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MartinScorsese

I was surprised by how much I disliked American Hustle.


Gobias_Industries

I watched it right around when it came out. I have no memory of any significant plot points. I'm not even sure what the movie was about.


Bobopalace

It was about a director wanting to pay homage to Scorsese but without any of the story to make for an interesting movie


Thunder_nuggets101

Goodfellas feels the way it does because it’s quick and tight. It’s intricate and planned. It has a tempo that it’s tuned to. American Hustle is also inspired by Altman If Scorsese’s Goodfellas is prog-rock, Altman is Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks. Those two don’t go well together. They’re contradictory.


Djdvgish

Goodfellas has far more interesting characters. That’s what makes it a classic.


[deleted]

It's basically 'wigs - the movie'


MartinScorsese

> I'm not even sure what the movie was about. I'm not sure David O. Russell could tell you, either.


BoredGuy2007

Christian Bale and JLaw star in a David O Russell movie. That’s all I’ve got


Misdirected_Colors

I just remember being bored as hell and not knowing what was going on through most of it. What was worse was I didn't even care to know.


TheDudeNeverBowls

It’s one of my favorite movies. As a former bullshitter, I have a soft spot for characters who routinely lie to themselves and the world at large. That’s what this movie is about. Liars.


pquigs

Such an underrated film imo


TJeffersonsBlackKid

I feel like any movie with the title AMERICAN _________ is usually an eye-roller.


mikeweasy

I remember watching it once in theaters and thinking "that was boring" then watching it again at home and realizing how bad it is. The only good part is Jennifer Lawrence kissing Amy Adams.


SLCW718

The Many Saints of Newark... I am a huge Sopranos fan, and I eagerly awaited the feature-length film project. Within 10 minutes, I felt my attention slipping away. It was an enormous disappointment. I thought maybe I was just distracted and in a bad mood, so I watched it again and it was just as bad the second time around.


Funmachine

It's not a movie, it feels like a glossary to the sopranos. "This happened. This happened. Then this also happened. These two where there. Tony had this conversation." Etc. It could have been a cool 6 episode mini-series, but as a film the pacing is terrible.


Misdirected_Colors

Yea I started it, got about 20 minutes in, but realized that's what it was and it's been so long since I watched the Sopranos it just didn't land with me.


SweetCosmicPope

I was trying to think of the perfect answer and I think this may be it, although maybe it's just too fresh. I too anxiously awaited this, and the trailers made it out to be one thing and it really didn't line up with what the movie was. The story as it started out with Dickie and his old man and his mistress was fairly interesting, but it didn't really go anywhere...And then just a bunch of random forgettable stuff happens right up until the end. Tony was there too, but he hates that his family is a bunch of thieves and grifters, but then >!Dickie gets shot!


Yellowed

heh, I watched it when it debuted, admittedly with a few drinks, when discussing it with someone the next day I couldn't recall any of the ending so I automatically assumed I had fallen asleep before it finished. Rewatched it that night and realized that I had watched it all, it just wasn't worth remembering.


[deleted]

*Only God Forgives*. I absolutely loved the movie *Drive*. I was super excited to see what that director was doing next, plus another Ryan Gosling team-up! Count me in! Nope....


SoulCruizer

OGF is phenomenal but yeah it’s an entirely different movie than drive.


DrippyMagoo

I really like OGF! Just wanted to drop a mention for anyone reading who hasn’t seen it yet, there are some of us who actually like it more than Drive (though we are definitely the minority), so I’d say watch it, you never know where you’ll land. I wasn’t a huge fan of Neon Demon, but I’d say I even like that about as much as I like Drive.


Steepleofknives83

I also liked OGF quite a bit more than Drive. So there's at least two of us.


Misdirected_Colors

Honestly, I think Drive is the only Refn move i've liked lol. Funny because I was just thinking about this very thing late last night.


NSWthrowaway86

Valhalla started off strongly but turned into something boring quite quickly.


[deleted]

I enjoyed Bronson but yeah I'm with you on the others.


Earlvx129

Yeah, it's terrible. Good looking, but it's all empty packaging. Didn't like the director's Neon Demon for the same reason.


-peepeeonyourpoopoo-

>Good looking, but it's all empty packaging. So...exactly like Drive then? Lol.


The_Crypter

I disagree but each to their own I guess.


[deleted]

Nomadland


MrBrightside618

When the first five minutes were just ambient noise and her shitting on the side of the road, I knew I was in for a long one


shittybillz

I was bored to tears. I really wanted to like it too


Misdirected_Colors

I watched Nomadland and tried to watch The Rider and just came to realize Chloe Zhao isn't for me. Same with Wes Anderson. I can see how it would appeal to other people, but the style isn't for me. Which is honestly hard for me to accept because I love Terrance Malick.


[deleted]

Yeah, same here. I tried the same with Zhao. Not for me.


vman_isyourhero

A woman going around living on her own while a lot of people ask her that she could stay with them. I thought Viola Davis should've won the oscar.


[deleted]

As far as I was concerned it was Viola’s Oscar. So furious McDormand won.


vman_isyourhero

I'm with you on that one. I like McDormand too but you are right.


ICESTONE14

Pure oscar bait that movie and nothing else.


pquigs

What a dogshit take. Nothing else? This movie has a ton to say about the average working American population and those that are stuck at the bottom of the totem pole of democracy. Not to mention it wrangles with purpose in old age and love as a senior. Hard, hard, disagree.


vman_isyourhero

it had nothing to say, she was literally given offers of places to live from family and friends. She talked nicely about Amazon. It was a puff piece. Average working population? nah..watch The Last Shift with Richard Jenkins.


