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Red Letter Media |OT| of Movies, Murderers, and Pizza Rolls
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Grinchy
Banned
It is decently competent for like half of the running time. Kate Mara's wig is hilarious. Drinking every time you spot it would make for a drinking game.
Overall it's just a bad movie, though.
Freeza Under The Shower
Member
It's a very educational movie in terms of teaching you how to tell reshoots in movies and the effects of it, as well as the complete dichotomy between the writing between them.
It's basically two movies crammed into one, which is kind of why it sucks, but the Trank version would have worked, I think. Also, for all the crap that made about the adoption thing, that actually made perfect sense in the movie as intended.
I will remind you that the ultimate product is obviously crap, and not in a 'drinking movie' kind of way. But in terms of 'what can I learn from it' (and what might have been) it's worth enduring it, in my opinion. The 2005 movie is faster and better though, even if that production was clearly not as focused as Rise of the Silver Surfer either. Basically that SS movie is the only movie that feels like it was produced to actually be a Fantastic Four movie from the start.
Admiral Woofington
Member
finally watching the episode with max landis.
Outside of him fanboying over the guys, he actually kind of worked well. I mean he was a bit overbearing at points, like he was trying to stand out from other guests.
I still think he's a whiny prick in twitter though.
Outside of him fanboying over the guys, he actually kind of worked well. I mean he was a bit overbearing at points, like he was trying to stand out from other guests.
I still think he's a whiny prick in twitter though.
Damn. They are salty as fuck.
e: I should probably watch the reviews some day.
Yeah. I thought he WAS the best guest they've had, even if his fanboying was a bit over the top at times.
MrCunningham
Member
The fanboying was part of his charm, to be honest. Yeah, he did go overboard, but it was fun. I hope this isn't an isolated case and they bring more guests on like him.
I feel like Plinkett TFA will still happen. I kinda feel like Plinkett Jurassic World might happen at some point, too.
BassForever
Member
I'm surprised how many people don't get the point of Kylo Ren in TFA and complain that "he sucks"
which is clearly the point of his character in this film.
DerZuhälter
Member
Surprised they like it so much.
It was ok at most, but it is a good setup to move the franchise in very new and bold directions. Kinda wished
I liked the least Star Wars-y stuff most to be honest and hope they go really full on crazy for the spin-offs.
It was ok at most, but it is a good setup to move the franchise in very new and bold directions. Kinda wished
they killed of Leia as well and destroyed the Millenium Falcon to give a complete blank slate for the next movie.
I liked the least Star Wars-y stuff most to be honest and hope they go really full on crazy for the spin-offs.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
DerZuhälter;190045367 said:
That would be comical though and would feel forced (yes, yes haha etc). She probably won't play a big role in the future films.
onepiecefan
Member
Can't argue with you there, most Star Wars movies aren't exactly 'cerebrally challenging' lol. Tbf you did say you don't like Star Wars so I can see why you didn't like it given it felt very much like a Star Wars film.
On the RLM review itself I too was a bit surprised with
how much they liked it overall, I think I felt most like Rich, an enjoyable film despite feeling a tad too much like a remake.
Fox Mulder
Member
It was a bit too much like ANH, but was the film everyone needed. Hopefully they don't fuck it up going forward when they have to choose to do new things or stay safe.
Maybe he had more spare time for grooming when we meet up with him compared to what was going down in the span of the OT.
Maybe he had more spare time for grooming when we meet up with him compared to what was going down in the span of the OT.
Lol, dude I was talking about Jurassic World, I hadn't even seen Star Wars 7 when I made that post.
god that movie looks like shit.
VendettaRed07
Member
Not getting my hopes up
It's been like a thousand years since the last Plinkett review. At this point I feel like I'll probably be playing Shenmue 3, Half Life 3, The Last Guardian and the FF7 Remake before I get to watch another Plinkett review
onepiecefan
Member
Oh right in that case I completely agree lol, JW was crap. What dd you think of TFA?
Just came back from the theater, I posted my impressions in the "Movies you've seen recently" thread, but yeah I liked it.
6.5 or 7 out of 10, if I had to give it a score.
onepiecefan
Member
I'd score similarly, probably a 7.5/10 for me.
plasmawave
Banned
I'd say episode 7 is somewhere between good and great.
Great new and old characters with a lot of parallels to
Great new and old characters with a lot of parallels to
A New Hope.
Admiral Woofington
Member
A point I notice they've made before is that they aren't star wars mega fans. Which yeah the plinkett reviews are great but for them it must be a bit weird to have a fandom so closely associated with them.
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
i'm initially fans of them because they reviewed a bad movie I watched called Black Ninja. then i was passed their review because i mentioned i had seen it to someone. i didn't even watch or hear about the plinkett stuff until i was like halfway through the half in the bag stuff (i had no idea why they had plinkett in the review show)
Mike's obviously a big Star Trek fan. He gets a lot more annoyed by things that are "wrong" compared to the TV show in those reviews along with the fact that he did a bunch of those reviews before touching the prequels. But all of his critique of the Star Wars movies were based just on the movies themselves, and the fact that they're really really bad.
