By all means - but don't expect anything particularly good. VD isn't the best actor around, but the concept and action stuff is all ok, fairly ok plot and nice setting. I watched it whilst ill with man-flu, and I didn't feel any worse afterwards... There are worse ways of spending a couple of hours (Thor 2, perhaps?).
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By all means - but don't expect anything particularly good. VD isn't the best actor around, but the concept and action stuff is all ok, fairly ok plot and nice setting. I watched it whilst ill with man-flu, and I didn't feel any worse afterwards... There are worse ways of spending a couple of hours (Thor 2, perhaps?).
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I haven't ever finished an AC game but I did enjoy those a bit more. Just felt more polished.
yessir!
Statham lost all his appeal when Ritchie stopped making good movies
Have you seen Crank 1 and 2?
X Men The Last Stand was better because they stopped pretending that they're even trying anymore
Hoffman in MI3 was the best, evil bastard bad guy since Rickman.
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Crossover appeal. I still hear "The dood that played Thor" or something along the lines of that as opposed to the actual actors name.
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Sly cut his teeth in an episode of Kojak. That'll make you immortal.
I don't think there's a person alive with as much legitimate swagger as Telly Savalas in his prime:
Amazing dude. Laserfrog, we should work on a Telly Savalas thread.
I don't think there's a person alive with as much legitimate swagger as Telly Savalas in his prime:
Amazing dude. Laserfrog, we should work on a Telly Savalas thread.
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Avengers was such a fun movie. Don't get the hate
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I did see the first Crank, it was okay. I didn't fall in love with it like most people.
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But the stars (besides Downey) are not what's drawing people into the theatre. People don't give a shit about CHRIS HEMSWORTH and CHRIS EVANS as Thor and Captain America, they just want to see THOR AND CAPTAIN AMERICA.
You couldn't put out a movie like Predator and have it draw on the star power of either of these dudes as Action Heroes, even though they are technically very successful in some action roles.
One thing I'll give the two of them over Arnie/Sly, they are much better for putting lady butts in seats.
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Tobey Maguire didn't get his accolades from Spider-Man.
He got em from the damn Cider House Blues brah
He got em from the damn Cider House Blues brah
I really wanted him to be the next Bond bad guy
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As an aside Predators with Adrian Brody was a good movie
The age of putting over movies based on stars alone is pretty much over.
I'm not, right?
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Man, Cesaro's good at backstage interviews too? Is there anything he can't do?
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Would you say that "you people are terrible"
"you people"
what do you mean you people
I loved Tropic Thunder
I liked most of it. Oleg Taktarov was in it! Good movie, but never felt the need to see it more than once.
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Clooney, Pitt, DiCaprio, Cruise, uh... Damon?
Bunch of pussies but they can move shlock.
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lmao which one was that?
Reminds me of how bad this looked:
Or The Patriot with Mel Gibson
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I wonder when Jason Statham will play a superhero.
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That wasn't bad, Eric Forman was better in that than SM3.
But you see they usually always make good movies. I don't go see Cruise movies just because of him. I go to them because they happen to look bad ass. Those cats won't usually just make anything.
It's not like Sam Jackson. That MF will be in anything. Just pay him.
rocobocop reboot wasn't bad!
Typical Roh mark, that interview showed Bollea still got the mic work down perfectly, cesaro looks like a damn fool next to Terry doing the full on Hogan promo.
Well he's now doing Transformers and Fast and the Furious. So he's just right about there.
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I feel that way except for Denzel Washington. I miss his old days.
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Quoting the whole; yeah this dude is top notch. Supremely helpful with my Dontaku Dumbassery. I'm trying to get the funds to help him out. His subbed KinPuro vids are gold!
lovely ladies
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Denzel's cooler than Sam Jackson. I wish he ended up playing Lex Luthor instead of Zuckerberg.
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My man. I love most of the modern hero movies. I appreciate chairman Mcmahon but I vehemently disagree with his film tastes.
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I don't know if he is one dimensional. It just seems that people are happy with him only playing on dimension. To me he outshone Christoph Waltz and DiCaprio in Django Unchained, his character was pretty complex in that.
