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It looks good, but the characters and plot were staggeringly tired.
I heard somewhere that the same Colonel is going to be the main bad guy in all the sequels. That’s potentially disaterous in my opinion, as he was so bad in the first. He looked more like Major Chip Hazard in Small Soldiers than Major Chip Hazard did in Small Soldiers. Just a one-dimensional military lump we’ve seen a thousand times.
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I think because the most common complaints against the film were the derivative characters and story.
You've just described 90% of the films out there
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I can't stand superhero-films in general but I'm gonna suck it up and try my luck with "Logan", full report to follow.
I am 100% with you, I find the energy sunk into comic book films is such a waste when we could have fresh ideas instead of constantly rehashing these tired tropes. But they sell I suppose.
But Logan was a decent film–perhaps some of my tolerance of it is due to the fact Wolverine was probably my favorite superhero as a child, but it was genuinely different--dark, bleak, and more profoundly apocalyptic than I can only presume X-Men: Apocalypse was.
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So I postponed ”Logan” and watched ”Backstabbing for Beginners” instead - bad move on my part as this was disgustingly bad, stupid and plain bad. I don’t know who was the guy who played the role of the main protagonist but I do know that I never want to see him on anything again, ever. The producers must have some compromising polaroids of Ben Kingsley as I don’t think he would have agreed to feature otherwise.
It’s a 3/10 courtesy of 1 or 2 interesting scenes. A hard pass.
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Any of you watch Glass yet? Sounds promising
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Trailer for JOHN WICK 3 is out… Let's be honest: it is the best movie series ever made... I am not joking...
I'll reserve judgement until Chapter 3 comes out, but the first two were a lot of fun.
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Any of you watch Glass yet? Sounds promising
I saw it today. I enjoyed it, but it's not as good as Unbreakable or Split.
The Empire review gave it 3/5, which would seem fair.
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Saw the uncut Lord of Chaos movie yesterday. It was a really intense movie, that got really weird when during the (pretty graphic) murder of Euronymous somebody in the last rows was screaming in panic for a doctor and the lights were turned on. Not sure what it was (rumours said heart attack, but I rather think Panic attack or collapse) but it was a bit creepy.
The movie itself was better than expected and definitely worth watching, especially as I read about that matter back in the 90s. -
I'll reserve judgement until Chapter 3 comes out, but the first two were a lot of fun.
I loved the first one, but couldn't get into Chapter 2. I think the issue was seeing Chapter 2 at home versus the theater. Would you say Chapter 2 is worth another watch?
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I really think Chapter 2 suffered from The Empire Strikes Back syndrome.
The first one was amazing for me.
The second one felt like it took just enough of the good elements of the first one (John Wick is an unstoppable killing machine with a pencil, and it expanded the world of The Continental), but it was clearly a springboard for Parabellum.
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@Max:
Saw the uncut Lord of Chaos movie yesterday. It was a really intense movie, that got really weird when during the (pretty graphic) murder of Euronymous somebody in the last rows was screaming in panic for a doctor and the lights were turned on. Not sure what it was (rumours said heart attack, but I rather think Panic attack or collapse) but it was a bit creepy.
The movie itself was better than expected and definitely worth watching, especially as I read about that matter back in the 90s.@Max Power I think I'd give it a watch when it comes to Amazon prime. How do the handle the subject matter? there is a risk that it is made more of than it was, bored 16 year olds (most of the protagonists have since admitted that they were driven by pure boredom rather than some underlying artistic or religious motives). Still no denying the power of that wave of black metal.
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I really think Chapter 2 suffered from The Empire Strikes Back syndrome.
This is probably the most concise description. Good overall, but they definitely had an eye on expanding the scope for the future when they made the movie.
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@Stuart.T I think they did a pretty good job at showing also the ridiculous side to it. Especially the scenes in the summer house with pelle (great actor) are very believable. IMO they made Euronymous a bit nicer and less hungry for fame and might than he probably was and varg is not displayed as a very complex character. That made it a bit too monodimensional for me.
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I've not seen a great film in a while. There are so many superhero pantheon derived films out on streaming, and that's not really my thing.
I really need to give Idris Elba's directorial debut 'Yardie' a go though. That looks interesting.
