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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.

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[–] blackstampede@sh.itjust.works 14 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I'm probably going to get some hate for this one, but Spider-Man: Across The Spiderverse. The story wasn't as tight as the first movie, they introduced too many new characters to keep up with, and it ended with a setup for the next movie.

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[–] tanka@lemmy.ml 14 points 6 months ago (8 children)

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

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[–] getoffthedrugsdude@lemmy.ml 12 points 6 months ago (2 children)
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[–] transientpunk@sh.itjust.works 12 points 6 months ago (4 children)

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

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Don’t Look Up. It felt like a movie made by a Redditor who thinks he’s really smart.

[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 12 points 6 months ago

Jurassic World. It seemed like the definition of color by numbers reboot.

[–] Gnugit@aussie.zone 11 points 6 months ago (6 children)

The Batman 2022 with it's constant dreary atmosphere and insanely repetitive soundtrack.

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[–] Liz@midwest.social 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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@lemm.ee 8 points 6 months ago

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.

[–] 4grams@awful.systems 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

american beauty. it was everywhere, and everyone seemed to LOVE it. feels like history kinda agrees though since all I hear these days is people making fun of it. guess I’m just ahead of the times.

[–] Brutticus@lemm.ee 9 points 6 months ago (2 children)

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.

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I enjoy a lot of found footage horror, but Paranormal Activity was like watching paint dry

[–] chemicalprophet@lemm.ee 8 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Most of Wes Anderson’s.

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[–] JSens1998@lemmy.ml 8 points 6 months ago (4 children)

For me it was Blade Runner. Everyone always talks about how great the movie is, and man, it was a struggle to get through. The setting was cool and that's about it.

[–] aphlamingphoenix@lemm.ee 13 points 6 months ago

I get it. I love the slow pace, the beautiful cinematography, the careful dialog. But it's not for everyone.

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