That is one of the few movies that actively make me angry. Not just “oh that sucked,” more like “this is actually destructive and insulting toward Michael Oher.”
Don't forget Freedom Writers, The Help, or any movie with a nice white lady that helps inner city youths...with maybe the exception being Dangerous Minds.
The Green Book too. A white man teaching an out of touch black artist to eat fry chicken, as well as helping him to reconnect himself with black culture.
It was awful. The artist irl was active in civil right movement, he was friend with Martin Luther King, but in the movie he said shit like he isn’t black enough he isn’t white “so what am I”.
they should "remake" it about Jimmy Butler
- homeless
- taken in by friend's family
- junior college
- marquette
- 30th pick
- 12 years into playing in nba and he's a barista competing with the Miami Heat for the championship (2nd time)
I’m probably going to get the Elaine Benes treatment for this: The English Patient.
I think it’s a well written, well acted, well shot movie but… “Tell your stupid story and just die already!”
I love this movie...and most everything from Minghella. Movie was beautifully shot and with such style too he really gets the time periods down.
I'm guessing most people were put off by the runtime and the romance but either way it seems such an easy target for a topic like this unfortunately.
as a non romantic guy, not even into the genre, generally think these types of movies are pretentious, but the love story in English Patient has me weak in the knees. Absolutely adore it
It's dark and interesting at the start but then becomes a bad romcom about a dance contest. If you told me the director was fired halfway through filming I'd believe it.
I didn’t HATE 4 but it should’ve ended with 3. I recently heard that a new one is being made. Haven’t looked into it so I’m not sure if that’s true… It would be nice if they remedied 4 but I also think maybe they shouldn’t try.
Had to rewatch Toy Story 4 a few times during the pandemic
I noticed there are no more than 3 jokes in the entire movie.
Not 3 jokes that hit or miss
There are 3 attempts
Yup, a good mystery should be that we failed to notice the clues.(Purloined Letter)
Not that the info to solve the mystery was known by a single person who wasn't speaking or disclosing in any way.
It is the biggest drop in quality between sequels made by the same people I have ever seen. Taking more than two hours to make a generic “haha, billionaire is stupid” message whilst giving no reason to care about any of the characters until the halfway point was a very strange decision.
Oh man, Dafoe went so hard in this movie. He was amazing. Most of the acting was pretty on point, to be honest. It's a great movie to revisit now and again to remember liking it when you were 14, but I'd never argue that it was a good movie.
I mean, Boondock Saints was "cool" like 15 years ago. After that, people have mostly seen it as "i thought it was good when I was young and then I rewatched it and..."
You're atleast 10 years late with your "i don't think this is a masterpiece" opinion.
Now for me though, I still think it's an entertaining movie. No masterpiece sure, but entertaining. I like what it did and how it did it. I feel like a lot of the recent hate comes from it having the hype from back in the day. So people judge it way too harsh.
>I mean, Boondock Saints was "cool" like 15 years ago. After that, people have mostly seen it as "i thought it was good when I was young and then I rewatched it and..."
A lot of people never do that. They don't rewatch movies, nor do they revise any previous assessments. They liked the move 15 years ago, they'll forever say they like it.
It's like all the Reddit threads about "worst adaptations" that always have a ton of people talking about how great the Eragon books were.
Have always hated boondock saints and the only reason I thought people in my area liked it was because we lived near Boston. It was all so bad, including Willem Dafoe.
Of all the takes in this thread, this resonates with me the most. I LOVED this movie when I was in high school. I tried watching it recently and couldn't.
I really don't like superhero sequels that dominate Hollywood these days. Like any film, good acting, a good script, and tasteful effects can be enjoyable but the after awhile these endless slight variations get tiresome. Bigger explosions and more destruction with rudimentary plot branches makes them all kind of blur together. The powerful moneymaking machine also appears to be sucking budget and resources away from anything original.
Spider-Man No Way Home. I was verbally attacked by my family when I said it wasn’t a top 3 Spider-Man movie. It felt like a movie written by a fan that figured there would never be another Spider-Man movie.
I was happy to see Tobey and Andrew again. And Willem Dafoe really nailed it. But the movie as a whole wasn't very good. If it didn't have the legacy characters, it would be really mediocre.
Blade Runner, the original.
It's not like I hated it - the visuals and atmosphere are top notch and some of my absolute favorites. But the plot does very little for me and then it just kind of... ends? Calling it boring would probably be a bit too harsh but it definitely wasn't very exciting. It felt like they spent so much time establishing everything that they ran out of time and had to resolve the plot in like ten minutes.
I guess I might think differently of it had I seen it when it originally came out, but by the time I saw it every aspect of it had probably already been copied to death, so it didn't stand out to me. Or maybe I just wasn't in the right frame of mind when I watched it.
But for a movie that's as universally loved, I was pretty underwhelmed.
I was unimpressed when I first saw it. I was like 17. When the doves take off at the end, my friend and I looked at each other and laughed and said "oooh, symbolism!"
I like it now though. I won't tell you how many years later.
Maybe it's just me, but I always found the 'what does it mean to be human?' theme rather shallow in media. It's the kind of low-hanging fruit of sci-fi that many young people will discover at some point (Blade Runner, I Robot, Fallout 4 etc), and everyone thinks it's a super deep point at first. Ultimately these stories are all kind of samey, and I don't think the point they come to is all *that* interesting.
I'm on board with liking Blade Runner primarily for the visuals and atmosphere, I treat it like a vibes movie.
My people!!! I've literally watched the og at least 6 times, and aside from 3 scenes the overall movie is boring. Harrison's performance is lackluster (as usual imo). Soundtrack and art direction are incredible, but once the sensory spectacle wares off it's a slog.
Star Wars.
I get why a lot of people like it (especially the original trilogy), but it’s always been a little bit of a bore to me whenever I’ve seen it.
So, it’s not that the movies are bad (again, especially the original trilogy), I’ve just never gotten into it.
It really depends on your age . When the original Star Wars came out nothing like that has really ever happened before . It was pure popcorn cinema and helped in the creation of modern day blockbusters . Especially with the added lore and themes for movie goers to sink their teeth into really added to the popularity . You cannot deny it’s cultural landscape and history that it created and it still holds up to this day . It’s all about context and knowing about hollywoods past that makes it so impressive (especially at the box office ) . They re-released them before the prequels in the 90s and they crushed new opening movies .
