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What's the dumbest blockbuster movie you have seen that somehow received high praise? (lemm.ee)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 45 points 5 months ago (6 children)

The Purge. They're all dumb as fuck. "No lawz fur wun day. Halps soseyetti."

Yeah no, trust in the government would break the floor and anarchy would reign instead. Not to mention businesses would probably refuse to operate here.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Don't get me stated on how fucking dumb it is that everyone everywhere just immediately turns to murder. Crime isn't something I have a problem with, so when I say I've never committed a murder it's not because the pesky laws are stopping me. I just genuinely don't see the need to kill someone. But no, everyone and their mom is going full zodiac all day all night if it went for laws!

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago

I would say most people would just do nothing and the rest would go buy drugs

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That's a plot point in the prequel one (I've only seen the first one, though) and from one of the trailers I remember seeing, during the very first Purge people were just throwing huge parties and getting all kinds of fucked up, and the people on charge were disappointed because they just wanted people to kill each other.

It was posed as some sort of secret government conspiracy to keep the population/minorities/what have you "in check."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

That just sounds like a saturnalia

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

I would be boosting high dollar items and parking them in my yard.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I love The Purge, especially election day. They really hit that sweet spot between exploitative horror and substantive political commentary.

Which is what the best B movies do.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Really? I'd guess the opposite would happen, and the power vacuum would be quickly filled by alternate purge-day-only governments.

[–] prole 5 points 5 months ago

Seriously, it's always been the dumbest fucking premise of all time.

[–] Klear 3 points 5 months ago

Are these highly praised? I thought they were at best considered fine examples of a genre that's looked down upon.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Chaos, not anarchy!