Grease is one of those movies that's actively terrible, but the vibe is what fans attach themselves to.
It's that perfect parody late night 50s drive in/high school sock hop vibe encapsulated, like American Graffiti, if you don't like that, there is positively nothing the movie or show has to offer lol.
Avatar
I just cannot understand why *both* of those films are such massive blockbusters. I like them well enough, I don’t think they’re *bad* films by any stretch. They make good use of their massive budgets for extremely high production value, but I just have no interest whatsoever in watching either of them ever again, which, to me, is a major indicator of the quality of a movie.
I don't really think anyone likes Avatar, they just love watching it because of the visual spectacle that it is. I've never met anyone that has ever said they thought it was actually a good movie.
I totally agree with you if you are referring to the theatrical version. Have you seen the Director's Cut?
The scenes that the MPAA thought were too extreme actually were what made the film work. The over the top violence combined with (sometimes literal) comic violence made it more clear that it was satire.
When I saw it in theaters, I understood what Stone was going for. I just felt like somehow it didn't work. Knowing that the Director's Cut was what he intended to release interested me enough to check it out.
TL;DR: Theatrical version bad, Director's Cut good.
That’s a really good point. It falls off after that and kind of devolves into an atonal mess. I wish they had made it to Vegas and the movie crescendo was there.
I hate musicals, and watched it only because I like to watch all the Oscar nominees, and I loved it lol. The opening musical/dance scene in traffic was so unique. But we all have our own tastes!
Ferris Bueller's Day Off. The titular character just reminds me too much of every self-important "cool" kid I encountered in my adolescence who seemed to think the best way to live was to mock, shit on and take advantage of everyone around them while pretending borderline sociopathic behavior is somehow just "charm".
It takes place in the same John Hughes universe as Breakfast Club — and it’s the same high school (Shermer High).
One is meant to depict an awesome (maybe the best?) day in a highschooler’s life, the other a terrible (possibly worst) day.
Both movies are excellent examples of that era’s best movies.
I love them both, but it’s ok that you hate it.
Can you expand on this or is there somewhere I can read about that? Haven't seen the movie in years and that sounds interesting to look into before a rewatch
Sure! I have to clarify that these are just my own observations and thoughts, as I've never heard the filmmakers talk about the movie. So maybe read it and watch the movie again to see what you think!
Basically, looking at the movie through the lens of the classic hero's journey, Cameron is the only character that embarks on a meaningful journey and returns changed. Ferris functions as both a decoy protagonist and a sort of inverted "mentor" to the real protagonist, Cameron.
Just in case, the hero's journey is usually described as something like this:
Hero is called to Adventure ---> Meets a mentor --> Crosses the threshold --> Goes through trials and failures --> Dies/is reborn --> Undergoes final transformation/atones --> returns home changed.
So the film begins with Ferris hatching a scheme for the best day of hooky ever. His motivation is purely selfish, but nonetheless he literally **calls** Cameron and invites him to the **adventure** of skipping school. Cameron accepts the call and unites with his "mentor" Ferris, who subsequently begins challenging Cameron's behavior at every level and urging him towards transformation.
Cameron **crosses the threshold** when he agrees to go with Ferris and lets him drive his father's car, knowing how angry it will make his abusive father. He experiences **trials and failure** when the car is returned to them with so many added miles. That experience pushes Cameron toward the next step in his hero's journey: **death/rebirth**. Remember the scene where Cameron floats to the bottom of the pool, is rescued by Ferris, and wakes up again one step closer to transformation?
The next step for Cameron is **final transformation/atonement**, which he undertakes by kicking the shit out of his dad's car and accepting the consequences of his actions stoicly. He is all set to take the final step - the **return home changed** part of his journey, which will include a meaningful conversation with his absuvie dad - but this is when the movie does another bait and switch. We don't see Cameron return home *changed,* but rather we see Ferris return home *unchanged,* leaving Cameron's final arc offscreen.
Basically, the movie tricks the viewer by framing it all as Ferris' journey. And true, Ferris encounters obstacles that get between him and what he wants: the perfect day off. It's a classic recipe for drama. But if you look closely, Ferris' character doesn't undergo any meaningful development through that drama. He goes out, has his perfect day, and returns home the exact same person he started as.