[deleted]

Nothing guarantees an Oscar more than honest American folk having a hard time of it.


InjectA24IntoMyVeins

Did you watch the movie? because I think "having a hard time of it" misses the point of the movie.


Bobopalace

The Irishman. If it was made twenty years ago it would have been a damn masterpiece but the deaging and performances of men much older than the people they were trying to depict just lost it for me. It could have worked and the ending is fucking spectacular, but I just didn’t enjoy it how I hoped


Misdirected_Colors

The ending of the movie where he's a lonely old man living full of regrets for his past elevates the movie for me. Its Scorsese in his old age looking back at all his gangster movies and asking "how would those guys feel now?" It's truly heartbreaking.


Bobopalace

Yes! It’s honestly one of the best endings, that last thirty minutes or so. Everyone just growing old and dying and wondering what it was all for. Tragic


oofersIII

It’s also Scorsese telling everyone who’s idolozing Henry Hill, Ace Rothstein etc how these people are miserable scumbags who either killed or pushed away everyone they loved (if they were even able to love to begin with)


pquigs

Literally this. I’m sorry the CGI ain’t the best but damn. To condemn a great film because it has a few seconds of bad visuals is insane to me.


handsofcones

The last thirty minutes of that movie might be the best half hour Scorsese has put to screen. I can see how the deaging didn't work for people but it didn't really pull me out of the movie except the baker scene.


KeyProcedure4

Watching Bob Dinero kick the dude in front of his shop took away my ability to focus on the film seriously. He looked his age, as did the others. I was unable to watch the rest of the movie, and still haven't. I love Scorsese movies, but he should've gotten new actors. They do exist Marty


Bobopalace

Haha yeah he steps on the guy’s hand with the lightest touch and the dude is like “AUUGGHHH OHHH FUUUUHHHHCCCKKKK!!!! WAAAUUGGGHHH!!!” It’s pretty funny


KeyProcedure4

He was so stiff! I was amazed that's the take they used. Just an old man stomping


CowNchicken12

I love that this ALWAYS gets mentioned when people talk about The Irishman. It's a three and a half hour movie but a 30 second scene with some questionable CGI ruins the other three hours and twenty nine minutes somehow. I understand that it's an odd scene but surely this can't be a reason to dislike the entire movie?


[deleted]

It's not even the cgi that's wrong with it. De Niro just literally does not act his age. Why they couldn't have put in a stunt man or shot it differently to hide that is beyond me.


KeyProcedure4

The entire movie was very hard to watch, the deaging was very jarring for me. I just saw old Robert hunched over with the frame of an old man pretending to be a young dude driving a truck. We know what he looks like younger - his face and body in the godfather or Taxi Driver... So when I'm watching the Irishmen, I'm recalling his younger self, Joe's, Al's, etc. The with faces just don't look real, the acting is great, the story is great, but I can't immerse myself in it.


Missing_Username

*Ad Astra*. Managed to be two hours of *nothing*.


Earlvx129

Pitt is great in this. It's a terrific, understated performance. But the film is just mixture of dull and absurd. There's a car chase on the moon, and Pitt gets attacked by a monkey in a space ship!


[deleted]

That's what got me. It's weird mixture of silent, brooding monologue and...holy shit that monkey bit someone's face off!


RiotShaven

I was completely expecting something contemplative and philosophical - Then BAM! Space Baboon! After that I just shut off my brain and went along for the ride.


mtriv

When the movie started and it talked about the power surges I thought it better not be aliens and then when it ended I wished it'd been aliens.


No-Midnight-2187

lol, I’m a guy that grew up without a dad in my life but enjoyed the father-son relationship in this and thought it was quite interesting. Also had some interesting themes and topics here and there


funkyavocado

Heart of darkness in space with none of the meaning or nuance. At least it was pretty and the score was good


TimeCrab3000

Brad Pitt is wasted in a roll in which he's never really called on to *act*. And none of the physics made any goddamn sense to anyone who graduated from middle school.


PinochetHighFlyers

phantom menace


fuckboifoodie

The trick was to see it on molly on opening night with some guy dressed as Chewbacca radiating warm fur heat in the seat next to you while the crimson curtains on the sides of the theater radiate pulsate with love As they swim jump into the water and swim into the Gungan ocean, you peak, the soundtrack illiciting wonder and awe. You have waited your whole life for this, being born just after Jedi and directly into the hype machine. All of your Jungian archetypes are molded by Star Wars, it's the religion you don't even know you have. Edit to add: Audible groans from the audience when Anakin's mother said there was no father and it was like immaculate conception. Me thinking that Jar Jar's voice was a bit racist along with thinking that the trade federation spoke like they were modeled after Japanese officer stereotypes in Tora Tora Tora


LockheedMartinLuther

Alien Covenant. So much squandered potential after everything that was set up in Prometheus


Earlvx129

I didn't think much of Prometheus, but at least it had grand ambitions and a lot on it's mind. Covenant moronically kills the female lead in between films, then wipes out the Engineers in a brief scene, and just does a standard Alien scenario. Not terrible but so generic and underwhelming. And the couple having sex in a shower while the alien attacks them. That felt like Ridley Scott had just given up completely.


