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still think PTA is one of the most talented directors working today.
I'm probably going to grab this off Amazon and watch it today. I really liked the first one and thought Hit Girl really stole that movie. I'm a little apprehensive of Jim Carrey only because I think he is a huge dooshnozzle.
it was just ok. carrey is hardly in the movie. problem is, they also seemed to push hit girl to the sidelines too.
Carrey was actually good in this.
It's not garbage.
Interesting way to put it, and Id have to agree. Really like Cable Guy & Zoolander. Reality Bites and Thunder were entertaining at worst to me (I know there are a few in here who have a disdain for RB). However like you said, I think they all achieve based on premise and execution of it.
Leaving the performances out of it, did the story really grab you? Just curious as to why. The "con" didn't seem to have any pop, the music (while good) was all over the place and dropped in at weird moments, and it never really seemed like they knew what they wanted to do with ABSCAM (which was a really freaking big deal).
Just heard about this movie the other day. Seems to be getting good reviews. Based on/true stories always are interesting, but Im most interest because Peter Berg wrote/directed it and the 4 main/military leads are Wahlberg, Ben Foster, Emile Hirsch & Taylor Kitsch. All of that seems like a winning combination.
Really wanted to like it, but was like a 6/10 for me. Not bad or anything but just pretty formulaic.
I am honestly not sure what about Hirsch, Foster and especially Kitsch is winning.
I liked Bale a lot. I liked the protagonist's relationship. Loved how dumb Lawrence's character was. Liked the editing and script. It's not so much that the con was unique, it's that most the actors really nailed their parts.
I think Foster is always really good, if not better. Maybe its just the roles, but Hirsch has also consistently impressed me (though has fallen off the map the last few years it seems). I thought Kitsch was a joke but he impressed me in Savages, so while he is the lowest on this totem pole, I think its still a solid collection of actors.Chaka said:
It had a "realness" about it that I appreciated. Not a great movie, but held my interest action wise. Nice pacing and editing.
Yeah, definitely not boring or anything, but this movie had potential to be special. Walberg was pretty bleh here, brought nothing to the role.
The series is an homage to 80's action films. I thought they hit the formula pretty well. I got exactly what I expected. Big explosions, all the right people dead and corny one liners.
I agree with a lot of this. The more I think about it, the way Jennnifer Lawrence's character is written and acted really made the movie for me. She was hilarious.
Agree with jdogg. Didn't feel like an homage to anything. The whole series feels like a gratuitous money grab more than anything. I consider the first one to be tantamount to stealing. At least in part 2 they gave us the actors we paid to see in the first one before they 'bait-n-switched' the audiences.
They are movie cotton candy. Not meant to be taken seriously or thought about just enjoy the momentary sugar rush and move on. So I'm good with them
Think she'll be the audience divider in this movie. Ultimately I think she's one of the reasons that the movie didn't work (Jar Jar Binks effect)
I am not taking them seriously and truly want to enjoy them but the first one was complete bait-and-switch theft. They promised Stallone, Willis and Arnold on screen and then gave us Terry Crews and Randy Couture, it was offensive. Silly and kinda fun but that was incredibly offputting.
