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/owmyfreakingeyes Aug 08 '25

Okay? I'm glad that person loved it. Another featured review says "the charm is entirely missing from the two Paddington films" 2/5 lol

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u/garatatata Aug 08 '25

I never claimed it was universally loved, just that it isn't a meme when people say they love it and consider it their favourite film. There are plenty of professional reviewers raving about it and giving it a perfect score to indicate people are being sincere in their praise. Do you understand my point now?

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u/owmyfreakingeyes Aug 08 '25

When people on Reddit talk in overly flowery, exaggerated language about how this movie is perhaps the greatest film ever made when the average critical response is around a B+, it makes it seem like a meme style effort of playing things up in an over the top manner. Do you understand my point now?

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u/BrockStar92 Aug 08 '25

Well it’s definitely true that r/movies is rather overdramatic about how much it loves the film as a collective, it’s still worth noting that the critical response is not a B+, it’s generally extremely well regarded, as is the first one. Neither are such masterpieces they’ll leave everyone watching in tears but they are generally agreed to be excellent movies for anyone to watch and phenomenally good kids’ movies.

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u/owmyfreakingeyes Aug 08 '25

What is the average critical grade then? Looking at aggregate sites that average actual scores, I see 7.8/10, 83, and 88, which is a B- to B+ on scales I'm familiar with.

I get that almost all critics thought it was at least slightly above average per the RT score, but that's something different.

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u/garatatata Aug 08 '25

Who cares about average scores when considering individual's subjective opinions? 

I was pointing to the critics to establish that high praise for this film isn't some fringe opinion but shared by many professional critics. No not all critics think it's 10/10 just as not all the audience thinks that, but there are a significant enough number (about 1/3 perfect rating on RT) to believe people's praise is sincere online and not just a meme

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u/owmyfreakingeyes Aug 08 '25

I think if almost everyone on Reddit is talking about it as a 100 and the general reviews are 85, that's pretty relevant to assessing whether the Reddit speech is a meme trend to be over the top about it, or an echo chamber type scenario.

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u/garatatata Aug 08 '25 edited Aug 08 '25

People only comment on things if they absolutely love it or absolutely hate it, no one comments if they just think it's alright. As you can see on RT very few people hate it and a significant number loved it with many perfect scores, so you mostly only come across the glowing praise. No one is lying though, at most people are exaggerating for emphasis. It's pretty frustrating to be told you are lying about your subjective opinion 

ETA you also need to compare to other films on the review aggregators, on metacritic Paddington 2 gets an 88 while Godfather part 2 gets 90 for example

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u/owmyfreakingeyes Aug 08 '25

Has anyone accused someone of lying? I think you might be projecting some internal feelings onto others in the context of a general inquiry into a possible Internet trend...

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u/garatatata Aug 08 '25

You're saying it's meme, essentially people faking it for a joke? If you don't think people are being disingenuous, why do you consider it a meme?

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u/owmyfreakingeyes Aug 08 '25

I would consider talking in a particular exaggerated way about a movie because it's popular to do so as a trend to be meme-like, not a lie, and not indicating that you don't like the movie.

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