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Worst film of 2015? It's a candidate


First 15 minutes weren't too bad, soon as number 22 became Chappie it went downhill big time. Not only was the dialogue horrendous, were we supposed to care for it?

I assumed the robot would be given consciousness under the maker (Dev Patel), with the company finding out and raging war against him for doing something so dangerous. Typical sci-fi plot perhaps, but the alternative in this was terrible.

The most idiotic-genius in TV film history decides to try his little experiment by giving a robot consciousness and left under the guidance of criminals, who make it abundantly clear they want it to fight for them... i don't expect reasonable decisions in films like this, but why would the writers make him look like a complete flid? With the chances of the experiment going horribly with criminals teaching it, why not repair the robot so it could protect him, then replace it with his master code (a DAT file for consciousness btw, lol!)

Not only that, this idiot persists in coming back to the criminals who kidnapped him and threatened to kill him, and speaks to the robot like it's mentally retarded (after telling the criminals it can learn at an exponential rate). What was the point?

Then there's Hugh Jackman's character who is about as cliched a movie villain ever written, and what was with the dodgy hair-do? In fact, who was meant to the villain of the piece in this film? The criminals who had Chappie? Vincent and his Robocop-copy-cat machine? Michelle and the company? Hippo? It's like they couldn't decide who it was.

All in all just a truly terrible film, giving it a three was generous.

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It was one of my favorite movies of 2015.

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Yep! Top 10 for me

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Me too, the OP clearly lacks any taste, so much better than I expected it to be

Somedays you just can't dispose of a bomb.

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Your opinion is bad.

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It was pretty obvious who the bad guy was. It's not the film's fault you were not able to comprehend quite a simple film. It is also far from being the worst cinema release of 2015. Pick a random film with Will Ferrell in it and it was worse.

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The most idiotic-genius in TV film history ...
Deon's character was just written incredibly poorly IMO, whilst Ninja's and Yolanda's characters are just plain bizarre. They initially are drawn as vicious criminals, but then somewhere half way through the movie, we are expected to see them as some kind of doting parents only interested in the optimal growth and development of their son "Chappie". Really weird stuff!🐭

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Are you insane?! It's brilliant!

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Completely disagree. This, Inherent Vice and Spotlight were my picks for the year.

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Definitely my pick. Damn it is awful.

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The OP is pure lunacy.

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