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A Boring Dystopia

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One particularly brutal review came from Nick Hilton, film critic for the Independent, who said that the first lady came off in the film as “a preening, scowling void of pure nothingness” who leads a “vulgar, gilded lifestyle.”

Hilton added that the film is so terrible that it fails even at being effective propaganda and is likely to be remembered as “a striking artifact... of a time when Americans willingly subordinated themselves to a political and economic oligopoly.”

I think we can officially conclude 2026 is The Year Of The Scowling Void Of Pure Nothingness

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[–] Jokulhlaups@lemmy.world 108 points 1 week ago (6 children)

It was just a 75mil payment from Amazon to trump. Movie was just the means to do the transaction.

[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Coincidentally, Ratner just got greenlit for Rush Hour 4, which had been in development hell since 2018.

[–] hector@lemmy.today 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Jackie Chan is the best. Must be a little long in the tooth now.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] loutr@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Even so, they had a massive budget, a competent director, and they didn't manage to produce something that paints her in a good light.

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[–] yesman@lemmy.world 46 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] desmosthenes@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

$75m bribe*

The 28 was just the advertising part iirc.

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (8 children)

No. the 28M was for her per reporting. They still had to make the movie and advertise it.

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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 45 points 1 week ago

I hate that our country has become so fascist that this dumb bitch's movie failing feels like a victory.

[–] Pulsar@lemmy.world 31 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 14 points 1 week ago

Honestly I am shaken, if something this good could fail what is the meaning of anything?

[–] systemglitch@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I wish it was nothing, but for Canadians, America is a big scowling dictatorship of pure evil.

Take your fucking country back.

[–] batman0730@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I love Canada, but this holier than thou mindset I keep seeing is getting tired. Remember Poilievre was polling ~20 points higher than Carney, until Trump started his 51st state horse shit. The entire world seems to be swinging right, and Canada just got lucky this time.

We are all in this together whether you want to be or not.

[–] hector@lemmy.today 7 points 1 week ago

Indeed. All of europe will fall if we don't get popular reform to challenge the far right, now backed by the US and Russia, running themselves as reform and all other major parties captured by the establishments/oligarchies.

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[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I love that this quote applies to both the movie and the actual person.

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[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago

The old story. Churches and other MAGA groups are buying blocks of seats. It's playing to "sold out" empty houses.

[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

At least Eva Braun was interesting.

Mel brooks should do a Producers about Maga. Too soon?

[–] VoteNixon2016@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 1 week ago

We'll finally get to see "Hitler on ICE"

[–] GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)

Can someone explain to me how this movie has a 99% user rating on rotten tomatoes?

[–] archonet@lemy.lol 33 points 1 week ago (1 children)

the same way the Trump family obtains most things they want, fraud.

[–] GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I did my part rating this movie appropriately 👎

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 7 points 1 week ago

The only people that would go see this are Trump cultists, who are going to approve of it regardless of quality

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Because the only people who'd ever see it are either members of the cult or reviewers being paid to see it.

1% of the audience being reviewers and the rest deciding that it's amazing before seeing it and not changing their mind when proven wrong sounds pretty plausible 🤷

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[–] YoiksAndAway@piefed.zip 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Currently on Rotten Tomatoes:

%11 Critics
%99 Audience

What's the point in review-bombing when it's so obvious?

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

It's not review bombing if it actually sucks

[–] Typhoon@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 week ago

Nick Hilton... said that the first lady came off in the film as “a preening, scowling void of pure nothingness” who leads a “vulgar, gilded lifestyle.”

He's saying it's accurate then?

[–] laranis@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

These dumb shits don't get it. It was never supposed to be good. It was a bribe. Even wasting a second watching it to do a review is a waste of human effort.

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[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

Remember when people tried to frame her as a victim? What stank of a person.

[–] Ach@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (6 children)

The funniest thing about this is she isn't even hot. She looks like every soccer mom in every suburban town everywhere.

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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There’s no way this thing cost $75 mil to make. It’s a documentary.

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[–] chris@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 week ago

That's also an accurate description of narcissism—a void of nothingness. Those people only live on the outside, because they don't exist within themselves

[–] Aljernon@lemmy.today 12 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Why would movie critics go to see a money laundering attempt?

[–] Nikelui@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Because it's their job? They can't just watch what they like.

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[–] PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

They don't pay to go see it. They get paid to see it.

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[–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

75 million dollars. 75. Million. Dollars.

How much of it went to the crew and other people who actually made the damn thing?

Or even used for their benefit in other way, for that matter - I'm asking because apparently the crew did overtime hours with no food while the director lorded over the underlings and stuffed his face. (Don't do overtime if your boss isn't personally ordering you a ton of pizza, guys.)

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago

I read somewhere that about $24 million of it went straight to Melania.

[–] MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A scowling void of pure nothingness

Sounds like a sick video game summon.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

You cannot fast travel to Epstein Island.

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[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 week ago (8 children)

-War of the World 2025: 4% RT

-this propaganda: 10% RT

The heck

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[–] m3t00@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago
[–] BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh NO! We NEED to Pass a Bill to Quickly Rectify THIS!

-Chuck Schumer!

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[–] qevlarr@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I loved the one from the Guardian comparing it to Zone of Interest. Utterly boring but makes you think about the off-screen horrors of the Trump regime

[–] 6stringringer@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 week ago

They beat up that film like it owed them money.

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