I think this is a good time to say that I really enjoyed Mercy. I don’t get what people’s problem with it was. I think it’s a cool writing challenge to tell a story with the limits of a character having to investigate the crime from a computer with a time limit and I think the movie did a good job telling a story with those limits. I thought it was exciting to watch. And, since I turn my phone off in the theatre and can’t check the time, I liked that the movie periodically tells you roughly how much time is left. I also love that we are watching the story unfold in real time, with no time skips.
I will say though that the villain’s motivation was kind of dumb. He could have just brought forward the evidence of his brother’s innocence and discredited the AI judge. If the court wouldn’t hear it, he could have made it public. It was completely unnecessary to frame another innocent man for murder
Anytime I look up a forum thread of a movie I’m watching/wanting to watch (spoiler-free), at least half of the comments are “this movie was trash and you should feel bad for liking it.”
And the other half feel the need to justify why they liked it to the half that hated it for reasons they literally can’t put into words (if they do it’s always the most contrived/overused excuse in critiquing).
The whole internet is full of contrarians. I don’t know why so many movie-goers are so determined not to enjoy anything
There’s an xkcd pointing out that it’s a lot easier to hate something everyone else likes, than to love something everyone else hates, and that honestly really changed the way I view popularity and contrarianism. I respect contrarians who can love what is hated but I’m totally dismissive of anyone trying to criticize what is popular.
I think this is a good time to say that I really enjoyed Mercy. I don’t get what people’s problem with it was. I think it’s a cool writing challenge to tell a story with the limits of a character having to investigate the crime from a computer with a time limit and I think the movie did a good job telling a story with those limits. I thought it was exciting to watch. And, since I turn my phone off in the theatre and can’t check the time, I liked that the movie periodically tells you roughly how much time is left. I also love that we are watching the story unfold in real time, with no time skips.
I will say though that the villain’s motivation was kind of dumb. He could have just brought forward the evidence of his brother’s innocence and discredited the AI judge. If the court wouldn’t hear it, he could have made it public. It was completely unnecessary to frame another innocent man for murder
Anytime I look up a forum thread of a movie I’m watching/wanting to watch (spoiler-free), at least half of the comments are “this movie was trash and you should feel bad for liking it.”
And the other half feel the need to justify why they liked it to the half that hated it for reasons they literally can’t put into words (if they do it’s always the most contrived/overused excuse in critiquing).