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Found this pretty bad but the first act was genuinely very fun. The multiverse stuff absolutely killed the film and just got confusingly convoluted at a certain point.
Should've just been a Flash film.
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23 minutes ago, WittyUsername said:
If anything is likely to confuse people, it’s that the DCU is supposedly still going to retain elements of the DCEU, namely the stuff that James Gunn had already made for it. As long as they don’t shove Amanda Waller or Emilia Harcourt into this, that shouldn’t impact it.
Yeah honestly, the DCU needs to be a HARD reboot to truly get out from the shadow of the DCEU. No Waller, no Peacemaker, no Suicide Squad, NOTHING that could remind people.
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I think a proper Burton Batman legacy sequel would've had more appeal than this. Because it's aimed at the younger audiences with no Keaton nostalgia, and older audiences who might go for Keaton don't care about this multiverse stuff. Ends up not really drawing either.
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6 hours ago, Eric Prime said:
This is likely true but this account is not Official btw (Clint's daughter has confirmed it a few times) so I wouldn't take them as confirmation. I still follow their account for the boomer style posting though.
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Recasting Cillian Murphy's role, and I guess this IS a sequel to Legacy after all?
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15 hours ago, interiorgatordecorator said:
a bit confused by the sheer amount of letterboxed users who went around claiming this was a 5/5
Because it's a masterpiece 😏
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I like Hoult as an actor but you can't be the frontrunner for Batman AND Superman, way too different. Can see him as Bat, not as Supes. Brosnahan Lois please please please.
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1 hour ago, Dragoncaine said:
The Bruce/Lois stuff in Snyder's 5-movie plan is perhaps the dumbest arc I've heard for a modern CBM
That's lifted directly from the story of King Arthur and Excalibur (plus the Boorman film which is his fav of all time)...goes to show that those plotlines come across silly and weird when applied to caped crusaders lol.
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23 minutes ago, TerwillikerInst said:
I like all the Mission Impossible films to varying degrees but one of my problems with them is that they've gone down the Daniel Craig Bond route of trying to deepen the character, but unlike those films, they haven't really given Ethan Hunt any actual flaws apart from "being too good" and "too nice".
It's a flaw that goes back to the first movie which was very clearly originally shot with Ethan having an affair with Jim Phelps's wife (you can even see them make out in the trailer*) but when it came down to DePalma's vision vs Cruise's, Cruise won out.
Now, I like the movie regardless but it did set this franchise precedent of both trying to be morally complex while not actually risking making Hunt look bad and cutting out major character beats that help the movie make thematic sense.
Spoiler*Seriously, it explains so much of why Phelps does what he does in the movie. The sheer nastiness of his betrayal, his decision to keep Ethan alive as the guy who takes the blame, and him randomly lashing out at his wife and shooting her at the end of the movie.
Having rewatched it recently, the affair angle is still there, it's just more hinted at/implicit in the dialogue. I didn't know it was shot to be a main plot point though...wish DePalma won that battle.
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34 minutes ago, kayumanggi said:
spoilers
Whoops, my bad. Just fixed it! Thx
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3 minutes ago, Eric 2099 said:
I'm sure I'm forgetting something obvious, but has there ever been a good movie where the sequel/number related to the movie is in the title itself? Like Expend4bles, Fant4stic, that kind of stuff. I guess the closest thing is...does Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa count?
2 Fast 2 Furious is the gold standard
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Man of Steel is quite flawed but I think a proper MoS sequel dealing with the fallout of it could've helped make the controversial elements go down easier with time. I don't necessarily hate the collateral damage or Zod's death, it's just that the film glosses over it and ends 5 mins later and we never get a chance to see how it impacts/shapes Superman. Although, it's better than what we've got since in every CBM after. Demolishing 50 city blocks and then someone in an ADRd line off screen goes "thankfully no one was injured, we evacuated the city in time".
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It looks a bit better than I expected, I guess? The cast is a big step down and kinda nullifies the premise of action legends teaming up since 90% of them aren't here now lol. I'll watch it to see Tony Jaa and Iko Uwais on the big screen...that's about it.
