I think for me it’s alien: covenant. I was really interested in the ideas explored in prometheus and covenant just expanded on them. I don’t get much into the details of why it is or isn’t a good movie.

Luckily, though, HBO ran raised by wolves which really delved into ideals about AI and planet seeding etc. So that itch got way scratched even if the run was cut short.

  • Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works
    8·
    5 days ago

    Although usually spoofs don’t get any good rating I think this one should be an exception:

    Scary movie 3

    It honestly did it better than the movies it was making fun of. And it was truly about a scary movie (the tape from the ring).

    Also, crack high voltage is way more fun than the rating lets on.

  • ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    7·
    5 days ago

    Not sure if this is what you are asking for, but:

    My favorite movies with absolutely ridiculus plots are:

    1. Olympus Has Fallen
    spoiler

    The USA is under attack by a plane that somehow got in the borders without getting shot down, while enemy ground teams posing as tourists attacks the white house, while the plane above provides support. And the country behind it is… NORTH KOREA? 🤣

    –

    1. London Has Fallen
    spoiler

    Similar to before but now its some middle eastern “terrorist” that wants to kill all world leaders, with some of the Queen’s Guard turning out to be terrorists? 🧐

    –

    1. Moonfall
    spoiler

    The moon falls towards earth, because… Aliens… lol 🌚

    • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
      4·
      5 days ago

      The best thing about London Has Fallen is when Gerard Butler has a conversation with a fellow Scot, and you can almost see his natural accent tearing a hole in his face to get out.

      The first one was violent fun though. Kind of 80s.

    • mojofrododojo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      5 days ago

      I had totally forgotten about solarbabies… and tonight I’m gonna make sure to drink enough to forget it again.

      the 80s man… phew

      • leonard@lemmy.world
        3·
        4 days ago

        Thank youI haven’t come across that podcast before. I will definitely check that out. It is a wonderfully silly film.

      • leonard@lemmy.world
        2·
        5 days ago

        Great! :D Good to hear that this weird niche from the trash-heap of cinematic history may yet claim another victim.

        • volvoxvsmarla @lemm.ee
          3·
          5 days ago

          Funnily enough, the day before you posted this, I was reminded of Return To Oz (I was at the zoo and someone… Scared the crap out of me). That’s probably not exactly post apocalyptic or solarpunk, but definitely takes place after a societal collapse of Oz and has creepy weirdos on something like rollerblades. Just in case you want to expand - or dare I say, roll towards the horizon.

          • leonard@lemmy.world
            2·
            5 days ago

            Oh you mean these fucking guys? They went out of their way to make them especially scary. The whole film is infamous for being basically a kids horror film. Like the bit with the corridor with the disemmbodied heads of the witch all screaming as Fairuza Balk runs through it? Yea…

            There seemed to be an era where traumatising children was part of the draw for the audience and I wonder if it has kind of died out. The Wolves of Willoughby Chase was another one that my parents had to switch off.

            I’m not the film police and your argument for its inclusion as ‘post-apocalyptic but fantasy’ is all cool. So yes I will take it and roll, awkwardly across sand and gravel, mud and debris, into tomorrow’s ongoing dystopia.

    • thermal_shock@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      5 days ago

      Even though it’s not apocalyptic, Airborne (1993) is one of my all time favorite movies. The main character is great, Seth green is in it, Britney Powell, Chris Conrad, young Jack black, Alanna ubach (from Waiting). It’s about a high school surfer from Cali who gets shipped to Ohio for 6 months and has to fit in. Hilarious and just amazing. I’m not gay, but Shane McDermott… It’s also amazing he went into real estate, I thought he played a great character on screen. All about rollerblading since nowhere to surf.

      • leonard@lemmy.world
        1·
        5 days ago

        Thank you for that recommendation. I do remember watching it on video, probably about the time it came out. Then absolutely wrecking myself on a hill after I took the brake off my own skates. Fun times indeed. Did not remember Jack Black or Seth Green being in it though. Also you are totes not gay for 90s Shane McDermott. Understood.

      • Excrubulent@slrpnk.netEnglish
        3·
        4 days ago

        Oh my god I saw that a long time ago, I just checked the trailer and it is what I remember.

