Rebel Ridge on Netflix September 6.
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Still haven't seen it
You idiot.
I already explained my point about the money.
Top Gun Maverick was a shit movie that made 1Billion and yall niggas was sucking on for months.
Agree that this will be a break out role for Aaron.
Hopefully he stays away from snow flakes
Isn't the BGOL consensus that it's mediocre to trash?
Oh yeah this nigga gone Jonathan Majorly fuck up his career
Ummm hmmm
watched it last night. Well directed and interesting story for the first half.... up to when they let the brother go. But the second half kinda petered out ans slowed down. Still, overall good. Didn't know the star was the one who was in the show "Krypton".
She does have a little E.T. face going on but I find her pretty.
....and that ass!!!!!
I wanted to like this, really I did. But about halfway in I was fast forwarding for some action. Shit was so boring I didn't bother finishing it.
He didn't have a car. He had the money to buy a truck, which he eventually did.
I’ll tell you one thing
A MCMAP instructor is a black belt, most get security clearance because they have to train high ranked officials
Once you get that clearance a lot is not put on your dd214, you’ll get the basics like his was, just camp Lejeune
Hell my time at old gitmo before army took over ain’t in my dd214, only va and dod get access to that file
Our instructor was cold af, we went at it during training and he said he was only going 50%, it’s a training I wish I had more of
A MCMAP instructor is a black belt, most get security clearance because they have to train high ranked officials
Once you get that clearance a lot is not put on your dd214, you’ll get the basics like his was, just camp Lejeune
Hell my time at old gitmo before army took over ain’t in my dd214, only va and dod get access to that file
Our instructor was cold af, we went at it during training and he said he was only going 50%, it’s a training I wish I had more of
NAH....
Nah.... Django was before 'Watchmen'... I.J.S....
You're likely never going to see a version of this kind of story that plays out in a truly realistic fashion. It's a stock plot that both westerns and modern action flicks have been using for ages. In real life, one marine could never single-handedly take on a relatively well-armed small town police force and win. We already know that going in.
Still, I feel that writer/director Jeremy Saulnier's relatively more "grounded" approach to the material did actually help with suspension of disbelief in certain instances. I also think that it made for a somewhat more thoughtful and patient version of a very familiar story. The hero is obviously both physically intimidating and formidable. Yet he is infinitely calculated, measured and strategic throughout the film. He carefully considers every single move he makes, yet still moves with expedience. He never causes more human damage than is absolutely necessary to accomplish his goal. Dude is a walking NLW. When the end credits rolled, I was left wondering how much damage he really could have caused if he took the kid gloves off and went all-out. That made me want to see more of the guy.
None of the above is to say that I didn't have any issues with the film. I think it runs about 25 minutes too long. I also think that the plot becomes unwieldy in the third act, with one too many character turns and coincidences for my taste. Still, I really enjoyed it. While I also get annoyed with misleading trailers, I like to judge films on their own merits. If I wanted to see First Blood again, I can always pull out my Blu-ray copy. I also don't need every modern action flick to be yet another John Wick clone. We have more than enough of those.
Not beefing with you BTW, just offering my thoughts.
**BTW People who complain about the lack of sufficient action and/or the hero being "too nice" seem to forget that 'First Blood' has a notoriously low body count. Only one person died at John Rambo's hands and it wasn't even direct. It was also self-defense. The source novel had an infinitely higher body count.
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Happy for the brother. But I’m not sure how that movie got over 60%.
Cheap man’s version of Reacher the TV show.
yeah, wasn't with the less than lethal .....
I understand but the director deliberately wanted to do that to see if he could.
I know but that's what made it great the tone color editing and pace made it SEEM much worse. I personally didn't need killing... I just wanted more visceral and a tighter run time and editing.
Like say Denzel in EQUALIZER 1…2…3…
Agreed. I did finish it but I wanted more kickass. Just wasn't there.
Herb cheating for O'Malley
It’s a LOT goin on in these 5 pages and counting
Let me ask some questions (food for thought like)
How important is race in the story?
If it is important, does it remain equally important throughout?
Why is Terry black?
Why has Terry had not only no combat experience but never been in a fight before?
What kind of music does Terry listen to? And what is that choice by the filmmaker signifying for a black character? Would it (same choice of music) signify the same for a white or nonblack character?
Did any - ANY - expectations for a scene, a situation, a character, a group of characters, etc, that you had in terms of how you assumed something would play out get subverted by an unexpected turn?
Is this a movie intending to speak to any “issues”? (Including by way of its plot - directly; but also indirectly and beyond it?)
Do you feel there is any particular target audience in mind? eg Yes; mostly black audiences? Yes; mostly white audiences? Yes; but not along “racial” lines so much as “liberal” leaning audiences? Or conservative leaning audiences?
Let me ask some questions (food for thought like)
How important is race in the story?
If it is important, does it remain equally important throughout?
Why is Terry black?
Why has Terry had not only no combat experience but never been in a fight before?
What kind of music does Terry listen to? And what is that choice by the filmmaker signifying for a black character? Would it (same choice of music) signify the same for a white or nonblack character?
Did any - ANY - expectations for a scene, a situation, a character, a group of characters, etc, that you had in terms of how you assumed something would play out get subverted by an unexpected turn?
Is this a movie intending to speak to any “issues”? (Including by way of its plot - directly; but also indirectly and beyond it?)
Do you feel there is any particular target audience in mind? eg Yes; mostly black audiences? Yes; mostly white audiences? Yes; but not along “racial” lines so much as “liberal” leaning audiences? Or conservative leaning audiences?
I actively avoided the trailer - as I try desperately to do with almost all movies. Had no idea what it was. All I wanted/was here for was to see what it was actually about.
Correct me if I’m wrong but “geographically lol” this film is set far from the South is it not? Isn’t it set in PNW?
Geography based shorthand for “crackers” aside lol - This makes perfect sense and Dig it. If I wanted a black Reacher I’d have been disappointed. But I didn’t. As I said, I had no preconceptions on this one. And in general, personally a black Reacher wouldn’t appeal to me. (Full disclosure, I DEF thought it might be goin there at points). Like I ref before - Denzel (and others) has done a bunch of avenging ex military types roles in last two decades. Genre expectations are mad important to me. But regardless of what I get, I always hope movies and shows are goin to give me something new or unexpected and this one - like GREEN ROOM from same writer/director etc in its own ways - did that for me.
Strange Darling and Blink Twice also each had a similar dynamic going with some variation and at times straight unexpectedly effective if still familiar moments.
I’m not 100% sure with just one watch, but I think of the three - REBEL effectively got the most things on screen I’ve actually never seen before. I enjoyed all 3 and don’t know if I can say that I enjoyed one over the others, but I might give it to Strange Darling… just by an ear though.
He was riding a bike because he had to sell his truck to come up with the money in cash. I don't think a lot of yall watched the movie.
I get you. the trailer played automatically while I was scrolling so that was hard to do. But word of mouth on this one was strong. Watch the trailer and you will see why many felt it was a little off which to be fair means the trailer did it's job.