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[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 10 points 1 hour 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.

[–] ClanOfTheOcho@lemmy.world 1 points 29 minutes ago

Definitely a great film worth watching.

[–] mdalin@infosec.pub 10 points 12 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.

[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 1 points 1 hour 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.

[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 25 points 20 hours ago (2 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.

[–] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 4 points 7 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.

[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 2 points 6 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.

[–] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 1 points 2 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.

[–] darreninthenet@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

How comes they won't be making more?

[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Because no one saw the first one.

Now some very influential people who were involved in the first one want to make a second one, so maybe just maybe it will happen one day... But I doubt it.

[–] Blumpkinhead@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

I saw it. There's at least two of us.

[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

It's funny I saw it completely randomly.

I was chatting with a coworker and just off handedly mentioned how bad Alita looked and they jumped on to defend the film and series harder than I'd ever seen anyone defend anything before. It was a true, "I've waited all my life for this moment" for them.

My evening was free and it was one of those $5 Tuesday type movie nights so I figured what the hell.

So there was at least another that convinced me, got to pay it forward.

[–] jnod4@lemmy.ca 2 points 13 hours ago

It still looks goofy as f

[–] Num10ck@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Nacho Libre

Napoleon Dynamite

Brain Candy

[–] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 hours ago

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

Nacho Libre rules.

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 27 points 22 hours 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.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 32 points 1 day ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (2 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.

[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 4 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Everything is awesome.

Edit to add: both 1 and 2 have great soundtracks.

[–] zazous@lemmy.funami.tech 11 points 15 hours ago

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

[–] joel_feila@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Real steel. Its about boxing robots

[–] Ideonek@lemm.ee 6 points 19 hours 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.

[–] Mr_Fish@lemmy.world 25 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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