Unpopular Opinions
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Inspired by the linked XKCD. Using 60% instead of 50% because that’s an easy filter to apply on rottentomatoes.

I’ll go first: I think “Sherlock Holmes: A game of Shadows” was awesome, from the plot to the characters ,and especially how they used screen-play to highlight how Sherlocks head works in these absurd ways.

  • Ashtear@kbin.social
    7·
    1 year ago

    I tend to like sci-fi in this category such as Stargate, Dune (1984), and the Riddick films.

    TRON Legacy is my favorite of the bunch, however. Incredible soundtrack, gorgeous costume design, and plenty of character.

    • Roundcat@kbin.social
      1·
      1 year ago

      TRON Legacy is one of those movies where I watch it purely for its visuals and music. It’s a let down in terms of story and action, but I stop everything to look at it when its on.

    • fubo@lemmy.world
      11·
      1 year ago

      I wanted to like TRON: Legacy. I didn’t.

      There’s one reason the original TRON wouldn’t play today, and it’s not the 1980s fake computer graphics. It’s the pacing. TRON is slow. There’s no jitter. It looks like a 1980s video game, not a 21st-century video game.

      Or, really, just contrast the Wendy Carlos score with the Daft Punk one. The original is majestic swoops through a digital dreamscape, not jitterbug pop for robot dancers.

      • MajorHavoc@lemmy.world
        1·
        11 months ago

        A thought that may help you enjoy Tron: Legacy - The pacing and style changes are meant to represent the changes in computer technology and specifically gaming, between the eras when the two films came out.

        In TRON, there’s a mechanistic pacing that reflects the early computer clock cycles.

        In TRON: Legacy, there’s a lot of imagery and plotting around characters trying to find peace, or achieve slowness, or even just rythm - trying to escape the attention starved modern algorithm.

    • flatpandisk@lemm.ee
      11·
      1 year ago

      I really liked Tron Legacy. I keep hearing the next one in the works so cautiously awaiting to see what they release next.

    • GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee
      11·
      1 year ago

      I loved the film, but I can’t think too hard about it. I treat it like a really long music video. It was such a fun watch.

  • plutolink@sh.itjust.works
    61·
    1 year ago

    I, Robot, especially after reading the books. It functions as a combo of the books, but set roughly where the first book took place in, using a variant of the protagonist from the sequels. The robots taking over as they did, though, wasn’t really accurate, even just regarding the laws of robotics, but it worked for the movie’s conflict. In the books, they get a larger hold on humanity, but to help them go past Earth to become an intragalactic society. For a one-off, though, I can see the directions the movie took to give it that close-ended feeling. Also, the implications of robots and humans, and Spooner as a chracter were pretty faithful to the source material, IMO.

  • atomWood@lemm.ee
    2·
    1 year ago

    Tron: Legacy

    This is one of my favourite movies of all time. The story, atmosphere, and music are absolutely amazing!

  • _xDEADBEEF@lemm.ee
    2·
    1 year ago

    The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.

    57% on RT but its probably one of my favourite Wes Anderson films.

  • xeekei@lemm.eeEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Underworld is 31%, but 79% audience score? So apparently quite a few people like it, could’ve fooled me. I might edit this if I find something else.

  • Lemmilicious@feddit.nu
    1·
    1 year ago

    Speed Racer (2008)! The Wachowski sisters directed it after the Matrix trilogy, and the silly and over-the-top aesthetics seem to have put of many, but I think it’s a genuinely fun movie with great themes and some awesome emotional moments.

    • exocortex@discuss.tchncs.de
      1·
      1 year ago

      It’s amazing! It’s funny, has a great cast, is visually stunning AND unique. it’s just that some people think movies have to be only about plot.

      I happen to own an orange telephone like the one in the movie, an old “Telefon der deutschen Post”.

  • jflorez@sh.itjust.works
    1·
    1 year ago

    Batman v Superman is great, it just doesn’t fit the usual super hero movie tropes in my opinion. The ultimate edition is awesome