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Ready player one.

That has to be one of the cringiest movies I’ve seen, is tries so hard, too hard with it’s “WE LOVE YOU NERD, YOU’RE SO COOL FOR PLAYING GAMES AND GETTING THIS 80S REFERENCE” message and the whole “corporation bad, the people good” narrative seems written for toddlers… The fan service feels cheap and adds nothing to the story.

Finally, they trying to make the people believe that very attractive girl with a barely visible red tint spot on her face is “ugly”… Like wtf?

Yet it received decent reviews plus being one of the most successful movies of that year.

  • mnemonicmonkeys
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    4 days ago

    Tbf, some of the people in Borat deserved it. I laughed seeing Ted Cruz get punked

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        4 days ago

        True, but as funny as tricking him into a To Catch A Predator like situation, then streaming it across America for all to see…

        Is no one else concerned that the President at the time’s lawyer was filmed trying to have sex with someone he thought was 14, that millions of people saw the footage, and it didn’t lead to any investigation being launched? Or really anything at all?

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          3 days ago

          I mean I am, but I’m not American so I think that’s expected. From my perspective it seems like a third of Americans get off on fascism and abusing power.