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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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[–] ambitious_bones@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The Substance

It looks like everyone involved felt like they were making something super deep and meta. The plot fully relies on every character making the worst and unrelatable choices imaginable. Insteadt of deconstructing the sexist, male gaze the camera revels in it and all that is accompanied by the most nervegrinding disney-esque sound design.

[–] assassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Not really hate but, I just don’t love. Inside out. I find that the metaphor of little people living in Riley’s head removes agency from her and makes it seem like people are just mech suits for tiny people that make the real decisions. I’m indifferent to this movie.

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[–] Kcap@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (4 children)

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

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[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Pixar style movies. They all rely on the same facial gags and dumbass humor.

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[–] toddestan@lemm.ee 7 points 3 months 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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[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If you think the movie eas cringe, definitely don't read the book. It's so much worse.

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[–] TheFonz@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Alien Romulus

This movie seems to get a lot of love for some reason. I understand the bar was set really low by Prometheus and Covenant but that's not an excuse.

Romulus is just a collection of greatest hits from all the previous movies. None of the beats were new or original. Not a single protagonist or element added to the story in a meaningful way. None of the main characters are memorable in the slightest (compare to the phenomenal characters in Alien or Aliens). It was just so...bland

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[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Twister.

The movie is like a big turkey dinner meal and Ambien to me. I have fell asleep trying to watch it at least 3x... now I own the movie and if I am super restless I will put it on to sleep.

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[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Titanic.

Why? Hmmm, hard to say. Seems obvious to me. I'm totally ok with a love story but I don't really care for romance stories. Let me explain the difference to me. I'm not saying this is a formal definition. To me a love story is drama and romance is melodrama. It felt more like melodrama to me.

And to interest the men, let's throw in a disaster flick. If people fall off the boat and hit the propeller on the way down, men will love it and women will love the rest. No pandering at all.

Plus screw the priceless gem, just toss it overboard.

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