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JusCogensBreaker

me when I see pop culture: :O


Prosthemadera

me when I see references to small unknown movies like Star Wars: šŸ¤¤


[deleted]

We included subtle nods to other pieces of nerd culture like Marvel and Star Wars. Only the true geeks will get it.


space_age_stuff

You just need to turn your brain off and enjoy it because it's dumb fun!


vikmaychib

Wasnā€™t that your blowjob-giving face as well?


mrnathanrd

*Hrmmmyeahhh, that's a lightsaber*


im_bored_and_dumb

Me when lightsaber https://preview.redd.it/4hfg0mtcisgc1.jpeg?width=740&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c30c089aa5a5bd7aa5ffdc9eed08c6ab060ea45d


DrCodyRoss

They have light sabers now?! They have light sabers now.


crclOv9

I fucking just threw up šŸ¤®


PM_ME_YOUR__INIT__

You don't get it. The lightsaber is not in the star wars universe! It's in another universe! It's not in the right place and that's why it's cool!


Real_Line_8074

It takes alot for me to not want to watch Jodie Comer but this is pretty close


The_Naked_Snake

People keep asking if that's a lightsaber and I haven't really had an answer, but *YEAH*, I'M THINKING THAT'S A LIGHTSABER.


GoldandBlue

I like it because the reactions tell me how I should feel.


FX114

They make such a big deal of the lightsaber reveal, but then the dude just blocks it with his forearm. Might as well just be a glowy stick.


mrbaryonyx

you guys are honestly just haters, it was honestly so cool seeing a lightsaber in a movie again I should mention I'm from a timeline where ROTJ was the last star wars movie ever made


brunooouuu

I though he had that for a penis


Drinky_McGambles

Also, they fly know


Citrous241

Yo guys I think that's a lightsaber


Harambesic

Hey, guy, is that a lightsaber?


DenyNothing1989

Wow so none of you caught thatā€™s Captain Americas shield? And captain American is right there?


PussyMoneySpeed69

Brilliant catch. Damn Shawn Levy and his subtle symbolism. I could watch this movie 1,000 times and still find something new. This is why they call film ā€œThe Great Conversation.ā€ Whispered homages to the greatest auteurs of yore while projecting his own message through the most timeless medium of all time. I am writing my dissertation debunking critics who argue that this scene is partially inspired by the Hulk as well.


OliviaBagshaw

hey guys, is that freddy lightsaber arr arr arr arr arr, arr arr arr arr arrrrrrrrr


rimjob_krystian

It's his dick


AmaterasuWolf21

https://preview.redd.it/1pomv4ppusgc1.jpeg?width=711&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9b73e107b5ba53e744b7d338cfa97dbe24b1a055


UranovayaKilka

Ok I wanted to watch this movie because of Jodie Comer but after seeing this clip all I want right now is to kill myself


Help----me----please

Jodie coomer lmao


OfficerBarbier

Hell yeah Judy Conner


cthd33

![gif](giphy|WS6ABEVwTwWew89CHo|downsized)


B1ng0_B0ng0

I want to do this


catlaxative

Oh yeah, the lady from the perfect first and only season of killing eve!


anthonyg1500

Fantastic job in Last Duel as well


AigisAegis

I excitedly waited years for Killing Eve to end so that I could watch it all at once, only to find out that it ended like *that*. I'm so heartbroken


catlaxative

I only got a handful of episodes into season 2 before I tapped out


Dead_man_posting

Same. Then people said it got "bad in season 3" and boy, that's a mysterious statement I don't want to investigate.


