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Movies everyone loves, but you don't
1722 sats \ 77 comments \ @riberet19 13 May 2024 alter_native freebie
Are there any movies considered classics or really popular that you don't like or just don't get? I've seen a lot of movies, and I like them in many different genres, I have my pluses and minuses with many of them, but there's one movie that almost everyone I ask likes quite a lot and I don't like, and it's Titanic, I think that here everyone will have a movie considered by many to be a good movie or one of their favorites, but you don't like it.
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391 sats \ 11 replies \ @tomlaies 13 May 2024
I think the Matrix is incredibly overrated. Like the lore and plot are fine but the way people talk about it "bro, blue pill or red pill" and "bro, paradigm shift if we live in a Matrix bro" and my favorite "bro, do we live in a simulation: infinite simulations in simulations".
That's not a deep insight. Maybe it can be intellectually stimulating for 15 year olds.
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36 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 13 May 2024
I agree.
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49 sats \ 5 replies \ @Lumor 13 May 2024
I was older than 15 and still admire it. Sure, Plato's allegory of the cave dressed up in 90s leather. Maybe the cultural/generational references hit home differently for some? Guess I hadn't read Snowcrash/Neuromancer yet.
Don't remember falling for the humans as batteries plot line. I like the (original?) idea of using them for a giant neural net.
It went steeply downhill after the first one.
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5 sats \ 4 replies \ @tomlaies 13 May 2024
I have no problem with enjoying the plot and the lore. The aesthetic with the 90s leather outfits, the way it is filmed, the fuji color look etc all fine.
I just think the metaphor of living in a matrix is very shallow and people make it out to be a big insight.
Actually that's what I like about Rick & Morty. When they have "paradigm shifting" scenarios it's just casual fun. Just take it easy, relax and enjoy it.
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21 sats \ 2 replies \ @Lumor 13 May 2024
What are examples of intellectually stimulating movies?
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100 sats \ 1 reply \ @itsrealfake2 16 May 2024
Pi
Primer
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22 sats \ 0 replies \ @Lumor 16 May 2024
Yeah, definitely agree on Pi.
Primer was a bit over-hyped for me. Made me think of Memento which is a solid early-directors-career movie.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @itsrealfake2 16 May 2024
just think the metaphor of living in a matrix is very shallow and people make it out to be a big insight.
amen.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @freebookspls 14 May 2024
is matrix overrated or is the matrix trying to hide the truth from you?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Lux 13 May 2024
citizens will never get it ;)
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @FallingD02 13 May 2024
I think you are looking at the concept of simulation wrong. I relate it directly to the system in which we live, which is a simulation of how to be good employees, workers, slaves and poor citizens. Personally I like how they make you question something.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @watchmancbiz 13 May 2024
It's a very real insight though, and deep for most the population who isn't awake to it yet 😉
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147 sats \ 8 replies \ @grayruby 13 May 2024
Yeah, I am not a fan of Titanic or Avatar. Sorry James Cameron but I just don't see your "genius".
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60 sats \ 5 replies \ @Undisciplined 13 May 2024
I haven't seen Titanic in a long time, but I remember liking it.
Avatar, on the other hand, is one of the worst movies I've ever seen.
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52 sats \ 2 replies \ @grayruby 13 May 2024
I thought Titanic was boring and total garbage when I first watched it 25 odd years ago but my wife was watching it a couple years ago so like a doting husband I sat and watched it with her. It wasn't too bad the second time around.
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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @riberet19 OP 13 May 2024
What we do out of love... 😝
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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @BitcoinAbhi 13 May 2024
You are right. Titanic was boring.
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41 sats \ 0 replies \ @riberet19 OP 13 May 2024
I, on the other hand, prefer Avatar, but I don't really like it very much too.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @itsMoro 13 May 2024 freebie
id say the sequel was an F- if the first was a D+
20 sats \ 0 replies \ @watchmancbiz 13 May 2024
I love Titanic, but never cared to watch Avatar.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @riberet19 OP 13 May 2024
I really don't know what they see in the films of that director, overrated, it's a fact.
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139 sats \ 5 replies \ @tolot 13 May 2024 freebie
Fantasy jacked superheros definitely fit the definition of "everyone like them but I don't". Marvel and DC stuff
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @freebookspls 14 May 2024
what are your thoughts on Blade (1998)?
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Turdinthepunchbowl 13 May 2024
I'd say some of them were entertaining. Cinematic genius they are not however. Marvel has flat out turned to shit post end game, even then it was corny and clumsy before but at least entertaining. Now, sucks.
