SolidChamp
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Going to see this today in an hour (1pm showtime here in Taipei). Grabbed tickets after seeing this thread.
Yeah it's a bunch of shit you missed the best scene in the movieI can't believe this, my country decided to cut the whole church scene many people are talking about. I watched the movie yesterday, it's awesome but then I go look at review/discussion and see people talking about church scene that I had no idea about.
My afternoon showing was fully packed. I could've sworn someone brought a 9-year old kid into the theatre o_o
Also, everyone who said in The Interview threadscan officially get fucked now.the U.S. would never be okay with a fictional killing of a sitting president in a movie
There is a god. After the box office performances of Raid 2, Dredd, and Edge of Tomorrow, it's good to see an R-rated action flick doing well
What happened at the beginning, in the middle east? I didn't catch what happened where the guys surrounding the hostage and then there was an explosion and then the guy was on the hostage?
Oh. Somewhere along the line, I started lumping it in with Dredd and Wick.Edge of Tomorrow was PG-13.
What happened at the beginning, in the middle east? I didn't catch what happened where the guys surrounding the hostage and then there was an explosion and then the guy was on the hostage?
What happened at the beginning, in the middle east? I didn't catch what happened where the guys surrounding the hostage and then there was an explosion and then the guy was on the hostage?
Lol I thought the exact same thing in the theater.Heh, I was thinking this tooalong with that I'll never view "Thanks Obama!" in the same way again.
This was trying to lampoon Bond about as much as Inglorious Basterds was trying to lampoon Saving Private Ryan.... meaning, it wasn't. I'd say it's just a pulp style spy movie.I think I should elaborate why I hated this movie so much, even though literally no one will care.
The movie itself, which I'm assuming is from the comics, is a lampooning of classic spy stories like James Bond but it also tries to embrace certain elements of the old series as well. It just completely falls flat in every regard.
First, the edgyness. Boy, when the movie started and the british dude said fuck a couple times, ho boy, SO EDGY. This is constant throughout the film too, either it be the har har anal sex joke at the end, or the hyper violent action, it tries so so so hard to be a movie for the hip youngsters.
It also has the problem of never deciding what it actually wants to be. They talk about being a gentleman but also act like 13 year old boys throughout.
Then you have they poorly handled script with the incredibly boring spy school shit, or Roxy being thrown to the side because they didn't know what to do with her, or punk kid not really having a believable turnaround.
The movie has some style I guess and I completely hated it. So without that, I was left with a vulgar, violent, unfunny attempt on modernizing a classic series like Bond, which really is punch a bit above it's weight class.
Ok that makes sense, thanks guys.
Also,so that failed recruit went on to work for Valentine?
This was trying to lampoon Bond about as much as Inglorious Basterds was trying to lampoon Saving Private Ryan.... meaning, it wasn't. I'd say it's just a pulp style spy movie.
Either way, man, I can't believe anyone could watch this movie and be as dour about it as you are. I'm not trying to insult you, either. I just genuinely am put off by a number of your complaints. But, well, different strokes for different folks, right?
For a violent movie it didn't seem to contain much in the way of actual bloodletting and gore. Aside from a really tasteless joke at the end I mostly enjoyed this, Kick-Ass and First Class remain my favorite Matthew Vaughn flicks.
I think I should elaborate why I hated this movie so much, even though literally no one will care.
First, the edgyness. Boy, when the movie started and the british dude said fuck a couple times, ho boy, SO EDGY. This is constant throughout the film too, either it be the har har anal sex joke at the end, or the hyper violent action, it tries so so so hard to be a movie for the hip youngsters.
I think I should elaborate why I hated this movie so much, even though literally no one will care.
Just got back.... holy fuck that was good. The church scene was fucking shocking.
+great action (especially one crucial scene)
+decent acting
+Samuel L Jackson was great and his right hand lady was cool
+whiz gadgets and nice suits
+dogs
+the Princess scene
+delightfully British
-uneven tone
-undercooked female lead
-why was Caine in this film?
-clunky ending
7. I really disliked the ending. I was having such a good time before the final act.
This was easily my biggest gripe with it. I really did enjoy the shit out of this movie but she was severely under-utilized.Say the movie earlier today, goddamn I loved it. I'm suprised the metacritic rating for both the critics and the users is so low.
My only complaints are the use of Roxy,a somewhat clichéd and weak story, and I thoughtSLJ's death was kind of disappointing, as he himself did no ass kicking in the movie, as good a character as he was though.
Overall I'd definitely give the movie a 9/10. I should probably go see John Wick now.
This was easily my biggest gripe with it. I really did enjoy the shit out of this movie but she was severely under-utilized.
Absolutely loved it.
Yeah, my wife was a bit disappointed into how she was essentially marginalized at the end due to how quickly SLJ corrected the thing she did but she still played what would have been a huge role. Otherwise though, she loved the movie as much as I did.
they marginalized what both of them did. Remember that Eggsy went to grant access to the computer, then he ran all the way back while avoiding bullets, only to reach the plane and be told "you gotta go back he has a thing I can't hack" and now he has to fight even more people.
They couldn't havehad her join in the fight because the invitation was only for one person, Arthur, and as far as I know these agents tend to fight solo. If they have two of them fight sexy legs lady then reverse ninja rule applies and both of them don't fight as effectively
Every Vaughn film makes me love him more and more. He is my favorite action director.
The fighting was pretty fucking spectacular. Can't believe how cool Firth looked.
please please please please do a sequel Mr Vaughn, I will watch it ten times.
As long as it isn't another Kick-Ass 2.
Also, now that I think about it, they REALLY should have saved the church scene choreography for the ending. Would have ended things with a bigger bang.