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04-02-2019, 07:26 PM | #21 |
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I've often said that somewhere in between the first Raimi film and the first "Amazing" film is the "perfect" Spider-Man movie. I think "Amazing" is fine, its biggest sin is merely coming out "too soon" after the previous trilogy, but in a vacuum it's Perfectly Fine. Except for the pointless origin changes, but again, "too soon" so they had no choice. I didn't like the changes but they were forced upon them by "Corporate", so I mostly forgive them.
Amazing 2 had some good moments in what was ultimately a very bloated and meandering affair with far too many competing subplots, each of which could have been its own film. Far from the worst CBM I've ever seen, and not as bad as its reputation, but it definitely needed to reign in some of those creative choices. Electro, for example, was... creative, but ultimately terrible. But the film does have its moments.
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04-02-2019, 07:37 PM | #22 | |
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04-02-2019, 08:17 PM | #23 |
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I just... I want something bad to happen to every single person involved in it. They deserve it.
IT'S SO F*CKING TERRIBLE!!! Like HOW the... I mean who could possibly... WHY, would anyone.... how could anyone on this EARTH even... just... just... COME ON!!! WHAT THE F*CK?!?!? Every single review of that goddamn movie should just be a close-up shot of someone giving the finger. Words cannot describe.
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04-02-2019, 08:32 PM | #24 |
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Iron Man 3, so disappointing.
The Matrix sequels, so horrible. Every Stars movie made after the original trilogy. Alien 3, killed the franchise, never recovered. Mortal Kombat 2. |
04-02-2019, 08:50 PM | #25 |
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I used to totally hate "Mortal Kombat: Annihilation".
...Then I saw "Legend of Chun-Li" and realized that a whole other level of "Suck" existed far beneath and beyond anything I'd ever dreamed of. Turns out the barrel had a false bottom! "There's MORE garbage, way down here!" MK:A is terrible. But oh, man. It's at least "expectantly terrible". Possibly even "Understandably terrible". I think "Chun-Li" is some sort of suicide cult's Doomsday Weapon. "We need to trick more people into committing mass suicide." "Have you tried giving 'em THIS?" It's the only thing that makes any sense.
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04-02-2019, 09:09 PM | #26 |
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Star Wars 7, Matrix Revolutions, Iron Man 3
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04-02-2019, 09:34 PM | #27 | |
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Same for Revolutions? Or do you mean it retroactively made the previous movies worse just by existing?
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04-02-2019, 09:57 PM | #28 | |
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I'm sure i'll watch and enjoy the MCU one day but I stopped going to the movie theater after Iron Man 3. I was able to revive my interest of the Matrix a few years ago when watching the original film again, but yeah the third movie kills it, the second one can be salvaged. Star Wars I wanted an Episode VII since I was a kid and before the prequels existed and we got a ****ing remake, that one hurt the most I think, I'm not sure if that one can ever be salvaged, I'll always love the OT. |
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04-02-2019, 10:41 PM | #29 |
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Aw, really? I'd take Spider-Man 3 over either of the "Amazing" ones by far. The good parts in 3 are so much more better and earned than anything in either of those, no matter how much was rushed or truncated in 3.
And really? Matrix Revolutions is worse than Reloaded? How? Stuff actually happens in that. Nothing happens in Reloaded.
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04-02-2019, 10:51 PM | #30 |
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Reloaded by itself is underwhelming but didn't disappoint too much, it did a lot of world building, introduced cool characters and set up a huge mystery and cliffhanger. It wasn't a very strong movie but it set up a third movie that had a lot to answer to make up for Reloaded. Revolutions was just a generic humans vs machine movie fort he most part, all the world building in Reloaded was for the most part ignored and gave unsatisfying answers to the mysteries. Revolutions retroactively made reloaded worse since you knew all that happened there was for nothing.
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04-02-2019, 11:30 PM | #31 |
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I really don’t know. I’ve seen some really bad movies but typically they’re not mainstream or even Highend DTV. I’m talking those really low budget ones with very cheap production and unintentionally funny acting.
I genuinely want to know why those people make them when they have nowhere near the resources for it. Some have interesting ideas but end up ridiculous. One reason why I hate when people trash mainstream movies. Even though they’re not always great they’re at least passable, mostly. People take decent acting and proper production values for granted. Legend of Chun-Li is not a good movie but it’s watchable once because it was “made properly”. If that makes sense. Plus Kristin Kreuk Don’t blame her for it being a dumb movie. A lot of actors have made dumb movies. I loved MK:A. Don’t care if I’m in a minority. It’s cheesy but it’s game accurate. I give credit for that.
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04-03-2019, 09:27 AM | #32 |
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MK:A may as well have been called, "Hey look! It's ______!"
Less of a "movie", more a game of "Let's cram in as many two-second cameos for every single game character as we possibly can." I mean, none of them DO anything, and every single actor would be kicked out of even the most no-budget community theater group... But hey, they got 'em in there, kinda! It's amazing that an actual (sort of) fan-film web series boasts infinity greater fidelity and craftsmanship than an actual Hollywood production. But then again not really.
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65% of MCU movies are this for me.
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They fit ok considering the storyline imo. They got their point across.
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04-04-2019, 12:03 AM | #39 |
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Was "The Point", "In the games, Shao Khan is an invincible bad-ass, and in this movie, he's a Huge Pussy who looks like Dollar-Store Billy Zane?" And why the HELL won't he keep his goddamn mask on?
I think the "point" was, "We can't even afford Christopher Lambert. Christopher Lambert relented to do 'Highlander 2: The Quickening', but couldn't be assed to do THIS movie. Which means this movie probably isn't very good. Because our previous Big Star genuinely thought 'Highlander 2' was a better career move than being in THIS goddamn thing." If the second MK movie had a more specific "point" - or at least a more easily proven one - I'd like to know what it is.
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04-04-2019, 12:36 AM | #40 |
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I don’t know the bios for every character but I’m pretty sure it’s not Shao Kahn vs Everybody. Some are actually on his side. The evil ones anyway.
Of course every character gets a specific ending in the games but it don’t how that’d fit in a movie. It’s still quite close to MK3. Every character could not get a huge role. They’re either there to help the Earth Warriors or stop them. They pick a fight with each other until they get to Shao Kahn...basically like the tower matches. I don’t know what you want me to say. Sure it’s cheesy and could be done better now.
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