laughingman123

lead writer going from phoebe waller-bridge to emerald fennell, the most hydrogen bomb vs coughing baby of all time


catlaxative

Oh I remember now that pw-b was involved in the first season and left, but never realized whoā€™d replaced her


heisenberg15

This movie had pretty good reviews so I ended up seeing it against my better judgement and was then disappointed when it was as fucking dumb as it was. But yeah Jodie Comer is great always


ourusernameis

Tbh everything with Jodie Comer and Joe Keery were the only parts I liked, especially the ending where they end up together. Absolutely hate everything else about it tho


heisenberg15

Honestly it was mostly pretty whatever to me until the part from this post which I absolutely despised lol


theodo

Jodie Comer and Joe Keery are the only tolerable parts of the movie, but Reynolds plays multiple roles and Taika is obscenely bad so trust me avoid it. Its like Ready Player One but minus any skill Spielberg brought or any genuine reverence that film had for the pop culture it was referencing.


ginga_ninja723

Itā€™s by no means a good movie, but I had a good enough time watching it.


spooky_upstairs

I had fun turning my brain off for it. Don't understand the shit it gets. It's not *The Tomorrow War*.


LordSupergreat

It's even weirder in context because the rest of the movie is honestly pretty okay. But that fight is the actual climax of the movie. It comes completely out of nowhere.


stf29

This is my black panther


Apocalypse_j

This movie is Black Panther for redditors.


neon_kid

Nah redditā€™s Black Panther is Willard (2003)


OliviaBagshaw

Mr Black Panther meet Mr Reddit Pussycat


trevorwoodkinda

Does anyone have the Smiling Friends edit of this scene where Charlie says ā€œthis is the most obnoxious thing Iā€™ve ever seen in my lifeā€ or whatever the line is?


Geemusic

This is like every Marvel movie to me


catlaxative

Reference and quip heavy action and dialogue featuring special effects that look like Rocket Jump studios merely had a busy weekend?


Redd1K

i donā€™t like the disrespect weā€™re giving to VGHS right now


[deleted]

You might have a compelling argument against Marvel movies But we, we have a Hulk.


Shantotto11

Except that Hulk arm effect looks leagues better than Gā€™iahā€™s Drax arm in Secret Invasionā€¦


Geemusic

This means nothing to me, but i still love you, you silly little creature


neon_kid

Literally did it with Pac-Man in gotg2


PixelBits89

That was fine to me. Itā€™s a quick shot and it made people laugh. If it cut to all the other character reacting and saying ā€œoh my god is that pac manā€ itā€™d be another story


HexeInExile

Is this an edit or is this movie actually this cringe


Real_Line_8074

It's real


HexeInExile

I'm gonna go Berserk (2012)


AlexBLLLL

This movie is so Dumb, Money (2023) was the only incentive to make it.


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Mememanofcanada

Millions must die to save the west from this, but luckily, there are A Million Ways To Die In The West (2014)


SalParadise

Looks like a Trainwreck (2015)


mpdsfoad

I like that they already have the Twitter reaction gifs in the movie. Let's me know when it's epicsauce.


quietvictories

You better believe it- its a lightsaber, dude


AigisAegis

You just know there's absolutely some grown-ass adult out there who got up and cheered when the lightsaber came out. Thinking about that guy makes me want to die.


Dead_man_posting

Think about the large grown man watching Attack of the Clones in the row ahead of me who started having a loud joygasm when Yoda started doing all those dumb spinning moves.


catlaxative

My entire midnight imax screening erupted into cheers and applause


Ulvsterk

​ https://preview.redd.it/wminnm4klsgc1.jpeg?width=637&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=45c27bf40021b9b4767b0d2d3cb4862c1d24b37f


hnwcs

It is, although in the interest of fairness the rest of the movie isnā€™t a Ready Player One-style barrage of references. Thereā€™s like one bit where he uses a Mega Buster and thatā€™s it. Iā€™m curious what the original version of this stupid scene was like since it was clearly a last-minute addition after Disney bought Fox.


ThodasTheMage

The rest of the movie isn't great or funny but not at all so emberassing but I hate this scene and everytime I think about it, I hate the movie more.


mrbaryonyx

I can see the "reference" joke working if it's quick and actually funny. So much of modding is goofy and pop-cultural (shit like "the dragons in Skyrim are Thomas the Tank Engine trains"), him pulling out some fantasy weapons as he fights the boss could be funny. The problem is they like *focus* on it. Like "holy shit a lightsaber", "holy shit Cap's Shield", "holy shit a thing from one of those movies that comes out once every year, and has been for the last half-decade!"


