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For me the first thing that comes to mind is Tales from Earthsea. I don't think it's excellent or anything and has plenty of problems but people act like it killed their dog. While it has its problems that have been covered extensively, I think it has a beautiful atmosphere and art.
IMO it would have been better received if it wasn't advertised as an Earthsea adaptation and was just its own thing.
I like the Vin Diesel film xXx. It's loud, dumb, and nothing like what I usually enjoy, but somehow it manages to scratch enough mental itches that I'll watch the whole thing through every few years.
Having different tastes than professional tv & movie critics isn’t a sin.
If you like something that Rotty Ts hates, that’s fine. If you despise something they adore, that’s fine too. It’s not like you’re being mean to someone’s puppy.
Well they were wrong. It was a pretty good movie.
As a general rule for Rotten Tomatoes I completely ignore the Critic eating and audience score I only pay attention if it's less than 20 percent. Seems to have served me well.
Spider-Man: Unlimited.
I actually enjoyed it, and I'm not even a furry...
Cars 2 I guess. I don't love it, but it's decent and fun.
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0216035/
The night of the headless horseman. It's got some great voice actors and storytelling but it also has that rubbery shiny early CG that I think a lot of people can't get past.
Bunraku. Fun and stylistic, albeit a little cheesy. 18% tomatometer and 49% audience score. I was devastated 😔
If they are incapable of seeing the beauty that is right in front of them, then pity them.
Social media algorithms & enshittification really are destroying everything online, with their "engagement statistics" that predate upon hate & fear to drive continual profits. Trash talk sells, e.g. on X or Reddit, hence people use it, and then spread it to other platforms.
This has never happened to me because my opinions are 100% conventional.
To be fair, sometimes we get lucky enough to get stuff made by Autistic artists for us Autistic people and it doesn't do well in the general audience, but we absolutely love it. Our tastes in some things are just a little different. Absurdist comedy, or left-field mysteries... and the emotional writing or acting might feel completely off for normal people, but we won't notice it. We like normal people stuff too, but I got a special place in my heart for stuff that was clearly made by another Autistic person.