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What's the dumbest blockbuster movie you have seen that somehow received high praise? (lemm.ee)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by FookReddit69@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I'm not saying the worst, otherwise I would need to include the star wars sequels or transformers movies... Just some really dumb movie that somehow got praised.

For me has to be Ready Player One. That movie message is so "uhuh" obvious that is stupid, the whole nerd that saves the world in a thing that otherwise would be useless to know in real life... The so over the top evil gaming corporation. The whole 80s and 90s movies and games references get old after half an hour... And it's so pandering towards the geeks and nerds, they really want the viewer feeling really cool for knowing that is the Shining hallway, or that is a Monty python reference... Or look a GUNDAM! YOU'RE SO COOL FOR COLLECTING THOSE GUN PLA! Look we have also overwatch and halo in the background! You're so cool modern gamer!

Also the obviously attractive "nerd" hacker girl that thinks she's ugly and deformed for having a small hard to see red tint in one side of her pretty face... Cmon man. In no universe anyone would think that actress is ugly.

And the message at the end is so hilarious: Look man, you're cool for getting these references and being a real gamer is cool, but go outside more!

Is like the creators have no self awareness.

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[–] prole@sh.itjust.works 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I've recently come to terms with the fact that I guess I've just grown out of Star Wars. When you strip away all of the nostalgia, I don't think any of the originals (or prequels) hold up at all. And the newer ones have just been trash.

[–] tobogganablaze@lemmus.org 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I’ve recently come to terms with the fact that I guess I’ve just grown out of Star Wars. When you strip away all of the nostalgia

Very true. Rewatching stuff later with a new perspective certainly changes things.

I don’t think any of the originals (or prequels) hold up at all.

That is where I disagree. THe orginals do hold up, because Starwars was about classic adventure story. The character of Luke Skywalker. The original trilogoy (and there are quality differences between the eopisodes) overall get this right. It's the sort of timless story, just with a spin on it beeing a sci-fi world.

The prequels and sequels completley missed that aspect of basic stoytelling. The OT stands out as a piece of revolutionary cinema, where the prequels are an elaborate ad to sell more Starwars toys.

[–] FookReddit69@lemm.ee 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Does that mean that from your point of view all the movies are evil?

[–] tobogganablaze@lemmus.org 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Not sure what you mean by that.

I can offer you bad, terrible, aweful, dreadful, horrendous, vile, digusting .... but I wouldn't say evil.

[–] FookReddit69@lemm.ee -1 points 5 months ago

I was joking using the meme by Anakin