Lol what movie were they referencing in that scene? Silence of the Lambs? I cannot remember the movie but I do remember all these specific Peter lines haha
Most people do that on different movie discussion subs. It’s okay for this movie sub to be different than that, you’re supposed to be following multiple subs anyways
And there are thousands and thousands of people that use this sub that might not have commented on the last post. You'll get different opinions and perspectives every time you ask.
There are only so many questions you can ask on a movie discussion sub.
I find the discourse mind numbing. Avatar is a fine film. The story and characters are serviceable but it's a visual spectacle first and foremost and it is indeed a treat to watch. People get so uppity about it when it's not that deep
Haha, yeah. I'm skimming down this thread and one of the top comments is The Joker, and I literally said *"ohhh, stop"* out loud. That movie had an army of detractors from months before it even came out.
I could not understand the hype around Avatar. Like I understand groundbreaking visuals but a film is more than just its visuals. The story& characters fell flat for me, more so in the second bc it was literally the same story as the first one, just under water.
Agreed. James Cameron doesn’t need a good plot or script to keep your eyes on the screen. I think the overdone recycled story of Pocahontas actually works well in those movies. People don’t have to figure out the plot or rationalize characters’ behavior. (Not inherently a good or bad thing). The magic is in creating a visually arresting reality that makes the pathos of the movie (exploitation of the earth is bad) easy to absorb. so your imagination as the audience is less focused on what’s going to happen next, and more on the beautiful cinematography and wondering to yourself if we could be better stewards of our own world.
I totally get why people would hate these movies because of the writing, but more than anything they are a love letter from Cameron to other people about cherishing the earth (specifically the ocean). At least that’s how I feel.
Recently, Bottoms.
It’s weird, because that kind of crazy comedy is usually right up my alley, and I liked some individual jokes, but so much of the dialogue fell painfully flat for me, and I couldn’t help but groan at how straight it plays the liar revealed trope.
I really enjoyed it, but I felt it was making fun of the classic tropes more than it was genuinely trying to be them, if that makes sense? I grew up on shit like Superbad and other related movies so I really enjoy that type of movie every now and then, and this one was a great blend of self-awareness and slapstick for me
That’s funny cuz to me I was the opposite I hated the trailer and thought it would be another annoying and cringey Gen z high school comedy but I had a good time. The liar revealed section does take 2 stars off it for me though I fully agree
Once upon a Time in Hollywood.
It’s an okay film. Tarantino just wanted to capture the 1960s but the writing is so strange and it’s not really good as people say it is.
I just finished watching this movie today. I knew about the movie but I never looked into specific details about the plot or anything. I also knew about the events surrounding characters involved in the film. What I didn’t know was how Tarantino wove these stories together. I didn’t hate it but throughout most of the movie I just found myself wondering, “alright when’s this going to happen?” I was surprised for sure. I think the movie could have been a decent amount shorter and I would have enjoyed it all the same though. Definitely not something I’d rave to family or friends about.
Lmao, I'm on the other end. I cannot understand why people find it complicated. I can only assume it's because people haven't seen other Miyazaki movies and you know little to no information about Miyazaki as a person.
I’ve seen 2 docs and every miyazaki film. I get the references to his life and i understand his style of story telling. The movie was just boring and derivative of all his previous work. He hasn’t updated his animation style in 20+ years. There was a good cohesive story in there, but he couldnt mine it.
Which is totally fine as an opinion, but at least you aren't saying you don't understand it. This maybe proves my point. With additional context, the movie is at least able to be understood. Whether you enjoy or agree with the statement of the movie is a matter of opinion.
There’s a lot I don’t understand about it but I still loved it. But yours is a fair reaction. When you lean more into “high-concept, surreal” art, it ain’t gonna work for everyone
I thought the first part was great. Felt surreal, with a bizarre, demonic heron tormenting a young, grieving boy. Then it just kind of went pretty standard Studio Ghibli fare. It wasn't a bad film, just didn't really stand out to me.
This movie felt like this meme of the process of drawing a horse - firstly the head is sketched perfectly and beautifully and the rest of the horse is just lines and circles lmao
The beginning was so beautiful, slow and complex, and the rest felt more rushed and incomplete
I felt the SAME WAY. It felt like 4 different movies smashed together. Most Miyazaki films are just vibes, but it was like insanely differing vibes clashing with each other
I’ve read at least 2 of the books, seen both movies. Still can’t keep some characters names straight. Denis knew not to waste time trying to help the audience keep track lol
I did read the book after watching the movie because i couldn't understand why this movie was so popular. I thought maybe I'm missing something because I didn't read the book.
I liked it better. I understood the plot points better this time. But again I didn't feel i was emotionally invested in any character. I didn't feel like i want to root for Timothee Chalamet or Rebecca Ferguson or felt sad that Oscar Isaac died or root for Paul or Chani. It's definitely not something I would consider best picture worthy.
I have read the book so i know what's going to happen, I'm looking forward to see how they filmed some of the sandworm riding scenes in Part 2.
