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A Boring Dystopia

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One particularly brutal review came from Nick Hilton, film critic for the Independent, who said that the first lady came off in the film as “a preening, scowling void of pure nothingness” who leads a “vulgar, gilded lifestyle.”

Hilton added that the film is so terrible that it fails even at being effective propaganda and is likely to be remembered as “a striking artifact... of a time when Americans willingly subordinated themselves to a political and economic oligopoly.”

I think we can officially conclude 2026 is The Year Of The Scowling Void Of Pure Nothingness

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[–] laranis@lemmy.zip 2 points 16 minutes ago

These dumb shits don't get it. It was never supposed to be good. It was a bribe. Even wasting a second watching it to do a review is a waste of human effort.

[–] m3t00@lemmy.world 0 points 49 minutes ago
[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 7 points 5 hours ago

The old story. Churches and other MAGA groups are buying blocks of seats. It's playing to "sold out" empty houses.

[–] 6stringringer@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 hours ago

They beat up that film like it owed them money.

[–] MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

A scowling void of pure nothingness

Sounds like a sick video game summon.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 5 points 5 hours ago

You cannot fast travel to Epstein Island.

[–] Typhoon@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 hours ago

Nick Hilton... said that the first lady came off in the film as “a preening, scowling void of pure nothingness” who leads a “vulgar, gilded lifestyle.”

He's saying it's accurate then?

[–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 4 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

75 million dollars. 75. Million. Dollars.

How much of it went to the crew and other people who actually made the damn thing?

Or even used for their benefit in other way, for that matter - I'm asking because apparently the crew did overtime hours with no food while the director lorded over the underlings and stuffed his face. (Don't do overtime if your boss isn't personally ordering you a ton of pizza, guys.)

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 hours ago

I read somewhere that about $24 million of it went straight to Melania.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 15 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

I love that this quote applies to both the movie and the actual person.

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[–] Jokulhlaups@lemmy.world 54 points 9 hours ago (5 children)

It was just a 75mil payment from Amazon to trump. Movie was just the means to do the transaction.

[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Coincidentally, Ratner just got greenlit for Rush Hour 4, which had been in development hell since 2018.

[–] hector@lemmy.today 3 points 4 hours ago

Jackie Chan is the best. Must be a little long in the tooth now.

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[–] yesman@lemmy.world 25 points 8 hours ago (7 children)
[–] desmosthenes@lemmy.world 7 points 7 hours ago (2 children)
[–] BigBrownBeaver@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

Lizard fingers

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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 23 points 9 hours ago

I hate that our country has become so fascist that this dumb bitch's movie failing feels like a victory.

[–] qevlarr@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

I loved the one from the Guardian comparing it to Zone of Interest. Utterly boring but makes you think about the off-screen horrors of the Trump regime

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 7 points 7 hours ago (8 children)

-War of the World 2025: 4% RT

-this propaganda: 10% RT

The heck

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[–] YoiksAndAway@piefed.zip 9 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Currently on Rotten Tomatoes:

%11 Critics
%99 Audience

What's the point in review-bombing when it's so obvious?

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago

It's not review bombing if it actually sucks

[–] Pulsar@lemmy.world 22 points 10 hours ago (1 children)
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[–] systemglitch@lemmy.world 17 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

I wish it was nothing, but for Canadians, America is a big scowling dictatorship of pure evil.

Take your fucking country back.

[–] batman0730@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I love Canada, but this holier than thou mindset I keep seeing is getting tired. Remember Poilievre was polling ~20 points higher than Carney, until Trump started his 51st state horse shit. The entire world seems to be swinging right, and Canada just got lucky this time.

We are all in this together whether you want to be or not.

[–] hector@lemmy.today 2 points 4 hours ago

Indeed. All of europe will fall if we don't get popular reform to challenge the far right, now backed by the US and Russia, running themselves as reform and all other major parties captured by the establishments/oligarchies.

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[–] GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world 13 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (5 children)

Can someone explain to me how this movie has a 99% user rating on rotten tomatoes?

[–] archonet@lemy.lol 22 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

the same way the Trump family obtains most things they want, fraud.

[–] GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world 13 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

I did my part rating this movie appropriately 👎

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 7 hours ago

Because the only people who'd ever see ot are either members of the cult or reviewers being paid to see it.

1% of the audience being reviewers and the rest deciding that it's amazing before seeing it and not changing their mind when proven wrong sounds pretty plausible 🤷

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[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 17 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

At least Eva Braun was interesting.

Mel brooks should do a Producers about Maga. Too soon?

[–] VoteNixon2016@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 9 hours ago

We'll finally get to see "Hitler on ICE"

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago

There’s no way this thing cost $75 mil to make. It’s a documentary.

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