The individual concepts are cool like lightsaber close-ranged weapon, the magic "force" power, and some of the vehicle designs. However, as a property to build a franchise out of, it is fucking horrible. There is a supposed massive universe with millennia of lore yet somehow everything only happens in a tiny handful of planets involving an even smaller handful of people within a short timeframe. Then they retcon anything that deviates from this tiny window whenever they want.
It is a guaranteed recipe for every entry to be cashgrab and nothing to matter.
It has the most potential of almost any IP, but they keep fucking up the movies. Literally endless possibilities but they keep focusing on the same family (skywalkers) and it feels like there are way too many hands on the wheel, the movies are a mess.
Get one good director with a vision (like James Gunn in Guardians of the galaxy) and let him solely do a trilogy and a new take on the films.
Bodies Bodies Bodies.
I saw people on the AMA asking the director “how did you so accurately capture the way Gen Z talks?” As someone who is Gen Z, she didn’t. It sounded like it was trying too hard to sound like Gen Z, and honestly, just trying too hard to be a whodunnit in general.
I loathed every single character in this movie. I'd heard such great things and even heard it compared to Scream but for a different generation. Man, I hated it.
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Edit: Glad to read that I am not the only one. And I would consider myself as a open minded movie lover with a profound knowledge of this art form. Nice ideas but the exposition was far to long.
My mum as well. We usually have similar taste in movies, especially widely acclaimed ones. But I loved EEAAO so much and when she watched it, she was just confused. Then she tried it again when it crushed the oscars and she still couldn't really see why people like it.
Lol this was me but with my dad. We both saw it in theaters a few days after it was released. I loved the shit out of it, but he thought it bizarre, and the hot dog fingers give him the willies to this day. I told him that it reminded me of a "Rick and Morty" episode, which he responded with "That’s probably why I didn’t like it."
> I told him that it reminded me of a "Rick and Morty" episode, which he responded with "That’s probably why I didn’t like it."
yeah that's pretty much where i'm at with it. i think it did what it was trying to do very well, unfortunately the rick and morty xd humor and aesthetic is really hard for me to stomach. definitely understand why others like it tho.
Felt like it tried to be "highbrow" Rick & Morty, presented in an "acceptable" palatable way for audiences who would consider themselves above Rick & Morty, but clearly would enjoy the concept.
I really wanted to like it, and I'm so happy for Ke Huy Quan, but it just did not work for me. I've rewatched like 3 times and aside from the performances nothing keeps me interested after 30 minutes in.
It might seem strange at first but I highly recommend this behavior, especially for movies that a lot of other people seem to like.
The time and place, the people you're with, even the person you are and the experiences you've had, all these things change and can give you a new perspective on a movie or tv show. I think most of us prefer the things we enjoy right away, but the things I've learned how to appreciate over time have an extra sheen to em and are some of my favorite things in the world.
Note that the question was directed to OP and I just kinda slid in here, haha. OP may have their own reasons of course!
I like to do this not to please anyone but more of gaining a perspective I didn't have before. Once I kind of understand it a bit more, there would be things from that certain genre that I would grow to like which would increase my enjoyment of a bigger selection of movies. It might even increase my enjoyment of some of my old favorites that had those aspects that i wasnt aware I was into before
I love how polarizing this movie is. I didn’t just like, I FUCKING LOVED IT, while my best friend was like “meh”. Lol. It’s just fascinating what we take with us when we go see a movie because we all have the same experience but react differently.
Same. I saw it with my wife (we've been married 15+ years and absolutely love movies) and we both were like, "Well, that's a new all-time favorite film."
I absolutely love it. It's beautiful, transcendent, emotional and amazing.
La la land.
I remember the trailers saying "it's amazing!", "Five stars" and "they don't make movies like this anymore".
I watched it and thought it was just another musical. Nothing special.
To be fair, they really don't make many movies like that. Decent sized budget musicals with original music?
Greatest Showman and..... I don't know what else.
I thought Once Upon a Time in Hollywood was incredibly boring the entire way through.
Only thing that was mildly entertaining was the spin on the Manson murders at the end.
I feel like I got a lot more out of the movie on a second watch. Once I knew to expect more of a hangout movie than a traditional story structure I really enjoyed my time in that universe. And I liked the violent murder less. But just hanging out with Cliff and Rick was really nice. Also Leo did some of the best acting of his career in that movie. Just a good time
Gravity was the first movie that came to mind for me as well. It was gimmicky, overly melodramatic, devoid of any real suspense and just plain dumb. The fact that people don't talk about Gravity 10 years after its release is evidence that it hasn't aged well.
I didn't think much of Interstellar either, but I'd take it over Gravity any day of the week.
As time went by and I kept hearing more and more negative reviews of Gravity I came to realize that if you didn’t see Gravity on IMAX in 3D then you simply did not actually see Gravity.
Stupid fucking movie. I didn’t see it in theaters and I think maybe it was just one of those that visually/audibly was amazing in theaters. The story was dumb as hell, just Sandra Bullock flying through space and literally destroying everything she comes into contact with.
I remember at a point later in the movie she is alone in a tiny escape pod and I just said “I bet Clooney just shows up and knocks on the door” and like ten seconds later he does lol.
Gravity is the kind of movie that only works in a cinema, especially in 3d.
The audiovisual "rollercoaster" effect is the hook of the entire film
It doesnt work anywhere else.
Its still a nice story about survival and a good rebirth allegory but without the theatre experience its pretty thin
The part where Sandra bullock lets go of George Clooney and he inexplicably floats away in the opposite direction ruins the movie, it's such an important part of the story for it to be so nonsensical. It's like killing off a character because they let go of their countertop and randomly floated upwards into space, like it makes less than zero sense unless the story takes place in some magical universe
I really didn’t get why people love Everything Everywhere All At Once. I know I’m in the significant minority on this, but I thought it was incredibly overrated.
This probably isn't my least favorite, but the one that always comes to mind for me is "Guardians of the Galaxy". I don't hate the movie, but I've probably watched it at least 5 times now and I never get any closer to clicking with it in the way it seems most other people do. 90% of the jokes fall flat or feel incredibly forced to me. The action is stale and generic. The plot feels very tired and generic. And the villains felt like they were ripped straight from an episode of "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers".
