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Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-04-26 (Friday)
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2024 00:00:41 -0400
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On Sat, 27 Apr 2024 20:42:31 -0700, "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.
>
>But! But!! Milla Jovovich, with bright colors!  ;p
>
and infinite weapons