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Post by seahawksraawk00 on Nov 23, 2020 14:32:25 GMT
Highly recommend it! It's nice to have another great R-rated Christmas film to put with the likes of Die Hard and Bad Santa!
You should know what to expect from a crazy Mel Gibson movie. I get people don't like him. Not saying you have to forgive him, but he's still enjoyable and charasmatic as old and gruff Mel. And quite frankly, compared to some of the stuff actors and directors have been accused of in the wake of #MeToo, I just think Mel's racist and drunken rant really pales in comparison. So it's easy for me at least to separate the art from the artist.
Either way, even if you don't like him, Walton Goggins is another reason to watch it! It's pure Goggins as it gets being slick and the sly silver tongue devil you know from Justified if you ever watched that show, but it just makes that much more enjoyable. I'd say my only criticism is that the tone is definitely all over the place. It wants to be this slick and hard-R gritty Christmas movie, but has enough overt moments of humor as well to try and balance it out. But it's got great action but it's not balls-to-walls action though. It's got good acting from Mel, and Goggins is just pure gold in it! This film is two hours of your life you won't regret wasting, watching this.
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Post by sdrew13163 on Nov 23, 2020 16:42:42 GMT
I’m excited to see it. It looks like fun.
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Post by spooner5020 on Nov 23, 2020 19:30:58 GMT
I must say I REALLY ENJOYED THIS!!! I didn’t know what to expect. I thought this movie would fall flat on its face, but it worked really well and I must say I really liked Gibson in this.
I still couldn’t tell though if this was meant to be a comedy or that it was meant to be serious with just a silly idea. I laughed once or twice, but I wasn’t laughing throughout like I thought I’d be from the preview. I may make this one of my traditional Christmas movies now.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2020 12:17:04 GMT
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I think they should have tightened up the first 40 minutes. Could have established Santa losing faith in humanity and the protagonist backstory in 20 minutes.
Other than that, I loved it. Once Walton Goggins (Mercenary) goes on the road to hunt Santa, it picks up and it’s excellent from that point forward.
I think I would have cut 20 minutes off the beginning, and added 10-15 minutes of battle at the end. Maybe have more of Santa in the workshop while the mercenary is killing. He’s trying to save the elves and defend the workshop or something, have some more tension before the final showdown.
I really wanted a line like “Ho, Ho, Ho Motherf—er!” Or something fun. Like Die Hard “Yippie Kai Ya Motherf—er!”
But overall, I’d still give it a solid 7/10. Loved the ending. The scarred Santa showing up at the boys door. The line about “I’ll come for you in your sleep.” Forcing him to look at him after what he did. Seeing the consequences. Being more proactive. It was a great ending.
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Post by moviemouth on Nov 24, 2020 17:22:39 GMT
I just watched it.
Good stuff.
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Post by moviemouth on Nov 24, 2020 17:30:06 GMT
I must say I REALLY ENJOYED THIS!!! I didn’t know what to expect. I thought this movie would fall flat on its face, but it worked really well and I must say I really liked Gibson in this. I still couldn’t tell though if this was meant to be a comedy or that it was meant to be serious with just a silly idea. I laughed once or twice, but I wasn’t laughing throughout like I thought I’d be from the preview. I may make this one of my traditional Christmas movies now. That is sort of the brilliance of the idea. It is directed as if it is a ordinary gritty thriller, but with the most ridiculous story you can possibly imagine. The humor is found there. It isn't laugh out loud humor, it is this subtle humor that creeps up from underneath.
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