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phi ([personal profile] totient) wrote2019-08-02 03:37 pm

xkcd movie challenge

Today's XKCD is a challenge to name a movie that:
  • You genuinely like
  • Came out after 2000
  • Scores under 50% on Rotten Tomatoes
The challenge for me is the "After 2000" part. So many movies in the late 90s (or in 2000 itself) fit the rest of the bill. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas! Orgazmo! The Perfect Storm! Alien 3! Robin Hood Men In Tights! But I'm A Cheerleader! Tank Girl! I think that leaves K-Pax (2001), at 41%.

Re: !

[personal profile] mzrowan 2019-08-02 09:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Best theory I've heard, via a friend: female-gaze fantasy fulfillment doesn't score well when reviewers, both formal and informal, are mostly cis men.