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Bloodfart McCoy posted:
Oh so you're one of those 8% of idiots that don't think it's a perfect film? Sorry to hear about your complete lack of taste, OP.
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Face/Off is good as long as you don't notice that it's bad that's true about everything to some degree, but Face/Off is a really potent example it's like the Looney Tunes gag where a character confidently strides off a cliff and just walks on air for a few paces, then he looks down and realizes he's not standing on anything, and that's when he falls if you watch Face/Off and the glamour never breaks you're liable to walk away not even realizing anything's amiss if you pay attention to the fact that it's bad, then it's hilarious
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Sep 6, 2022 08:26
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I seem to recall Face/Off came out during a REALLY poorly received Summer of action/adventure/spectacle movies that were very hyped up but failed to perform at the box office or with critics, and compared to those films F/O got a lot of positive buzz.
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Sep 6, 2022 08:48
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I prefer "Gone in Sixty Seconds" which has a score of 25% or "The Rock" which is at 68% I don't care what that lovely review website says and neither should anyone else
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Sep 6, 2022 08:50
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Nae posted:Let us also not forget The Rock He said joint, that's a movie
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Sep 6, 2022 08:55
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Face/Off and Con Air came out in the same month. Face/Off made more money at the box office, though.
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Sep 6, 2022 09:05
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Face ... Off. Face.... Off
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Cubone posted:Face/Off is good as long as you don't notice that it's bad wtf i thought looney tunes was real
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Sep 6, 2022 09:06
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Surprised they didn't do a Face/Off 2 as a DTV thing once DVD started to get big. Just find a sub-title that hints at it being a second film with the concept. Face/Off: Double Vision Face/Off: Two-Faced Face/Off: Second Impressions Face/Off: Face 2 Face Face/Off: To Be, or Not To Be
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Sep 6, 2022 09:12
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Cubone posted:Face/Off is good as long as you don't notice that it's bad Exactly, it owns both ways. Considering it bad means you're a downer loser and should stfu more often.
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Sep 6, 2022 09:15
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JediTalentAgent posted:Surprised they didn't do a Face/Off 2 as a DTV thing once DVD started to get big. Just find a sub-title that hints at it being a second film with the concept. Face (Off)^2
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Sep 6, 2022 09:30
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JediTalentAgent posted:Surprised they didn't do a Face/Off 2 as a DTV thing once DVD started to get big. Just find a sub-title that hints at it being a second film with the concept. Which B-movie action stars would they rope into doing this after refusing to shell out the cash for Travolta and Cage? I can totally see an absolute dogshit sequel to this movie being released in 2001 starring Val Kilmer and Van Damme.
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Sep 6, 2022 09:31
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sebmojo posted:Face ...  
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Sep 6, 2022 09:33
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I'd like to take the OP's face... off.
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Sep 6, 2022 09:39
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Did you know in the original script they had their dicks swapped? It was a very different tone and went through a lot of rewrites before the final product
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Sep 6, 2022 09:41
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When nic and travolta are fighting eachother hes having a faceoff with the guy who took his face off!! Its like poetry
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Sep 6, 2022 09:51
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pablo gbscobar posted:Which B-movie action stars would they rope into doing this after refusing to shell out the cash for Travolta and Cage? I can totally see an absolute dogshit sequel to this movie being released in 2001 starring Val Kilmer and Van Damme. Van Damme/Peter Stormare, Michael Biehn/Casper Van Dien, or Dolph Lundgren/athlete looking to get into acting all seem era appropriate.
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Sep 6, 2022 09:58
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Caesar Saladin posted:Did you know in the original script they had their dicks swapped? It was a very different tone and went through a lot of rewrites before the final product Wasn't it called Bate/Off then?
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Sep 6, 2022 10:08
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face off is a beautiful retarded john woo fever dream
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Sep 6, 2022 10:27
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JediTalentAgent posted:Van Damme/Peter Stormare, Michael Biehn/Casper Van Dien, or Dolph Lundgren/athlete looking to get into acting all seem era appropriate. Throw the Rock in there, he'll fit just right
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I remember a thread--i think it was one of the D&D current events threads--where in the course of a conversation where someone was making movie analogies, a goon realized they'd mentally merged Con Air and Air Force One into a single insane movie. From time to time I think about not being able to watch that movie.
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Nuts and Gum posted:Nah this one has gravity boots They're the same boots as the ones from the Mario Bros. movie, lol.
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JediTalentAgent posted:Surprised they didn't do a Face/Off 2 as a DTV thing once DVD started to get big. Just find a sub-title that hints at it being a second film with the concept. Face/Off: Time 2 Face the Music pablo gbscobar posted:Which B-movie action stars would they rope into doing this after refusing to shell out the cash for Travolta and Cage? I can totally see an absolute dogshit sequel to this movie being released in 2001 starring Val Kilmer and Van Damme. Giovanni Ribisi and Tony Danza
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Sep 6, 2022 13:12
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I’d like to take the OP’s face… off. E: someone already said it 
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Sep 6, 2022 13:20
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Face Off is a 2.5/5 tops Cage film. Vampires Kiss and Never on Tuesday (un-credited) are actual good Cage films.