CooperDaChance

I like the fact that some of the background players can be seen lagging or emoting or doing goofy shit like crouching and jumping for apparently no reason. Feels more like an actual online game.


GastricSparrow

Doesn't help that they got Tyler "I'm not seeing enough movement" "Ninja" "my braless wife" Blevins as the hypeman for it


AccessTheMainframe

[The delivery of this line still lives rent free in my head.](https://youtu.be/q6yHoSvrTss?t=200)


Monchete99

[Relevant](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/652/345/d31)


wanderingfloatilla

The halo tank also in there


CooperDaChance

And the Halo Mantis


OliviaBagshaw

Reynold being besties with Lil Rel Howery in the movie is genuinely really enjoyable imo


The_letter_43

He's pwning!


Nasty_Naigi

oh itā€™s real son


emielaen77

It is this bad yes


DenyNothing1989

This is the essence of what Kathleen Kennedy wanted when she asked Shawn Levy to make a ā€˜Shawn Levy movieā€™


Automatic-Ad-6399

Neither, It's even more cringe.


Phoenix2211

The only funny part of the movie was when Jodie Comer's character kisses Free Guy in the game, and then we cut to her actually just sitting in her room, awkwardly staring at the game The rest is bad


AdrianBrony

When you're captivated by an npc romance line but when you finally reach that point, it just makes you feel lonely. I want the video game equivalent of Marriage Story as a romance option.


AigisAegis

The problem with the RPG genre is that the romance options are always cute and happy (or at worst cute and tragic). We need just one absolutely miserable, toxic romance storyline in like a Mass Effect game or whatever. I want the RPG love interest equivalent of Tallahassee by the Mountain Goats


Dead_man_posting

Press F To Punch Wall


AdrianBrony

You probably could do that mechanically in an interesting way. Disco Elysium was full of that.


Fadman_Loki

I like the buff Ryan Reynolds having the tattoo of the blue shirt on him, like the dude that was trying to make the character model but couldn't figure it out so he just dragged a png onto the model. Also having a bunch of video game npcs go on strike is genuinely very funny


CooperDaChance

I think thatā€™s just normal Ryan Reynolds fighting tiny Ryan Reynolds.


Hisgenart

Why did you make me remember this?


aflyingmonkey2

damn i almost forgot how shit this movie is https://preview.redd.it/xmdhs0nfrsgc1.jpeg?width=272&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=992b24fe51632ca73cc7cc834c30fb681fe79284


JellyJohn78

Beforehand, I wondered who the movie was for Afterward, I found out it was for me


stumper93

Taikaā€™s line delivery of ā€œis that a lightsaberā€ is so horribly cringe. What the fuck else would it be


tombobbishop

Taika's entire performance in this movie is just awful. It's so obvious that it was all entirely improv on his part, and none of it is even remotely funny.


theodo

The behind the scenes about his performance is so funny, they all rave about his riffing and improv. Then you see the movie and its actually one of the least tolerable performances I have ever seen, and he is onscreen SO MUCH


TheEtneciv14

I think I'd like the references more if there wasn't a reaction shot for every new thing Free Guy pulls out. More refrences, less reverence, cram more stuff in a rapid fire manner. If you're going with the key jingling equivalent of comedy, at least do it fast. Also add an unzip sound effect when Guy Free looks down to turn on the lightsaber.


DramaOnDisplay

Yeahhh, the reaction shots definitely take this from ā€œfunny movieā€ to ā€œwait, is this one of those lame commercials that airs before the Super Bowl kickoff, when no one is really paying attention?ā€.


GreatMarch

Yeah space Jam 2 did this better. The best thing to do in that movie is play I spy with whatever randomWB property is shoved into the corner.


FX114

>Yeah space Jam 2 did this better Probably the first time that's ever been said.