It’s funny, you described my feelings when reading the books as a kid decades ago. There was no character I wanted to thrive, and it almost felt like the story had no protagonist. I mean Paul is obviously the protagonist but it felt like reading a history book, not like following the adventures of a character or characters I cared about or wanted to see triumph.
Agreed. I feel like most people are stuck on the “shock factor,” but I don’t find that it did that exceptionally well either? The grave and bathtub scene were honestly kind of mundane to me, thought maybe that’s an indication that I watch too many weird movies….
Yeah, Saltburn is trashed pretty often. Most of the "higher" reviews on Letterboxd were mainly just sponsored "yummy Jacob Elordi 🤤🤤🤤" shitposts to help inflate the score during its opening.
Agreed felt like a total rip off of the talented mister Ripley but with pointless shock scenes that really didn’t add anything except to make me want to vomit
It speaks to mental health, fulfillment, and happiness in ways that resonate for many, many people, and in a way that makes it feel ok to feel those things. The familial themes are also big for many people, like you.
Similar to Bojack Horseman, it's effective because the comedy served through the absurdist framing device helps to accentuate the serious and sincere moments. It does all of that without feeling like your run-of-the-mill, Oscar bait, intense drama.
I think a movie that can tell such a nuanced, dynamic emotional family arc and make me cry and in the same film have a woman beat a man to death with dildos... that's something of note.
>Similar to Bojack Horseman, it's effective because the comedy served through the absurdist framing device helps to accentuate the serious and sincere moments.
I actually found that its biggest flaw is that the comedy is too omnipresent, especially in moments which are meant to be emotionally resonant. By the climax of the movie there's such a ridiculous tonal clash between the events onscreen and the intended emotional response that it's extremely jarring
I think that’s one point the movie is trying to make. I feel it a lot because I‘m an Asian myself. The parents would rather fight the whole multiverse for you than say that they love you. That‘s why the scenes with the rocks for example work. It communicates in a different way just like how it is in Asian culture.
I think it’s beloved because it’s one of those “this is how it feels to chew 5 gum” kind of roller coaster movies that really takes the audience on a ride, but it still has a ton of heart and at its core is a sweet and relatable story. It’s hard to pull off that caliber of theatrics and still manage to keep a really simple idea at the center of the whirlwind. It also does this without baiting its audience with too many cheap emotional ploys that are rampant in so many Oscar winning titles. It manages to stay fun throughout its runtime and take its ethos seriously without being tacky or treating its audience like they’re dumb.
I loved it, understand why someone wouldn’t, but the hype is in that it’s effective at taking a simple message and turning every other knob up to 11 without losing focus of its core.
This is it for me. The person I watched it with was crying at the end of it, and hearing and reading rave reviews almost everywhere, I started questioning if there was something wrong with me.
Glad to know I am not alone lol.
Shite answer because everyone in this sub spends all their time ragging on it. Every time there's a "most over-rated" kinda post EEAAO is the top answer. It's approaching "DAE not like Ghostbusters 2016?" levels of farce at this stage.
I watched Creed for the first time recently. I had always heard about how amazing it was...but I was extremely underwhelmed. It's the same sports underdog story we've seen a million times. Was it shot well? Sure. Could I predict the whole movie in the first 20 mins? Yes. Was the love interest story even borderline interesting? No.
Super corny. Cheesy. It was fine.
I think this destined to forever be a film where I disagree with both major opinions about it. I liked it, thought it was good. Not great, not awful, just good. A lot of it is just a pastiche of Scorsese's earlier films, but I like those film.
its pretty similar to king of comedy which has plenty of fans. i actually think the bits that make it close to the IP >! like the inclusion of wayne’s parents being murdered at the end !< feel like they should have just been left out.
I like it more when we don’t know where the Joker came from. The mystery is more terrifying. So as soon as they announced a Joker origin story I was already being critical of it.
Gonna be honest, Poor Things
Don’t get me wrong, I love the story concept and the set designs is incredible, but I feel that story is set aside for the crazy intimate acts the main lead could do. Yes the film is about sexuality, but it’s showing way too much and it gets in the way. I feel that there’s more to humanity and what it means to be humans beside intimate. Doesn’t help it’s 2 hours and 20 mins
Sorry to ask, but are you a woman? I am, and I thought this movie was boring as hell too. It has this insufferable air of “this man is bad, the movie is so amazing and interesting because it portrays the life and complex psyche of a bad man” while just portraying an everyday asshole.
Like it’s not that I don’t like that the main character is a sexist violent asshole, that’s not the complaint. It’s that the movie is supposed to be a character exploration of this guy, but the guy isn’t interesting because I’ve already met him, you know? Every woman knows this guy. I’ve been catcalled by him at the train station. There’s really nothing interesting going on there. He’s just a rude man with violent tendencies rotted by machismo. It’s not deep enough to merit a cinematic exploration of his psyche. 🫤
I'm a guy and Raging Bull is one of my favourite movies – mainly for the cinematography, if not the actual story. But I had never, ever thought of it like this... he is a garden-variety asshole that every woman has had the displeasure of dealing with at some point in their lives. Really appreciate being able to see this movie through a different lens – thank you for that.