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Sep 6, 2022 14:41
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I always forget that Gina Gershon is in Face/Off until I rewatch it
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JediTalentAgent posted:Surprised they didn't do a Face/Off 2 as a DTV thing once DVD started to get big. Just find a sub-title that hints at it being a second film with the concept. This reminds me of a film I saw on a Redbox machine when it came out and still need to catch up with: Danny Trejo and Danny Glover in Bad-rear end 2: Bad-Asses
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Sep 6, 2022 15:11
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Hey, anyone saw that recent Nic Cage movie Color out of Space? I thought it owned pretty hard, though I've only seen it once.
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Mooey Cow posted:Hey, anyone saw that recent Nic Cage movie Color out of Space? I thought it owned pretty hard, though I've only seen it once. Very good. So is Mandy. And The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. They all pale in comparison to Face/Off though, which is both peak Nic Cage and John Woo.
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Sep 6, 2022 15:22
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MrQwerty posted:I always forget that Gina Gershon is in Face/Off until I rewatch it I could eat that peach for hours. I worked in a shop and in the back room we had an old tv/vcr and only like 5 vhs tapes. One was face/off, i must have seen that movie over 100 times. I always thought i didnt like it, but i remember so many dumb lines that its nostalgia for me now. Tie your own loving shoes Pollux. Goddamn Hippy fucked around with this message at 15:28 on Sep 6, 2022 |
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Sep 6, 2022 15:23
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Mooey Cow posted:Hey, anyone saw that recent Nic Cage movie Color out of Space? I thought it owned pretty hard, though I've only seen it once. It was really good. Also seen it only once when it came out and cant really remember it. Oh. the sick dying wife or something, was too drawn out and I remember just feeling bad like it just took a step too far in some way.
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Mr. Fix It posted:my favorite cage film is The Rock. i don't think it's the best, just my favorite. That’s my favorite Cage action movie.
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There must have been a new action thriller every week in the 90s. Somehow they usually seem "bigger" than movies from the last couple of decades though. I wonder why?
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Sep 6, 2022 15:30
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Face/Off is just fun cause it's john woo, but it's nowhere near as good as Hard Boiled which is only 2% less on rotten tomatoes at 94%. That's just insanity. If we're talking Nick Cage, Pig is at 97% and the idea that Face/Off is even in the same realm as that movie is ludicrous. But who cares, watch what you want to watch. spleen merchant posted:There must have been a new action thriller every week in the 90s. Somehow they usually seem "bigger" than movies from the last couple of decades though. I wonder why? I think it's because actual effort had to go into the set pieces, lot of setup, timing, using all the tricks in book. Now it's just "we'll figure it out in post" or "we'll let the effect department handle that". It's why those (IMO anyways) Mission impossible movies have been so good as of late, and arguably the same for Top Gun Maverick, they actually make a movie, and then use some effect to clean things up. Of course, not everyone is willing to strap themselves to the side of a plane or can fly a helicopter. Biohazard fucked around with this message at 15:37 on Sep 6, 2022 |
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William Henry Hairytaint told me he thought Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans was a better movie
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Fat Dan posted:It was really good. Also seen it only once when it came out and cant really remember it. Oh. the sick dying wife or something, was too drawn out and I remember just feeling bad like it just took a step too far in some way. man when she cuts her finger off and also when she turns into a monster with her toddler and then his reaction to the whole thing at the end. That movie is great. Edit: pretty good filmed adaptation of the story, too, honestly. MrQwerty fucked around with this message at 15:43 on Sep 6, 2022 |
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I agree, OP, it's trash. Hard Target and Broken Arrow are Woo's only good US flicks.
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spleen merchant posted:There must have been a new action thriller every week in the 90s. Somehow they usually seem "bigger" than movies from the last couple of decades though. I wonder why? I still cant get my head around contemporary reviews for stuff like sudden death and rapid fire being negative because the acting and plot are somewhat subpar We were spoiled for action thrillers and we didn't know how good we had it back then
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Fat Dan posted:It was really good. Also seen it only once when it came out and cant really remember it. Oh. the sick dying wife or something, was too drawn out and I remember just feeling bad like it just took a step too far in some way. That part was a bit too much body horror for me too. I can overlook it but frankly it's part of why i haven't seen it again.
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Biohazard posted:Face/Off is just fun cause it's john woo, but it's nowhere near as good as Hard Boiled which is only 2% less on rotten tomatoes at 94%. That's just insanity. The moment that sticks out to me where CGI started ruining things in big action blockbusters was the plane crash in Air Force One. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAXO8qwlrQ8
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