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I did not enjoy Bullet Train at all and turned it off halfway through. Guy Richie/Quentin Tarantino at home is a pretty accurate description. Some people like it, but I just found it irritating and, most importantly, not funny. ATJ reminded me of Tim Roth but minus any charisma, so he was just kind of stupid and annoying.
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oh it gets worse https://twitter.com/pooroldrolotony/status/1770093102646067630?s=46&t=YuqSROOCXrcRx1gn_5vV7Q
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Big Mean Jerk posted:oh it gets worse
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Oh, this is going to be a train wreck.
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Didn't he just direct one of the worst spy movies in recent memory
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Big Mean Jerk posted:oh it gets worse I like the composition of this tweet because it makes it look like the little gun is shooting him in the head
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I haven’t seen a Kingsman movie since the first, and thought it was fine. But every time I hear he’s further expanding the ‘universe’ I wish he’d stop.
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Mar 20, 2024 01:38
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The running Thomas the Tank Engine bit in Bullet Train was no where near as funny or cute as the movie seemed to think it was
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Casimir Radon posted:I haven’t seen a Kingsman movie since the first, and thought it was fine. But every time I hear he’s further expanding the ‘universe’ I wish he’d stop. He’s basically been remaking die another day level bond films ever since
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I genuinely liked the first Kingsman and thought that it was a fun Bond subversion idea that was solid even if it wasn't high cinema or necessarily "good." I thought that the second was messy but fine and had some really good dumb fights and style even if the movie was eh and it made some really lovely decisions with the overall plot. The King's Man is pretty garbage. On the small pile of movies that I regret bothering to watch. I know "It's like X movies stapled/spliced together" is kind of a bad or lazy take...but it's about 3 movies stapled together and they're all bad. They have a little fun with the Rasputin section but that's about it. It takes a detour to be a serious War Is Hell movie and it kills the pacing. It tries to be fun at times but has a bunch of sad baggage. It starts to do silly, fun alternative history and then runs away scared from it and turns into really awful Forrest Gump poo poo going "Remember this? Lol, it's sort of like Thing that happened! Rasputin survives the poisoning and then gets shot!" It tries to do nuance and then runs away from it and can't pull it off anyway. It has weirdly bad politics. Like weirdly off. For example, canonically they go into the Boer War and the concentration camps and set up Kircher as a bad dude along with Britain being a lesser evil by a hair...then eulogize the hell out of his death and they make the whole central conflict with the villain about saving the British empire. Just messy. I didn't see Argylle but I heard that it was even worse, so lol. Or just this... CelticPredator posted:He’s basically been remaking die another day level bond films ever since I guess liking the car chase through the ice hotel as a kid is the equivalent of liking the Rasputin dance fight. Parakeet vs. Phone fucked around with this message at 02:06 on Mar 20, 2024 |
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Mar 20, 2024 02:02
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Just remembering they were so confident about that movie they were planning to make a spinoff series featuring halle berry's character lol
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Mar 20, 2024 02:09
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“Yo mama!”
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Parakeet vs. Phone posted:It takes a detour to be a serious War Is Hell movie and it kills the pacing. Literally the only war is hell thing, other than Das Boot, that I felt accomplished the job.
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When the stitched oner trench warfare scene started I became absolutely convinced that someone should forbid Vaughn from using the device ever again
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SuperMechagodzilla posted:Charismatic Bond is dead. Give me uncharismatic Bond! It's my opinion that Bond is symbolic of the 2nd Elizabethan Era and should probably stay there. In the Post-Brexit, New Carolean Age, I cannot see Bond as anything but an uncharismatic Bond whose home nation is clearly in decline.
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The Saddest Rhino posted:Didn't he just direct one of the worst spy movies in recent memory That's what makes him qualified to do Bond.
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I liked bullet train. It was stupid
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Richard Ayoade should be Bond for pure representation reasons. We haven't had a Norwegian Bond yet and he's half-Norwegian.
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Vegetable posted:It’s not like the Bond films have a heritage of hiring good directors. Also a Nolan Bond film would be incredibly up its own rear end. Nolan Bond would be redundant. Inception, Dark Knight Rises, and Tenet all had obvious Bond influences, while in turn Skyfall clearly was drawing from Nolan. The circle is already complete. The Saddest Rhino posted:Didn't he just direct one of the worst spy movies in recent memory What makes him good to do Bond, the Broccolis can control him in a way they wouldn't be able to do for Boyle or Nolan.
