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What successful or popular movie that many loved you just HATE? (lemmings.world)

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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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[-] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 50 points 1 week ago

Snowpiercer. The movie was just a weak attempt at socio-economic metaphor, with an absolutely terrible premise, bad effects, action sequences shot mostly in the dark, weird pacing, and goofy characters. It seemed like a live-action Anime, and I hate Anime. I sat through that movie, the whole time wondering how and why it got such great reviews.

[-] yessikg 1 points 4 days ago

The show does a better job, but the premise itself is such a stretch

[-] Lenny@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 week ago

I felt like I was taking crazy pills while watching it as I tried to reconcile what I was experiencing vs what I heard from others.

[-] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

The socio hierarchy stuff is the point of the movie. Well done metaphor. Thought provoking even if you hate the exposition.

I will eat your best tasting babies for not being in line with the movie critic hierarchy. Back of the train with you.

[-] TheFonz@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

Nothing wrong with metaphors.... Until they are so dull and ridiculous as if thought up by a sixth grader doing a lit assignment. Snowpiercer is that. That's all it is. There is nothing profound on insightful or interesting or new. That's all it is: the embodiment of a really dull metaphor. Just my opinion of course.

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