I think for me it’s alien: covenant. I was really interested in the ideas explored in prometheus and covenant just expanded on them. I don’t get much into the details of why it is or isn’t a good movie.
Luckily, though, HBO ran raised by wolves which really delved into ideals about AI and planet seeding etc. So that itch got way scratched even if the run was cut short.
not really sure how people view it (or even how i’d view it now nearly 30 years on) but i liked that weird Final Fantasy: Spirits Within movie when it came out. haven’t seen it since it was in theatres though so not sure what i’d think of it now; i just thought it was neat at the time (and age of 10)
Tommy boy got shit on by siskel and ebert, which is why I never trust their reviews. That movie is a 10.
Dirty Grandpa.
It’s much funnier than it has a right to be. Also, Aubrey Plaza really, really wanted to fuck Robert De Niro, and fought to get the role for that reason. Its ending sex scene is one of the most genuine in Hollywood because of that. Of course, Aubrey Plaza makes things better just by showing up.
Critics who hate it need to lighten up.
Tron: Legacy
Also Ready Player One. I like the movie where the person go into the computer :)
That’s one where I really think they missed the mark compared to the book. I thought the book was really well done, and had a great premise. Idk the movie just left a sour taste in my mouth. I highly recommend reading/listening to the book
I saw somewhere on reddit recently calling the book worse than the movie. I liked the book only because I got to envision my version of all the nostalgic iconography. I’m not sure why reddit was hating.
Reddit is full of idiots who don’t have opinions and just jump on the bandwagon
I’m glad that you enjoyed it, but listening to the audiobook was one of the most aggravating reading experiences I’ve had. There were cool bits, but every chapter or two my eyes would glaze over for a minute as Wil Wheaton read off a list of things from the 80’s for a paragraph or two, interrupting whatever flow the book had going on at the time to cram ‘memberberries down my throat. I prefer the movie because I can look at the ‘memberberry references without them interrupting the other cool bits.
Okay that’s fair lol, I didn’t know wil read it. I listened to him in Third Eye and he got… Annoying
I like the movie where the person go into the computer
Have I got an MST3K for you then… Overdrawn at the Memory Bank
“Mother… my nuts.”
I like the movie where the person go into the computer :)
Even Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace?
I didn’t know they made a sequel
Now I’m scared
Lol, I really like premise too. It can be done better, tho.
That’s why I support all sorts of sci-fi that is complete garbage. I want the genre to thrive and if we stop showing up Hollywood stops giving money.
It’s a work of art.
A simple tropey story to hang some amazing visual and aural art off.
I watch it often.
Give me the soundtrack, that’s all I need.
Love it. Sad Daft Punk may not release anymore music.
I still hope that Disney throws a small fortune at them for the Tron 3 OST
Last thing I heard was that the soundtrack is being made by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. It’s the next best thing, if you ask me.
Yeah, sad about Daft Punk but this is the next best option I could think of
Johnny Greenwood would be another great option.
I think one of them is going deaf sadly
Wait, people dislike Tron? I had no idea
I’ve watched it when I was younger a couple of times but for me personally it was just a movie I watched amd the idea of rewatching it feels boring to me
The Daft Punk soundtrack against the hyper-electronic visuals is a fantastic blend for the senses.
Ice Pirates (1984) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087451/
Anjelica Huston
Ron Perlman
Mary Crosby
John Matuszak
John Carradine
Breakfast of Champions - I don’t care if it totally bastardized Vonnegut, I really liked it.
Mystery Men - Again, I don’t care if it totally bastardized Bob Burden.
Titan AE
The female version of Ghostbusters.
Zardoz.
Hackers. Fuck you if you say one bad thing about this movie. It is glorious.
I do love hackers.
Mystery Men & Hackers are among my guilty pleasures.
The girl ghost busters was rated pretty good though, wasn’t it?
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Titan A.E
Grandma’s Boy
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Dude I fuckkkkking Loved Titan AE. Such a good movie for its time when adult cartoons weren’t everywhere. Cartoons at the time were all hand hold-y and made for kids; it was such a breath of fresh air.
Well, I believe Pixar was around, but this was a great scifi epic, too, with a fantastic soundtrack, cast, and just everything. I too adore it to death. Long live Planet Bob.
Haven’t seen Titan A.E. in a long time. Great film. Definitely need to rewatch it.
Grandma’s boy has a really high rating for a comedy. And for good reason. I loved it.
For horror, 6+ is great, comedy generally 7+. Harder to make everyone laugh or be scared.
It has a 15% critic rating on RT.
6.9 on IMDb. Hmm.
Well, good, at least everyone isn’t completely insane.
Lincoln fucking rocks!
No, that was the lame one by some hack, that didn’t even have any vampires in it. This was the true masterpiece.
my answer for this is always BASEketball
one of the funniest movies of all time yet only has 41% on RT
I swear if you guys rip on me 13 or 14 more times, I’m outta here dude.
I hear your sister’s going out with Squeak!
Dude.
Dude. No said no more journey psych outs
What’s a bajoina?
Weekend at Bernie’s
I still think League of Extraordinary Gentlemen got unfairly dragged. 16% on Rotten Tomatoes.
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/league_of_extraordinary_gentlemen
A lot of people were confused about Dorian Gray, but adding him was pretty inspired.
Watched it not long ago. Didn’t realize the people rating it have no appreciation for decent movies.
