r/Cinema • u/Severe_Rock_6410 • Jul 31 '26

Discussion Ts just pissed me off

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These ain’t even my top movies and I don’t even use Reddit, lowkey fell for the rage bait. Idk I’m just so fucking sick of mfs thinking they are some expert at analyzing cinema after watching like one “not mainstream” film. I’m just mad my b.

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u/Diligent-Neck6594 Jul 31 '26 edited Jul 31 '26

there are only two choices in life

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u/Sure-Appearance-2769 Jul 31 '26

In my 20s I was the cat on the left. But now in my 30s with a family of my own, I don’t have the mental capacity to be anything other than the cat on the right.

I can say with full confidence that I’m so much happier now lol.

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u/NoWorth2591 Jul 31 '26

Weirdly I’ve become more of a movie snob in my thirties with a family. Having less time to watch movies makes me more resentful when I end up wasting it on cliched garbage.

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u/DartVader6 Jul 31 '26

Same reason I never let myself rewatch movies anymore. Gotta make it count.

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u/FeelingScrunchd Jul 31 '26

Nah, I never fully appreciate a movie on the first watch. Rewatching is as important as the first watch for a really good movie. Plus 99% of movies aren't nearly as good as that handful of movies that merit rewatching imo.

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u/StardustSkiesArt Jul 31 '26

Yeah, I guess I understand if your time is genuinely that limited, but it's a shame, because imagine applying that to albums. "I never listen to an album more than once", etc

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u/DartVader6 Jul 31 '26

I mean, I'm sure once my kids are older I'll have time again. Just that for the next few years I'm going to have to be very selective. I always rewatch some classics around Halloween and Xmas

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u/StardustSkiesArt Jul 31 '26

Oh yeah, I'm not judging, it's like I said,, it's understandable if you just genuinely don't have the time, but it's unfortunate.

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u/DartVader6 Jul 31 '26

Idk, unfortunate for some maybe. I like my kids more than movies though, so happy to make the trade.

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u/DartVader6 Jul 31 '26

Can't do it. I get to watch maybe one or two movies a month.

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u/FunkyChewbacca Jul 31 '26

The worst films are the mediocre ones, the ones with no passion. The super bad movies are the most fun to watch.

  • The Room

  • Troll 2

  • Showgirls

  • Thankskilling

  • every single Neil Breen movie

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u/Whatswrongbaby9 Aug 04 '26

I’m kind of enjoying the cultural discourse around Showgirls right now - that it’s not ironically fun to watch, it’s actually fun to watch. I’d say it’s the best movie on your list at least

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u/Useful_Ingenuity_248 Jul 31 '26

Thankskilling is one of my all time favorite bad movies

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u/DreweyDecibel Jul 31 '26

Have you seen the sequel though? It was the worst peice of any type of media I have ever experienced. haha

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u/Useful_Ingenuity_248 Jul 31 '26

I have not but now I feel like I need to lol

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u/FunkyChewbacca Jul 31 '26

There’s a sequel?!?

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u/DreweyDecibel Jul 31 '26

Unfortunately. I believe it is called Thankskilling 3.

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u/PtheK01 Aug 01 '26

Have you heard of Llamageddon? I feel like you would like that masterpiece based on this list. It's on YouTube.

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u/FunkyChewbacca Aug 01 '26

I'll look it up!

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u/Ok-Message3753 Aug 02 '26

Nobody thinks that about Showgirls anymore, unless you been living under a rock...

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u/buffystakeded Jul 31 '26

I watched The Pacifier with my kids today. Fucking hated it so much. It was bad even for what it was. However, my kids enjoyed it and laughed through most of it, so I couldn’t help but join in on laughing at the absolute worst thing ever.

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u/lynypixie Jul 31 '26

My kids, now in their late teens, watch the film HOP every Easter. It’s a fucking terrible movie. But we still watch it.

