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Post by moviebuffbrad on May 18, 2024 2:49:09 GMT
I just mean it seems like an overly technical way of looking at the movie, to suffer through multiple boring characters instead of one enjoyable one just to avoid "This character shouldn't be in this situation" dings. Finding ways to keep a central character the central character is basic storytelling, and if they had to alter the story a bit to keep Cranston, it's not like the movie had a very intricate plot in the first place. Johnson kinda just wanders place to place up until he gets sent into San Fran anyway. I don't know if you saw Godzilla Minus One, but that's a Kaiju movie with one central character and I think they did a great job building the plot around him. You're not wrong that people had Walter White fever and the trailers tapped into that and gave audiences false expectations, but Johnson being a boring lead is another common complaint mostly independent of that. Unfortunately, I never got around to seeing Minus One when it was out in theaters, but I plan to watch it as soon as I have some legal means of doing so. As for Aaron Taylor Johnson, I donβt exactly disagree that heβs not an especially interesting lead. I just meant that people wouldβve been less likely to complain about Bryan Cranston getting killed off so soon if they hadnβt been led to believe that he was a more significant character than he actually was. I highly recommend it. You could probably check it out at the library. That may be true to a certain extent. Though I personally was really into the Cranston character on his own. I think the opening where he is forced to shut the door on his wife to prevent the radiation leak is pretty powerful stuff for a Godzilla movie.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on May 17, 2024 21:36:22 GMT
I mean, the knife training obviously didn't help much. He cut his hand and left DNA everywhere. If he did it, of course.
And no, not particularly interested.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on May 17, 2024 19:35:02 GMT
You know where you are? You're in the jungle, baby. You're gonna die.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on May 17, 2024 19:34:29 GMT
Take me back to the Paradise City, where the grass is green and the girls are pretty.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on May 17, 2024 18:39:03 GMT
Jean Claude randomly deciding to be a good actor at this point is so weird. He's the best part of Expendables 2 and downright excellent in JCVD.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on May 17, 2024 8:34:51 GMT
A favorite.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on May 17, 2024 5:33:15 GMT
The real-real problem is that he was the only character with a compelling backstory/played by an actor who wasn't sleepwalking, especially in comparison to the film's lead. It's not a Cinema Sins complaint about plot logistics, people just liked him and didn't like Johnson. As for what they could do with him, his character was a nuclear something or other, the government could probably consult him about nuking the kaijus and send him into San Francisco to help disarm the weapon at the end. Or maybe Olson is his daughter and he goes in to save her having blamed himself for his wife's death. I don't know. Matthew Broderick's character in the other Godzilla movie studied worms for a living and they managed to keep him around. I canβt say I see where exactly CinemaSins comes into play. All Iβm saying is that thereβs generally a limit to what you can have human characters do in kaiju movies, so if youβre going to keep a character involved in the plot, you have to find a way to do soΒ in a manner that doesnβt come off as forced. In terms of consulting the government, thatβs basically the role Ken Watanabe and Sally Hawkinsβ characters serve. Theyβre the ones who are established as experts on giant monsters. Meanwhile, Aaron Taylor Johnsonβs character serves the role of disarming the nuclear warhead at the end, which makes sense for a character with a military background, but would be a bit of a stretch for Bryan Cranstonβs character.Β Cranston fills the purpose of investigating the government conspiracy, and his death helps establish a tangible sense of stakes. Itβs a minor role in the grand scheme of things, but Iβd imagine that people wouldβve been less disappointed if Cranston wasnβt at the peak of his popularity thanks to Β Walter White, and if the marketing hadnβt focused so much on him, to the point where most people just assumed he was the lead.Β I canβt say I found Ford Brody (Johnsonβs character) to be particularly compelling, but he works as a sort of audience stand-in who learns everything as we do, and his military background means he has a believable excuse to be involved in the monster action.Β I just mean it seems like an overly technical way of looking at the movie, to suffer through multiple boring characters instead of one enjoyable one just to avoid "This character shouldn't be in this situation" dings. Finding ways to keep a central character the central character is basic storytelling, and if they had to alter the story a bit to keep Cranston, it's not like the movie had a very intricate plot in the first place. Johnson kinda just wanders place to place up until he gets sent into San Fran anyway. I don't know if you saw Godzilla Minus One, but that's a Kaiju movie with one central character and I think they did a great job building the plot around him. You're not wrong that people had Walter White fever and the trailers tapped into that and gave audiences false expectations, but Johnson being a boring lead is another common complaint mostly independent of that.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on May 17, 2024 1:53:29 GMT
