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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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[-] theangryseal@lemmy.world 39 points 1 week ago

What?!?

What?!?

As an older millennial, that movie was a work of art. I was about 20 when I seen it, stoned, and I couldn’t stop laughing.

[-] chocosoldier 1 points 6 days ago

mid-gen millennial here, my peers were obsessed and i fucking hated it.

[-] cmbabul@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago

Fellow elder millennial that also never understood the appeal of Napoleon Dynamite, still don’t and I’ve watched it stoned as hell

[-] the_tab_key@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

Also elder millennial. I watched half the movie and turned it off. It was horrid.

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

I just don’t get it. I absolutely loved every second of it. From the opening scene to the credits it was one of my favorite movies ever made and still is.

[-] thezeesystem 4 points 1 week ago

What about it was so good though? It was incredibly slow. Little to no character plot humor wasn't even there. It felt like it was just "funny meme haha" kinda movie. Honestly curious, I do enjoy being proven wrong. And no hate on what you enjoy, I just don't understand why people enjoy it.

[-] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 4 points 1 week ago

I got that it's a movie that subverts expectations, or cheekily thumbs its nose at norms, in a delightful way. It clearly derives its delight from the contrast with... something. I have no idea what those expectations or norms are, so the contrast (and the delight) is lost on me.

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

Only other Idaho movie is gay af Keanu. Vote for Summer, because she's hottest girl in Idaho, and a good dairy cow should have 4 nipples tops, and sharp talons.

[-] Lenny@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 week ago

Whenever I see a mountain range Uncle Rico pops into my head.

[-] JudahBenHur@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago

how many dollars would you like to wager that I can hurl this pig skin overtop of that mountain range?

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