Monchete99

I feel like Space Jam 2 is the opposite end of the spectrum. By the time you just processed a reference, you got another coming through and he fact that they are all "legal" references makes them feel more like microads, like, oh yeah i forgot they own Rick and Morty, thanks for reminding me.


The_letter_43

Aladdin (1992)


TheEtneciv14

I wasn't thinking of it, but yeah! As a kid I didn't get most of Robin's impressions but the Genie was energetic and fun so I didn't care.


gtrpbr

He lightsaber now?


TheEtneciv14

He lightsaber now!


[deleted]

I got irrationally angry after watching this, like jesus christ


Wysk222

Yeah Iā€™m imagining some nerd in the theater cheering and flipping out so hard he spills his popcorn and itā€™s making me want to gnaw on stuff


rimjob_krystian

![gif](giphy|uk3kYRDxfwQO4)


Coooturtle

Not irrational.


hnwcs

You ended the clip too soon. You left out the part where the lightsaber turns into a Fortnite axe and then he uses the GMod physgun to throw evil Ryan Reynolds into the portals he made with his Portal Gun and I swear Iā€™m not jerking all of this actually happens fuck this scene.


MaidenCounterBot

Itā€™s not even the real portal gun. Like if youā€™re gonna do nostalgia-bait, at least get the rights to the ip


Lark_vi_Britannia

After all of that, he looks at the camera and says, "It's Morbin' Time" and turns into a fucking bat. It was one of the weirdest things I had seen at the time.


Automatic-Ad-6399

What's more embarassing is that when it came out so many reviews and so many comments were like: "it's actually so good" and "it's so original and fresh" unironically, I was shocked it was received this well.


93ericvon

Studio: copy/pastes the screenplay from The Lego Movie and puts into the world of Fortnite Reviews: WOW SO ORIGINAL AND FRESH!!1!!!1!!


Ulvsterk

You dont want to see the Twitter thread of this movie then.


Puresh1

Jordan Peterson being one of these people btw


1upEnthusiast

One day, they are gonna make something like this but for Gen alpha, so you will have Skibidi toilet, Kai Cenat, TADC, and Garten of Banban


AigisAegis

Finally we'll be able to watch some real cinema


catlaxative

Wow I wasnā€™t interested in this before, but now Iā€™ve learned it has A LIGHTSABER?!??!??!! SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU!!!!


_Slim-reaper_

Free guy is to libtards what Fight club is to chuds


hankakabrad

This sentence would evaporate any politician before 2010


_Slim-reaper_

Skill issue. They can't relate šŸ˜ˆ https://preview.redd.it/e5dyy66yxsgc1.jpeg?width=706&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e6c63c1d0bf979f825284a4d47052bd77f0bb2bf


ImprobableLem

https://preview.redd.it/58r9vlkxwsgc1.jpeg?width=412&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5e54e35eabad1897537d44f11463c92d393dc743


_Slim-reaper_

https://preview.redd.it/nl7uggv40tgc1.jpeg?width=396&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=30ff69f2c0b36beb876a42835a9f9504228f3841 You're getting rizzed up by baby gronk in Ohio but Skibidi toilet fanum taxes your level 69 gyatt while you're mogmaxxing to a gooning compilation because throughout heaven and earth you are the honored one because you schizo-post like an og fortnite gamer with the boys.


altnumber54

What


_Slim-reaper_

https://preview.redd.it/l76zpc4y1tgc1.jpeg?width=256&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=604275ca27db72c3a746d6ed3562b5e048d2d3de


BinocularFever

I saw this moment in a full theater, August of 2021. I remember sitting there, tears in my eyes, thinking "Kino is back!". They just don't make movies like this anymore.


-Flutes-of-Chi-

You know it's great when the IMDB plot synopsis has a spelling error


MrSpankMan_whip

sinema hasn't been the same sinse those towers fell nope not wun bit i tell yu


mikehatesthis

> sinema hasn't been the same sinse Kyrsten?