Caine Irons Serkis Gough Napier
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Post by moviebuffbrad on May 17, 2024 1:14:30 GMT
Looking back, I donβt think killing off Bryan Cranston so early was really a big deal. His character served his purpose. What was he going to do for the remainder of the film? Hang out with Ken Watanabe? The real problem is that the marketing focused too much on his character, thus giving audiences false expectations. The marketing team was clearly taking advantage of the fact that Breaking Bad had ended recently. The real-real problem is that he was the only character with a compelling backstory/played by an actor who wasn't sleepwalking, especially in comparison to the film's lead. It's not a Cinema Sins complaint about plot logistics, people just liked him and didn't like Johnson. As for what they could do with him, his character was a nuclear something or other, the government could probably consult him about nuking the kaijus and send him into San Francisco to help disarm the weapon at the end. Or maybe Olson is his daughter and he goes in to save her having blamed himself for his wife's death. I don't know. Matthew Broderick's character in the other Godzilla movie studied worms for a living and they managed to keep him around.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on May 16, 2024 21:10:13 GMT
Dawn -8/10 Rise -8/10 Planet -8/10 War - 8/10 Conquest -5/10 Battle -5/10 Escape -5/10 Marky Mark and the Monkey Bunch -2/10 Beneath -1/10Haven't seen the new one yet. DamnΒ Honestly I enjoy the sheer insanity of the second half. It's the rehash first half that holds it back for me. I didn't like the first half either, but that second half felt like the last signals of my brain firing after a fatal car accident.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on May 16, 2024 20:56:46 GMT
I have the same problems with it as Rogue One, ie stale main characters, potentially more interesting characters taken out early on, the iconic character you paid to see occured until the very end, etc. Like that movie, the third act is well done and exciting which makes you leave feeling like you had a good time having forgotten how tedious the first hour and change was.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on May 16, 2024 18:27:59 GMT
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Post by moviebuffbrad on May 15, 2024 21:12:34 GMT
Ordinary People Mommie Dearest Friday the 13th Scream 2 We Need To Talk About Kevin Beau is Afraid
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Post by moviebuffbrad on May 15, 2024 21:10:12 GMT
And The Invitiation (not The Bride, I forgot the freaking title) sucks until the last 30 minutes when you find out it's Dracula movie, which the first hour did a good job keeping a secret (this was a test screening, the marketing after was pretty open about the guy being Dracula). Speaking of Abigail, it just occurred to me that Dan Stevens reminds me of Cary Elwes. Does he for you? Never occured to me to be honest.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on May 15, 2024 5:19:59 GMT
Dawn -8/10 Rise -8/10 Planet -8/10 War - 8/10 Conquest -5/10 Battle -5/10 Escape -5/10 Marky Mark and the Monkey Bunch -2/10 Beneath -1/10
Haven't seen the new one yet.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on May 15, 2024 1:21:51 GMT
R.I.P. Wonder if I should watch 1941 to commemorate her? She's only in the opening, but it's a funny opening. The rest of the movie... some people hate it, I kind of liked it, though.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on May 15, 2024 0:24:54 GMT
Katsaridaphobia - the apparent name of fear of cockroaches. I'm someone who doesn't mind spiders and stuff, but these things freak me out. Wonder how that developed. There was a lot of weird, cockroach-themed stuff coming out in movies when I was a kid - Mimic, Joe's Apartment, Men in Black, that scene where the mayor chokes to death on a roach head in Mousehunt, etc. Maybe that had an effect. I also lived in a house for a short while where the previous tenent was from Florida, so the place had those flying roaches. Ugh.
I'm also nervy about heights, in a general sense. I did indoor rock climbing recently and my hands were so sweaty I kept slipping.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on May 15, 2024 0:15:46 GMT
Lot of actors I like there.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on May 15, 2024 0:13:07 GMT
I liked the 2013 movie. And thought "Evil Dead Rise" was okay. I guess I wasn't as emotionally invested in the characters this time around. Compared to 2013. But I will say it pulled no punches. And wasn't afraid to kill off certain characters. Which is what some Horror movies are afraid to do. My feelings may change when I re-watch it in a few years. Also I was shocked the Cat survived... I liked the characters more in Rises than the remake. The remake characters were kinda blank slates besides the main girl.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on May 14, 2024 20:54:29 GMT
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