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Snowglobe of Doom posted:The original ending of Rampage had the friendly giant albino gorilla dying but the Rock threatened to walk unless they changed it to a happier ending where it survives, and later bragged about it in interviews Changing the ending does leave it in a kind of awkward position because the giant gorilla also murdered a whole bunch of people in the back half of the movie, including the main villain.
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I think they are both sincere and nice guys outside of their careers. Bautista seems more creative and wants to explore that more seriously and The Rock seems more brand oriented and build that aspect more seriously. They both provide different and entertaining content without, as far as I can tell, being garbage human beings so... Win/win.
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BonoMan posted:I think they are both sincere and nice guys outside of their careers. Bautista seems more creative and wants to explore that more seriously and The Rock seems more brand oriented and build that aspect more seriously. Blackmailing his director & producers by threatening to walk out on a project halfway through production unless they made drastic alterations to the film seems ...... not nice. But that also assumes he was telling the truth in those interviews and not making poo poo up for funsies  E: the producer picked the name out of a list of properties that the studio owned the rights to back in 2011, Johnson was attached to star in mid 2015 and then they started shopping around for scripts and a director. I guess the Rock's "brand" was always the major selling point of the project
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the rock was the best part of southland tales, which isnt saying much but i think he was really good in that
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Charlz Guybon posted:None of the Rock's movies approach the quality of Schwarzenegger's best movies though. Predator, The Terminator, Total Recall, Terminator 2, True Lies. Name a movie by the Rock that comes close to any of those. Again, agreed, but for the sake of argument, Moana is super legit. The Rock has always had a more family-friendly brand anyway so it's kind of apples to oranges.
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The Rock's best performances still came from his Pro Wrestling days such as when he sold amazing stunners by bouncing off the mat/shoulder like a spring or had interviews as if he's high on cocaine. More sincerity in his performance then than now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=408w8opuBH4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iGLyHN3eoM
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f#a# posted:Again, agreed, but for the sake of argument, Moana is super legit. The Rock has always had a more family-friendly brand anyway so it's kind of apples to oranges. Okay, I love Moana, so I'll give you that. But the Rock's brand is action star, so I think it's most fair to compare his action movies to others in the genre.
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:The original ending of Rampage had the friendly giant albino gorilla dying but the Rock threatened to walk unless they changed it to a happier ending where it survives, and later bragged about it in interviews The gorilla living was absolutely the right call.
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The Cameo posted:Dwayne became an internationally known pro wrestler at the height of popularity for that business, and springboarded into Hollywood, by losing to a bald white redneck and an overweight guy wearing raggedy office clothing with a sock on his hand pretty consistently You're free to google this up, since it's fairly documented. Or you can continue to dictate that your reckons override poo poo that has been reported on.
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Vandar posted:The gorilla living was absolutely the right call. Yes. Even if George did kill people when it went on a.... rampage, so what? Civil War established that the Avengers (not the aliens) killed over 70 bystanders during the finale of the first Avengers movie and they didn't have the excuse of being mind controlled. And he gets cured by literally eating the white capitalist responsible. Also my favorite part of the ending was the man and woman who were hiding in the building next to where George killed Lizzie who emerged after hearing all the people outside only to be greeted by a giant gorilla offering to help them down and the man just got over his shock and got onto George's hand while beckoning his the woman to join him in being rescued by a giant gorilla. And this was all in during a wide aerial shot as they zoomed out before the credits and not even the focus of the final scene.
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Vagabundo posted:You're free to google this up, since it's fairly documented. Or you can continue to dictate that your reckons override poo poo that has been reported on. It's also very well-documented that those actors do take punches and lose fights. Those documents are, you know, the movies themselves.
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LesterGroans posted:It's also very well-documented that those actors do take punches and lose fights. Those documents are, you know, the movies themselves. This took literally seconds to find. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/aug/02/fast-furious-stars-contract-demand-not-lose-fights-jason-statham-dwayne-johnson
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Vagabundo posted:This took literally seconds to find. This article states Jason Statham and Dwayne Johnson demanded to not to be shown losing a fight to each other, which might well be true. Your earlier claim was that they weren't willing to lose fights at all, which is contradicted by the relevant movie (Hobbs & Shaw), where they both lose fights against Idris Elba's character. I'm guessing you were just being imprecise, which is not some huge deal, but I think that's what LesterGroans was responding to.
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Sir Kodiak posted:This article states Jason Statham and Dwayne Johnson demanded to not to be shown losing a fight to each other, which might well be true. Your earlier claim was that they weren't willing to lose fights at all, which is contradicted by the relevant movie (Hobbs & Shaw), where they both lose fights against Idris Elba's character. I also don't know if it's to do with the ego of these men, or if they both just have managers that go 'ok my client has established a clear pattern of being the strongest alpha male on screen and thus it is in his interest that he can never lose a fight. Also the number of punches and kicks he lands on male stars is the movie can never be of a lesser amount than they land on him.'