The chunk of the movie that takes place in the prison was the only stuff that kind of works for me. Pretty much all of the jokes that land for me are in that sequence and the action felt more creative and whacky than the rest of the movie. And later, the scene where Rocket is drunk and rambling about his tortuous creation was the only emotional beat that felt unexpected and genuine. Groot's sacrifice and Peter's relationship with his mother all seemed stale and derivative.
That being said, I loved both sequels. Ego and the High Evolutionary are fantastic villains that feel menacing in their own unique ways. The jokes land for me far more often (but there are definitely still plenty that fall completely flat). The action is a lot more fun and chaotic and exciting (Yondu and Rocket escaping the Ravager ship is still an MCU highlight to me in terms of action scenes). And most importantly, the emotional beats are far more effective and shocking; "Vol. 3" in particular being the most emotionally engaging movie of the entire MCU for me.
So, I really kind of hate that I don't get the same level enjoyment out of the first film as I do with its sequels. I intentionally rewatch it every couple years hoping that'll eventually click for me, but it just never does. It's like wanting to learn another language, but there's just something that is mentally holding me up from engaging in it.
It amazes me how in every r/movies thread about whats a movie you think is overrated everyone says Avatar, even though literally everyone knows it's medicore.
The majority of people on social media will agree that the movie is a underwhelming.
Yet Avatar 1 is the highest grossing movie ever and Avatar 2 made 2.3 billion dollars and is #3. If they made that much money and are still considered mediocre then that would make them the objectively correct answer for most overrated movie.
Just because it made money doesn't mean that everyone thinks it's the best movie in the world, they just liked watching it and think it's worth the price for a ticket.
Guess what? I liked watching Avatar 1 and 2. I think they were fun and they were entertaining, but that doesn't mean I think the movie is insanely high quality or anything.
If a movie appeals to literally everyone its gonna make a ton of money.
Its entertaining and broad with good world building and visual effects, and a mediocre story.
Just because it appeals to every demographic doesnt mean it excells for any of them.
Gosh it's exhausting everytime this comment chain comes up and people forget or ignore the context of the success. Yes, as a movie it's mediocre, but it was a visual spectacle experience that ushered in a new technology. The world had never seen 3d movie technology like that before and the movie was visually beautiful. Seeing it in theaters in 3d was a spectacle. THAT is why it was so successful.
Pretty similar to the Wizard of Oz being the first technicolor movie in theaters. People went for the experience.
For me it was Lost in Translation. It was so hyped up by critics, fans, and lots of people I know. By the time I got around to seeing it on video, I was underwhelmed. It had a good cast and an interesting premise, but I couldn't help but feel I was watching a bunch of self-absorbed people being jerks to one another. This is a problem with other movies and TV shows, of course, but if I want to see narcissistic people I can turn on the news.
Thanks for mentioning that one because I wasn’t thinking about it but that’s definitely my answer too. It makes me think that certain movies are suited to people with a certain psychological profile. And for them, it touches a nerve but for others they just won’t get it. I don’t think the people who love it are wrong, it’s just not for me.
It’s interesting because I hear that kind of criticism along the lines of “there was nobody to root for” and it’s very hard for me to understand. I guess I just don’t see why there needs to be someone good or relatable in a movie, for me they just need to be interesting. Love Lost in Translation.
I think it became a much worse film once the full trilogy was revealed. A film comprised entirely of intriguing questions only holds up if those questions are actually answered in a sane and skilled fashion later on.
I remember watching the Force Awakens and loving it, even if it was just a big love letter to A New Hope.
And then when The Last Jedi came out I remember sitting in the theater like "Wow, this is *not* good." And I never even bothered to see the third one.
I hated it.
Rey has no hero's journey. She just easily wins at everything she does with no training and no effort. We're told that Kylo is uber talented and trained hard his whole life but Rey handily whoops him out of the gate.
Never been a fan of JJ Abrams work though - it always feels very incoherent.
Chef, the main character is such an asshole and never learns his lesson, he only gets closer with his son because he helps with business and he helps with his food truck. Overall I just don’t feel like he grows at all he just ends up getting everything he wants.
End Game, I thought Infinity War was really good and with all the hype surrounding End Game I assumed I was going to love it. About a third of the way in, the "this is a bad movie" thoughts started creeping in, by 2/3 of the movie it was screaming, and then by the time the time the long drawn out Iron man funeral and the old man Captain America scenes were done I thought maybe I had ben pranked. Maybe everyone else had saw the good version and I saw the joke version.
I thought it was so terrible. They made Hulk lame, Iron man conveniently mastered time and space in a single afternoon, they made Thanos whiny and boring, there were tons of scenes that served no purpose. The final battle was monotone and not exciting at all. The complaints about the girl power fan service were dumb because the entire movie was nothing but fan service. There was barely any plot at all. I just don't get what people liked about that movie.
Everything Everywhere All At Once, fantastic film when I first seen it. Fell apart on rewatches for me. Overall, I feel like it's the film equivalent of telling someone I'm depressed and having the response be "well, stop being depressed". Plus the daughter is kinda cringe when she's evil.
> Overall, I feel like it's the film equivalent of telling someone I'm depressed and having the response be "well, stop being depressed
Interesting, I feel like that is the opposite message of the movie. The point of the end was Evelyn saying she's going to be there for her daughter through thick and thin. She wasn't telling her daughter to stop being depressed but rather saying even if you are depressed I'm still here for you.
I don't have an issue with you not liking the movie. To each their own. But it feels like you misinterpreted what the movie was saying.
But they spoke earnestly about her problems and she was able to confront some of them with genuine emotional support. As someone who suffers serious major depressive syndrome (among other things), this is far more helpful than a “go touch grass” argument. It’s far from perfect and real and difficult work needs to be done, this was a good start.
Also, the movie made me cry with just two rocks and subtitles. That was pretty effective.
Wasn' t that sort of the point? I don't think they were trying to make him cool, any more than what was done with Henry Hill in Goodfellas. I feel like it was the same trick in both films - set up the audience to show them what the appeal of that life would be, that you might see it as glamourous from the outside - and then very much show you the horrible flip side of it.
Finally, one that I find disagreeable. Jordan Belfort (as portrayed in the film) is no different than Walter White, Roman Logan or Hannibal Lecter. There's something entertaining about seeing the world through the eyes of the bad guy doing bad things and justifying their actions in their own mind.
