tk for tu juan said:

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Mortal Kombat

F&F: Tokyo Drift

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i can't believe this movie got shut out at the Oscars.

Back to The Future

A time travel movie about a mom that wants to have sex with her son. Plus they repalced the main actor 5 weeks into shooting.

Watched Bad Boys 3 last night. A sequel after 15 years with an old, washed-up comedian and a guy who hadn't had a hit in over a decade, and yet I thought it was better than either of the originals. (Fight me)

It's amazing what a sense of pacing can do, both for the comedy and the the general plotting of the film. Michael Bay would just let moments and arguments go awkwardly long at times.

Clue!

YouBet said:

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jrod2181 said:

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Career Opportunities just for this scene

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Gosh I love her. She got so skinny though it's almost like she got an up top reduction.

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3 pages and no Troll Hunter?

Since Tremors and Joe Dirt are already taken...

I'll say Hot Fuzz. That movie is hysterical and I avoided for years before my brother talked me into it.

dreyOO said:

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Since Tremors and Joe Dirt are already taken...

I'll say Hot Fuzz. That movie is hysterical and I avoided for years before my brother talked me into it.

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why on earth would you assume its awful? (That's the criteria, not "I wasnt intrrested")

Roadhouse

It was so bad it was awesome

John Wick should have been terrible. A revenge flick about a dead puppy that's hyper frenetic, yet stars a 50 year old Keanu Reeves in a role that's wooden and awkward even for him, and the whole thing was directed by a stunt man who'd never directed a movie before??

Deputy Travis Junior said:

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John Wick should have been terrible. A revenge flick about a dead puppy that's hyper frenetic, yet stars a 50 year old Keanu Reeves in a role that's wooden and awkward even for him, and the whole thing was directed by a stunt man who'd never directed a movie before??

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The bolded part of your statement reminds me of Jan de Bont, a cinematographer who in 1994 directed a movie that was a huge hit - Speed. Lunatic plants bomb on a bus, bomb is armed once the bus reaches a certain speed, and if bus drops below that speed, boom. Yet I really liked that movie.

Deputy Travis Junior said:

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John Wick should have been terrible. A revenge flick about a dead puppy that's hyper frenetic, yet stars a 50 year old Keanu Reeves in a role that's wooden and awkward even for him, and the whole thing was directed by a stunt man who'd never directed a movie before??

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TBF, its about the most proven trope in Hollywood. Taken was a decade before it, and it launched about 100 copy cats, but Death Wish from the 70s did it, and you could probably argue that most westerns draw from that theme.

Cinco Ranch Aggie said:

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Deputy Travis Junior said:

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John Wick should have been terrible. A revenge flick about a dead puppy that's hyper frenetic, yet stars a 50 year old Keanu Reeves in a role that's wooden and awkward even for him, and the whole thing was directed by a stunt man who'd never directed a movie before??

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The bolded part of your statement reminds me of Jan de Bont, a cinematographer who in 1994 directed a movie that was a huge hit - Speed. Lunatic plants bomb on a bus, bomb is armed once the bus reaches a certain speed, and if bus drops below that speed, boom. Yet I really liked that movie.

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It's also only sort of accurate. Stahelski was a second unit director on some huge films before John Wick as well as choreographing stunt teams.

rhutton125 said:

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Watched Bad Boys 3 last night. A sequel after 15 years with an old, washed-up comedian and a guy who hadn't had a hit in over a decade, and yet I thought it was better than either of the originals. (Fight me)

It's amazing what a sense of pacing can do, both for the comedy and the the general plotting of the film. Michael Bay would just let moments and arguments go awkwardly long at times.

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I felt like you could feel like the lack of Bay in the action sequences that weren't quite on the same level, but the story and character development were greatly improved. They did a really good job keeping it a high end action movie while clearly acknowledging that the Boys weren't 25 anymore.

You're totally correct that the older man revenge flick isn't new, but John Wick was one of the the most over the top, highest energy action movies ever (and not just in the old man action movie sub genre), and there was 50 year old Keanu stomping ass right in the middle of it.

Obviously it can work because it did, but in a vacuum, "so bat**** crazy frenetic that the stunt man director invented his own martial art (gun fu) for it, and oh, it stars a 50 YO" doesn't sound like a winning pitch.

I didn't know he had that experience. Still, hell of a movie for a director debut.

For sure.

Rango.

CABIN
IN THE
WOODS

fun AF movie that is way better than it has any right to be

boboguitar said:

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3 pages and no Troll Hunter?

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I was bored with this and turned it off. Maybe I wasn't in the right mood.

Yes! Hackers was awesome!

Road House also gets a vote as well.

third coast.. said:

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look at that pooper man. Spandex, its a privilege, not a right.

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This has been a quote I've used since the day the movie came out...hilarious.

Hackers and Road House are definite fits for this discussion...I would also mention:

Grosse Pointe Blank
Multiplicity
Face/Off
Point Break
So I Married An Axe Murderer
8 Heads In a Duffle Bag

Clerks.

Showgirls

Happy Death Day

How in the world did we make it this far without this film being mentioned? I think we all saw this trailer and thought the same thing....

Way better than we were all expecting!

Harold and Kumar - a movie about going to White Castle

Secondhand Lions - similar to the Forest Gump reference that if someone told me what it was about, never would have watched it. Also one of the better forgotten movies imo

oragator said:

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Yeah the plot sounds odd...
But a lot of people don't know that The wizard of Os series was the Harry Potter of its day, among the most popular books of the time. The movie was greatly anticipated. The book had sold one million copies before the movie came out. and there had already been a broadway play.

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I loved the series. That is a super fun bunch of books. Haven't thought about the books in forever. Thanks for that!

The Man with One Red Shoe

Dabney Coleman and Jim Belushi crack me up in this. And Lori Singer, man. Dang.

Shawshank

The source material - a novella by Stephen King - is just okay. It definitely doesn't scream "this will make the best movie ever!" Heck, it doesn't really scream "movie" at all.

And then, it was Frank Darabont's first time directing a feature film. Like wtf.

Support Your Local Sheriff...the title doesn't give a very good first impression, but I love James Garner and the movie is absolutely hilarious!

Seconded on Detective Pikachu. I was absolutely convinced ahead of time that it would be utter garbage. But surprisingly, I enjoyed it a lot. Much better than expected.

Bubba Ho-Tep deserves more votes, too.

IJones23 said:

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Rango.

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Rango is one of the strangest animated movies ever made. Right up there with Fritz the Cat, Wizards, Heavy Metal, and Cool World. Rango is a legitimate masterpiece.

New contender:

Quick Change

"Flores! Flores para los muertos!"

Gets me every time.