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I'm not saying the worst, otherwise I would need to include the star wars sequels or transformers movies... Just some really dumb movie that somehow got praised.

For me has to be Ready Player One. That movie message is so "uhuh" obvious that is stupid, the whole nerd that saves the world in a thing that otherwise would be useless to know in real life... The so over the top evil gaming corporation. The whole 80s and 90s movies and games references get old after half an hour... And it's so pandering towards the geeks and nerds, they really want the viewer feeling really cool for knowing that is the Shining hallway, or that is a Monty python reference... Or look a GUNDAM! YOU'RE SO COOL FOR COLLECTING THOSE GUN PLA! Look we have also overwatch and halo in the background! You're so cool modern gamer!

Also the obviously attractive "nerd" hacker girl that thinks she's ugly and deformed for having a small hard to see red tint in one side of her pretty face... Cmon man. In no universe anyone would think that actress is ugly.

And the message at the end is so hilarious: Look man, you're cool for getting these references and being a real gamer is cool, but go outside more!

Is like the creators have no self awareness.

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[โ€“] JSens1998@lemmy.ml 8 points 5 months ago (4 children)

For me it was Blade Runner. Everyone always talks about how great the movie is, and man, it was a struggle to get through. The setting was cool and that's about it.

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[โ€“] mondoman712@lemmy.ml 7 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Logan

The whole premise was that they're in danger and need to get to Canada to be safe (the bad guys don't have passports I guess ๐Ÿคท), but have to wait just before they cross the border for everyone to show up seemingly for no reason.

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[โ€“] space_of_eights@lemmy.ml 7 points 5 months ago (7 children)

Godzilla. The 1998-ish version.

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[โ€“] K0W4LSK1@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 5 months ago

Marvel civil war

[โ€“] Brickardo@feddit.nl 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I think that Ready Player One was terribly ported from the book format to the movie. The book went so much more over the top than the movie did, the latter turning down on a lot of nerd aspects. Having said that, different formats need different ways for conveying the same idea. The main character would literally get a "+1 blazing sword" in the book. +1. As if it were an MMO or something.

Having said that, Dune (book and movie) were terrible. The movie felt plagued with references to stuff I didn't get. Only recently did I read the book just to find it was as uninteresting as the movie.

I'll never forget those opera singers singing right to my ears when a ship would land... Now that's a way to startle a person.

On the bright side, reading the book has allowed me not see the second part of the movie.

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[โ€“] krolden@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Ready player one and also Scott pilgrim or whatever its called. That whole "needs are cool, buy funko pops" craze is super cringe.

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