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[–] [email protected] 77 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Super Mario Bros (1993) is this movie for me ... it's weird as hell and it's adherence to the source material is ... iffy at best ... but god damn if it wasn't a fun ride!

Then you read about how everyone hated the directors so much they literally got drunk on set and openly wore custom made shirts with slogans about how bad the directors were AND Bob Haskins was in a cast for most of it for an injury on set and it gets even more fascinating! The Directors poured hot coffee on people and just openly belittled everyone. It's insane!

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I love this movie. It's gloriously cheesy and fun. I can see the poor ratings overall, but for 90s kids who were just pumped to see their favorite game on the big screen, this was an amazing moment in cinema.

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[–] [email protected] 70 points 1 month ago (15 children)

Not as extreme as the case in the OP, but I'm often surprised how "meh" a reaction Don't Look Up got. Maybe people think it was heavy handed? Too on the nose? I don't know but most folks seem to think it was at best merely "okay".

For me, I place it next to Idiocracy as one of the most prescient films about what is in store for us. I think after this last election day, it seems even more prescient. On top of that, it is legitimately funny with really good performances, especially from Jennifer Lawrence.

[–] Benjaben 25 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Yeah, in my case this one was too close to home for me to love it. 10 or 20 years ago I probably would've felt differently. Similar for Idiocracy, I don't think I'd feel the same way about it if it came out today. Kinda chilling when I think about that, honestly.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Yeah, I'd call it heavy handed. It felt like it was a message first. Not as bad as the Daily Wire stuff, but going down that road. Even if I agree with the message, it felt contrived.

Just my two cents though.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've gone over it again and again and again in my head and I still can't make sense of it. He's a three-star general. He works at the Pentagon. Why would he charge us for free snacks?

This part had me absolutely rolling. I loved that movie.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It suffers from the β€œReality is Unrealistic” trope. Seems so on the nose and heavy handed, yet is literally exactly how it would happen (and is arguably already happening).

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[–] FooBarrington 63 points 1 month ago (6 children)

As a kid, I couldn't believe how funny Wild Wild West is

[–] Plum 22 points 1 month ago (4 children)
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[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 month ago (7 children)

I loved Equilibrium and was surprised it wasn't rated as good.

[–] Panron 28 points 1 month ago (5 children)

I've never met a person who I know has seen it but doesn't like Equilibrium.

...And it's at a 7.3 on IMDb. That's a pretty good rating.

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[–] Anticorp 47 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

I have a friend who recommends literally every single thing he watches. He'll watch the stupidest movie in the world and be like "wow, that was awesome!". I envy how much enjoyment he can receive from terrible movies and TV shows.

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I actually liked sucker punch.

Seems like alot of people didn't get the A B C B A style of story telling that it did. I get on so many arguments with IRL people over it.

A) real world beginning and end of movie. she is in an asylum.

B) In her mind she is elsewhere dancing to get items to escape.

C)her dancing is shown as boss battles because her dancing is her fighting for her life in her mind.

[–] VindictiveJudge 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I still can't decide if it's a brilliant retelling of One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest or schlocky trash, but it sure is fun.

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[–] CascadianGiraffe 42 points 1 month ago (12 children)

I'll never not like Waterworld

[–] setsneedtofeed 19 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Waterworld is fine. It just gets ragged on because of its insane budget and the lackluster results for said budget. But if you don't care about that and just watch a movie, it's a decent movie.

The Simpsons joke where the tie in video game needs 40 quarters is still funny though.

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[–] Shelbyeileen 41 points 1 month ago (6 children)

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen was my jam as a little girl.... but it might just be because I ended up being bisexual and there's a lot of beautiful and badass people in it.

[–] Gemini24601 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yes I remember enjoying this movie. I loved all of the characters from legends and stories, as well as all of its steampunk elements. It’s totally underrated.

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 month ago (11 children)

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

I saw it the day it came out and thought it was a brilliant departure from the macguffin-based plots that had come before, and it showed so many different things that had never been in a Star Wars movie before.

Turns out all Star Wars fans want is more of the exact same that had been in the previous 7 movies.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

Honestly I loved both the direction that Rian Johnson clearly wanted to take the sequels and I loved the direction that JJ Abrams clearly wanted to take the sequels and I honestly wish Disney had just stuck with one of them for the entire trilogy and let the other do a trilogy as well. We all know how badly Disney wanted to pump out a Star Wars film every year during that timeframe so that way they could've had their cake and eaten it too

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

I agree with the other guy somewhat - take out a lot of the casino scene and it's the best star wars movie so far.

I'm pissed Johnson isn't going to get the trilogy he was promised. Instead, we got Abrams making the most corporate star wars to date, and that's saying something

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[–] affiliate 40 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (34 children)

i feel like it’s much harder when you finish a movie, and you hate it, and then find out it’s one of the most critically acclaimed movies of all time.

this was my experience watching taxi driver. to this day, i have not been able to find a single other person who disliked that movie as much as i did

[–] chiliedogg 14 points 1 month ago

Taxi Driver is a movie I can recognize as being a great piece of art that I don't enjoy.