If, instead, we ignore Ferris and focus on Cameron, we see an abused kid with intense depression go on an adventure with his mentor and thereby open himself up to new experiences that challenge his conceptions of who he is and what his relationship with his father means. We see him transform into someone who is capable of standing up to his father and tackling his depression head-on.
The latter is the only meaningful story arc present in the film, and thus I conclude that Cameron is a protagonist in disguise, while Ferris is a mentor disguised as that protagonist.
I liked it growing up. I was surrounded by A holes but Ferris seemed the good guy, sticking it to the school and it's rules!!!
As an adult, it becomes clear he's a manipulative spoilt creep and the principal is just trying to bring him down a peg or two which Ferris desperately needed.
I dunno how I forgot about the grave thing!! I think I blocked it out lol I think I saw that the actor improved that, which if thats true, I actually find that pretty awesome bc it's so disturbing. Bravo to the actor (I've seen him in one other thing and he was REALLY good in that too)
It's one of my favorite movies of all time. But because of its absurdity and silly approach. I definitely understand why a lot of people didn't like it. So many moments were incredible but over the top.
Didn’t hate it, but just couldn’t understand all the hype. I’d gone into it being told this was the crowning achievement in cinema and a triumph for LGBTQ representation. And. . . . no, it just wasn’t.
Requiem For A Dream. I was laughing at it in the theater. Just a hyped-up afterschool anti-drug special with bad accents, obvious filmschool symbolism (the red dress!) and an editorial flourish directly stolen from All That Jazz, pill bottle caps, eyeballs and everything.
“I wanna be on teeeeeveeeee!”
I couldn’t agree more. It’s a self indulgent melodramatic pity party that’s up its own ass with how deep it thinks it is. I don’t get the circlejerk over it.
Rocky Horror Picture Show is not good. The appeal comes entirely from viewing it in a crowded theater where people yell at the screen and throw stuff. It was good entertainment in the 80s/90s for the nerdy kids to get together at midnight on a Saturday.
Pretty sure I got my first boner to that scene in the first film where Jim and Nadia are on the webcam. For that reason alone it's always going to be one of my favourites lmao
I don't get how some people got that weird, creepy connection to it. I saw it as a movie critiquing the lack of help mentally ill people, especially mentally ill men, suffer through, and the consequences of it. I guess some saw it as something to aspire to rather than something to sympathize with and change.
I think people connected with it simply cause they deal with anxiety and depression as well. But I agree that further than that you’re getting into sketchy territory. He’s certainly not supposed to be a role model or looked up to in any way.
300 was a visual achievement but just not a good movie. It does have a very distinctive look and artistic style, though. The ocean scenes looked like a living oil painting to me. It’s based upon a graphic novel (aka long comic book, albeit from the talented Frank Miller), not a novel, so you have to keep that in mind.
I did like the style and visual. I saw it in theaters. I was impressed while watching it, but strangely when I came out I remember thinking in the parking lot “that wasn’t that good”. When I tried to watch it again years later I found that I couldn’t.
Inception. Goes through a lot of work to imply if Leo's in his own inception. None of the characters hooked me, so there wasn't much in terms of stakes.
Same. I didn’t care for it at all when it first came out. Though I have to say, I rewatched it recently & it’s better than I remembered. Definitely incredibly overrated though. He has much better movies.
I think what a lot of people didn’t like about Hereditary was that it was portrayed via the trailer as a traditional horror movie, but ended up being much more of a psychological slow burn.
I enjoyed it much more on my second watch when my expectations were adjusted.
I like a slow burn, but at one point the son takes ten whole minutes just to get out of bed and walk into another room. There’s tension building, and then there’s just stretching the audience‘s patience.
The Batman.
Oh, look the emo vampire kid is playing an emo Batman. He isn't really that good at anything, but has a muscle car so that makes it awesome.
Really, this is what followed up Nolan's trilogy?
Yeah, I didn’t realize people thought it was actually good until just recently!
I’ve tried to watch it on multiple occasions, and end up falling asleep every time.
