I think for me it’s alien: covenant. I was really interested in the ideas explored in prometheus and covenant just expanded on them. I don’t get much into the details of why it is or isn’t a good movie.
Luckily, though, HBO ran raised by wolves which really delved into ideals about AI and planet seeding etc. So that itch got way scratched even if the run was cut short.
Although usually spoofs don’t get any good rating I think this one should be an exception:
Scary movie 3
It honestly did it better than the movies it was making fun of. And it was truly about a scary movie (the tape from the ring).
Also, crack high voltage is way more fun than the rating lets on.
Not sure if this is what you are asking for, but:
My favorite movies with absolutely ridiculus plots are:
- Olympus Has Fallen
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The USA is under attack by a plane that somehow got in the borders without getting shot down, while enemy ground teams posing as tourists attacks the white house, while the plane above provides support. And the country behind it is… NORTH KOREA? 🤣
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- London Has Fallen
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Similar to before but now its some middle eastern “terrorist” that wants to kill all world leaders, with some of the Queen’s Guard turning out to be terrorists? 🧐
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- Moonfall
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The moon falls towards earth, because… Aliens… lol 🌚
Lotta falling in your picks
The best thing about London Has Fallen is when Gerard Butler has a conversation with a fellow Scot, and you can almost see his natural accent tearing a hole in his face to get out.
The first one was violent fun though. Kind of 80s.
The live action Transformers movies. ALL OF THEM.
Shit blew my mind when the first one came out. Weird faces and all. I cannot get enough of these robots beating the tar out of each other and sometimes committing war crimes.
Dark of the Moon in the third act is still one of my favorite pieces of cinema.
I like the White Men Cant Jump remake.
I actually think that theres some movies that SHOULD be remade every 15 to 20 years. I would watch Major League if it was remade every 5 to 10 years. New city, new cast, new jokes, new location, callbacks, subverting expectations… but same premise a shitty baseball team needs to get better or else. Give young up and coming actors an excuse to have fun, ham it up, play a wacky character.
Hell make it a punishment for being the statistically worst team for the season that they make it. “Sorry Boston but… you really ate shit this year…”
Costner’s Robin Hood. Rickman is awesome.
Excalibur. Just an over the top film.
Pretty much all of the shitty ‘80s action films, from Commando to Bloodsport. They’re awful fun.
Dang, Prince of Thieves got bad ratings? I always just assumed everyone loved it like I did.
51% at Rotten Tomatoes. Not awful, but not great.
Cancel Christmas!
The Amazing Bulk.
Well it’s not a shit rating but I do think A Knight’s Tale is way better than its mediocre scores. Perfect comfort movie.
‘but it’s not historically accurate!’
Y’get to see heath ledger in armor win the girl, bust heads, and have a grand time doing it! All to a solid soundtrack.
The lack of historical accuracy also isn’t due to a lack of research, but a deliberate style and tone choice, as demonstrated at the very beginning of the movie when the trumpeters play We Will Rock You and the crowd claps and stomps along.
Tell me about it. Anybody who saw the first few minutes of the film and still expected the rest to be historicaly accurate should probably get tested for autism. The director made it clear from the very start that A Knight’s Tale is satire.
Really, cool. I’ll have to watch it one of these days, if it ever comes up on streaming
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Literally the opening scene of the movie.
Thanks, that certainly makes it seem like a fun movie. I wonder how many ren faires did that back then
A Knight’s tale is a cult classic. That it’s not well rated is absurd.
Edit: it’s 1% shy of a fresh rating on rotten tomatoes and has an audience score of 79%.
woah
they made a white version of Black Knight (2001)?
They came out the same year.
Bloodsport.
What a great movie! It was also well received by the audience not critics 0, was a financial success and kickstarted Jean-Claude Van damme’s career.
Let’s not even talk about the soundtrack conceivably one of the best pieces of written music ever made.
(Anybody who’s actually ever listen to the soundtrack is currently nodding their heads)
Dragonheart (1996)
Godzilla (1998)
Aeon Flux (2005)
Next (2007) - thought it was funny
3 Ninjas (1992) - classic
Weekend at Bernie’s
Little Nicky, with an IMDB rating of 5,3 lol. I guess it’s a nostalgia thing.
Release the evil
Little Nicky is the shiznit!
I still quote that movie to this day. Especially if I eat Popeyes Chicken
The deep south.
Empire Records is a 5 ⭐ film, yet holds a 35% rotten tomatoes score.
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But 85% audience score. Critics seems to love to hate on those types of teen movies. Can’t Hardly Wait has 43%.
Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City is a very decent movie. It doesn’t deserve the hate it gets.
No idea what the actual ratings are, but the live action remake of Aladdin was absolutely shat on by most of the internet. The original Aladdin was one of my absolute favorites as a kid, so I was gonna see the remake good or bad, and… honestly, fucking loved it.
I’m guessing the main breaking point for people was the lack of Robin Williams’ Genie, but Disney had the option of trying recreate that genie without Robin Williams or completely remake that character’s personality. Had they gone with the former, it 100% would have 1) flopped, and 2) been kinda disrespectful to Robin Williams imo. Starting fresh was the correct choice. And Will Smith did awesome with his version of Genie.
Beyond that, it introduced just enough new shit to make it not just feel like a frame-by-frame copy/paste of the original; but overall kept the same fun mystical vibe of the original.
It earns its spot on the shelf, imo.
Perhaps “The Missing Postman” - not sure if it actually got canned or is just unknown though.
