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Ready player one.

That has to be one of the cringiest movies I’ve seen, is tries so hard, too hard with it’s “WE LOVE YOU NERD, YOU’RE SO COOL FOR PLAYING GAMES AND GETTING THIS 80S REFERENCE” message and the whole “corporation bad, the people good” narrative seems written for toddlers… The fan service feels cheap and adds nothing to the story.

Finally, they trying to make the people believe that very attractive girl with a barely visible red tint spot on her face is “ugly”… Like wtf?

Yet it received decent reviews plus being one of the most successful movies of that year.

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    9 days ago

    What is that other Avatar franchise? I watched the first movie when I was just a kid so my opinions highly influenced by my emotions. I don’t think it is the best sci-fi movie out there but I really like Avatar (2009).

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      9 days ago

      Avatar the Last Airbender, and the Legend of Korra.

      The animation, specifically. The Netflix series is OK, and there is absolutely no movie adaptation.

      Funny enough, I watched them when I was like 19, but Korra, Zuko and Iroh are still three of my favorite characters in anything ever. I remember it vividly, where I can’t remember a single line from the James Cameron Avatar (which I watched as a teen when it came out).

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        9 days ago

        Thank you for making it clear that there’s no movie. There’s a lot of misinformation on the internet and some people happen to think that there is one.

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        9 days ago

        Oh, I thought there is another Avatar (blue one) movie created by somebody else. Avatar animated series are more influential for me too but why compare these totally unrelated works? They have the same name but they are so different that any comparison is absurd to me.