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Air Master Burst wrote:Prey is really good, I was thinking of that when I said The Predator (which, despite me watching it less than a year ago, was so unmemorable I thought its title belonged to a completely different movie; that doesn't bode well for its quality).
That definitely changes your take - I've heard nothing but awful things about The Predator. They've crucified it on IMDB.
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I thought The Predator was fucking abysmal, and by far the worst of the lot. (Which is saying something given how shit the AVP movies are.)
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Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3 | 4/5

Quite emotional actually. If you liked the first two, you'll like this as well.
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Mortificator wrote:Several things sink Predator 2 and #1 among them is that it completely fails trying to sell Danny Glover as hardcore. I don't believe for second that this softie could win against a superhuman manhunter. Consequently, all the predator's gadgets come across as overelaborate junk. Doesn't one even hit Glover dead-on and do nothing? The jungle predator may have stuck to the fundamentals, but claws and a shoulder cannon will kill a mofo.
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I mean, I think a Danny Glover character outsmarting a Predator is easier to buy than an Arnold character outsmarting a Predator. It's not like Arnold beat it in a straight fight either.
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I just watched The Mother on Netflix for Mother’s Day. Pretty good movie for the day!
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Air Master Burst wrote: The main villain of the movie is a straight-up leather daddy who constantly shouts things like "I DON'T NEED THE GIRL!"
Dudes, nevermind the final battle where Matrix teases Bennet to "STICK IT IN ME, c'MOAN!" and gets an 0-face holding the combat knife next to it in return (now THAT'S facial ACTING), my favorite line from Bennet is: "I like it when your little piss-ant soldiers talk tough! They make me laugh." Oh, maaan! Killing!
Air Master Burst wrote:I mean, I think a Danny Glover character outsmarting a Predator is easier to buy than an Arnold character outsmarting a Predator.
Way over-thought, I know, yet I like to think of Ahnold as a Achillies brawn-trope and Danny as the Odysseus smarts-trope. Yeah, I still do.

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NYN wrote:Dudes, nevermind the final battle where Matrix teases Bennet to "STICK IT IN ME, c'MOAN!" and gets an 0-face holding the combat knife next to it in return (now THAT'S facial ACTING), my favorite line from Bennet is: "I like it when your little piss-ant soldiers talk tough! They make me laugh." Oh, maaan! Killing!
Dude, just about everything Matrix and Bennett say is quotable.

Matrix: How much are they paying you, Bennett?
Bennett: They offered me a hundred grand. You want to know something? When I found out I could get my hands on you, I said I’d do it for nothing.
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xxx1993 wrote:Dude, just about everything Matrix and Bennett say is quotable.

Matrix: How much are they paying you, Bennett?
Bennett: They offered me a hundred grand. You want to know something? When I found out I could get my hands on you, I said I’d do it for nothing.
Dude, that one does nothing for me, honestly. Sounds just like two guys negotiating any old massage session. There is some auto-eroticism undercurrent, I'll grand you. But to be awesome in ComMANdo, it needs to be OVERLY OVER-EROTIC! Try again, dude?
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NYN wrote:
xxx1993 wrote:Dude, just about everything Matrix and Bennett say is quotable.

Matrix: How much are they paying you, Bennett?
Bennett: They offered me a hundred grand. You want to know something? When I found out I could get my hands on you, I said I’d do it for nothing.
Dude, that one does nothing for me, honestly. Sounds just like two guys negotiating any old massage session. There is some auto-eroticism undercurrent, I'll grand you. But to be awesome in ComMANdo, it needs to be OVERLY OVER-EROTIC! Try again, dude?
Matrix sneaks up on an old acquaintance from behind, grabs him, and shoves something hard into him:

"Silent and smooth, just like always!"

