I looked forward to seeing this movie just because of the adverts, as
the Brits might say. Don't believe the hype, as Public Enemy used to sing. What started off as an interesting, albeit derivative, premise
slowly devolved into a potboiler that I couldn't wait to be over. The problems are too numerous to mention, but not the least of which is a
"hero" that spends far much time being an asshole. If the characters
are unappealing you have to make damn sure something in the movie is,
and that sure as hell wasn't happening. I don't know how such movies
get made. The script would have needed multiple revisions for this to
be appealing, and clearly that never happened. Some might like this
simply for Hugh Jackman's performance, that wasn't nearly enough for me.
The
problems are too numerous to mention, but not the least of which is a
"hero" that spends far much time being an asshole.
On 2021-08-21 at 00:38:26 MDT, "trotsky" <gmsingh@email.com> wrote:
The
problems are too numerous to mention, but not the least of which is a
"hero" that spends far much time being an asshole.
All across Usenet, the irony meters are pegging.
On 8/21/2021 2:38 AM, trotsky wrote:
I looked forward to seeing this movie just because of the adverts, as
the Brits might say. Don't believe the hype, as Public Enemy used to
sing. What started off as an interesting, albeit derivative, premise
slowly devolved into a potboiler that I couldn't wait to be over. The
problems are too numerous to mention, but not the least of which is a
"hero" that spends far much time being an asshole. If the characters
are unappealing you have to make damn sure something in the movie is,
and that sure as hell wasn't happening. I don't know how such movies
get made. The script would have needed multiple revisions for this to
be appealing, and clearly that never happened. Some might like this
simply for Hugh Jackman's performance, that wasn't nearly enough for me.
I can't help wondering: Would *I* release a really good movie right now?
On 8/21/2021 2:38 AM, trotsky wrote:
I looked forward to seeing this movie just because of the adverts, as
the Brits might say. Don't believe the hype, as Public Enemy used to
sing. What started off as an interesting, albeit derivative, premise
slowly devolved into a potboiler that I couldn't wait to be over. The
problems are too numerous to mention, but not the least of which is a
"hero" that spends far much time being an asshole. If the characters
are unappealing you have to make damn sure something in the movie is,
and that sure as hell wasn't happening. I don't know how such movies
get made. The script would have needed multiple revisions for this to
be appealing, and clearly that never happened. Some might like this
simply for Hugh Jackman's performance, that wasn't nearly enough for me.
I can't help wondering: Would *I* release a really good movie right now?
On 8/21/2021 11:34 AM, moviePig wrote:
On 8/21/2021 2:38 AM, trotsky wrote:
I looked forward to seeing this movie just because of the adverts, as
the Brits might say. Don't believe the hype, as Public Enemy used to
sing. What started off as an interesting, albeit derivative, premise
slowly devolved into a potboiler that I couldn't wait to be over.
The problems are too numerous to mention, but not the least of which
is a "hero" that spends far much time being an asshole. If the
characters are unappealing you have to make damn sure something in
the movie is, and that sure as hell wasn't happening. I don't know
how such movies get made. The script would have needed multiple
revisions for this to be appealing, and clearly that never happened.
Some might like this simply for Hugh Jackman's performance, that
wasn't nearly enough for me.
I can't help wondering: Would *I* release a really good movie right now?
Black Widow was reviewed well.
On 8/23/2021 2:23 PM, trotsky wrote:
On 8/21/2021 11:34 AM, moviePig wrote:
On 8/21/2021 2:38 AM, trotsky wrote:
I looked forward to seeing this movie just because of the adverts, asI can't help wondering: Would *I* release a really good movie right now?
the Brits might say. Don't believe the hype, as Public Enemy used to
sing. What started off as an interesting, albeit derivative, premise
slowly devolved into a potboiler that I couldn't wait to be over. The >>>> problems are too numerous to mention, but not the least of which is a
"hero" that spends far much time being an asshole. If the characters
are unappealing you have to make damn sure something in the movie is,
and that sure as hell wasn't happening. I don't know how such movies
get made. The script would have needed multiple revisions for this to >>>> be appealing, and clearly that never happened. Some might like this
simply for Hugh Jackman's performance, that wasn't nearly enough for me. >>>
Black Widow was reviewed well.
I meant "release in theaters", which BW famously only partially was.
Assuming a standard theatrical release to be how studios realize top
return on their investment, it seems to me that an auspciously
hot-seeming property in the can is likely to wait there a while longer.
On 2021-08-21 16:34:28 +0000, moviePig said:
On 8/21/2021 2:38 AM, trotsky wrote:
I looked forward to seeing this movie just because of the adverts, as
the Brits might say. Don't believe the hype, as Public Enemy used to
sing. What started off as an interesting, albeit derivative, premise
slowly devolved into a potboiler that I couldn't wait to be over.
The problems are too numerous to mention, but not the least of which
is a "hero" that spends far much time being an asshole. If the
characters are unappealing you have to make damn sure something in
the movie is, and that sure as hell wasn't happening. I don't know
how such movies get made. The script would have needed multiple
revisions for this to be appealing, and clearly that never happened.
Some might like this simply for Hugh Jackman's performance, that
wasn't nearly enough for me.
I can't help wondering: Would *I* release a really good movie right now?
Unfortunately (luckily?) this isn't one. It's just another in the latest clone-fad of "VR dream" movies, and not a very good one either from the trailer. :-\
On 2021-08-21 at 00:38:26 MDT, "trotsky" <gmsingh@email.com> wrote:
The
problems are too numerous to mention, but not the least of which is a
"hero" that spends far much time being an asshole.
All across Usenet, the irony meters are pegging.
On Sat, 21 Aug 2021 22:03:42 -0000 (UTC), Neill Massello wrote:
On 2021-08-21 at 00:38:26 MDT, "trotsky" <gmsingh@email.com> wrote:
The
problems are too numerous to mention, but not the least of which is a
"hero" that spends far much time being an asshole.
All across Usenet, the irony meters are pegging.
Which interpretation of "pegging" are you using here Neil?
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