There's only so many revenge movies about the guy's kids or wife you can make. So someone decided it was time for a dog one.
Hollywood has not had a good revenge movie since Unforgiven imo.
01-09-2018 03:38 PM
#826
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There's only so many revenge movies about the guy's kids or wife you can make. So someone decided it was time for a dog one. | |
01-09-2018 03:42 PM
#827
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Guess what, the dude is like the most notorious contract killer so there is that. Also happens that the dude that killed his dog and took his car is the son of one of his former employers. | |
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01-09-2018 03:48 PM
#828
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01-09-2018 03:53 PM
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John Wick is refreshing in an industry awash with unoriginal, unimaginative rehashes. |
01-09-2018 04:03 PM
#830
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We may still disagree about whether or not John Wick had substance that these other movies lacked, but I do agree that Jack was looking in the wrong place. | |
01-09-2018 04:12 PM
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Wuf, I fucking love 2008 Rambo too-- but I think the reason it works lines up with the above linked video's break down of the life cycle of genres. I think of both Rambo and John Wick as sorts of ingenious subtle parody-- people who just want to tune in for a shoot em up get what they want, and those who are immersed the genre pick up on the mostly (maybe exclusively in Rambo 2008's case) dry delivery of parody and can enjoy it on that level. | |
01-09-2018 04:12 PM
#832
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01-09-2018 04:13 PM
#833
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01-09-2018 04:15 PM
#834
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You can if this is making a mockery of genre tropes in which we have cold blooded killers who otherwise behave like well adjusted, psychologically healthy humans, raising families by day and killing dozens of "bad guys" by night-- many of which are undoubtedly family men themselves. | |
01-09-2018 04:19 PM
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A film that I think highlights this point I'm making: The Raid. I wanted to love this movie. It takes the craft of action movie sequences very seriously, and does not fail to deliver. However, it also takes itself far too seriously. It is not self aware. And so, I found that while the action sequences were great, I found myself wishing I just had a super cut of all the action sequences. | |
01-09-2018 04:23 PM
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Interesting. I'm not sure what I think of Rambo in these terms. |
01-09-2018 04:28 PM
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Michael Mann did crisp action in 2004. So good |
01-09-2018 04:31 PM
#838
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Haven't seen The Raid. I've probably avoided it because I try to avoid hand-to-hand combat movies. I know enough about real combat that all of Hollywood's silliness with hand-to-hand pulls me out of it. |
01-09-2018 04:34 PM
#839
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01-09-2018 04:36 PM
#840
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Unforgiven was pretty openly mocking westerns (guns not working properly, the anti-hero always having trouble getting on his horse, people pissing their pants in gunfights), but close enough in terms of themes that it could still be seen as an archetypal western itself. | |
01-09-2018 04:39 PM
#841
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The point is his rampage is a vengeful, ill-advised, self-indulgent emotional outburst with no material upside. |
Last edited by BananaStand; 01-09-2018 at 04:43 PM. | |
01-09-2018 05:00 PM
#842
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Actually, crossing that line is precisely one of the most tried and true recipes for successful parody. I think that John Wick, intentionally or not, walks this very fine line so well that it effectively becomes two different movies depending on who's watching it. One is a straight forward, if stylized, shoot em up, and the other is stylized parody. It's not Scary Movie parody, it's just little nudges and winks to the person watching the parody screen. | |
01-09-2018 05:04 PM
#843
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The point is you're looking too much into it without actually looking deep into it. You are trying to make sense of something, but not accepting the plain sense it is making. You speak about intelligence to be insulted, but you need intelligence to look at things in a deep manner. | |
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01-09-2018 05:13 PM
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01-09-2018 05:19 PM
#845
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Yeah, I think either you're forcing parody into too narrow of a lane or I'm applying a definition that's broader than its actual definition. Maybe Burlesque works better. Idk. Also, I know this is a really silly art school critique thing to say, but the artists intentions are not super relevant. You can easily imagine an artist who tweaks genres staples just to stand out in a crowded genre, and accidentally hits all the buttons for the product to be a dry parody. It won't be Mel Brooks parody, because that necessitates intention, but we can get a John Wick. | |
01-09-2018 05:19 PM
#846
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Other good old school actions are Commando, Collateral Damage and True Lies imo | |
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01-09-2018 05:21 PM
#847
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Further, if they did intend to have this sort of split screen thing happen, it may not behoove them to announce it openly, thereby insulting a core part of their paying audience. | |
