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Opinions: What is a movie you genuinely like, that is rated below 60% on rotten tomatoes? (xkcd.com)

submitted 1 year ago by thebestaquaman to c/asklemmy

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Inspired by the linked XKCD. Using 60% instead of 50% because that's an easy filter to apply on rottentomatoes.

I'll go first: I think "Sherlock Holmes: A game of Shadows" was awesome, from the plot to the characters ,and especially how they used screen-play to highlight how Sherlocks head works in these absurd ways.

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[–] johnthebeboptist 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I was honestly a little shocked to find The Fountain rated so low, Tomatometer (fuck the tomatometer anyway, audience score is where it's usually at) was 52% with scathing reviews, the audience score fortunately remedied the situation with 74% cause I was seriously starting to look for another site.

And for it's opposite: The Blair Witch Project is 86% vs 56%. I haven't seen it in ages, have been planning to, but it was one of my favorite movies for a while.

[–] ram 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Fountain

The film score is absolutely fantastic.

[–] johnthebeboptist 2 points 1 year ago

It is! Clint Mansell and Aronofsky are a match made in heaven, but The Fountain is one of favorite soundtracks of all time and the one I listen to the most. I don't tend to listen to soundtracks all that much, but I find myself listening to the Fountain all the time

[–] trisratops 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Fountain was the first movie I thought of for this prompt. Freaking love that movie, but no one I knew at the time shared my opinion of it.

[–] bemenaker 2 points 1 year ago

Fantastic movie, but few people I know liked it.

[–] tenitchyfingers 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They legitimately didn’t get it because it is a GREAT movie, probably my favorite Aronofsky movie along with Pi.

[–] johnthebeboptist 1 points 1 year ago

probably my favorite Aronofsky movie along with Pi Same! I think a lot of it has to do with it being a kind of a sad, sappy and dark from the start or something, I don't know. I just feel like people don't necessarily like the vibe and mood of it (as if something like Requiem for a dream is any more hopeful or upbeat). It's a very powerful movie.