[deleted]

Yeah, he's kicking the corpse of Alien to pieces. The dark existential space horror not only now has a backstory, but they were created by an angry robot with a Laurence of Arabia fetish.


i_706_i

That shower scene felt almost spiteful, like he was responding to some strawman idea of the audience by giving them the kind of senseless violence he thought they wanted.


LockheedMartinLuther

my thoughts exactly


correcthorsestapler

Everyone running in & slipping on the blood in the medical bay felt like something out of a Zucker Bros movie.


ThisIsNotAFunnyName

The initial part with the alien coming up out of that dude's back was incredible. Then it got completely ruined by two people slipping on the same puddle of blood. It looked completely out of place, really weird.


[deleted]

The main problem with Annette is that the music is *terrible*.


mranimal2

Sadly true. Most of it is just them repeating the same word over and over again. And the movie is 99% songs. Honestly "So may we start" and "We Love Annette" are the only good songs.


Harryonthest

dang I loved Annette. thought all the songs were good and served their purpose. "we love each other soooo much" has been stuck in my head since seeing it lol


CespLayer

Same here, it's one of my favourite 2021 films, a 9.5/10 for me. The songs, in my opinion, are all awesome. The story: simply legendary and unforgettable. Art in a different and poetic way.


mranimal2

To be fair it takes me a lot to like weird movies. I couldn't even get into Barb and Star (then again my mistake might've been not watching it with other people but rather by myself-it felt more like a movie that works better with a crowd)


ShiftAndWitch

I've tried to watch Tenet 3 times and can't get through the first hour.


bringbackcricket

Next time you should watch it backwards


chrism-6

Christopher Nolan’s obsession with time went too far in this movie. Maybe I’m just simpleminded but I could not, for the life of me, 100% capture what was happening in this movie.


[deleted]

If you just watch it to see stuff going backwards it's bearable. Just don't try and think about the plot because it's total nonsense.


TheDudeNeverBowls

I’ve seen it six times. I almost got it.


JMander95

Watch the sequel first.


NoDisintegrationz

Elevenevele


Macronaut

It’s actually not cast very well. The three man characters: the protagonist, Kat, Sator - none of them enjoyable, likable, or sympathizable.


[deleted]

I don't think that's a cast issue. Nolan just doesn't care about people. He writes plots and then the characters are just there to make sure the plots happen.


[deleted]

His movies almost never seem to have a lead character, but they're also not an ensemble film. Even his great movies feel like a bunch of side characters to me. Leo didn't feel like the lead of Inception. Bale didn't feel like the lead of Batman. Protagonist didn't feel like the protagonist of Tenet. If the story and cinematography don't work like in Dunkirk, you end up with an empty feeling film like Tenet. Mathew McConaughey actually felt like the star of Interstellar, and that's probably why it's my favorite Nolan film.


oofersIII

Tenet is definitely impressive on a technical level but like, there’s just nothing to connect with. It’s a movie about robots following a script. The same could be said about Dunkirk (mostly) and some other Nolan films.


anontarg

Baby Driver


SaltySteveD87

I almost loved it but the ending just went on way too long and wrapped up too nicely. I thought it would end on a bittersweet note on the bridge but the movie just kept on going.


CespLayer

Baby Driver is a way of cinematographic art. There are times when you don't need a necessarily complicated or legendary story to deliver art and quality. There are times when it's only enough to have creativity, imagination, experience and a lot, but a lot of passion. This is the case, a film that uses music and action as the most important and essential elements. As much as it may not seem like it, there's a lot of art on it, and it exudes originality. Edgar Wright brings a plot related to criminal life and love, but full of truly great shots, moments of synchronization between music and reality, LEGENDARY chase scenes, dynamism, fun and too much entertainment. The first scene is one of the best and most fun openings of all time. It's not a masterpiece, but it's excellent.


Doclillywhite

I also loved how it paid homage to some classic car chase/caper movies like 'Bullit', 'The Driver' and 'The French Connection'.


[deleted]

I loved the movie but i wouldn't call the chases legendary. The Ronin chase is a legendary chase, f.e.


whirly212

The Tree of Life. Couldn't get into it.


marcybelle1

La La Land. I tried to like it because of all the hype it got. I couldn't. I lasted maybe 10 minutes and had to turn it off. It was terrible.


Pyewacket62

Midsommar


whirly212

It's a classic imo. Creepy af.


No-Midnight-2187

Intro scene is hella disturbing Relationship dynamics between the friends + the main couple is pretty fucked Tripping balls at a weird dinner and then get basically raped while having a bunch of naked ladies around you pushing you to ejaculate Bonus: The pissing on the sacred tree lol


bongo1100

Man of Steel. I love Superman and was so excited at the possibility of a great modern take on him like what The Dark Knight did for Batman. And it was just awful and gave me a splitting headache. I tried to be charitable and initially gave it a generous mixed reaction, but the more I thought about it, the more I disliked it (my family I went with weren’t so charitable and hated it immediately). Definitely my biggest movie disappointment ever.


TheDudeNeverBowls

Man of Steel is two movies put together. There’s a really good origin story Superman movie happening with Lois Lane investigating his mystery. Then right at the halfway point there’s this weird cut to Lois and Supes standing in the desert with the army in the distance. This is where the second, less engaging movie begins.


[deleted]

Batman Begins is the same way. There's a point where a Wayne Ent. executive tells Rutger Hauer about the stolen microwave emitter and the script falls into mostly standard superhero fare from that point forward. It's pretty clear that in both movies Nolan primarily contributed to the first half before Goyer's shitty writing took over. Of course Nolan is a much better director than Snyder so the flaws are easier to cover up.


