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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.
A Christmas Story
I have never been able to watch the whole thing. Ralphie’s whining and dull life was just unpleasant. I didn’t really like any of the characters. Nothing in it was entertaining except for the kid and the pole. It was just a slog. I think the furthest I ever got was at a scene about a parade?
It seems like this is a really popular movie but I just never saw the appeal.
A Summer Story was so much better.
Whenever we’re out of anything at the house I say “You used up all the glue on purpose!” to my wife lol.
Bob Clark’s schtick is nostalgia and I think as we get further and further away from its original release date, the more this movie will be forgotten. This movie is straight up Boomer generation kid nostalgia.
I still think that the film presentation as a nice collection of memories with a narrator reminiscing works well but I can also see how younger generations have a hard time understanding why this movie is so popular.