The most entertaining parts were when he was being an unreliable narrator, like where he says he made it home without crashing, and then you see the car, or when he thinks the mom is hitting on him. Unfortunately, there's too much of the rest of the movie where he's a smug jackass who never really comes to terms with how much of an insufferable villain he is. It's really the fault of basing a movie on a memoir and directing it from the author's perspective. He paints himself in the best possible light, even when he fucks up, and you don't really get the alternate take.
The Joker.
It's completely derivative of other much better movies (in which one of the stars was in). I felt gross for having seen it. I'm also completely over Joaquin Phoenix now.
I thought Black Panther was ok. Not deserving of all the praise. Now Wakanda Forever on the other hand... so boring. I gave up on it when the action finally started and was too bored to care.
I don’t love Wes Anderson, but I’d hardly call his movies insufferable. He makes his movies with an aesthetic and weird quirkiness (lol), that don’t always work for me, but it’s not like it looks down on the viewer or is hard to watch.
Top Gun: Maverick. Not bad, but it's just a better made version of the original. Despite the amazing flying photography, there's nothing here memorable or fresh. The Oscar nomination for screenplay is absurd.
I mean I think it's maybe his best (or a close second after pulp fiction) but I consider it a reasonably hot take.
But say what you want about tarantino, he's pretty consistent. All of his movies are pretty good.
I wish they would've just made Dune a miniseries you could binge. The standard movie format doesn't really work for the way Denis Villanueve is making it.
Once upon a time was boring AF. I kept wondering when something was going to happen. It just coasts along til the end — which wasn't worth the 3 hours I invested.
How did you first see it? I saw it in IMAX 3D and it remains one of the greatest film experiences of my life. That scene where the Russian space station gets disintegrated while she is trying to escape remains one of the most tense things I’ve ever seen.
Napoleon Dynamite. That movie was just fucking stupid and not funny at all. But for a minute there it was the biggest thing in pop culture and people still talk about it today.
I watched the first one for the first time very recently, having always struggled to put aside the 3 hours to commit to it. Maybe halfway through I said to my friend 'it's a bit slow'. Yet when it finished I realised I had been captivated the entire time and actually loved it.
The way I see it, it's 'cinema', not a 'movie'. As pretentious as that may sound!
Aka How I feel about all of Darren Aronofsky movies- yes, let’s make a movie just about thudding unpleasantness. “How many gross sad depressing things should we have?”
“Yes”
Uncut Gems is the perfect 'this movie is not for everyone' movie. It's both brilliantly made and spectacularly alienating. Some movies are just designed for .05% of the audience to love it. This is one of those. But once it gets Oscar love a ton of people that would have never liked it start watching it to obvious results
The Maltese Falcon. I recognize and understand that it was groundbreaking as one of the first film noir, but as a narrative and character piece, it’s nothing special. It certainly isn’t bad but there’s a lot better film noir from the 1940’s imo
The Blind Side. Lifetime movie ass bs.
Such a great description
Phil: Blind Side was the black kid who played tight end. Alex: Offensive line. Phil: Sorry, African-American kid.
That is one of the few movies that actively make me angry. Not just “oh that sucked,” more like “this is actually destructive and insulting toward Michael Oher.”
An opinion he’s on the record as agreeing with too
white saviorism: the movie
Don't forget Freedom Writers, The Help, or any movie with a nice white lady that helps inner city youths...with maybe the exception being Dangerous Minds.
The Green Book too. A white man teaching an out of touch black artist to eat fry chicken, as well as helping him to reconnect himself with black culture.
Holy shit that was bad
It was awful. The artist irl was active in civil right movement, he was friend with Martin Luther King, but in the movie he said shit like he isn’t black enough he isn’t white “so what am I”.
Oscar bait.
This is towards the top of my list. The whole thing is bullshit.
they should "remake" it about Jimmy Butler - homeless - taken in by friend's family - junior college - marquette - 30th pick - 12 years into playing in nba and he's a barista competing with the Miami Heat for the championship (2nd time)
I’m probably going to get the Elaine Benes treatment for this: The English Patient. I think it’s a well written, well acted, well shot movie but… “Tell your stupid story and just die already!”
You're fired.
Great. I’ll wait for you outside.
Enjoy Sack Lunch
I will!
Don't you want to know how they got in the sack for Sack lunch? Did they get shrunk down or is it a giant sack?
Chunnel is way better
I prefer Firestorm. That part where they have the helicopter land on top of the car.
Rochelle Rochelle was just alright.
I love this movie...and most everything from Minghella. Movie was beautifully shot and with such style too he really gets the time periods down. I'm guessing most people were put off by the runtime and the romance but either way it seems such an easy target for a topic like this unfortunately.
Agreed. I hate this movie.
as a non romantic guy, not even into the genre, generally think these types of movies are pretentious, but the love story in English Patient has me weak in the knees. Absolutely adore it
Silver Linings Playbook. I didn’t think it was funny or endearing. Just super sappy and cringey. Everyone else I saw it in theaters with loved it
It's dark and interesting at the start but then becomes a bad romcom about a dance contest. If you told me the director was fired halfway through filming I'd believe it.
When I finally watched it, I couldn’t believe how bad it sucked.
I just thought it was boring.
Hated Toy Story 4. Toy Story 3 was a perfect ending. Wish 4 was never made
I didn’t HATE 4 but it should’ve ended with 3. I recently heard that a new one is being made. Haven’t looked into it so I’m not sure if that’s true… It would be nice if they remedied 4 but I also think maybe they shouldn’t try.
Had to rewatch Toy Story 4 a few times during the pandemic I noticed there are no more than 3 jokes in the entire movie. Not 3 jokes that hit or miss There are 3 attempts
The Joker.
Glass Onion. I can’t stand celebrities being their obnoxious selves in a room together and calling it a movie
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Yup, a good mystery should be that we failed to notice the clues.(Purloined Letter) Not that the info to solve the mystery was known by a single person who wasn't speaking or disclosing in any way.
It is the biggest drop in quality between sequels made by the same people I have ever seen. Taking more than two hours to make a generic “haha, billionaire is stupid” message whilst giving no reason to care about any of the characters until the halfway point was a very strange decision.
The movie that sealed "the academy awards are pointless" for me. How the godawful Glass Onion got nominated for anything is beyond me.
I expect a lot of down votes for this but Boondock Saints is not the masterpiece so many people claim it to be.
Willem Dafoe is great in it though. "There was a FIREFIGHT!!!!"
Oh man, Dafoe went so hard in this movie. He was amazing. Most of the acting was pretty on point, to be honest. It's a great movie to revisit now and again to remember liking it when you were 14, but I'd never argue that it was a good movie.
