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gonefirefightin

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Meg 2: The trench = sharknado style cinema, couple chuckles, not worth the rental unless there is nothing else to watch

Freelance = funny stuff, cena has some good lines and is actually entertaining, more of a comedy than action.

The retirement plan = only made it 15 min before turning it off

Oppy = good period piece, interesting concept of the issues only the smartest of us have to deal with.

23 was a terrible year for movies, hoping 24 is better
 

slyfink

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The Marvels:

I knew it was going to be a hot woke feminism agenda piece of garbage when they said Nia DaCosta was the director but C'mon Disney, no wonder they fired her as soon as it hit theaters.

Even The Incredible Hulk (2008) did better at the box office
sometimes it can be a good idea to stop and ask yourself "is this post worth posting?" before posting.
 

gonefirefightin

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Ah, Oregon. So Emily Dickinson College
My gregarious days of studies and eagerness to produce a cinematic masterpiece in the institutions were merely random shorts to fulfill collegiate assignments shot in the hills around Boulder and Spokane. It was to be my tinker career after my 25-year mark in the forest service in wildland fire. Although the US Army had other ideas, I did start and run a couple of production companies doing documentaries, commercials, and contract content with the advent of Youtubez. Still, one thing I have learned with many interests is when you do it for a living it tends to dull the flavor and passion.

I did enjoy producing content when running the nonprofits, that was fun since it was solely shot and edited from the hip but even it became the cash cow and the pressure for milk was getting rather bothersome.
 
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stevew

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child actor who played akiko in godzilla minus one....deserves a oscar nomination...
 

gonefirefightin

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Beekeeper.

Wife's new favourite film, supplanting Equalizer.
I liked it as well, was a bit skeptical when I saw David Ayer was directing since the only thing he really did that was rad, was training day and Fury, but it came out pretty well-balanced. Fight scenes were choreographed well albeit some scenes were a bit tongue and cheek (even hear a Wilhelm) but overall I liked the tempo, the editing pace tapered towards the end but it kept me occupied enough not to bug me. Def not a cerebral movie like Equalizer as it was a pretty predictable screenplay but it still left a few surprises.
 

gonefirefightin

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Roadhouse (2024)

Meh, def a departure from the original, enjoyed the cameos, storyline and plot is about as predictable as as a stop light so done expect a brain teaser. Started out fun and decently paced until McGregor shows up. McGregors acting is just as painful to watch as the budget CGI in the fight sequences but overall it is entertaining and worth the easter eggs of one liners, quips and nods to the original. Glad its free with prime.
 

AngryMetalsmith

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Roadhouse (2024)

Meh, def a departure from the original, enjoyed the cameos, storyline and plot is about as predictable as as a stop light so done expect a brain teaser. Started out fun and decently paced until McGregor shows up. McGregors acting is just as painful to watch as the budget CGI in the fight sequences but overall it is entertaining and worth the easter eggs of one liners, quips and nods to the original. Glad its free with prime.
Currently watching. So far it is not nearly as bad as 211 with Nicholas Cage. Still bad though.
 

pigboy

in a galaxy far, far away
we thought that Dark Harvest was fairly good. it's definitely not fully rounded, but it was entertaining enough

other recent samples
Badlands Hunters - couldn't get past the halfway mark
Rebel Moon - some of the worst writing and dialogue, but the Space Nazi bad guy is very well done. high production values
Con Air - laughably bad, but has some big name actors who don't suck. along with Nicholas Cage, in the leading role, who does suck
Space Sweepers - again, the writing is terrible and we only got 1/3 of the way in before we abandoned space-ship.