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13 sats \ 1 reply \ @tolot 13 May 2024
Could be, I'm not very knowledgeable about them to understand the turning point of the saga. To me they are simply computer-graphics enhanced videgame-like films. I prefer shows and films in which actors are actually acting, not simply moving their bodies to be a proper model to fit the computer-designed graphics.
But I have pretentious tastes, I know
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Turdinthepunchbowl 13 May 2024
For me I try to separate what is enjoyable to watch vs what is actually a good movie. A venn diagram of sorts where it's rare to overlap. Example, Schindler's List is a good movie, but when choosing what to watch or have on as background noise you are not likely to put that on. But you may throw a Marvel movie on. It's computer animated shit, but it's not without its entertainment value.
After End Game the timelines and shit became so messy, and plots became so stupid. Multiple realms, realities, etc that I personally just got annoyed and stopped caring about future releases.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @watchmancbiz 13 May 2024
💥
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123 sats \ 3 replies \ @Kontext 13 May 2024 freebie
Most new movies. "Oppenheimer," "Killers of the Flower Moon," "Top Gun: Maverick" are the first that come to mind. Oh, and of course, the superhero movies.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @freebookspls 14 May 2024
All superhero movies? Even the eternals?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Kontext 14 May 2024
Never seen it
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @watchmancbiz 13 May 2024
both Top Guns were awesome, IMO
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130 sats \ 1 reply \ @gmd 13 May 2024
I find it amusing that men seem to love the Princess Bride but women usually don't for some reason...
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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @c137Heather 14 May 2024
What? I loved that movie and my husband is "meh" about it. I never considered that we might be the exceptions.
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158 sats \ 0 replies \ @zuspotirko 13 May 2024
Shawshank Redemption is the top movie ever on imdb: https://www.imdb.com/chart/top/
It's a good movie and I enjoyed the book as well. But it's not the best of everything ever.
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201 sats \ 2 replies \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears 13 May 2024
Lord of the Rings. There, I said it.
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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @zuspotirko 13 May 2024
how dare you
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @freebookspls 14 May 2024
how do I downvote on SN?
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121 sats \ 2 replies \ @FallingD02 13 May 2024
Fast and furious. I think the first two or three were great but then it was crazy. There are more than 10
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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @freebookspls 14 May 2024
They lost me when Vin Diesel was chased by a submarine in the arctic.
Don't even bring up the car-rocket from fast 9, please
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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @riberet19 OP 13 May 2024
Agree with you.
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121 sats \ 3 replies \ @BitcoinAbhi 13 May 2024
I don't like The Avengers
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @watchmancbiz 13 May 2024
same here, never got into it
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @tomlaies 13 May 2024
Dito. Just CGI and big explosions - it does nothing for me.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @riberet19 OP 13 May 2024
I almost put that in the description, I don't like superhero movies, just a little bit Spiderman, nothing else
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111 sats \ 0 replies \ @SilkyNinja 14 May 2024
Most of the new Pixar/Disney are too “engineered sentimental” for my taste. I remember liking Wall-E and feeling lukewarm about Up, and after that I just haven’t gotten into another one. It feels dishonest and played out
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110 sats \ 1 reply \ @BTCExecutor 13 May 2024
Citizen Kane: saw somewhere it's the best movie alltime, it was boring
English Patient. Best nap of my life
LA LA Land. Was much acclaimed, wife and I turned it off after about 15 mins.
Avengers End Game: I enjoyed all the other Marvel Movies up until that point. End Game was a bore, diminished all the prior movies, and I've stopped watching MCU since.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @freebookspls 14 May 2024 freebie
The funny thing about La La Land is how it portrays a romanticized version of showbiz at the same time the #meetoo movement was gaining traction in real life.
Marvel: Meh
106 sats \ 0 replies \ @senf 13 May 2024 freebie
Mad Max: Fury Road.
It's at 97% on RottenTomatoes. One of the dumbest fucking movies I've ever seen.
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100 sats \ 5 replies \ @itsrealfake2 13 May 2024
i have a steady rule that i rarely break: no movies made after 2007
it's a nice constraint on "what to watch" that gives me some freedom from plenty of choices.
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63 sats \ 4 replies \ @freebookspls 14 May 2024
There is at least one good movie every year. Here's some nice movies you may lost if you keep your rule:
  • Tropical Thunder (2008)
  • District 9 (2009)
  • The Hunt (2012)
  • Creed (2015)
  • Dunkirk (2017)
  • Parasite (2019)
  • 1917 (2019)
  • Druk (2020)
  • Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @c137Heather 14 May 2024
Gotta love Tropic Thunder!!!