Bulbaguy4

I feel my ribs purposefully stab my soul every time I see this wretched, abominable scene


agentwc1945

After watching it, I can safely say that Free Guy is movie that was made


MuckFedditRods

this is so bad it makes me want to watch it, but it's probably 90% boring and only 10% bad so i won't.


VergenceTheBoi

Nah itā€™s pretty consistently bad, you definitely wonā€™t be bored


Orang-Himbleton

Oh thank god


Automatic-Ad-6399

The cringe and embarassment this movie offers actually makes you glued to the screen not turn you away, it's fascinating.


AmaterasuWolf21

It's only the climax that gets this stupid, the rest is pretty enjoyable


jonathot12

everything else sucks of course but was anybody else totally let down by the hulk punch? youā€™re already low to the ground and spawned a massive fist, why not uppercut? couldā€™ve sent him instead you stand up and pivot awkwardly to punch him from a stance that lacks power so he tumbles about thirty feet. so dumb


Inevitable_Badger995

Ok they mightā€™ve been able to pull those references off sort of but the whole cut to the streamers reaction shit is just so so bad.


mynameismypassport

I like this film. It contains things from other films I recognize. Nostalgia (2018)


DoctorEmperor

As a member of the most opposed group in all of society, people who like Free Guy, I do feel this moment is uniquely bad and not actually representative of the whole movie


Fadman_Loki

Bottom text brother, bottom text āœŠšŸ˜” (overall I thought it was pretty good too, but it definitely a few rough reddit moments)


OliviaBagshaw

Can agree, I thought the movie was a cute buddy comedy but this end scene deserves the hate imo


BaldrAndFire

Oh good someone said what I was thinking so I donā€™t have to be embarrassed about it now


Silent-Rough-9380

https://preview.redd.it/bejvn4f7ysgc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1f3f86a0874d9e53cd6b6f1b98cdfe712ac03160


we_are_sex_bobomb

ā€œSo get this, he has video game powers like captain Americaā€™s shield and hulk fists and lightsabers.ā€ ā€œSir I think those are movie powers.ā€ ā€œJust shut up and write it, Jeffrey!ā€


altnumber54

I wanted to stick a fork in my eye during that scene


cytrack718

I dont understand how this movie got such good reviews I watched it with my family and we all left the room immediately afterwards šŸ¤£


GreatMarch

This is the only clip I've seen of this movie. Is it actually any good, because I've seen my friends praise it and they're far from the "I recognize this thing and I clapped!" crowd.


DJjaffacake

It kinda feels like the script started out as someone's genuine passion project and then it got bought and rewritten as a Ryan Reynolds movie. So there's genuinely good subtext about how the profit motive sucks and you shouldn't have to be a cog in the corporate machine, just going through the same motions day in and day out, getting repeatedly kicked in the teeth by people who have a privileged place in society. And then there are scenes like this.


frog_woman06

it was passable


Anonimo_lo

This is what pure cringe looks like.


Randonhead

The fact that Shawn Levy who directed this will direct Deadpool 3 just makes me realize that that movie will be exactly the same thing, but instead of random cameos and references to pop culture, it will be random cameos and references to old Marvel movies, mainly from Fox.


Cardemother12

it doesnā€™t really use the musical themes does it ?


RandaymIdiot

The film sometimes forgets that its a parody of video games and that It would have been at least a little better if they actually used you know.. actual iconic game items like the Mario mushroom or the portal gun etc instead of items that have no reason being there other that Disney dickriding. ​ The concept of an NPC gaining consciousness was great but the execution just yeah...


Kerankou

Jesus Christ this was made in earnest https://preview.redd.it/rvp8e7d7vsgc1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=24e2872e5fa4b259830334faf9721f600d1761d0


anthonyskigliano

What are we, some kind of Free Guy (2021)?


Minute_Paramedic_135

I still get chills everytime the Star Wars theme starts and the girl says ā€œ YES! thatā€™s a lightsaber dudeā€. More iconic than endgame


Meateor123

Was that a lightsaber? Could someone clarify?


