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Neo Rasa posted:The flame thrower guy they go after in the beginning, was that meant as an homage to Exterminator 2? I always took it as a North Hollywood shootout reference.
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Alhazred posted:Or you could watch the Last Boy Scout which is actually good. Still relevant
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Turbinosamente posted:At the risk of trap sprung, this was explained in the first movie. It's Riggs and his being ex-special forces in Vietnam (and probably his rampant PTSD too) and was done via title call out with Murtaugh's line "So what are you some kinda lethal weapon?" in the parking garage as they head to the car. I have to admit that I only ever watched the German dub of the first movie, so I totally missed this 
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J33uk posted:I always took it as a North Hollywood shootout reference. There weren't any flamethrowers in the North Hollywood shootout.
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Pope Corky the IX posted:There weren't any flamethrowers in the North Hollywood shootout.
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Some movie named The Rhythm Section opened in over 3000 theaters this weekend and grossed only $2.8 million for the weekend, which is an all-time worst for any film opening in over 3000 theaters. also Bad Boys for Life has already grossed more than either Bad Boys 1 or 2 and it's only been out for two weeks
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FlamingLiberal posted:Some movie named The Rhythm Section opened in over 3000 theaters this weekend and grossed only $2.8 million for the weekend, which is an all-time worst for any film opening in over 3000 theaters. Deadline has already done a breakdown of what went wrong with The Rhythm Section and apart from Blake Lively's lead performance (which got good reviews) everything else about it was pretty hosed all the way through production. https://deadline.com/2020/02/rhythm-section-box-office-bomb-blake-lively-paramount-james-bond-007-1202849211/
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Yikes I've been seeing the trailer for The Rhythm Section in theaters for months, but I guess either no one paid attention or no one cared.
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Saw it coming. Blake lively had a huge uphill to climb and she’s not one of the names that could have surmounted
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I saw it and its basically a big waste of time. There are some good things in the movie but overall its meandering. I rated it 2.5 stars on letterbox and that was .5 stars for the movie and 2 stars because they went with some very realistic gun sounds which makes the shooting in the film jarring and uncomfortable rather than "cool" which was a nice choice. The best scene in the movie is: An impromptu fight scene between Jude Law & Blake Lively in Jude Law's kitchen, which is shot like a one take if I recall and goes on for a fair bit and was pretty nice! The worst part of the movie is that it spends an interminable amount of time on blake lively's character reminiscing on her dead family who we don't meet at all in the movie itself so its trying reaaaally hard for us to buy blake's devastation at their death to justify her becoming some assassin. The plot itself is really stupid. Its like if there was a twist but its so obvious / inconsequential that theres no weight to it. The only other thing I really liked about it was the way they shot Jude Law's character, for a long while you're basically only seeing him clomp his boots around and its like a very nice little physical performance by Law & the production design of his pants & boots contribute very well. I realize this is weird but whatever.
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Groovelord Neato posted:I really do not get why Netflix is giving him tens of millions of dollars. Nobody is subscribing or keeping their sub because the new Sandler joints are on it. The money would be better spent on licensing shows or movies. The thing I always have to remind goons of is that people are pretty dumb. Adam Sandler still has a reputation as a "funny man," so it's a slam dunk for those people. Sure they might know it's not going to be a great comedy, but they'll get a couple laughs out during the run-time without having to expend brain power over a joke. Weirdly enough, going over his IMDB, in 1990, he played a drug dealer in an ABC Afterschool Special called "Testing Dirty," which I kinda want to see now. Rageaholic posted:I've been seeing the trailer for The Rhythm Section in theaters for months, but I guess either no one paid attention or no one cared. I've only seen ads for it on Hulu, and it was always confusing because the ads didn't really represent anything other than a few punches and explosions. It just looked bland and with a name like "Rhythm Section," I'd expect it to be about plucky high school marching band misfits that overcomes all the odds to make it to the state finals or something.
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Yeah that bad title is not helping I had no idea that it was some kind of spy movie until someone mentioned it in the thread
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Yeah I would have guessed it's oscar bait about a drug addict trying to put her life back together through music
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Soft reboot of the Nick Cannon classic, Drumline.
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It will only be years too late but Disney is releasing a filmed original cast stage production of Hamilton into theaters October 2021. Not exactly sure why it is taking so long when it is using an already filmed performance from 2016.
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Feb 3, 2020 22:27
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Because now we have the technology to turn the cast into cats.
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muscles like this! posted:It will only be years too late but Disney is releasing a filmed original cast stage production of Hamilton into theaters October 2021. Not exactly sure why it is taking so long when it is using an already filmed performance from 2016. It takes that long to count the money. https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/1224394893901975553
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lol drat. WB really wanted Hamilton too. The Mouse strikes again.
