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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week 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.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I'm gonna say Cruella. I'm sure lots of people always thought it was gonna be great, but not me. I absolutely expected it to be mediocre at best and I was so wrong. It's now one of my favorite movies.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Real steel. Its about boxing robots

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

I watched it yesterday for the 2nd time (first time with my son). We laugh, we cried, we danced, we were shouting out loud and watched final battle standing on our feet. I unironically think it's an excellent sport movie.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The movie Battleship based on the board game is far better than I ever expected. It's not a masterpiece, but it's a solid action flick.

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

It was super dumb and full of action and I enjoyed the hell out of it.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There's a B movie that I really like but it's name is off putting to say the least. It's a solid movie, its funny and silly but most of the cast play serious characters just dealing with something absurd. It's a cat and mouse detective story and the film is free to watch on places like Tubi.

It's called Butt Boy

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

In the same b movie realm, I have a favorite that is so horrible, it's good.

Dead snow

Basically about Nazi zombies, but it's hilariously bad. And the best part? There's a sequel, dead snow 2, which is phenomenal! Like a total 180 from the first one.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

In the same vein, Iron Sky is a movie about Nazis having secretly built a moon base and being accidentally discovered. The first one is dumb but actually an enjoyable movie. The second one is truly, truly awful and shouldn't even be watched out of curiosity.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Cocaine Bear (2023) is surprisingly good. You think it's gonna be one of those overly campy movies like Sharknado, but it's pretty well written. I mean, don't expect too much, it's still a very solid 7/10. But the thing it understands best is it actually takes enough time at the beginning of the film to develop extensive cast of weird characters so once they all get thrown into the blender (cocaine bear) you actually care enough about them and what's going on to care about the outcome.

So many movies these days forget you really need to care about those characters.

Fun time, give it a go some night when you're bored and got nothing else to do.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Lars and the Real Girl. Seems like a dumb boner comedy. Actually a weirdly wholesome film.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Man Bites Dog (C'est arrivé près de chez vous)

A mockumentary made by student filmmakers. The plot is that they are doing a documentary following the life of a serial killer.

The dark humor of this movie is incredibly disturbing but it's really a movie to watch.

The movie is available on archive.org : https://archive.org/details/man-bites-dog

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Whoa that’s a deep cut. Extremely jacked up satire.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

I watched Pig just recently almost as a joke. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

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

Dog Soldiers.

It is known as the British Predator. You can see the low budget on the screen, but my god it's excellent. Do not watch the trailer, it's shit and will give you a bad impression of the film.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)
  • Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
  • Run Hide Fight
  • Get Out
  • American Mary
  • Grosse Pointe Blank
  • A Family Affair
  • Cabin in the Woods
  • Wrath of Becky
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not sure it fits your criteria, but Sausage Party was a complete surprise for me. I never wanted to watch it because it seemed dumb and purile. And it is, but also somehow it blew my mind and became one of my favourite movies.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Alien vs. Predator... Lance Henrickson and a cast of nobodies with an intersting plot. I went in expecting full-on crap and got a real banger instead.

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

Nacho Libre

Napoleon Dynamite

Brain Candy

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The 2009 Astro Boy movie was surprisingly decent. Had no expectations and was pleasantly surprised.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

"The Grey" is the first thing to pop into my head.

The stupid meme worthy part is the way wolves are presented as a threat in the movie is so over the top like old childrens folklore level omnipresent coked out superwolves with a 100 mile killing radius stripping the territory all threatening life larger than a squrrel and enough intelligence for tactical strategizing to pick an entire group of men 1 by 1.

The way everything else is executed is what turns it around. The cinematography and the emotional human story of the main character guys motivations and interactions with the res5 of the group is fun. It makes it a good watch to spend an hour or two of your life on. The cast has some bangers and the acting is great.

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