Movie review thread...
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The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
- As it's been sold, as it says on the tin - Advert for Nicholas Cage
- Titwatch: zero
- I'd expected much more self-mockery
- In actuality - much more self-advertisement
- To be fair - I do now want to re-watch Con Air, Face-Off, and maybe some other Nic Cage fare
I guess it did its job - Stupid fun, with plenty of "winks" to the Cage - but like I said above - not as many self-derogatory ones as I'd expected/hoped for.
Even the imaginary "alter-ego" appearing at times was fucking tame compared to the "over-the-top Nicholas Cage" montages I assume you'd find on the youtube... and at first, I assumed that's where they'd bring that in to play
Overall, maybe... 3.3 semi-predictable plots out of 5 "this wasn't Being John Malkovich"'s.
I feel like I've backed myself into a corner giving the terrible Fisful of Vengeance a too-high rating. -
This looks fun in a silly kind of way
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@antipodean Yep, it is fun in a silly kind of way. It's kind of 50% Tarantino and 50% Ritchie, which probably accounts for the kicking it's getting from some critics. But I enjoyed it.
I also watch Prey on Disney+ on the weekend. I enjoyed that too, probably the 2nd best Predator movie.
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@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@antipodean Yep, it is fun in a silly kind of way. It's kind of 50% Tarantino and 50% Ritchie, which probably accounts for the kicking it's getting from some critics. But I enjoyed it.
I also watch Prey on Disney+ on the weekend. I enjoyed that too, probably the 2nd best Predator movie.
Looking forward to watching Prey with the boys this fridee. I;ve heard good things ( hopefully not just compared to other shite Predator/Alien mash ups )
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@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@antipodean Yep, it is fun in a silly kind of way. It's kind of 50% Tarantino and 50% Ritchie, which probably accounts for the kicking it's getting from some critics. But I enjoyed it.
I also watch Prey on Disney+ on the weekend. I enjoyed that too, probably the 2nd best Predator movie.
Looking forward to watching Prey with the boys this fridee. I;ve heard good things ( hopefully not just compared to other shite Predator/Alien mash ups )
Be warned, Ahnuld is a girl in this version.
I was comparing it to 2 and the two recent Predators, not the mash ups, I don't think I've
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@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@antipodean Yep, it is fun in a silly kind of way. It's kind of 50% Tarantino and 50% Ritchie, which probably accounts for the kicking it's getting from some critics. But I enjoyed it.
I also watch Prey on Disney+ on the weekend. I enjoyed that too, probably the 2nd best Predator movie.
Looking forward to watching Prey with the boys this fridee. I;ve heard good things ( hopefully not just compared to other shite Predator/Alien mash ups )
Be warned, Ahnuld is a girl in this version.
I was comparing it to 2 and the two recent Predators, not the mash ups, I don't think I've
seen those.Yeah I have been warned.
Should still be a good after work/school flick I imagine.
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IMO Prey is the best of the recent Predator movies, by quite some distance. But the CGI is comically bad.
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@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
IMO Prey is the best of the recent Predator movies, by quite some distance. But the CGI is comically bad.
Possibly a topic for another thread but shit “real” SFX are still so much better than shit CGI in my opinion.
Take the original Thing some of the SFX are pretty shite even for the early 80s but it’s still a fucken classic.
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@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
IMO Prey is the best of the recent Predator movies, by quite some distance. But the CGI is comically bad.
Possibly a topic for another thread but shit “real” SFX are still so much better than shit CGI in my opinion.
Take the original Thing some of the SFX are pretty shite even for the early 80s but it’s still a fucken classic.
Yeah, I'd go models and puppets on string over shit CGI.
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@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
IMO Prey is the best of the recent Predator movies, by quite some distance. But the CGI is comically bad.
Maybe the budget for CGI was dropped when they decided it was straight to streamer rather than a cinema release?
Although I thought they were doing the invisibility effect to match the original while watching.
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Looks great
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@MiketheSnow said in Movie review thread...:
Looks great
Indeed it does. Below Deck hits the big screen
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@Tim said in Movie review thread...:
Thanks? And... fuck you?
Other notes...- First thought - has one of you fluffy-bunnies tried to get me to watch this before?
- Second - is this going to be an origin story for the bad guy from Lethal Weapon?
- After research - no - it's going to be the origin story of the guy in Cobra Kai (Yeah - Karate Kid, but he only started having flashbacks/character development in Cobra Kai)
- Trying to search for this on the raging rivers of downloads with the single word "Steele" offered me a lot of pornography. Lexxi Steele. Riley Steele. And, I'm curious.
- But... unfortunately... I found a download of Steele Justice. I now have a stupid amount of shit that you mofos have suggested I watch... I'm starting to feel like I've created a persona/gimmick here which has back-fired.
- I haven't watched Cobra Kai S4 yet... but by fuck I hope they just used scenes from this in that
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@Kruse said in Movie review thread...:
@Tim said in Movie review thread...:
Thanks? And... fuck you?
Other notes...- First thought - has one of you fluffy-bunnies tried to get me to watch this before?
- Second - is this going to be an origin story for the bad guy from Lethal Weapon?
- After research - no - it's going to be the origin story of the guy in Cobra Kai (Yeah - Karate Kid, but he only started having flashbacks/character development in Cobra Kai)
- Trying to search for this on the raging rivers of downloads with the single word "Steele" offered me a lot of pornography. Lexxi Steele. Riley Steele. And, I'm curious.
- But... unfortunately... I found a download of Steele Justice. I now have a stupid amount of shit that you mofos have suggested I watch... I'm starting to feel like I've created a persona/gimmick here which has back-fired.
- I haven't watched Cobra Kai S4 yet... but by fuck I hope they just used scenes from this in that
@Kruse I really enjoy how your movie reviews have detailed bullet points. The rest of us could learn a lot from this.
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Two-hundred million dollars. USD.
Warner Bros. Weighing Fate of ‘The Flash’ as Its Ezra Miller Problem Grows
The studio ponders three paths forward for the expensive DC film, with a worst case — if unlikely — scenario including the project being scrapped.
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@Kid-Chocolate You'd be thrilled as a shareholder wouldn't you? Burning money on people who are clearly unhinged when there's plenty of comparatively stable people you can hire.
