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Ready player one.

That has to be one of the cringiest movies I've seen, is tries so hard, too hard with it's "WE LOVE YOU NERD, YOU'RE SO COOL FOR PLAYING GAMES AND GETTING THIS 80S REFERENCE" message and the whole "corporation bad, the people good" narrative seems written for toddlers... The fan service feels cheap and adds nothing to the story.

Finally, they trying to make the people believe that very attractive girl with a barely visible red tint spot on her face is "ugly"... Like wtf?

Yet it received decent reviews plus being one of the most successful movies of that year.

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[-] Atin@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

I can't stand Love Actually. It's too schmaltzy and none of the characters are likeable. Especially the young boy.

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[-] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 week ago

Oh it's worse. I read the book and it was very sad. And the movie was clearly changed from the book for sake of IP laws, reminding us of how sorry our own dystopia is.

It really needed an Oh Brother Where Art Thou ending where Wade and the gang fail to win but get well-off enough from their exploits and are seen by the public as leaders of the revolution against IOI's monopoly, and the capitalist system as a whole.

One of IOI's sixes gets the final key but when he signs the contract, it locks him out. The OASIS controlling stock remains in escrow pending ?????? with IOI as the default benefactor when... something future undisclosed event happens.

Which would set it all up for RP2.

It's one of those books like the Harry Potter series in which it feels more like it was intended to be easy-to-market, but is not very strong as a story.

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

"Sit down I've got a movie I want you to watch. It's called What's Eating Gilbert Grape."

  • some dumb wrong people I know
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[-] Beacon@fedia.io 9 points 1 week ago

Godfather. Sooooo boringly slow

[-] NutinButNet@hilariouschaos.com 9 points 1 week ago

The Batman. Robert Pattinson is not that great of an actor and I still can’t unsee him as that stupid vampire. I know he doesn’t care of the role either, but it really ruins the flow trying to imagine him as Bruce Wayne but all I can see is that cringey vampire. And then it’s just another fucking Batman movie as if we haven’t already had 10 other ones played by 12 different actors already, not including the TV show adaptations and cartoons too. DC needs to seriously stick with one adaptation and go with that or make some about some of the lesser known comic characters.

I know it’s the one that is more closely aligned to the comics and he is actually being a detective. But it was so boring and uninteresting.

I remember sitting in the theater and I kept checking my watch for when it would be over. I was with other people and also was curious how it would end. But it kept dragging on much longer than it should have.

I’ve tried rewatching it since but I still can’t get into it.

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[-] grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Watchmen (2009 film)

It's so fucking slow and SO GODDAMN LONG.

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[-] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

American Hustle.

I’ve never been so aware that I was watching a movie with actors on set in my life. I was so distracted by the sensation that eventually I completely lost the thread of the plot and wasn’t even sure who was scamming who anymore by the end. Then it went on to the Oscars lmfao.

Luckily Amy Adams won be back over with Arrival!

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[-] 11111one11111@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Anime. I just don't get the appeal.

[-] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago

They're just stories with a different set of tropes than what we typically see in the west.

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[-] Kcap@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

The English Patient. Sex in a tub? That doesn't work!

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[-] ambitious_bones@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The Substance

It looks like everyone involved felt like they were making something super deep and meta. The plot fully relies on every character making the worst and unrelatable choices imaginable. Insteadt of deconstructing the sexist, male gaze the camera revels in it and all that is accompanied by the most nervegrinding disney-esque sound design.

[-] callouscomic@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago

Pixar style movies. They all rely on the same facial gags and dumbass humor.

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[-] toddestan@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago

Mrs. Doubtfire. I simply find the plot to be too contrived and ridiculous to get pulled into the story. Yes, I get that the movie is supposed to be a comedy. It does have a funny moment or two, but overall I find the comedy more cringe than actually humorous.

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[-] assassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Not really hate but, I just don’t love. Inside out. I find that the metaphor of little people living in Riley’s head removes agency from her and makes it seem like people are just mech suits for tiny people that make the real decisions. I’m indifferent to this movie.

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