The reverse of that post I’ve made a week ago…

Rules: pick one movie or series and explain why you actually enjoyed it despite the criticism.

For me: The JJ Abrams Star Trek movies, by far the best ST stuff ever made, I couldn’t take seriously the original universe with the dated effects and stiff acting, same goes for NG… These movies did ST actually great looking and much more believable, not just the effects.

    • @inb4_FoundTheVegan
      6•4 days ago

      I made the mistake of watching dude wheres my car again recently. I enjoyed it as a kid, but the way that trans charcter was done really upset me. I entirely forgot she existed in the movie, but a cis actress who was dubbed with a cis man voice was used to trick the main charcters into making out and then played as gross out humor. Her whole storyline was just flat out upsetting stereotypes.

      The tattoo scene is still a total gem, but the rest of it aged so poorly.

      • nifty
        4•3 days ago

        The 90s in general were pretty bad for portrayal of trans and lgb+ characters. Remember Ace Ventura, first one?

        I agree, though, close minded people ruin everything.

        • @inb4_FoundTheVegan
          4•3 days ago

          Pet detective was my favorite movie growing up, now I try to forget it exists. Most movies haven’t aged well in terms of casual bigotry of all flavors. Yet they still hold value, some more than others. It’s just important to remember they were products of their time. Which makes them good measuring sticks for how audiences have changed. Sometimes the real joke is what I used to find funny as a kid.

          • nifty
            3•3 days ago

            Tbh, some of these scenes were pretty mind boggling to me even as a kid. Never understood what people have against different bodies.

    • @WarlockLawyer
      10•4 days ago

      I don’t hate Tank Girl for what it is but for what it could have been. Like that was the greatest casting imaginable for Tank Girl in any era of film and the soundtrack was magical at the time. It had so much potential but got lost due to budget and film industry input

      • nifty
        4•3 days ago

        I think the set and costumes are on point for a satirical punk comedy.

    • thermal_shockEnglish
      7•2 days ago

      both awesome movies. don’t trust “experts”, siskel and ebert rated Tommy Boy the worst comedy they’d ever seen. fuck them lol