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C'mon son. The MAX comics were amazing, but War Zone was an utter turd. Took the ultraviolence, and that was about it.
Also, having the Punisher, a noted tactician who relies heavily on his military training, dangle off a chandelier and fire akimbo in a circle is not "understanding the character".
Thomas Jane was better, despite Stevenson resembling the character more.
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You're gonna have to come out sometime and we'll watch Durrdevil. I never saw that one.
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How did you feel about Dredd Sunflower?
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Pleasant. That soundtrack is probably one of the best film soundtracks of all time. Knocked it out of the park.
Still love the Stallone version though for completely different reasons.
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I'm in.
I have both versions. The director's cut has Coolio. I have the rifftrax for it too.
Did you like The Raid: Redemption?
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I hear Coolio is still keeping it fucking REAL. Like hanging out in bodegas smoking crack with locals after a show. Pretty wild.
He also had a game studio at one point.
Didn't watch, too lazy. Isn't it mostly hand to hand fights? I prefer gun shootouts.
The thread would end up in OT community cause everybody would get involved, how can you not when you're talking about Telly Savalas?
Also I'm watching the GDC Shenmue post-mortem, I don't think you'll like it though Sunny, Cerny is the translator.
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Cool, Hitman was in attendance.
Lol.
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Yeah, I'd rather Yu Suzuki live penniless than listen to Cerny. I have standards.
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They don't seem to make mass market gun fighting movies that much, I know they made Die Hard, there are those two White House movies, can't think of anything else.
I think I can hear Cerny play Marble Madness while he translates, that's not very professional.
As a longtime Marvel fan, The Avengers was just special. It carved a very warm place in my heart and is not leaving. Some bad days when I feel down, I'll just crawl into my bad and re-watch it for nth time. It's not an objective critique of the movie or whatever, it is one of those experiences as a fan that I value very much.
War Zone was cool. I loved the ultraviolence. And I thought it was a good representation of the punisher, his entire character is someone who turned grief into violence and he is at his best when he is cold and calculating as an offset to the incredible destruction he is capable of causing without superpowers. The only times I saw a "deep" Punisher was on the recent Rucka stories, which wouldn't make a good movie, but it would make an awesome tv series, and an incredible underrated Punisher: Year One from 1994, which, to me, is the definitive version of his origin. It's not only about his family, tho obviously that's the start, but also how the failure of the entire system, from the police to the newspaper, backed him into a corner of either suicide or mass murder. This story would make a hell of a movie.
I didn't enjoyed it much at first, but Thor has grown on me and today I love the movie. I liked Thor 2 very much, too. I really really loved the Captain America movie as he is my favorite superhero and that part with the song and his entertainment tour is one of my favorite things ever.
So yeah, I'm a big Marvel mark.
War Zone was cool. I loved the ultraviolence. And I thought it was a good representation of the punisher, his entire character is someone who turned grief into violence and he is at his best when he is cold and calculating as an offset to the incredible destruction he is capable of causing without superpowers. The only times I saw a "deep" Punisher was on the recent Rucka stories, which wouldn't make a good movie, but it would make an awesome tv series, and an incredible underrated Punisher: Year One from 1994, which, to me, is the definitive version of his origin. It's not only about his family, tho obviously that's the start, but also how the failure of the entire system, from the police to the newspaper, backed him into a corner of either suicide or mass murder. This story would make a hell of a movie.
I didn't enjoyed it much at first, but Thor has grown on me and today I love the movie. I liked Thor 2 very much, too. I really really loved the Captain America movie as he is my favorite superhero and that part with the song and his entertainment tour is one of my favorite things ever.
So yeah, I'm a big Marvel mark.
You know what action movies need? They need THE RAWCK.
On a serious note, movies like Predator, Die Hard and Terminator 2 were such good action movies because they were executed well. They were simple but told well with nicely planned action sequences and good pace/characters.
On the other hand, you have shit like Expendables which basically does everything wrong. So much wasted potential with those movies.
On a serious note, movies like Predator, Die Hard and Terminator 2 were such good action movies because they were executed well. They were simple but told well with nicely planned action sequences and good pace/characters.
On the other hand, you have shit like Expendables which basically does everything wrong. So much wasted potential with those movies.
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