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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.

  • Frellwit@lemmy.world
    192·
    1 day ago

    Probably most films by Darren Aronofsky. Pi and The Fountain are some of the worst movies I’ve seen. Feels like someone’s artsy shroom trip. I dislike most “artsy” movies without a coherent story.

    Also a lot of horror classics bores me to death. For example The Omen, Poltergeist, The Exorcist.

    • hactar42@lemmy.world
      3·
      21 hours ago

      I’ve always felt like Darren Aronofsky makes great movies but absolutely sucks at ending them. Every movie of his, that I’ve seen, I’ve enjoyed up until the last 5-10 minutes. He just makes the most depressing endings, that make me regret watching the movie.

    • Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
      11·
      1 day ago

      The Omen, Poltergeist, The Exorcist.

      Makes sense. Those were groundbreaking at the time, but the ground has been broken, repaved and built into a massive skyscraper now.

      • debil@lemmy.world
        1·
        8 hours ago

        If you mean like slapping a puddle of diarrhea, then I agree. IIRC the movie’s style was so annoying and the plot so boring that it’s a small miracle I managed to finish it in the first place.