{"id":23740,"date":"2017-01-02T17:03:09","date_gmt":"2017-01-02T22:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=23740"},"modified":"2017-01-02T18:37:44","modified_gmt":"2017-01-02T23:37:44","slug":"5-movies-i-liked-that-everyone-else-didnt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/02\/5-movies-i-liked-that-everyone-else-didnt\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Movies in 2016 I Liked That Everyone Else Didn\u2019t"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>With movie critics getting more and more stigmatized by bitter movie studios and petty film directors, it\u2019s a good thing to know in the end that they\u2019re all just opinions. This year I watched so many movies, and as always, my opinion is never gospel or the final word on any film. In 2016 I managed to like a few movies that were critically destroyed and I don\u2019t apologize for finding value in these flops. I probably won\u2019t go out to buy them, but I won\u2019t flip the channel if they\u2019re ever on cable, either.<\/p>\n

What were some movies you<\/em><\/strong> liked that everyone else didn\u2019t? Let me know in the comments.<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Warcraft
\nDirected by Duncan Jones
\nOriginal Review<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Hey I\u2019m not saying it\u2019s a masterpiece, because I\u2019m convinced there will never be a video game movie that\u2019ll be a genuine masterpiece. Hope springs eternal though. But I had fun with \u201cWarcraft.\u201d Yes, it packs in a lot of back story, and it\u2019s painfully hard to follow in the first half hour. But I dug it. I liked the storyline, I was invested in the characters, and I even liked the ideas about religious corruption. The movie flopped in America, but internationally it was a booming success, so we have many more movies on the way in the \u201cWarcraft\u201d universe. I might visit those sequels.<\/p>\n

Gods of Egypt
\nDirected by Alex Proyas
\nOriginal Review<\/a>
\n<\/strong>It\u2019s silly, it\u2019s white washed, but it\u2019s a neat looking movie with a plot that\u2019s about as deep and complex as a Saturday morning cartoon. Watching \u201cGods of Egypt\u201d is like sitting through a goofy action cartoon about gods that can turn in to birds, and giant statues, and chariots that control night and day, and a magic eye. Alex Proyas is a great director, despite \u201cGods of Egypt\u201d being universally panned. I\u2019d love to see more movies about people turning in to metallic birds. What? I would<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Ratchet and Clank
\nDirected by Brian Allgeier
\nOriginal Review<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Surely the animated adaptation of the hit video game series didn\u2019t set the world on fire, but I\u2019m not one of the folks that thought it was a mess either. It was a serviceable and fun animated movie with some neat animation, and fun scifi action. It even inspired me to learn more about the video games. I wouldn\u2019t mind seeing another installment with these characters on the big screen.<\/p>\n

Kickboxer: Vengeance
\nDirected by John Stockwell
\nOriginal Review<\/a>
\n<\/strong>This is more a remake of the original movie than a reboot, giving Van Damme more of a mentor role this time out. He at least has something to do in the film, and also gets to kick some ass. There\u2019s also Bautista who is insanely monstrous as a vicious martial arts master. I\u2019m sure the series will continue whether we like it or not, but as a neat bit of quick escapism, I dug \u201cVengeance.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let\u2019s Do the Time Warp Again
\nDirected by Kenny Ortega
\nOriginal Review<\/a>
\n<\/strong>If it came down to it, I\u2019ll always pick the original movie with Tim Curry and Susan Sarandon, but the TV remake wasn\u2019t the piece of garbage everyone else thought of it as. It had good production values, good intentions albeit with a distracting meta-story frame, and the casting was aces. Laverne Cox is gorgeous and fun as Frank-N-Furter, and Victoria Justice and Ryan McCartan are solid in their respective roles. Hell, I\u2019d pay to watch Victoria Justice read assembly instructions for Ikea furniture, I admit. That bias aside, I had a good time with \u201cLet\u2019s Do the Time Warp Again.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With movie critics getting more and more stigmatized by bitter movie studios and petty film directors, it\u2019s a good thing to know in the end that they\u2019re all just opinions. This year I watched so many movies, and as always, my opinion is never gospel or the final word on any film. In 2016 I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[64,349,700,829,835,906,1156],"class_list":["post-23740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-year-enders","tag-adaptation","tag-fantasy","tag-musical","tag-reboot","tag-remake","tag-science-fiction","tag-video-games"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23740"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23765,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23740\/revisions\/23765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}