then there’s the ending. Oh dear lord, the ending. Spoiler warning and all that: at the end of the movie, The Titanic s(t)inks and the passengers try to get to safety. Rose finds a floating door or something to stay afloat and finds Jack swimming in the freezing ocean. Then Jack makes the most non-sensical decision in the entire movie: he sacrifices his own life for no good reason. The plot frames it as a necessary sacrifice, but it totally IS unnecessary, because there was enough room on the stupid door for two people. And then we flash forward to the present, where Rose is old, but still has that gem she wore throughout the movie… and then she tosses it into the ocean. WHY.

Basically the plot boils down to: two young people have a fling on a boat and then the boat sinks. It absolutely did NOT deserve all those academy awards it got that year.

EmoDuck ,

People are STILL bringing up the “there’s enough room” arguments?

The movie LITERALLY shows you why it doesn’t work. At first they both try to climb on it, but they’re too heavy and the stupid thing capsizes. Only then is Jack like “You go take it, Imma good”

Also, Mythbusters tried it and got the same results. 2 people to heavy, 1 ok.

onlooker ,
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It’s been a while since I’ve seen the movie (and have no desire to see it again) and I don’t remember the scene as clearly, so that’s on me. Throwing away the gem was still colossaly stupid, though.

thorbot ,

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    Akasazh ,
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    Dito

    grrk ,
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    No, the Mythbusters actually proved the door could support two people. At the end James Cameron himself basically throws his hands up, concedes and makes some comment about “whatever, if the script says Jack has to die, Jack is dying.” Rewatch the edpisode if ya don’t believe me

    EmoDuck ,

    Yes, after the took off their lifebelts and tied them under the door for adden buoyancy.

    I think two people, already stressed to their teeth, now also suffering from hypothermia can be forgiven for not having the same presence of mind in that situation

    grrk ,
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    Guess i forgot about that detail, so thanks for the correction. The end results are the same either way though. The door can float 2 but the script says jack has to die, rendering the entire argument pretty moot. James Cameron’s comment was basically “science be dammed, Jack’s drowning.”

    Duamerthrax ,

    I’m sure if Cameron realized that the door of that size, with two life jackets underneath could support two people, he would have written the door to be smaller. It’s ok not to like the film, but this is just CinemaSins level pedantic.

    CaptPretentious ,

    Dark Knight trilogy. I firmly think between Nolan and Bale, Batman is forever scared. Every version I’ve seen of Batman sense has been this dark brooding boring character. Oh and that ridiculous voice. “The Batman”, kept dark and brooding but at least he was a detective again. But that trilogy was terrible beginning to end. The slight glimmer of hope is Heath Ledger’s performance which was great but still not enough to carry a trilogy.

    thorbot ,

    What’s it’s like to be so fucking wrong?

    Aussiemandeus ,
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    Man you’re on fire haha

    CaptPretentious ,

    Sorry you like garbage

    exanime ,

    Batman has been dark and broody decades before the Nolan trilogy.

    There have been lighter versions but dark and broody are basically core qualities of the character

    CaptPretentious ,

    Yeah no. I think you’re confused because Batman Begins came out in 2005 which was decades ago.

    If you forgot he’s actually also known as Bruce Wayne and he knows how to smile and have a good time. Any actually cared about the various villains that he fought against. He used to be a clever detective.

    Post Nolan he is has lost a lot of complexity. That complexity of the character offset his serious side when the cowl came on.

    Look me dead in the eye and tell me Nolan’s Batman is better than BTAS. Or is even in the same ballpark.

    exanime ,

    Yeah no. I think you’re confused because Batman Begins came out in 2005 which was decades ago.

    I’m talking about Batman the character, you know? The one first published in 1939. There have been multiple versions but “dark and broody” has been a pretty common trait

    If you forgot he’s actually also known as Bruce Wayne and he knows how to smile and have a good time

    No, it’s been well established he cannot get past the trauma of having his parents murdered in front of him. Actually, it has been well established he is now Batman and Bruce is the disguise… So no, he doesn’t really know how to have a good time

    Post Nolan he is has lost a lot of complexity. That complexity of the character offset his serious side when the cowl came on.

    Not really Nolan’s fault and not what you claimed first either. Batfleck for example was not dark and broody, he was just a fumbling idiot who claimed his superpower was money

    Look me dead in the eye and tell me Nolan’s Batman is better than BTAS. Or is even in the same ballpark

    Again moving the goal post … What does BTAS have to do with your comment that Nolan made Batman dark and broody??

