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Am I strange for not loving Everything Everywhere All At Once? (lemmy.world)
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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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[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

Yep, hype kills a lot of movies. I was floored by EEOAO, in the same way I was floored by the Matrix. I didn't see any trailers or hype for any of them.

Hype kills everything for me, and its a reason that my favourite bands stop becoming my favourite bands when they start getting mainstream attention, because the over promotion just puts me off.