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I watched Sleeping With Other People this weekend and I loved it, one of the best rom coms I've ever seen. I was bound to like it based on the cast alone, but it really mixed up the formula just enough to be different. Mantzoukas really shines through, the Malcolm Gladwell joke killed me.
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Wheelman was pretty dope. Still sad Grillo isn't Frank Castle. Crossbones was utterly wasted in the Captain America films.
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Oct 23, 2017 18:46
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Just watch The Purge Anarchy, he's basically the punisher in that movie.
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The purge movies, specifically 2 and 3 are my biggest guilty pleasures.
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2 and 3 are legitimately great action movies that have a lot of heart.
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James Woods Fan posted:Wheelman was pretty dope. Still sad Grillo isn't Frank Castle. Crossbones was utterly wasted in the Captain America films. He said something recently about somehow coming back to the roll because of people talking about him. So we might see some flashbacks or something. But yeah, I love John Berenthal but he would be an amazing Punisher.
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Wasn't Crossbones merely exploded while inside a force field? No reason he couldn't have survived that.
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tweet my meat posted:2 and 3 are legitimately great action movies that have a lot of heart. Compared to what? Actual movies?
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Junkie Disease posted:Compared to what? Yes. 
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Anyone have any good recanfor action movies that are sort of uh, contained for a lack of a better word. I realized all of my favorite recent action movies are like that. Wheelman, dredd, mad max fury road... Basically stuff with a simple story, tense, usually plays out in almost real time.
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veni veni veni posted:dredd Not on streaming, but The Raid.
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veni veni veni posted:Basically stuff with a simple story, tense, usually plays out in almost real time. I didn't care for it but Train to Busan meets all those criteria. Green Room and Don't Breathe are both very dope but lean more on thriller side of things than action. Shoot 'Em Up is on HBO Go if you have that.
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veni veni veni posted:Anyone have any good recanfor action movies that are sort of uh, contained for a lack of a better word. I realized all of my favorite recent action movies are like that. Wheelman, dredd, mad max fury road... Apocalypto
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Headshot is Indonesian action too and wasn’t awful. Lady bloodfight was uhh a thing. Catfight was hilarious and brutal. John Wick 2 just dropped on HBO
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I'll check out Shoot Em Up and A MIRACLE's recs. All the other stuff owns but I've seen it (Except train to Busan wasn't my thing) Green room was actually supposed to be on my list but I forgot to put it in there.
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I thought Shoot Em Up was amazing action-movie satire when I first saw it. I mean, Jesus Christ, when the protagonist eats carrots they pull things into focus to show you that his eyesight is literally and immediately improved. Then I watched an interview the the director and, uhhh, I don't think he meant it to be satirical. He unironically thought this was a serious action movie that he was making. But it doesn't matter, it's still a great watch.
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tetrapyloctomy posted:I thought Shoot Em Up was amazing action-movie satire when I first saw it. I mean, Jesus Christ, when the protagonist eats carrots they pull things into focus to show you that his eyesight is literally and immediately improved. Then I watched an interview the the director and, uhhh, I don't think he meant it to be satirical. He unironically thought this was a serious action movie that he was making. When someone explained to me that it's basically a giant bugs bunny and Elmer Fudd cartoon, I was like 
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veni veni veni posted:Anyone have any good recanfor action movies that are sort of uh, contained for a lack of a better word. I realized all of my favorite recent action movies are like that. Wheelman, dredd, mad max fury road... If you haven't seen Die Hard, it's ground zero for this subgenre. Sudden Death, The Relic, and Speed are also good examples. Ugly In The Morning posted:When someone explained to me that it's basically a giant bugs bunny and Elmer Fudd cartoon, I was like Reading on these forums years ago that the female lead is literally brought into the story because of her breasts was mind blowing.
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X-Ray Pecs posted:If you haven't seen Die Hard, it's ground zero for this subgenre. Sudden Death, The Relic, and Speed are also good examples. You forgot Under Siege!
