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[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Tucker and Dale vs Evil.

It has a silly/dumb sounding name, a premise with every likelihood of being schlocky garbage, and no budget or marketing to speak of. And some of the cast certainly act like they know they're in a low budget flick just phoning it in. Yet Tyler Labine as Dale and Alan Tudyk as Tucker bring so much humor and endearing energy to it as a couple of misunderstood sweethearts, that it is one of my all-time favorite films.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

Definitely a great film worth watching.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

The live action Chip N' Dale Rescue Rangers remake on Disney+ is SOOOOOO much better than it has any right to be.

It should be terrible, unwatchable, irredeemable garbage.

It is probably one of the best "kids" movies I've seen in the last decade.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago

Saw that one in theaters. Girlfriend is a Zillenial who has never seen the show. Still loved it. It's great even on its own. Don't want to spoil anything so the only other thing I'll say is just see it. Going in blind is best.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago (8 children)

Alita: Battle Angel.

The film looks stupid because they gave the main character giant anime eyes.

In the context of the film it makes sense and I think the look is meant to mirror the anime it is from... but for the film it still makes the film look stupid. Now the film itself is far from perfect, there is at least one storyline that is utter dogshit. However! The film ultimately was solid.

Sadly it ends setting up future films that will never happen, but I think it's still enjoyable overall.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Love the universe but the whole anime eyes thing was just way too silly. They should’ve pulled a Sonic and made her look more normal.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Oh I completely agree. The anime eyes did not add to the film. It also sucks because the actress who played Alita, Rose Salazar, did a great job, but it's such an uncanny valley type look that I didn't recognize her anywhere else.

It's one thing when it's Andy Serkis playing Gollum or something but she was just playing a robot girl, but she looks like a throwaway CGI character.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 hours ago

Also she was the only one with the eyes! That’s the most inexplicable thing. Maybe if other people had the eyes it’d be ok, maybe there a thing people do. But she’s the only one so it’s extra weird.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago

The Lost City with Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, and Daniel Radcliffe. It seems like a tropey romance-action flick, but is more a parody of genre clichés. The writing, acting, and humour are pretty good.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 day ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

We were having a movie night in our neighborhood a few years back where we got a bedsheet and a cheap projector. We hooked it up to a laptop to project a movie on someone's garage for the neighborhood kids.

We ended up projecting The Lego Movie and most of the kids lost interest about half an hour in - and were falling asleep and ready to go home.

I'll be damned if it wasn't one of the best animated movies I've ever seen. I sent my wife home with our youngest just so I could stay and finish the movie.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 23 hours ago

Lego movie is brilliant. It's not a kid's movie. It's so good.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Nacho Libre

Napoleon Dynamite

Brain Candy

[–] [email protected] 2 points 15 hours ago

"Did you tell them they were the orphans' chips?"

Nacho Libre rules.

[–] [email protected] 65 points 1 day ago (16 children)

A Knight's Tale. Not only is it a good movie but it was my introduction to Paul Bettany and Alan Tudyk and they were brilliant in it.

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

Genuinely a top 3 movie for me. Heath, Paul and Alan are all fantastic in it. I will never not watch it if an opportunity presents itself.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Alan Tudyk is a gem! There's a scene that I love from a doc about the voice acting on Moana. Cuts to Tudyk doing chicken sounds (he played the chicken), when he slyly looks into the camera and says "I went to Julliard".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

If you haven't, watch Resident Alien.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I must watch the new season of that. And Con Man is so good, too.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago

Just finished season 3 on Netflix. It was some bullshit. :P

Have to look up Con Man

[–] [email protected] 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

It didn't click until I'd finished watching it that they'd tricked me into loving a sports underdog movie.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 hours ago

It's true. The cocky rival who cheats, the training montages, the win despite all odds... It has every trope of the genre with a medieval set dressing.

Why dont they do this with more genres? Like I want a musician biopic movie ala Bohemian Rhapsody or Rocketman about a couple bards in England in the dark ages, and it is just Simon and Garfunkel doing Simon and Garfunkel songs on lyres and flutes completely anachronistically. Not satirically. Completely earnestly and yet fun.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Lets not forget Rufus Sewell, who is such an excellent villain

[–] [email protected] 1 points 18 hours ago

Liked him since Dark City which could be another candidate for this list.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Honestly, princess bride. I'm usually not all that into rom com type movies, but princess bride is a masterpiece

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I thought it would be a parody of Barbie but its actually a parody of Mattel and shows how men can be confused in this world. It's a real movie for all the bros out there. Its the kind of movie I'll watch again later because its good.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Just saw this a few months ago. And gotta agree. It's a solid flick. Nothing crazy ambitious, but told a story that seems pretty haunting in the past few months.

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[–] [email protected] 81 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The recent Dungeons and Dragons.

'Upgrade' is an excellent sifi B movie.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Swiss Army Man - Daniel Redcliffe with farting as a superpower. Sounds ridiculous but really fun to watch.

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[–] [email protected] 57 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Clue - A movie based on a board game sounds terrible, but it's really funny.

For more of a movie that visually looks bad.

Primer - Very low budget time travel movie that gets better every time you watch it.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Real steel. Its about boxing robots

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