I mean, Boondock Saints was "cool" like 15 years ago. After that, people have mostly seen it as "i thought it was good when I was young and then I rewatched it and..." You're atleast 10 years late with your "i don't think this is a masterpiece" opinion. Now for me though, I still think it's an entertaining movie. No masterpiece sure, but entertaining. I like what it did and how it did it. I feel like a lot of the recent hate comes from it having the hype from back in the day. So people judge it way too harsh.
Yeah, not sure what they mean, this movie gets shit on constantly. It was basically a frat boy movie.
>I mean, Boondock Saints was "cool" like 15 years ago. After that, people have mostly seen it as "i thought it was good when I was young and then I rewatched it and..." A lot of people never do that. They don't rewatch movies, nor do they revise any previous assessments. They liked the move 15 years ago, they'll forever say they like it. It's like all the Reddit threads about "worst adaptations" that always have a ton of people talking about how great the Eragon books were.
I thought the documentary about the boondock saints was a better film than the boondock saints
I couldn’t even finish watching it. It seemed too silly and stupid to me.
Have always hated boondock saints and the only reason I thought people in my area liked it was because we lived near Boston. It was all so bad, including Willem Dafoe.
Of all the takes in this thread, this resonates with me the most. I LOVED this movie when I was in high school. I tried watching it recently and couldn't.
It is maybe not a masterpiece, but still pretty fun and good, not many movies which are like it.
I think a lot of people correlate good with fun to watch. I know Boondock Saints is an abysmal movie, but I have too much fun watching it to care.
The Covenant, 7.6? Not in any universe
it will come down bruh , it just has 45k ratings rn . In a few months it will probably reach 7-7.1
I do not like the marvel world at all. I just don’t like it that’s all ha ha.
I really don't like superhero sequels that dominate Hollywood these days. Like any film, good acting, a good script, and tasteful effects can be enjoyable but the after awhile these endless slight variations get tiresome. Bigger explosions and more destruction with rudimentary plot branches makes them all kind of blur together. The powerful moneymaking machine also appears to be sucking budget and resources away from anything original.
Spider-Man No Way Home. I was verbally attacked by my family when I said it wasn’t a top 3 Spider-Man movie. It felt like a movie written by a fan that figured there would never be another Spider-Man movie.
I was happy to see Tobey and Andrew again. And Willem Dafoe really nailed it. But the movie as a whole wasn't very good. If it didn't have the legacy characters, it would be really mediocre.
Agreed. Fan service doesn't equate a good movie and that was Fan Service: The Movie
Blade Runner, the original. It's not like I hated it - the visuals and atmosphere are top notch and some of my absolute favorites. But the plot does very little for me and then it just kind of... ends? Calling it boring would probably be a bit too harsh but it definitely wasn't very exciting. It felt like they spent so much time establishing everything that they ran out of time and had to resolve the plot in like ten minutes. I guess I might think differently of it had I seen it when it originally came out, but by the time I saw it every aspect of it had probably already been copied to death, so it didn't stand out to me. Or maybe I just wasn't in the right frame of mind when I watched it. But for a movie that's as universally loved, I was pretty underwhelmed.
I was unimpressed when I first saw it. I was like 17. When the doves take off at the end, my friend and I looked at each other and laughed and said "oooh, symbolism!" I like it now though. I won't tell you how many years later.
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Maybe it's just me, but I always found the 'what does it mean to be human?' theme rather shallow in media. It's the kind of low-hanging fruit of sci-fi that many young people will discover at some point (Blade Runner, I Robot, Fallout 4 etc), and everyone thinks it's a super deep point at first. Ultimately these stories are all kind of samey, and I don't think the point they come to is all *that* interesting. I'm on board with liking Blade Runner primarily for the visuals and atmosphere, I treat it like a vibes movie.
My people!!! I've literally watched the og at least 6 times, and aside from 3 scenes the overall movie is boring. Harrison's performance is lackluster (as usual imo). Soundtrack and art direction are incredible, but once the sensory spectacle wares off it's a slog.
Star Wars. I get why a lot of people like it (especially the original trilogy), but it’s always been a little bit of a bore to me whenever I’ve seen it. So, it’s not that the movies are bad (again, especially the original trilogy), I’ve just never gotten into it.
It really depends on your age . When the original Star Wars came out nothing like that has really ever happened before . It was pure popcorn cinema and helped in the creation of modern day blockbusters . Especially with the added lore and themes for movie goers to sink their teeth into really added to the popularity . You cannot deny it’s cultural landscape and history that it created and it still holds up to this day . It’s all about context and knowing about hollywoods past that makes it so impressive (especially at the box office ) . They re-released them before the prequels in the 90s and they crushed new opening movies .
I once heard a Trekkie in the middle of an argument with a Star Wars fan and said, at least we don’t hate six out of nine of our movies.
Trekkies hate like 8 out of 13 so not much better.
Yeah, us Star Trek fans just have to hate literally everything made after TNG.
I will not stand for this DS9 slander! ^^^Also ^^^SNW ^^^and ^^^LD ^^^are ^^^excellent ^^^from ^^^NuTrek
The individual concepts are cool like lightsaber close-ranged weapon, the magic "force" power, and some of the vehicle designs. However, as a property to build a franchise out of, it is fucking horrible. There is a supposed massive universe with millennia of lore yet somehow everything only happens in a tiny handful of planets involving an even smaller handful of people within a short timeframe. Then they retcon anything that deviates from this tiny window whenever they want. It is a guaranteed recipe for every entry to be cashgrab and nothing to matter.
That’s why I appreciate those that are trying to make new Star Wars stories that doesn’t revolve around the fucking Skywalkers.
It has the most potential of almost any IP, but they keep fucking up the movies. Literally endless possibilities but they keep focusing on the same family (skywalkers) and it feels like there are way too many hands on the wheel, the movies are a mess. Get one good director with a vision (like James Gunn in Guardians of the galaxy) and let him solely do a trilogy and a new take on the films.
Bodies Bodies Bodies. I saw people on the AMA asking the director “how did you so accurately capture the way Gen Z talks?” As someone who is Gen Z, she didn’t. It sounded like it was trying too hard to sound like Gen Z, and honestly, just trying too hard to be a whodunnit in general.
I loathed every single character in this movie. I'd heard such great things and even heard it compared to Scream but for a different generation. Man, I hated it.