But wow, what a fumbled bag this franchise has been. From the first trying too hard to be a drama, 2 being semi-decent, and 3 shitting the bed on a PG-13 rating and focusing so much on the new, young cast no one cares about (made worse by them not even casting any ACTUAL action movie up and comers like Scott Adkins, Iko Uwais, etc.). And now 4 which has 50 Cent as the headliner.
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5 minutes ago, Maggie said:
I'll back them up, MI2 is great! I'd say it's biggest issue is that it's called Mission Impossible (and as such, got cut down by the studio from R to PG-13), when it's much more of a John Woo film than anything. #ReleaseTheWooCut
I love all the movies (except 3) but I do kinda miss the old plan of a different auteur/style each entry, 4-6 all sorta blend together for me ngl.
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3 has the strongest emotional core, mostly helped by it having the series only good villain. I just wish it wasnt shot like a TV show.
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4 hours ago, Austin said:
1 has too much of a messy plot
1 is my favourite but I cannot deny that...it takes many viewings to understand it fully (I finally got it all start to finish on this most recent rewatch). Will update my series ranking once I finish rewatching 2-6.
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7 hours ago, Elessar said:
This may come as a shock to you and some of the louder parts of the internet but i liked MoS and yes, BvS. Have still to watch Snyder's Justice League (my 4k bluray is still wrapped up lol). You can definitely do worse in terms of portraying Superman as far as i'm concerned.
The 4k of his JL is STUNNING, as someone who didn't care for MoS or BvS...I adored JL.
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The problem with VR/AR (metaverse) is that companies try positing this tech as a social/lifestyle thing. I don't think your average person wants to wear a headset on their face for HOURS on end, all alone. This tech is for gaming, play an hour or two and take it off. And this is Apple so NO games and there's no controllers. If you're a VR/AR enthusiast, you can get a top of the line headset for less than half the price and be able to do 10x more stuff with it. Hell you could build a new PC and get a Valve Index for less.
I think AR has mainstream potential but it'll be more corporate, training, doctors, industrial, etc. Being able to see stats and get live info while you're working. But as an everday tool? Not a chance, esp at $3500.
Apple's take on Google Glasses gonna be the biggest big tech flop since Metaverse, I'll make that bet rn.
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1) Dark of the Moon (only one I particularly love)
2) Age of Extinction
3) Transformers '07
4) Bumblebee
5) Revenge of the Fallen
6) Last Knight
7) Transformers '86 (completely incomprehensible as someone who didn't watch the cartoon but it's basically animated Revenge of the Fallen; violent chaotic visual noise).
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4 hours ago, Webslinger said:
I've been working through the portion of Buster Keaton's filmography being covered on the Blank Check podcast. 10 movies in, and it's been a pretty fun ride even if I have absolutely no clue how to objectively analyze them beyond "Stunt very funny!" and "Holy shit, how did this man not die, like, fourteen times over making these things?" The General, Sherlock Jr. (which actually feels like it has a ton to say about the nature of movies and how we see ourselves through them), and Steamboat Bill Jr. are the big highlights for me so far. Even the least of the films in this roundup - College, which has some decidedly yikes-y elements to it - still has plenty of gags that left me smiling.
Also, I was laid up with covid this week, so in addition to a few Keaton joints, I also rewatched Top Gun: Maverick, The Matrix Reloaded, Spider-Man 2, Tenet, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, American Graffiti, Finding Nemo, and Guardians of the Galaxy.
Hell yeah! I'm doing Buster as well for BC Pod, I'm up to Seven Chances (that and Sherlock Jr my fav) but I've been watching a ton of the shorts as well. Which I may like more than most of the features? Packs in all the gags in 20-25 mins with no filler.
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51 minutes ago, efialtes76 said:
Keaton fans are in their 40s-50s...
20 something here, Keaton the GOAT.
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The Warner Bros. Thread | Will NOT merge with Paramount...capitalism is still terrible
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