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veni veni veni posted:Anyone have any good recanfor action movies that are sort of uh, contained for a lack of a better word. I realized all of my favorite recent action movies are like that. Wheelman, dredd, mad max fury road... Universal Soldier: Regeneration
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Megaman's Jockstrap posted:Universal Soldier: Regeneration on that note, the follow-up to that day of reckoning was not as contained but a lot better than i expected it to be
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Filthy Hans posted:1922, on the other hand, is a slog, although Thomas Jane really does give it his all Most films based off of Steven King books are total slogs. (Night Shift... not even once) Thomas Jane is a treasure though. He acts his rear end in everything, regardless of quality. The Punisher and Stand-Off are both guilty pleasures of mine (both on Netflix). Stand-Off also has Laurence Fishburne chewing the scenery like a maniac. I was not expecting a movie about a man trying to prevent a hitman from coming up a staircase to be so entertaining.
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LadyPictureShow posted:Most films based off of Steven King books are total slogs. (Night Shift... not even once) Don't forget about his role on the criminally underrated The Expanse.
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Was The Hateful Eight just added to US netflix? I could swear I searched Tarantino just the other day and didn't see it.
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drunken officeparty posted:Was The Hateful Eight just added to US netflix? I could swear I searched Tarantino just the other day and didn't see it. Literally today, yeah
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drunken officeparty posted:Was The Hateful Eight just added to US netflix? I could swear I searched Tarantino just the other day and didn't see it. I suppose I should revisit this one. It just did not click for me on first viewing at all.
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Sand Monster posted:I suppose I should revisit this one. It just did not click for me on first viewing at all.
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Sand Monster posted:I suppose I should revisit this one. It just did not click for me on first viewing at all. It's not my favorite Tarantino, but even his worst (Jackie Brown) is still pretty good.
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drunken officeparty posted:It's not my favorite Tarantino, but even his worst (Jackie Brown) is still pretty good. Jackie Brown remains Tarantino's best movie by far.
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The problem with a discussion about Tarantino rankings is that there's such a clear transition from his more grounded films like Jackie Brown and Pulp Fiction(although obviously they're not "grounded" by most director's standards) and everything post-Kill Bill. Stuff like Django Unchained and Inglorious Basterds are so incredibly stylized that they're hard to compare to his older work. The technical elements seem to have steadily improved his whole career, but at the same time he started telling more and more ridiculous stories.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Jackie Brown remains Tarantino's best movie by far. Ah I see you subscribe to the "be totally wrong" school of thought.
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drunken officeparty posted:Ah I see you subscribe to the "be totally wrong" school of thought. You really should try turning your monitor on before you post
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Jackie Brown remains Tarantino's best movie by far. His worst is Death Proof
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Franchescanado posted:His worst is Death Proof Death Proof owns, you're wrong. Hateful Eight is easily his worst and Jackie Brown is great, just not the usual Tarantino style and dialog.
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Franchescanado posted:His worst is Death Proof I'd say his worst is Kill Bill, I quite like Death Proof.
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Fayez Butts posted:Death Proof owns, you're wrong. Hateful Eight is easily his worst and Jackie Brown is great, just not the usual Tarantino style and dialog. Speaking of Jackie Brown, is that Tarantino's only adapted work?
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drunken officeparty posted:It's not my favorite Tarantino, but even his worst (Jackie Brown) is still pretty good. Jackie Brown is Tarantino's best by a country mile.
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Fayez Butts posted:Death Proof owns, you're wrong. Hateful Eight is easily his worst and Jackie Brown is great, just not the usual Tarantino style and dialog. As others mentioned, saying it's the worst Tarantino doesn't necessarily mean it's bad.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:I'd say his worst is Kill Bill, I quite like Death Proof. I wasn't a big fan the first time I saw it, but I've grown to appreciate it. I really liked it the last time I watched it (about a year ago?)
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