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True. I just think it's forgotten or misunderstood sometimes how he went back to Riddick with seemingly no real financial or career incentive, but because he (and certain people like me) like him as that character. I'm surprised it got made at all...just like I'm still surprised Hellboy II got made, even though I'm fan. ;-)
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Hearing multiple accounts, yes, second/third hand, but of people "walking out" in both America and England...interesting (see my thoughts above).
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Are there spoilers allowed here? I don't know where this "female audiences will love this" is coming from, either...the main character is It also opens with that awful framing device of
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Yeah. There's more of that in this. Needless, really. (Actually, I was sure he was going to go all Blade II in an autopsy scene (which I loved in that film context), but he held back... but much other gore for those interested in pure gruesome stuff!)
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I saw this last night. If you're a fan of GDT, it's a howler (and not in a good way). It played alright in a pretty packed theater (and in "LIEMAX Experience"), but for general audience prospects, I can't see what they get out of this. It's not entirely a ghost-film. It's not entirely a horror...yet entirely gruesome in that GDT fashion...but doesn't really need to be. It's a gothic melodrama masked with ghost "quotes" as GDT likes to say. And quotes to his own material. (Nice to see "Palmer" from The Strain!) I laughed at every self-reference to his previous work, both specific and loose homage, down to the blatant lift of...well, you'll recognize it when you see it. GDT's last two films have been his most disappointing...but I liked Pacific Rim more than this! Coming from a fan of his earlier work, I wish he'd get back to something small and culturally more familiar to his...idiom...as ethnically racist as that may sound. Devil's Backbone is still my favorite of his. And there's this weird fading out thing that begins to happen after nearly every scene in the third act...it's strange and gives me the impression that they re-shot and/or were re-figuring the whole last half-hour or more of this film in editing...
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I'm wondering if Zhang Yimou's Coming Home is gonna hit the top five this weekend (yes, sarcasm) -- I was one of five in my local theater on Friday night...the other four were two geriatric couples. And the punchline is the box office guy heard me wrong and actually sold me a ticket for 99 Homes...so I didn't even give money to the film I wanted to...sigh.
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xXx: The Return of Xander Cage | January 20, 2017
Macleod replied to Neo's topic in Box Office Discussion
Exactly, when I heard about the...er...accelerated production of Fast 8, I wondered how VD (his initials, funny that) would be fitting this in before Fast 8...which will presumably involve even more Tyrese and godwilling, more Tony Jaa as an evil twin brother out for revenge. -
Pan | Oct. 9, 2015 | New Trailer on Page 25!
Macleod replied to Neo's topic in Box Office Discussion
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The second film is the best one, and Van Damme helps make it so (who would have said that ten years ago?) I wanted the letter opening scene at the end to reveal that Van Damme actually had a twin brother as a way of bringing him back for the next movie...I was so sure that was where they were going! Gibson was indeed a missed opportunity...his fight with Stallone was like...five seconds? Snipes was the most entertaining thing in the third movie!
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Have to chime in because of my name...ha. Kudos to those who can identify the two stars of the original Highlander in this trailer! Nice to see them in another film together, regardless of whether they share any screen time...though I would love to see that! "Meh trailer" ? Really? I'm no Coen Brothers fanboy, believe me, but this sparks my interest in the old 'Hudsucker Proxy' vibe...I love it!
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I'm going to say something crazy. The last film was ludicrous (and I'm kind of a fan of a the last few). But bizarrely, Tyrese was the most entertaining thing in it!