Rules: explain why

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.

  • LandedGentry
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    2
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    edit-2
    6 days ago

    I am so curious why you don’t like elf! I’m not looking for an argument, that’s just by far the most surprising answer in this thread to me

    • 1ostA5tro6yne@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      edit-2
      6 days ago

      what baffles me is that anyone likes it at all, it’s terrible from start to finish. ferrell isnt funny on his best day, there’s exactly one ‘joke’ repeated ad nauseum, and the plot is nonsense.

      • LandedGentry
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        edit-2
        6 days ago

        I mean ultimately it’s a kids movie. The jokes are going to be shallow and loud.

        • 1ostA5tro6yne@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          edit-2
          6 days ago

          i mean ultimately “it’s for kids” is a sorry defense for a piece of media. there’s plenty of “for kids” movies that aren’t beginning-to-end low-effort unfunny schlock.

          • LandedGentry
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            edit-2
            6 days ago

            It’s more that you’re going to struggle to resonate with it as an adult. I think this conversation is getting a little too hostile lol

            I don’t like Minions but I get why kids do is the thrust here.