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Wasn’t there something similar going on in Escape Plan? I never saw the movie but I remember some discussion on We Hate Movies that the movie apparently goes really out of its way to never imply that Arnold and Sly ever “win” against the other even though they are on the same side.
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kanonvandekempen posted:I also don't know if it's to do with the ego of these men, or if they both just have managers that go 'ok my client has established a clear pattern of being the strongest alpha male on screen and thus it is in his interest that he can never lose a fight. Also the number of punches and kicks he lands on male stars is the movie can never be of a lesser amount than they land on him.' Yeah, the way the contract negotiations get publicized as a man-to-man fight by the participants themselves — "'It’s not always easy being an alpha. And it’s two alphas,' Johnson told USA Today," from the article linked above — feels like it's another angle at promoting how tough these guys are and what a big deal it is for both of them to be appearing in a movie together. Taking it too seriously as being their initiative rather than, as you say, of course huge stars have complex contracts, seems a bit like buying into the televised "behind the scenes" skits in professional wrestling.
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Sir Kodiak posted:seems a bit like buying into the televised "behind the scenes" skits in professional wrestling. Especially when we're talking about Literally A Wrestler vs RPG Man.
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RE: Bezos. If he knew a good show he’d have kept Patriot. Most underrated show on Amazon by a mile.
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George H.W. oval office posted:RE: Bezos. If he knew a good show he’d have kept Patriot. Most underrated show on Amazon by a mile. Strong agree. However, certainly not a show for a mass audience given the sociopathic nature of the "hero." Also, I approve of anything that gives Terry O'Quinn work.
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Blomkamp brand horror?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc4p_Mpabv0 Hugh Jackman in Matrixception? Alright. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BggT--yxf0
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teagone posted:Blomkamp brand horror? Oh man this actually looks pretty cool!
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AceOfFlames posted:Wasn’t there something similar going on in Escape Plan? I never saw the movie but I remember some discussion on We Hate Movies that the movie apparently goes really out of its way to never imply that Arnold and Sly ever “win” against the other even though they are on the same side. I'm more inclined to believe this one. There's a story that Arnold Schwarzenegger once read a script that was so terrible he decided he'd pretend to be interested in doing it, just to bait Stallone into trying to get the role before him. And that is why we have Stop or my mom will shoot.
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The movies are back baby new Wong Kar-wai https://twitter.com/BlossomsSeries/status/1401799560351997960?s=20 release date whenever
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Electronico6 posted:The movies are back baby new Wong Kar-wai huh. rad.
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Electronico6 posted:The movies are back baby new Wong Kar-wai Oh wow, nice.
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Electronico6 posted:The movies are back baby new Wong Kar-wai Actually I take it back, the movies are not back, this is actually the trailer for the TV series Blossoms Shanghai that Wong is producing. The film version that he's directing of the same source material is just called Blossoms. https://twitter.com/TheGoldenRock/status/1401812280422014980?s=20
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teagone posted:Blomkamp brand horror? Both of these look really good.Especially the Hugh Jackman one , dystopian future sci fi is my jam.
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No Sudden Move https://youtu.be/7GRDLX3a-IE Hell of a cast
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LesterGroans posted:No Sudden Move weird amount of slight fisheye or something going on
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Who’s ready for some Jean Claude Van Damme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ67ueWGshQ
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bows1 posted:weird amount of slight fisheye or something going on Anamorphic lenses. They're aspherical lenses and distort more towards the edges.
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:Who’s ready for some Jean Claude Van Damme Lmao at the thumbnail.
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:Who’s ready for some Jean Claude Van Damme yes. JCVD's self deprecating second wind is amazing
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:Who’s ready for some Jean Claude Van Damme I thought for sure with a name like The Last Mercenary it was going to be some "Bruce Willis post 2010" bullshit straight to DVD schlock but that looks pretty legit fun.
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BonoMan posted:Anamorphic lenses. They're aspherical lenses and distort more towards the edges. Is that all it is? I feel like usually they don't show the distortion as much
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Electronico6 posted:Actually I take it back, the movies are not back, this is actually the trailer for the TV series Blossoms Shanghai that Wong is producing. The film version that he's directing of the same source material is just called Blossoms. Ah, I was wondering why this looked a bit like a WKW imitation. It's good but it's also sort of sub-par compared to the real deal.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMMLRnXPPJk I did NOT recognize Jessica Chastain. Not even a little.
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And directed by Michael Showalter haha. Interesting...i feel like these types of movies usually have a firm ceiling on how good they possibly are but i'll prolly catch it on streaming.
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