There’s a time for everything, is my personal take. Sometimes I want a film that will be original and challenge me, but I don’t want that every day.
Sometimes it’s relaxing to know there won’t be any big surprises.
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victorz@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoyou know exactly what you’re getting
That’s my problem. Knowing is not fun. Being surprised is the fun part.
tiramichu@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
victorz@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Sure. I’d never pay theater money for such an experience though. Like going to a restaurant. One day I don’t want beef bourguignon, some days I want a pack of noodles. But I won’t go to the
theatersrestaurant to get a pack of noodles.nyctre@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That’s fair, but the analogy is wrong, imo. In the sense that I can enjoy a good movie anywhere. I don’t need to see the green book in a cinema to enjoy it, it’s probably even better at home. I go to the cinema for the experience…the huge screen, the sound, etc. Which is why the only movies I’ve seen in cinemas in the past years are Avatar, Furiosa, Deadpool and into the spider verse, pretty much.
victorz@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I don’t understand how the analogy is wrong if you are describing exactly what I mean. I won’t go to the theaters either if it’s not something spectacular that is enhanced in the cinema in a way that can’t be done at home. Exactly like those movies you mention. And that becomes increasingly difficult for the cinema when I have a 65" OLED with 5.1 surround sound at home. Especially considering the comfort (and price 🏴☠️) of watching at home.
Only ever will I go to the cinema with my kids as an outing, or my wife as a date type of scenario. Otherwise it’s just not worth it IMO. At home I can go to the loo, get a snack, talk all I want, sit on my phone during boring parts… List goes on. 😄
tiramichu@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Fair :)
sicarius@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
In that case go see a different movie, if you want something original or thought provoking you’re not going to choose to watch a statham movie by accident. “Knowing is not fun ‘for you’” there are plenty of people who do enjoy the familiar, otherwise he wouldn’t be so successful.
Ii like them as a pallete cleanser, after watching too many mind fuck TV shows sometimes I need a break with some simple fun thoughtless action movie.victorz@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
“Knowing is not fun ‘for you’”
Indeed, I did say it was “my problem” 😁
In that case go see a different movie
I will definitely do that 😄 Every single movie his characters are so cheesy and he’s so overly macho it’s just absurd and not believable at all. I feel like it caters to the lower end of the intelligence spectrum, a little bit.
But I am not one to take away someone else’s fun, so I’ll definitely not tell someone not to watch it. But I will never recommend one to anyone. 😅
Num10ck@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
imagine him in a romantic comedy
victorz@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
We’ll never know… Hey, he might be amazing in it, who knows.
stephen01king@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
But some people only go to the movies to see something they know they will like, so there is a market for him.
victorz@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I don’t ever go to a movie unless I know I’ll like it either (or at least expect to like it), I just know I won’t like his movies, because they are just always so uninteresting because they are too absurd.
And absurd doesn’t need to be a bad thing, but I feel like his movies don’t admit or recognize their own absurdity and they take themselves too seriously. That’s why it becomes cheesy.
🤷♂️ What can I say.