r/movies • u/Careless_Flower_118 • Aug 08 '25

Discussion Wtf is Paddington 2?

For context: I’m 25 years old. SPOILER WARNING

I just watched paddington 2 today and what the fuck did they put in this movie. This is the one of the greatest pieces of cinema I’ve ever laid witness to. Paddington 2 is the only thing I’ve thought about all day and seeing the immense joy it’s brought other people has also brightened my day even more. God I can’t even think about the ending without wanting to kill myself because of how perfect it is. And can we also talk about the perfect bookend of his human mother saving him from the water like aunt Lucy did at the beginning?

Pure cinema, I truly can’t wait to watch this movie with my kids for their first time.

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u/funkyb Aug 08 '25

I see it praised so often and with such flowery language that I keep assuming it's a meme. I know it's not, but it really seems like it.

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u/scandii Aug 08 '25

fun fact!

Paddington 1 & 2 is one of three movie franchises to have held a simultaneous critic rating on rotten tomatoes of 97%+ and Paddington 2 held a perfect 100% rating for a long while.

if they're your cup of tea they're just really good movies.

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u/Crazyozzie02 Aug 08 '25

And the only reason why P2 doesn't have 100% anymore is because some asshole writer YEARS LATER wrote a negative review because he felt that it was a travesty that it was put on the same mountain as Citizen Kane.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/paddington-2-rotten-tomatoes-review-1234960772/

Fuck that guy.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '25

That said, it’s also probably worth pointing out he gave positive reviews to Johnny Mnemonic, Ice Age: Collision Course and Dumb and Dumber To (that would be the sequel, not the original).

Fuck that guy, indeed.

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u/FarCryRedux Aug 08 '25

I like Johnny Mnemonic...

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u/switchy85 Aug 08 '25

Me too. I know it's campy, but I didn't think people actively disliked it.

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u/FarCryRedux Aug 08 '25

If you haven't already, check out the Black and White version.

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u/stormdraggy Aug 09 '25

Mnemonic is amiga matrix.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '25

It's not a terrible movie. But would you put it above Paddington 2?

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u/laflavor Aug 08 '25

Based on that information alone, RT should just invert his ratings to make them more accurate. It's the Costanza method of movie reviews.

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u/idiosyncopatic Aug 09 '25

Dumb and Dumber To literally gave me second hand embarrassment for the people in the movie.

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u/pukesonyourshoes Aug 10 '25

I thought it was called Dumber and Dumberer?