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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Remember the movie critics said the fnaf movie was bad, movie goers said it was great.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Five Nights at Freddy's

I read the whole comment thread trying to figure out what fnaf meant...

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Gotta agree with the critics on that one.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If you enjoyed that movie, I'm happy for you. But that was easily the worst movie I've ever seen.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I haven't seen it, hell I haven't even played the games, but my GF said it was good. I am taking her word because I don't have the experience to know.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I haven't played the games and even I knew the movie wasn't accurate to the games, although there are a lot of references according to friends. The movie isn't very good, a few plot points could easily be explained away, typical "I don't have time to explain" type stuff. But it could still be a decent watch, although don't expect to get scared because it's not very scary

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

I'm a FNAF fan, and as a movie its quality is that of a straight to DVD movie. It has major flaws that I could go into incredible length about, but the more I think about it, the more I like it as is. The lore of the games is campy, and all over the place, as well as cliché in many places. The series never took itself too seriously while managing to make goofy characters feel mildly threatening. The FNAF movie captures this campy B movie plot excellently.

Really, the major draw for me was that I had invested my emotions into a community that formed as a result of the creator embracing his fans and doing his best to give them what they wanted, even if he wasn't the best at it. The community never really cared that the lore was imperfect, they cared because they felt like they could invest themselves in the story because there was another game of uncovering the hidden story after they finished playing each game. It brought people together because everyone had their own takes on the story. It was super exciting to have each game show up because then you'd have more people with their own takes on the story and big personalities making videos having fun with a goofy game series.

Seeing the movie felt like a huge love letter to the whole experience. I wanted to see these goofy and campy machines on the big screen because they already occupied a space in my imagination. As a fan, I went in with the perfect level of expectation, I expected a campy B movie that would be fun to watch and not take too seriously, and its exactly what I got. In fact, there was a level of fan service in the film which made me absolutely delighted to watch it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I read this in the voice of the narrator from the Wonder Years, recapping something insightful from an experience we just watched.

[–] icepuncher69 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

My peenus dont hort

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