Super Sweet Movie Discussion Thread

@Blizzard Yep. At this point given Hollywood and China's cooperation I'm hoping for the best, but preparing myself for the worst. The real world aircraft stunts are supposed to be real. At least that's what one of the fighter jet guys on youtube was explaining. So they do have that going for them!

@SpitfireV There were rumors concerning PRC attaches, on the Top Gun 2 set, being where they weren't supposed to be during parts of the filming. Something about them wandering about a carrier and snooping at stuff. Considering that the PRC is playing catch-up in the carrier ops game, I get the feeling they weren't looking for the bathroom.

@AWP It's not just about making money for the Chinese. Granted, I know film makers like to hedge their bets by pandering to the Chinese (like the Transformers series). What I'm saying is that China is very tactical where and how it invests it's money, especially in the film industry. You don't go around spending willy-nilly when you have limited resources, a large resource hungry population, and massive military modernization projects.

Chinese money has strings attached and while things like a Taiwanese flag may not seem like a big deal, on an ideological level that is a big win for the PRC. Think of it like this, when China puts money into a film they essentially get to push parts of their ideology onto receptive audiences. It's not about overt pro China/Communist messages, but about planting the seed of, "hey these guys and their beliefs might not be so bad".
 
R.Caerbannog said:
@Blizzard Yep. At this point given Hollywood and China's cooperation I'm hoping for the best, but preparing myself for the worst. The real world aircraft stunts are supposed to be real. At least that's what one of the fighter jet guys on youtube was explaining. So they do have that going for them!

@SpitfireV There were rumors concerning PRC attaches, on the Top Gun 2 set, being where they weren't supposed to be during parts of the filming. Something about them wandering about a carrier and snooping at stuff. Considering that the PRC is playing catch-up in the carrier ops game, I get the feeling they weren't looking for the bathroom.

@AWP It's not just about making money for the Chinese. Granted, I know film makers like to hedge their bets by pandering to the Chinese (like the Transformers series). What I'm saying is that China is very tactical where and how it invests it's money, especially in the film industry. You don't go around spending willy-nilly when you have limited resources, a large resource hungry population, and massive military modernization projects.

Chinese money has strings attached and while things like a Taiwanese flag may not seem like a big deal, on an ideological level that is a big win for the PRC. Think of it like this, when China puts money into a film they essentially get to push parts of their ideology onto receptive audiences. It's not about overt pro China/Communist messages, but about planting the seed of, "hey these guys and their beliefs might not be so bad".
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BloodStripe said:
I'm looking forward to seeing this. Adam Sandler is a better actor than I think most people give him credit for.
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I agree with @Ex3 it's really, really good. Adam Sandler absolutely nailed his role perfectly and Kevin Garnett actually has some acting chops. I don't know if I'd rewatch it again (for reasons I can't get into without spoiling it). It's a hard watch at first just because it's so loud and chaotic in the beginning but you get used to it and are on the same wave length as Sandler riding the same highs very quickly as he's wheeling and dealing in the NYC jeweler scene.
 
Blizzard said:
This was a miss for me. I understand why studios didn't sign on to it's $150M price tag.

It didn't suck but it wasn't very good either. It just tried way too hard. The premise was good, it was the execution that was the issue. There were some good moments but mostly it was a blend of Ryan Reynolds character stand up bit, Deadpool style, and a Michael Bay wet dream of action sequences.
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I see where you are coming from. For me it was a home run.


To sum it up, here's a review from rotten tomatoes:
Guns. Ferraris. Parkour. Headshots. Mélanie Laurent. Las Vegas. Luxury yachts. 'Merica

8-) :ROFLMAO: ;-)
 
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