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[–] aeronmelon 39 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Fuck β€˜em.

A good movie is a movie you enjoyed watching. Full stop.

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[–] treesapx 30 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This is your regular reminder that a 20% on Rotten Tomatoes means that 20% of reviewers liked the movie. The RT score represents chance that a reviewer liked it, not overall weighted score or how much they enjoyed it.

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[–] marzhall 26 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Just had this experience with The Men Who Stare At Goats. Thought it was a good watch, like 6.2 on IMDb. Would recommend

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[–] Sarmyth 26 points 1 month ago (7 children)

I watched Last Action Hero a few years ago for the first time, and it honestly didn't even feel that dated. It held up!

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[–] someguy3 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is actually why I like rotten tomatoes, breaks apart the critics and the fans.

I recall going to a movie with friends, walking out and saying "that was terrible" and my friend saying "what, that was good". Debate ensued in the group.

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[–] kaklerbitmap 25 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Constantine. I've seen it dozens of times and it never gets old. Tilda Swinton as Gabriel and Peter Stormare as Satan are a big part of why.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Wagons East was one of my favourite movies growing up and my fam would watch it many multiple of times.

It has a 0% on Rotten Tomatoes.

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[–] Nuke_the_whales 23 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Congo is one of my favorite movies of all time I can recite every line in it. It's only got a 23% on RT and like a 5/10 on IMDb but I don't care. I still love the fuck out of that movie

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[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan 20 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Death to Smoochy, my dark comedy about the mafia world inside of children's TV show is utterly fantastic and I will not be taking questions.

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[–] brucethemoose 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

The Thing.

Critically panned when it came out, and my favorite horror movie of all time. Of course critics feel differently now, but far after its following grew.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (13 children)

The butterfly effect.

I saw it when I was rather young but I thought it was pretty good, apparently people thought it’s edgy.

Should watch it again now and see if it holds up.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Batman and Robin. I KNOW it's cheesy as hell but I was a kid and I loved it. I loved the aesthetic of Gotham but found the previous Batman villains too scary (Penguin, Two Face) but Mr Freeze and Poison Ivy weren't scary at all. It was a romp!

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[–] Mercuri 17 points 1 month ago (3 children)

For me it was Alice in Wonderland (2010). I really enjoyed the whole "I do six impossible things before breakfast" thing. I was also really drunk when I watched it.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (5 children)

apparently critics hated baseketball but thats one of the funniest movies of all time

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Oh my God you guys you need to watch The Naked Man

I'm telling you it's fucking hilarious. I swear. Look:

Estranged pharmacist's son who is a savant at chiropractor by day/underground pro-wrestler by night goes on a murderous rampage to avenge his father's murder at the hands of a quadriplegic pharmacutical ceo and his elvis impersonator bodyguard.

He uses his knowledge of wrestling and the human skeleton to commit devastating chiropractic attacks on his enemies.

He's chased by a detective who's a genius but also clinically depressed and....You must watch this movie. I'm not crazy! It's amazing!

Please!

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I thought Battlefield Earth had a cool concept when I was like 13. I watched it again a few years ago and it's hilariously bad. 90% of the movie is Dutch angles

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Boondock Saints is such a movie, which is a crime

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Conan the Destroyer. I absolutely love it and won't apologize for it.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I thought the Percy Jackson movies were pretty cool. I was very wrong

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yeah... I don't care. I watch a movie and accept it for what it is. If I'm entertained for a few hours, great. If not, meh. I don't need critical opinion.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (3 children)

This was 16-year-old me with The 13th Warrior. Thought it was pretty good. I have never watched it again, so I wonder if today's me would say the same.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

Great thread .... now I have a new movie list ... thanks

[–] Alpha71 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hey man like what you like. Most reviews are done by people who are WAAAAY to into cinema.

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[–] corstian 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Joker 2. Laughing my ass of to all the people complaining about how it ruined the image of the joker for them.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

In 2006, a movie was released in which an evil AI is defeated by Shia LeBouf.

The evil AI's plan? Kill the president!

Why does the AI want to kill the president? he has too much unchecked power and bombed village of innocent people in the middle east and the AI told him not to because it could not confirm if there was actually a terrorist there.

How does Shia LeBouf defeat the evil AI? Opening fire at the capitol to cause a panic.

The war in Iraq was ramping up at the time, how was there not rioting at screenings? How is this not a controversial movie?

The acting is not great, but it deserves better than 27% on Rotten Tomatoes when the message of the film is the government does bad stuff and should be persecuted for it

Eagle Eye | Rotten Tomatoes

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