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Inspired by the linked XKCD. Using 60% instead of 50% because that's an easy filter to apply on rottentomatoes.

I'll go first: I think "Sherlock Holmes: A game of Shadows" was awesome, from the plot to the characters ,and especially how they used screen-play to highlight how Sherlocks head works in these absurd ways.

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[–] dangblingus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

A 60% on RT says that 6 out of 10 professional reviewers enjoyed this movie. It's not a rating of the movie itself. But my answer is Freddy Got Fingered.

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[–] Black616Angel@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago

Okay, here we go:
47 Ronin (16 critic, 48 audience)
Priest (15 critics, 46 audience)

And (at least) two of my favorite movies:

Immortal (43 critics, 53 audience)

Doomsday (51 critics, 44 audience)

[–] figment@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

The Master Of Disguise

The turtle scene is one of the best things I've ever seen.

Turtle turtle

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[–] Random_user@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

The highest upvote comments really didn't understand the assignment.

[–] Techyno@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)
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[–] ExploratrixLunae@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Red Sonja ruled when I watched it not too long ago. Apparently everyone hated it, critics and audiences alike, but I thought it was fun.

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[–] Flag@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Scorpion King.

Dumb fun and i love it.

Also as someone else said already, Equilibrium and Prince of Persia.

[–] squilox@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] ericbomb@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Anyone say Pixels yet?

I'm not an Adam Sandler fan, the effects folks just did a really fun job and I get a little hit of dopamine seeing retro characters in real life.

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[–] rm_dash_r_star@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Too many to list, but I take Tomato scores with a grain of salt unless they're unusually low. I don't know if I just have a high tolerance for crappy movies or scores are too intolerant there. I've also seen a good number with high scores I thought should be low. Sometimes they rate movies highly just for being unusual or for having some kind of social message, but that hardly ever means better.

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[–] wanderingmagus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I too liked Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, and as someone else mentioned National Treasure and Transcendence.

[–] Cool_Name@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I liked Transcendence and I thought it my qualify. 19% from critics, 37% from audiences. Wow, it is over qualified.

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[–] Drinvictus@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Any transformers movie. I just like seeing a bunch of cars transform into robots to then fight each other.

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[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago

I'm Thinking of Ending Things. I love how bizarre it is, watched it like 3 or 4 times. I was surprised to see it has 50% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

I was genuinely impressed by this movie

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[–] MrMobius@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I just checked, The Colony is only rated 54% on rotten tomatoes, wtf!? I admit it isn't flawless, but it's a welcome addition to the sci-fi genre. Your could sum it up with : "Avatar but the Na'vi are the humans the privileged left on the devastated Earth". The old colonist routine is even more uneasy to watch when it's against your own kind.

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[–] Davel23@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mine is Stealth from 2005. Not high art by any means, but a fun action movie with some pretty cool special effects. Also written by the guy who wrote Big Trouble in Little China and directed The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension so bonus there.

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[–] Jinond_o_nicks@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sgt Bilko, sitting at 30% from the critics, 47% from viewers.

I thought it was absolutely hilarious when I was about 13, and honestly, it holds up on a re-watch now, if only because Steve Martin and Dan Aykroyd.

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[–] BeardedPip@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Rotten tomatoes is a terrible site to sort/filter by. Dear god what terrible UI.

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[–] MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

G.I. Joe: Retaliation

Cowboys & Aliens

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[–] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Waiting is a fantastic movie. Hilarious, especially towards the end with the new hire. 30% on Rotten Tomatoes.

[–] SweetSitty@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm cheating a bit with a 1994 movie, but I genuinely enjoy watching Wagons East! It has 0% on Rotten Tomatoes, but I like it. I'm probably the exact target audience: I like westerns, and I like movies that make fun of them.

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