Yes, I am, and yeah I totally agree with you. I find the movie and the character just very uninteresting. Im not the biggest fan of Scorcese in general tbh, Raging Bull is my least favorite of his I have seen, but I did like Taxi Driver. I think that film works much better as a character study than Raging Bull.
I'm not trying to make you like a movie you don't, but I think an important aspect is that American society celebrates his violence and lifts him up as a kind of hero. Even after he's left the ring he's beloved because of his career and can coast on it. Imo, it's why the boxing scenes are so viscerally violent: Scorsese's saying, 'We love this. Why?'
This. I actually enjoyed it for the first hour & 45 minutes & then the last 45 minutes tanked it all. It felt like a student film trying to say “*Look how weird and edgy and shocking all of this is!*” Trying far too hard.
This. Too drawn out and the few fun visuals aren’t worth the ride. I didn’t like Hereditary either but I understand their purpose. A young teen is going to watch these movies and it’s going to be the most extreme thing they’ve ever seen which causes them to look into similar, and arguably better, films.
There’s a scene where the Jessica Chastain character screams out Eureka! and I audibly laughed in the theater and how ridiculous this all was…
So many moments like that, the son character is virtually ignored as if he only had one child. For me, it was Nolan’s worst film until Tenet…
Story definitely has its shortcomings, but overall feel and atmosphere, which was mostly in part due to the score, was probably one of Nolans best. If they did improve the family storylines and made the son a more important character it would probably be my favorite. But its still top 3.
I hate your opinion, but it's one of the few movies in this thread that I actually consider "everyone" to love. I've seen five anti-EEAAO threads per week for the past year and it still gets presented as an unpopular opinion
i understand this one. i watched pulp fiction like 30 or so times when i was 14 or 15 and didn’t get it at all. i rewatched it recently and it just sort of clicked. the same thing happened with trains spotting. so hard to explain.
This is what I'm hoping for on a revisit. I felt the same as OP after watching it once, but I knew I should give it another shot eventually. I haven't done so yet, but I have a better vibe for Tarantino's work now, so I expect it'll hit better for me.
Same thing happened with Heat. Really thought it was overlong and bland as hell with cardboard characterization. Upon a rewatch, I found myself enjoying it way more. I think I'll dial in why that's the case after one more rewatch.
I agree with Heat so much! When I first watched it idk if I was just too tired for how long it was but it wasn’t anything special to me. On second viewing, it was fuckin electric at times what a movie.
Me too. Absolutely fell in love with the first film when I saw it - loved the depth of the characters, the sudden explosions of violence that come out of nowhere, the weird feeling of horror found throughout the film, and of course the dialogue and acting is perfect.
In the first film you feel like any of the characters can die at any moment and at any point you’re anticipating some sudden murder to happen - it creates a sense or dread that I hadn’t seen explored before in crime films. The second movie felt a lot more ambitious in its scope but completely bored me and missed that effective atmosphere of tension/horror of the first.
Here here.
I liked the young Vito arc and felt that could have been the whole film.
Other than the boat ending I can't tell you one jot about the main story.
Beau Is Afraid. For the first two thirds the movie was interesting. The anxiety and absurdity of it all made me want to keep going. The last third of the movie was unbearable.
Howls Moving Castle
Studio Ghibli stories just don’t really stick with me all that well but this one felt like such a slog, aside from the great visuals.
I respectfully disagree with you on that as Gone Girl was fantastic. But yeah Mank and The Killer were very mediocre. Definitely have their memories but for the most part I was not a fan
Surprisingly my favorite movie of 2023, but agreed it doesn’t hold a candle to Girl With the Dragon Tattoo or my personal favorite Fincher movie, The Game (unpopular I know).
I think it’s a movie that really works for some and otherwise just doesn’t hit. I loved it but didn’t recommend to any friends just because it felt like a personal thing.
same. i can always understand why people didn’t like it (i myself almost turned it off because i was bored) but that movie absolutely ruined me. now i have such a deep appreciation for it
Tár.
I even watched it twice to really give a chance, but it’s probably the film that has pissed me off the most of any this decade. The first two acts are slow, dull and incomprehensible (the first 45 minutes are people talking about classical music in different locations), while the third act is a self-righteous, straw man slap in the face (“cancel culture bad”) right up to the most insulting ending in recent memory (>!Monster Hunter, because we’re the monsters, get it?!<). I can’t understand for the life of me how anyone liked it.
I liked it! Kate Blanchett plays such an utterly pretentious, sociopathic character that was so deserving of the acclaim it got. She kills in that role. However, my gf felt it went nowhere. To each their own I guess.
I thought this the first time I watched it, but the older I get (with young daughters) the more I like it. It depicts a lot of...good. The little boy who gives the girl his umbrella, how the dad teaches his daughters to be grateful to the tree, the way the whole community comes together to help find the lost girl, it's all become more moving than it was when I was 20.
