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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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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Mrs. Doubtfire. I simply find the plot to be too contrived and ridiculous to get pulled into the story. Yes, I get that the movie is supposed to be a comedy. It does have a funny moment or two, but overall I find the comedy more cringe than actually humorous.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (10 children)

Barbie movie, it just didn’t have any interesting message or pov that isn’t already repeated on a weekly basis in the NYT articles

Edit lol don’t read my comment if you’re too sensitive and easily butt hurt, but it answers the question in the title 🤷‍♀️

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I think the interesting thing about the Barbie movie was its “IP” holder basically acknowledging that a lot of the current generation thinks its product is toxic.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 weeks ago

Oh it's worse. I read the book and it was very sad. And the movie was clearly changed from the book for sake of IP laws, reminding us of how sorry our own dystopia is.

It really needed an Oh Brother Where Art Thou ending where Wade and the gang fail to win but get well-off enough from their exploits and are seen by the public as leaders of the revolution against IOI's monopoly, and the capitalist system as a whole.

One of IOI's sixes gets the final key but when he signs the contract, it locks him out. The OASIS controlling stock remains in escrow pending ?????? with IOI as the default benefactor when... something future undisclosed event happens.

Which would set it all up for RP2.

It's one of those books like the Harry Potter series in which it feels more like it was intended to be easy-to-market, but is not very strong as a story.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

The English Patient. Sex in a tub? That doesn't work!

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

i see a seinfeld reference

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (18 children)

Harry Potter.

Before JK went mask off, I had dropped the books about half way though for being increasing annoyed with how they ended. Never any change to the status quo except Harry actually regressing in character development. I watched the first movie, but that was around when I dropped the books and never looked back.

I was able to just quietly keep my opinions to myself, but with with JK becoming increasing unhinged with both her tweets and books, I haven't felt the need to be polite with the "separate the art from the artists" types. Especially when they just assume that you're a fan if you don't correct them.

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

Tropic Thunder

I bought the DVD on spec, as everyone seemed to love it and I was going offline for a couple of weeks.

What a dog that was. Gave it away by bitching about it and waiting for someone to support it.

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 4 weeks ago

Parasite.

It was a bad movie with no clear theme or message. It felt like it didn't know what it wanted to be comedy drama, thriller or horror.

I felt like shit walking out of the theater.

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