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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.

    • deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz
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      4 days ago

      It was a technical marvel of the time, which is important to the people who made it, and maybe a few film buffs.

      It is just another monster movie.

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      5 days ago

      Friend of mine said this when JP 2 came out. Ruined the whole series for me after that.

      The first one had some of the plot from the book. Everything after has about as much plot as a porno where instead of butts or dicks or boobs, it’s screams.

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      5 days ago

      Why do you hate fun, though? And joy? And “this is Unix” when it’s clearly the antithesis of what Unix nerds get boners for Unix about (the command line, if not clear)

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        5 days ago

        I hate fun because I hate myself. I hate joy for same reason.

        I hate Jurassic Park because it’s scary dino’s aah! Also because of Jeff Goldblum, who I heard enjoys fun and joy.