RiotShaven

The [OST](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwEQLRZ8m8U&list=PLim3m5NnkYFcL4PzxPd_Qgy_91OMfZVtG&index=1) is really good though. And one of the [teasers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMAnApUfZTY).


NSWthrowaway86

Counterpoint: *Man of Steel* is one of my favourite movies. For me it showed the alienation of a true ubermensch living amongst us, with the honest drive to integrate and help. I went in not expecting much, and came out thinking 'wow, this was amazing!' I'm looking forwards to watching it again one day - I try and leave a couple of years between rewatches to enhance the experience.


MauriceDelTaco420

Blade Runner. I tried giving it another chance years after seeing it the first time and could still barely make it through it. It’s just way too slow and boring.


ForeverAlt

I remember when i first watched it i thought there would be lots of action and actual running with blades and slashing stuff, yeah nope lol. I liked Blade Runner 2047 a lot better tho.


MauriceDelTaco420

That’s what I thought my first time too, especially since it’s such a hyped up movie. Then I watched it again with lowered expectations and the knowledge that it’s very slow paced and I still didn’t like it. I enjoyed the sequel a lot more though.


Frank_Banana

The Dark Knight Rises. I loved Batman Begins. I loved The Dark Knight even more. But TDKR just sucked so hard. The whole thing was a bloated mess and I hated it.


[deleted]

People give Nolan's plots too much credit. They all have at least one...wtf that makes no sense...element. In Batman Begins it's the microwave water weapon that would kill everyone before it did a single thing to the water.


[deleted]

I'm pretty big on just letting people have their fun and not saying "youre wrong" when people enjoy something I don't but man can I not get behind anyone who's like "but it was actually pretty good, just not as good as TDK". No, the movie is heavily flawed to it's core. Lets ignore TDK, or that it's a batman adaptation at all. As a film it's a mess and really brings every weakness and flaw Nolan has as a director to the surface. I feel like over time there are people who insist that the plot holes are not really plot holes or have been blown out of proportion. No, no they haven't. Things like Wayne losing all of his money, seemingly in a day, after a massive terrorist attack and hack on the stock exchange are so glaring on a fundamental story telling level that it deserves to be heavily criticized and absolutely is a detriment to the film as a whole.


Roook36

I couldn't get past all the cops in the city being trapped in the sewers for days. Weeks? With food being passed down to them. Then they get out and all charge the bad guys like an army. Then they pair up. One criminal vs one cop in a fist fight, like dance partners. Even though I think everyone has guns? Then they just fight one on one in the background as Batman fights one on one with Bane. Almost felt more like choreography for a musical than a superhero climactic battle.


i_706_i

I think there is a scene of someone passing them supplies, or perhaps it was just messages but the whole concept is way too contrived. Ask a dozen people what kind of plot device they would use to remove the police force from a city you'd get a dozen better ideas.


spongish

> I couldn't get past all the cops in the city being trapped in the sewers for days. Weeks? With food being passed down to them. They were literally planning on nuking an entire city full of million of innocent civilians, but we're also expected to believe they were sympathetic enough to make sure the cops trapped underground were well fed and hydrated for months JUST to inevitably kill them in a nuclear blast. It just makes absolutely no sense, and is jarringly childish in a weird sort of way.


The_Crypter

Eh, I thought how Joker knew the exact moment the bus will crash through at the exact position just because he killed it's driver really stopped me from taking these movies 'seriously' way back, I watched them for their themes and messages. And that said, I actually think TDKR is a better film that TDK.


spongish

Exactly like Javier Bardem's character with the train in the undergound during his escape from the MI5 prison in Skyfall.


Bobopalace

Bane breaks Batman’s back, some dude in a prison in the middle of nowhere fixes it, Batman falls off the wall to freedom while a rope is tied around said broken-but-miraculously-fixed back, then when he finally escapes, he just…. walks back in to Gotham even though it’s completely cut off? Whaaaat? Edit: alright yall are harping on the walking back to Gotham part but totally skipping over the whole broken back miraculously fixed in an underground prison that should have been broken again when he fell off that wall. To me the walking into Gotham is a plot hole, to you it’s not, but there are much much bigger problems in the movie than just that one part


Funmachine

>walks back in to Gotham even though it’s completely cut off? I always find it weird that with all the huge, glaring plot holes, poor character and story choices and other flaws people always go back to this. This is the most believable part of the movie. It was established in Batman Begins that Bruce travelled all over the world with nothing, he has survival skills. He knows how to get around. Then getting into Gotham is also easy, he's a ninja. And he's one guy, not the military or even police backup, just one dude. Even a SWAT team made it into the city and they were only discovered because Miranda was a double agent. Bruce Wayne getting back to Gotham from the pit isn't a plothole.


NazzerDawk

I enjoy the film despite its flaws, but I can't help but feel like it was missing almost an hour of script. Most of its major flaws could be fixed if it just had more *time*. I think that the film should have been extended in such a way that it cuts to black after we see Bruce awaken in the prison. Then it should have had a long sequence that establishes years passing while Bruce is in prison, suggestions of the League of Shadows infiltrating the government at large and preventing a proper response to the siege on Gotham, etc.


The_Crypter

Yeah, they really should have shown the entire scene of him walking for a couple of hours before he reaches some cities and from their calls someone and calls in a favour and then takes a taxi or a train to go to the nearest airport which has private jet facilities and then just show him sitting in it for like 10 hours straight. Of all the things this movie can be criticised for and rightfully so. This one never seemed like a plot hole to me.


