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Ready player one.

That has to be one of the cringiest movies I've seen, is tries so hard, too hard with it's "WE LOVE YOU NERD, YOU'RE SO COOL FOR PLAYING GAMES AND GETTING THIS 80S REFERENCE" message and the whole "corporation bad, the people good" narrative seems written for toddlers... The fan service feels cheap and adds nothing to the story.

Finally, they trying to make the people believe that very attractive girl with a barely visible red tint spot on her face is "ugly"... Like wtf?

Yet it received decent reviews plus being one of the most successful movies of that year.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (9 children)

Lord of the Rings.

I understand and respect the seminal role LotR (Book) has as a fantasy work. I have to, as a fantasy nerd myself.

I also believe that those three movies that everyone loves could be edited down into one and not much would be lost.

God DAMN do those films drag ON and ON and ON.

The books, too, drag on like Tolkien was being paid by the individual word. Thankfully with books I can set the pace at which things go.

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

Didn't even watch Ready Player One the movie because the audiobook was just as cringey, and it was read by Wil Wheaton of all people. I like his work with boardgaming (tabletop), but something about his voice just so well represented the blatant fan service-ness of the whole thing, I hated every minute of it.

As for popular movies that I hated? I don't feel THAT strongly about it, but I was just kind of meh on Sonic 3. I wasn't even expecting a masterpiece, but it seems like there's been enough online hype that made it seem like it was going to be better than expected. It was just whatever. My kids liked it well enough, so I'm probably not the target audience anyways, I've played many of the Sonic games, but I'm not nostalgic or a Sonic nerd or anything. It was a sub-par movie with a handful of funny lines.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 week ago

Those books were terrible but the movie isn't that bad. Just like Forest Gump isn't a bad movie but was a terrible book.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 week ago

Mean girls.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 week ago

Cult Classic movies. I understand some of them but a lot of them are really over my head that would almost require an explanation. And I don't quite vibe with a majority of them. Like Dazed and Confused.

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

ET, Ghost Busters, Back to The Future, Anything Marvel, DC apart from Joker. And many more.

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

The Shawshank Redemption. My boyfriend at the time absolutely loved this film. I can't stand it. Blokes in prison are so Noble and Misunderstood. They deserve to be free! Bleurgh.

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

The Matrix

No, I will not elaborate.

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 week ago

Parasite.

It was a bad movie with no clear theme or message. It felt like it didn't know what it wanted to be comedy drama, thriller or horror.

I felt like shit walking out of the theater.

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