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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.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

I just looked up Event Horizon and it only got a 33%. I love that movie. It genuinely really creeped me out. Few horror films do.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

That is absurd! Event Horizon is the only legit Doom movie. That was the idea all along and they even used the sound clip from the spawn cube in the movie.

Also, although I am not a 40k fan, I know some people see this as a prequel to Warhammer 40k as the moment in which humans first get to use the Warp.

It was ruined by execs, but it is a masterpiece, especially in the production design.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

What? I still hold that movie as the scariest thing I've ever seen. It grips me just thinking about some scenes. It's an amazing movie. Can't believe the score

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just goes to show you some people (critics) have no taste. That movie was awesome!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I watched that thinking it was just sci-fi while high as a kite in my teens.

I'm still not over it.

A+

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Sure it's campy and way over the top. But I kinda like it for that. Plus the characters are awesome, the designs were pretty cool, and Sean Connery was great. Currently at 17% on rt.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How in the world is that 17%? TIL I also like unpopular movies.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Connery literally retired because of it lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

Turned down Gandalf to do that. Hilarious.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It was great up until the last 15 minutes, I remember. And it was beautifully artful. But I was a bit colored by the comics, the villain and his motives was just so much better there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Okay, it's not a great movie, but it's definitely fun enough to warrant more than a 17%

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Titan A.E. only got a 50% and it is incredible and still holds up!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Only 50%?! Holy crap! I guess they really don't wanna live on Planet Bob.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Terrific film. One of Don Bluth's best. It's right up there with NIMH for me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

One of my favourite animated films ever. Also love the soundtrack.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Constantine - 46%

Predator - 34%

Ghost in the Shell - 43%

Hellboy - 17%

Robocop (2016) - 49%

Well, it seems like I have poor taste in movies after all.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Constantine is an awesome movie.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Kung Pow only has a 13% critic rating and I love that movie. 69% audience score though so that might disqualify it.

I remember quite liking Slackers when I saw it (haven't rewatched it though, so my opinion might have changed). I think if this movie every time I hear the song "She'll be comin' 'round the mountain".

The Big Hit

Movies I saw 20 years ago it seems when maybe my tastes (and me too let's face it) were a little immature. Still love Kung Pow though

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Kung Pow is fucking amazing in short, memey snippets, but it was agony to watch as an actual movie.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

The scene with the wounds on his hands, something like:

"does it hurt?"

"Not really"

Pours salt in wounds "Does it now?"

"No"

Breaks thermometer into the wounds "how about now?"

"A little"

"Aww! Poor baby!" Bandages wounds

That scene has played on a loop in the back of my brain for decades. It's fucking hilarious. That and when the evil master reveals his name is Betty, and plays Big Butts. I loved that movie before I started smoking weed, and I loved it even more the first time I watched it stoned.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Grandma's Boy is a perfect stoner comedy. Featuring Nick Swardson in a hilarious breakout performance. RT can kiss 15% of my ass.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Fuck RT, imdb it's over 7. That's really high for a comedy to be honest. One of my favorites and has rewatchability.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Chappie (32%)

I love that movie and have seen it several times. Directed by Noel Blompkamp (District 9) and starring Die Antwoord.

It’s extremely original and entertaining sci fi.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I liked Chappie a lot when it came out, I was and still am a fan of Neill Blomkamp's work, but found this one harder to enjoy over the years the more I learned about how awful the two people from Die Antwoord are in real life.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is way better than anyone gives it credit for. It's a really fun movie.

I also really like Vanilla Sky even though critics hate it. It's a weird but good movie.

How Equilibrium has a 40% RT rating is beyond me. It's amazing.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Hook with it's 29% tomatometer rating. Dustin Hoffman—sexual misconduct allegations aside—fucking nailed it as Hook, and I think the general concept of an adult Peter Pan returning was pretty cool. Also, who doesn't love Robin Williams? It was a movie I loved in my childhood so I am absolutely biased, but 29% seems absurd. I still find the "Don't try to stop me, Smee" scene hilarious to this day.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Hook (29% TomatoMeter).

But it was released in 1991, so it wouldn't count for the XKCD version. Also the audience score is 76%, so not really an unpopular opinion I guess.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Rotten Tomatoes has both a critic score and an audience score.

If your pick has a low critic score but high audience score, that means it was formulaic or unoriginal but probably lots of fun.

Movies with a high critic score and low audience score are usually more artsy, film-festival stuff.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I unironically like Sucker Punch. And no, it's not only because of scantily clad women.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

90 minutes of music video montage. I liked it back then too. It looked very video-gamey and edgy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Passengers is a pretty cool sci-fi movie. I like the first half in particular, the way it shows how "dumb" A.I. will be the bane of our existence feels very accurate as far as futuristic predictions go. I'm also a sucker for "lost on an island" stories, which this ultimately is. I will never understand how so much was made about the decision the main male character makes at a certain point, because the movie very clearly shows that a) he really struggles with the decision for a long time, knowing it's wrong and b) finally does it after almost killing himself and being heavily intoxicated, immediately regretting it. The only real gripe I have with the movie is that Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence have zero chemistry, which kind of kills the whole romantic element of the film.

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"Judge Dredd" (1995)

It's fun, funny, entertaining, and while not well written, is well acted.

Honorable mention is "Demolition Man" (1993) for similar reasons. Though it's in the 60s when it comes to a rating.

It's like, sometimes I want to sit back turn my brain off for 2 hours, and just enjoy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Josie and the Pussycats.

It was so far ahead of its time that critics just didn't get it because the world they were satirizing was still about a decade away. (Instagram, fame, product placement, fanboyism...)

Also, bonus answer. The Big Hit. Because fuck it. Lou Diamond Phillips knew exactly what kind of shclock movie he was in and chewed the scenery fantastically.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The Cable Guy with Jim Carrey. I thought it was hilarious.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This has always been easy for me because my favorite movie is "Speed Racer" which has like a 40% on Rotten Tomatoes.

A movie that was genuinely before its time. Would fit right in these days with "Barbie" and "Everything Everywhere All At Once".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Speed Racer is such a rad movie. Definitely suffered from the tendency I noticed in the past of hyper-stylized/”weird" movies getting trashed by critics just for aesthetics. That does seem to be lessening quite a bit, given the reception to movies like you mentioned. Here's hoping it keeps going!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Tank Girl. No one liked that movie when it came out. I left the theater with the biggest grin on my face. Absolutely awesome. Still one of my favorites.

It was completely different than the comics but it was still very fun. Especially in 1995.

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