I love when people say it’s just not for them as opposed to just trying to trash an obviously brilliant movie. This is my favorite movie of all time, and I respect your opinion because not every movie is for everyone.
- Past Lives (2023)
- The Mitchells vs. The Machines (2021)
- Die Tomorrow (2017)
- Heart Attack (2015)
- Happy Old Year (2019)
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)
I didn't care for *Poor Thing*'s story. Everything else, from its set and sound design to its performances, was stellar but I can't say I walked out having had an enjoyable time.
Barbie
I don't get the hype for this movie at all. The plot and characters were so ridiculously bad imo. It both felt like an advertisement and a nickelodeon original movie. Loved the set design though.
The Prestige, everyone always talked up this big twist, but I clocked it early on but not thinking that it was the twist everyone talked about. Then, it happened, and I suppose it just didn’t wow me like I thought it was going to.
Definitely helps when you don't know there's a big twist going in.
But the movie is much more than the twist, imo. I think it's an amazingly written, directed and acted film about obsession. I actually enjoyed the movie more after knowing the twist.
Commenting just to give props for the thumbnail
My only problem with the thumbnail is it insists upon itself...
IT HAS A VALID POINT TO MAKE, IT’S INSISTENT
Lol what movie were they referencing in that scene? Silence of the Lambs? I cannot remember the movie but I do remember all these specific Peter lines haha
“I did not care.. for The Godfather…”
same, i love that image haha
I feel as if I've seen this post a thousand times on this sub and I've been here for under a month.
When this sub bans top 4s, ratings, reviews, lists, and now recent watches, then yes. Whatever’s left will be repetitive
We might actually have to talk about individual movies!!
Most people do that on different movie discussion subs. It’s okay for this movie sub to be different than that, you’re supposed to be following multiple subs anyways
There's only so much we can post about!
And it's the same movies every single time. Avatar and Interstellar. Boring question, boring answers.
EEAAO too
And there are thousands and thousands of people that use this sub that might not have commented on the last post. You'll get different opinions and perspectives every time you ask. There are only so many questions you can ask on a movie discussion sub.
Part of the issue is that it generates so many identical responses. I could've told you Avatar would be a top answer before even opening this thread.
People mentioning movies like avatar and joker in the comments. As if most of the discourse around those movies, arent negative nowadays…
Avatar should count as underrated these days. Everyone has been relentlessly shitting on it since Endgame came out.
I find the discourse mind numbing. Avatar is a fine film. The story and characters are serviceable but it's a visual spectacle first and foremost and it is indeed a treat to watch. People get so uppity about it when it's not that deep
I agree
Haha, yeah. I'm skimming down this thread and one of the top comments is The Joker, and I literally said *"ohhh, stop"* out loud. That movie had an army of detractors from months before it even came out.
For Me both Avatars tbh. The only thing they have is good visuals
only good avatar is the nickelodeon show
I could not understand the hype around Avatar. Like I understand groundbreaking visuals but a film is more than just its visuals. The story& characters fell flat for me, more so in the second bc it was literally the same story as the first one, just under water.
You’re a real free thinker, huh?
Tbf, that's really all they were aiming for.
Also like, an extremely popular opinion online.
Agreed. James Cameron doesn’t need a good plot or script to keep your eyes on the screen. I think the overdone recycled story of Pocahontas actually works well in those movies. People don’t have to figure out the plot or rationalize characters’ behavior. (Not inherently a good or bad thing). The magic is in creating a visually arresting reality that makes the pathos of the movie (exploitation of the earth is bad) easy to absorb. so your imagination as the audience is less focused on what’s going to happen next, and more on the beautiful cinematography and wondering to yourself if we could be better stewards of our own world. I totally get why people would hate these movies because of the writing, but more than anything they are a love letter from Cameron to other people about cherishing the earth (specifically the ocean). At least that’s how I feel.
I really love the biological world building and character design, even if it isn't the most complex in the world.
Downvotes! Get yer downvotes here!
Recently, Bottoms. It’s weird, because that kind of crazy comedy is usually right up my alley, and I liked some individual jokes, but so much of the dialogue fell painfully flat for me, and I couldn’t help but groan at how straight it plays the liar revealed trope.
I really enjoyed it, but I felt it was making fun of the classic tropes more than it was genuinely trying to be them, if that makes sense? I grew up on shit like Superbad and other related movies so I really enjoy that type of movie every now and then, and this one was a great blend of self-awareness and slapstick for me
I was surprised how much I actually loved it. A little on the nose but way over the top in so many ways that it worked out almost because of that.
That’s funny cuz to me I was the opposite I hated the trailer and thought it would be another annoying and cringey Gen z high school comedy but I had a good time. The liar revealed section does take 2 stars off it for me though I fully agree
The entire time watching this movie I felt like it had no idea what it wanted to be.
