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LesterGroans posted:Duvall in Jack Reacher was lovely though. Yeah, he really shines in that movie. The supporting cast in general – David Oyelowo, Richard Jenkins, Rosamund Pike, Werner Herzog, loving Jai Courtney somehow, Robert Duvall – does a lot to lift that movie up. Whereas the sequel had, what, Cobie Smulders?
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Sir Kodiak posted:Yeah, he really shines in that movie. The supporting cast in general – David Oyelowo, Richard Jenkins, Rosamund Pike, Werner Herzog, loving Jai Courtney somehow, Robert Duvall – does a lot to lift that movie up. Whereas the sequel had, what, Cobie Smulders? Yeah, the lack of memorable supporting characters really sink the film. Like you said, even Jai Courtney was really good in the first film. The second one had... a barely compelling surrogate family thing going on? It was a real bummer coming off the first movie.
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I like the second one because it's the most "help, I'm getting old" movie I've seen Tom Cruise do.
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I think Steven Seagal sets the bar for that sort of thing, and makes everyone else look better by comparison.
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Jai Courtney is totally fine when the movie gives him something to actually do; he was actually really good on Spartacus, even. I will say, though, I'm kind of pissed that he of all people blew up and yet Peter Mensah and Manu Bennett are still C-listers.
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Has it been mentioned how much bigger of a role Idris Elba is getting in Thor 3?
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Drew Goddard is directing and writing X-Force. http://deadline.com/2017/09/x-force-drew-goddard-director-ryan-reynolds-x-men-cable-josh-brolin-fox-1202163706/
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The MSJ posted:Drew Goddard is directing and writing X-Force. bleh
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Should I care about X-Force? I see it has (had?) deadpool and cable but it looks serious and that doesn't sound good.
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Freakazoid_ posted:Should I care about X-Force? I see it has (had?) deadpool and cable but it looks serious and that doesn't sound good. It's going to be a sequel to Deadpool 2 with even more teammates, so calibrate your anticipation around that.
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LORD OF BOOTY posted:and yet Peter Mensah and Manu Bennett are still C-listers. So loving true, especially Bennett. He took what should have been a completely one note character and made him, well, not. You totally understood and empathised with his constant directionless rage and antagonism. It was kind of like the Hound, but done way better. Spartacus in general was 'Game of Thrones, but better' Mensah is a treasure, but he's probably too old to do anything but compete with Lance Reddick for 'muscular mid-tier authority figures who are played by an actor who should be above this poo poo' kind of roles.
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I wanna see Mensah do a dad-action movie, like Taken but without the weird racism.
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sassassin posted:I like the second one because it's the most "help, I'm getting old" movie I've seen Tom Cruise do. Yet the Mission Impossible movies kick rear end
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LORD OF BOOTY posted:I wanna see Mensah do a dad-action movie, like Taken but without the weird racism. Peter Mensah vs the Ku Klux Klan. Directed by Kim Jee Woon. You're welcome Hollywood.
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Snowman_McK posted:So loving true, especially Bennett. He took what should have been a completely one note character and made him, well, not. You totally understood and empathised with his constant directionless rage and antagonism. It was kind of like the Hound, but done way better. Spartacus in general was 'Game of Thrones, but better' Everybody in Spartacus nailed it , but Jai Courtney somehow got away with a career.He just keeps doing flaming garbage so it will catch up to him. I miss spartacus so bad, never felt so attached to characters than watching that show.
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Snowman_McK posted:So loving true, especially Bennett. He took what should have been a completely one note character and made him, well, not. You totally understood and empathised with his constant directionless rage and antagonism. It was kind of like the Hound, but done way better. Spartacus in general was 'Game of Thrones, but better' Mensah is fantastic on Midnight, Texas.
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I just now realise the X-Force member I want to see the most is Dr Nemesis. He's a mutant who can mess with your (or any creature's) DNA and very strongly believes in the power of science. He also dresses like some sort 1950s hero who fight mobsters. 
