Movies you've seen recently II

[hndog609]

Jack Reacher was completely mis-cast. Reacher is 6'5" 250lb and a bad ass. So hollywood give us Tom Cruise in that role? Yeah...so close.

Casting can get pretty fluid, especially if the character isn't widely iconic with the mainstream audience. Sure anyone that knows the Reacher character from Child's source material can see the great character description differences but most audience members wouldn't. Then there's just the purely financial aspect of trying setting up an A-lister to face the franchise.

Just a another example of stature being thrown to the wind in casting in the source material Wolverine is a runt...like 5'7" tops with most canon running closer to 5'3. Hugh Jackman is 6'2".

 

[walkenvol]

Jack Reacher was completely mis-cast. Reacher is 6'5" 250lb and a bad ass. So hollywood give us Tom Cruise in that role? Yeah...so close.

That might of bothered me if I was a big fan of the books

 

[volsarelife1]

Gunpowder milkshake was fun

Thought it was a lot of fun

 

[joevol33]

Didn't bother me a bit.. Loved both.

I enjoyed them, especially the first with the bar scene and the girl. "That's our sister", "is she a good kisser"

 

[jamesd1628]

I enjoyed them, especially the first with the bar scene and the girl. "That's our sister", "is she a good kisser"

“Ya think?”

“All the time. You should try it sometime.”

 

[volinbham]

Gunpowder milkshake was fun

Been meaning to check it out.

Jolt was fun or maybe it was just focusing on Kate Beckinsale but either way I enjoyed it.

In a similar vane I watched Aeon Flux last night on Amazon (old but Charlize Theron) - I was entertained enough.

 

[volinbham]

watched The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (Amazon Prime I think). the original.

have seen it 2 or 3 times but it's a classic and classic New York City

 

[MG1968]

Birds of Prey - 4/10
Suicide Squad - 4/10

Margot Robbie is easy on the eyes, but she’s no Gal Godot.

 

[Behr]

Robbie is hot.

Godot is beautiful.

Kinda like the difference between a Porsche 911 Carrera and Mercedes S500.

Imo.

 

[Go aeiou]

The last black man in San Francisco. Weird story. Excellent acting. The person In charge of shooting, camera angles, etc should win an academy award. At least it caught my untrained eye, and I enjoyed it. 8.5.

 

[Carl Pickens]

Jack Reacher was completely mis-cast. Reacher is 6'5" 250lb and a bad ass. So hollywood give us Tom Cruise in that role? Yeah...so close.

I’m not defending Cruise, but there probably aren’t many quality actors that are that physically imposing

 

[bignewt]

The Green Knight 8.5/10 Visually stunning, some of the shots literally filled my soul, including the very first one. Felt like moving paintings sometimes. The story hits a lull at the beginning of the third act but ends with a brilliant flourish. If you like the simplicity of one man quest stories with stunning visuals, you will enjoy.

 

[Go aeiou]

The Overnight,
Almost porn. 7.5

 

[walkenvol]

The Green Knight 8.5/10 Visually stunning, some of the shots literally filled my soul, including the very first one. Felt like moving paintings sometimes. The story hits a lull at the beginning of the third act but ends with a brilliant flourish. If you like the simplicity of one man quest stories with stunning visuals, you will enjoy.

Where did you watch?

 

[Ttucke11]

Where did you watch?

It's available to rent on Amazon but for $20. I didn't like it as much as @bignewt. I'd give it a 7/10. It is visually beautiful, but also extremely strange and moves along very slowly. My wife absolutely hated it.

 

[bignewt]

Where did you watch?

I gotta guy.

 

[bignewt]

It's available to rent on Amazon but for $20. I didn't like it as much as @bignewt. I'd give it a 7/10. It is visually beautiful, but also extremely strange and moves along very slowly. My wife absolutely hated it.

Its definitely not for everybody.

 

[SycloneJoe]

Reminiscence was good. Kinda slow in spots.

Agreed. We enjoyed it but it was slow.

 

[walkenvol]

Its definitely not for everybody.

Alicia Vikander can lift any film. Have you seen Testament of Youth?

 

[walkenvol]

It's available to rent on Amazon but for $20. I didn't like it as much as @bignewt. I'd give it a 7/10. It is visually beautiful, but also extremely strange and moves along very slowly. My wife absolutely hated it.

Didn’t realize rates went that high for rentals as the most I’ve seen has been $4.99

 

[bignewt]

Alicia Vikander can lift any film. Have you seen Testament of Youth?

No, just Ex Machina.

 

[walkenvol]

I’d give Testament of Youth a 9/10 and she’s excellent in it.

 

[n_huffhines]

I’m not defending Cruise, but there probably aren’t many quality actors that are that physically imposing

There are enough. Joel Kinnamon is 6' 2" but looks huge on camera.

 

[Omar V Tinko]

There are a few. Joe Manganiello is that tall.

 

[VolInNorthCack]

The Rock, Dave Bautista, Jason Momoa... There are a few