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No idea what the actual ratings are, but the live action remake of Aladdin was absolutely shat on by most of the internet. The original Aladdin was one of my absolute favorites as a kid, so I was gonna see the remake good or bad, and... honestly, fucking loved it.

I'm guessing the main breaking point for people was the lack of Robin Williams' Genie, but Disney had the option of trying recreate that genie without Robin Williams or completely remake that character's personality. Had they gone with the former, it 100% would have 1) flopped, and 2) been kinda disrespectful to Robin Williams imo. Starting fresh was the correct choice. And Will Smith did awesome with his version of Genie.

Beyond that, it introduced just enough new shit to make it not just feel like a frame-by-frame copy/paste of the original; but overall kept the same fun mystical vibe of the original.

It earns its spot on the shelf, imo.

The Green Hornet with Seth Rogan was my favourite film for a long time. I did not understand why people didn’t love it as much as I did.

I have two:

Chalet Girl - Romcom meets 1980s style Aspen Ski Challenge, Felicity Jones, Bill Nighy, Brooke Shields, and Ed Westwick. I personally love it. It's a great movie to throw on for a boring day, it has some feels, it's story is predictable but fun - it's not winning an Oscar but I enjoy it. 5/5 personal scale, 3/5 general rotten tomatoes

21 - Very lame smart guy meets Vegas, not a heist, not the social network - Jim Sturgess, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey. Didn't know this was that high up except for I have multiple plays of it. I watched it after having surgery and remember thinking it was amazing - and then watched it later on less pain killers and thought "Oh, well, it's fine." 3/5 personal scale, 1/5 general rotten tomatoes.

Shoutout to !showsandmovies@lemm.ee if you want more discussion like this!

Gentlemen Broncos

Not sure if this is what you are asking for, but:

My favorite movies with absolutely ridiculus plots are:

1. Olympus Has Fallen

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   The USA is under attack by a plane that somehow got in the borders without getting shot down, while enemy ground teams posing as tourists attacks the white house, while the plane above provides support. And the country behind it is... NORTH KOREA? 🤣

2. London Has Fallen

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   Similar to before but now its some middle eastern "terrorist" that wants to kill all world leaders, with some of the Queen's Guard turning out to be terrorists? 🧐

3. Moonfall

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   The moon falls towards earth, because... Aliens... lol 🌚

Miami Connection

Discovering it has brought me so much joy (pretty sure someone posted it here, actually). My jaw literally dropped at times as I adjusted to what I was seeing--like pure parody, but it was attempted so whole-heartedly and earnestly. The best kind of bad movie, the one that tries so hard. If it isn't peak 80's, PLEASE tell me what is so I can literally watch it tonight (if within the next ~6 minutes before I get in my jammies).

I'm uncertain of what the ratings are in general, but there's probably some horror movie I love that's been dragged.

Maybe Insidious? Paranormal Activity 2? As Above, So Below? The Cleansing Hour?

One of those probably has a shit score somewhere lol.

EDIT because I realized how lazy I was being:

Insidious has a 66% on rotten tomatoes Paranormal Activity 2 has a 57% As Above, So Below has a 29% The Cleansing Hour has a shocking 73%

So my answer is As Above, So Below. Lol But I'm startled about The Cleansing Hour having such a high rating

I liked Battlefield Earth

Perhaps "The Missing Postman" - not sure if it actually got canned or is just unknown though.

There are a ton of comedies where the critic ratings are low but the audience is high.

Grandma's Boy 15 critic 85 audience was the one that is at the top of my head. Hot damn that is a spread, and I am with the audience.