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McTiernan was the wrong choice for director here
iconic actors you aren't a big fan of?
Praetorian Jack was a better Mad Max than Tom Hardy was
most punchable face ever?
movies that show butt sex?
his movies are just about the importance of being famous
sequels you prefer over the original even though most disagree?
am I the only one who thought this was gonna happen?
PG-13 movies you wouldn't show to kids/R-rated movies you would?
lamest villains ever?
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The signs are all there, Einstein. Sometimes, you don't have to have tried something to know what it's really like when the pointers are all there. Nearly every review I've seen for Barbie from actual reviewers I trust describe it as some sort of anti-men propaganda piece, while Little Women has was similarly touted for being more feminist than the book (not as bad as Barbie, though).
If everyone's telling you a similar experience they had to a similar thing, chances are, you'll probably have that same experience too. It's common sense.
No, it isn't. If it was, why don't you go give it a try yourself and let me know how it felt?
"I've never dipped my hand into a pool of lava before, so I guess I'd never know what it's like until I give it a try." - Kowalski
Worst of all, her movies seem to be getting more and more progressively (no pun intended) woke with each one. Granted, I haven't actually sat down and watched any of them yet, but judging by their plot premises as well as the reception each have received, it seems she went from being not really woke (Lady Bird), kinda woke (Little Women), to really woke (Barbie).
I wonder what she has in store for us next? A remake of Francois Truffaut's The Bride Wore Black with an even more anti-men slant than the original?
The only one who was the least bit memorable was Sheriff Teasle in the first movie and he wasn't even really a villain, he was just a douche. Brian Dennehy was great in the role but I wish the film portrayed him as more of a competent threat against Rambo like he was in the book. I haven't read it but supposedly, Teasle is a vet himself in that version of the story and actually uses Korean War tactics against Rambo's Vietnam tactics in the final act.
The Teasle of the film looks like he hasn't fired a gun in 20-something years.
Strangely enough, I actually don't rate DDL as highly as most people do. He's a good actor but to me, his acting feels very try hard most of the time. There isn't quite the sense of spontaneity and ease that folks De Niro and Pacino had back in their prime (even when they were playing really intense roles).
The one performance of his I DO rate really highly, is one that rarely gets talked about today, The Age of Innocence. There, Daniel comes off more subdued and natural than he's ever been in any of his other films, with every emotion being palpable but not overly pronounced. Maybe Scorsese's just a better actor's director than anyone else DDL's ever worked with (PTA, Spielberg, Sheridan etc), I don't know.
Oh yeah, fuck that guy. He's not even that funny most of the time. I think I laughed like 3 or 4 times while watching Deadpool.
In his defense, though, the character was drastically toned down from his psychotic, immoral self that was present in the comics. They made him into just another smartass, wise-cracking superhero (albeit, one who's more profane and crude), just like virtually every character's that's come out of a Marvel film since The Avengers.
Both those guys showed a fair bit of range in their early years but once they got super famous, they started being cast just to deliver their trademark screen persona time and time again. They are both immensely talented but I think both became victims of their own success in a way.
Ashley Laurence seems like the sweetest, kindest lady out there. That, and she's also ridiculously hot.
Wasn't he something of a diva back in his day? Don't get me wrong, I love Sly as much as the next guy but if reports are to believed, Stallone was quite an egotist and hothead during his prime years (probably mellowed out a lot over the years, I presume).
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