popcorn movie
thats what this is
a popcorn movie
and thats ok!
What’s a “popcorn movie”?
sharea relaxing fun movie
shareOh I see, well then just call it a relaxing fun movie.
shareYou never use metaphors, expressions, or figures of speech?
shareI'd go further and say a popcorn movie is one that doesn't require much thought from the audience. Dumb, predictable but fun.
shareOh I see, well in that case I'll just call it a "dumb" movie, it's less syllables anyways.
shareThe first time I watched it, it was a lot of fun. But the second time the 'dumb' outweighed the fun. It became more of something to laugh at than to enjoy on its own merits. An uncooked popcorn movie?
shareThe thing is the first half is just bad, but the second half does turn into good mindless fun. I can point out the exact moment where this happens as well, it's right after Jo says "we're not going".
share*spoilers* Yeah. My main problem was they couldn't even mention an F5 around Jo because they are so bad and because of her dad. But they get caught up in the center of one and don't so much as lose a shoe. They come out without a scratch. And every tornado breaks up as soon as it reaches them.
And some wasted opportunities. Imagine an eerie siren howling in the dead of night, and you could only see the tornado approach with every flash of lightning. Heck they couldn't top the scariness of the Wizard of Oz tornado from the 1930s....