For me if I had to pick a good contender it would be the UK version of The Office.
I know many tend to debate how Ricky Gervais really fell off and how he repugnantly acts like a whiny centrist edgelord but me personally IMO I actually don’t think he was ever funny not even a little.
His big break through television was just so painful to sit through it’s so charismatically boring the characters are completely generic at best (notably Tim) or straight up insufferably unlikable at worst (especially the protagonist David FUCKING Brent) and most importantly the humour is just embarrassing.
Always seemed like The Thick Of It but without the nuisance tongue in cheek and charming satire.
You’re right and you should say it. Ricky Gervais has always been weird and off-putting and the idea that he was ever good has always baffled me. I never enjoyed The Office. When my dad tried to get me into Extras I just found all of Ricky’s parts annoying. When my sister told me how great Derek was, I just found the whole thing simultaneously tasteless and bland, like it couldn’t commit to being offensive but didn’t put the work into being real. His standup is often clever, but always the kind of clever that is let down by a complete lack of emotional intelligence. The man just does not understand people, but thinks he really does.
Claymation. It is unnerving and creepy. Gives me the same vibes as nails on a chalkboard or HR Pufnstuf.
Even Wallace and Grommit? It has the best chase sequence captured on film
Wallace and Grommit is the main offender haha. Oddly enough, I liked Gumby as a kid.
Sports. I have little tolerance for it because every time a big event is on, people get incredibly obnoxious. They think they know better than the professional players, they keep making so much noise, it polarizes people into arbitrary bands and start talking shit like using that as an excuse to be a homophobic POS, sometimes they’ll even riot because their team lost/won (da fuk), and even kill people over their favorite fucking team, and so much more. If the game is on I’d rather steer clear because it really brings out the worst in people.
Big Bang Theory
The worst part is how it’s fans seem to think it’s a love letter to “nerd culture” (whatever the fuck that is) and endlessly bring it up if you dare mention any interest in comics, roleplaying games or anything in that vein. “Oh you’ll love this show, it’s all about that nerdy stuff.”
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Avatar the last airbender.
Literally the only thing interesting is the serial reincarnation of the Avatar, the disability representation in Toph, and that weird demigod of misfortune people call the cabbage merchant.
Literally everything else sucks. The graphics are meh, the lore is forgettable, the magic system is somehow both overly complicated and restrictive, the characters are cringy and uncomfortable, Aang’s pacifism is infuriating, and the plot even more so.
Personally, the James Cameron movie is far superior. Not because of its characters or story. God no. But its worldbuilding is far superior. Eywa and the neural queues the Na’vi and the other local flora and fauna have has been a genuine inspiration to so many of my world building projects its crazy.
The visuals are crazy impressive too for the time period, and those floating mountains are just gorgeous.
Really, ATLA sucks in comparison, and I hate it when people slander the true Avatar just to push up their own cringy mess.
Top tier Pocahontas troll bait mate 👌
Friends…
I would rather watch women’s tennis or a fishing show. I don’t fish, I don’t play tennis.
I have seen so much praise for Kingdom of Heaven and all I did was laugh or yell at it, usually both. It’s so bad. So, so bad.
I’m sorry, you’re telling me they built siege towers in the middle of the desert. Where did they get the wood??? And there’s like 12 of them? And you aimed a Ballista and that took down every single one of them in one swoop? ALSO YOU ARE A SMITH APPRENTICE BUT YOU KNOW SIEGE TACTICS? AND YOU KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT DESERT IRRIGATION WHEN YOU ARE FROM FUCKING ENGLAND? AND
I’m yelling again
And that’s not to mention how deeply historically inaccurate it is at moments, like even besides all the general Hollywood of it all. Like sure they get some moments right but generally, holy shit it’s bad lol
Though I will say watching Will Turner learn sword fighting from Qui-Gon only to be interrupted by Jaime Lannister was pretty funny
I’ve seen it noted by better critics than me that when people criticize movies by fixating on hyper-specific inaccuracies or contradictions (the Cinema Sins method) they’re usually expressing the fact that there were deeper underlying flaws in the movie itself that meant it failed to give them a reason to overlook those hyper-specific complaints.
After all, if the things you’ve listed here were reason enough to hate a film, on their own, you’re basically just saying that you shouldn’t watch movies. If you know enough about where and when a movie is set, you’re guaranteed to be able to find those kinds of inaccuracies in any movie you watch, with very few exceptions.
The real problem here, I suspect, is that Kingdom of Heaven, as released is a bad movie. The director’s cut, on the other hand, is incredible. Ridley envisioned this as a sprawling Lawrence of Arabia style historical epic, and that’s the film he made. That film was then butchered to fit what the studio thought would make a good theatrical release.
The director’s cut will not, to the best of my recollection, solve any of your specific complaints, but it is a far, far better movie.
Of course, it is possible that the version you saw was the director’s cut, in which case I’m very sorry, movies set in any version of the real world just might not be for you. Or you’re just not really a fan of historical epics or something. I dunno, you do you.
Woah surprised no one mentioned South Park yet, it quite common in discussions like this.
I don’t like it but I cut them some slack for their willingness to tackle some issues publicly and mock people who deserve it.
I never really liked South Park (with occasional exceptions where it shone) but I loved the movie.
Honestly one of the best musicals I’ve ever seen.
Seinfeld.
Life of Pi. My kids warned me not to read it, they had to for school. I read fast, it was a slim volume, I thought why not, it will be quick. It was quick but I want that time back. I don’t get what anyone likes about it, it’s unlikeable.
The Office (All versions) because the movie “Office Space” exeedingly outshines the humor and plot of any of the TV shows.
As with most “comedy” shows it’s actually a drama disguised with a specific setting and a couple of meme characters to make it look like a comedy.
I’m convinced people only watched that stuff because they were all in on office drama at work/school but didn’t want to admit to that fact.
I’m curious if you’re from the UK, OP, because I think this colours your perception of the The Office very much. For the record I loathe both, but The Office UK is a typical British comedy of taking the absolute piss of the characters, who are irredeemable fools one and all. You re not supposed to find them funny, or like them. You’re supposed to laugh at them. That’s the usual expectation, with British comedy.
Americans seem to have great difficulty with that concept, and can’t seem to handle a protagonist that is made fun of.
Again, not defending the show itself. Just saying you need to be aware of this approach when you watch British comedy in general. The common language should not make you forget the ocean of cultural differences in between.
Now it makes sense why so few British comedies work in the US. The US only knows how to laugh at the hero’s jokes.
The James Cameron Avatar movies.
We will never get along
Great example of; just because it was a technical masterpiece, that doesn’t make a movie good. The special effects were outstanding for the time, and still hold up very well. That is something I will always praise it for, but it is the only thing worth praising about it. It really is a very polished turd, in that sense.
Yeah I saw it in IMAX 3D and it was certainly a spectacle. The visuals were phenomenal, but the film itself was otherwise completely forgettable.
They’re so bad.
…well the first one was. Didn’t bother with any after that…
Dave Matthews band. Also, any “jam” band in general.
Well, that’s just what the ass-crack bandit would say to throw us off their trail, isn’t it…
Dont forget what they did on the Kinzie Street Bridge in Chicago.
none of the band members were in the bus at the time
That is the stuff of legend.