    CaptPretentious ,

    So you just like the new lazy writing. Got it.

    Because I know you didn’t just draw a straight line from the 1939 Batman to the current Batman and was like ‘these are the same!’

    I’ll go watch my Adam West to Kevin Conroy versions. Where he was a multi-dimensional character. And you can enjoy the more modern one where he glares at people and had been reduced to ‘I’m Batman’. And this is where we part ways. Cuz this is a threat about opinions I gave mine and you are clearly mad that I don’t like your favorite version of Batman.

    FookReddit69 OP ,

    Multi dimensional Adam west? LMAO he was either a corny ass rich dude or a corny ass hero. With bad jokes even for the era.

    exanime ,

    So you just like the new lazy writing. Got it.

    No idea where you are drawing this from

    Because I know you didn’t just draw a straight line from the 1939 Batman to the current Batman and was like ‘these are the same!’

    Oh I see, you lack reading comprehension. To make it extra clear, having a common trait (what I actually said) does not mean “these are the same”

    And this is where we part ways. Cuz this is a threat about opinions I gave mine and you are clearly mad that I don’t like your favorite version of Batman.

    I’m not mad at all… Disagreeing with you does not make me your enemy… You care confusing me with yourself lol

    FookReddit69 OP ,

    If anything Nolan had by miles the best live action Bruce Wayne, the whole billionaire airhead mask he created Bruce, the character in that universe is perfect. Nobody would believe that asshole rich dude that showers with top models in a pool inside a restaurant and buys the place in that instant is Batman. It works.

    Later version like that hulking dumbass Batfleck or extremely emo Battinson don’t work as well. Also I don’t see what’s so great about Keaton batman, he’s so boring and quiet, with no contrast between Bruce and batman. Then the one scene with emotion is the LET’S GET 🥜 scene but that’s it.

    Brutticus ,

    Dark Knight. Heath Ledger’s Career defining performance can’t save this tortuously paced, boring, dreary, washed out slog of a war on terror metaphor. I hate Christopher Nolan, all of his movies are like this.

    The star wars prequels get a lot of hate, but honestly, all of the cracks were beginning to show in Return of the Jedi. 4 and 5 are indisputably good movies, and part of the cinematic canon. Jedi has a lot of small things wrong with it… and also Leah is Luke’s sister randomly. This is a Lucasism, and as the people who were capable of standing up to Lucas fell away, and were replaced by people who grew up in star wars. Everything that makes the OT good is present in the prequels, and everything that makes the Prequels… contentious is present in Jedi. For the record, I like the prequels but I think they are flawed in really interesting ways.

    Jedi is even in quality with all the prequels and sequels that came after, but has a better rep than it deserves because it stands next to the first (best) two.

    Xer0 ,

    Never been a fan of the Dark Knight. So damn boring and ridiculously overrated.

    BigBananaDealer ,
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    return of the jedi is my least favorite, besides rise of skywalker which shit on everything that had been built up. im one of those people that actually enjoyed the last jedi a lot

    mukt ,
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    It is too early to say Oppenheimer?

    bunkyprewster ,

    Agreed. Bombastic. Felt like it missed the whole point of Oppenheimer’s moral dilemma

    Omniraptor , (edited )

    I’m biased but I thought it was pretty clear with portraying Truman as an unambiguously bad guy and Oppenheimer as decent but failing at a critical moment and then regretting it later

    bunkyprewster ,

    I’ve always imagined his moral dilemma was knowing that (after the Nazis were defeated) going ahead with the bomb was wrong, but wanting to do it anyway - because they had become so invested in the idea, and wanted to see if they could.

    Toribor ,
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    I’d been pretty eager to see it. Everyone told me how intense it was, I actually put it off for a little while because I wasn’t sure I was in the mood for something really bleak and existential.

    Watching it I was like oh okay this is a movie. Not bad but I wouldn’t call it an intense experience.

    Appoxo ,
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    Meh. If you like a political bio pic it’s probably very interesting but it didnt grip me as tight.

    Qwaffle_waffle ,

    Haven’t been able to finish it, losing my attention on it. Want to join the hype but… 🤷

    unionagainstdhmo ,
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    I think it was just too long, maybe at half of the length they might have thought more about what belongs in there

    AFKBRBChocolate , (edited )

    I worked on the space shuttle program, and I found Armageddon almost unwatchable. I mean, those things go up with the big solid rockets and an external tank full of hydrogen and oxygen, all of which get jettisoned during launch, then they come down as a glider. But in the movie they’re landing on asteroids and taking off again, smashing into things and still flying, etc. (remember how Columbia blew up because of a crack in the leading edge of one wing?). Plus the whole premise of it being easier to teach oil drillers how to be astronauts than to teach astronauts how to be oil drillers is a joke. Every astronaut I’ve met has been an amazing capable person - many are test pilots with multiple advanced degrees.

