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Can you give 5 examples, please?
As a huge fan of JCVD I can say that 50% of his movies are trash (but enjoyable trash), 45% are mediocre but entertaining, and 5% are good. I don't think I've ever seen anyone unironically argue that any significant amount of his movies are actually good in the critical sense.
I agree. Also, JCVD was never that successful, certainly not successful on the scale that Marvel/DC are pursuing. Arnie and Stallone were very successful, but usually only in films that hold up well. Terminator 1/2 and Rocky stand out as notably original films that were entertaining for a mass audience and yet offer food for thought, despite all the muscle on screen.
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You're pointing to one of the core differences at play here. Paraphrasing liberally:
Critic: JCVD movies are trash
Fan: but enjoyable trash!
vs.
Critic: True Detective is trash
Fan: This is just another example of the sexist misogynist backlash. In fact, it isn't even a genuine grassroots opinion and is part of a concerted effort by a politically-motivated brigade that can't accept reality.
It takes two to tango. Low-brow media (generally) doesn't push back against negative reviews, so any "controversies" die out immediately. Prestige media has both supporters and detractors, so they can feed off of each other in a growing cycle of escalation.
Going off of my memories of the Internet that was, it seems like merely being bad was grounds enough for vindictive mockery back then (e.g. Eye of Aragon, Twilight). Nowadays? You have to be actively stepping on toes or egregiously ripping people off to blow up online.
An example: remember Morbius? That Sony Marvel movie from like 2022 that became a whole meme unto itself? Well, this year saw the release of its spiritual successor, Madame Web, and that movie is unlikely to inspire the same amount of memery outside of a perception of it playing in empty theaters.
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