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Totally agree. But I'm still in denial. Its james Bond and it just can't be. Waiting to see what happens.....
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Dune 8.5/10 have really appreciated the scale that they did in this. Very true to the book and the original film. Was a bit of let down where it ended, was flying while watching it. But part 2 comes in November so all good!
The Northman 7.5/10. So because your king didn't lay with you the night he came home you had his brother kill him right after he made your son his heir? Sorry Nicole, but you earned that. Kinda sucks homie didn't live. That was intense.
The Contractor 6.5/10 started kinda sappy, he got kicked out for steroids? Then his pmc was gonna whack him? Is there any foundation like this in real life? Quite believable in some sense, especially going after the asshole that chose to whack you. Movie picked up quite a bit in the middle to end, beginning could have been flushed out a bit more.
The Northman 7.5/10. So because your king didn't lay with you the night he came home you had his brother kill him right after he made your son his heir? Sorry Nicole, but you earned that. Kinda sucks homie didn't live. That was intense.
The Contractor 6.5/10 started kinda sappy, he got kicked out for steroids? Then his pmc was gonna whack him? Is there any foundation like this in real life? Quite believable in some sense, especially going after the asshole that chose to whack you. Movie picked up quite a bit in the middle to end, beginning could have been flushed out a bit more.
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Each new chapter gets just a bit more absurd and over the top than the previous one. Let's fucking go!
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Saw Jordan Peeles new movie “Nope” last night. I enjoyed it, but be warned, it’s much less of a horror movie than it is a commentary on the movie industry in my opinion. If you’re just looking for a nonsense summer movie, I’d give it a pass.
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That appears to be a reoccurring theme with his movies.
I never understood the hype around Get Out, it was much less of a horror movie and more of his personal commentary on veiled racism.
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I enjoyed Get Out because it had a well thought out and unique story to tell with great acting and cool cinematography. Personally I can be a fan of movies if they have those elements even if I don’t care for the subject material itself.
But yeah regardless, his movie are not for everyone and I expect Nope to do much worse in the box office than his previous 2 films.
Peele is a big fan of Romero, Carpenter, and the Twilight Zone style of horror, which were always "horror as allegory" type of directors/shows.
He's stated before he doesn't want to do a horror movie just to be scary.
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I was curious if anyone here would see it and what they'd have to say. It doesn't interest me at all but I'm also not a Jordan Peele fan. I think I'm on the same page as @Ooh-Rah; to me his movies seem to be the same tired shtick - he's very overrated.
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Went to see Top Gun Maverick again. This time with my son who's home from West Point for summer break. Yeah, its still good.
Too lazy to scroll, to narcissistic to care...
The Gray Man was the awesome, completely throw-away action movie worth your time. Stylized, fun, ridiculous.
AND it's got Chris Evans and Ryan Gosling in a "which guy turns me" slugfest over the course of 120 minutes!!!
The Gray Man was the awesome, completely throw-away action movie worth your time. Stylized, fun, ridiculous.
AND it's got Chris Evans and Ryan Gosling in a "which guy turns me" slugfest over the course of 120 minutes!!!
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It's stupid, it's campy, it is 2 hours of glorious eye candy. Worth every bit of time I spent watching it.
Chris Evans was every bit of comedic relief in his role, it was awesome.
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Concur. I've wasted 2 hours in a lot worse ways.
It was the first movie in a while to keep my attention, through it all. Thoroughly entertaining.
Right?!? It’s not winning an Oscar. I’m not saying it’s The Legend of Bagger Vance or anything- just a good movie to watch and not try too hard.
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She's wearing too many clothes.
Just saw the trailer for Breaking, which is a drama based on a bank robbery conducted by a Marine vet named Brian Easley. He was a disable veteran with undiagnosed mental illness who was sent away from the VA when he tried to get help.
Gotta say, I was interested in the project when I first heard about it, but a lot of things in the trailer turn me off because they look like they're trying to action up the story.
TL;DR for anyone who doesn't want to read the full article.
Easley tells the bank employees he has a backpack full of C4 and is robbing the bank. He lets all but two employees (manager and teller) go.
According to the hostages, he was extremely apologetic and never raised his voice or spoke harshly to them.
His reason for robbing the bank was that his $892.00 disability check from the VA was late, they weren't helping him, and he was about to become homeless.
Robbing the bank got him in touch with the news, who talked to him about the VA and broadcasted his story.
Hostage negotiations were going fine (he was going to release the teller for a pack of newports) when a SWAT sniper shot him in the head without authorization. AFIAK, there still has not been an actual reason other than he "felt it was right".
Easley had no C4 and no fake deadman switch.
Gotta say, I was interested in the project when I first heard about it, but a lot of things in the trailer turn me off because they look like they're trying to action up the story.
TL;DR for anyone who doesn't want to read the full article.
Easley tells the bank employees he has a backpack full of C4 and is robbing the bank. He lets all but two employees (manager and teller) go.
According to the hostages, he was extremely apologetic and never raised his voice or spoke harshly to them.
His reason for robbing the bank was that his $892.00 disability check from the VA was late, they weren't helping him, and he was about to become homeless.
Robbing the bank got him in touch with the news, who talked to him about the VA and broadcasted his story.
Hostage negotiations were going fine (he was going to release the teller for a pack of newports) when a SWAT sniper shot him in the head without authorization. AFIAK, there still has not been an actual reason other than he "felt it was right".
Easley had no C4 and no fake deadman switch.
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