MovieChat Forums > Threadkiller > Replies
Threadkiller's Replies
Such a totally random and welcome "unofficial" cameo.
I mostly agree but with some exceptions. I did notice & find it odd how Joseph Gordon Levitt's character saves Axel like 2 or 3 different times in situations where Axel would normally get himself out of trouble. It almost feels like there was an abandoned subplot about Axel & getting old and losing a step that never gets properly addressed.
Grant was definitely somewhat wasted as a villain. They could have given Kevin Bacon more to do with the that role. It was indeed pretty generic.
I didn't have a big problem with Jane though. I found that there was a proper balance to the relationship she had with Axel. I didn't find her "resentful, estranged daughter" dynamic with Alex to be overbearing. They also didn't portray her as some irritating "Girl Boss" who constantly one- ups the male protagonist. Not a great character but perfectly tolerable. A similar sentiment I have for all of the new characters.
"Decent enough"(but still could have been better) is a fair description. It was never going to be anywhere near as good as the first or the second. It's not even as good as the third, which I find to be rather underrated. Nonetheless I still found it to be an enjoyable enough re-visit of a classic movie series that began 40 years ago.
I said they were a bit too similar but 2 was definitely a bit more "flashy 80s" compared to the original's more "raw/gritty 80s so I guess they are distinct in that respect.
It's very popular to casually dismiss the third one as bad but I thought it was fine. It was not as good as the second and far from as good as the original, but I still enjoyed it well enough. It was perfectly "average" with enough stand out moments to be worth the watch. Interestingly, I've always found it to be more re-watchable than the second film, which I found was a bit too similar to the first. I haven't seen fourth film yet, but I'd be perfectly okay if it was at least as good as the third one.
I find it somewhat fascinating how the moral policing on the issue of sex and nudity in film has come full circle to a degree where it used to be fundamentalist Christian types condemning it. But now it's largely secular feminists who are the first to attack female nudity & (heterosexual)sex in tv & film on the basis of it being "exploitative" & for the "Male gaze". Anything involving gratuitous male nudity, they can care less about, however. They also make exceptions for anything "alphabet" related, in which case the more graphic sex and nudity there is it will be praised & often rewarded.
For the first half of his career he was a very busy character actor, with a variety of roles nothing like Gus Fring. He was a regular actor in Spike Lee films, often playing loud, boisterous characters. Gus was definitely his breakout role however & the industry has typecast him ever since.
Arnold played a very Drago-esque Russian character in Red Heat. Stallone Vs Schwarzeneger may have made bigger press, but Lundgren was perfect for the role. Drago was a character who barely spoke and let his fists do the talking, so as a virtually unknown actor in his first big role with few lines & a trained martial artist, Lundgren was more suited for bringing a silent, intimidating presence to the character as well as a believable physicality to the fight scenes.
Hopkins turned in an instantly iconic performance & there was a lot of hype around the movie. Foster was able ride that wave by simply being the female lead. It didn't matter that her performance was "fine" at best.
Alien3 felt like a weird, depressing avant garde experiment and I have doubts that the final result is what the studio actively pushed to get, as there's absolutely nothing about this film that screams "safe commercial hit". Alien3 is such an odd sequel that feels like it's actively sabotaging its potential as an ongoing series but in a weird way you almost have to respect the boldness of a studio turning a successful series on its head with such a bleak art house project. Also, I'm skeptical about laying blame squarely at the feet of the studio for reportedly "interfering" with the film production as the overall tone is still very much in line with the tone of Fincher's follow up film as well as others throughout his career, so I have a hard time imagining anything radically different than what we ultimately got.
I definitely wouldn't describe prime era Megan Fox as having a pancake butt. It was definitely "small" but she was fit enough that it still had some shape & she always maintained a decent figure otherwise. Her body was still a solid 7 but her face was a 10. She definitely never looked better than she did in this movie.
Duh? Your opening rant is all about how Dakota and her sister Elle somehow weren't "woke". Make up your mind.
Nah. Outside of the usual Anti-"woke", Alt-lite reactionary talking heads on YouTube who literally make a living off of that sort of crap, it's more likely that the low ratings are because audiences have been increasingly turning away because of a steady stream of poor-quality Di$ney Wars films & tv shows that have damaged the Star Wars brand. Even the highly praised (and rather overrated) 'Andor' got lukewarm ratings.
Sweeney has very nice breasts but comes nowhere near prime Alexandra Daddario. It's not even a fair comparison.
I believe it's the most flawed of the prequels overall but still great 'Star Wars'. A few simple but important tweaks would have significantly enhanced the movie & the entire trilogy IMO.
1. Cast Hayden Christensen from the start as a 14-16 year old Anakin. This would have been major in helping to establish the on-screen chemistry between the three leads from the beginning & better endeared him to the audience.
2. Reduce Qui Gon Jinn's role(He stays on the ship)/remove him entirely, replaced with Obi Wan as an idealistic, eager, young Jedi who discovered Anakin formed a bond with him, and felt compelled to train him as a Jedi.
3. Tone down/Tweak Jar Jar. Simply changing Jar Jar's speech to an unintelligible alien language would have gone a long way in making him more palatable to older audiences.
F*ck Mr Plinkett & those RLM hacks whose only claim to fame is their unfunny prequel bashing "satire" over 15 years ago. Those POS hacks helped get us Di$ney Star Wars and the saga ruining Di$ney trilogy, glowingly praising the absolute dumpster fire that was The Force Awakens, ("I loved it. It was everything I hoped it would be" ~Mike 'Fat F*ck' Stoklasa) until (gutless hacks that they are) started slowly changing their tune once fans started realizing what a giant pile of shit Di$ney created.
It never was. The Phantom Menace was always good 'Star Wars' even if the overall execution didn't work for you for one reason or another. I always respected George's decision to do give the audience something unique & creative while still tying it into the established universe in a way that made since. While the most flawed of the prequel trilogy (A few key tweaks would have greatly enhanced the film & the trilogy as a whole) it was still great "Star Wars" at its core & a cinematic achievement that played a significant role in advancing special effects in film.
While it still wouldn't be great, I'd dislike Alien 3 a lot less if it existed in a vacuum in some alternate doomed continuity but it's a terrible sequel that literally killed the series & it has unsuccessfully been trying to "resurrect" itself for 30 years. It's difficult to comprehend why this dreary, hopeless, nihilistic arthouse attempt at an Alien sequel is what the studio wanted as it's difficult to imagine a less commercially appealing, crowd-pleasing Alien film than Alien 3.
If you care to read my previous reply entirely, I already explained the nuance between attitudes of Julia Roberts' character & the daughter that directly addresses your query.
"She literally said "you cant trust white people, especially in these situations"
Actually the exact quote is "If the world falls apart, trust should not be doled out EASILY to ANYONE, especially white people."
It never gets brought up in the popular narrative, but Nicole and Ron Goldman were surrounded by shady drug people and criminal activity. Nicole and her BFF Faye Resnick did a lot of "swinging" & were quite fond of the white powder. As crazy as it sounds, Nicole's sister was literally dating a mafia hitman at the time of her death. Two mutual friends of theirs Brett Canton & Micheal Nigg were murdered in eerily similar fashion around the same time. Particularly Brett Canton who was similarly stabbed to death & nearly decapitated. All the evidence that suggested at least two attackers was ignored because the LAPD only had eyes from OJ. I definitely believe the murder was the result of some sort of drug debt.
Michael Jackson and his family are on record condemning the tabloid insult as dehumanizing, thinly veiled racism & no amount of doubling and tripping down on "Nuh uh, because I say so" will change that.