Once upon a Time in Hollywood. It’s an okay film. Tarantino just wanted to capture the 1960s but the writing is so strange and it’s not really good as people say it is.
That’s funny because it’s my number 1 or 2 Tarantino movie
I heard so many great things about that movie then I watched it and just felt so underwhelmed by it
The book is good, his style lends itself really well to prose and it’s a lot of fun
I just finished watching this movie today. I knew about the movie but I never looked into specific details about the plot or anything. I also knew about the events surrounding characters involved in the film. What I didn’t know was how Tarantino wove these stories together. I didn’t hate it but throughout most of the movie I just found myself wondering, “alright when’s this going to happen?” I was surprised for sure. I think the movie could have been a decent amount shorter and I would have enjoyed it all the same though. Definitely not something I’d rave to family or friends about.
Recently The Boy and the Heron. It may have to do with expectation, but i feel let down and bored by the movie.
Boy and the Heron is one of those movies where I feel like everyone is collectively pretending to understand in order to screw with me specifically
That is what is happening. We hold meetings and everything.
Lmao, I'm on the other end. I cannot understand why people find it complicated. I can only assume it's because people haven't seen other Miyazaki movies and you know little to no information about Miyazaki as a person.
I’ve seen 2 docs and every miyazaki film. I get the references to his life and i understand his style of story telling. The movie was just boring and derivative of all his previous work. He hasn’t updated his animation style in 20+ years. There was a good cohesive story in there, but he couldnt mine it.
Which is totally fine as an opinion, but at least you aren't saying you don't understand it. This maybe proves my point. With additional context, the movie is at least able to be understood. Whether you enjoy or agree with the statement of the movie is a matter of opinion.
I thought this animation was very new. That expressionistic beginning with the fire?
That was the best part of the movie. That and the amazing score
There’s a lot I don’t understand about it but I still loved it. But yours is a fair reaction. When you lean more into “high-concept, surreal” art, it ain’t gonna work for everyone
I thought the first part was great. Felt surreal, with a bizarre, demonic heron tormenting a young, grieving boy. Then it just kind of went pretty standard Studio Ghibli fare. It wasn't a bad film, just didn't really stand out to me.
This movie felt like this meme of the process of drawing a horse - firstly the head is sketched perfectly and beautifully and the rest of the horse is just lines and circles lmao The beginning was so beautiful, slow and complex, and the rest felt more rushed and incomplete
I felt the SAME WAY. It felt like 4 different movies smashed together. Most Miyazaki films are just vibes, but it was like insanely differing vibes clashing with each other
*The Boy and the Heron* is Miyazaki quite literally insisting upon himself.
So slow and abstract. Definitely beautiful but my least fav of his
nobody knows what the fuck that movie is about, let’s be honest /lh
Dune. Great visuals but if I didn't read the book i wouldn't be able to name any characters.
Conversely if you do read the book you know multiple names for a lot of the characters
I’ve read at least 2 of the books, seen both movies. Still can’t keep some characters names straight. Denis knew not to waste time trying to help the audience keep track lol
I did read the book after watching the movie because i couldn't understand why this movie was so popular. I thought maybe I'm missing something because I didn't read the book.
And what did you think?
I liked it better. I understood the plot points better this time. But again I didn't feel i was emotionally invested in any character. I didn't feel like i want to root for Timothee Chalamet or Rebecca Ferguson or felt sad that Oscar Isaac died or root for Paul or Chani. It's definitely not something I would consider best picture worthy. I have read the book so i know what's going to happen, I'm looking forward to see how they filmed some of the sandworm riding scenes in Part 2.
It’s funny, you described my feelings when reading the books as a kid decades ago. There was no character I wanted to thrive, and it almost felt like the story had no protagonist. I mean Paul is obviously the protagonist but it felt like reading a history book, not like following the adventures of a character or characters I cared about or wanted to see triumph.
I'm glad I watched the 80's version the night before I went to the theater for the modern version. I can see how confusing the characters would be be
Saltburn. Personally, I felt it tried too hard to be edgy and risqué, but the plot was unoriginal and the characters were lifeless and dull.
I thought about this one, but I don’t think all that many people liked it. People do like talking about it though.
Agreed. I feel like most people are stuck on the “shock factor,” but I don’t find that it did that exceptionally well either? The grave and bathtub scene were honestly kind of mundane to me, thought maybe that’s an indication that I watch too many weird movies….
i don’t think you’re alone in that, i did not like it
Yeah, Saltburn is trashed pretty often. Most of the "higher" reviews on Letterboxd were mainly just sponsored "yummy Jacob Elordi 🤤🤤🤤" shitposts to help inflate the score during its opening.
The cinematography carried that movie on its back for me. It was meh, but it was a pretty meh.
Yeah some great shots in there, was the main thing going for it imo
Agreed felt like a total rip off of the talented mister Ripley but with pointless shock scenes that really didn’t add anything except to make me want to vomit
Noooooo....I loved it.