    Zahille7 , (edited )

    I always love the interview with Ben Affleck about Armageddon: “I asked Micheal why it would be easier to train drillers to be astronauts rather than vice versa, and he just responded with ‘fuck you.’”

    AFKBRBChocolate ,

    Ha! I hadn’t heard that - I’m glad someone involved called him out on it. I mean, I get that the real answer - to that and all my complaints - is that the movie doesn’t work otherwise, but it’s so annoying.

    NickwithaC ,
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    If the movie doesn’t work unless you include a plot hole then the movie doesn’t work.

    Zahille7 ,

    The very first bit in this video

    FookReddit69 OP ,

    I’m sorry but I ADORE Armageddon lol is very emotional and self aware. Is definitely a NO BORING movie and always keeps moving, even when there’s no explosions going on. Ben Affleck > Neil Armstrong, I bet he couldn’t had reached those 400 feet in time! 💣

    SomeGuy69 ,

    Because it’s easier to put someone in a suite than teach them years of experience of drilling. You might remember that even the experianced driller had trouble. They also send astronauts with them as well to do the astronaut things, not just the driller crew.

    The smashing into things thing and still taking off…well the movie was supposed to have a happy end for the remaining crew. It would’ve still been a happy end to have them die, but this way you get a lovely reunion with the families.

    I don’t know you, but if you go by questioning plot-armor, you’ll have a really hard time to find something to watch.

    shalafi ,

    Agreed. All the drillers have to do is ride. OTOH, neither group would fare well learning to drill in microgravity.

    captain_aggravated ,
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    There’s also the really stupid “high G burn around the moon” scene, which I would love to see Scott Manley try to replicate in KSP.

    norimee ,

    As soon as you know too much about a certain topic, any movie or series about it turns to shit.

    I’m a nurse and badly done medical stuff in movies are so rampant and it drives me crazy.

    AFKBRBChocolate ,

    That’s super true. What’s worse is that it often turns out to be true of news as well. There have been a few times when I was familiar with events that made the news, and there were always inaccuracies in the articles. It’s made me look at articles on events that I’m not familiar with differently; they probably have the same amount of inaccuracies.

    I’m software engineering in aerospace, so a lot of computer and space stuff is ruined, which covers a lot of content.

    But everyone should smack their heads about Armageddon.

    Toribor ,
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    Astronauts brains are too big, their soft womanly hands incapable of drilling. Wearing a spacesuit and floating around a bit is trivial. Only some yeehaw boys and one man who ‘tells it like it is’ can save us.

    ramble81 ,

    That’s why I liked Deep Impact. It went must more (potentially) realistic than Armageddon. But the latter wanted its “common man, that people can relate to, saves the day” trope.

    MintyFresh ,

    Deep impact is a great movie! Directed by Mimi Leder. She also directed The Peacemaker, a great 90’s adventure movie with George Clooney and Nichole Kidman. If you’re into that sort of thing.

    ryathal ,

    I don’t understand the the thinking that astronauts would be amazing drillers. Drilling is functionally a trade, the education aspect isn’t the key factor, it’s the experience. The movie actually does a fair job explaining why.

    AFKBRBChocolate ,

    I never said that being a driller is trivial. Do you think being an astronaut is trivial? That’s a pretty intensely technical job, which is why the bar for entry is so insanely high. I would put my money on those folks leaning how to drill better than drillers leaning how to be an astronaut.

    ryathal ,

    It’s not trivial to be an astronaut, but most didn’t need to be. Flying the ships, docking, and landing on an asteroid all require intense skills. The drilling required a similarly intense set of skills that you can’t gain in a week. You can probably teach someone the bare minimum of putting on a suit and working in it.

    Duamerthrax ,

    I would have written it so the drilling crew needed to learn to be astronauts and the astronauts needed to learn drilling and send them both up. That way, they would be each other’s backups and you get another small story arc out of it.

