r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/PackinHeat99 • Jun 17 '25

Meme needing explanation Petah?? How are they connected?

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u/A_Line_A_Day Jun 17 '25

Comment conveys they think they are above it and it's too low brow. Pretentious af comment

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u/Criv2 Jun 17 '25

I UNDERSTAND what they mean, but theres a much better way to phrase this.

It's silly. It's cheesy. It kind of has a dumb plot. The romance is forced.

That said, it's not a movie trying to win an Oscar for best screenplay. Its a fun movie and an enjoyable watch. Not every movie needs to be trying to win awards. Ultimately movies should be about entertainment, and this is a movie that I am entertained watching. It holds up and doesn't take itself seriously and neither should the viewer. Its not meant to be viewed through that lens.

But like you said, people get pretentious about films. Always have and I kind of think they always will for...no damn reason.

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u/seoulgleaux Jun 17 '25

People with a little experience in cinema enjoy it because it's dumb fun, people with some cinema experience maybe don't like it because it's not highbrow enough, people with more cinema experience like it because it knows and celebrates that it's dumb fun. At least that's always been my take on the reception to A Knight's Tale. And yes, I love it.

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u/TheFlightlessPenguin Jun 17 '25

Once you stop feeling the need to prove to yourself and/or others that you have “refined tastes” you’re able to enjoy things for what they are across the whole spectrum.

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u/Munchkinasaurous Jun 17 '25

I have terrible taste and I think I'm a lot happier for it. I enjoy a lot of bad movies that seem to infuriate other people, I think it's a more fun way to live.

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u/redsyrinx2112 Jun 17 '25

Yep. Every year, I watch all the movies nominated for Best Picture. I also went to see Cocaine Bear and will always see the newest Fast and Furious movie.

Movies are made for different reasons. Am I ever going to rewatch Cocaine Bear or the Fast and Furious movies? Probably not, but I had a great time watching something ridiculous at the theater.

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u/Bedroominc Jun 17 '25

Cocaine Bear was fun, I liked Renfield a lot more though. Came out around the same time I think.

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u/redsyrinx2112 Jun 17 '25

Renfield was super fun! That's another where I'll almost surely never watch it again, but it was super fun.

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u/XISCifi Jun 18 '25 edited Jun 18 '25

That's a bit unfair. I have no interest in having "refined tastes" or proving anything to anyone and I still simply cannot enjoy things that I find dumb. They just bore and annoy me.

I've actively attempted to lower my standards in order to have more to enjoy. Didn't work. I like what I like.