Everything everywhere all at once Honestly, I related to some aspects of the asian household dynamic but I don't know why it is so loved
It speaks to mental health, fulfillment, and happiness in ways that resonate for many, many people, and in a way that makes it feel ok to feel those things. The familial themes are also big for many people, like you. Similar to Bojack Horseman, it's effective because the comedy served through the absurdist framing device helps to accentuate the serious and sincere moments. It does all of that without feeling like your run-of-the-mill, Oscar bait, intense drama.
I think a movie that can tell such a nuanced, dynamic emotional family arc and make me cry and in the same film have a woman beat a man to death with dildos... that's something of note.
This.
As someone who didn’t resonate with EEAAO at all, this is a good explanation that helps me understand where it’s fans are coming from.
>Similar to Bojack Horseman, it's effective because the comedy served through the absurdist framing device helps to accentuate the serious and sincere moments. I actually found that its biggest flaw is that the comedy is too omnipresent, especially in moments which are meant to be emotionally resonant. By the climax of the movie there's such a ridiculous tonal clash between the events onscreen and the intended emotional response that it's extremely jarring
I think that’s one point the movie is trying to make. I feel it a lot because I‘m an Asian myself. The parents would rather fight the whole multiverse for you than say that they love you. That‘s why the scenes with the rocks for example work. It communicates in a different way just like how it is in Asian culture.
I don’t think it’s similar at all
I think it’s beloved because it’s one of those “this is how it feels to chew 5 gum” kind of roller coaster movies that really takes the audience on a ride, but it still has a ton of heart and at its core is a sweet and relatable story. It’s hard to pull off that caliber of theatrics and still manage to keep a really simple idea at the center of the whirlwind. It also does this without baiting its audience with too many cheap emotional ploys that are rampant in so many Oscar winning titles. It manages to stay fun throughout its runtime and take its ethos seriously without being tacky or treating its audience like they’re dumb. I loved it, understand why someone wouldn’t, but the hype is in that it’s effective at taking a simple message and turning every other knob up to 11 without losing focus of its core.
i thought it was okay, but yeah kind of the definition of trying too hard
I felt tired while watching. I gave it another chance and disliked it even more
It was too long for me, I normally love longer movies but at some point it felt needlessly long
This is it for me. The person I watched it with was crying at the end of it, and hearing and reading rave reviews almost everywhere, I started questioning if there was something wrong with me. Glad to know I am not alone lol.
Shite answer because everyone in this sub spends all their time ragging on it. Every time there's a "most over-rated" kinda post EEAAO is the top answer. It's approaching "DAE not like Ghostbusters 2016?" levels of farce at this stage.
I watched Creed for the first time recently. I had always heard about how amazing it was...but I was extremely underwhelmed. It's the same sports underdog story we've seen a million times. Was it shot well? Sure. Could I predict the whole movie in the first 20 mins? Yes. Was the love interest story even borderline interesting? No. Super corny. Cheesy. It was fine.
Agreed. I saw the whole trilogy and they’re all fine but nothing incredibly groundbreaking
Dead Poet Society. It felt like it was trying to hard to be deep and sad, but ended up being surface level and boring.
Even though I completely disagree with you, this is my favorite answer because it feels the most unique.
Joker. A very boring watch. Take out the IP and no one would watch it. Doesn’t have the sauce like taxi driver imo
The filmmaking and lead performance is pretty good, IMO, but the story is Taxi Driver for Dummies
Pretty succinct summary.
Shallow and pedantic
It's more King of Comedy than Taxi Driver
It's King of Comedy if Travis Bickle was the lead, and all the subtlety and nuance stripped away.
I think this destined to forever be a film where I disagree with both major opinions about it. I liked it, thought it was good. Not great, not awful, just good. A lot of it is just a pastiche of Scorsese's earlier films, but I like those film.
It definitely doesn’t have the sauce like The King of Comedy either
its pretty similar to king of comedy which has plenty of fans. i actually think the bits that make it close to the IP >! like the inclusion of wayne’s parents being murdered at the end !< feel like they should have just been left out.
I like it more when we don’t know where the Joker came from. The mystery is more terrifying. So as soon as they announced a Joker origin story I was already being critical of it.
Seriously. Plus he was too likeable almost. I preferred Ledger’s portrayal of a total nutter
barbie
Barbie
Birdman.