        Even as a teenager I remember thinking that the final race was absolutely unhinged. Like what about the enormous pile of dead or maimed teenagers that the camera cut away from just in time to maintain its G rating?

        In the trailer there’s a bunch of kids that slide under a moving semi trailer but lose too much momentum to make it out the other side, or it looks like they do. We never see what happens to them. Main character even looks back at them for a second, just long enough to see that they’re still on the ground and not moving but fuck them because our hero made it and he’s on his way! Huzzah!

        I mean the movie is memorable, it’s fun and all, but that scene just lost me so hard. Like actually maybe fuck everyone who thinks this race is a good idea and worth winning. They can have their race, and I will win the broader game of natural selection.

  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
    11·
    5 days ago

    Costner’s Robin Hood. Rickman is awesome.

    Excalibur. Just an over the top film.

    Pretty much all of the shitty ‘80s action films, from Commando to Bloodsport. They’re awful fun.

  • Donebrach@lemmy.world
    2·
    3 days ago

    not really sure how people view it (or even how i’d view it now nearly 30 years on) but i liked that weird Final Fantasy: Spirits Within movie when it came out. haven’t seen it since it was in theatres though so not sure what i’d think of it now; i just thought it was neat at the time (and age of 10)

  • soundimus@lemmy.world
    4·
    4 days ago

    The live action Transformers movies. ALL OF THEM.

    Shit blew my mind when the first one came out. Weird faces and all. I cannot get enough of these robots beating the tar out of each other and sometimes committing war crimes.

    Dark of the Moon in the third act is still one of my favorite pieces of cinema.

  • mechoman444@lemmy.world
    2·
    4 days ago

    Bloodsport.

    What a great movie! It was also well received by the audience not critics 0, was a financial success and kickstarted Jean-Claude Van damme’s career.

    Let’s not even talk about the soundtrack conceivably one of the best pieces of written music ever made.

    (Anybody who’s actually ever listen to the soundtrack is currently nodding their heads)

    • reddig33@lemmy.world
      14·
      5 days ago

      Surprised it hasn’t come back as a streaming channel series of films like “Knives Out”. It’s got a lot of potential.

    • Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.worldOP
      7·
      5 days ago

      I remember screening league of extraordinary gentleman and all I could think is it was probably not for me. Not to say someone else wouldn’t like it. I feel like not everything should be rated based on its wide spread appeal.

    • snooggums@lemmy.worldEnglish
      17·
      5 days ago

      I still think League of Extraordinary Gentlemen got unfairly dragged. 16% on Rotten Tomatoes.

      It is a pretty mediocre movie overall, but it is just a lot of fun and I have watched it a dozen times.

    • Whitebrow@lemmy.world
      222·
      5 days ago

      Watched it not long ago. Didn’t realize the people rating it have no appreciation for decent movies.

      It wasn’t phenomenal by any means but it was quite entertaining for the duration of it.

    • otto@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      5·
      5 days ago

      I don’t disagree that it’s a terrible movie, it’s just a terrible movie that I happened to really like.

    • thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      61·
      5 days ago

      League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

      pretty sure I watched it in the theater while it was new and I didn’t think it was a waste of time but it is forgettable. It’s only really remarkable thing is being Sean Connery’s last movie

    • remon@ani.social
      2·
      4 days ago

      16% on Rotten Tomatoes.

      That crictic rating though, that’s a useless measure. And 44% audience score isn’t that bad.

      • jordanlund@lemmy.world
        4·
        4 days ago

        Ebert’s big beef with it was “You can’t drive a car in Venice!” and I’m like “You’re OK with 1800s nuclear submarines, an immortal vampire victim, an invisible man, and a dude who can’t be hurt because his painting takes the damage for him, but driving a car in Venice is a bridge too far?”

  • snooggums@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31·
    5 days ago

    There are a ton of comedies where the critic ratings are low but the audience is high.

    Grandma’s Boy 15 critic 85 audience was the one that is at the top of my head. Hot damn that is a spread, and I am with the audience.

      • snooggums@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        5 days ago

        The audience has its own self selection bias, as it is people interested in seeing the movie. That is the best group to rate whether the target audience is satisfied with the end result.

        I only look at audience for horror and comedy.