There's a man going 'round taking names
Make sure to watch the short that serves as a type of after credits scene to it (DON'T click on the link until you've seen the entire movie):
Unironically because it didn't stick to the ESG nonsensical expectations which also enslaves a considerable amount of "critics" these days.
The fact that rt "consensus" uses the word "convoluted" also goes to show how utterly stupid/low IQ some of these "reviewers" are
The moment the bald cop opened his obnoxious mouth up made it so fricking obvious he and the rest of the cops were all in on the hit. Only good part of the movie was seeing that Chad seeth when Del Toro shot his ass down for trying to get with his wife.
The moment the bald cop opened his obnoxious mouth up made it so fricking obvious he and the rest of the cops were all in on the hit. Only good part of the movie was seeing that Chad seeth when Del Toro shot his ass down for trying to get with his wife.
Movie dragged on after that and tried to keep the viewer guessing with unnecessary plot twists.
That's Monday morning quarterbacking. The movie is fine because it never tries to pull a rabbit out of a hat, the realization that the some of the cops were in on it unfolds gradually. It respects the viewer's intelligence instead of being a rote, implausible whodunit pos such as Glass Onion
That review is awful and mediocre because it has that middlebrow cluelessness characterized by wanting a movie to be something instead of being what it is.
This type of narrowmindedness is so shallow it even tries to describe qualities as handicaps (whining about the movie being stylish, for instance).
Never mind the fact that as I mentioned above it is NOT a whodunit but a procedural/suspense, that is- the reviewer objectively doesn't know what he's talking about in genre/trope terms.
When he comes across the elements that do define the movie's noirish inclinations (moral ambiguity, red herrings, a main character who's defined by skepticism, chases etc) he sounds like an annoying 14 girl on twitter who'd rather be watching Euphoria or Power of the Dog.
Needless to say, the guy's also entirely filtered by the metaphor of the faucet.
7 months ago
Anonymous
> metaphor of the faucet
What
7 months ago
Anonymous
You honestly have no idea what I'm talking about? Did you even watch the movie?
7 months ago
Anonymous
What’s the metaphor?
7 months ago
Anonymous
Masculinity prevails: getting back to the flow of life and it also ties in with the reptile metaphor as a tamed serpent that he controls by shedding his own "skin" (the wax glove his wife makes). But don't expect some midwit lackey from The Wrap to go into these aspects
7 months ago
Anonymous
>Masculinity prevails: getting back to the flow of life
You’re reading too deep into this. It literally meant nothing.
7 months ago
Anonymous
You're reading to little into it. If it's deliberately there and it's been expressly alluded to at least three times in the movie beforehand (when he sees it, looks for it online and his wife mentions it), its meaning can be subtle but it's very clearly there.
No idea.
It was alright. I expected it to be better. The story was pretty convoluted and the predictable mass conspiracy plot that we've seen a million times.
It even had the "who else have you told about this?" line. But it was enjoyable and Del Toro is a really good actor.
>the plotline about his partner getting married and then wondering if his partner can be trusted >the plotline about wondering if his wife is cheating on him >the creepy guy being confronted by JT and presumably the security consultant and presumably then being murdered but no one ever finds out >JT's mother clearly being the mastermind of the whole operation but being entirely absent from the last 15 minutes of the film >JT's wife being stabbed multiple times, crime of passion style, without ever telling us who killed her (and why they didn't just shoot her) >none of the characters having a limp or weird gait in their walk
Any other plotlines that didn't go anywhere?
>Why did the killer bite his victim's hand ?
Just a survival instinct, also a red herring because the main character has a bit in his hand >Why did she have traces of paint on her hand?
She was going to either that church or the other empty house with a red door to meet her ex-husband who she was still involved with >Why does Tom's wife put his hand in this machine which makes him feel like a second skin at the end?
To heal it. The last scene shows the automatic faucet immediately being activated by it
no talking lizard people
>Netflix.
Instant skip, nothing good ever came out of it, no matter what names were attached.
All remakes are garbage except Sorcerer. No one living can replace Jacqueline Pearce.
>All remakes are garbage except Sorcerer.
The Thing? Scarface?
That's not a remake and besides these
there's also Dawn of the Dead, Wrath of Man etc
Dawn of the dead remake is fricking awful Hollywood just brainwashed you into only remembering the opening
No, DotD remake is brilliant, has a great sense of place and updates the genre beautifully
I've just started it bro I hope it's good
There's a man going 'round taking names
Make sure to watch the short that serves as a type of after credits scene to it (DON'T click on the link until you've seen the entire movie):
Unironically because it didn't stick to the ESG nonsensical expectations which also enslaves a considerable amount of "critics" these days.
