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From: Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org>
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Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-04-26 (Friday)
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2024 08:27:03 -0700
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On 4/27/2024 11:20 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> 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.