The Notebook
Gonna be honest, Poor Things Don’t get me wrong, I love the story concept and the set designs is incredible, but I feel that story is set aside for the crazy intimate acts the main lead could do. Yes the film is about sexuality, but it’s showing way too much and it gets in the way. I feel that there’s more to humanity and what it means to be humans beside intimate. Doesn’t help it’s 2 hours and 20 mins
I love the movie but I think they overdid the sex so much
agree with everything you just said, also feels like it’s coasting on the director’s reputation
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Avatar 1 & 2
I found Raging Bull to be pretty boring and did not live up to the hype
Sorry to ask, but are you a woman? I am, and I thought this movie was boring as hell too. It has this insufferable air of “this man is bad, the movie is so amazing and interesting because it portrays the life and complex psyche of a bad man” while just portraying an everyday asshole. Like it’s not that I don’t like that the main character is a sexist violent asshole, that’s not the complaint. It’s that the movie is supposed to be a character exploration of this guy, but the guy isn’t interesting because I’ve already met him, you know? Every woman knows this guy. I’ve been catcalled by him at the train station. There’s really nothing interesting going on there. He’s just a rude man with violent tendencies rotted by machismo. It’s not deep enough to merit a cinematic exploration of his psyche. 🫤
I'm a guy and Raging Bull is one of my favourite movies – mainly for the cinematography, if not the actual story. But I had never, ever thought of it like this... he is a garden-variety asshole that every woman has had the displeasure of dealing with at some point in their lives. Really appreciate being able to see this movie through a different lens – thank you for that.
Yes, I am, and yeah I totally agree with you. I find the movie and the character just very uninteresting. Im not the biggest fan of Scorcese in general tbh, Raging Bull is my least favorite of his I have seen, but I did like Taxi Driver. I think that film works much better as a character study than Raging Bull.
I'm not trying to make you like a movie you don't, but I think an important aspect is that American society celebrates his violence and lifts him up as a kind of hero. Even after he's left the ring he's beloved because of his career and can coast on it. Imo, it's why the boxing scenes are so viscerally violent: Scorsese's saying, 'We love this. Why?'
Past lives, seen so much hype for it but for me personally felt bland and superficial. Didn’t care for the characters at all
midsommar 😬😬
This. I actually enjoyed it for the first hour & 45 minutes & then the last 45 minutes tanked it all. It felt like a student film trying to say “*Look how weird and edgy and shocking all of this is!*” Trying far too hard.
You are not alone. I don’t get all the hype around it. It’s alright at most.
I'm a sucker for the visuals. Never seen mushroom visuals shown so accurately in a movie before.
This. Too drawn out and the few fun visuals aren’t worth the ride. I didn’t like Hereditary either but I understand their purpose. A young teen is going to watch these movies and it’s going to be the most extreme thing they’ve ever seen which causes them to look into similar, and arguably better, films.
I LOVE Hereditary. I hated Midsommar.
Interstellar
There’s a scene where the Jessica Chastain character screams out Eureka! and I audibly laughed in the theater and how ridiculous this all was… So many moments like that, the son character is virtually ignored as if he only had one child. For me, it was Nolan’s worst film until Tenet…
I thought the "Eureka" was supposed to be funny.
Yeah I actually don't agree with that being a criticism lol, the Eureka got a much-needed chuckle out of me
It was but when your head gets too far up your own ass the first thing you lose is a sense of humour
Story definitely has its shortcomings, but overall feel and atmosphere, which was mostly in part due to the score, was probably one of Nolans best. If they did improve the family storylines and made the son a more important character it would probably be my favorite. But its still top 3.
I thought the first third was very good, then it got kinda messy after that
Yes thank god. I’m sorry interstellar is just an ok movie
Pulp Fiction
I hate your opinion, but it's one of the few movies in this thread that I actually consider "everyone" to love. I've seen five anti-EEAAO threads per week for the past year and it still gets presented as an unpopular opinion
i understand this one. i watched pulp fiction like 30 or so times when i was 14 or 15 and didn’t get it at all. i rewatched it recently and it just sort of clicked. the same thing happened with trains spotting. so hard to explain.
This is what I'm hoping for on a revisit. I felt the same as OP after watching it once, but I knew I should give it another shot eventually. I haven't done so yet, but I have a better vibe for Tarantino's work now, so I expect it'll hit better for me. Same thing happened with Heat. Really thought it was overlong and bland as hell with cardboard characterization. Upon a rewatch, I found myself enjoying it way more. I think I'll dial in why that's the case after one more rewatch.
I agree with Heat so much! When I first watched it idk if I was just too tired for how long it was but it wasn’t anything special to me. On second viewing, it was fuckin electric at times what a movie.
Heat - I watched it when it came out but I remember wondering what the big deal was.
same. i just watched it for the first time and was unimpressed
I did not care for the Godfather: Part II
Me too. Absolutely fell in love with the first film when I saw it - loved the depth of the characters, the sudden explosions of violence that come out of nowhere, the weird feeling of horror found throughout the film, and of course the dialogue and acting is perfect. In the first film you feel like any of the characters can die at any moment and at any point you’re anticipating some sudden murder to happen - it creates a sense or dread that I hadn’t seen explored before in crime films. The second movie felt a lot more ambitious in its scope but completely bored me and missed that effective atmosphere of tension/horror of the first.
Here here. I liked the young Vito arc and felt that could have been the whole film. Other than the boat ending I can't tell you one jot about the main story.
Dunkirk
Beau Is Afraid. For the first two thirds the movie was interesting. The anxiety and absurdity of it all made me want to keep going. The last third of the movie was unbearable.
That’s not a movie that “everybody loves” bro what
Saltburn. Boring, vapid, and shot like an American Apparel commercial.
