Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Arthur Lipscomb Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-04-26 (Friday) Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2024 08:27:03 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 63 Message-ID: References: <624321763.735977196.525414.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2024 17:27:04 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="aeb830cd4b1b43e2ff1d7db039ad387f"; logging-data="1180269"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19fYlM5J0c3Km1vW7xSrSuYY3piHul2C0s=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:MCY2NqR7G/4gOXQEsDECxZDylJs= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: <624321763.735977196.525414.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> Bytes: 4022 On 4/27/2024 11:20 PM, anim8rfsk wrote: > 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. >> >> Wow. Some fun facts - Kurt Wimmer didn't direct another film after >> 2006's "Ultraviolet" until the "Children of the Corn" reboot in 2020 >> (which I've been meaning to get to). >> >> But he's written a bunch of stuff since, including "Law Abiding >> Citizen", "Salt", the "Total Recall" > > The one where they decided, Australia was just as foreign as Mars, and just > as difficult to get to > > LOL. I *know* it's nowhere near as good as the original. But I still like it. > and "Point Break" reboots (in >> addition to "Children of the Corn"), and "The Beekeeper"! >> >> Wow! I had no idea.