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  • Re: Movie Thread #50: Godzilla gives us permission to nuke our enemies

    Originally posted by St. Clown View Post
    Rather than swinging for the fences, a batter is just hitting for average instead.

    It's a metaphor. Would you like to be clued in on what those are?
    This is funny because your argument is an analogy, not a metaphor.
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    • Re: Movie Thread #50: Godzilla gives us permission to nuke our enemies

      Originally posted by Kepler View Post
      This is funny because your argument is an analogy, not a metaphor.
      I thought you'd like that.
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      • Re: Movie Thread #50: Godzilla gives us permission to nuke our enemies

        Originally posted by St. Clown View Post
        I thought you'd like that.
        Indeed I did.
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        • Re: Movie Thread #50: Godzilla gives us permission to nuke our enemies

          Originally posted by Handyman View Post
          I saw this today...I liked it. Not a must see or anything but a kind of cool concept and the ending was kind of unique.
          just back. enjoyed it and will watch daily once it makes hbo and netflix (mookie currently watched major league and major league 2 every.single.day).

          mookie's heart burst with joy when he opened the door. would be so great if he was 78 they even worked in mookie's favorite story from him
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          • Originally posted by St. Clown View Post
            Rather than swinging for the fences, a batter is just hitting for average instead.
            Sandler = Mauer?
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            • Originally posted by state of hockey View Post
              Sandler = Mauer?
              Even a bad Sandler film isn't that boring
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              • Originally posted by St. Clown View Post
                Rather than swinging for the fences, a batter is just hitting for average instead.

                It's a metaphor. Would you like to be clued in on what those are?
                Pretty much this.

                It comes from Eisner and his start as CEO at Disney. Basically you make a bunch of cheap, smaller budget movies with small profit instead of trying to make a huge, expensive blockbuster that has huge risk of losing a ton.

                Edit: Good video on the subject.
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                • Re: Movie Thread #50: Godzilla gives us permission to nuke our enemies

                  Originally posted by Jimjamesak View Post
                  Pretty much this.

                  It comes from Eisner and his start as CEO at Disney. Basically you make a bunch of cheap, smaller budget movies with small profit instead of trying to make a huge, expensive blockbuster that has huge risk of losing a ton.

                  Edit: Good video on the subject.
                  That's the Blumhouse business model.

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                  • Re: Movie Thread #50: Godzilla gives us permission to nuke our enemies

                    Originally posted by St. Clown View Post
                    Sandler has said that the reason he's allowed to keep making movies isn't because his movies are great, most of them aren't, but because he can make them on the cheap so they manage to turn a profit.
                    Good business sense, I suppose. I did enjoy Punch Drunk Love for a non-inane movie of his. Happy Gilmore/Waterboy are sophomoric classics, of course. I was hoping for more with this one.

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                    • Re: Movie Thread #50: Godzilla gives us permission to nuke our enemies

                      The Birdcage: I hadnt watched this in years and man I still love it. (outside of Gene Hackman in drag) Williams and Lane are just perfect together and Hank Azaria as Agadore Spartacus was brilliant!
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                      • Originally posted by Handyman View Post
                        The Birdcage: I hadnt watched this in years and man I still love it. (outside of Gene Hackman in drag) Williams and Lane are just perfect together and Hank Azaria as Agadore Spartacus was brilliant!
                        One of my favorites!

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                        • Re: Movie Thread #50: Godzilla gives us permission to nuke our enemies

                          I found the latest Spiderman enjoyable, but not great. There weren't so much plot holes as "logic holes" in the script. I expect a few - it IS a superhero movie after all - but there were just too many things that didn't add up. I had a good time and several parts were excellent. I found myself wanting more of Peter and MJ and less of Spiderman (which is kinda the point of the comics)

                          I wish I had left before the mid-credits scene. Kevin Feige said Far From Home capped Phase III of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and as the credits rolled it felt that way. The mid-credits scene changed all that. If you do stay, stay until the very end. The final end credits scene is funny and explains some (but not nearly all) of those logic holes. And no, it's not a lecture from Captain America about expectations.

                          The movie itself gets an 8. The mid credits scene knocks it down to a 7. It really left a bad taste in my mouth.

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                          • Re: Movie Thread #50: Godzilla gives us permission to nuke our enemies

                            Originally posted by ticapnews View Post
                            I found the latest Spiderman enjoyable, but not great. There weren't so much plot holes as "logic holes" in the script. I expect a few - it IS a superhero movie after all - but there were just too many things that didn't add up. I had a good time and several parts were excellent. I found myself wanting more of Peter and MJ and less of Spiderman (which is kinda the point of the comics)

                            I wish I had left before the mid-credits scene. Kevin Feige said Far From Home capped Phase III of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and as the credits rolled it felt that way. The mid-credits scene changed all that. If you do stay, stay until the very end. The final end credits scene is funny and explains some (but not nearly all) of those logic holes. And no, it's not a lecture from Captain America about expectations.

                            The movie itself gets an 8. The mid credits scene knocks it down to a 7. It really left a bad taste in my mouth.
                            I must have watched a completely different movie and mid-credit scene.
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                            • Re: Movie Thread #50: Godzilla gives us permission to nuke our enemies

                              Originally posted by ScoobyDoo View Post
                              I must have watched a completely different movie and mid-credit scene.
                              No, I'm pretty sure it was the same one.

                              I know people are going nuts for it. It just didn't hit me the same. I'm not saying it's a bad movie, it just doesn't measure up to the first one, or the best MCU films. That's a high bar to clear.

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                              • Re: Movie Thread #50: Godzilla gives us permission to nuke our enemies

                                Originally posted by ticapnews View Post
                                No, I'm pretty sure it was the same one.

                                I know people are going nuts for it. It just didn't hit me the same. I'm not saying it's a bad movie, it just doesn't measure up to the first one, or the best MCU films. That's a high bar to clear.
                                If we just isolate Spiderman this movie stands alone at the top. It's the best done Spidey Villain in film. The action sequences were awesome. So, yes, I thought it was better than the "first" one. By a wide margin.
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