    NauticalNoodle , (edited )

    Crash the 2004 hit movie not the 1996 Cronenberg Cult-classic.

    to elaborate, it was insincere corporate virtue signalling designed specifically to bait the academy awards by using a multi-character parallel storytelling style that is only ever celebrated amongst industry snobs.

    niktemadur , (edited )

    a multi-character parallel storytelling style that is only ever celebrated amongst industry snobs

    I’m going to agree with caveats here, because some directors who are actual artists do it for the sake of the film and the challenge of it, as opposed to what I’ll refer to as “industry types”, who do it for the prizes. And some crazy bastards manage to pull it off. Three names come to mind - Robert Altman, Paul Thomas Anderson and Steven Soderbergh.

    I’ve never seen “Crash” and never wanted to, from what I’ve read, the bland yet heavy-handed results onscreen, plus the lazy reflexive accolades, made me view the whole thing with a cynical eye, like you.

    In fact, Robert Altman had a thing or two to say about those “industry types”, in his triumphant early-90s comeback film “The Player”.
    Also, do yourself a favor and watch Altman’s “Short Cuts”, to see parallel storytelling at its’ best.

    BigBananaDealer ,
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    crash has like one good scene in the entire film. the rest is total garbage that me and a friend laughed at the entire time we watched it

    prole ,

    Short Cuts is amazing. Altman changed the game in many ways. I believe he changed the entire way we record dialogue because the way we did it before just didn’t work for him.

    niktemadur ,

    Altman came in throwing punches with the noisy background and chaotic dialogue wafting every which way, right from the outset, on MASH and McCabe & Mrs Miller, which is why it’s a good idea to watch his films with English subtitles turned on.

    I don’t remember the cacophony being as intense in some of his other early works, like Brewster McCloud, California Split and The Long Goodbye.
    But in Nashville, it’s most certainly there, front and center and in your face.

    prole ,

    I’ve only ever seen Short Cuts (loved it), the Player (liked it a lot), and McCabe and Mrs Miller (ehh…). How do you think I’d feel about his other films?

    niktemadur , (edited )

    My recommendations to you are as follows:

    My favorite Altman film overall probably might have to be The Long Goodbye. Check out how the camera is always moving, if even slightly; there are no static shots. Midway through the movie, the great Sterling Hayden steals the show. And keep an eye out for a very, very young Ahnold Schwarzenegger in a bit role as literal and figurative muscle for the batshit insane bad guy.

    Brewster McCloud is a bonkers twisted fantasy that caught me by surprise by how much I enjoyed it, it’s about a kid who:

    1. Lives in the Astrodome in secret, in a forgotten construction nook, a big one, between walls and floors.
    2. Wants to be able to fly.
    3. Is being encouraged by an older woman, who might actually already know how to fly.

    Also, there are people being killed all over town, and it might have something to do with all this.

    prole ,

    Thanks, I’ve saved your comment and I’ll add them to the list.

    NauticalNoodle ,

    “In fact, Robert Altman had a thing or two to say about those “industry types”, in his triumphant early-90s comeback film “The Player”. Also, do yourself a favor and watch Altman’s “Short Cuts”, to see parallel storytelling at its’ best.”

    Thanks, I’ll be sure to check those out. I was a little worried I came off too hot with my take. I won’t say it can’t be done well, it’s just that I’ve never seen it done well since I first learned about the storytelling style in my intro to film studies course in college.

    Melatonin ,

    Interstellar: just found it kind of ridiculous, outlandish, in no way believable or connected to anything even theoretically within reality. Pseudo-serious science fiction. Big budget blah.

    Inception: I love Nolan but that was big swing and a miss for me. Went in excited, came out wondering where the fuss was all about.

    Followupquestion ,

    I’ll outright say it. Other than The Prestige and the later Batman movies, Nolan movies have been very disappointing to me. They’re not clever, they’re pretentious. If you ever saw that Netflix movie where the woman dated Keanu Reaves, the part where Keanu asks the chef for a meal the plays with the concept of time is every Christopher Nolan movie in a nutshell. Also, the action sequences in Batman Begins were unnecessarily choppy, and the idea that it was somehow how a bat would see them is just silly.

    Melatonin ,

    Huh. Maybe I DON’T love Nolan.

    Melatonin ,

    Had to go look up that scene. Thank you. Thank you so much for directing me to the scene.

    I do not want to see the movie, but my life is richer for having seen that scene.

    No1 ,
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    The stories in both were somewhat disjointed and as with most sci-fi, requires some level of suspension of disbelief.

    Nowadays, storytelling and plot takes a big backseat to action and explosions…😔

    JillyB ,

    I need to leave this thread. Interstellar is my favorite movie of all time.

    Melatonin ,

    I’m sorry, it just wasn’t for me. A lot of people agree with you!