The fact that rt "consensus" uses the word "convoluted" also goes to show how utterly stupid/low IQ some of these "reviewers" are
The moment the bald cop opened his obnoxious mouth up made it so fricking obvious he and the rest of the cops were all in on the hit. Only good part of the movie was seeing that Chad seeth when Del Toro shot his ass down for trying to get with his wife.
This. Stupid Italian or whatever the frick tough guy thug wanker. Wrapping evidence in his own special tape. moronic.
>Only good part of the movie was seeing that Chad seeth when Del Toro shot his ass down for trying to get with his wife.
You mean Thad?
Because the writing sucked.
The writing was 100% tight and avoided cliches-- including not waiting to much to reveal what was going on in general terms
No, see
Movie dragged on after that and tried to keep the viewer guessing with unnecessary plot twists.
That's Monday morning quarterbacking. The movie is fine because it never tries to pull a rabbit out of a hat, the realization that the some of the cops were in on it unfolds gradually. It respects the viewer's intelligence instead of being a rote, implausible whodunit pos such as Glass Onion
No. This review explains why it sucked: https://www.thewrap.com/reptile-review-not-even-benicio-del-toro-can-save-showy-tiresome-thriller/
That review is awful and mediocre because it has that middlebrow cluelessness characterized by wanting a movie to be something instead of being what it is.
This type of narrowmindedness is so shallow it even tries to describe qualities as handicaps (whining about the movie being stylish, for instance).
Never mind the fact that as I mentioned above it is NOT a whodunit but a procedural/suspense, that is- the reviewer objectively doesn't know what he's talking about in genre/trope terms.
When he comes across the elements that do define the movie's noirish inclinations (moral ambiguity, red herrings, a main character who's defined by skepticism, chases etc) he sounds like an annoying 14 girl on twitter who'd rather be watching Euphoria or Power of the Dog.
Needless to say, the guy's also entirely filtered by the metaphor of the faucet.
> metaphor of the faucet
What
You honestly have no idea what I'm talking about? Did you even watch the movie?
What’s the metaphor?
Masculinity prevails: getting back to the flow of life and it also ties in with the reptile metaphor as a tamed serpent that he controls by shedding his own "skin" (the wax glove his wife makes). But don't expect some midwit lackey from The Wrap to go into these aspects
>Masculinity prevails: getting back to the flow of life
You’re reading too deep into this. It literally meant nothing.
You're reading to little into it. If it's deliberately there and it's been expressly alluded to at least three times in the movie beforehand (when he sees it, looks for it online and his wife mentions it), its meaning can be subtle but it's very clearly there.
It wasn't about Syzoth's backstory & rise to become champion of the Mortal Kombat Tournament
No idea.
It was alright. I expected it to be better. The story was pretty convoluted and the predictable mass conspiracy plot that we've seen a million times.
It even had the "who else have you told about this?" line. But it was enjoyable and Del Toro is a really good actor.
>the plotline about his partner getting married and then wondering if his partner can be trusted
>the plotline about wondering if his wife is cheating on him
>the creepy guy being confronted by JT and presumably the security consultant and presumably then being murdered but no one ever finds out
>JT's mother clearly being the mastermind of the whole operation but being entirely absent from the last 15 minutes of the film
>JT's wife being stabbed multiple times, crime of passion style, without ever telling us who killed her (and why they didn't just shoot her)
>none of the characters having a limp or weird gait in their walk
Any other plotlines that didn't go anywhere?
I'm watching it right now
critics probably forgot what kino looks like, it's been too long
what is the movie about
benicio is investigating a murder
The 3 biggest questions I have after watching the movie are:
Why did the killer bite his victim's hand ?
Why did she have traces of paint on her hand?
Why does Tom's wife put his hand in this machine which makes him feel like a second skin at the end?
>Why did the killer bite his victim's hand ?
Just a survival instinct, also a red herring because the main character has a bit in his hand
>Why did she have traces of paint on her hand?
She was going to either that church or the other empty house with a red door to meet her ex-husband who she was still involved with
>Why does Tom's wife put his hand in this machine which makes him feel like a second skin at the end?
To heal it. The last scene shows the automatic faucet immediately being activated by it
Huge departure from the video game source material.