*** TRIPLE FRONTIER ***
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I completely expect people to rave about this movie though because they hold Netflix to a much lower standard than movies released in theaters. The way people talked about Bird Box you would have thought that movie was as good as The Sixth Sense or other supernatural thrillers. When I finally watched it I was entertained for 2 hours then immediately forgot all about the movie and I had the same reaction to Triple Frontier.
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it's good to have that expectation about people's opinions to Netflix movies.
Watching something on Netflix is almost the same as watching a TV series or Movie.
Theatrical releases are held to a higher standard because of the money and time involved to go see it. It's more of an event rather than finding something to watch on Netflix.
Watching something on Netflix is almost the same as watching a TV series or Movie.
Theatrical releases are held to a higher standard because of the money and time involved to go see it. It's more of an event rather than finding something to watch on Netflix.
Psychag said:
I enjoyed it. Nothing mind blowing. I liked having the characters' loyal to each other rather than greed making them turn on another.
ya i was expecting a double cross by Oscar Issac character
It will get a ton of views, because Netflix, but there is about a 3% chance I would have watched this if it came from a traditional studio. I thought it was fairly pedestrian.
Meh.
Greed didn't cause them to turn on each other, but it led to their downfall. They shouldn't have taken so much money from the house. They should have listened to Pedro and not overloaded the chopper.
I don't enjoy watching characters who are supposed to be disciplined make weak and undisciplined choices.
Greed didn't cause them to turn on each other, but it led to their downfall. They shouldn't have taken so much money from the house. They should have listened to Pedro and not overloaded the chopper.
I don't enjoy watching characters who are supposed to be disciplined make weak and undisciplined choices.
Haven't watched yet (maybe tonight), but I'd say that's par for the course outside of a few exceptions in the action genre.CJS4715 said:
It will get a ton of views, because Netflix, but there is about a 3% chance I would have watched this if it came from a traditional studio. I thought it was fairly pedestrian.
I most likely won't go to the theater for anything like that outside John Wick this year, unless something just exceptional looking comes out.
Incredibly cliched and somehow managed to be a boring movie despite all the action.
I enjoyed it.
I thought the "preview" trailer on Netflix was pretty bad so I almost didnt watch it.
The movie was much better than that trailer let on.
I thought the "preview" trailer on Netflix was pretty bad so I almost didnt watch it.
The movie was much better than that trailer let on.
man...this movie could (and should) have been much better.
All those stars, so much meh. Wasted opportunity.
Thought it was ok but I was a bit annoyed to see one of the characters spend half his screen time walking around the jungle/mountain range while wearing a red jacket.
Despite the rest of the movie, affleck's speech in the shipping container was pretty solid
I dont understand why they didn't take their money and fund an expedition to recover the bags in the gulch next summer.
At the end of the movie, Charlie Hunnam handed Oscar Isaac a piece of paper with the latitude/longitude where the money is located. So, we're definitely supposed to assume they're going back there someday.
Retrieving the money would be fast and easy once things have cooled off. It would take less than an hour to fly another/better helicopter from offshore, lower a couple of guys and a net into the crevice, load the bags into the net, lift the team and money out, and fly back to the ship. Easy way to make over $200 MM.
Retrieving the money would be fast and easy once things have cooled off. It would take less than an hour to fly another/better helicopter from offshore, lower a couple of guys and a net into the crevice, load the bags into the net, lift the team and money out, and fly back to the ship. Easy way to make over $200 MM.
I could see a sequel.
Thoroughly enjoyed it. Soundtrack was great too
I started to watch this Friday night after several margaritas and glasses of wine. I only remembered I started to watch it because I saw this thread just now.
No recollection of any of it so maybe I'll try again sober.
No recollection of any of it so maybe I'll try again sober.
3 Kings meets Lone Survivor. Solid Sat night watch.
MW03 said:
3 Kings meets Lone Survivor. Solid Sat night watch.
I guess I missed the scathing critique of our responsibility for the deaths of civilians due to our self serving foreign policy.
3 Kings was a commentary on the way we abandoned the kurds that happened to have a heist thrown in the middle of it.
Truth!jackie childs said:
man...this movie could (and should) have been much better.
I was into it for the heist, so
Trident 88 said:
Meh.
Greed didn't cause them to turn on each other, but it led to their downfall. They shouldn't have taken so much money from the house. They should have listened to Pedro and not overloaded the chopper.
I don't enjoy watching characters who are supposed to be disciplined make weak and undisciplined choices.
Affleck had a major "my precious!" moment, didn't he?
