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Post by 1godzillafan on Aug 30, 2021 18:03:01 GMT -5
Meh.
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Post by IanTheCool on Aug 30, 2021 22:40:09 GMT -5
Canada needs to to be entertained somehow. What else do they have? Northern Exposure? We have Hinterland's Who's Who |
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Post by 1godzillafan on Aug 30, 2021 22:59:47 GMT -5
Canada needs to to be entertained somehow. What else do they have? Northern Exposure? We have Hinterland's Who's Who LUCKY! |
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Post by PhantomKnight on Aug 31, 2021 15:27:33 GMT -5
Saw it opening weekend, and I liked it. Definitely more charming and pleasant than it is outright hilarious or anything, but it's pretty much exactly the kind of movie we need right now: hopeful, optimistic and just all-around a good time. Ryan Reynolds is in top form, and while I didn't find this movie to be as funny as, say, Deadpool, the comedy still largely works -- in part because it has a good heart and very endearing characters -- and the movie has its fair share of good laughs. Being such a huge fan of The Truman Show, I particularly enjoyed that similar aspect to the story, and that's where this movie offers its interesting commentary on the state of our entertainment culture. There's actually a lot more going on with Free Guy than you might expect, given the trailers, and for a movie that looked like a fun throwaway blockbuster, I was surprised at just how...uplifted I felt coming out of it. Free Guy isn't something that'll wind up in my Top 10 or anything by year's end, but it's impossible to deny its inherent charm and likability. Sweet, sweet fantasy, indeed.
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Post by Doomsday on Sept 16, 2021 12:08:34 GMT -5
Neverending thanks for the free plug, I didn't know you liked it this much.
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Post by Dracula on Dec 4, 2021 10:28:50 GMT -5
Free Guy(11/26/2021)
It seems that since his success with Deadpool Ryan Reynolds has turned away from becoming what you’d call a “well rounded actor” and has instead opted to follow the lead of someone like Dwayne Johnson in leaning into a particular kind of audience pleasing star persona that’s based in a very particular kind of smarminess. I can’t exactly blame him for doing this given that he was really flailing in the years leading up to this strategy but I’m just not the biggest fan. His recent blockbuster Free Guy is a pretty good example of this as it casts him as this affable guy in a film world that’s kind of cynical and referential. That world is the world of a video game that’s almost certainly meant to be a riff on Grand Theft Auto Online in which he is an NPC who comes to gain self-awareness in a way his fellow NPCs do no. One could imagine a story like that becoming a sort of 21st Century version of The Truman Show if handled well but instead this movie opts to go in a direction that’s less thoughtful and more pandering. There are certainly people in this movie that are having fun: Taika Waititi brings a certain maniacal energy as the film’s villain and Lil Rel Howery gives a fun turn as a fellow NPC. Reyolds himself is also certainly putting forward some good effort but the film’s story is mostly a rather predictable take on all of this and is often based on some questionable special effects. I wouldn’t say the movie is unwatchable by any means but it is kind of an embodiment of some very obnoxious trends in Hollywood filmmaking and the film’s finale is truly asinine; the second it made a pair of Disney owned franchise in-references in a row the thing was instantly docked a half a star. Ultimately the whole thing kind of feels like a waste of time and resources.
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Post by Neverending on Oct 24, 2024 15:01:48 GMT -5
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Post by Doomsday on Oct 25, 2024 0:31:20 GMT -5
IanTheCool can choose between Free Guy 2 or Gray Man 2. 0r maybe he'll be generous and give us both.
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Post by Neverending on Oct 25, 2024 2:25:26 GMT -5
IanTheCool can choose between Free Guy 2 or Gray Man 2. 0r maybe he'll be generous and give us both. He’s waiting to see how the Mandalorian movie does. |
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Post by IanTheCool on Oct 25, 2024 7:28:49 GMT -5
IanTheCool can choose between Free Guy 2 or Gray Man 2. 0r maybe he'll be generous and give us both. Oh please let there be both |
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Post by Neverending on Oct 25, 2024 8:39:57 GMT -5
IanTheCool can choose between Free Guy 2 or Gray Man 2. 0r maybe he'll be generous and give us both. Oh please let there be both What about Geostorm 2? |
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