And of course the immortal Bennett proclaimation:

“John, I’m not going to shoot you between the eyes. I’m going to shoot you between the balls.”
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Followed by, "Let off some steam, Bennett."
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Ant Man and the Wasp: Quantumania: **1/2

Not much to say here except that it feels more like they borrowed a script from the Star Wars writers and tried to shoehorn it into the MCU. One or two good scenes but other than that I lost interest pretty quickly.
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Fast X

Let's start from what they did well:
  • Inserting major characters in an action sequence from several films ago.
  • Introducing a novel and meaningful new character: Toretto Jr, who brings a child's perspective to many situations and implicitly places his father and most of the "family" on the path to retirement.
  • Offending the laws of physics; there seems to be something personal going on with kinetic energy, to the point of having cars that go slower than would be realistic.
  • Giving a reasonable moment in the spotlight to a large number of characters, including completely unnecessary ones.
  • Redesigning Rome and, I suspect, Rio de Janeiro.
  • Citing and self-citing with class, from the man in the punching bag to the submarine to the secret agency virtual meeting of directors that looks straight out of Neon Genesis Evangelion.
However, the plot is a bit contrived (an over the top revenge plan, expanded with characters and encounters to fill this film and the next) and the tone is often unpleasant for a number of related reasons:
  • Too much attention and time for shootings and generic fights, often egregiously pointless ones.
  • Conversely, some lack of enthusiasm for car action. Toretto's preposterous driving feats are treated as a constraint (finding a car-based solution to a generic tactical problem), not as a superpower.
  • Instead of a few destroyed cars, many casualties, mostly ignored. Even dead friends elicit only a slightly more unsmiling expression than usual from Toretto; violence waits for no one.
  • A villain that is more silly than fearsome, probably the result of a bad compromise between being a threat and a jester.
The regression from films about street racing experts and their modest criminal enterprises to films about generic action heroes that deal with problems and save the world with violence seems complete. It's time for a new idea, but I fear further sequels.
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Sisu was fucking WILD.

The very first thing it does is tell you "Sisu" is impossible to translate. The very second thing it does is give you the translation of the word it literally still says on the screen is impossible to translate. From that point on, I just gave up and decided to call the dude Sisu and was much happier for it. This pretty accurately sets the stage for what is about to transpire, which is a movie that gives ZERO FUCKS about literally ANYTHING other than slaughtering Nazis in wild and hilarious ways.

Essentially, Sisu is some retired badass commando who mines up some gold and then walks down the road DIRECTLY THROUGH the Nazi retreat out of Finland. Nazis fuck with him and try to steal his gold, he kills them all in a fantastic spectacle of gore.

The director did a really good job. I hope someone gives them something with a real budget at some point. If you liked Inglourious Basterds but thought it was way too long and everyone talked too much, this is the fucking movie for you (hey, it's me!). Go see this if you love practical effects and dozens of Nazis getting gloriously massacred. At one point Sisu rides a plane with a pickaxe.

This movie gets bonus points for what may be the single most ridiculous thing I've ever seen in an action movie (which was a pretty high fucking bar to clear, mind):
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Sisu is hiding from Nazis underwater. One of them comes down to check. He slits the guy's throat, latches his mouth on the open wound, and SUCKS THE FUCKING AIR OUT OF THE GUY'S LUNGS. The movie implies he repeats this process a few times. Absolutely fucking bonkers.
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Ixmucane2 wrote:Fast X

Let's start from what they did well:
  • Inserting major characters in an action sequence from several films ago.
  • Introducing a novel and meaningful new character: Toretto Jr, who brings a child's perspective to many situations and implicitly places his father and most of the "family" on the path to retirement.
  • Offending the laws of physics; there seems to be something personal going on with kinetic energy, to the point of having cars that go slower than would be realistic.
  • Giving a reasonable moment in the spotlight to a large number of characters, including completely unnecessary ones.
  • Redesigning Rome and, I suspect, Rio de Janeiro.
  • Citing and self-citing with class, from the man in the punching bag to the submarine to the secret agency virtual meeting of directors that looks straight out of Neon Genesis Evangelion.
However, the plot is a bit contrived (an over the top revenge plan, expanded with characters and encounters to fill this film and the next) and the tone is often unpleasant for a number of related reasons:
  • Too much attention and time for shootings and generic fights, often egregiously pointless ones.
  • Conversely, some lack of enthusiasm for car action. Toretto's preposterous driving feats are treated as a constraint (finding a car-based solution to a generic tactical problem), not as a superpower.
  • Instead of a few destroyed cars, many casualties, mostly ignored. Even dead friends elicit only a slightly more unsmiling expression than usual from Toretto; violence waits for no one.
  • A villain that is more silly than fearsome, probably the result of a bad compromise between being a threat and a jester.
The regression from films about street racing experts and their modest criminal enterprises to films about generic action heroes that deal with problems and save the world with violence seems complete. It's time for a new idea, but I fear further sequels.
Just saw this also. Considering how it ended, the battle is not yet over.
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xxx1993 wrote:
Ixmucane2 wrote:Fast X
It's time for a new idea, but I fear further sequels.
Just saw this also. Considering how it ended, the battle is not yet over.
I mean further sequels after the obvious next one that's planned to be the last. For example, Brian Toretto in space when he grows up, a spinoff about the Agency or the Shaw family, or further adventures of Hobbs or Ramsey.
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I just want to see the grand finale the way I'm feeling right now. I don't want Universal to extend it to 12 films, just let the 11th one be the finale.
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You think this franchise will EVER die?