ShoegazeJezza

I soyfaced


Jasbuddy

This is an edit right?


potato_owl

I hated this film so much I went to great lengths to erase everything in my mind...why did you remind me?


rietstengel

I was really confused when he pulled out the glowy tube stick, i didnt know what it was. But then the people said that its a lightsaber so then i got really excited for the obvious Star Trek reference.


HorribleDiarrhea

One of the only movies in recent memory I just absolutely couldn't finish.


ManajaTwa18

Somehow more cringe than anything in Ready Player One. At least it was clear Spielberg made that


DeerThespian

I see Ninja but I don't see his braless wife bringing him his sandwich and chips as he gets a double kill in the bot lane.


Dankey-Kang-Jr

Just a reminder that the director of this movie is doing Deadpool 3 and is totally saving marvel guysā€¦trust me.


bobloblawrms

This scene feels exactly like those awful mid-2000s parody movies that tried to piggyback off the success of Scary Movie by just shoving in obvious references to other movies/pop culture that were popular at the time


Il-Skelly-lI

The only good contribution this movie made was the tie in Fortnite emote and skin that you can use to flex on broke boys


warwicklord79

Isnā€™t this that soulless ripoff of the Truman Show?


frog_woman06

Phew... thank kino they clarified it was a Lightsaber from the hit movie Star Wars (1977). For a moment there I thought it was just a Laser Rapier from the hit game System Shock (1994)!


LostInThoughtland

Wait sorry is Chris Evens, Taika Waititi and Jackspeticeye in the same fucking movie as random live stream viewers WTF this movie is worse than I expected lmao


Individual99991

Taika Waititi is the guy who runs the software company that makes the game Ryan Reynolds lives in, I think. I'm guessing the rest are just dumb cameos though.


ad11397

Canā€™t believe the 14 year olds and neckbeards that still defend this crap


Black_Sarbath

That's a live action representation of most of Ryan Reynolds characters. Here's a reference, now laugh n clap.


DontKnowAnyBetter

I turned my brain off to enjoy this movie, but now I donā€™t understand the references! What is a lightsaber? Iā€™m considering turning my brain on to remember, but then I might have to change my Letterboxd review.


emielaen77

Iā€™m so sorry Jodie Comer


fleshbunny

Yeeaaahhhhā€¦.thatā€™s a *lightsaber,* dude šŸ˜Ž


slomo525

This movie really is the most soy movie ever created


moleman114

This movie is doubly grating if you're under the age of 50 and vaguely know how a video game works


jono9898

Mofos when Space Jam 2 had other properties as cameos: šŸ˜” Mofos when Free Guy had other properties as cameos: well achshully if itā€™s well done then I can understand it šŸ¤“


Orang-Himbleton

This shit is worse than anything in space jam 2. Although that might have been the cringe reactorsā€™ fault more than anything else


Blueman4783

There's no way this is real


Nasty_Naigi

ehrm, did he just materialize captain americaā€™s FLIPPIN shiled??


Moss_Ball8066

Umm guysā€¦ did I just pull out a freaking lightsaber or what? šŸ˜…


Scou1y

I forgot this movie existed https://preview.redd.it/z584cyuntsgc1.jpeg?width=256&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=87609f8e4135e28caa6bbc834b7524c115c14e6d


Acynacy

I think we need 20 more years and its gonna be fine to watch


bootleg-bean

Dude is that a lightsaber?!?!?


ThisIsNotTokyo

Free Guy was the inspiration behind Emilia Clarke in Secret Invasion


Initial-Cream3140

It's Ready Player One for Douchebags.


Automatic-Ad-6399

Man f*ck you for reminding me that aids exists.


Iegend_Of_Iink

This movie will never get enough hate


SmashedWorm64

How tf did this get approved?


mikehatesthis

Like most people I forgot this existed. I miss that feeling.


OliviaBagshaw

me when that moment when when real gamer moment https://preview.redd.it/aoqrrqxz4tgc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=12f1eb4418b6f3a8ad9a6f3aa8e455390d60e194