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Am I strange for not loving Everything Everywhere All At Once? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world to c/moviesandtv@lemmy.film
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Just got around to watching it for the first time tonight. We had so many people tell us we'd love it and need to watch it, so it was high on our list. Great cast, and it won so many awards.

I didn't hate it, but I was left scratching my head over all the hype. I like odd movies and books, so it's not that I couldn't handle the weirdness. It seemed like in the same vein as Scott Pilgrim, and if you told me it wasn't a bit box office but got a cult following, I'd totally believe that.

My wife felt exactly the same way. Maybe it's just one of those cases where there was too much hype for us, but I felt kind of let down.

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[-] delitomatoes@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

Imagine the people it might appeal to

  • If you're Asian
  • If you're Asian American
  • if you were an American immigrant
  • if you like comedies
  • if you like action movies
  • if you like choreographed fights
  • if you like absurdist humour
  • if you had a bad relationship with your parents
  • if you're LGBT
  • if you like multiverse sci fi
  • if you like cool costumes
  • if you like set pieces
  • if you like family drama
  • if you like pop culture references. -if you like creative cinematography
  • if you like Michelle Yeoh
  • if you like Jamie Lee Curtis
  • If you like Ke huy quans comeback

This movie is maximalist, so it hits a lot of things at the same time, so naturally people may tack on to whatever they are attracted to. If none of the above fits you, then so be it

[-] nlm@literature.cafe 1 points 1 year ago

I think that was part of why I didn't care for it all that much. At least no more than it felt like an OK movie.

It felt like it was trying too hard to be too many things and not really excelling at any of them.

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