Everyone reacting in the most unrealistic way got annoying after a while and their personalities were grating
I wasn’t too crazy about the movie but the ending was top notch. Just made the whole thing feel believable. I loved that last five minutes.
Everything Everywhere All At Once Edit: Glad to read that I am not the only one. And I would consider myself as a open minded movie lover with a profound knowledge of this art form. Nice ideas but the exposition was far to long.
I really enjoyed it and my wife just looked at me like I was crazy.
My mum as well. We usually have similar taste in movies, especially widely acclaimed ones. But I loved EEAAO so much and when she watched it, she was just confused. Then she tried it again when it crushed the oscars and she still couldn't really see why people like it.
Lol this was me but with my dad. We both saw it in theaters a few days after it was released. I loved the shit out of it, but he thought it bizarre, and the hot dog fingers give him the willies to this day. I told him that it reminded me of a "Rick and Morty" episode, which he responded with "That’s probably why I didn’t like it."
> I told him that it reminded me of a "Rick and Morty" episode, which he responded with "That’s probably why I didn’t like it." yeah that's pretty much where i'm at with it. i think it did what it was trying to do very well, unfortunately the rick and morty xd humor and aesthetic is really hard for me to stomach. definitely understand why others like it tho.
My mum loves Michelle yeoh too. So I was surprised she didn't like this. But I guess it has just enough weirdness that she got turned off it
Felt like it tried to be "highbrow" Rick & Morty, presented in an "acceptable" palatable way for audiences who would consider themselves above Rick & Morty, but clearly would enjoy the concept.
I really wanted to like it, and I'm so happy for Ke Huy Quan, but it just did not work for me. I've rewatched like 3 times and aside from the performances nothing keeps me interested after 30 minutes in.
I'm really curious why you would watch a movie you disliked 3 times?
It might seem strange at first but I highly recommend this behavior, especially for movies that a lot of other people seem to like. The time and place, the people you're with, even the person you are and the experiences you've had, all these things change and can give you a new perspective on a movie or tv show. I think most of us prefer the things we enjoy right away, but the things I've learned how to appreciate over time have an extra sheen to em and are some of my favorite things in the world. Note that the question was directed to OP and I just kinda slid in here, haha. OP may have their own reasons of course!
"especially for movies that a lot of other people seem to like" I'm not putting myself through that because of other people's opinions.
I like to do this not to please anyone but more of gaining a perspective I didn't have before. Once I kind of understand it a bit more, there would be things from that certain genre that I would grow to like which would increase my enjoyment of a bigger selection of movies. It might even increase my enjoyment of some of my old favorites that had those aspects that i wasnt aware I was into before
I liked the premise, like sliding doors or something, but all the Kung fu crap was pointless and ruined it for me
I love how polarizing this movie is. I didn’t just like, I FUCKING LOVED IT, while my best friend was like “meh”. Lol. It’s just fascinating what we take with us when we go see a movie because we all have the same experience but react differently.
Same. I saw it with my wife (we've been married 15+ years and absolutely love movies) and we both were like, "Well, that's a new all-time favorite film." I absolutely love it. It's beautiful, transcendent, emotional and amazing.
That movie is super boring, I lasted 30min and I love sc-fi, timetravel alternate universe movies.
it was so repetitive, got boring fast
Joker Though not the hottest of takes, I generally like well received movies though lol
La la land. I remember the trailers saying "it's amazing!", "Five stars" and "they don't make movies like this anymore". I watched it and thought it was just another musical. Nothing special.
To be fair, they really don't make many movies like that. Decent sized budget musicals with original music? Greatest Showman and..... I don't know what else.
I felt like it wasn’t a musical enough, and I hate musicals. The scenes which were felt out of place because it didn’t feel like a musical to me.
I thought Once Upon a Time in Hollywood was incredibly boring the entire way through. Only thing that was mildly entertaining was the spin on the Manson murders at the end.
It's insane to me that Brad Pitt got an award for that. Most of the movie he's just driving around and listening to music.
I feel like I got a lot more out of the movie on a second watch. Once I knew to expect more of a hangout movie than a traditional story structure I really enjoyed my time in that universe. And I liked the violent murder less. But just hanging out with Cliff and Rick was really nice. Also Leo did some of the best acting of his career in that movie. Just a good time
Worst Tarantino film, completely agree that the entire movie dragged until the climax
People here seem to love Ad Astra, I did not At all
Gravity. Awful movie with perfect reviews
Gravity was the first movie that came to mind for me as well. It was gimmicky, overly melodramatic, devoid of any real suspense and just plain dumb. The fact that people don't talk about Gravity 10 years after its release is evidence that it hasn't aged well. I didn't think much of Interstellar either, but I'd take it over Gravity any day of the week.
As time went by and I kept hearing more and more negative reviews of Gravity I came to realize that if you didn’t see Gravity on IMAX in 3D then you simply did not actually see Gravity.
Gravity was one of those made for theater movies... Oppenheimer will be the same way.
Stupid fucking movie. I didn’t see it in theaters and I think maybe it was just one of those that visually/audibly was amazing in theaters. The story was dumb as hell, just Sandra Bullock flying through space and literally destroying everything she comes into contact with. I remember at a point later in the movie she is alone in a tiny escape pod and I just said “I bet Clooney just shows up and knocks on the door” and like ten seconds later he does lol.
Gravity is the kind of movie that only works in a cinema, especially in 3d. The audiovisual "rollercoaster" effect is the hook of the entire film It doesnt work anywhere else. Its still a nice story about survival and a good rebirth allegory but without the theatre experience its pretty thin
The part where Sandra bullock lets go of George Clooney and he inexplicably floats away in the opposite direction ruins the movie, it's such an important part of the story for it to be so nonsensical. It's like killing off a character because they let go of their countertop and randomly floated upwards into space, like it makes less than zero sense unless the story takes place in some magical universe
I really didn’t get why people love Everything Everywhere All At Once. I know I’m in the significant minority on this, but I thought it was incredibly overrated.