    Toribor ,
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    Shitting on Inception and Interstellar at the same time?

    My right hand curls into a fist instinctively. My left hand covers it and pats it gently.

    No… I must choose peace.

    rwhitisissle ,

    “My daughter Murph. I keep gettin’ older. She stays the same age.”

    Also, I love how he had a son who just wanted to be a farmer and that meant that Matthew McConaughey’s character was justified in being totally emotionally disinterested in him, compared to his genius daughter. Seriously, at a certain point I think Nolan forgot he wrote this guy with two kids. His entire character was defined by his relationship with his daughter. Why even give him a son in the first place?

    ser ,

    I liked both Interstellar and Inception. I hated Tenet - on how the story was told and the inaudible sound (eye roll).

    transientpunk ,
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    I have no clue how the original Mad Max made it out of Australia, let alone spawn a minor cinematic universe…

    HelixDab2 ,

    Mad Max is amazing for what it is; an apocalyptic film made on a shoestring budget that depicted something that feels prophetic now. You have to look at it and compare it to other films in the 70s; if you look at, for instance, Roger Corman films, it’s Oscar-worthy in comparison. When you put it in the genre of ozploitation films, it’s solid gold.

    NauticalNoodle ,

    It was a product of it’s time which is to say that even though it wasn’t particularly good, it was representative of the schlocky action sci-fi films one might have seen just a few years earlier during the drive-in Grindhouse era.

    Akasazh ,
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    My pick would be fury road. The early ones at least have the appeal (imho) of being a low budget movie with a relatable plot

    Then it suddenly gets a gigantic budget with a plot that is basically a back and forth in the desert.

    No1 ,
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    I’m curious when you were born and where you’re from?

    multifariace ,

    The first Harry Potter was okay, but it just got worse. I’d say the worst was Goblet of Fire. That one should top my list of worst overrated movies.

    bibliotectress ,

    They were all pretty close to the books except that they cut out a lot of the pointless bickering that kept happening all the time, so I’d blame JK Rowling for those.

    Zahille7 ,

    Funny cause apparently she had almost entire creative control

    BruceTwarzen ,

    Haha yeah goblet of fire was such an odd movie. I don’t even remember the books or if it was the same but that movie made no sense.

    My favourite part is how they let these kids fight dangerous dragons, one only didn’t drown because harry broke the rules. They kept saying how dangerous it was, but then at the end everyone was shocked that cedric died. A dead child in the child murder games? That is crazy

    FookReddit69 OP ,

    Remember, the movie is based on a book written by a women who didn’t had high education and is a book for children… Most things about the universe make no sense.

    boonhet ,

    I’ll go ahead and say it, the first one is a great movie even. It has a particular atmosphere of joy and hopefulness.

    Then that entire vibe goes away and it just goes generic dark teenage fantasy with mediocre writing

    wildcardology , (edited )

    I hope the new series being developed is better. The one scene in the entire franchise that I wanted to see was the fight between Bellatrix and Molly. It was a disappointment.

    tanka ,
    @tanka@lemmy.ml avatar

    I did not get the hype for ‘Don’t Look Up’.

    Notyou ,

    Yo! That movie sucked. I have a theory the only reason Leo starred in it was so that he could be called a sexy scientist or whatever he was.

    NauticalNoodle , (edited )

    I thought It was a pretty solid critique of mainstream American culture of the moment. What didn’t you like about it?

    Xer0 ,

    Probably hit too close to home.

    NickwithaC ,
    @NickwithaC@lemmy.world avatar

    Badum bum

    Liz ,

    It’s not subtle enough with its critique. Either that or it’s not ridiculous enough. It’s sitting in the middle zone that just doesn’t work well.

    jacksilver ,

    I absolutely agree, felt like they didn’t know what kind of movie they wanted to make and just kinda threw whatever they could think of into it.

    TORFdot0 ,

    The hype was for its star studded cast. The movie itself was also a chuckle but was really obvious for its critique and satire.

    Passerby6497 ,

    I still haven’t finished it. So many stars are just unlikable and the pacing (of the half I saw) is just not enough to keep it entertaining enough to overcome the cringey ‘just look at how awful everyone in power is’ caricatures.

    shinigamiookamiryuu ,

    V for Vendetta. For a movie with both Padme and Palpatine as actors, the movie is just an edgy construct. I’m sure V isn’t totally without reason, but bro, you sabotaged a train just because you wanted real butter on toast.

    Macaroni_ninja ,
    @Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world avatar

    You got my vote fo unpopular opinion. I love that movie :)

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