I’m asking because an IMDb rating cutoff above 6.5±5 seems to generally do a good job making sure I don’t regret watching something. But what am I missing among the sub-6? I know they exist, but it is hard to select among seas of…bad movies.

  • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    I wanted to recommend The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, but it’s sitting at 6.2 on IMDB, which is higher than I expected. I’m still going to, because it’s great. Jeff Goldblum plays the most normal person in the film.

  • BallShapedMan@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Robot Jox, I watched the hell out of this as a kid… And no it shouldn’t be rated any higher than it already is.

  • lowspeedchase@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I am a so-bad-it-is-good movie enjoyer. If you want to view some genuinely entertaining schlock, I’d highly recommend:

    • Miami Connection
    • Samurai Cop
    • Killing: American Style
    • Space Mutiny
    • Money Plane
    • Paradise Motel
    • I am Here, Now (any Neil Breen tbh)
    • Timecop
    • OfCourseNot@fedia.io
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      2 months ago

      Not to shame your taste or anything, but I’ve loudly chuckled when I’ve read this one. That’s the only movie I’ve walked out of the theater from. Not joking. IMHO it is _over_rated, even a 0/10 is too high of a rating for that clusterfuck.

      • systemglitch@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        My partner talks about that movie on the regular. She loves it and finds everything quite charming and carefree.

        I’m so clueless I’m not even sure I’m thinking of the right movie

  • Canopyflyer@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Paul (2011) IMHO Frost and Pegg’s best movie. Not sure why it’s not rated higher, it is simply brilliant.

    The Last Starfighter (1984) Epic sci fi flick that was the first to use 3D rendered computer animation. The effects do NOT hold up, but the story sure does.

    Chronicles of Riddick (2004) Sequel to Pitch Black and I personally like it much better. Admittedly, that’s due to I like that Riddick aims more to sci fi and Pitch Black toward horror. If you like horror more, then you’d probably like Pitch Black better.

    • Retrograde@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      I didn’t dislike Paul but better than Shaun and Hot Fuzz? Idk man that’s really saying something. Agreed on your other movies tho :)

      • Canopyflyer@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Yes and I will stand by that statement.

        Yes, Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz are also brilliant movies. Both movies are also in Frost and Pegg’s exact wheelhouse, Britain.

        Paul is another step above, because they so perfectly encapsulated the stupidity of a completely different country and culture. That’s why I like it a bit better. Name US writers/ actors that could do the same thing for Britain? I certainly cannot.

    • Thrawn@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 months ago

      Absolutely agree. Love the movie so much and in a world that loves incredible scales for sci-fi tech I haven’t ever seen anything else like the Titans function in anything else.

  • hansolo@lemmy.today
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    2 months ago

    • The Long Kiss Goodnight - retcon it as a prequel to the Bourne trilogy and it’s 10 times better. It’s already top quality late 90’s action cheese.

    • Spice World is madcap mania. Recent Flop House episode about it. It’s the only movie I ever watched, rewound, and watched again.

    • VHF, staring Weird Al Yankovick. It’s a genuine shame no one else said this. Are people OK?

    • Josie and the Pussycats. Replace “sell CDs” with “Spotify” and literally nothing changes.

    • slingstone@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      UHF was a goddamned cinematic masterpiece.

      Three O’Clock High is the quintessential 80s movie. Seriously, it’s like someone said, hey, let’s make an 80s movie. It’s also got surprisingly good cinematography.

  • FRYD@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I watched the entire “Kissing Booth” trilogy with a friend recently. They’re cute teen rom-coms and I enjoyed all of the movies and characters. The writing is corny, but it seemed to intentionally have a kind of theater club vibe to me. I kept thinking the cast must have had a lot of fun.

    Should it be rated higher? No idea. I think ratings are stupid tbh.

    • P1nkman@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      I think ratings are stupid tbh.

      I totally agree when it comes to what a single person rates it as (single critic reviews etc). However, when reviews are added together, it gives a idea on what the general public thinks about it. That does not mean you have to agree.

      I remember when The 13th Warrior with Antonio Banderas was released, it was slaughtered by critics, but the general public loved it.

  • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.net
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    2 months ago

    IDK about “rated higher” but I love Jet Li’s The One

    There’s exactly 127 universes in the multiverse. Why? Never discussed. And if one version of you kills another, every other version gets that much stronger. So Jet Li plays both the hero and the villain as well as an assortment of the villain’s victims. Jason Statham is in it too, as the hotheaded junior partner multiverse cop out to bring the villain down.

    Weird guns! Weird tech! A prison universe! Super powered martial arts! A climactic fight in a foundry where you can tell the hero from the villain by the color of their shirt! Man I love this movie!

    • SlothMama@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      I actually thought this movie was a sequel to The Matrix when I saw it advertised and saw it in theaters as a result. It was okay.

    • fluxan@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      It’s when they go through the pictures of Jet Li’s victims that gets me every time. It’s just him with different wigs. The one with dreadlocks is hilarious.

      I genuinely love this movie. Very entertaining. Soundtrack isn’t half bad either.

    • Noxy@pawb.socialEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I am Yulaw! I am nobody’s bitch!

      the only thing I remember about that movie apart from the fact that I watched it with my high school best friend with whom I’ve long since cut all ties

      but I do remember we both quite enjoyed it!

      • UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        He’ plays a type of person that happens in real life and unfortunately they’re usually annoying. His opposational defiance was developed earlier.

    • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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      2 months ago

      That had a bad rating? I thought it was a decent movie, decent acting, decent story, decent special effects, like most of Cruise’s movies.

      Hate the person love the actor, he had a long string of good movies

      • Rhaedas@fedia.io
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        2 months ago

        I think with a few changes it would be a better movie. Less screaming, a bit of a different ending and who survives. There’s some good parts though. I’ve seen people complain that the one scene with the birds is convenient and forced to make Cruise’s character important, but the soldiers were busy trying to get people out of the place and wouldn’t have necessarily noticed what he did. Note that once they understood, they took action. Also RIP the one guy who almost made it.

  • systemglitch@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    The sparkly vampire movies. I watched them with my daughter and loved them. She made fun of them and critiqued everything.i it at wanted to find out what happened next.

    Imprinted on a child and now life long lovers? I’m in, where does this wild ride end?