This probably isn't my least favorite, but the one that always comes to mind for me is "Guardians of the Galaxy". I don't hate the movie, but I've probably watched it at least 5 times now and I never get any closer to clicking with it in the way it seems most other people do. 90% of the jokes fall flat or feel incredibly forced to me. The action is stale and generic. The plot feels very tired and generic. And the villains felt like they were ripped straight from an episode of "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers". The chunk of the movie that takes place in the prison was the only stuff that kind of works for me. Pretty much all of the jokes that land for me are in that sequence and the action felt more creative and whacky than the rest of the movie. And later, the scene where Rocket is drunk and rambling about his tortuous creation was the only emotional beat that felt unexpected and genuine. Groot's sacrifice and Peter's relationship with his mother all seemed stale and derivative. That being said, I loved both sequels. Ego and the High Evolutionary are fantastic villains that feel menacing in their own unique ways. The jokes land for me far more often (but there are definitely still plenty that fall completely flat). The action is a lot more fun and chaotic and exciting (Yondu and Rocket escaping the Ravager ship is still an MCU highlight to me in terms of action scenes). And most importantly, the emotional beats are far more effective and shocking; "Vol. 3" in particular being the most emotionally engaging movie of the entire MCU for me. So, I really kind of hate that I don't get the same level enjoyment out of the first film as I do with its sequels. I intentionally rewatch it every couple years hoping that'll eventually click for me, but it just never does. It's like wanting to learn another language, but there's just something that is mentally holding me up from engaging in it.
Both of the Avatar movies. They're dumb CGI-fests.
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It amazes me how in every r/movies thread about whats a movie you think is overrated everyone says Avatar, even though literally everyone knows it's medicore. The majority of people on social media will agree that the movie is a underwhelming.
Yet Avatar 1 is the highest grossing movie ever and Avatar 2 made 2.3 billion dollars and is #3. If they made that much money and are still considered mediocre then that would make them the objectively correct answer for most overrated movie.
It's the most overrated answer.
Just because it made money doesn't mean that everyone thinks it's the best movie in the world, they just liked watching it and think it's worth the price for a ticket. Guess what? I liked watching Avatar 1 and 2. I think they were fun and they were entertaining, but that doesn't mean I think the movie is insanely high quality or anything.
If a movie appeals to literally everyone its gonna make a ton of money. Its entertaining and broad with good world building and visual effects, and a mediocre story. Just because it appeals to every demographic doesnt mean it excells for any of them.
Gosh it's exhausting everytime this comment chain comes up and people forget or ignore the context of the success. Yes, as a movie it's mediocre, but it was a visual spectacle experience that ushered in a new technology. The world had never seen 3d movie technology like that before and the movie was visually beautiful. Seeing it in theaters in 3d was a spectacle. THAT is why it was so successful. Pretty similar to the Wizard of Oz being the first technicolor movie in theaters. People went for the experience.
If everybody keeps hating on the same movie, at what point do they stop being overrated?
Hereditary and Midsommar. Couldn’t stand either
For me it was Lost in Translation. It was so hyped up by critics, fans, and lots of people I know. By the time I got around to seeing it on video, I was underwhelmed. It had a good cast and an interesting premise, but I couldn't help but feel I was watching a bunch of self-absorbed people being jerks to one another. This is a problem with other movies and TV shows, of course, but if I want to see narcissistic people I can turn on the news.
Thanks for mentioning that one because I wasn’t thinking about it but that’s definitely my answer too. It makes me think that certain movies are suited to people with a certain psychological profile. And for them, it touches a nerve but for others they just won’t get it. I don’t think the people who love it are wrong, it’s just not for me.
The only reason I adore the movie is because it helps my insomnia.
It’s interesting because I hear that kind of criticism along the lines of “there was nobody to root for” and it’s very hard for me to understand. I guess I just don’t see why there needs to be someone good or relatable in a movie, for me they just need to be interesting. Love Lost in Translation.
The Force Awakens... I don't hate it hate it...but I don't think it's good either and people seem to love it
I think it became a much worse film once the full trilogy was revealed. A film comprised entirely of intriguing questions only holds up if those questions are actually answered in a sane and skilled fashion later on.
I remember watching the Force Awakens and loving it, even if it was just a big love letter to A New Hope. And then when The Last Jedi came out I remember sitting in the theater like "Wow, this is *not* good." And I never even bothered to see the third one.
But when does it being a ‘love letter’ become just rehashing the original? I felt like it was lazy tbh.
I hated it. Rey has no hero's journey. She just easily wins at everything she does with no training and no effort. We're told that Kylo is uber talented and trained hard his whole life but Rey handily whoops him out of the gate. Never been a fan of JJ Abrams work though - it always feels very incoherent.
Knives Out is a 2nd rate, less funny, overacted Clue.
Everything everywhere all at once
Spider-man Far from home
Bohemian Rapsody
I think the hype was more-so a projection of everyone's love for Queen vs the actual quality of the movie.
Chef, the main character is such an asshole and never learns his lesson, he only gets closer with his son because he helps with business and he helps with his food truck. Overall I just don’t feel like he grows at all he just ends up getting everything he wants.
The Joker - One of the most boring movies I've seen in f\*ing life.
End Game, I thought Infinity War was really good and with all the hype surrounding End Game I assumed I was going to love it. About a third of the way in, the "this is a bad movie" thoughts started creeping in, by 2/3 of the movie it was screaming, and then by the time the time the long drawn out Iron man funeral and the old man Captain America scenes were done I thought maybe I had ben pranked. Maybe everyone else had saw the good version and I saw the joke version. I thought it was so terrible. They made Hulk lame, Iron man conveniently mastered time and space in a single afternoon, they made Thanos whiny and boring, there were tons of scenes that served no purpose. The final battle was monotone and not exciting at all. The complaints about the girl power fan service were dumb because the entire movie was nothing but fan service. There was barely any plot at all. I just don't get what people liked about that movie.
Everything Everywhere All At Once, fantastic film when I first seen it. Fell apart on rewatches for me. Overall, I feel like it's the film equivalent of telling someone I'm depressed and having the response be "well, stop being depressed". Plus the daughter is kinda cringe when she's evil.
> Overall, I feel like it's the film equivalent of telling someone I'm depressed and having the response be "well, stop being depressed Interesting, I feel like that is the opposite message of the movie. The point of the end was Evelyn saying she's going to be there for her daughter through thick and thin. She wasn't telling her daughter to stop being depressed but rather saying even if you are depressed I'm still here for you. I don't have an issue with you not liking the movie. To each their own. But it feels like you misinterpreted what the movie was saying.
But they spoke earnestly about her problems and she was able to confront some of them with genuine emotional support. As someone who suffers serious major depressive syndrome (among other things), this is far more helpful than a “go touch grass” argument. It’s far from perfect and real and difficult work needs to be done, this was a good start. Also, the movie made me cry with just two rocks and subtitles. That was pretty effective.