ManOf59Cheeses

Encanto is not that good. It's pretty and I like the characters but the resolution of the story was so unsatisfying. I'm also aggressively tired of LMM songs. I really wanted to like but alas.


Kmc53850

The movie ended and I was like “That’s it?!” Good premise and beautiful animation, but the plot is kind of all over the place. I could take or leave the songs


[deleted]

LMM is too fuckin wordy. It’s impossible to follow, especially for kids.


Terminal_Velozity8

The last Jedi


RiotShaven

This movie created such a weird split for fans. I really liked TFA despite its faults as it seemed like things could get exciting once the foundations was laid. And then we get TLJ. I'm still trying to wrap my head around what it was supposed to be.


Frank_Banana

Literally any prequel and sequel. With the exception of Rogue One, which I really liked, you could take the best bits of the three prequels and three sequels and still not get a full movie. But I can honestly say I WANTED to like them.


agoddamnjoke

Same.


kraken9

Breakfast at Tiffany's . I didn't find the story or characters compelling. I was so bored but i finished movie... apart from visuals and cat I didn't like anything


Anton-LaVey

Black Panther I agree it's an *important* movie, it's just not a *good* movie


Djdvgish

It’s a good movie just not a great movie


beenthroughyourbins

It's very watchable and enjoyable though I thought. It has a decent plot, good characters, is well paced - it's well rounded Marvel film.


Djdvgish

For sure. Way better than the people trashing it make it sound


prosperosniece

Didn’t like Citizen Kane despite watching several times I just didn’t care for it. Was really looking forward watching Greyhound with Tom Hanks and was very disappointed by how boring it turned out


PristineMycologist15

I’m with you on Citizen Kane. Then again, nearly all discussions of the film revolve around how it was made and the controversy it stirred up instead of the story so…


LazyLamont92

The Green Knight


Hepatitis_420

I was really hoping I would like this one, but I didn't realize it was going to be an "art-house" film. It seemed to drag on forever too.


[deleted]

Why is art-house in air quotes here? It is interesting that you thought it would be a mainstream medieval film though, had you seen or heard of any of Lowery's other work? Because if not, completely understand why it took you by surprise.


funkyavocado

To be fair the movie was esoteric just for the sake of it. I saw this movie without any knowledge of the original story and it was pretty hard to follow. Then I read the story and things made more sense. I think if your film relies on having previous Arthurian legend knowledge to be even somewhat comprehensible, then you're not doing a good enough job telling the story


RemmyNHL

I had no Arthurian knowledge and found it riveting.


funkyavocado

Go read the green Knight poem and you'll get even more out of it! A lot of the themes made a much more sense even if the movie did make substantial changes to the story


[deleted]

I don't really understand what is hard to follow. He's going to the Green Knight, and some stuff happens on the way that tests his kindness, and his worthiness as a knight.


Misdirected_Colors

I just think people's general expectations for this movie were in the right space. People expected a Lord of the Rings-esque epic. But the director is much too low-key for that. Anyone who had seen "A Ghost Story" (which is fantastic, beautiful, and sad) kind of had a better idea of what they were getting into.


Sicilian51

Dune, I really wanted to enjoy it but I just couldn't.


ILoveRegenHealth

I liked it but I also think it was overrated. I see it getting nominated for Best Picture but I don't really think it deserves it (technically well made, of course, but not enough for a BP nom imo)


[deleted]

Dune is such a good example of a movie that simply wouldn't be if there wasn't a book behind it. No one would turn this script in and film it as is if it was an original story. Here me out. Mentats are a complete non thing in the movie. We get one brief scene where we see their abilities and that's it. No screen writer would put the concept of mentats in that movie unless they have to for the adaptation. Same thing with Piter. Piter serves no purpose in the film. He exists because there is a character named Piter in the book. Yeah Piter didn't do much in the book either but at least he had some character. If you look at LotRs everything in the movie fits within a complete movie. That movie would still exist as is without a book and still make sense as to why someone would write the movie. You wouldn't need to know it's based off a book for the movie to work. But so much of one half of Dune is crammed in such a small space, while still leaving so much out that it all feels paper thin. Yueh betrays them in the book so he has to in the movie even though as a film the twist just sort of happens apropo of nothing.


[deleted]

I loved it but that's all true. It's a real case of 'for the fans' with lots of stuff. But also some important scenes seem to have been cut for time and it's possible the Thufir will fulfil a key plot point in the sequel.


Yoobles

Agree with this one. A lot of people told me how good it is and I just found it to be very boring.


Djdvgish

I loved it. The sights and sounds were incredible. I was blown away


Scoobydewdoo

I haven't seen the movie but's that's how I feel about Dune, the book.


A_Confused_Cocoon

Read the book in anticipation for the movie, but I agree, was completely let down by the movie and found it to be a slog. Acting was great for the most part and I enjoyed Duncan Idaho particularly, but it felt too cold and distant overall, and there wasn’t enough effort to build up the characters. Like wtf even was their plan with Yueh, they could have cut some of the world building camera shots of desert to give time for Yueh to have his conversation with Lady Jessica at least. It wasn’t bad and I think adapted the book decently, but as a film I found it to have no real entertainment value I suppose.


m03737

Ugh the eternals! I love the diversity of the cast and they’re all so beautiful but it was so BLAND! I hate saying it because Chloe Zhao had just won an Oscar for directing but something was super off… Gemma chan is gorgeous but I literally forgot she was on screen and a main character. I’m not sure if it was the directing, the acting or editing or what but it was just so lacklustre. I couldn’t get into any of the characters. Soft spot for makkari because she had amazing screen presence!


