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I'll start: I thought Everything Everywhere All At Once was mediocre to bad at best

Most shonen anime is nothing special in terms of story (jjk/attack on titan as recent examples)

The Rings of Power isn't bad

Scintillant posted...

Most shonen anime is nothing special in terms of story (jjk/attack on titan as recent examples)

I can see this. JJK especially is falling apart in the manga currently

I think most movies and TV shows suck.

brooklyn 99 isn't that funny

The Back to the Future movies aren't funny or fun.

-The Shawshank Redemption is just ok. Not GOAT level.
-Superbad and The Hangover weren't that funny. Most of the comedies of that era weren't so great.
-Nicholson is still best live action Joker.

Goodfellas and The Irishman are meh movies.

John Wick 4 is either the weakest in the series, or it's at least a close second.

even though I like a lot of Korean movies and TV shows, Korean zombie fiction tends to be lame.

I wasn't impressed by Christian Bale Batman

Ari Aster's Hereditary and Midsommar are both mediocre films carried by thematic shock value and stylistic details. Neither film explores the themes present (generational trauma and toxic codependency) especially well. The stylistic details aren't bad, but are a bit derivative because they don't express anything that isn't already obvious in the film's text. Neither film is bad, but their high praise only exists because the horror genre is mostly known for films of a general low quality.

I don't like Gangster movies, not at all . Cosino , Godfather, Goodfellows I am not a fan of any of them.

I didn't like The Batman. Dude did not do shit until the very end, and he got people killed chasing the Penguin.

I also don't like John Hughes movies. Like the only black people in his movies I were criminals that white people were scared of and the Security guard that didn't have any lines.

VeesMcGees posted...

Ari Aster's Hereditary and Midsommar are both mediocre films carried by thematic shock value and stylistic details. Neither film explores the themes present (generational trauma and toxic codependency) especially well. The stylistic details aren't bad, but are a bit derivative because they don't express anything that isn't already obvious in the film's text. Neither film is bad, but their high praise only exists because the horror genre is mostly known for films of a general low quality.

I agree with Midsommar but I personally quite like Herditary.

I felt like people liked Midsommar for the wrong reasons tbh.

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Could be I just need to rewatch it. It's been about 15-ish years since I've seen it.

His movies are fine, but any legitimate criticism of Jordan Peele movies are often dismissed as racism and his movies are way overrated because Hollywood is so excited to have black horror movies with a black director and a black cast. He didnt revolutionize or elevate horror movies, he just made some solid enough horror movies.

Heat was a terrible movie, I went in expecting it to be a great movie but holy shit it was awful. The best actor besides Pacino was the guy who played waingro and the downtown shootout was laughably bad.

Eternals is a good movie and so many people hating on it contributed to the MCU falling back on churning out less creative slop.

Mad Men is just really boring.

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The King of Comedy is better than both.

Rosstin316 posted...

His movies are fine, but any legitimate criticism of Jordan Peele movies are often dismissed as racism and his movies are way overrated because Hollywood is so excited to have black horror movies with a black director and a black cast. He didnt revolutionize or elevate horror movies, he just made some solid enough horror movies.

I agree. I personally HATED Us, I thought it wasn't anywhere close to being a good movie. But some of his stuff is good.

Baron_Ox posted...

Goodfellas and The Irishman are meh movies.

Haven't seen The Irishman, but I can agree on Goodfellas. I actually have a topic here that's still open about that.

cjsdowg posted...

I didn't like The Batman. Dude did not do s*** until the very end, and he got people killed chasing the Penguin.

Def agree. Easily the worst Batman movie since the 90s. Well, except maybe vs Superman. I dunno, I had better sense than to watch that one.

trappedunderice posted...

Heat was a terrible movie, I went in expecting it to be a great movie but holy shit it was awful. The best actor besides Pacino was the guy who played waingro and the downtown shootout was laughably bad.

I loved Heat. WTF.

FurryPhilosifer posted...

The Back to the Future movies aren't funny or fun.

Ok, now I'm just confused. They're like the definition of fun movies.

Southernfatman posted...

-The Shawshank Redemption is just ok. Not GOAT level.

I could see how it wouldn't appeal to everyone, but I thought it was pretty great. Still wouldn't call it GOAT level though.

