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hambluegar_sammwich t1_je6o1qk wrote

Reply to comment by Dragonborn83196 in Which movies do you want to like but find it hard to do so? by EngineeringOk3975

I stopped enjoying children’s animated movies at around 6 when the boys got outvoted by the girls at our after school care and we had to see the Little Mermaid instead of The Wizard. Years later as CG took over a trend started of adults, with or without children, watching children’s animated movies, and it never stopped. I don’t get it. The humor is designed to be the basest and least offensive. The stories, if not simply a remake, are extremely derivative and boring. The visuals are impressive but designed to be cute for children. When I’m forced to watch them because I’m possibly the only person on earth with this opinion, I will find some visuals cool and the occasional moment funny or touching, but mostly I feel like I’m watching derivative crap designed to sell merchandising.

So yeah, I want to like this genre of movie because it seems to make people angry that I don’t, but I genuinely don’t get the appeal to anyone over 10.

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hambluegar_sammwich OP t1_j9yxxv7 wrote

Reply to comment by jamesneysmith in Plane (2023) has been out for 42 days and still has an IMDB rating of 6.5 how is this possible? by hambluegar_sammwich

I didn’t know anything about the movie aside from it being attached to a big star and that it had a theatrical release, so I was assuming it would be a mid-budget action movie kind of like John Wick. Within 30 seconds I realized it was either extremely low budget or very poorly made, at which point I was at least hoping for some camp.

Anyway I didn’t make the post to be a jerk, and I know lots of talented people worked hard on this movie, but I am genuinely shocked by the response this movie is getting. What I saw was a $25million movie that I swear to all things holy looked like it was done for $10k. I’ve seen found footage movies that looked better.

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Reply to comment by gautsvo in Plane (2023) has been out for 42 days and still has an IMDB rating of 6.5 how is this possible? by hambluegar_sammwich

Yeah, that’s why I made the post. I feel like I’m taking crazy pills. I grew up on the lowest budget movies out there and have loved lots of them. What was lacking in special effects, cinematography, writing, et al can sometimes be made up for with quirky fun stuff like a deformed hero with a mop for a weapon.

I just got zero fun out of this movie at all. Even the old straight to video/sci-fi channel movies had some campy jokes. This was just a straight forward disaster/terrorist action flick with zero inspiration and a $10 budget. People were rushing out of the screening in total silence. Idk just a weird experience seeing it have an audience.

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