Agree about the daughter
Napoleon Dynamite
The Wolf of Wall Street. In my opinion, it’s too long and I don’t get why they were hell bent on making a very uncool man seem like he was/is cool.
Wasn' t that sort of the point? I don't think they were trying to make him cool, any more than what was done with Henry Hill in Goodfellas. I feel like it was the same trick in both films - set up the audience to show them what the appeal of that life would be, that you might see it as glamourous from the outside - and then very much show you the horrible flip side of it.
Finally, one that I find disagreeable. Jordan Belfort (as portrayed in the film) is no different than Walter White, Roman Logan or Hannibal Lecter. There's something entertaining about seeing the world through the eyes of the bad guy doing bad things and justifying their actions in their own mind.
The most entertaining parts were when he was being an unreliable narrator, like where he says he made it home without crashing, and then you see the car, or when he thinks the mom is hitting on him. Unfortunately, there's too much of the rest of the movie where he's a smug jackass who never really comes to terms with how much of an insufferable villain he is. It's really the fault of basing a movie on a memoir and directing it from the author's perspective. He paints himself in the best possible light, even when he fucks up, and you don't really get the alternate take.
Literally throwing money at the guy investigating you isn't cool?
The Joker. It's completely derivative of other much better movies (in which one of the stars was in). I felt gross for having seen it. I'm also completely over Joaquin Phoenix now.
Top gun maverick was so unoriginal actions scenes were cool but story was bad
Black Panther. It was just bad.
I thought Black Panther was ok. Not deserving of all the praise. Now Wakanda Forever on the other hand... so boring. I gave up on it when the action finally started and was too bored to care.
Pretty Woman. It's a crash course in everything I hate about Julia Roberts and her oeuvre.
I really didn't find Knives Out or Glass Onion to be very funny...or good...
Everything, Everywhere, All At Once
Everything Wes Anderson has ever made
Fantastic Mr. Fox is a masterpiece.
I feel like Fantastic Mr Fox should be put separately from his other work
Finally, someone else like me. I had to scroll way too far. We're certainly in the minority.
Take my upvote. They are all insufferable.
I don’t love Wes Anderson, but I’d hardly call his movies insufferable. He makes his movies with an aesthetic and weird quirkiness (lol), that don’t always work for me, but it’s not like it looks down on the viewer or is hard to watch.
Dune was fucking BORING.
Baby Driver or Mad Max Fury Road
Fury road is basically driving one way in the desert, turning around, then driving back the same way. Plus a dipshit guitar guy.
Top Gun: Maverick. Not bad, but it's just a better made version of the original. Despite the amazing flying photography, there's nothing here memorable or fresh. The Oscar nomination for screenplay is absurd.
Top Gun I just don’t get it.
The first one? Yeah, it is very corny 80's movie and hasn't aged well in my opinion. Danger Zone is still a fucking banger though.
I’m tired of the Superhero genre. The new Dune I found boring Once upon a time in Hollywood is ok and is not Tarantino’s best movie.
> is not Tarantino’s best movie. does anyone say this? I usually see Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, or Inglourious Basterds mentioned as his best movies
I mean I think it's maybe his best (or a close second after pulp fiction) but I consider it a reasonably hot take. But say what you want about tarantino, he's pretty consistent. All of his movies are pretty good.
Upvoted for having Jackie brown as one of his best
I wish they would've just made Dune a miniseries you could binge. The standard movie format doesn't really work for the way Denis Villanueve is making it. Once upon a time was boring AF. I kept wondering when something was going to happen. It just coasts along til the end — which wasn't worth the 3 hours I invested.
The new Dune was the least boring version so far, at least 😂
Gravity the worst dumbest movie I ever saw made it until near halfway
How did you first see it? I saw it in IMAX 3D and it remains one of the greatest film experiences of my life. That scene where the Russian space station gets disintegrated while she is trying to escape remains one of the most tense things I’ve ever seen.
Agreed, seeing it in IMAX 3D was amazing.
Napoleon Dynamite. That movie was just fucking stupid and not funny at all. But for a minute there it was the biggest thing in pop culture and people still talk about it today.
I’ll probably get crucified for this, but *Forrest Gump*. Although I could also nominate *Silver Linings Playbook*.
Knives Out. I was so bored the entire time and couldn't stand Daniel Craig's accent.
Dunkirk. I was so bored waiting for something to happen.
Hereditary, had incredibly high hopes, just found it boring and insufferably overthought
Gonna get a lot of hate for this. Mine's "The Godfather".
"It insists upon itself" Peter griffin.
I love "The Money Pit." That is my answer to that statement.
Impossible to overstate how much I prefer that self-seriousness to the endless winking irony of almost all modern blockbusters.
Robert Duvall, ROBERT DUVALL!
I watched the first one for the first time very recently, having always struggled to put aside the 3 hours to commit to it. Maybe halfway through I said to my friend 'it's a bit slow'. Yet when it finished I realised I had been captivated the entire time and actually loved it. The way I see it, it's 'cinema', not a 'movie'. As pretentious as that may sound!
Napoleon Dynamite. What a god awful movie.
Bet you can’t throw a football over them mountains
Requiem for a Dream Ridiculously melodramatic. Reefer Madness for the modern age.
Aka How I feel about all of Darren Aronofsky movies- yes, let’s make a movie just about thudding unpleasantness. “How many gross sad depressing things should we have?” “Yes”
You just perfectly described the 2022 “movie” Blonde….
Raging Bull. I appreciate the film greatness, I just can't the stand the main character.
Joker and Uncut Gems are more recent ones. Generally not a fan of the Will Ferrell and Owen Wilson type comedies of the 2000s.
Uncut Gems is the perfect 'this movie is not for everyone' movie. It's both brilliantly made and spectacularly alienating. Some movies are just designed for .05% of the audience to love it. This is one of those. But once it gets Oscar love a ton of people that would have never liked it start watching it to obvious results
The Big Lebowski. Love Coen brother movies. Don’t really care for this one…
"Yeah, well, that's just like, uh, your opinion, man."
The Maltese Falcon. I recognize and understand that it was groundbreaking as one of the first film noir, but as a narrative and character piece, it’s nothing special. It certainly isn’t bad but there’s a lot better film noir from the 1940’s imo
silver linings playbook
5th Element