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[–] Drusas@fedia.io 9 points 1 day ago (4 children)
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[–] Ilandar@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This thread is crazy, so many hot takes in here!

One of the worst I've ever seen is the Korean film 'Stray Dogs' (2014). There is so much unnecessary sexual violence towards women in this film and almost none of it has any relevance to the story. It's not like a rape revenge thing either where the victim eventually comes out on top - in this film the victim is a blind woman who cannot even defend herself with a knife she is given. The supposed protagonist of the film rapes his wife at the beginning and then engages in voyeurism for much of the film while this poor blind woman is raped every single night by the entire town. When he finally decides to do something about it he is absolutely fucking hopeless, as are the townspeople attempting to stop him. It is so misogynistic and poorly written, I have no idea why anyone agreed to be in it. Anyone who enjoyed this film should go on some kind of watch list.

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[–] goober@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Uncut Gems

A stressful two hours of screaming and bad decisions

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

First answer I've taken offense to. IMO one of the best films I've ever seen, and hands down the best thing Sandler has ever done.

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[–] mj_marathon@programming.dev 21 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Gravity.

Literally the only movie I've ever turned off part way through. Youd think that the producers would have, i don't know, accurately depicted the force the movie is named after.

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[–] remon@ani.social 29 points 1 day ago

Any superhero movie since 2008.

[–] FreeRangeMustard@lemm.ee 24 points 1 day ago (9 children)

Probably getting some hate for saying this, but…. The Dune movies are some of the worst big budget movies I’ve seen. They look nice and the cinematography is awesome but that movie feels so damn empty.

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 day ago

I will say, the first one is the most to-the-letter book adaptations i have ever seen.

[–] kandykarter@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (8 children)

Yeah, I'd rather watch the Lynch version anytime, the new ones are like 6 hours of bland, boring choices and wooden performances.

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[–] DarkSpectrum@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

A Complete Unknown. It was very long, and I just found Bob and his life a bit boring. Apart from the music, of course.

[–] Gerudo@lemm.ee 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Lucas directed Star Wars. Any. He's an awful director in almost every aspect. Some of the worst acting from extremely talented people I've ever seen because he doesn't know how to direct them.

Take the same cast, story, massage the script, and have ANYONE else direct, and it'd be great. I just can't with Lucas.

[–] Trex202@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Take the same cast, story, massage the script, and have ANYONE else direct, and it'd be great.>

Not true, they did this already with Ep7.

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[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The Godfather. The characters are empty and hard to attach to, the sound is terrible, there's so much filler in the editting it becomes a chore as I watch yet another seemingly pointlessly extended shot or micro-scenes—Why?! What was the point?!—And yet I'm meant to feel something when this character I hardly know since about 10 mins ago gets killed?

If a film had an inflated ego...

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[–] uberdroog@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Titanic is better if you interpret it differently:

Jack never existed. He was a coping mechanism for Rose to get away from crippling depression and self harm.

The whole movie can be interpreted that way, and it makes it much more interesting. There is no direct evidence for Jack's existence, and everything we hear about him interacting with others is from interviews with Old Rose.

In fact, some parts of the film make more sense when watching this way. Rose's near-miraculous ax hit to free Jack from handcuffs? Never happened. Not getting caught in cargo storage despite having a very involved tail who apparently just gave up? Never happened -- or at least, the part where Jack and Rose have sex in the car never happened.

There is a nude drawing of Rose which she says was done by Jack; however, it is actually signed "JD", so technically could have been any commissioned artist with those initials. In fact, Cal could even have set it up himself -- again, you only ever get Old Rose's version of events. Though we see Rose given the Heart of the Ocean diamond while on board Titanic (and she is wearing it in the drawing), there is once again no reason that must be the case, and since the drawing isn't dated, it could even predate her voyage. The letter she claimed she wrote to Cal about said drawing is not found with it, despite the two documents apparently being stored together.

And, note that a "Jackdaw" is a type of bird with various connections in lore -- one of which being that Jackdaws appear as a precursor to death or an omen of death. Rose claims she met Jack Dawson when he saved her from a suicide attempt.

[–] uberdroog@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

I am not convinced

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[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

I was trying to think of one and was thinking I haven't really experienced intensely hating a movie that other people loved. Then I saw someone comment Avatar... that was one of the most overhyped events I've ever experienced. I don't care about the entire Marvel franchise, but I'm sure someone could convince me of their merits. No one's going to make me see Avatar as anything but rehashing an old story with annoying 3D gimmicky visuals.

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (12 children)

No Country For Old Men.

I was actually really enjoying the whole cat and mouse thing until the main fucking character died off-screen.

How does nobody ever talk about how shitty that "plot twist" is? It's not clever. It's not entertaining. It's just bad storytelling. They don't even show you a good shot of him to convey what actually happened. My girlfriend and I had to rewind it twice because it was so fucking stupid and made so little sense.

That's actually how I feel about most of the Coen Brothers' movies. The classical narrative structure exists for a reason. It's a good framework for telling a story that makes sense.

Sometimes there's a good artistic reason for diverting from that and telling the story in an unconventional way. Other times it's just pretentious auteur garbage.

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[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

citizen kane. I mean I get it. If you geek out on cinematography history and the first of doing stuff but its just plain boring.

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

For me I just feel like I'm not equipped to judge it. I haven't lived in the time period it first came out in and I've enjoyed the options of thousands of different forms of entertainment at my whim for most of my life (mid 30s). I imagine when there were far fewer things going on and options to choose from you might see this movie in a whole different light.

All that being said I like some older movies just fine, like Harvey which came out 9 years later, so maybe my judgement is fine and Citizen Kane is boring as fuck. 🤷

[–] Sektor@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] scytale@lemm.ee 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I was gonna ask why so I could provide a counter argument, but then the question specifically asks for a movie you will never be convinced is good. So I won’t bother lol.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I gave them an updoot for answering the question even though my personal opinion is that the two new Dune movies are top 10 movies of all time.

Nothing appeals to everyone, and I dislike a lot of critically acclaimed movies and other media because while they just don't resonate with me. Top Gun Maverick was a mediocre retread of so many movies that came before it that while it was well executed from a technical perspective, I found it forgettable and don't understand the hype.

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[–] ClassifiedPancake@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Chappie. I had to leave the theater early to prevent any more brain damage.

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[–] SomGye@dormi.zone 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 15 points 1 day ago (6 children)

That was a pretty roundly panned movie.

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[–] Majorllama@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

The godfather movies.

I understand they influenced many other movies but they are just so fucking boring.

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