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Everyone I know hated army of the dead. My wife and I shut it off halfway through. It’s one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen. How is it so popular?

loktarogar 5y ago
Most people don't look at reviews before watching something, especially on netflix, and the movie seems to tick a lot of boxes for a lot of people. Then they watch it. I wanted to like it, but it was just so unlikeable. Half of that for me was Zach Snyder's cinematography (which he did himself).
vga805 5y ago
I watched the prequel first, Army of Thieves, which was actually pretty good. I watched Army of Dead for just the one lock picking character, hoping he had a bigger role, and was sorely disappointed that I wasted as much time as I did. I was on shrooms for the first movie, that might have biased my reception of it, but it was at least better than the second.
- davidivadavid 5y ago
  I thought Army of Thieves removed what I enjoy about heist movies (clever puzzle solving, regardless of how unrealistic it can get) and instead replaced it with random acts of CGI-generated safe mechanics animation. Was well made but ultimately unsatisfying.
nomdep 5y ago
I also hated Army of the Dead, but I liked Army of Thieves (the post-released prequel)
teej 5y ago
Because it was fine. Decent popcorn flick. It has a 75% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, so either most folks liked it or the people who wouldn’t like it opted out of watching it.
- Rapzid 5y ago
  Yeah, I loved it for what it was. It's not going on my top movies list or anything.
  - 41b696ef1113 5y ago
    But what was kind of movie was it? The trailer made it seem like a heist movie + zombie flick. Instead there were far-too-long emotional back story elements to flesh out the father-daughter relationship.
knownjorbist 5y ago
I think for a lot of people they put on movies in the background to occasionally engage with as they go about other tasks. Myself and my friend circle lean more towards film snobbery than mass market interests. It's not a critical masterpiece that's for sure. But it is fun to watch mass market movies like this and riff on them.
DrBazza 5y ago
> How is it so popular? Setting expectations? I have low expectations for most action films, so I always tend to enjoy them more. I suppose watching the Matrix sequels without knowing the first film even existed, might have meant more people enjoyed it, but knowing the first film existed, everyone had high expectations for the sequels. Apropos of nothing - saw "The Irishman" on there, which I confused with the "The Foreigner" - that is worth a watch. I'd say it has Jackie Chan's best English language performance. FWIW the original book is "The Chinaman" by Stephen Leather which is a good pulpy read.

loktarogar 5y ago

Most people don't look at reviews before watching something, especially on netflix, and the movie seems to tick a lot of boxes for a lot of people. Then they watch it. I wanted to like it, but it was just so unlikeable. Half of that for me was Zach Snyder's cinematography (which he did himself).

vga805 5y ago

I watched the prequel first, Army of Thieves, which was actually pretty good. I watched Army of Dead for just the one lock picking character, hoping he had a bigger role, and was sorely disappointed that I wasted as much time as I did. I was on shrooms for the first movie, that might have biased my reception of it, but it was at least better than the second.

davidivadavid 5y ago
I thought Army of Thieves removed what I enjoy about heist movies (clever puzzle solving, regardless of how unrealistic it can get) and instead replaced it with random acts of CGI-generated safe mechanics animation. Was well made but ultimately unsatisfying.

nomdep 5y ago

I also hated Army of the Dead, but I liked Army of Thieves (the post-released prequel)

teej 5y ago

Because it was fine. Decent popcorn flick. It has a 75% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, so either most folks liked it or the people who wouldn’t like it opted out of watching it.

Rapzid 5y ago
Yeah, I loved it for what it was. It's not going on my top movies list or anything.
- 41b696ef1113 5y ago
  But what was kind of movie was it? The trailer made it seem like a heist movie + zombie flick. Instead there were far-too-long emotional back story elements to flesh out the father-daughter relationship.

knownjorbist 5y ago

I think for a lot of people they put on movies in the background to occasionally engage with as they go about other tasks. Myself and my friend circle lean more towards film snobbery than mass market interests. It's not a critical masterpiece that's for sure. But it is fun to watch mass market movies like this and riff on them.

DrBazza 5y ago

> How is it so popular? Setting expectations? I have low expectations for most action films, so I always tend to enjoy them more. I suppose watching the Matrix sequels without knowing the first film even existed, might have meant more people enjoyed it, but knowing the first film existed, everyone had high expectations for the sequels. Apropos of nothing - saw "The Irishman" on there, which I confused with the "The Foreigner" - that is worth a watch. I'd say it has Jackie Chan's best English language performance. FWIW the original book is "The Chinaman" by Stephen Leather which is a good pulpy read.