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It was fine, which is a term a lot of critics avoid because it doesn't get as many clicks as "terrible" or "the best".
It also wasn't as dull as dishwater, which is how I find most of the current Marvel films (and leading men), like "Ant-Men", "Doctor Strange" and even the last "Spider-Man".
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BROCK (squelchy New York accent): “Can you take this dude?”
VENOM (deep voice): “He’s got shit like you ain’t never even seen before.”
BROCK: “F*ck it.”
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TBH, all "Suicide Squad" needs is Waller, Deadshot, Flag and Harley Quinn.
I'm fine with an entirely new cast.
Marlon Brando
He was great in The Godfather, wish he was in this one. R.I.P Marlon
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I think I'm just underwhelmed by Jean going Dark Phoenix in suburbia again, Professor X being accused of being a jerk, etc. "X-Men 3" failed badly at making Jean an exciting character (although the "mutant cure" stuff was interesting enough).
More space action, please!
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Thanks and yep!
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I'm guessing that bringing the Shi'iar Empire, Imperial Guard, Starjammers, etc to life would make the film's budget far too expensive.
To be honest, I think a storyline involving Magneto and his Acolytes going into space on Asteroid M would been an easier way to take the X-Men off Earth for the first time (and get rid of Magneto for awhile).
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It made me wonder how many fresh ideas Taylor Sheridan has as a writer.
As I mentioned in my review, Renner didn't really connect with me in "Wind River" ... he was a replacement for Chris Pine, and it felt like he didn't quite fit comfortably in the role.
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[quote]Her role looks realistic to me- show us how an ordinary FBI agent became an extraordinary survivor. And I think Elizabeth Olsen handled it flawlessly. It sounds like you are expecting more bad-ass action or more soul and emotion from her character, as if there aren't enough. Probably, you were distracted by her beauty and ignored them.[/quote]
I'm not sure how her character was "realistic" or why you think my negative opinion of her role was because I was "distracted by her beauty" (?).
Thanks for reading my review, though.
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[quote]How much the movie will be set in space (if at all) is left to be seen. However, if it does go that route, silly is the last thing I would consider it as long as it’s handled well. Keeping it more grounded instead? While that would perhaps appeal more to the big boys that find too much comic/fantasy elements immature for them, an epic X-Men film that looks like it’s straight out of the pages of a great comic book would be excellent.[/quote]
Agreed. Alongside time travel and alternate universes, a big chunk of the best X-Men stories have been in space (like "Asteroid X"). Some of the highlights of "The Dark Phoenix Saga" are Jean committing genocide and destroying a populated planet, and the X-Men fighting the Shi'ar Imperial Guard to save her life.
That would be epic if done right in a film.
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I actually rewatched "Hereditary" after watching "The Nun" and there is really no comparison.
"Hereditary" is so much more sophisticated in terms of its scares, storytelling, direction, acting, music, cinematography and use of its budget ... whereas "The Nun" is one of the worst films I've watched in a cinema all year.
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The only excesses I've ever seen Gibson use in his films are violence and religion - I'm not sure what modern American director would make the Western you're describing. There are a lot of European (like Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani who did "Let The Corpses Tan") and Asian directors (like Takashi Miike with "13 Assassins") who could get close.
I also don't think Peckinpah's original film was solely about it's gratuitous elements. For me, they were just gravy on a great film. I wouldn't have cared about the Mexican army massacre if I hadn't cared about the individual members of the Wild Bunch.
[quote]I do think though, that rather than a 1913 Mexican Revolution setting, Gibson is likely to update it to a modern Mexican Narco War scenario, with disgruntled American Iraq and Afghanistan vets instead of old time bank robbers.[/quote]
That is completely uninteresting to me. Between TV and films and documentaries, I'm all narco'd out. Also, it sounds like the script that David Ayer was working on ... and David Ayer is terrible.
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I thought his breakout role was "The Man From UNCLE" ... great movie.
He didn't get enough to do in the DCEU films, unfortunately.
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As another post mentioned, her appearance towards the end was axed in favour of a smaller moment.
On the plus side, she did contribute towards giving Tom Cruise the most love interests (3!) he's ever had in a "Mission Impossible" film.
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There are so many reasons why a Mel Gibson remake of "The Wild Bunch" will fail miserably.
Film-making has changed since 1969.
- Westerns are one of the lowest earning film genres and superhero films (Gibson was actually offered the "Suicide Squad" sequel) are the highest.
- Audiences and critics are really turning away from reboots, remakes and sequels.
- Male actors don't come in the mold of William Holden, Ernest Borgnine and Warren Oates anymore. Instead we've got guys like Chris Pratt...
- Film's with graphic violence don't really draw big crowds, unless it's of the "Deadpool" or "John Wick" fantasy variety.
- The public haven't warmed back up to Mel Gibson, despite his success with "Hacksaw Ridge". I really like Gibson's films, both as an actor and a director, but the guy is a racist, sexist nut who is violent towards women. None of this stuff plays very well in the current social climate.
- There is a big push for more diversity in films, which makes a film with an all-white, all-male cast unpopular from the go.
"The Magnificent Seven", as the other poster mentioned, tried to address all of these points in order to make a commercially viable film and ... it was hugely bland.
BTW, trying to bait people into argument by mentioning "liberals" and "safe spaces" is really unnecessary.
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Just read his posts - he's trolling. He refers to you as his dancing monkey in the above post.
I have no idea what you mean by "giving him an out". But you do you...
A guy kills a "rat" in the police department ... and then a big rat walks past?
It was the dumbest shot in the film.
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[b]"but now without Snyder"[/b] is a really simplistic viewpoint on how these films are made.
- "Man of Steel" and "Wonder Woman" (which owes a lot to Snyder) were actually quite good.
- "Batman vs Superman" had a terrible script and was edited by the studio.
- "Suicide Squad" was terribly written and directed by David Ayer and then re-edited by the studio.
- "Justice League" wasn't even a finished film, due to the suicide of Snyder's daughter, but was rushed out by the studio.
The common thread here is Warner Bros rushing out poorly-assembled and often incomplete products in order to meet a release schedule and "take on Marvel".
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