The Wilhelm scream is not, and never was, a funny inside joke. When you’re watching an intense action scene and suddenly you hear this high pitched and often way to loudly mixed scream it instantly ruins the immersion.
Any movie that adds it is instantly ruined for me. I can somewhat excuse older movies since it wasn’t that wildly used yet but any contemporary director/audio engineer adding it really needs to get the idea out of their head that it’s funny/clever/subtle. Cause it’s not.



Learned about this one from Bojack Horseman and man did it hit hard