01-09-2018 05:22 PM
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01-09-2018 05:23 PM
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01-09-2018 05:33 PM
#850
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Haha.. | |
01-09-2018 06:14 PM
#851
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It's of note how money does not indicate shit when it comes to movies. The Usual Suspects is or should be on the top 100 lists of most people, if not top 10 of all time, but it only made like 30 mil at the box office | |
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01-09-2018 06:21 PM
#852
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Resevoir Dogs | |
01-10-2018 11:51 PM
#853
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01-11-2018 12:06 PM
#854
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Big fan of Firefly then? |
01-11-2018 12:19 PM
#855
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Firefly could have been one of the greatest serial sci-fi shows of the decade if the network hadn't screwed over the writers and fans alike. | |
01-11-2018 12:24 PM
#856
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Completely agree. Firefly is my all time favorite show. |
01-11-2018 10:32 PM
#857
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My reading of John Wick is that he snapped and had nothing to live for. Based on that premise, I like it. | |
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01-12-2018 03:26 AM
#858
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Lost in paris (paris pieds nus) is a good little film. One can see it has been heavily influenced by wes anderson's work. Recommended | |
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01-12-2018 09:22 AM
#859
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A Ghost Story | |
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01-16-2018 07:46 PM
#860
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Just saw today Michael Nyqvist, who played among many roles as Mikael Blomkvist in the swedish "the girl who ..." series, passed away a while ago. RIP | |
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01-16-2018 07:51 PM
#861
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Jeeezus man you love dog-crap stories huh? |
Last edited by BananaStand; 01-16-2018 at 08:03 PM. | |
01-16-2018 08:19 PM
#862
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I cracked open the second book one time. Basically the dragon tattoo girl went to a bank or something looking like a vagrant and doing everything she can to dress like and act like a piece of human garbage. The people there scoffed and either didn't take her business, or didn't offer her a job, or otherwise rebuffed her in some way I don't give a fuck to remember. |
Last edited by BananaStand; 01-16-2018 at 08:48 PM. | |
01-16-2018 08:57 PM
#863
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Downsizing - Awful |
01-17-2018 07:13 AM
#864
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Watched a couple decent movies recently. | |
Last edited by oskar; 01-17-2018 at 07:17 AM.
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01-17-2018 07:55 AM
#865
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01-17-2018 12:14 PM
#866
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01-17-2018 08:42 PM
#867
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Last edited by Savy; 01-17-2018 at 08:45 PM. | |
01-20-2018 11:43 AM
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BMX Bandits. | |
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01-20-2018 05:06 PM
#869
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I started to cringe in advance when they all left on the boat and I realized that our protagonist doesn't have a love interest, but you need one in those types of movies, so it has to be the asian girl doing her best Mickey Rooney in Breakfast at Tiffany's impression. | |
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01-22-2018 10:54 PM
#870
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This is seriously fantastic. |
03-10-2018 03:31 PM
#871
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The Eyes of my Mother is a very solid horror movie. Instead of telling you why I think it's great, I'll give you these quotes from 1-star reviews on Imdb: | |
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03-21-2018 09:26 AM
#872
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Annihilation | |
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03-21-2018 10:03 AM
#873
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If you're into any movie that is so bad it's good, I would suggest any movie with Nicholas Cage as the lead. Or John Travolta. | |
03-21-2018 10:24 AM
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03-21-2018 10:26 AM
#875
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I'm not sure why you guys have targeted Nick Cage as your favorite garbage actor when there is Matthew Mcconaughey |
03-21-2018 10:52 AM
#876
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Did anyone see 'Three Billboards....'? |
03-21-2018 10:54 AM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcXOryOXC40 | |
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03-21-2018 11:46 AM
#878
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Sudden urge to watch a Dolph Lundgren film. | |
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03-21-2018 11:50 AM
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03-21-2018 11:59 AM
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03-21-2018 01:21 PM
#881
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I want to be clear that The Eyes of my Mother and Annihilation are both great movies. Annihilation could end up being my favorite movie of the year. I can't believe they released something this close to a Tarkovsky movie in 2018. Doesn't hold your hand. Doesn't try to give a dumb explanation. | |
Last edited by oskar; 03-22-2018 at 12:37 PM.