It wasn’t phenomenal by any means but it was quite entertaining for the duration of it.
I still think League of Extraordinary Gentlemen got unfairly dragged. 16% on Rotten Tomatoes.
It is a pretty mediocre movie overall, but it is just a lot of fun and I have watched it a dozen times.
Definitely not a 16%'er.
For critics, yeah I think it is 16%er but that is because critics are looking for different things in movies than the audience who wanted to see the movie.
Surprised it hasn’t come back as a streaming channel series of films like “Knives Out”. It’s got a lot of potential.
I remember screening league of extraordinary gentleman and all I could think is it was probably not for me. Not to say someone else wouldn’t like it. I feel like not everything should be rated based on its wide spread appeal.
16% on Rotten Tomatoes.
That crictic rating though, that’s a useless measure. And 44% audience score isn’t that bad.
Ebert’s big beef with it was “You can’t drive a car in Venice!” and I’m like “You’re OK with 1800s nuclear submarines, an immortal vampire victim, an invisible man, and a dude who can’t be hurt because his painting takes the damage for him, but driving a car in Venice is a bridge too far?”
I don’t disagree that it’s a terrible movie, it’s just a terrible movie that I happened to really like.
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
pretty sure I watched it in the theater while it was new and I didn’t think it was a waste of time but it is forgettable. It’s only really remarkable thing is being Sean Connery’s last movie
As a “last movie” it’s kind of infamous, like Raul Julia as Bison in “Street Fighter”.
I absolutely enjoy this movie as well! Nemo kicking ass is a joy to watch
Well it’s not a shit rating but I do think A Knight’s Tale is way better than its mediocre scores. Perfect comfort movie.
A Knight’s tale is a cult classic. That it’s not well rated is absurd.
Edit: it’s 1% shy of a fresh rating on rotten tomatoes and has an audience score of 79%.
woah
they made a white version of Black Knight (2001)?
They came out the same year.
‘but it’s not historically accurate!’
Y’get to see heath ledger in armor win the girl, bust heads, and have a grand time doing it! All to a solid soundtrack.
The lack of historical accuracy also isn’t due to a lack of research, but a deliberate style and tone choice, as demonstrated at the very beginning of the movie when the trumpeters play We Will Rock You and the crowd claps and stomps along.
Tell me about it. Anybody who saw the first few minutes of the film and still expected the rest to be historicaly accurate should probably get tested for autism. The director made it clear from the very start that A Knight’s Tale is satire.
Really, cool. I’ll have to watch it one of these days, if it ever comes up on streaming
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Literally the opening scene of the movie.
Thanks, that certainly makes it seem like a fun movie. I wonder how many ren faires did that back then
Dude Where’s My Car is one of my favorite movies with the worst rating of all time.
This used to be one of my favorites. I tried watching this again, high as a kite, with my wife the other day and we made it 35 minutes in before going back to rewatching I Think You Should Leave for the 100th time.
I hope there’s gonna be another season of that. It’s so fucking good.
Check out the movie Friendship. Gonna be so fuckin good.
Itysl memes have become the way my wife and I communicate. It’s wild the impact that that show has had on us lmao
And then?
Sweet! What does mine say?
Its mystery is exceeded only by its power.
That was going to be my answer too. I enjoy that movie and don’t care what people think.
That movie is so dumb. I LOVE IT.
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist. Yes it’s utterly ridiculous. I don’t care, it’s still a masterpiece of absurdity to me. That 13% on RT is a shame.
Also how has it been 23 years since its release.
That movie rules. Shaolin Soccer is also pretty good.
You’re thinking of Kung Fu Hustle, which is brilliant in every way.
And I think it doesn’t qualify, because it was fairly well reviewed and did quite well at the box office.
Yes, that’s the one! Now I guess I have to watch Kung Pow as well.
Shaolin Soccer is the greatest masterpiece ever created with film.
The mistreatment of the female lead was a little too over the top, but otherwise 10/10 good film
My girlfriend got me plastered and showed me this fever dream of a movie. 10/10 experience
Kung Fu Hustle is Kung Pow, but good.
Hell yea!
Tiger
Bird
it’s an interesting and funny concept, but its just too much in the format of a whole film for me. I think its funny for the most part but its too much at like the 25% mark
I’m sure on some planet this movie is impressive, but its weak link is: this is Earth.
Does Borat the original count?
I JUST rewatched Gone in Sixty Seconds on a whim, on like Thursday, and spotted that it apparently has a 38% critic rating from Rotten Tomatoes. Fuck that noise, that movie is a materpiece of filmography.
This is the movie we use to test our systems. Soundtrack rocked, it’s my fiances favorite.
Agreed! I love to hate gone in sixty seconds, I feel the same way about the need for speed movie as well. If you haven’t seen it I recommend watching the NFS movie.
Tomato-meter has it currently as 26%
I think it was just too much Race, Chase, Heist Fatigue. When it came out, everyone watched it and had a good time. They got lulled in by the 27 F&F movies. But it’s not the same thing.
This came out a year BEFORE the first F&F movie.
Yeah but the tomato is score has more than that first year of ratings on it right?
Uhhhh, I dunno, I suppose that’s possible. Rotten Tomatoes wasn’t around in 2000, was it? Would they have aggregated from, like, newspaper reviews at the time?
That’s a damn good question let me look it up
From their FAQ:
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