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I'll go first. Mine is that I can't stand the Deadpool movies. They are self aware and self referential to an obnoxious degree. It's like being continually reminded that I am in a movie. I swear the success of that movie has directly lead to every blockbuster having to have a joke every 30 seconds

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

In theory I agree, but in practice? The amount of people having a hard time following the timelines of inception show that you really can't make a more complex execution, the average viewer simply won't get it. You have to simplify it to make it more digestible.

For comparison Dark is an exceptionally well done series that doesn't hold back with the complexity. How many people can say they "got" Dark when watching it the first time around? I'm an attentive viewer and even I had wrap my head around it to really understand what had happened. My wife, who is not an attentive viewer, pretty much gave up after S2 because she simply lost the plot. Too many bits of information was thrown in her way and she couldn't keep track of what was happening.

Personally, I give Nolan props for even trying to execute interesting ideas because the average high profile movie is pretty barren of interesting ideas. Would I like to see more interesting ideas with complex executions? Absolutely. Do I think it can be done? Considering who the target audience is, not really.