Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Dimensional Traveler Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-04-26 (Friday) Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2024 22:45:17 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 47 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 07:45:14 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="e5e7ca35154b2375aa0a9db0b64253d3"; logging-data="951303"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19GySIoo6Gsd1XgPrAUZJH3" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:pwxJr7MuhBcmAAD3/wbmv7Vdbbc= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 3382 On 4/27/2024 8:42 PM, Ian J. Ball wrote: > 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 > And actual curves!!!! -- I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky dirty old man.