Looking for examples of well shot, but horrible movies.

Prometheus is a good example. Beautifully shot, excellent cast, amazing effects…TERRIBLE MOVIE. I tried rewatching it, and am just in awe of horribly written it is. Theres a new plot hole introduced almost every time someone speaks.

  • @Klear@lemmy.world
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    121 year ago

    Might be controversial but Interstellar. The movie so wanted to be another Space Odyssey and it looks gorgeous, but the whole story is complete ass.

    • @JustCopyingOthers@lemmy.ml
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      41 year ago

      The story in Space Odyssey was pretty poor too. 20 minutes of apes screaming, computer kills astronauts (good bit), then a 20 minute acid trip that ends up in a hotel room. The special effects in space were amazing, but overall, meh.

      • @Klear@lemmy.world
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        41 year ago

        Fair. It helps to read the Clarke book first, Kubrick didn’t really bother to make the story clear, and I’m pretty sure he even misunderstood the ending.

      • @erogenouswarzone@lemmy.ml
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        21 year ago

        I think once you know what’s actually happening, it becomes more watchable. I read a post about it ages ago and watching it after that was amazing.

    • I love this movie as well, but cringe at the awful “love is stronger than gravity” crap 🤮 Somebody needs to recut that movie with all that junk taken out.

    • @AttackBunny@lemmy.world
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      21 year ago

      Agreed. That movie is absolutely horrible, but it’s nice to look at. Not nice enough to look at to tolerate that horrible movie again though.