Comment on Am I strange for not loving Everything Everywhere All At Once?
Z4rK@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I watched it before I knew anything about the hype, and it was just an ok movie for me. Fun that they dare be playful.
I was very surprised when I saw all the main stream accolades it received. I guess maybe it managed to be seen by a lot of people that would normally like weird fantasy movies etc, so it was something new and fun for them?
I watched it again later to see what I had missed. I had not missed anything. Did not finish the last play through.
I watched it before I knew anything about the hype, and it was just an ok movie for me.
I was very surprised when I saw all the main stream accolades it received.
You know that’s exactly how I felt about Top Gun: Maverick. I watched it, it was fun. But I didn’t really feel like watching it again. Then I check reddit the next day and apparently the movie was saving cinema?
I resonate with that. Again, I didn’t at all dislike it - I’d give it a thumbs up - but I also didn’t think it was that notable, either. It seems like a very strange Best Picture winner.
Chetzemoka@startrek.website 8 months ago
I definitely normally like weird fantasy movies and EEAAO was a deeply loving experience for me. I think you have to see that’s it’s not a sci-fi movie. It’s a family drama that just happens to wear sci-fi clothing. And it’s one of the best written family drama scripts in recent memory.
I also appreciated the message that nihilism is almost the easy way out. Optimism requires effort.
pimento64@sopuli.xyz 8 months ago
Really, it’s a film about family
Z4rK@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I probably don’t care that much for family drama, so that just detracted from the fantasy experience for me? I liked several elements of it, but as a whole it was a noisy experience.
It’s funny that a movie is so divisive.
Chetzemoka@startrek.website 8 months ago
Eh, anything that becomes popular becomes divisive. Because it becomes popular to love it and also popular to hate it.
Z4rK@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I’m really just speaking for myself. It had some interesting elements. It was ok to watch on the first play through. I’m quite surprised by all the official accolade of how great the film is.