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Is $75 million really the biggest film acquisition deal ever? That seems surprising.
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muscles like this! posted:It will only be years too late but Disney is releasing a filmed original cast stage production of Hamilton into theaters October 2021. Not exactly sure why it is taking so long when it is using an already filmed performance from 2016. Broadway union contracts regarding filming of performances.
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Chairman Capone posted:Is $75 million really the biggest film acquisition deal ever? That seems surprising. Yeah. Surely the Star Wars prequels beat that? Or did they not technically have to be acquired despite being independent productions?
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Gotta give props to the guy for making an absolute vault off a terrible musical.
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Could have saved $75 million dollars and just remade 1776
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Goddamn did that dude make BANK off of some rapping grandma rear end poo poo for white people Guess that checks out
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HEY IM ALEXANDER HAMILTON AND IM HERE TO SAY I LOVE LEARNING AMERICAN HISTORY IN A SPECIAL WAY
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GrandpaPants posted:Because now we have the technology to turn the cast into cats. Hollywood is 20 years behind DeviantArt.
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Punkin Spunkin posted:HEY IM ALEXANDER HAMILTON AND IM HERE TO SAY At least we got that guy who was in Blindspotting out of it.
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Punkin Spunkin posted:Goddamn did that dude make BANK off of some rapping grandma rear end poo poo for white people Luckily, he used all that money to sabotage Puerto Rico's economy in pursuit of more money! Wait...poo poo.
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At one point my spouse was dating the whitest guy imaginable and the way he would sing “My Shot” had me wishing the British would have won.
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FlamingLiberal posted:Yeah that bad title is not helping I actually think the title's kind of cool. I would never guess it was supposed to be some sort of spy thriller based on it though. I saw the trailer months ago and it looked ok I guess, but not something I would really bother seeing. Plus I don't like Blake Lively that much.
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One more thing about Rhythm Section, Jude Law has the titular line where he says something like "Thats the Rhythm Section" when the rhythm section appears on screen
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Jerkface posted:One more thing about Rhythm Section, Jude Law has the titular line where he says something like "Thats the Rhythm Section" when the rhythm section appears on screen Ok, I take back my previous post.
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I guess we’re all just living in the rhythm section *pulls out machine gun* And this? Is my rhythm section
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Alan Smithee posted:I guess we’re all just living in the rhythm section Welcome to the Rhythm Section. *cocks shotgun* I'm first chair.
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Grendels Dad posted:I have to admit that I only ever watched the German dub of the first movie, so I totally missed this It's not surprising that the line would get nuked in a dub as it's near the end of a well flowing conversation and not a brazen wink, wink, nudge, nudge call out like the awful one in A View to A Kill. Now that I think about it most of the dialogue was Murtaugh reading off the back of Rigg's baseball card which sets up a purpose for him to say lethal weapon in the first place. poo poo it still amazes me how intelligent and well constructed an action movie Lethal Weapon is, the only thing I can think of that's come close in recent years is The Nice Guys. Anyway more on topic count me as not never having heard of The Rhythm Section. Similarly, when I first read the title I thought "serious Drumline" and not a spy thriller. I love me some spy garbage but I doubt I'll make it to the theater in time before it gets yanked.
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Jerkface posted:One more thing about Rhythm Section, Jude Law has the titular line where he says something like "Thats the Rhythm Section" when the rhythm section appears on screen That's Chappie.
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Crowetron posted:Luckily, he used all that money to sabotage Puerto Rico's economy in pursuit of more money! Wait...poo poo. What? Got a link about this? I know a lot of people who LOVE Hamilton and listen to the music all the time. And yes they are mostly white and middle class.
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MH Knights posted:What? Got a link about this? I know a lot of people who LOVE Hamilton and listen to the music all the time. And yes they are mostly white and middle class. https://remezcla.com/features/culture/lin-manuel-miranda-hamilton-in-puerto-rico-controversy/ Basically, he lobbied hard for the economic junta which imposed severe austerity on Puerto Rico with no democratic oversight from the island and to the benefit of mainland real estate developers and tech companies. As I recall he promised to rap in person for senators in exchange for them voting for the bill.
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Bad Boys for Life was...actually pretty fun? Like I was expecting it to be inferior to the first 2 but it somehow managed to be as entertaining as them. Turns out this one didn't need Michael Bay directing to make it crazy after all. It was directed by "Adil & Bilall" and I guess this is their US theatrical debut. I wouldn't mind seeing more from them. Also: Julius CSAR posted:Hamilton sucks poo poo
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