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Genghis Khan
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There's no way this ends well.
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It should never have begun.
Any reboot is going to have a huge wave of detractors to win over anyways.
But unless the Zuckers are involved, it is a rip off with a brand name behind it.
Chocolate Lab
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Saw a young Liam Neeson on a Miami Vice episode just the other day. 
Shut up booze
Shut up booze
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No apology needed. Miami Vice fucking ruled.Saw a young Liam Neeson on a Miami Vice episode just the other day.
Shut up booze
If I get locked up in a nursing home, that shit is who I am kicking someone’s ass to watch.
NoDak
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Miami Vice sucked. The 80's version of metrosexuals.
But I can understand the connection, as you are really into that term lately.
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No fucking way.
Genghis Khan
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Exactly right. Seth McFarlane? Feh.
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It was only a matter of time:
Woke Hollywood Suffers Yet Another Terrible Box Office Weekend (msn.com)
won't be long before they are eating each other.
Woke Hollywood Suffers Yet Another Terrible Box Office Weekend (msn.com)
won't be long before they are eating each other.
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A grown man using his kids as a shield so he can go watch a children's movie he wants to see is pathetic.
I did the same thing myself when the Harry Potter movie first came out.
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All jokes aside, my daughter loved the original.A grown man using his kids as a shield so he can go watch a children's movie he wants to see is pathetic.
I did the same thing myself when the Harry Potter movie first came out.
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I did the same thing with my boys and Minions.A grown man using his kids as a shield so he can go watch a children's movie he wants to see is pathetic.
I did the same thing myself when the Harry Potter movie first came out.
Now I use our granddaughter for the new Minions movies.
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A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: This movie kind of surprised me. I went in to it expecting it to be a bio pic but it was actually loosely based on Mr. Rogers impact on a journalist who was assigned to write a piece on him for Esquire in 1998. It was a bit hokey at times but that's expected since it's about Mr. Rogers. I enjoyed it and thought it had a great message (duh, it's Mr. Rogers). Some parts will hit you in the feels, so you sensitive types have been warned. Currently on Hulu.
The Holdovers: I really liked this one. For me it was a perfect mix of drama and comedy. Great story telling from start to finish. For me, movies like this stand out because of their originality. In today's world it seems like most movies are nothing but remakes or movies based on comic books and historical events. So it was refreshing seeing an original movie with a great storyline. I can see myself re-watching this one for years to come. Watched it on Peacock.
Oppenheimer: Unlike with The Holders, the rewatch factor for Oppenheimer is pretty low for me. The first 45 minutes of the movie are VERY slow. I almost bailed on the movie but things picked up around that 45 minute mark. I ended up enjoying it, but that could largely be due to me having a fascincation with WWII history. It cleaned up at The Oscars. For me the most compelling scenes of the movie were the politicians scheming to discredit the physicists. Watched on Peacock.
Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom: I thought it was a decent effort for a DCU movie. I enjoyed it a lot more than the first Aquaman movie. I wasn't into Aquaman as a kid so I didn't know much about the Black Manta villain. He didn't really move me in the movie but I also didn't see him as a detraction to the movie. I guess you can say I was neutral on the Manta villain. Jason Mamoa tries to do the cool, snarky attitude hero thing like RDJ's Iron Man and Ryan Reynold's Deadpool. It just doesn't work. This movie is on Max.
Father Figures: It's a bit older than the other movies listed (2017) but I hadn't heard of it until recently. I just happened to come across it on Hulu and really liked the cast. It stars Ed Helms, Owen Wilson, Katt Williams, J.K. Simmons, Ving Rhames, Glenn Close, Terry Brashshaw, and Christopher Walken. Basically it's about twin brothers, Helms & Wilson, going on a search for their biological father. I thought it was a fun movie centered around navigating family relationships.
The Holdovers: I really liked this one. For me it was a perfect mix of drama and comedy. Great story telling from start to finish. For me, movies like this stand out because of their originality. In today's world it seems like most movies are nothing but remakes or movies based on comic books and historical events. So it was refreshing seeing an original movie with a great storyline. I can see myself re-watching this one for years to come. Watched it on Peacock.
Oppenheimer: Unlike with The Holders, the rewatch factor for Oppenheimer is pretty low for me. The first 45 minutes of the movie are VERY slow. I almost bailed on the movie but things picked up around that 45 minute mark. I ended up enjoying it, but that could largely be due to me having a fascincation with WWII history. It cleaned up at The Oscars. For me the most compelling scenes of the movie were the politicians scheming to discredit the physicists. Watched on Peacock.
Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom: I thought it was a decent effort for a DCU movie. I enjoyed it a lot more than the first Aquaman movie. I wasn't into Aquaman as a kid so I didn't know much about the Black Manta villain. He didn't really move me in the movie but I also didn't see him as a detraction to the movie. I guess you can say I was neutral on the Manta villain. Jason Mamoa tries to do the cool, snarky attitude hero thing like RDJ's Iron Man and Ryan Reynold's Deadpool. It just doesn't work. This movie is on Max.
Father Figures: It's a bit older than the other movies listed (2017) but I hadn't heard of it until recently. I just happened to come across it on Hulu and really liked the cast. It stars Ed Helms, Owen Wilson, Katt Williams, J.K. Simmons, Ving Rhames, Glenn Close, Terry Brashshaw, and Christopher Walken. Basically it's about twin brothers, Helms & Wilson, going on a search for their biological father. I thought it was a fun movie centered around navigating family relationships.
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Agreed on Oppenheimer. I love Nolan, like, a lot, but I don't get the appeal for this movie at all.
There's no drama. The development of the nuke is barely presented as a race, barely any high tension stakes. There's no dramatization of any real tension in the program, no roadblocks that they have to overcome in a dramatic fashion. No blow-up arguments depicted with yelling at each other, no back and forth between rivals IN the program, no eureka moments depicted with euphoria when they solve a problem.
It just.... all plays out. It's kinda boring.
The character conflict is almost entirely contained within the post-program anti-Communist witch hunts which can't help but come across and preachy and modern day political.
I didn't even REALLY love his last two - Tenet and Dunkirk. They were ok and rewatchable but not great. Oppenheimer is straight up not rewatchable.
That's not to say it doesn't have well made characteristics but Nolan has to get a more interesting story for his next movie.
There's no drama. The development of the nuke is barely presented as a race, barely any high tension stakes. There's no dramatization of any real tension in the program, no roadblocks that they have to overcome in a dramatic fashion. No blow-up arguments depicted with yelling at each other, no back and forth between rivals IN the program, no eureka moments depicted with euphoria when they solve a problem.
It just.... all plays out. It's kinda boring.
The character conflict is almost entirely contained within the post-program anti-Communist witch hunts which can't help but come across and preachy and modern day political.
I didn't even REALLY love his last two - Tenet and Dunkirk. They were ok and rewatchable but not great. Oppenheimer is straight up not rewatchable.
That's not to say it doesn't have well made characteristics but Nolan has to get a more interesting story for his next movie.
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Oppenheimer does play out, but man it also teases out the question of whether or not they even needed to drop the bomb by the time it became operational.
Gary Oldman as Truman was the most underrated performance in a bunch of awesome performances. Cold as fuck... scary.
Gary Oldman as Truman was the most underrated performance in a bunch of awesome performances. Cold as fuck... scary.