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What is your unpopular flim opinion (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by STRIKINGdebate2@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I'll go first. Mine is that I can't stand the Deadpool movies. They are self aware and self referential to an obnoxious degree. It's like being continually reminded that I am in a movie. I swear the success of that movie has directly lead to every blockbuster having to have a joke every 30 seconds

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[-] bogdugg@sh.itjust.works 27 points 9 months ago

Gonna try to phrase this an inflammatory way:

People who like bad movies have been conditioned by consumerism to not appreciate art. They believe spectacle, humour, and a tight plot are 'good enough', and they don't value thoughtfulness, novelty, beauty, or abrasiveness nearly enough. Film is more than a way to fill time and have fun. Film is more than an explosion, a laugh, and a happy ending.

On an unrelated note: Mad Max: Fury Road is one of my favourite movies.

[-] fireweed@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

What would you consider a "bad movie," because I wouldn't consider a "tight plot" one of their shared features. Spectacle: absolutely, humor: frequently, tight plot: if only.

[-] bogdugg@sh.itjust.works 7 points 9 months ago

Many Marvel films, for example, are actually competently written plot wise. I also believe lots of them have basically no value.

[-] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 0 points 9 months ago

Marvel hasn't has a competent plot since infinity war, even then there was a lot of decline starting to happen.

[-] fireweed@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago

I wouldn't agree that Marvel films have a competent plot, but maybe that's because I generally struggle to follow the plot through all the other crap, and am left wondering "was that a plot hole or did I space out during all the explosions and miss a critical line of dialogue?"

[-] macrocephalic@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

They've been using the same plot outline for the whole series so they surely have it sorted by now.

[-] mrbubblesort@kbin.social 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I see you've met my wife. Transformers is the pinnacle of cinema, but 12 Angry Men is boring as fuck because all they do is talk.

[-] macrocephalic@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

It's strange that you said that and then said you liked fury road. I thought fury road was the epitome of spectacle and production value with actual value.

[-] bogdugg@sh.itjust.works 11 points 9 months ago

I added that to sort of admit my own hypocrisy; I tried to exaggerate my opinion a bit for the sake of spurring discussion. I mostly believe what I said, but my real thoughts are much messier and less well thought out.

[-] speck@kbin.social 4 points 9 months ago

As they should be!

[-] loopedcandle@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 9 months ago

I explain it like this: people assume beer is one product but most economists actually study it as two distinct products: mass production beer and craft beer. They actually behave like two separate markets. People like each for very different reasons. And consumer behavior is very different around both.

That's how I feel about Film and Movies. We may watch them both on a screen, but other than that they are very different things. And you can like both! I love the MCU films. But I don't go expecting intellectual expositions.

I also love Dead Poets Society, Hidden Figures, and Argo. Let people like things. Let people like different things differently. It's OK.

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