Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Ian J. Ball" Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-04-26 (Friday) Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2024 20:42:31 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 40 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2024 05:42:32 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="03a1ecade2c362043fb1aa1dae2fa5c8"; logging-data="900918"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+f4YHAXoLrqdPZpNcavZDr" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:AWnegk8LC+iv35AB+7YaDvgY9PA= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 3151 On 4/27/24 7:35 PM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote: > On 4/27/2024 7:25 PM, Ian J. Ball wrote: >> On 4/27/24 7:05 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote: >>> On 4/27/2024 5:18 PM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote: >>> >>>> There were two movies that debuted this weekend.  "Boy Kills World" >>>> and "Challengers."  "Boy Kills World" is a new action comedy >>>> starring Bill Skarsgård as a deaf-mute young man who goes on a blood >>>> soaked revenge spree to slaughter the people who killed his family. >>>> The movie also stars Jessica Rothe, Famke Janssen, Sharlto Copley, >>>> and "Mad Dog" from the Raid movies.  How could you possibly go >>>> wrong? "Challengers" on the other hand is a 2 hour long drama >>>> starring Zendeya.  The plot involves her being in a love triangle >>>> with tennis players.  So it was not a hard decision picking which >>>> movie to see on Thursday night.  Except "Boy Kills World" was not >>>> playing in IMAX or Dolby cinema.  All the high quality theater >>>> screens had been taken over by "Challengers."  So I went to the >>>> local theater and saw  "Boy Kills World" on a regular screen... >>>> >>>> "Boy Kills World" - I actually saw this on Thursday night, but >>>> didn't feel like talking about it.  Given the cast and premise I >>>> went into this with high expectations.  My expectations were >>>> crushed.  I though I was going to get "Crank" and instead I got >>>> "Gamer."  :-( >>> >>> I recently watched 'Gamer' (aka 'Crank 3').  You thought there was a >>> noticeable difference between it and the Crank movies? >> >> Yes - "Gamer" was much worse than the "Crank" films (even the second >> one!). > > Yeah, I commented at the time that I *want* to like "Gamer" but it just > doesn't work for me.  Something similar happened with "Equilibrium." > It's an excellent movie.  Then the writer/director's next movie, > "Ultraviolet" which went for the same vibe, but was pure crap. But! But!! Milla Jovovich, with bright colors! ;p