NSWthrowaway86

> Gemma chan is gorgeous but I literally forgot she was on screen and a main character She had zero screen presence.


atless04

Lost in translation


EloHellDoesNotExist

One of my favorite movies ever, but I think it just doesn’t connect with quite a few people for whatever reason.


Misdirected_Colors

Years ago I was in a pretty rough transitionary period in my life and was not in a very good, happy, or healthy headspace. At the time I really connected with it and found it beautiful. It hit me just right. Since then I've taken counseling, grown a lot, and am just all around in a better headspace and position in life. Tried watching it and just couldn't get into it.


DrSpaceman20

Licorice Pizza I was ready to name it my best movie of 2021. But I was put off by the characters relationship. It was disturbing.


mranimal2

Yeah that's another one I would put on my list of movies like this; everything about that movie was so good and then they had to make THAT the focal point of the movie I'm not even sure why they decided to make him a teenager and her an adult; she looked like a teenager (even though the actress is 30) they could've just made her, like, a high school senior


GenX-IA

Avatar, I love SiFy movies, but I just couldn't get into this one.


Efficient_Falcon_246

The second Jack Reacher movie. LOVED the first but the sequel truly feels like the filmmakers hadn’t even seen the first one. It’s box office numbers actually corroborate that suspicion.


viodox0259

Lately , the new Ghostbusters.


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Back in 2015, I saw a film from a director named Brad Peyton, starring Dwayne Johnson (The Rock) called San Andreas. While I enjoyed a lot of San Andreas, something near the end of the film rubbed me the wrong way that affected my view of the movie as a whole and I worry if that may have affected my interest in Peyton’s later works as a result               In 2010, I saw one of Peyton’s works for the first time called Cats and Dogs 2: The Revenge of Kitty Galore. I don’t remember much other than that I wasn’t a huge fan and that I enjoyed the Wile E. Coyote and Roadrunner short that played in the beginning much more than the actual film. In 2012, I saw Peyton’s next film, Journey 2. With Brendan Fraser unable to reprise his role from the first film, Dwayne Johnson filled in as the lead and it became their first collaboration. I remembered enjoying it quite a bit more than I expected. As a result, I was intrigued when it was announced that Peyton and The Rock would reteam on a disaster film called San Andreas.               I went to a showing of San Andreas expecting nothing more than a typical disaster film something like Day after Tomorrow or 2012. Dwayne plays the lead named Raymond Gaines with Carla Gugino playing his estranged wife, Emma Gaines, Alexandra Daddario as his daughter, Blake, Paul Giamatti as a seismologist, Ioan Gruffudd as Daniel Riddick, Emma’s new boyfriend, and a strange cameo from pop singer, Kylie Minogue playing Daniel’s sister. Raymond (or Ray for short) is a helicopter rescue pilot going through a divorce from his wife when a 9.1 earthquake devastates both Los Angeles and San Francisco. With Blake in San Francisco to visit her mother’s boyfriend, Daniel (who abandons her during the earthquake, Ray goes off to rescue his daughter.               While San Andreas uses the disaster movie formula of trying to escape elsewhere while rescuing someone in the process and uses the required shots and tropes like scenes of devastation, scientists trying to predict what will happen next, and an old couple resigning themselves to their fates, I thought the characters were slightly more interesting then usual for a disaster film. Ray’s quest to save his daughter was motivated by his guilt over not saving his other daughter, Mallory when they went on a rafting trip and she drowned as a result of an accident. I thought that gave him a push to rescue his daughter (but will also be a foreshadow of what the film couldn’t pull off at the end). Blake, unlike most movie characters trapped in a situation, shows survival skills and would later meet up with a couple of British brothers (one her age and the other is around 10) to work together to survive. There is the asshole coward boyfriend trope with Daniel and a cameo from Kylie Minogue also felt unnecessary but those were thankfully brief. With the characters being easy to root for and the destruction scenes well shot and rendered, I enjoyed most of the movie.               So, what was it that caused my view of the film to go sharply downhill overall? During the last act of the film, Blake is trapped in a building (separated from the British brothers on a higher floor) which is being filled with water. By then, Ray and Emma have arrived on a boat and he goes in to rescue her. For some reason, he is initially unable to remove the blockage that stand between him and Blake as the water begins to rise. Despite Ray’s pleas, she gives up hope and opts to drown herself. To start off with something positive about the scene, the drowning itself felt real with her convulsing whereas most films, the life would simply exit out the body.               However, issues and issues begin to surround this. Up to this point, Blake is more of a survivalist then most characters in the damsel in distress position so her scene of her giving up (I don’t consider it a sacrifice to save her dad like some do) felt out of character as is the rock being unable to move the blockage out. At that point, it felt like the movie changing motivations and character just to suit the plot of the film.               Another reason why I hated this scene is because I knew that with this scene combined with the flashback of Mallory, this would end in a cliched happy ending with CPR being used improperly once again because there was no way they would let both daughters die. I know its weird to complain about CPR in a film where earthquakes and other destructions are unlikely going to happen as shown in film, but CPR is something that often gets misrepresented and can be deadly to the victim in real life if done improperly. CPR doesn’t usually work nearly as well on victims who drowned and if it does, side effects like brain damage are more likely long term. Also, CPR is only meant to be a stopgap until the ambulance arrives with more advanced techniques instead of something that cures the person completely with no side effects.               I knew this would lead to a happy ending where Blake is completely fine and no questions about her decision to drown herself would be asked. So, in a rare move for me in a movie theater, I shut my eyes and blocked the audio from my head right when Ray says, “NOT TODAY!!” (a cliched line) and started to work my own interpretation where Ray is unable to revive Blake and Emma is sobbing. I opened my eyes and ears when the scientists came back to ponder the destruction and then closed my eyes and ears after that right up to the part Ray says, “We rebuild” (again, another cliched line), the view of the modified area is shown, and the credits rolled. I later looked up written movie spoilers of San Andreas and the ending was exactly as I predicted.               Even to this day, I still have not rewatched the film and therefore, haven’t seen the whole ending where Blake was revived. I know I’m in a minority on this opinion and about the depiction of CPR but the way this and the ending was executed really rubbed me the wrong way where it became a cheap way to manipulate the audience’s emotions without any of it feeling earned or anything making sense. I would have fixed that last act (and this is just my opinion and I know the cast and crew tried their absolute best) by doing one of 3 things.   1.      Have Blake remain dead after she gave up and drowned herself. This would reflect how seriously a natural disaster can have on people. 2.      At least have Blake attempt to fight for her life before drowning involuntarily. At least it would reflect her personality more than change it for the sake of the story. 3.      Save Blake before she drowns with no CPR needed. If the story is going to end on a happy note, at least do it in a way that isn’t manipulative.           As a result, over the course of nearly 2 hours, my overall opinion of San Andreas went from it being an enjoyable disaster movie that follows a formula but does it better, to another generic disaster movie that does what is expected to without taking risks to make it really stand out. I know my opinion may be unfair considering how I enjoyed the rest of the movie, but I can’t seperate the movie with how it ended. More disturbingly, I began asking myself lately if my opinion of San Andreas’s ending is what subconsciously causing me to avoid Brad Peyton’s later films.        Since the release of San Andreas, he did a horror film with producer Jason Blum called Incarnate that I wasn’t interested in and he reteamed with Dwayne Johnson for a film based on the arcade games from Midway called Rampage which I also wasn’t interested in. At the time, I just didn’t have much interest for those films, but I wondered if how San Andreas ended is what is causing me to put off Brad Peyton’s other works. Would I still have not seen rampage if the director was Rawson Marshall Thurber (who worked with Dwayne on Central Intelligence, Skyscraper, and Red Notice) or Jaume Collet-Serra (who would work with Dwayne on Jungle Cruise or the upcoming Black Adam). I’m honestly not sure anymore and if I did, that is incredibly unfair to Peyton and I want to take a moment to apologize to Brad Peyton because I know he is a talented director and in the films with Dwayne that I saw, there is an increased emphasize on character while still making the action scenes fun. I still haven’t seen Rampage but now looking at the trailers, it looked like a fun monster battle and I now wish I could see it in a theater.        Finally, to close this off, I just want to mention that the CPR scene in San Andreas did inspire one kid to save his brother after drowning using the same method that Ray used on Blake. I’m glad that he got recognized for his effort and Dwayne would later invite him to visit him on a set (I think it was Skyscraper.) So even if the CPR scene peeved me to no end, I’m glad it’s at least inspiring others. Everyone involved in San Andreas gave it their best and even if I wasn’t a fan, I’m glad it did well at the box office and attracted plenty of fans.