Consider that the Air Bud Cinematic Universe currently has 26 movies.
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Master Gardener (Paul Schrader 2023) 7/10

While clearly the least of Schrader's last 3 films, Master Gardner is still excellent. It doesn't do everything right, and it's going to challenge an audience who has come to expect a lot of on-screen violence from Schrader, but it manages to both fit into his auteurism, and to break some new ground and feel fresh at the same time. From the amazing synth soundtrack, to the numerous awkward cuts, it feels like a film made by someone with a lot more off-the-cuff energy than our aging director; it almost feels like an art film from the late 90s. Where things aren't so rosy is some of the character background work. There's a side plot that doesn't really mesh up visually and tonally with the rest of the film, and feels stiff. Of course, this film is basically all about lots of awkward things put tother that are difficult to reconcile, but it fails to do so once or twice. Also, the lack of violence is obvious and felt to those who follow Schrader.

Personally, I think it's worth the watch, even if just for the opening credits.
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Just watched Mother’s Day on Netflix. I think I’ll stick with The Mother starring JayLo, thank you.
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xxx1993 wrote:
Ixmucane2 wrote:Fast X

Let's start from what they did well:
  • Inserting major characters in an action sequence from several films ago.
  • Introducing a novel and meaningful new character: Toretto Jr, who brings a child's perspective to many situations and implicitly places his father and most of the "family" on the path to retirement.
  • Offending the laws of physics; there seems to be something personal going on with kinetic energy, to the point of having cars that go slower than would be realistic.
  • Giving a reasonable moment in the spotlight to a large number of characters, including completely unnecessary ones.
  • Redesigning Rome and, I suspect, Rio de Janeiro.
  • Citing and self-citing with class, from the man in the punching bag to the submarine to the secret agency virtual meeting of directors that looks straight out of Neon Genesis Evangelion.
However, the plot is a bit contrived (an over the top revenge plan, expanded with characters and encounters to fill this film and the next) and the tone is often unpleasant for a number of related reasons:
  • Too much attention and time for shootings and generic fights, often egregiously pointless ones.
  • Conversely, some lack of enthusiasm for car action. Toretto's preposterous driving feats are treated as a constraint (finding a car-based solution to a generic tactical problem), not as a superpower.
  • Instead of a few destroyed cars, many casualties, mostly ignored. Even dead friends elicit only a slightly more unsmiling expression than usual from Toretto; violence waits for no one.
  • A villain that is more silly than fearsome, probably the result of a bad compromise between being a threat and a jester.
The regression from films about street racing experts and their modest criminal enterprises to films about generic action heroes that deal with problems and save the world with violence seems complete. It's time for a new idea, but I fear further sequels.
Just saw this also. Considering how it ended, the battle is not yet over.
The second part of Fast X is slated for a February 2024 theatrical release.

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PC Engine Fan X! wrote:
xxx1993 wrote:
Ixmucane2 wrote:Fast X