I enjoyed it, though it definitely won't win any awards. Good cast/acting. Story lacked at moments, but worth a watch if you have a couple hours.
The film would have been much better with an Adria Arjona nude scene.
Not bad. Good weekend movie when I had nothing else going on.
The scene with Affleck was probably more unintentionally hilarious than they were aiming for though.
The scene with Affleck was probably more unintentionally hilarious than they were aiming for though.
Which scene?
I probably need to re-watch, but quite a few things bugged me.
Why no sniper rifles in the group? Seems like one would have been beneficial. I could not understand why they wouldn't just bury the bags under rocks initially & then come back & get them. Hauling them up & over mountains for days with no fire, shelter & presumably no food seems crazy. Also, they killed multiple people in the end and getaway in a slow moving boat. How do the drug lords simply not attack the boat or at least track it to where it is going?
Why no sniper rifles in the group? Seems like one would have been beneficial. I could not understand why they wouldn't just bury the bags under rocks initially & then come back & get them. Hauling them up & over mountains for days with no fire, shelter & presumably no food seems crazy. Also, they killed multiple people in the end and getaway in a slow moving boat. How do the drug lords simply not attack the boat or at least track it to where it is going?
My favorite part was watching Ben Affleck with a big bullet hole in the head
I enjoyed it. But like others have noted, seems like there were some pretty quick fixes that would have made it better.
Pascal's character was essentially a waste. He could have just defaulted to the persona of Javi on Narcos and it would have been much better.
It was difficult for me to digest the decision process made by the operators and in particular Affleck's character. No, no chance I'll do this. Ok, I'll do it. We stick to the plan, down to the minute, or we abort the mission. Let's stay longer and get more money. No chance we engage, we just haul ass. Ok, let's kill them all. Hey, if we try to fly this helicopter over the Andes with this payload we'll crash and we'll all die. I hear you, F it let's do it anyway. Well, we crashed the helicopter, we need to haul ass out of here or we die. True, but let's get some mules and oh yeah, basically mountain climb a truckload of cash over the Andes, that same load the helicopter couldn't carry.
But the biggest head scratcher to me was the ending. They somehow manage to get all this money over the Andes, the beach is in site, but let's only hike out what we can fit in our little backpacks and throw the rest in a hole. So you're willing to risk death at every point so far but now it's run for your life? Why wouldn't each guy at least take one of the bags? They humped all of this across a mountain range but go conservative at the very end? Worst case scenario they just dump the bags if they have to.
I did like that they all gave their portion to Affleck's family. That was a good end to it.
Oscar Isaac was the strong suit in this for me. I hope they make a sequel where he goes back to retrieve what they left behind.
Pascal's character was essentially a waste. He could have just defaulted to the persona of Javi on Narcos and it would have been much better.
It was difficult for me to digest the decision process made by the operators and in particular Affleck's character. No, no chance I'll do this. Ok, I'll do it. We stick to the plan, down to the minute, or we abort the mission. Let's stay longer and get more money. No chance we engage, we just haul ass. Ok, let's kill them all. Hey, if we try to fly this helicopter over the Andes with this payload we'll crash and we'll all die. I hear you, F it let's do it anyway. Well, we crashed the helicopter, we need to haul ass out of here or we die. True, but let's get some mules and oh yeah, basically mountain climb a truckload of cash over the Andes, that same load the helicopter couldn't carry.
But the biggest head scratcher to me was the ending. They somehow manage to get all this money over the Andes, the beach is in site, but let's only hike out what we can fit in our little backpacks and throw the rest in a hole. So you're willing to risk death at every point so far but now it's run for your life? Why wouldn't each guy at least take one of the bags? They humped all of this across a mountain range but go conservative at the very end? Worst case scenario they just dump the bags if they have to.
I did like that they all gave their portion to Affleck's family. That was a good end to it.
Oscar Isaac was the strong suit in this for me. I hope they make a sequel where he goes back to retrieve what they left behind.
there was no drug lord... they killed him... just had his lieutenants left and all their money was gone... they burned the house where it all wasApache said:
I probably need to re-watch, but quite a few things bugged me.
How do the drug lords simply not attack the boat or at least track it to where it is going?
Right, it just seemed funny that the cartel had 3-4 pros in town & a bunch of people looking for them & once the SF guys made it to the boat no further effort was made. (at least that we saw)
Right, and a boat that had been sitting there waiting for 5 days doing nothing. You don't think the "pros" would have sniffed that out?
since it's a streaming movie that's been out for a week, i think it's safe to stop using spoiler tags
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