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03-22-2018 11:58 AM
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me i cant give a recommend for a movie. the last movie i saw at a movie theater was run into the storm which was about tornadoes which is some what like the movie twister. |
03-23-2018 07:41 PM
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06-25-2018 11:03 PM
#884
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I watched the new blade runner. Was decent. Ended a bit early/unsatisfactorily? Is the first one worth watching? Gosling seems to be going downhil, not been great since before 2010? |
06-26-2018 12:54 AM
#885
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If you think a 164 min movie ended prematurely I'd say that's a good sign. | |
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06-28-2018 11:03 AM
#886
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06-28-2018 11:16 AM
#887
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Well, Blade Runner is supposed to leave you feeling like there was something pinnacle to the plot that was only hinted at, but never really had a light shone on it. | |
06-28-2018 06:54 PM
#888
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I'm talking about the new one not the old. |
Last edited by Savy; 06-28-2018 at 07:01 PM. | |
12-13-2018 08:02 PM
#889
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Watched BASEketball yesterday. I thought it was pretty funny, lots of cheap gags and low level humour but I found most of it to be funny. I didn't realise it was the chaps from Southpark bit of a shame they haven't done more acting as they were good. |
12-14-2018 11:06 AM
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Wow. That takes me back. | |
12-15-2018 11:40 AM
#891
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Raw - is a great little french coming of age movie about a girl who discovers her taste for human flesh. Once you get over the on-the-nose metaphor, it's a beautifully shot movie with a great soundtrack. | |
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12-26-2018 04:49 PM
#892
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Tangerine was crap. I watched it ages ago now but it was really awful. I seem to remember something about incredibly annoying music played far too loudly too. |
12-26-2018 06:59 PM
#893
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12-27-2018 11:09 AM
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12-27-2018 11:31 AM
#895
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Feels not too bad tbh. |
12-27-2018 07:01 PM
#896
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Flicking through netflix I see there is a new movie called Swimming with men, about a group of all male synchronised swimmers. Around the time I was in 6th form I remember watching an awesome documentary about the Swedish mens synchronised swimming team. It sounds ridiculous but it was seriously awesome. |
12-27-2018 08:51 PM
#897
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Swimming With Men - As far as light hearted comedy sports films go this is a decent one. There are so many good actors that it's hard to not think it could have been better. The ending's also complete crap. |
01-04-2019 07:38 PM
#898
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Mandy was beautiful. It reminds me of Cabin in the Woods. Maybe that sounds stupid, but, I mean, I guess it reminds me of all good horror. Cabin did it in a more straight forward way bordering parody, but both are examples of how good horror is both steeped in genre conventions, but manages to transcend the genre. | |
01-05-2019 04:18 PM
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I saw a movie recently that reminded me of Cabin In The Woods. I very rarely just watch random movies but I grabbed three the other day and one happened to be really great. It was Behind The Mask: The Rise Of Leslie Vernon. It was released in 2006. Everyone involved has very sparse IMDB records. It's merging pseudo documentary with 80's slasher movie, and it totally works for me. It's available on YT on demand and most streaming services I guess. It's worth watching imo. | |
Last edited by oskar; 01-05-2019 at 06:15 PM.
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11-30-2019 04:02 PM
#900
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Go watch The Lighthouse if you can catch it in theatres. Take all the friends you have. Tell them it's a Star Wars Story about a lighthouse planet. You may never get to pick movies again, but Robert Eggers needs all the ticket sales he can get. If you liked The VVich, you're going to love it. | |
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