Let's start from what they did well:
  • Inserting major characters in an action sequence from several films ago.
  • Introducing a novel and meaningful new character: Toretto Jr, who brings a child's perspective to many situations and implicitly places his father and most of the "family" on the path to retirement.
  • Offending the laws of physics; there seems to be something personal going on with kinetic energy, to the point of having cars that go slower than would be realistic.
  • Giving a reasonable moment in the spotlight to a large number of characters, including completely unnecessary ones.
  • Redesigning Rome and, I suspect, Rio de Janeiro.
  • Citing and self-citing with class, from the man in the punching bag to the submarine to the secret agency virtual meeting of directors that looks straight out of Neon Genesis Evangelion.
However, the plot is a bit contrived (an over the top revenge plan, expanded with characters and encounters to fill this film and the next) and the tone is often unpleasant for a number of related reasons:
  • Too much attention and time for shootings and generic fights, often egregiously pointless ones.
  • Conversely, some lack of enthusiasm for car action. Toretto's preposterous driving feats are treated as a constraint (finding a car-based solution to a generic tactical problem), not as a superpower.
  • Instead of a few destroyed cars, many casualties, mostly ignored. Even dead friends elicit only a slightly more unsmiling expression than usual from Toretto; violence waits for no one.
  • A villain that is more silly than fearsome, probably the result of a bad compromise between being a threat and a jester.
The regression from films about street racing experts and their modest criminal enterprises to films about generic action heroes that deal with problems and save the world with violence seems complete. It's time for a new idea, but I fear further sequels.
Just saw this also. Considering how it ended, the battle is not yet over.
The second part of Fast X is slated for a February 2024 theatrical release.

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February 2024? Last time I heard it was sometime in 2025…
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Blood & Gold on Netflix was unfortunately a failure. Just watch Sisu instead.
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Ah fuck, I was looking forward to that one. What went wrong?
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Much like the director’s previous film, Blood Red Sky, it has the stupid pet peeve of mine with the supposed main villain dying halfway through the movie and the henchman who was nothing but a thorn at the main character’s side taking over for the climax.
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Ah fuck.
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Yeah, that kind of bathos can be great in learned hands, but will easily spiral into disaster otherwise. Reminds me of that one you mentioned being like Ryu killing Ken after accidentally tripping him neck-first onto a rice bowl, lmao.
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Was checking out the Onion webtube page as some hobbyist internet archaeology hobby. Had to google to check after a "wait, there's a Scream 6???"

Shows how ridiculous this is. The Film Standard doesn't review imaginary movies. But they made me doubt their perfect integrity, for a moment there.

Man. Remember how the first movie felt a bit fresh, and revived the slasher genre?
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The 3rd season of the Scream TV show was actually pretty fun, if for no other reason than Tony Todd showing up and giving us the Ghostface vs Candyman fight everyone's always wanted.
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BIL wrote:Ah fuck.
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Yeah, that kind of bathos can be great in learned hands, but will easily spiral into disaster otherwise. Reminds me of that one you mentioned being like Ryu killing Ken after accidentally tripping him neck-first onto a rice bowl, lmao.
I have a certain set of rules to make a perfect action movie. The Dragon is the one who should usually be the one to fall first, not the main villain. There must be an epic final battle at the end. The main villain needs to die or be captured by the end. And I don’t want the movie to be set on a holiday such as Halloween or Christmas (especially Christmas).
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Singin' in the Rain: ***1/2

One of the all-time classic musicals, with all the glitz and glamour you'd expect of a period piece with such a reputation. Made in 1952 but set at the dawn of the "talkie" era of films, Don Lockwood (Gene Kelly) is a silent film star who, along with Lina Lamont (Jean Hagen) are a famous silent film star couple. When the studio is forced to quickly transition to talking pictures they have to learn to speak on screen Don is able to do so just fine but Lina's voice proves unsuitable for the role, so her voice is replaced by Kathy Selden (Debbie Reynolds, whose singing voice was ironically replaced by uncredited singer Betty Noyes for the film.)

As seems to be the case with a lot of older films the style seems unusual to modern sensibilities, and some people watching it today might describe it as an "ADHD film" with how often it jumps around and goes off into the weeds. The most notable examples of this would be a couple of musical numbers that have little to nothing to do with the actual plot of the film, one seemingly intended just to show off a bunch of the latest fashions of the time and another very elaborate song and dance number that takes the better part of 20 minutes near the end, then gets written off as "just an idea" for how the picture-within-the-picture could end, but has nothing to do with any of that either. I suppose you could put "Moses Supposes" in the same category but that one at least has a faint hint of plot relevance. Then again I think people were watching the film mostly to see Gene Kelly sing and dance anyway, and since there was no such thing as home video in those days they could probably get away with a throwaway plot like that. Given the way this ended the theoretical sequel would have ended up being a courtroom drama anyway, so it's probably best to just leave it at that.
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