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temery said:
I just finished watching it and I thought it was absolutely terrible. I've been a fan of Ryan Reynolds movies, but his schtick is growing old. He seems to play the same character in every movie, +/- the profanity/vulgarity depending on the target audience.
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I think it is growing old a bit, but I also think it's the kind of thing that needs to be well executed to work. It wasn't in that movie.
 
Man I'm getting cheated on my free Apple + trial. Power has been out for almost 48 hours. Can't watch nothing.
 
as an aside, I just learned that this actor was in Animal House and My Cousin Vinny. There should be a thread for Most Successful Underrated Actors. I didn't know his name and he's been acting for 47 years

 
Kolumbo said:
as an aside, I just learned that this actor was in Animal House and My Cousin Vinny. There should be a thread for Most Successful Underrated Actors. I didn't know his name and he's been acting for 47 years

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I don't know how you missed McGill being in AH & MCV.

Other notable movies: Lincoln, Law Abiding Citizen, W., Cinderella Man, Live From Baghdad, Sum of All Fears, Ali, Shallow Hal, Legend of Bagger Vance, Courage Under Fire, The Last Boy Scout, Silkwood... 168 roles in movies and TV total.
 
nwhoopfan said:
Man I'm getting cheated on my free Apple + trial. Power has been out for almost 48 hours. Can't watch nothing.
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Just pay the $6.
 
storrsroars said:
I don't know how you missed McGill being in AH & MCV.

Other notable movies: Lincoln, Law Abiding Citizen, W., Cinderella Man, Live From Baghdad, Sum of All Fears, Ali, Shallow Hal, Legend of Bagger Vance, Courage Under Fire, The Last Boy Scout, Silkwood... 168 roles in movies and TV total.
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Bruce McGill isn't even a "That-Guy" anymore.

BTW, How could you put "Time Cop" in the "..."?
 
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Husky25 said:
BTW, How could you put "Time Cop" in the "..."?
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You really have to ask that?

Would you include "Jaws: The Revenge" when summing up highlights of Michael Caine's career?
 
storrsroars said:
You really have to ask that?

Would you include "Jaws: The Revenge" when summing up highlights of Michael Caine's career?
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No, but I'd put "Mr. Destiny" in there. ;)

"Time Cop">>>>>>>>>>>>>>>...>>>>>>>>>>>>>"Jaws: The Revenge."
 
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The Critical Drinker didn't like Gladiator 2. Said it was the same plot as the first.
 
storrsroars said:
I don't know how you missed McGill being in AH & MCV.

Other notable movies: Lincoln, Law Abiding Citizen, W., Cinderella Man, Live From Baghdad, Sum of All Fears, Ali, Shallow Hal, Legend of Bagger Vance, Courage Under Fire, The Last Boy Scout, Silkwood... 168 roles in movies and TV total.
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I'd add Matchstick Men to this list, just watched it in the first time in forever last night, inspired by this thread.
 
It was throwback night last night. "Matchstick Men" is entertaining. Nic Cage, Sam Rockwell, Alison Lohman in a little tale about con artists and sudden unexpected paternal responsibilities.

Also watched "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang." I'd argue that was the beginning of Robert Downey, Jr.'s career renaissance. Seems largely overlooked, but very enjoyable twisty neo noir with a fair dose of snarkiness. RDJ, Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan, Corbin Bernsen.

Both almost 20 years old, have held up well.
 
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temery said:
I just finished watching it and I thought it was absolutely terrible. I've been a fan of Ryan Reynolds movies, but his schtick is growing old. He seems to play the same character in every movie, +/- the profanity/vulgarity depending on the target audience.
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That’s because you are old and crusty and probably didn’t understand 75% of the jokes.

It was perfectly watchable but not exceptional.
 
Alien Romulus

This is most recent installment of the Alien series. The plot essentially was a modernized version of the original Alien in much the same way that Star Wars: The Force Awakens was a modernized version of A New Hope. To me, the Prometheus diversion in Alien was only fair, so I enjoyed the throwback to the original movie. It does have some references to the second movie Aliens and the Prometheus goo, but mostly it is Alien with a new wrinkle or two. I enjoyed it.
 
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ZooCougar said:
That’s because you are old and crusty and probably didn’t understand 75% of the jokes.

It was perfectly watchable but not exceptional.
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I totally understand why you would be a fan of someone who says the same thing over and over again.
 
