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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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[–] Pandemanium@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But those kinds of plots (as well as the whole multiverse thing) have already been done in lots of shows like Rick and Morty, Futurama, Marvel, etc. I never understood why there was so much hype to begin with - the movie wasn't groundbreaking at all. It played out basically exactly how I thought it would, except with some incredibly unrealistic parental apology fantasy tacked on.

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Yes, this was my feeling as well, which is why I described it as unremarkable. It wasn't bad, it just didn't seem especially novel, especially thought provoking, or whatever.