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Apr 4, 2020 11:04:23 GMT -5 frankyt said:

Guys the mechanic isn't that bad. Give it a whirl.

I enjoy it, to be honest. (Second one is ass though)

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation is my favorite spy movie ever though, so if I cast a real vote, it wouldn't be a question.

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Rogue Nation is the best M:I film of the decade while The Mechanic is pretty mediocre. No contest.

Dark of the Moon is an interesting clusterfuck, but a clusterfuck nonetheless. Easy win for Inception.

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Best Action Movies of the Decade

Match 16 : Region 3

Deadpool

Release Date: 2016

Directed by: Tim Miller

RT/Metacritic Score: 85/65

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'71

Release Date: 2014
Directed by: Yann Demange
RT/Metacritic Score: 96/83

My Vote: '71

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Best Action Movies of the Decade

Match 17 : Region 1

Kong: Skull Island

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RT/Metacritic Score: 75/62

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Release Date: 2017
Directed by: Edgar Wright
RT/Metacritic Score: 93/86

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I want to vote for '71, even though I haven't seen it, because it's likely better than Dead Pool, but I will abstain.

Hot take perhaps but I'ma vote Kong over Baby Driver.

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I won't to vote for '71, even though I haven't seen it, because it's likely better than Dead Pool, but I will abstain.

Hot take perhaps but I'ma vote Kong over Baby Driver.

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As much as I love Skull Island, if Baby Driver loses this I will hate all of you fucks, so I change my vote to Baby Driver.

Baby Driver is good, but didn't impress me as much as I hoped it would, whereas Skull Island was a pleasant surprise. Plus, as awesome as Baby Driver's sound design and ensemble cast is, at no point does a giant ape eat a giant octopus live.

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Apr 4, 2020 20:59:49 GMT -5 1godzillafan said:

As much as I love Skull Island, if Baby Driver loses this I will hate all of you fucks, so I change my vote to Baby Driver.

Baby Driver is good, but didn't impress me as much as I hoped it would, whereas Skull Island was a pleasant surprise. Plus, as awesome as Baby Driver's sound design and ensemble cast is, at no point does a giant ape eat a giant octopus live.

Baby Driver has one of the most immaculate soundtracks of the decade while Kong has one of the laziest Vietnam era song selections imaginable. Nothing in Kong even comes close to being as well staged as the Hocus Pocus chase or the opening chase and when Baby Driver is funny it's significantly more funny than Kong and it's cheap one-liners. Expectations can certainly affect viewings, but this really isn't close.

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Apr 4, 2020 21:07:54 GMT -5 PG Cooper said:

Baby Driver is good, but didn't impress me as much as I hoped it would, whereas Skull Island was a pleasant surprise. Plus, as awesome as Baby Driver's sound design and ensemble cast is, at no point does a giant ape eat a giant octopus live.

Baby Driver has one of the most immaculate soundtracks of the decade while Kong has one of the laziest Vietnam era song selections imaginable. Nothing in Kong even comes close to being as well staged as the Hocus Pocus chase or the opening chase and when Baby Driver is funny it's significantly more funny than Kong and it's cheap one-liners. Expectations can certainly affect viewings, but this really isn't close.

You haven't addressed my giant octopus eating point. Or maybe it was a squid. Whatever. It ruled.

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