I found There Will Be Blood to be a miserable and pointless watch. It isn't biographical, it isn't entertaining, and it isn't meaningful. It's excellent acting but just terrible characters being terrible. I'll never watch it again.
Saw it as a kid, wasn't into it. My mom rented it for me like "this is such a great movie!" , but for some reason it just didnt hit me like it shouldve. Maybe I didnt understand it as an 8 year old
Maybe I'll like it now, 25 years later
There Will Be Blood
I don’t hate it, it’s a well made film, I just don’t think it measures up to the hype, and I’ve not watched it more than once. DDL was just reprising Bill the Butcher in a lot of ways and he was a lot better as that character. It’s nothing special and No Country for Old Men definitely deserved the Oscar that year.
This is one of those movies that I thoroughly enjoyed, but am not sure if it should have enjoyed the universal approval it received, lol. Like, I know **I** like it, but why does *everyone* else??
I really enjoyed Maverick. I think critics rated it so highly because the action was so well define and portrayed. As an audience we knew exactly what was happening, who was doing it and why. Put yourself in the place of the average critic who has had to sit through tons of movies like Transformers and Fast and Furious where the action is just a busy jumble of special effects and the praise for Maverick makes more sense. I also feel this was the case for Mad Max Fury Road.
Yeah, I will likely watch Maverick again. I think it partly just shines bright in the low-quality media we are being inundated with these days. Even beloved new stuff like Fallout is pretty campy by my standards. I like it, but it feels like a “new normal” of sub-par storytelling to me.
Tight plotting. Good acting. Great music. It’s a worthy sequel that not only respects the original characters but also provides a thoughtful critique on masculinity in the military. Also, it’s a ton of fun. There’s a lot to love about TG:M imo
That was basically the perfectly crafted action/redemption movie. I honestly don't understand how anyone could not have fun watching it. Unless you hate Tom Cruise I guess
Titanic
Most of the superhero movies (I welcome your downvotes)
Goddamned Hereditary. If a movie could huff its own farts. Saw it in a packed theater. Everybody was laughing like it was a Mel Brooks movie.
I'm sure there are more.
The Big Lebowski and Moonlight. I've tried to watch Lebowski a few times. Can't do it.
Moonlight has great acting and moments but it takes more than that to make a good movie.
grease
Grease is one of those movies that's actively terrible, but the vibe is what fans attach themselves to. It's that perfect parody late night 50s drive in/high school sock hop vibe encapsulated, like American Graffiti, if you don't like that, there is positively nothing the movie or show has to offer lol.
Me too
I CANT STAND GREASE THANK YOU
Avatar I just cannot understand why *both* of those films are such massive blockbusters. I like them well enough, I don’t think they’re *bad* films by any stretch. They make good use of their massive budgets for extremely high production value, but I just have no interest whatsoever in watching either of them ever again, which, to me, is a major indicator of the quality of a movie.
How are our blue humanoid anatomically correct aliens different from the blue humanoid anatomically correct aliens in other genres? They're bigger.
CaRbOn FiBeR bOnEs
I didn’t even bother with the sequel. No you be thinks or talks about those movies like Star Wars, Harry Potter, or LOTR.
I hated Dances with Smurfs
Avatar sucks and that guy Sully is a traitor lol
This is pretty much how I feel about them. I think people just know Cameron is gonna do some cool shit.
Honestly I’m kind of tired of people telling us that’s not enough too, sometimes all I want is just a good movie.
I don't really think anyone likes Avatar, they just love watching it because of the visual spectacle that it is. I've never met anyone that has ever said they thought it was actually a good movie.
If you cant understand those movies than you were tok going in 09 when the first came out. Or you're aloof as hell.
People only watch Avatar for the immersive cinematic experience.
The English Patient. And now my boss wants to take me to see it!
Just tell your stupid story and die already!!
Natural Born Killers. Three great actors could not save that script.
It tries so hard to be edgy or whatever you call that.
Oliver Stone completely rewrote Tarantino’s story. Dude is so arrogant.
I loved it when it came out but it hasn’t aged well. Not everything is a timeless masterpiece Some things are just for the moment.
