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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 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 36 points 4 months ago (3 children)

It is too early to say Oppenheimer?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I think it was just too long, maybe at half of the length they might have thought more about what belongs in there

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I'd been pretty eager to see it. Everyone told me how intense it was, I actually put it off for a little while because I wasn't sure I was in the mood for something really bleak and existential.

Watching it I was like oh okay this is a movie. Not bad but I wouldn't call it an intense experience.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Haven't been able to finish it, losing my attention on it. Want to join the hype but... 🤷

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Meh. If you like a political bio pic it's probably very interesting but it didnt grip me as tight.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Agreed. Bombastic. Felt like it missed the whole point of Oppenheimer's moral dilemma

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I'm biased but I thought it was pretty clear with portraying Truman as an unambiguously bad guy and Oppenheimer as decent but failing at a critical moment and then regretting it later

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

I've always imagined his moral dilemma was knowing that (after the Nazis were defeated) going ahead with the bomb was wrong, but wanting to do it anyway - because they had become so invested in the idea, and wanted to see if they could.