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"What if a middle-aged white man in a humdrum job realized his reality was an illusion and the world secretly revolved around him?" This burning, important question has previously been examined in such films as: The Truman Show The Matrix The Lego Movie Stranger than Fiction and, to a certain extent Fight Club. But the question has never been satisfactorily answered apparently because we as a society seem desperate to explore every possible facet and iteration of this ageless riddle. Does Free Guy (2021) starring Ryan Reynolds of Green Lantern fame finally cut the Gordian knot? When Guy calls all the NPCs together and tells them that they're all the Special and they need to unite against the evil Lord Business before he destroys their world, does it offer deeper insight than when Emmett called all the Lego people together and told them that they are all the Special and need to unite against Lord Business before he destroys their world? And what about Molotov Girl? Does she more fully embody the archetype of the offbeat girl that snaps the middle-aged white man out of his illusions than Trinity, Wyldstyle, that girl who moved to Figi, or the girl who wouldn't pay her taxes? Or the girl in Fight Club if there is a girl in Fight Club? It really makes you think. As a middle-aged white man, I am desperate for someone to finally reveal to me that I have unlimited power so that I might answer the question for myself. Alas, I'm still stuck in the real world. Or am I? 4/10 for having even less new to say than the last five tries. I was able to amuse myself, as a toddler might, by spotting the toys I recognized on the screen.
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Wait is this another movie I just recovered from Turning Red. I'll check it out tomorrow Ugh what channel can I stream it on I can't sleep anyway. Treecko fucked around with this message at 03:57 on Mar 31, 2022 |
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Mar 31, 2022 03:55
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Treecko posted:Wait is this another movie I just recovered from Turning Red. No just watch Turning Red again. It's a better use of your time.
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Mar 31, 2022 03:56
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You should get a front page article series titled "A grown man watches movies for children"
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Mar 31, 2022 03:59
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Jabberlock posted:You should get a front page article series titled "A grown man watches movies for children" I should!
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Mar 31, 2022 04:00
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Also they need to put the Dwight Pranks on the front page because that poo poo is fire.
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Mar 31, 2022 04:01
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Im probably the last weirdo to access the forums via the frontpage. I just keep hoping I guess
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Mar 31, 2022 04:02
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I throughly enjoyed Rio and Rio 2 but I don't have an article about them.
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Mar 31, 2022 04:04
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I watched the entirety of Rio just for the scene in the trailer where the beachball bounces off the girl's butt. It wasn't worth it.
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Mar 31, 2022 04:06
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In retrospect I didn't even need to see the movie because the entire butt part was in the trailer.
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Mar 31, 2022 04:09
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Applewhite posted:In retrospect I didn't even need to see the movie because the entire butt part was in the trailer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_LeJfn_qW0
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Mar 31, 2022 04:37
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Ryan Reynolds seems like a less-realized Paul Rudd
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Mar 31, 2022 04:39
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Ryan Reynolds is just the rich man's Dane Cook.
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Mar 31, 2022 04:44
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kntfkr posted:Ryan Reynolds is just the rich man's Dane Cook. 
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kntfkr posted:Dane Cook. Now that's a name I haven't heard in a long time
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Mar 31, 2022 05:45
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i've seen a poster around here that would blow dane cook
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Mar 31, 2022 05:54
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If the titular guy is so "free" then how come I have to pay to watch his antics? ANSWER ME "PRESIDENT" BIDEN!
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Mar 31, 2022 06:15
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Does Total Recall count among the movies listed in the OP? Discuss.
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Mar 31, 2022 14:00
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I liked Ryan Reynolds in 'Voices' where he's an unmedicated schizophrenic and talks to animals and severed heads. Detective Pikachu and Deadpool are fine too.
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Mar 31, 2022 14:10
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Oh and my grandma uses his cell phone network
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Mar 31, 2022 14:12
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Poop
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I personally look forward to the protagonist earning the trust of a crew of allies who are not straight white men aged 21-40 and who each possess a unique skill that can assist, but not overshadow, him.
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Mar 31, 2022 14:17
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Are that styls guys' threads spreading?
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Mar 31, 2022 14:25
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Applewhite posted:"What if a middle-aged white man in a humdrum job realized his reality was an illusion and the world secretly revolved around him?"
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Mar 31, 2022 14:28
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Prettz posted:not exactly what happens in fight club Notice how Fight Club is off to the side with a caveat describing it as an edge case.
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In Fight Club the protagonist's world is not an "illusion" in the same sense as The Matrix and The Truman Show but he becomes disillusioned with the hollowness of the commercialized middle class lifestyle, so it's "illusory" in a more metaphorical sense. Through this revelation, the protagonist's true powers are unlocked and he becomes important.
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Mar 31, 2022 14:33
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reality gay, so what
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You've really talked me out of ever wanting to watch this movie thank you for saving 2 hours of my time. I watched Fight Club once because Edward Norton is cute. Too bad he's apparently an rear end in a top hat and hard to work with.
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Mar 31, 2022 15:07
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Applewhite posted:In Fight Club the protagonist's world is not an "illusion" in the same sense as The Matrix and The Truman Show but he becomes disillusioned with the hollowness of the commercialized middle class lifestyle, so it's "illusory" in a more metaphorical sense. Through this revelation, the protagonist's true powers are unlocked and he becomes important. It's also about toxic masculinity though.
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Escape From Noise posted:It's also about toxic masculinity though. I met the author once on a plane and he confirmed it was actually about men loving each other in bathhouses.
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Applewhite posted:I met the author once on a plane and he confirmed it was actually about men loving each other in bathhouses. Tomato, tomato
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Mar 31, 2022 15:18
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I wish a Free Guy would Finally Answer the Question of if there's boobs in this movie or what
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Mar 31, 2022 15:23
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There's some brief shots of that include cleavage but not much.
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Mar 31, 2022 15:25
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Free Fucker
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Lil Swamp Booger Baby posted:Free Fucker WHERE???
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Mar 31, 2022 15:38
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Yeah but this one has Taika Waitititititi acting like himself and mugging so
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Mar 31, 2022 16:01
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The movie has very little fanservice outside blink-and-you'll-miss-it videogame references. There's the Megaman buster cannon and the Halo Tank drives by in the background and stuff like that. Yeah and Taika Watiti I guess.
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Wait. Video game content makes movies better? NOW I'm confused!
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Mar 31, 2022 16:20
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Yuck I'll just watch Encanto and Ready Player One
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Ready player 1.5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_G-UinDTdc
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