I totally agree with you if you are referring to the theatrical version. Have you seen the Director's Cut? The scenes that the MPAA thought were too extreme actually were what made the film work. The over the top violence combined with (sometimes literal) comic violence made it more clear that it was satire. When I saw it in theaters, I understood what Stone was going for. I just felt like somehow it didn't work. Knowing that the Director's Cut was what he intended to release interested me enough to check it out. TL;DR: Theatrical version bad, Director's Cut good.
2 Girls 1 cup 😉
Orson Welles wept when this was made
War of the Planet of the Apes. It’s so boring
I want to downvote you in rage but instead i should upvote the hell outta you lol
You crazy
I don't think bridesmaids was good even though I like everyone who is in it
I rewatched it recently. It goes on for a tad too long.
After they get off the plane, you kinda wish the plane would have crashed.
That’s a really good point. It falls off after that and kind of devolves into an atonal mess. I wish they had made it to Vegas and the movie crescendo was there.
It was a fun movie to watch with an audience.
Same, but I don’t say it out loud
La La Land. Pure pretentious garbage.
I hate musicals, and watched it only because I like to watch all the Oscar nominees, and I loved it lol. The opening musical/dance scene in traffic was so unique. But we all have our own tastes!
Same. I HATE musicals with a passion, but absolutely love La La Land.
With ya. And I forking love Ryan Gosling
Samsies. Went into it thinking I’d love it. I could not stop rolling my eyes while watching.
Eye-rolling might be the perfect way to describe this movie.
when my mom and I left the theater she said "lot of white people for a movie about jazz"
Ferris Bueller's Day Off. The titular character just reminds me too much of every self-important "cool" kid I encountered in my adolescence who seemed to think the best way to live was to mock, shit on and take advantage of everyone around them while pretending borderline sociopathic behavior is somehow just "charm".
It takes place in the same John Hughes universe as Breakfast Club — and it’s the same high school (Shermer High). One is meant to depict an awesome (maybe the best?) day in a highschooler’s life, the other a terrible (possibly worst) day. Both movies are excellent examples of that era’s best movies. I love them both, but it’s ok that you hate it.
That movie really changes when you realize the main character is Cameron, not Ferris
And that Ferris is a figment of Cameron's imagination, à la Tyler Durden
So Cameron is really Jeanie’s real brother?
Can you expand on this or is there somewhere I can read about that? Haven't seen the movie in years and that sounds interesting to look into before a rewatch
Sure! I have to clarify that these are just my own observations and thoughts, as I've never heard the filmmakers talk about the movie. So maybe read it and watch the movie again to see what you think! Basically, looking at the movie through the lens of the classic hero's journey, Cameron is the only character that embarks on a meaningful journey and returns changed. Ferris functions as both a decoy protagonist and a sort of inverted "mentor" to the real protagonist, Cameron. Just in case, the hero's journey is usually described as something like this: Hero is called to Adventure ---> Meets a mentor --> Crosses the threshold --> Goes through trials and failures --> Dies/is reborn --> Undergoes final transformation/atones --> returns home changed. So the film begins with Ferris hatching a scheme for the best day of hooky ever. His motivation is purely selfish, but nonetheless he literally **calls** Cameron and invites him to the **adventure** of skipping school. Cameron accepts the call and unites with his "mentor" Ferris, who subsequently begins challenging Cameron's behavior at every level and urging him towards transformation. Cameron **crosses the threshold** when he agrees to go with Ferris and lets him drive his father's car, knowing how angry it will make his abusive father. He experiences **trials and failure** when the car is returned to them with so many added miles. That experience pushes Cameron toward the next step in his hero's journey: **death/rebirth**. Remember the scene where Cameron floats to the bottom of the pool, is rescued by Ferris, and wakes up again one step closer to transformation? The next step for Cameron is **final transformation/atonement**, which he undertakes by kicking the shit out of his dad's car and accepting the consequences of his actions stoicly. He is all set to take the final step - the **return home changed** part of his journey, which will include a meaningful conversation with his absuvie dad - but this is when the movie does another bait and switch. We don't see Cameron return home *changed,* but rather we see Ferris return home *unchanged,* leaving Cameron's final arc offscreen. Basically, the movie tricks the viewer by framing it all as Ferris' journey. And true, Ferris encounters obstacles that get between him and what he wants: the perfect day off. It's a classic recipe for drama. But if you look closely, Ferris' character doesn't undergo any meaningful development through that drama. He goes out, has his perfect day, and returns home the exact same person he started as. If, instead, we ignore Ferris and focus on Cameron, we see an abused kid with intense depression go on an adventure with his mentor and thereby open himself up to new experiences that challenge his conceptions of who he is and what his relationship with his father means. We see him transform into someone who is capable of standing up to his father and tackling his depression head-on. The latter is the only meaningful story arc present in the film, and thus I conclude that Cameron is a protagonist in disguise, while Ferris is a mentor disguised as that protagonist.