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Dr. Nemesis was very entertaining as was the rest of the XClub. Him and Fantomex were great personalities and additions.
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Is Dr.Nemesis I loving LOVE SCIENCE but in superhero form?
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Thor as Jack Burton is perfect. As is Thor as rich space brat.
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Detective No. 27 posted:I see that Taika Waititi is angling to do the Big Trouble in Little China remake. We should all be so lucky.
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SolidSnakesBandana posted:Yet the Mission Impossible movies kick rear end Almost all Tom Cruise movies are good, watching Jack Reacher struggle with getting older (via generational drama, falling down a lot etc.) is simply what makes that particular Tom Cruise movie special.
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sassassin posted:Almost all Tom Cruise movies are good, watching Jack Reacher struggle with getting older (via generational drama, falling down a lot etc.) is simply what makes that particular Tom Cruise movie special. The Mummy 2017 would be the outlier in this equation
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Burkion posted:The Mummy 2017 would be the outlier in this equation Nah, there are some others. Knight and Day, Mission: Impossible 2, Rock of Ages, Far and Away, just off the top of my head...
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"You know what ole' Thor says when the pillars of Asgard shake and the poison arrows start raining from the sky?...Give me your best shot, I can take it!!!"
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Ya know what ole Thor Odinson always says, what the hel.
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Timby posted:Nah, there are some others. Knight and Day, Mission: Impossible 2, Rock of Ages, Far and Away, just off the top of my head... I will hear no poo poo talked about Mission Impossible 2. What a great movie, the behind the scenes were particularly interesting. There's like 5 super intense unique stunts in that movie. Like in the beginning where Tom Cruise is rock climbing without a rope? That's actually Tom Cruise doing that, for real. Evidently John Woo was really scared that he was going to be responsible for killing Tom Cruise. And don't forget about Tom Crooze
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Inescapable Duck posted:Good ole Thor Odinson. How I hate him. Nice hammer. Goodbye, mr odinson
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Timby posted:Nah, there are some others. Knight and Day, Mission: Impossible 2, Rock of Ages, Far and Away, just off the top of my head... Rock of Ages is a really cool movie with a really transcendently terrible lead performance from That Guy With The Long Hair Who Sucked. Tom Cruise was phenomenal in it. He really came very easily to the role of "rock star who stopped giving a poo poo"
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K. Waste posted:I also am a huge softie for MI2 and think it's a pretty easy call for second best MI movie given that I always found Abrams/Bird's flicks pretty milquetoast. Like, it's definitely funnier It's the worst in the series. By a wide margin.
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Snowman_McK posted:It's the worst in the series. By a wide margin. I agree that it is the worst in the series. But we're talking about a series of exclusively good movies
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SolidSnakesBandana posted:I agree that it is the worst in the series. But we're talking about a series of exclusively good movies With the exception of MI2, which is somehow a dopey action movie and also really dull.
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Snowman_McK posted:With the exception of MI2, which is somehow a dopey action movie and also really dull. You straight trippin, B. It's a John Woo action movie through and through. But its OK if you don't like it, we can still be friends 
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SolidSnakesBandana posted:You straight trippin, B. It's a John Woo action movie through and through. But its OK if you don't like it, we can still be friends Its cool I loving love MI2 as well. Its just ridiculous in a great John Woo way. Then again, Face/Off is loving retarded and I love that movie as well.
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SolidSnakesBandana posted:You straight trippin, B. It's a John Woo action movie through and through. But its OK if you don't like it, we can still be friends John Woo action movies are, with, like three exceptions, bad (Hard Boiled, the Killer and the one with JCVD) but they're not dull. MI2 is bad and also dull. The most entertaining part is wondering how the flashback pause in the building got approved. I don't know if you remember the scene, but Ethan is about to destroy the virus, thus ending the plot, when he pauses and flashes back to people telling him how important it is that he destroys the virus. In the pause, the villains burst in. It's one of the dumbest things I've ever watched.
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