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The Rock can do no wrong. Except for that Witch Mountain nonsense. Faster is pretty insane.
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I’ve only seen one Fast movie and it was the first one. And I didn’t like it that much.
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Dr. Gitmo Moneyson posted:I’ve only seen one Fast movie and it was the first one. And I didn’t like it that much. The first one is a trashy b-movie made by a hack director. It's got its charms but the series has gone a long way since then
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Any time I catch the original I wonder what happened to Ja Rule.
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Dec 21, 2017 05:01
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precision posted:Y'all forgetting The Rock's greatest role, in Southland Tales
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Dec 21, 2017 05:11
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The sequel to Get Shorty, Be Cool, is bad except for the Rock.
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Dec 21, 2017 05:17
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The Rock is awesome. Critics should shut up. Don't hold it against him if people call him the biggest star in the world, he isn't claiming it. And although the role is perfect for him, he has got to flex his dramatic chops on Ballers and the results have been commendable. Pain & Gain is awesome.
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Looten Plunder posted:The Rock is awesome. Critics should shut up. Don't hold it against him if people call him the biggest star in the world, he isn't claiming it. He's the most electrifying man in all of entertainment.
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I remember when The Rock started getting into acting, Chris Jericho figured he could give it a shot too and auditioned for small roles in a bunch of movies. He didn't get cast in any of them.
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Vince tried pushing HHH super hard as well but he has no charisma so that poo poo didn't go anywhere. I mean, Blade 3 doesn't really count.
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Rhyno posted:Vince tried pushing HHH super hard as well but he has no charisma so that poo poo didn't go anywhere. I mean, Blade 3 doesn't really count. Blade 3 is literally the only thing Triple H could do, be the big dumb muscle that gets clowned in the end.
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McSpanky posted:Blade 3 is literally the only thing Triple H could do, be the big dumb muscle that gets clowned in the end. YOU SEEN MY DOG
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imo Southland Tales is a complete dogshit movie but a really really fascinating one.
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Looten Plunder posted:The Rock is awesome. Critics should shut up. Don't hold it against him if people call him the biggest star in the world, he isn't claiming it. I figured with Andre and Michael Clarke Duncan dead, people who called him that were talking literally.
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Rhyno posted:You mean Zachary Ty Bryan, the oldest child from Home Improvement right? I used to hang out with Lucas Black at the Native American festivals in Moulton when we were kids, true story. I remember my mind being blown when I first saw Sling Blade.
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Dec 21, 2017 12:10
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Escobarbarian posted:imo Southland Tales is a complete dogshit movie but a really really fascinating one. I cannot honestly figure out of Southland Tales is a good or bad film. It’s so, so, SO bad, but it’s so bad in so many specific ways that I have to wonder if the terribleness isn’t intentional. All the characters are idiots doing stupid things for inexplicable reasons. The movie doesn’t make a goddamn lick of sense unless you’ve read the three graphic novels that came out prior to the movie’s release. The high point of the movie is on the middle, and it’s a musical number starring Justin Timberlake but he’s not singing, he’s lip syncing to a Killers song. Wallace Shawn plays a mystical prophet. There’s a whole bunch of former Groundlings members playing “Neo-Marxists”. Kevin Smith plays an ex-army vet hacker who knows the explanation behind everything that’s going on... except Richard Kelly decided he didn’t like the expository nature of the scene so he cut most of it out of the film. On the other hand, so much of the film is nigh-prophetic. There’s a parallel to PRISM. Krysta Now, the porn star who has a cable channel dedicated to her reality show, is a ham fisted, obvious Kardashian analog—but Keeping Up With The Kardashians didn’t start airing until a year after the movie came out. It’s almost as if Richard Kelly’s consciousness was dropped 10 years into the future for a couple hours and felt obliged to make a movie about as much of it as he could remember as a warning.