Alien Romulus. Looks like @CL82 and I chose the same Saturday night movie. I was a little concerned that the formula would be stale by now but they did a really nice job of weaving a new story with solid characters around the original. Basically it’s a story interrupted by the aliens. A few scares and a lot of tense moments. Cailee Spaney looks like a rising star as the protagonist Rain (she was in Civil War too). Rain is quite clever and that’s a welcome wrinkle. One fun nod to Ripley in this. No spoilers. Good movie. Free on Disney+
 
HuskyHawk said:
Deadpool & Wolverine. Finally streaming for free on Disney+. This is mostly what you expect. Over the top, vulgar, crude and really quite funny. Reynolds has this down now. Many digs at 20th Century Fox. Jackman is still a great Wolverine. Some of the sex jokes just miss the mark, but there were laugh out loud moments as well. The dog, oh my God, the dog. Loads of cameos, I won't spoil them. Reynolds put his whole family in Deadpool outfits, even the kids (and Blake Lively definitely rocked that costume). Very cool that Paul Mullins was added as WelshPool. Look, they obviously had a blast doing this and it shows. It's just silly fun, doesn't take itself at all seriously.
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I'm hoping it was the absurd end of this awful multiverse direction they went in and this is just them making fun of themselves.
 
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storrsroars said:
Would you include "Jaws: The Revenge" when summing up highlights of Michael Caine's career?
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I swear whenever I read or seen a feature on Caine's career over the years, they always mention Jaws: The Revenge.
 
ZooCougar said:
I'm hoping it was the absurd end of this awful multiverse direction they went in and this is just them making fun of themselves.
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They were clearly not taking it seriously in this one. But Disney can be counted on to do the wrong thing. They are the Jim Cramer of entertainment.
 
HuskyHawk said:
They were clearly not taking it seriously in this one. But Disney can be counted on to do the wrong thing. They are the Jim Cramer of entertainment.
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They don't seem to understand the power of the vehicles they buy up. Thus they run them into the ground.

Disney seems to mostly be about vertical integration and exploiting intellectual property that they already own, rather than optimizing the product they are putting out there. On the other hand, I'm sure we can all look forward to "Deadpool and Wolverine: The Ride" to open up in Orlando.
 
CL82 said:
They don't seem to understand the power of the vehicles they buy up. Thus they run them into the ground.

Disney seems to mostly be about vertical integration and exploiting intellectual property that they already own, rather than optimizing the product they are putting out there. On the other hand, I'm sure we can all look forward to "Deadpool and Wolverine: The Ride" to open up in Orlando.
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Not going to go too much into the why, as it would get the thread locked. But we've seen frequent brand mistakes (including very recently) from brands trying to expand to new audiences in a way that drives the old customers away. That's what Disney has done far too often. They also tend to try to put cute robots or other things in stories to sell toys/rides etc. Note that Rogue One didn't have any of that, nor did Andor, the two best things Disney did with Star Wars. So far they've been a huge negative for Pixar, Star Wars and Marvel.
 
I saw Gladiator II

It's worth watching if you loved the first one, if only for Denzel. They definitely did the "let's just run that back again" thing, the only real difference being Denzel's character, which started out like Oliver Reed's but ended up in a much different place.

It was entertaining but it was also super corny.

The CGI was terrible and there were at least 2 moments in the film that made half the theater burst out in laughter: (1) the bust looking exactly like Paul Mescal and (2) Pedro Pascal's servant slinking away backwards like she was in a meme.
 
Christmas on Mars. Official holiday kickoff for me.

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HuskyHawk said:
The CGI in Alien Romulus is spectacular. The key is in not relying on it too much.
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I never thought about that until you mentioned it, which probably is the best testament that it was good. I'm not sure how much of it were CGI and how much were practical effects, which, again, means that it was done pretty well.
 
CL82 said:
I never thought about that until you mentioned it, which probably is the best testament that it was good. I'm not sure how much of it were CGI and how much were practical effects, which, again, means that it was done pretty well.
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Exactly. Never felt like "I'm watching CGI" like you do with some Marvel stuff or Avatar etc. Yet the space ship stuff and space had to be right?
 
"Widow Clicquot" is on Netflix. Based on real events. During Napoleon's reign in France, in the Champagne region. Haley Bennett stars as a widow trying to keep a winery afloat, with many things stacked against her. It's fairly slow paced, but interesting enough. A lot of flashbacks, constantly back and forth between time frames. Also with Sam Riley, not sure if he does anything other than period pieces.
 
Blitz. Apple TV. Saorise Ronan is a woman with a child. A mixed race child husband is gone. She sends him off during the Blitz and he, a brave and adventurous child, takes things into his own hands. It’s a nice story, some reminders of racism from that era, but ultimately positive. There’s a song from Ronan, who can sing a bit. Her father is played by Paul Weller (my wife immediately recognized him) from The Jam. Good stuff.
 
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