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[-] ToasterOverlord@feddit.uk 3 points 57 minutes ago

Kangaroo Jack (2003) for me. It's not objectively good but I found it silly and fun, and it's one of my dad's favorite movies. Never really understood why it's so panned (9% critic and 29% audience on Rotten Tomatoes)

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 1 points 51 minutes ago

The first Silent Hill movie and the Tim Burton Charlie and the Chocolate Factory stand out for me. The consensus seems to be that they suck, but I like 'em.

[-] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 7 points 2 hours ago

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

[-] Odd_so_Star_so_Odd@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Basically any movie-adaptation of a book. I know I'm in the minority on this, but if I wanted the story of the book, I'd be reading the book, not watching a movie that's often merely based on it. A new spin on an existing tale is the best of both worlds imo.

[-] EvolvedTurtle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Ok but ready player one could have tried alot harder

[-] affiliate@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

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@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

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

[-] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 10 points 2 hours ago

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

[-] realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Joker 2

Ant-Man 3

I Saw The TV Glow

Leave The World Behind

[-] realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club -3 points 1 hour ago

Oh and two Christian movies I like the most, Courageous and Mom's Night Out. Solid 7/10s that are treated like 3/10s because they're Christian.

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

Usually the opposite is true for me these days.

[-] Shelbyeileen@lemmy.world 13 points 3 hours ago

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@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago

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.

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 1 points 54 minutes ago

That car with the four front wheels was epic

[-] AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

Fun movie! Idk if I ever bought the DVD but I would always watch it when it was on TV.

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[-] marzhall@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago

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

[-] 2ncs@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

I also highly recommend the book (and all of Jon Ronson tbh)

[-] FrustratedArtist@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 hours ago

6-7 on IMDB is a pretty decent score, plenty of good movies in that range. If it's 5 and below it means it's right proper schlock.

[-] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago

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.

[-] Drusas@fedia.io 2 points 1 hour ago

That movie is fantastic. I had no idea it had poor ratings. Just thought it flew under the radar.

[-] CascadianGiraffe@lemmy.world 11 points 4 hours ago

I'll never not like Waterworld

[-] Professorozone@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Like most, I totally disagree. However, it had such great potential.

I feel the same about Valerian. The imagery was pure eye candy and then I watched it, so looking forward to a great flick, and what I got was... Valerian.

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[-] Professorozone@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

My problem is that most movies I like were never universally panned, they were just sort of so so. Movies like Fandango. I really liked it but I think it got like a 5.5 on IMDB.

[-] Glitterbomb@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Sisters Brothers. it has decent reviews when i look now, but it seems to have flopped real bad at the theaters. I watched it free on YouTube and was amazed by it, and then I looked it up and saw it bombed. $38m budget, $13m box office. Oof

[-] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 22 points 5 hours ago

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@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

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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[-] qyron@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 hours ago

One thing I had to learn quickly was that my preference towards anything cultural was not in line with what my peers found good/cool, so I strode down the road of enjoying what I enjoy and let others enjoy whatever they enjoy.

Here's a short list:

Roadhouse

The 13th Warrior

Both Ewoks movies

[-] Sas@beehaw.org 1 points 1 hour ago

Wait people didn't enjoy the 13th warrior? I loved that one as a child!

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 0 points 1 hour ago

Roadhouse

Open up your heart and let the Patrick Swayze Christmas in

Both Ewok movies

I remember seeing the first one in the theater when I was a kid and I later saw a letter my Mom was writing where she said it was a dumb movie, but the kids liked it. I was offended!

[-] qyron@sopuli.xyz 2 points 51 minutes ago

Open up your heart and let the Patrick Swayze Christmas in

My tastes may be questionable but that is too much even for me.

I remember seeing the first one in the theater when I was a kid and I later saw a letter my Mom was writing where she said it was a dumb movie, but the kids liked it. I was offended!

The movies can be considered bad, for today's standards but for what I care, it was a great way to spend some time. Where else could we se cannibal Care Bears?

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 1 points 47 minutes ago

Oh yeah, she was right, it was a dumb movie. But a good kid's movie!

[-] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 9 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

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.

[-] PlantDadManGuy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

The thing is a genre defining masterpiece! I can't believe the critics didn't realize that in the '80s.

[-] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

Oh, same. Absolute favorite.

[-] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 hours ago

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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