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lelandjs posted:I cannot honestly figure out of Southland Tales is a good or bad film. It’s so, so, SO bad, but it’s so bad in so many specific ways that I have to wonder if the terribleness isn’t intentional. All the characters are idiots doing stupid things for inexplicable reasons. The movie doesn’t make a goddamn lick of sense unless you’ve read the three graphic novels that came out prior to the movie’s release. The high point of the movie is on the middle, and it’s a musical number starring Justin Timberlake but he’s not singing, he’s lip syncing to a Killers song. Wallace Shawn plays a mystical prophet. There’s a whole bunch of former Groundlings members playing “Neo-Marxists”. Kevin Smith plays an ex-army vet hacker who knows the explanation behind everything that’s going on... except Richard Kelly decided he didn’t like the expository nature of the scene so he cut most of it out of the film. Which is why it is the best Philip K. Dick movie that just happens to not be based on any Philip K. Dick novels.
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JethroMcB posted:Looking at the back half of his top 10, two are films where he had supporting roles (Get Smart and The Other Guys.) He was in the other guys for maybe four scenes too
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Rhyno posted:Any time I catch the original I wonder what happened to Ja Rule. Conning rich white kids at Fyre Festival
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Did anyone watch Big Little Lies? It's not the kind of show I ever would have bothered with, but my wife wanted to try it after all the hype and award nominations. I realize I'm not the target audience, I can't say I LIKE it, and I hate all the characters except Adam Scott, but despite all that, it's really well done. We're almost done with the third of seven episodes, and I like the way it's framed -- almost like True Detective Season 1.
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The couple of people I asked about it basically said that it was really well done but was basically just a really well done soap opera and wasn't really for me. They felt like I'd hate it if it wasn't so good but it might be good enough for me to enjoy. Which was a measured enough recommendation that its kind of on my long list but I'm not rushing to it over shows I think I'll enjoy more.
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Big Little Lies was way better than I expected, especially in the second half. I’d definitely recommend it to people. Although I kind of question anyone who hates every character except Adam Scott. You hate abuse victim Nicole Kidman and struggling teenage mother Shailene Woodley but manchild husband Adam Scott is cool?
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Escobarbarian posted:Big Little Lies was way better than I expected, especially in the second half. I’d definitely recommend it to people. To be honest, I wasn't even thinking about them. I was mostly thinking about how annoying Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern are in their flashier roles, and the other two didn't even come to mind at the moment. I just blanked -- my bad. But I hate Kidman's character's abusive husband, and I don't remember the last time I've wanted a character to get some horrible comeuppance this badly. Big Bad Voodoo Lou fucked around with this message at 23:05 on Dec 21, 2017 |
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UnquietDream posted:Which is why it is the best Philip K. Dick movie that just happens to not be based on any Philip K. Dick novels. I'm stealing this because it's the perfect way to describe Southland Tales.
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I think if you're on episode three of seven, it's reasonable to hate most of the characters, and yes to find Witherspoon and Dern frustrating. What I like about it is that early on you think it's a show about these shallow rich women obsessing over their children because they have nothing else in their lives -- but that's a surface reading that the show criticises as it goes on. The final episode deals with this in a big way, but there's also a small moment later on that exemplifies it, when Shailene Woodley simply apologises and explains to Laura Dern what was happening, and Laura Dern accepts the apology and says sorry for her own part in things, and that's it! There's no sniping or bitching, they're both stressed mothers dealing with poo poo in their lives but can come to an understanding and then build a friendship from there. That's either in episode six or seven, I can't quite remember. Anyway, I love Big Little Lies! Number one in my top ten list for sure. Edit: haha I just looked at my post history in this thread and it is just a single page of me talking about Big Little Lies. What can I say, I'm a fan.
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IRQ posted:Two is real bad, but keep going and you won't regret it. 2F2F is worth it for EJECTO SEATO I thought Tokyo Drift was the worst one myself, although I enjoy the idea of the time travel shenanigans required to make it plausible to be the 6th movie chronologically. The series as a whole gets a lot better once it stops trying to take itself seriously and realizes "these are action movies where we have cars instead of stuntmen." Which is strange that it took so long considering the first movie is Point Break But Cars Instead of Surfboards. raditts fucked around with this message at 00:26 on Dec 22, 2017 |
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raditts posted:2F2F is worth it for EJECTO SEATO Worth it for Lil' Bow Wow
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The first F&F is great just because its a heist movie where the big-ticket items they're stealing are bulky CRTs and DVD players and camcorders.