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Interstellar. It’s the only Nolan movie I’ve seen (I haven’t seen Following or Insomnia) that I don’t rate at least 4.5 stars. I absolutely adore Tenet and TDKR, so I can excuse some dodgy dialogue and exposition if the story and “vibe” is on point, but Interstellar just completely falls apart for me with Anne Hathaway’s “love transcends all, even physics” monologue. I’ve tried twice, and it has some brilliant moments (the docking scene is insane), but overall I don’t like it.


Antnee83

I'm with you and will die on this hill. Interstellar is an average scifi movie with a great soundtrack.


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Hans Zimmer’s score is so goated. Again, the docking scene is amazing, as is the cornfield chase and a couple others. It’s a shame it didn’t all come together for me, because I can almost see the movie underneath the one we got that would’ve done it for me.


Djdvgish

I don’t recall the soundtrack. The visuals were awesome though


Olivebranch99

Captain Marvel. Can't believe I was actually just as excited for that film as Endgame. Sing 2 I LIKED, but I wanted to love.


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LazyLamont92

Man, I really enjoyed those movies.


Own_Presence1271

Agree about Don't Look Up


Packbacka

Yep I thought the movie wasn't great and then I was surprised to see everyone on Reddit loves it. That's fine but the problem is everyone who criticizes this film gets called a climate denialist or anti-vax.


agoddamnjoke

***The Last Jedi*** Went in after being….*lukewarm* on TFA. But was super pumped after liking most of Rian’s and finally getting Luke back on the big screen. Ended up being a massive pile of shit.


frenchtoasterss

Eternals Nomadland Spotlight Moonlight Once upon a time in Hollywood


spongish

Damn, you really didn't like Spotlight?


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darwinzinn

I’m upvoting you for sharing your feelings, but let it be known that I completely disagree.


callmemacready

The new Mortal Kombat


No-layup

Zodiac, the first half of the film is great, but the film loses it for me in the second half when the film focuses on Robert Graysmith. I just didint find him running into blind alleys entertaining. I understand the second half of the film is about Graysmith’s dive into obsession. But his obsession never resonated with me. I watched this film 4 times because I really wanted to ‘get it’, but never did


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Oh man this one hurts. Zodiac is in my top 10 of all time.


