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.
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Indeed, that movie is actually scary! Like proper scary, not how most movies are.
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.
Just goes to show you some people (critics) have no taste. That movie was awesome!
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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.
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.
I liked Hellboy
Predator came out in 1986 I think. But I totally agree about Constantine and Robocop 2016, I liked those a lot.
I believe they're referring to "The Predator" from 2018 (because why should movies have logical titles) where the aliens are here to
spoiler
harvest autism from our children before climate change destroys humanity.
I wish I were joking.
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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
Titan A.E. only got a 50% and it is incredible and still holds up!
Cosmic Castaway is a fuckin good song too
Only 50%?! Holy crap! I guess they really don't wanna live on Planet Bob.
Terrific film. One of Don Bluth's best. It's right up there with NIMH for me.
One of my favourite animated films ever. Also love the soundtrack.
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.
Tron: Legacy
This is one of my favourite movies of all time. The story, atmosphere, and music are absolutely amazing!
It's below 60%? That's a travesty!
100% agree! Totally surprised to see it below 60%. I thought it did really well when it came out...
Grandma's Boy is a perfect stoner comedy. Featuring Nick Swardson in a hilarious breakout performance. RT can kiss 15% of my ass.
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.
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.
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.
I really enjoyed the concept and story of In Time, which apparently has a 37% tomato meter and 51% audience score. That was probably the first less than 60% one I saw I particularly liked.
Edit: I take it back, I choose Elysium. It has a 59% audience meter and I frickin LOVE that movie, all the way down to the villain being super crazy and virtually unintelligible.
I really enjoyed the concept and story of In Time
If you liked the concept you may want to watch the 1987 short The Price of Life.
Thanks, I'll check it out!
Rat Race is 45% and I don't know why. Audience score is 64%.
I once took a detour to Silver City, NM just because of this movie. Spoiler alert: it is nothing like the Silver City portrayed in the movie.
But seriously, as a kid this was the movie that if I came across it showing on tv I had to stop and watch it. It never stopped being funny.
Disney's Atlantis.
God I love that movie.
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.
Welcome to Costco. I love you.
Such a great movie.
"Let's go to Starbucks."
"We don't have time for that!"
Maximum Overdrive
I unironically like Sucker Punch. And no, it's not only because of scantily clad women.
Definitely helps tho 👀
I didn't understand the hate Sucker Punch got until I found out that the theatrical release was cut down to a PG-13 movie. To make it PG-13 they had to cut the core themes from the movie since they were not PG-13 appropriate.
I had only watched the unrated directors cut and never saw the theatrical version so any time I talked about this movie people had no idea what I was talking about. The story and supporting scenes were completely gutted and that's why people say the movie didn't have a good story - it was removed.
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.
Some of the stuff on your list is pretty bad, but a lot of it is intentionally appealing to a niche audience, which with how Rotten Tomato scoring works, will give it a bad score.
Mars Attacks is an example of a love it or hate it movie. If you are on the right wavelength with the humor and style, it’s amazing and hilarious. If you aren’t, then nothing about it appeals to you.
Rotten Tomatoes scoring favors movies that the majority of people find “Pretty ok, I guess” rather than movies which create strong reactions.
Listing Daredevil is pretty daring though. The Netflix show, and the Punisher show which is something of a spin-off blow it out of the water.
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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.
I actually like:
- Hackers (31%)
- National Treasure (46%)
- Bandits (64%)
What!? Hackers at 31%? The one with young Angelina Jolie? The critics gotta be some uncultured swine. That movie was gold! It was The Matrix type of cool before The Matrix. It put the punk part into cyberpunk for a lot of kids.
Also its a bad influence: Got kids inspired to learn about phreaking and phone systems.
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.
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?!?!
Don't know if it quite qualifies, since it's sitting at a 61% audience score, but my favorite horror film Event Horizon has only a 33% critic score. I find a lot of good horror movies sit at or below the 60% mark on Rotten Tomatoes though. If a horror movie is too well rated, it's probably not very scary and not interesting to me.
Genuinely surprised Sherlock Holmes was rated that low, I really enjoyed it.
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