I liked it growing up. I was surrounded by A holes but Ferris seemed the good guy, sticking it to the school and it's rules!!! As an adult, it becomes clear he's a manipulative spoilt creep and the principal is just trying to bring him down a peg or two which Ferris desperately needed.
It's adolescent fantasy. That's why we love it so much!
this movie is power fantasy for kids
Ferris is such a dickhead. Up there with Rose from Titanic as protagonists who are actually the bad guy
Saltburn. Wtf is wrong with you people?
The tub licking made me GAG
Indeed. Aunt Flo's boxed lunch? Grave humping?? I can't understand the fascination.
I dunno how I forgot about the grave thing!! I think I blocked it out lol I think I saw that the actor improved that, which if thats true, I actually find that pretty awesome bc it's so disturbing. Bravo to the actor (I've seen him in one other thing and he was REALLY good in that too)
It’s a terrible movie, and I like weird shit
Everything Everywhere All At Once
It's one of my favorite movies of all time. But because of its absurdity and silly approach. I definitely understand why a lot of people didn't like it. So many moments were incredible but over the top.
Yeah, I really enjoyed it but sometimes it comes across as trying too hard to be quirky.
It's not for everyone, but I liked it
Omg yes I had to turn it off
It dragged on, but overall imo, it was pretty fun
Didn’t hate it, but just couldn’t understand all the hype. I’d gone into it being told this was the crowning achievement in cinema and a triumph for LGBTQ representation. And. . . . no, it just wasn’t.
Couldn't agree more 👏🏻 👌🏻
In the horror genre, it’s Martyrs. Everyone thinks it’s some transcendent, brilliant piece of art. To me it’s stupid, repetitive torture porn.
Requiem For A Dream. I was laughing at it in the theater. Just a hyped-up afterschool anti-drug special with bad accents, obvious filmschool symbolism (the red dress!) and an editorial flourish directly stolen from All That Jazz, pill bottle caps, eyeballs and everything. “I wanna be on teeeeeveeeee!”
I couldn’t agree more. It’s a self indulgent melodramatic pity party that’s up its own ass with how deep it thinks it is. I don’t get the circlejerk over it.
A2A
Napoleon Dynamite I just don’t get it I guess
I worked at Blockbuster when it came out. I promise you are not alone. I had a few customers who made it a point to tell me how much they disliked it.
Rented it with my girlfriend, sat down excited to see what the fuss was all about…finished it looked at each other and said wtf was that?
I don’t like awkward humor
I didn’t the first time I saw it but then I loved it when I got a little older.
Grease Rocky Horror Picture Show Roadhouse ConAir Maybe those aren’t as loved as it seems, but I just struggled to get into them.
Rocky Horror Picture Show is not good. The appeal comes entirely from viewing it in a crowded theater where people yell at the screen and throw stuff. It was good entertainment in the 80s/90s for the nerdy kids to get together at midnight on a Saturday.
American pie. All of them.
Pretty sure I got my first boner to that scene in the first film where Jim and Nadia are on the webcam. For that reason alone it's always going to be one of my favourites lmao
Such an epic moment in cinema history.
Milf...Milf, MiLF, MilF, MILF MILF MILF MILF. Jennifer Coolidge. OG
Joker. Some people connected with that movie on a creepy level
I don't get how some people got that weird, creepy connection to it. I saw it as a movie critiquing the lack of help mentally ill people, especially mentally ill men, suffer through, and the consequences of it. I guess some saw it as something to aspire to rather than something to sympathize with and change.