Freeza Under The Shower
Member
yeah, people seem to forget that dealing with the prequels was just a 'let's settle this once and for all' type thing.
Admiral Woofington
Member
I remember someone posted that gif of max landis high fiving Jay. And I forgot to say when I watched the episode that the gif doesn't do justice to just how FUCKING awkward that high five was.
Max hears the bad pun and happily raises the hand like a happy boy scout. And Jay stares at it for a bit like "is this fuck for real?"
haha god so awkward.
Max hears the bad pun and happily raises the hand like a happy boy scout. And Jay stares at it for a bit like "is this fuck for real?"
haha god so awkward.
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
Neil Breen finds a way. They're brainstorming an all-Breen BOTW on the game stream.
If by "brainstorming" you mean "shutting down", yes, because https://youtu.be/L53gjP-TtGE?t=24s
They couldn't handle the Breen.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Mike liking The Force Awakens is so weird. Like Plinkett coming full circle.
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
i think im more with Jay on this one. i didnt really enjoy it as much as Mike seems to have.
Fox Mulder
Member
I loved star trek more growing up too, but what i loved about it is dead now. Pushed me to get into doctor who and I always at least liked star wars.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Mike's getting older and is probably in nostalgia mode. Why else would he love Jurassic World?
Freeza Under The Shower
Member
Because hating all movies was clearly getting to him. He seems happier and more coordinated in recent video's.
You can only stomach so much self-hatred for dragging yourself to movies you know you're going to hate. Similar to playing bad video games without streaming to bitch about them. Did I mention that I wasted 70 fucking hours on Final Fantasy 13 because people said it got better despite that I knew full well it wouldn't? Have I? *eye twitching*
Because I don't thin kl I hav qui te enooooou gh
Seriously, you're going to really dark places at some point.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Jay and Jack are like indie hipsters, so I know what they like. Rich will never like anything... which leaves Mike as the weirdo who can turn on a dime.
I don't know if he turned to the light side though. Then again, he hasn't shit on Rich in a while. At least not on video. lol
I don't know if he turned to the light side though. Then again, he hasn't shit on Rich in a while. At least not on video. lol
Grinchy
Banned
But Jurassic World is deserving of that hate. It's strange for Mike to like such a terrible movie. Even Jay, who is much more positive in general, who recommends bad movies if they have even one good element, could see how horrible it was.
BassForever
Member
I mean considering I was expecting a movie as bad as JP2/3 to find a decently enjoyable dumb film made me like JW. Its not great and it doesn't deserve the insane money it made but its not terrible like some people make it out to be.
Freeza Under The Shower
Member
oh yes it is. It barely even has scenes. Even JP3 had more of EVERYTHING than JW had (and that started filming on an unfinished script! ). JW is a humongous piece of shit, and not in a cute "here's a literal pile of shit" reference to the first movie. Yes, JP3 had that one already.
edit: I don't feel it's necessary to explain why I think that, there are plenty of mockeries already that deal with most of them, if not all. None of it made sense. Even Max Landis knows it, and he's basically Shlock Heir Incarnate (through his dad anyway, not his own work).
And while it is strange for Mike to like something this bad (though it definitely is shlock, so on those terms him liking it is not that strange, it's just years ahead of the eventual future future Best of the Worsts that are going to have JW in it), I'm still putting that down to "puppies and rainbows", and you know, avoiding darkness my old friend.
Jurassic World hate is pretty fucking comical. The hyperbole is off the charts.
It's a shitty movie, whether that's universally accepted or not, i couldn't care less, personally.
VendettaRed07
Member
I knew Mike would like it because, in his Plinkett Phantom Menace review, The Force Awakens literally does everything that mike suggested that would have made Episode I a better movie. Its almost like JJ watched it or something. I couldn't help but keep it in mind the entire time I was watching it
BobTheFork
Member
See, I thought it was the other way around. I keep reading opinions about Jurassic World being this amazing revival that succeeds where other reboots failed without much acknowledgement that it was heavily praised and criticized.
VendettaRed07
Member
Because he isn't as cynical as people make him out to be. He likes basic fun adventure/scifi. Which is what JW is. If a movie keeps it simple and doesn't screw around too much he'll probably like it.
I don't think I've ever seen people so angry about a movie or state their opinion as an undefinable fact as much as I've seen with JW. Neither opinion anger or "stating opinion as fact" are rare mind you but its rampant on Internet gaming forums with JW.
DrForester
Kills Photobucket
Jurassic World was just entertaining fluff. It wasn't terrible, but it certainly wasn't good.
brianmcdoogle
Member
As someone who thinks JW is a 2/5, I'll agree that the hyperbole is off the charts on how bad it is. What bothers me with the movie is that I found it kind of lazy and very cynical, so when stuff like it gets rewarded with huge audiences, I get bummed out that future movies will have had the bar lowered, not raised, in the "quality per box office" metric.
And, as always, it's ok to like bad or mediocre movies.
And, as always, it's ok to like bad or mediocre movies.