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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @fm 14 May 2024
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @itsrealfake2 16 May 2024
Parasite (2019)
wild film. enjoyed it a lot. well deserving of recognition.
Tropical Thunder (2008) District 9 (2009)
Yeah. Both enjoyable. I didn't start my rule in 2007... maybe closer to 2012 or so.
The Hunt (2012) Creed (2015) Dunkirk (2017) Druk (2020)
Noted.
1917 (2019)
Title sounds interesting. I'll check the imdb But (rule #2) I won't watch more than a few seconds of the preview, if any.
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
What's so great about it?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @freebookspls 17 May 2024
Top Gun: Maverick is probably the best action movie this decade so far
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100 sats \ 1 reply \ @Lumor 13 May 2024
Dogville - I just can't stand it. Maybe it's made for actors on both sides of the screen but no one else?
From Dusk Till Dawn - Made for the whole film crew that didn't want to finish the movie?
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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @SilkyNinja 14 May 2024
I think you and I are in the audience of ten who actually watched Doghouse all the way. It’s made for those actors who think that that time they did Equus was the most important work of their lives…
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @watchmancbiz 13 May 2024
I've never been a fan of Star Trek nor Star Wars! 😆
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5 sats \ 0 replies \ @itsrealfake2 13 May 2024
disclaimer: I haven't owned a tv for 15 years. (that used to be a badge i could wear, but now it's fine, you can just watch on a laptop). i'm a fan of good/interesting cinema, but i don't watch marvel or any of the rest of the garbage. i don't watch regularly released blockbusters (see above: i don't watch anything made after 2007 unless it's frequently recommended by my social network, and even then i often ignore it)
I'd encourage you to watch Star Wars: Next Generation (Season 1, Episode 1). I think there's a lot to learn about the social programming that was being delivered to people at that time, and what kinds of behaviors we can expect from our peers now, as a result.
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48 sats \ 2 replies \ @Coinsreporter 13 May 2024
Great ask! Considering everyone loves watching movies, I don't like movies that show some serious bloodshed/killing/bombing etc.
You can say that 300 is the movie that everyone says is quite motivating but I love the comedy 'Meet the spartans' more.
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32 sats \ 1 reply \ @riberet19 OP 13 May 2024
I think I know that movie you mentioned, in my country it's called "Almost 300"
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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter 13 May 2024
That's a great name BTW. It's better than 'Meet the Spartans'.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @astro_penguin 13 May 2024
Any of the Marvel movies (except for the Spider-Man trilogy), Star Wars, Die Hard, Terminator, the Matrix, Jurassic Park, and others that I'm not thinking of! I just don't get them for some reason, and seemingly everyone around me loves them all.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @itsMoro 13 May 2024 freebie
i thought that Baby Driver movie was worthy of walking out if i had seen it in a theatre. apparently people like it 🤷‍♂️
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76 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 13 May 2024
Anything by Wes Anderson or Guy Richie. I enjoyed the first of their movies that I saw, but I only needed to see one of their movies to have enough. They are so needlessly stylized (and in the exact same way as all their other movies) that their stories, if they even have one, get suffocated.
Maybe they're great movies to watch while you're on your phone? Pretty moving wallpaper? I don't get it.
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56 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 14 May 2024
Barbie..why did people like it? I thought it was boring and not funny at all.
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22 sats \ 0 replies \ @riberet19 OP 14 May 2024
Hahaha, I'm with you, I don't like it either.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @DesertDave 15 Jul 2024
Lord of the Rings. I don't get fantasy. Puts me to sleep. And I can't follow it at all.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Taurus 17 May 2024
Blade Runner, not that it’s a bad movie but it’s not that great.
The aviator (love Leonardo but this movie is terrible) and A Christmas story.. this one is totally unwatchable
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @486DX2 14 May 2024
Harry Potter. Any of them. Just feels like it's a bunch of ideas from Tolkein and StarWars stitched together whilst following round an annoying kid.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @nout 14 May 2024
Dunkirk
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @clownworld 14 May 2024
The English Patient.
It is one of my most hated movies of all time.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 3 Sep 2024
do you watch Seinfeld?
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21 sats \ 3 replies \ @Satosora 14 May 2024
I just had titanic playing in the background
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31 sats \ 2 replies \ @riberet19 OP 14 May 2024
Turn off the TV 😝
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31 sats \ 1 reply \ @Satosora 14 May 2024
haha I didnt think the music was that bad.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @riberet19 OP 14 May 2024
Overrated in every aspect haha.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @freebookspls 14 May 2024
Madea movies are unwatchable, yet people seem to like them. It baffles me.
https://m.stacker.news/30807
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