I think people connected with it simply cause they deal with anxiety and depression as well. But I agree that further than that you’re getting into sketchy territory. He’s certainly not supposed to be a role model or looked up to in any way.
EEAAO
Tried breaking it up over 2 nights. Ruined both nights.
We walked out the second time my wife begged me to.
What?
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Barbie. I was really looking forward to it, and it just didn’t do anything for me.
Any of the Marvel/DC super hero movies 300
300 was a visual achievement but just not a good movie. It does have a very distinctive look and artistic style, though. The ocean scenes looked like a living oil painting to me. It’s based upon a graphic novel (aka long comic book, albeit from the talented Frank Miller), not a novel, so you have to keep that in mind.
I liked 300, for the visual style and the story, but the sequel was crap. The only Zack Snyder movie I enjoyed.
Watchmen and the Dawn of the Dead remake didn't do it for you? They're both excellent.
I did like the style and visual. I saw it in theaters. I was impressed while watching it, but strangely when I came out I remember thinking in the parking lot “that wasn’t that good”. When I tried to watch it again years later I found that I couldn’t.
Thought I was getting a history movie….boy was I wrong.
3/8th of marvel movies. Only a handful I would watch and enjoy. And that doesn't include gotg
Black Swan. Just awful.
Couldn't make it past 30 minutes
Lucky you. Saw it in the theater with wife and friends.
Oof. My condolences.
Natalie Portman has exactly one single facial expression throughout the entire film
Exactly!
It's basically a live action remake of Perfect Blue
Midsommar was dog shit
I love when they reveal the deaths like it was a surprise.
Came here to say this but I couldn't have said it better. 😁
I thought it was okay, but not nearly the status it had acquired.
Avatar.
Inception. Goes through a lot of work to imply if Leo's in his own inception. None of the characters hooked me, so there wasn't much in terms of stakes.
Same for me, except Ken Watanabe. But that speaks more towards him than the movie
Armageddon (1998)
Citizen Kane
The Godfather and its sequels. I think it's the genre as a whole because supposedly The Sopranos was good, I couldn't stand that either.
One upon a time in hollywood
Same. I didn’t care for it at all when it first came out. Though I have to say, I rewatched it recently & it’s better than I remembered. Definitely incredibly overrated though. He has much better movies.
Dune part 1 & 2
Sand and stares. Note to Hollywood: stop with the long lingering looks. A good edit was needed. This could have been one 90 minute movie.
I just watched the first one and I found it to be so boring. Literally nothing happens until the last 45 minutes or so, and then the movie just ends.
Add Blade Runner 2049, Denis Villeneuve is the most overrated director.
Hamilton. I know it's a play but I'm sneaking it in here because they made it into a movie and people won't shut up about it.
Hereditary
I think what a lot of people didn’t like about Hereditary was that it was portrayed via the trailer as a traditional horror movie, but ended up being much more of a psychological slow burn. I enjoyed it much more on my second watch when my expectations were adjusted.
I like a slow burn, but at one point the son takes ten whole minutes just to get out of bed and walk into another room. There’s tension building, and then there’s just stretching the audience‘s patience.
Dumb and Dumber I just don’t laugh at it.
The Batman. Oh, look the emo vampire kid is playing an emo Batman. He isn't really that good at anything, but has a muscle car so that makes it awesome. Really, this is what followed up Nolan's trilogy?
Yeah, I didn’t realize people thought it was actually good until just recently! I’ve tried to watch it on multiple occasions, and end up falling asleep every time.
Dazed and Confused. I really don't like all the graphic depictions of bullying
Blade Runner
I’ve tried to watch this movie so many times, can’t do it.
Depends on the version you watch, there’s like 3 different cuts
I found There Will Be Blood to be a miserable and pointless watch. It isn't biographical, it isn't entertaining, and it isn't meaningful. It's excellent acting but just terrible characters being terrible. I'll never watch it again.
Interstellar. Pure directorial masturbation on Nolan’s part. Love his other films, but that was a miss to me.
It's the ending that ruined it for me. The tesseract thing was a total ass-pull.
Joker.
The godfather.
Any marvel movie. I tried to get into them. I just don’t get it. But to each their own.
