It's kinda funny to come in to this thread recently and every new post is someone seeing Mad Max. It feels like a disparate discovery that's all occurring in the same space.
Fucking hell - watching other videos about it. That one is a custom build - petrol, not diesel, that fucking thing has a thousand horsepower, sixteen inches of suspension travel, does better than 70 miles an hour.
"I'm sorry but I can't tell you which influential movie series from the 80s featuring crazy vehicles going 70mph through the desert this is for the sequel of"
Fucking hell - watching other videos about it. That one is a custom build - petrol, not diesel, that fucking thing has a thousand horsepower, sixteen inches of suspension travel, does better than 70 miles an hour.
That dude was really bad at keeping secrets. I'm in America and I'm telling you we'll be shooting half way around the world in a place with red sand and dunes, the movie will be a sequel to a popular movie in the 80's which influenced me to make crazy off road auto-mobiles.
Fucking hell - watching other videos about it. That one is a custom build - petrol, not diesel, that fucking thing has a thousand horsepower, sixteen inches of suspension travel, does better than 70 miles an hour.
That dude was really bad at keeping secrets. I'm in America and I'm telling you we'll be shooting half way around the world in a place with red sand and dunes, the movie will be a sequel to a popular movie in the 80's which influenced me to make crazy off road auto-mobiles.
Yeah, not so great - but the hype was pretty low at that point(It was filmed in 2010, before the decision to move to Namibia had been made, and before Tom Hardy had even been announced as Max), and it wasn't exactly a popular reality show on discovery, so practically nobody noticed.
She was strong, independent, and beautiful, and in the new Mad Max movie they completely ruined her. I am so very, deeply offended. Typical Hollywood insensitivity. She should have been given a proper character arc. She should have been fully fleshed out--given the screen time to show what a dynamic, powerful presence she can deliver. Instead, what do we get? Another anonymous, forgettable victim. She's only there so Max can be angry at the bad guys. The camera lingers for longer on her abused body than it does on her vibrant personality. She is nothing but an object for Max to abandon and for the bad guys to kick around and eventually destroy. She has a name. She has a story. She was the last of the V8 Interceptors. And they used her and then threw her in the trash.
Like hell Max didn't immediately go back over there and rebuild her from the remains. There's like eighty broken cars there that's more than enough spare parts.
Like hell Max didn't immediately go back over there and rebuild her from the remains. There's like eighty broken cars there that's more than enough spare parts.
The upcoming game has a whole mechanic around exactly that, funnily enough.
Saw the Poltergeist remake last night. Some interesting ideas, a few striking shots and tense new situations (two words: power drill). Otherwise? Didn't measure up to the original at all. Lot of it was bland, and some of the retreaded scenes make less sense in the new story.
Shame. There could've been an interesting side commentary on the current US economy and housing market in there. With all the references to the dad being laid off and their house not being in a "good neighborhood", seems like the family is essentially being punished for unknowingly taking a bad housing deal while their more well-off neighbors get off scot-free. This is enhanced all the more by the fact that their block seems devoid of other people. That's a major change from the original where the neighbours were very present, and I think that's a deliberate artistic choice.
Sadly whatever commentary they were trying to make got lost in the film being shackled to beats from the original, plus some pointless added scares & lame CGI. I liked the idea of using a drone to explore the Other Side at first. I mean why wouldn't you if you now have this technology that wasn't available in 1982? Just wish what the drone saw in there had been more ambiguous. I mean… Jeebus, the Other Side stuff from Poltergeist 2 was more convincing and subtle. And that's saying something.
Also: when the teens coming out of your horror movie say the scariest part of it was the squirrel jumping at them? You know you screwed something up.
Credit to the actors at least. I cared the most whenever the movie focused on their interactions as a family and their little dramas pre-ghost shit. The parents especially were good. They were as good as the parents in the original I'd say even. Kind of nice that they gave the son a complete character arc too, even if it was a little cheesy.
Anyway, bottom line: it wasn't awful, but it was also very not special. Not like the original was anyway. Wait to Netflix it if you're curious and you might have an okay time. Don’t pay full price, though, that’s for sure.
Everyone keeps talking about how mad max focuses on cars or social rights, but no one seems to even mention the true story. It's a beautiful story about a young man and his dream to inspire the hearts of everyone he meets with his soothing guitar melodies.
Everyone keeps talking about how mad max focuses on cars or social rights, but no one seems to even mention the true story. It's a beautiful story about a young man and his dream to inspire the hearts of everyone he meets with his soothing guitar melodies.
While wearing a mask that's a touching tribute to his mother. And is also her face.
Just saw Kingsman. It was pretty great. It looked ok from the trailer but that really doesn't do it justice. The church scene is definitely the high point for me and I think that's why some feel it was too long. Its more a pacing issue than a length issue, but itsnot a big deal. What bothered me more is at one point them mention that their Tokarev pistols have an underbarrel-mounted shotgun but I don't remember seeing it actually used anywhere in the film. Chekhov's gun, anyone?