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John Waters is apparently back directing again, they should of gotten him to do the next bond. Ah well, maybe the one after.
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Would be absolutely fascinated with what John Waters would do with a $200 million budget and free reign of an IP.
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Big Mean Jerk posted:oh it gets worse Does this mean they’ll actually make James Bond a rapist?
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Monica Bellucci posted:Literally the only war is hell thing, other than Das Boot, that I felt accomplished the job. you've either seen exactly 2 war movies or this is the wildest thing ever posted here
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Chairman Capone posted:Nolan Bond would be redundant. Inception, Dark Knight Rises, and Tenet all had obvious Bond influences, while in turn Skyfall clearly was drawing from Nolan. The circle is already complete. Was gonna say, Batman is already basically American Bond. Come to think of it he's basically raised by retired Bond.
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DeimosRising posted:you've either seen exactly 2 war movies or this is the wildest thing ever posted here It's a common sentiment. The idea is that no matter how anti-war the intent of the filmmakers, most war films inadvertently and inherently glorify violence, and the protagonists almost always come off as heroic and noble. Whether it's making an explosion have a visceral impact or the fetishization of the machinery of war or the thrilling intensity of an aerial dogfight, even if the message is "this is all horrific and traumatizing for the characters" the audience is still titillated and thrilled, consciously or subconsciously. Maybe it's apocryphal, but they say military recruitment always goes up after big films release, no matter how anti-war the message at its heart.
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feedmyleg posted:It's a common sentiment. The idea is that no matter how anti-war the intent of the filmmakers, most war films inadvertently and inherently glorify violence, and the protagonists almost always come off as heroic and noble. Whether it's making an explosion have a visceral impact or the fetishization of the machinery of war or the thrilling intensity of an aerial dogfight, even if the message is "this is all horrific and traumatizing for the characters" the audience is still titillated and thrilled, consciously or subconsciously. Maybe it's apocryphal, but they say military recruitment always goes up after big films release, no matter how anti-war the message at its heart. So The King's Man avoids this by being too bad to glamorize anything?  It's a novel approach I guess.
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Oh. I didn't see what it was in reference to. Yeah that's nuts.
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Idk I think The Thin Red Line manages to show that war is hell without glamorizing it
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Shageletic posted:Haven't seen it! Is it worth watching? Did you see Smoking Aces? If no watch that instead. Did you like the aforementioned? Yes: see Bullet Train instead of Smoking Aces 2. No: Don't see Bullet Train. And put me down for thinking that the bit with the single shot of French countryside turning into a quagmire was good. As was the one with the improbably large pile of artillery casings. Shame about the rest of the movie.
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Vegetable posted:It’s not like the Bond films have a heritage of hiring good directors. Also a Nolan Bond film would be incredibly up its own rear end. Nolan bond would be worse than Quantum of Solace and Spectre
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Nolan has already done his cool Bond bits in Inception and Tenet, no need for any more
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mycot posted:So The King's Man avoids this by being too bad to glamorize anything? elem klimov eat your heart out
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I know it's been said before but with that title, if they don't get to do a third there's something wrong with this world.
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Zero_Grade posted:Spends the entire runtime of the movie having an exhaustive internal monologue about all the various foods and drinks he's consuming, then gets captured and does nothing of use while the Bond Girl saves the day. The Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam we deserve
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dr_rat posted:I know it's been said before but with that title, if they don't get to do a third there's something wrong with this world. "we here at Warner are so sorry about the lack of consent so b2 is woke we promise" *B³ is cancelled*
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The Saddest Rhino posted:Didn't he just direct one of the worst spy movies in recent memory Chairman Capone posted:What makes him good to do Bond, the Broccolis can control him in a way they wouldn't be able to do for Boyle or Nolan. I thought the OP was referring to Nolan because Tenent was loving horrendous.
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The Saddest Rhino posted:Just remembering they were so confident about that movie they were planning to make a spinoff series featuring halle berry's character lol LOL I remember this Still, Die Another Day is is crap but it's like 10,000x better than Argylle.
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