Napoleonthechimp
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I must be the only one that liked it. I thought Bruce Willis' emo hair was hilarious.
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The Mana Legend
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The only reaction out of the crowd the entire movie was how awful that hair was, hahaha.
Thought JGL looked better in this than he does regularly
The kid was a creepy little fucker
Deadly Cyclone
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Solid movie.
Only part I didn't quite get was
Only part I didn't quite get was
when young Joe first lets old Joe escape, and then the whole scene repeats with him killing old Joe. Was that just showing what old Joe did when he was in young Joe's scenario?
Napoleonthechimp
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I thought he had some of Bruce Willis' subtle vocal and physical mannerisms down quite well.
It was weird for me seeing her with the American accent, as I've just watched 2 movies in the past week with her doing her usual British accent.
The Mana Legend
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Yeah, that was great, but the makeup was awful.
The Mana Legend
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Her accent was sketchy at times. When she screams "NOOOO" at the end, it's really obvious she is British. And the rest of the movie she was switching between Southern accent and no accent at all.
Why? Thought the makeup was just fine, he disappeared into the role
Napoleonthechimp
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I fell in love with her when I saw her in that "Matt Damon movie with the hats".
The Mana Legend
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If you're going to do makeup that still ends up looking absolutely nothing like what you're going for, then just don't bother doing it.
For me it was that "Anne Hathaway movie with the shoes".
The intent was to make him look like Willis.......which he didn't even in the slightest.
The Mana Legend
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The one where she was sneezing and blowing shit all over the office for half of the movie?
The Devil Wears Prada, yeah. First thing I ever saw her in.
Anton Sugar
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The eyebrows, man.
Lionel Mandrake
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I was actually pretty impressed with how similar they made JGL look to Willis. It was really apparent in one-on-one conversation scenes. I was thinking "Damn, he really looks like Bruce," the whole time. It's funny because I thought he looked awful in stills/commercials.
The Mana Legend
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The Mana Legend
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Not at all. When they saw each other the first time, I kept saying to myself "fuck, how the hell does younger Joe recognize older Joe?"
Expendable.
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Most unnecessary shot of the movie.
The Mana Legend
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I was embarrassed for the movie during that entire 30 year montage part. It was so bad.
Expendable.
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Nah, the 30 year montage was one of my favorite parts of the movie -- at least one of the best ideas. But that single shot was unneeded.
The Mana Legend
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I hated it. There was really no reason for it to be in the movie.
Lionel Mandrake
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Really? I mean, he's not identical or anything, but I could buy them being related.
Expendable.
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It was perhaps one of the most vital parts of the entire movie. We see why/how Old Joe fell in love, which is the entire crux of his mission and we'll see the life Young Joe
won't have.
The Mana Legend
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They could have done that without having to do the entire awful 30 year thing.
The diner scene showed the similiarities. It's mostly the nose
The Return of
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fuck I'm pissed the power went out like wtf seriously.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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My favorite subtle moment (at least if I was seeing it correctly):
Some bits of the movie definitely reminded me of 12 Monkeys.
Young Joe gets shot in the ear, Old Joe loses a chunk of his.
Some bits of the movie definitely reminded me of 12 Monkeys.
That scene made me kinda see why they did what they did with JGL's make up and prostethics. I mean, JGL still didn't look like a believable young Willis, but it would have been very weird to have them one in front of the other sporting different-shaped noses...
NotTheGuyYouKill
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This is what my friend was expecting after seeing what happened with
Seth
Oh my God, so funny.
But it wasn't awful. It was really cool and completely thematically grounded in the film's key concept.
ToyMachine228
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This is all I could think of for half the movie pertaining to JGL's face...
And I loved the movie. Would definitely see it again if one of my friend's wanted to.
And I loved the movie. Would definitely see it again if one of my friend's wanted to.
The Mana Legend
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It was a waste of time and we didn't need a montage.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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Disagree. It was fantastic to see it from Old Joe's point of view.
I just got back from seeing this.
I want to let my thoughts gel before talking about what I liked and didn't like, but one thing I loved was the final shot fading out to black and silence for about 5 seconds until the credits started. I wonder if a different camera was used or if it was something added in post for that final shot. It was almost tilt-shift in effect.
I heard a few people in the audience let out groans that undoubtedly implied disappointment. I predict that being the general sentiment among most movie goers. I don't care.
I liked it, and I doubt going back and reading the posts in this thread probably tearing apart the movie for implausibilities will change my mind. The rules of time travel in movies are always fluid.
Probably my favorite time-travel movie since Primer, though for very different reasons.
I want to let my thoughts gel before talking about what I liked and didn't like, but one thing I loved was the final shot fading out to black and silence for about 5 seconds until the credits started. I wonder if a different camera was used or if it was something added in post for that final shot. It was almost tilt-shift in effect.
I heard a few people in the audience let out groans that undoubtedly implied disappointment. I predict that being the general sentiment among most movie goers. I don't care.
I liked it, and I doubt going back and reading the posts in this thread probably tearing apart the movie for implausibilities will change my mind. The rules of time travel in movies are always fluid.
Probably my favorite time-travel movie since Primer, though for very different reasons.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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Great movie, but I agree with the folks that thought JGL looked goofy in the makeup/prosthetics. He doesn't look anything like Willis, so it was all for naught. I mean we know what young Willis looks like.
Circa Moonlighting:
Whoa. I've never seen him this young.
I'm not going to nitpick some of the time paradox loopholes, cause it was otherwise an enjoyable movie.
But the 1st half of the movie was much better than the 2nd half. The only thing that made the 2nd half watchable was Emily Blunt. The 2nd half felt ike it was written by a completely different writer, or someone who had writer's block after the great diner scene between Willis and JGL, and wasn't sure where to go from there. Gone was the noir-like atmosphere of the first half with narrator voiceover, and in its place was some terrible Terminator-esque "save a mother and child from a future assassin" plot.
Movie would also have been better off without the telekinesis crap or the focus on that one dude who was hellbent on proving himself to Abe.
But the 1st half of the movie was much better than the 2nd half. The only thing that made the 2nd half watchable was Emily Blunt. The 2nd half felt ike it was written by a completely different writer, or someone who had writer's block after the great diner scene between Willis and JGL, and wasn't sure where to go from there. Gone was the noir-like atmosphere of the first half with narrator voiceover, and in its place was some terrible Terminator-esque "save a mother and child from a future assassin" plot.
Movie would also have been better off without the telekinesis crap or the focus on that one dude who was hellbent on proving himself to Abe.
I saw the movie tonight. It was weird, and I could see the second half being oddly different. I'm not sure I liked it.
My favorite thing in the movie was probably the quote from the mob boss Abe, something like:
I think that was the main thing people in the theater laughed at.
My favorite thing in the movie was probably the quote from the mob boss Abe, something like:
Look. I'm from the future. You want to go to China (rather than France).
Yeah, that's my favorite track, love that scene.
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