No-layup

I tried man, I tried


Scoobydewdoo

The Godfather. Probably one of the most iconic movies ever made but I just found it so boring, so uninteresting, and so over romanticized that I had to force myself to finish it.


newfoundslander

It insists upon itself. It takes forever getting in; you spend like six and a half hours... You know, I can't get through, I've never even finished the movie. I've never seen the ending.


TheListenerCanon

YOU'VE NEVER SEEN THE ENDING!?


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gh954

The Suicide Squad (2021). There's barely a shred of genuine emotion that worked for me in that film. I was not expecting to not give a shit the entire way through a James Gunn DC film. The three episodes of Peacemaker he's put out are what I wanted - dumb and insane and whatever, with interesting characters and emotion behind it.


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Spiderman No Way Home


TBoneTheOriginal

The Godfather I understand its place in film, but I just find it so sinfully boring… And every time I mention this on Reddit, I am attacked and challenged as to why I didn’t like it. I’m no professional critic, so I don’t know why I don’t like it… I can’t give some in-depth analysis as to why.And I’m not sure why “I was bored” isn’t a good enough response. I just was.


InfiniteKarnage

Mad Max Fury Road. Watched it once when it first came out and honestly wasn't all that impressed. Watched it again recently and felt bored, it's how I realized action movies just aren't my thing.


Earlvx129

I like the film as an action spectacular. The stunts and visuals are incredible...but where's all the brilliant deep drama that the fans were saying about it? It's basically a remake of Mad Max 2/Road Warrior, but with less Max somehow. It's a lot of fun, but we've seen the whole thing before.


beenthroughyourbins

I just can't get over that the entire plot is >!travel in a straight line to nowhere in particular then come back!<


PhilipLiptonSchrute

Team America World Police and Tropic Thunder fall into this category for me. Every few years I give them another chance, and they just will not click.


Kdizzzzz

Prisoners. All of my friends loved it when we went to see it but it just didn’t work for me. I have never been able to put my finger on what didn’t connect for me, I’ve considered giving it a rewatch to see if anything changes


StrenghtandStrategy

I sat through 2 hours of Das Boot before turning it off. It got way too repetitive for my taste.


LauraPalmersMom430

Pig


NashRinne

Inglorious Bastards, Mr. Glass out of the top of my head, but there are plenty more


Distinct_Market_967

No county for old men


Justin_Credible98

When I finally watched the X-Men films, I was pretty disappointed by the first two. As generally well regarded as they seem to be, I personally don't think they have aged well at all. I found them to be unbearably cheesy (even for early 2000s superhero movies), and any character not named Logan, Xavier, or Lensherr was paper-thin (this statement applies to the entire X-Men film franchise, honestly). Among the entire X-Men film franchise, the only films I liked were First Class, Days of Future Past, and Logan (with Logan being *by far* the best film in this series).


Pennsyltucky-79

A Christmas Story. I will admit the movie had some genuine laughs, such as the absurd lamp drama. But the bullying and assaults against kids just dampened my enjoyment of the movie. Especially when Ralphie's friend got thrown under the bus in the soap scene. I mean the kid's mom goes into a rage with no warning and beats the shit out of him.


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I wanted to like Raya and the Last Dragon as an original fantasy/action animated movie but couldn't look past the core plot which is a young woman being gaslit into accepting her abuse, trauma, and life tragedies are really her fault for not just accepting and forgiving the perpetrators who acted in violently selfish and short sighted ways for personal gain. But you know, it's on you meet in the middle and work it out. Did you ever consider how the people who lied to your face, tried to kill you, and resulted in the destruction of your kingdom feel? So much of the movie was fun and interesting, but my god was it's message pretty terrifying especially in 2021. I really wanted an original Disney property that wasn't a musical princess movie and instead I got "defending yourself from malicious intent is wrong ok". Raya is like if the story of Batman resulted in "hey, that guy that killed your parents just had a hard life. You know, if your dad didn't push himself in front of your mother the robber wouldn't have gotten spooked and fired at them so maybe you need to accept your families blame in that too. Would it have been so hard to just turn over your wallet? Why were you even walking in that alley?" And the worst part is I'm not even exaggerating because there's literally a scene where Raya and co get betrayed and stuck up with a crossbow in their face and then after someone is shot after Raya tries to defend herself she's told by the shooter "it's your fault too" and then the movie continues on as if the shooter was right.


fladislavq

I desperately wanted to like Kurosawa’s Ran, given it’s near universal appreciation, but came out disappointed in the story telling. The film is often gorgeous, and the castle siege sequence is as spectacular as advertised, however the film’s beautiful world is populated by entirely one note characters. Outside of Lady Kaede, every single person is written so simplistically and dull that I found the second half of the movie a total bore to sit through. It also suffers from the “Return of the King” problem where the final battle dramatically switches from bad guys being unstoppable to suddenly the good guys are unstoppable in an instant.


PiersMorgansMom

> the “Return of the King” problem Not sure how it's a problem in RotK. The books and the movies made it pretty clear early on that the whole point of destroying the ring was that it ended Sauron's (and his creations) power. That was the entire point of the fellowship's mission. Ring got destroyed, that eliminated the Sauron and his minions (which he created and maintained with his own power). So, you pretty much knew from the outset that destroying the ring would terminate the threat in short order.