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I want to see a Venn diagram of people who love F&F, SoA, and who also think John Wick is the greatest action movie of the 21st century. Trash opinions. nate fisher fucked around with this message at 01:24 on Dec 22, 2017 |
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Look I’m with you on a lot of that but John Wick is loving rad and only a monster would disagree
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nate fisher posted:I want to see a Venn diagram of people who love F&F, SoA, and who also think John Wick is the greatest action movie of the 21st century. Trash opinions. Sons of Anarchy is the only bad thing you mentioned though????
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Escobarbarian posted:Look I’m with you on a lot of that but John Wick is loving rad and only a monster would disagree John Wick is legit. Some of John Wick 2 is good, and the other bits have Ruby Rose in them.
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Escobarbarian posted:Look I’m with you on a lot of that but John Wick is loving rad and only a monster would disagree It’s good I agree. It is just the same people telling me how it’s the greatest action movie of like the last 10 years (myself I would say Raid 2 is) seem to also love the F&F movies. That said I stand by F&F is not good at all. They are awful like lovely Michael Bay movies.
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Since the murder I'd pretty much given up on the shooty-shooty-bang-gang genre but last night I gave John Wick a rewatch and I'd be lying if I said I didn't still love it. I think it's time to watch the sequel.
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Rocksicles posted:John Wick is legit. my dude. yes it is.
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Finished Big Little Lies, and I admit it, it was good, even if I still disliked most of the women (not Nicole Kidman and Shailene Woodley's characters) and all the men except Adam Scott, a decent guy who got poo poo on by everyone. But I liked how in the end, they all worked out their differences, helped each other in a moment of crisis, and became friends. John Wick 1 and 2 are among the best action movies of the 21st Century, alongside The Raid 1 and 2 and Mad Max: Fury Road. That's probably my top five. I can't think of anything else that even comes close to those, quality-wise. Big Bad Voodoo Lou fucked around with this message at 06:11 on Dec 22, 2017 |
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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:I can't think of anything else that even comes close to those, quality-wise. It’s a complete love letter to 80s and 90s martial arts action movies, so if you don’t dig things like Hard Target and Rapid Fire it won’t be for you, but Ninja 2: Shadow of a Tear is up there for me. It hits all the tropes and does it all so well. No need to see the original either!
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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:Finished Big Little Lies, and I admit it, it was good, even if I still disliked most of the women (not Nicole Kidman and Shailene Woodley's characters) and all the men except Adam Scott. But I liked how in the end, they all worked out their differences, helped each other in a moment of crisis, and became friends. The best action movie of the last couple years is War of the Planet of the Apes. Also the best movie for CGI, CGI Apes, Apes. Best movie starring Roger Cross, and best thing Steve Zahn has done, ever.
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ShakeZula posted:Re: USA procedural chat, the secret superstar of that era to me was Covert Affairs. It began as very much a "sexy FBI rookie gets involved in international schemes involving her shady ex-boyfriend" kind of fluff show, but by the end it was a genuinely well-crafted spy drama. I was sad to see it end. Covert Affairs was pretty great. Piper Perabo should be a huge TV star imo. She's a lot like Sarah Michelle Gellar in that she isn't super talented, like she's so oscar calibre actress, but she's charismatic as hell and that really works for the lead of a TV show. Shame Perabo's second TV endeavour sucked.
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Rocksicles posted:The best action movie of the last couple years is War of the Planet of the Apes. Also the best movie for CGI, CGI Apes, Apes. Best movie starring Roger Cross, and best thing Steve Zahn has done, ever. I gotta disagree on the Steve Zahn thing. A Perfect Getaway is a perfect movie.
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