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What movies ACTUALLY live up to the hype? Recommendation (piefed.social)

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[–] Drusas@fedia.io 21 points 7 months ago (3 children)

The Dark Knight The Lord of the Rings trilogy The Matrix

Why yes, you probably can guess my approximate age.

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[–] TheImpressiveX@piefed.social [S] 4 points 7 months ago (1 child)

Why yes, you probably can guess my approximate age.

Millenial?

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[–] Drusas@fedia.io 1 point 7 months ago

Yep. Older Millennial.

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[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

One second, I have to get these darn kids off of my lawn...

Anyway, yes, The Matrix absolutely lived up to the advertising hype. All we knew was that it was a cyberpunk-flavored martial arts film, and that's all. The "big reveal" was left out of everything which was all the more satisfying when watching for the first time.

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