A good comedy movie is a hell of a lot harder to make than a good movie of any other genre.

pretzelcoatl posted...

I agree. I personally HATED Us, I thought it wasn't anywhere close to being a good movie. But some of his stuff is good.

I loved Nope as a sci-fi film, but Us was a whole mess. I liked the ending of Us, but theres only one a time a good ending salvaged an otherwise boring story (Black Mirrors White Bear episode).

Vertigo is actually kinda boring and a lot of people rank it as high as they do because they feel like they are supposed to.

VeesMcGees posted...

Ari Aster's Hereditary and Midsommar are both mediocre films carried by thematic shock value and stylistic details. Neither film explores the themes present (generational trauma and toxic codependency) especially well. The stylistic details aren't bad, but are a bit derivative because they don't express anything that isn't already obvious in the film's text. Neither film is bad, but their high praise only exists because the horror genre is mostly known for films of a general low quality.

I completely agree with this.

Nolan movies are boring and reddit as fuck. Now tell me I dont have the IQ to grasp his genius while I have fun with better films like Adam Chaplin.

Die Hard isnt a Christmas movie

I've always thought that 2001: A Space Odyssey is painfully boring and slow.

However the last time I watched it was likely in my early 20s, so maybe I would appreciate it more. I understand the effects were groundbreaking for the time, but that doesn't really make me appreciate excruciatingly long scenes of ships docking into other ships all that much.

Heath Ledger was not a good Joker.

I like the movie Surf Ninjas

The Godfather is great and deserves its best picture award, but The Godfather Part II is just kind of meh.
Michael's (further) descent into being an (even more of an) unscrupulous jerkass crime boss is nowhere near as fascinating as his turn from a naive goodyshoes to a ruthless mafia boss of Part I, and the interspersed mini-story of Don Corleone's ascent from a destitute immigrant to a mafia boss feels tacked on, undercooked, and inconsequental.

The Usual Suspects is one of the most boring crime movies, and is relying on its ending to impress, but the ending is completely superfluous and tacked on with barely any relevance to the plot.

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly isnt the best of the trilogy, A Few Dollars More is.

Moon Knight is a bad, "we have Mr. Robot at home" series

X-Men: Days of Future Past > Infinity War & Endgame, as comic book movie event stories go.

Shakespeare in Love deserved Best Picture.

I think Jack Nicholson is mostly cringe (Cuckoo's Nest is good) and The Shining is awful.

argonautweakend posted...

I've always thought that 2001: A Space Odyssey is painfully boring and slow.

However the last time I watched it was likely in my early 20s, so maybe I would appreciate it more. I understand the effects were groundbreaking for the time, but that doesn't really make me appreciate excruciatingly long scenes of ships docking into other ships all that much.

It's a fantastic film, but it's also definitely one that asks a lot of the viewer.

Anime is good, but its massively overhyped.

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Honestly, felt the same way. The Big Lebowski was good, but not THAT good imo.

Bishop_Hastur posted...

Heath Ledger was not a good Joker.

I guess there are two ways of looking at it. Heath's Joker was a compelling character, but he was an awfully loose take on the character.

InTheEyesOfFire posted...

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly isnt the best of the trilogy, A Few Dollars More is.

Totally agree.

LoveLikeJazz posted...

I think Jack Nicholson is mostly cringe (Cuckoo's Nest is good) and The Shining is awful.

My first introduction to the guy left a bad taste in my mouth. That was the Joker. He just wasn't anywhere near animated or loud enough.

But he did a killer job in The Shining, and he single-handedly promoted A Few Good Men from a boring 5/10 film to an amazing 10/10 film in one short scene.

He was even a really good pick for the Joker on paper, but for whatever reason it just didn't work. My guess is Tim B kept telling him to tone it down when he would actually try to do a decent take on the Joker.

I guess that could be a hot take for me. Tim Burton movies are just bad. Just straight-up bad. I can appreciate having a quirky, unique style, but not like that.

Javert was right.

Don't like Star Wars

That Silent Hill movie was dope and season 4 of Arrested Development was actually pretty damn good.

The Office got better after Michael left because other characters were allowed to have episodes where they were the actual focus and got to do things without him constantly butting in to make a dumb joke or yell

Casino is better than Goodfellas
Predator 2 and Rambo III were great sequels
2010 is way better than 2001