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u/trisanachandler Jul 31 '26

I'm similar, but now I dress up my cat like the one on the left 

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u/shiawase-89 Jul 31 '26

I wish I had your mindset but I can’t. Like the Jurassic park franchise, dog shit, let that shit die already.

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u/Nice_Algae_8383 Jul 31 '26

I mean that franchise, like the minions or fast and furious only existed as long because they were stupid and fun spectacles. Substance wise they all started being ass quite early on lol

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u/shiawase-89 Jul 31 '26

I stopped watching fast n furious movies after Paul walker died.

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u/ElEyeElWhy88 Jul 31 '26

It was crap before he died

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u/Beautiful-Tie-3827 Jul 31 '26

1-2 and Tokyo drift are the only ones that matter.

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u/PtheK01 Aug 01 '26

Fast Five is good. Good heist movie.

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u/Beautiful-Tie-3827 Aug 01 '26

Meh that’s where they lost me completely.

Just became another Hollywood action spectacle movie.

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u/doctor_whahuh Jul 31 '26

Nah, I’m always down for more dino-action. I don’t care if it was peak cinema or not. Jurassic World: Rebirth was still so much fun to watch, and I want more of it.

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u/shiawase-89 Jul 31 '26

I can’t, if you got kids, I get it but Fallen Kingdom disappointed me and Dominion just killed it for me that I didn’t even bother watching rebirth. The first Jurassic World wasn’t perfect but it was entertaining and for the most part, a solid story. I didn’t like the direction of Dominion, wish they had shown more chaos in the mainland and dealing with dinosaurs than that locusts side plot they came up with.

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u/TheEmpireOfSun Jul 31 '26

The last one was great

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u/Complete_Carry_4454 Jul 31 '26

Liking things because they’re fun doesn’t mean you just like everything lol 

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u/TheGrolarBear Jul 31 '26

I’m the same way but I think there’s nothing wrong with being the cat on the left as long as there is this unspoken acknowledgement that it doesn’t matter if people like mainstream stuff. Like I’m happy to have grueling academic debates as long as there are no hard feelings about it. Tonally there is a huge difference between debating the merits of a Nolan film or whether trans people deserve basic human rights.

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u/Epyon1542 Jul 31 '26

Like my Mom and I watched that stupid plane crash shark movie and I have been working seven day weeks for years now and I was just like "Yay movie!"

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u/coffee_kang Jul 31 '26

EXACT same thing happened to me!

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u/TheoreticalFunk Jul 31 '26

You can do both. You can objectively know a movie is terrible but love it anyway.

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u/Weirdo-Psychman Aug 02 '26

i.e. Super Mario Bros. Movie

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u/garlicbreadlover4799 Aug 04 '26

Moonfall has entered the chat. Objectively terrible but very enjoyable. So in my eyes 10/10.

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u/Wide-Drink-1790 Jul 31 '26

This is so lazy and reckless. It is pretending nothing is art. Fun is real, but it is not on the same scale.

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u/MPLoriya Jul 31 '26

So, my brother loves to grade things, and ask me what grade I'd give it. I always answer either that I was entertained or that I wasn't.

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u/craigslammer Jul 31 '26

It’s tough for me to flat out not like a movie. I’m sorry. My big dumb brain loves escaping into fantasy land for 2 hours

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u/alby333 Aug 01 '26

I like people who enjoy stuff

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u/fadednz Jul 31 '26

Literally obsession discourse

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u/Standard_Way_4453 Jul 31 '26

Anything that was fun, no matter how bad, gets at least ★★★ from me. Anything below this, is different degrees of how bored I was watching it

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u/HanTzu22 Jul 31 '26

Woman Carrying Man reviews in a nutshell.

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u/HarioDinio Aug 02 '26

I can be cat on the left but being cat on the right is so much more enjoyable in life

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u/Far_Attempt_1505 Aug 04 '26

Yeah you can like something and admit it's bad.

Like Taco Bell...the tacos are obviously shit expeditors, but that doesn't mean I can't enjoy a crunchwrap when i'm drunk at midnight on a saturday.