I didn't like Kingsman much. The whole film was based on anti-clichés/ and tropes. Made every scene predictable and hollow. Which can be acceptable for an action film, however like most modern films the action is very non-jackie chanian and unsatisfying to watch.
The church scene only panders to the audiences' sense of poetic justice. "These are awful people, they deserve to die, it's ok to kill them, it's not your fault, you're not in control"
The action scenes were not good, with each camera turn you can only expect something gruesome to happen. There was no peril, only reflexes with God-mode cheats turned on.
Every woman in the film was a victim, even the female Kingsman. Despite her having earn her position, she ended up as a side-kick.
Main character guy failed the test yet somehow was needed to save the day. Clearly bullshit test, because you don't need to pass to be accepted, all that needs to happen is to be the 'chosen one'. Avenge your father, that you never knew. Avenge the surrogate father that you've just come to know.
Unlike say Enders game, where even when he was humanities last hope, he chose to quit out of guilt from severely injuring a rival. It wasn't till he was consoled by his sister that he was able to resolve his emotions and thoughts. Even upon his return, he was still facing failure, and the weight of that failure.
Kingsman, failure was a toy that was switched on and off. Despite running into danger, no Die Hard wounds to be found.
The most dangerous and skilled assassin dies because of poison cheats, in a fight she should have won straight away. The fight scene was stretched out to make it seem like the main guy had skill. Despite being out-skilled by every other person around him. You never see his progress, you only ever see the rewards from taking risks. A gambler that never loses. Why, because protagonist.
But by the end he's 'made it' and is rewarded butt sex....
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And then I saw it and I was vindicated because it was metal as fuck and everyone else was like "damn bro, this movie is metal as fuck"
Here it is without the Valiant Charger skin on it.
how unambiguous is it possible to be?
Typical Hollywood insensitivity. She should have been given a proper character arc. She should have been fully fleshed out--given the screen time to show what a dynamic, powerful presence she can deliver. Instead, what do we get? Another anonymous, forgettable victim. She's only there so Max can be angry at the bad guys. The camera lingers for longer on her abused body than it does on her vibrant personality. She is nothing but an object for Max to abandon and for the bad guys to kick around and eventually destroy.
She has a name. She has a story. She was the last of the V8 Interceptors. And they used her and then threw her in the trash.
Shame. There could've been an interesting side commentary on the current US economy and housing market in there. With all the references to the dad being laid off and their house not being in a "good neighborhood", seems like the family is essentially being punished for unknowingly taking a bad housing deal while their more well-off neighbors get off scot-free. This is enhanced all the more by the fact that their block seems devoid of other people. That's a major change from the original where the neighbours were very present, and I think that's a deliberate artistic choice.
Sadly whatever commentary they were trying to make got lost in the film being shackled to beats from the original, plus some pointless added scares & lame CGI.
Also: when the teens coming out of your horror movie say the scariest part of it was the squirrel jumping at them? You know you screwed something up.
Credit to the actors at least. I cared the most whenever the movie focused on their interactions as a family and their little dramas pre-ghost shit. The parents especially were good. They were as good as the parents in the original I'd say even. Kind of nice that they gave the son a complete character arc too, even if it was a little cheesy.
Anyway, bottom line: it wasn't awful, but it was also very not special. Not like the original was anyway. Wait to Netflix it if you're curious and you might have an okay time. Don’t pay full price, though, that’s for sure.
But yeah, that church scene. In a "normal" movie, that would have gone a different way. I expected it to go a different way.
But Kingsman? It doubled the fuck down and went with it. It went Read or Die.
The church scene only panders to the audiences' sense of poetic justice. "These are awful people, they deserve to die, it's ok to kill them, it's not your fault, you're not in control"
The action scenes were not good, with each camera turn you can only expect something gruesome to happen. There was no peril, only reflexes with God-mode cheats turned on.
Every woman in the film was a victim, even the female Kingsman. Despite her having earn her position, she ended up as a side-kick.
Main character guy failed the test yet somehow was needed to save the day. Clearly bullshit test, because you don't need to pass to be accepted, all that needs to happen is to be the 'chosen one'. Avenge your father, that you never knew. Avenge the surrogate father that you've just come to know.
Unlike say Enders game, where even when he was humanities last hope, he chose to quit out of guilt from severely injuring a rival. It wasn't till he was consoled by his sister that he was able to resolve his emotions and thoughts. Even upon his return, he was still facing failure, and the weight of that failure.
Kingsman, failure was a toy that was switched on and off. Despite running into danger, no Die Hard wounds to be found.
The most dangerous and skilled assassin dies because of poison cheats, in a fight she should have won straight away. The fight scene was stretched out to make it seem like the main guy had skill. Despite being out-skilled by every other person around him. You never see his progress, you only ever see the rewards from taking risks. A gambler that never loses. Why, because protagonist.
But by the end he's 'made it' and is rewarded butt sex....
TL DR cheap thrills
Hope this will be an awesome sequel. Where did all the wuxia films go?