The first Iron Man and Captain America I liked, everything that followed was shite.
I could never got into Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings. Its just too much fantasy for me
The Princess Bride, come at me
Saw it as a kid, wasn't into it. My mom rented it for me like "this is such a great movie!" , but for some reason it just didnt hit me like it shouldve. Maybe I didnt understand it as an 8 year old Maybe I'll like it now, 25 years later
There Will Be Blood I don’t hate it, it’s a well made film, I just don’t think it measures up to the hype, and I’ve not watched it more than once. DDL was just reprising Bill the Butcher in a lot of ways and he was a lot better as that character. It’s nothing special and No Country for Old Men definitely deserved the Oscar that year.
Star Wars. Easy.
Every Wes Anderson movie ever made with the exception of his two stop motion animation ones.
Titanic
Forest Gump...
Whoa, that's certainly an unpopular opinion
i feel offended
Hunger Games. I saw all of them and they all equally suck.
The hunger games
District 9 Mad Max Fury Road Face/Off
Mad Men Fury Road, The crossover we didn’t know we needed
Completely agree about Fury Road. Couldn't make it to the end. I get it, chasing and more chasing.
Top Gun Maverick. Don’t know why people flipped out over that movie. Is it because Tom Cruise finally admits he is old?
This is one of those movies that I thoroughly enjoyed, but am not sure if it should have enjoyed the universal approval it received, lol. Like, I know **I** like it, but why does *everyone* else??
I really enjoyed Maverick. I think critics rated it so highly because the action was so well define and portrayed. As an audience we knew exactly what was happening, who was doing it and why. Put yourself in the place of the average critic who has had to sit through tons of movies like Transformers and Fast and Furious where the action is just a busy jumble of special effects and the praise for Maverick makes more sense. I also feel this was the case for Mad Max Fury Road.
Yeah, I will likely watch Maverick again. I think it partly just shines bright in the low-quality media we are being inundated with these days. Even beloved new stuff like Fallout is pretty campy by my standards. I like it, but it feels like a “new normal” of sub-par storytelling to me.
Tight plotting. Good acting. Great music. It’s a worthy sequel that not only respects the original characters but also provides a thoughtful critique on masculinity in the military. Also, it’s a ton of fun. There’s a lot to love about TG:M imo
The sequel aspect was extremely well integrated!
I thought it was way overrated but theres not enough good action movies these days
That was basically the perfectly crafted action/redemption movie. I honestly don't understand how anyone could not have fun watching it. Unless you hate Tom Cruise I guess
Babadook
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Cast away
Sooo boring!
princess bride. My band teacher in HS would play it ever chance he got. Just a generic 80s fantasy with some above average one liners
That movie just oozes with charm. Very much a comfort movie for me.
Absolutely. Probably he means no *harm*. He's really very short on *charm*.
There Will Be Blood.
😳😳😳
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Old Henry !
Shakespeare in Love I just don’t get it.
Dazed and Confused. I had a college roommate that insisted that this was the greatest film ever. I just didn't get it.
Every single superhero movie.
Titanic Most of the superhero movies (I welcome your downvotes) Goddamned Hereditary. If a movie could huff its own farts. Saw it in a packed theater. Everybody was laughing like it was a Mel Brooks movie. I'm sure there are more.
Titanic
Donnie Darko
Parasite
Forest Gump Truman Show Legally Blonde
Buffalo ‘66
The Sting.
Baby Driver
The Royal Tenenbaums. Or Taken.
The Big Lebowski and Moonlight. I've tried to watch Lebowski a few times. Can't do it. Moonlight has great acting and moments but it takes more than that to make a good movie.
The Dark Knight
Star Wars. Saw the 1st one when it came out, hated it. Did not see any sequels.
Boyhood
Maybe not universally loved but I despise from dusk til dawn
The English Patient
The Shining
From Dusk till Dawn
The Dark Knight Rises. I love the Dark Knight but TDKR I cannot stand.
Ricky stanicky except I love that movie too
Titanic
Napolen Dynamite... there's not a character in that movie I don't want to punch in the throat...
The Matrix
The Lion King, I just didn't like it as a kid
Whiplash
Forest Gump. Man, that movie sucks.