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.

  • Quazatron@lemmy.world
    3·
    3 years ago

    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.

  • khan_shot_1st@lemmy.world
    2·
    3 years ago

    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.

    • Ryantific_theory@lemmy.world
      1·
      3 years ago

      I genuinely loved that movie. Watched it as a kid, got the DVD as I got older, downloaded the torrent when I was in college, watched it with friends for movie nights.

      I had no idea it was supposed to be bad! I loved the weird fusion of camp, bizarre situations, and genuine action. Although I did have to chuckle at one of the reviews criticizing its CGI, written twelve years after the movie came out.

  • Motavader@lemmy.world
    2·
    3 years ago

    Iron Sky!!

    Who doesn’t love a movie about Nazis hiding for 60 years in a secret base on the dark side of the moon?!?!

  • jaschen@lemmy.world
    1·
    3 years ago

    Idiocracy is one of my favorite movies. When it came out, it was far below 50%, but after some of the things on the movie started becoming true, it became popular.

  • Kiernian@lemmy.world
    1·
    3 years ago

    Okay, so I hit rotten tomatoes, checked movies that were both critics rotten AND audience rotten, and started perusing titles for stuff I thought rocked.

    abraham lincoln: vampire hunter

    waterworld

    hellboy (how is this in here? I thought this was universally loved)

    mars attacks! (56 and 53, I also feel like this shouldn’t be on the list. It’s too good, and not in a bad way)

    x-men origins: wolverine (again, is this not considered awesome? I thought it was great)

    daredevil/elektra (I enjoyed both movies)

    and now for stuff I’ve watched at least five times:

    the ninth gate

    planet of the apes (2001)

    avp

    prince of persia

    green lantern

    van helsing

    I’m dead serious, I was looking forward to MORE green lantern movies along the lines of that first one. I bought it on amazon having heard nothing about it (I was in a societal black hole for a few years there), watched it, loved it, and was like “sweet, when’s the sequel coming out? I wanna see sinestro do his thing…wow, this did not do well. Fuck.”

    I wasn’t super happy with ALL of the writing, but that’s comic stuff in general and I thought the whole thing was still quite enjoyable. Like, multiple rewatches enjoyable. Seeing Hal Jordan on screen and having Ryan Reynolds do it was great.

  • improvisedbuttplug@lemmy.world
    21·
    3 years ago

    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.

    • strawberrysocial@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0·
      3 years ago

      I liked that movie, although the couple from die Antwoord are terrible actors, I found it a bit distracting. I still recommend people watch it.

      • improvisedbuttplug@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        3 years ago

        They are terrible actors but I think they were handled well. Because the characters were written for them, they really just had to be themselves.

        I think their prominence in the movie is what resulted in such a bad score. Even without the personal controversies, they are polarizing artists. Few people have a neutral reaction to their stuff. At the time I was pretty into their music, so seeing them in the movie was fun for me.

  • Tehhund@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    6 months ago

    Dude, Where’s My Car? is an excellent film. It accomplishes what it set out to do: silly fun. And lots of people remember a lot of quotes from it. I’m surprised that its RT scores are both so low.

  • LikeMike@lemmy.world
    1·
    3 years ago

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

    • thermal_shock@lemmy.world
      1·
      3 years 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.

      • Striker@lemmy.world
        1·
        3 years ago

        I find imbd more reliable in a way than RT. If you view the 10 to 1 rating system as a percentage chance of you enjoying a movie, then it’s extremely trustworthy. Letterbox is pretty good as well.

  • CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world
    1·
    3 years ago

    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.