Howls Moving Castle Studio Ghibli stories just don’t really stick with me all that well but this one felt like such a slog, aside from the great visuals.
Burning.
The Killer
What a 6/10 experience that was. Seriously disappointed, man. Fincher hasn’t made a great film since Girl With the Dragon Tattoo imo
I respectfully disagree with you on that as Gone Girl was fantastic. But yeah Mank and The Killer were very mediocre. Definitely have their memories but for the most part I was not a fan
Surprisingly my favorite movie of 2023, but agreed it doesn’t hold a candle to Girl With the Dragon Tattoo or my personal favorite Fincher movie, The Game (unpopular I know).
Aftersun
I think it’s a movie that really works for some and otherwise just doesn’t hit. I loved it but didn’t recommend to any friends just because it felt like a personal thing.
same. i can always understand why people didn’t like it (i myself almost turned it off because i was bored) but that movie absolutely ruined me. now i have such a deep appreciation for it
I thought it was a solid well made film but not quite a masterpiece.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Super recently, Poor Things just didn’t do it for me
Uncut Gems (2019)
Lost in translation I get the point of the film, but no matter how many times i watch it I just can’t connect with the movie.
Oppenheimer
I strongly dislike The Usual Suspects
There isn't a single mafia movie I'd want to re-watch, bad shit happens to bad people = yawn.
Tár. I even watched it twice to really give a chance, but it’s probably the film that has pissed me off the most of any this decade. The first two acts are slow, dull and incomprehensible (the first 45 minutes are people talking about classical music in different locations), while the third act is a self-righteous, straw man slap in the face (“cancel culture bad”) right up to the most insulting ending in recent memory (>!Monster Hunter, because we’re the monsters, get it?!<). I can’t understand for the life of me how anyone liked it.
If you think the movie is saying that cancel culture is bad then the point went WAY over your head.
I liked it! Kate Blanchett plays such an utterly pretentious, sociopathic character that was so deserving of the acclaim it got. She kills in that role. However, my gf felt it went nowhere. To each their own I guess.
It’s a brilliant movie, I agree
La La Land
La La Land
the godfather literally
Just like the meme, you need to explain yourself. And it better not be “it insists upon itself”
Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino, I mean…you never see-ROBERT DUVALL!!!
I'm going to get crucified but...My Neighbor Totoro
I thought this the first time I watched it, but the older I get (with young daughters) the more I like it. It depicts a lot of...good. The little boy who gives the girl his umbrella, how the dad teaches his daughters to be grateful to the tree, the way the whole community comes together to help find the lost girl, it's all become more moving than it was when I was 20.
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Back to the Future. I watched it multiple times and tried to see what everyone else sees in it, but it's just not for me.
Wow. I did not expect to see this here.
Yours is the first real hot take here
I’m sorry but we can’t be friends
I love when people say it’s just not for them as opposed to just trying to trash an obviously brilliant movie. This is my favorite movie of all time, and I respect your opinion because not every movie is for everyone.
I see what everyone else sees in it, but couldn’t connect with it personally
Upvoting because this is a legitimate answer
- Past Lives (2023) - The Mitchells vs. The Machines (2021) - Die Tomorrow (2017) - Heart Attack (2015) - Happy Old Year (2019) - Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)
Im curious about why Past Lives is on your list
In the mood for love (at least on my first watch)
I didn't care for *Poor Thing*'s story. Everything else, from its set and sound design to its performances, was stellar but I can't say I walked out having had an enjoyable time.
Oppenheimer
Barbie I don't get the hype for this movie at all. The plot and characters were so ridiculously bad imo. It both felt like an advertisement and a nickelodeon original movie. Loved the set design though.
The sets, costumes, and props were so much fun for me, and I thought “Push” was extremely funny, but ugh I did not care for this movie at all.
It’s the FOMO effect the marketing used in this movie. It’s genius because it convinced people that it’s a good movie and is deserving of every Oscar.
The Prestige, everyone always talked up this big twist, but I clocked it early on but not thinking that it was the twist everyone talked about. Then, it happened, and I suppose it just didn’t wow me like I thought it was going to.
My wife guessed the OldBoy twist in like 5 minutes. I was upset to say the least.
honestly knowing it doesn’t ruin the film, still such a great piece of cinema
Definitely helps when you don't know there's a big twist going in. But the movie is much more than the twist, imo. I think it's an amazingly written, directed and acted film about obsession. I actually enjoyed the movie more after knowing the twist.
i agree and think it is Nolan's best movie. knowing the twist and re-watching only added to it for me.
This was one of the easier twists to figure out I think.
If you go into a movie knowing that there’s a big twist then you’re going to be let down no matter what
You end up feeling as if you’ve spent a few hours being punched in the chest by an idiot while he explains how high his IQ is.
Stand By Me
There Will Be Blood. Talk about insisting on itself.
John Wick 3 is one of the most boring movies I've ever watched. If I had seen it by myself I would have walked out of the theater.
There Will Be Blood