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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2021 18:22:23 GMT -5
{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}I thought my brother was joking when he told me about that. I asked “Then what’s it about?” and he says “Mostly just killing each other in between training for the tournament that never happens. It’s like if you watched The Mighty Ducks and Emilio Estevez just gave an inspirational speech about how far the kids have come and then it cuts to credits before they can play the championship game against the Hawks.” {Spoiler}{Spoiler} I did see a movie once where they spent the entire thing training for the US Olympics team... besides swapping main characters midway throguh it also... never actually gets to the Olympics... {Spoiler}And something about getting a woman out of the country they are in.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Apr 23, 2021 18:30:40 GMT -5
{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler} I did see a movie once where they spent the entire thing training for the US Olympics team... besides swapping main characters midway throguh it also... never actually gets to the Olympics... {Spoiler}{Spoiler}And something about getting a woman out of the country they are in. {Spoiler} with documents hidden in ice cream yes.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Apr 23, 2021 18:33:39 GMT -5
How I’m about to watch this movie 🍿 tonight
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Post by Spider2024 on Apr 23, 2021 18:34:18 GMT -5
{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}I thought my brother was joking when he told me about that. I asked “Then what’s it about?” and he says “Mostly just killing each other in between training for the tournament that never happens. It’s like if you watched The Mighty Ducks and Emilio Estevez just gave an inspirational speech about how far the kids have come and then it cuts to credits before they can play the championship game against the Hawks.” {Spoiler}{Spoiler} I did see a movie once where they spent the entire thing training for the US Olympics team... besides swapping main characters midway throguh it also... never actually gets to the Olympics... {Spoiler}{SPOILER: CLICK TO SHOW}Was this The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Movie?
Actually I don't know what movie you're describing, all I can think of is Cool Runnings. Then again that's Jamaica's team, not US.
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Post by Spider2024 on Apr 23, 2021 18:35:23 GMT -5
How I’m about to watch this movie 🍿 tonight Kung Lao did love the Yankees.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2021 18:53:44 GMT -5
{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler} I did see a movie once where they spent the entire thing training for the US Olympics team... besides swapping main characters midway throguh it also... never actually gets to the Olympics... {Spoiler}{Spoiler}{SPOILER: CLICK TO SHOW}Was this The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Movie?
Actually I don't know what movie you're describing, all I can think of is Cool Runnings. Then again that's Jamaica's team, not US. {Spoiler}The movie is actually called Spiker, and it's a very bad movie about men's volleyball.
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Post by "American Cream" Dusty Loads on Apr 23, 2021 23:37:41 GMT -5
I’ll get into it more a little later. Overall I enjoyed it, but they made some weird choices. The fights were cool and I found myself just looking at my phone during anything plot related lol. Which is fine, fights are really all that matter in a Mortal Kombat movie. Scorpion was bad ass.
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Post by The Spelunker! on Apr 24, 2021 0:12:09 GMT -5
Watched it in theaters this morning. Went great in there. Worth your time to see the spectacle on the big screen if an option for you.
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Post by Jonathan Michaels on Apr 24, 2021 0:19:50 GMT -5
An hour and two minutes in and I'm still waiting for the much talked about fight scenes. This is pretty awful so far. Oh and I can't wait for Johnny Cage to be played by a half black half asian transgender vegan feminist in the sequel. It’s hopefully going to be The Miz. Dude wants it bad.
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Post by "American Cream" Dusty Loads on Apr 24, 2021 0:50:00 GMT -5
Some spoilers thoughts: {Spoiler}{SPOILER: CLICK TO SHOW}things I liked: Sub Zero was an absolute monster. They did a good job selling that he's on a completely different level than all the other fighters. Popped hard for Kung Lao's fatality on the bat lady. I wasn't expecting that. Kano doing the classic heart rip was awesome. Kano overall was great. Had some great lines. Coulda toned him down a bit, at some points it felt like the Kano show. Asano as Scorpion was great. Just had a badass aura about him. He had great on screen chemistry with sub zero.
dislikes: They were way too hung up on the characters having powers. They didn't need the whole "chosen ones develop powers but who knows what you'll get" shtick. Cole was very unnecessary. He wasn't bad at all but we didn't need an audience stand in in a Mortal Kombat movie. Him being Scorpion's descendant was corny. Goro sucked. Didn't have any build up and get's whooped in his only fight by the most inexperienced fighter in the squad. Some of the CG was wonky as hell. Goro didn't look much better than the 1995 puppet and Nitara looked weird. They could've done more with Liu Kang even if Cole was going to be the protagonist. His performance was really wooden.
I'd definitely give it a rewatch down the line. Seems like the type of movie where I'll watch the fight scenes on YouTube whenever I get bored.
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Post by DSR on Apr 24, 2021 1:07:48 GMT -5
Just finished it. It was fun. No masterpiece, but for an action/fantasy popcorn flick, it does the job. *thumbs up*
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2021 1:18:14 GMT -5
94 is better.
How is that possible.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2021 1:35:11 GMT -5
One thing that did strike me as a little weird is that... {Spoiler}For all the Fatalities they did work in, it seemed really weird to leave out the spine rip when it's arguably the most famous one other than maybe Toasty.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2021 1:56:37 GMT -5
So I saw the first 10 minutes or so.
This sure was something that technically counts as a movie I guess.
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Post by Scoops on Apr 24, 2021 2:46:16 GMT -5
Just watched it and overall I enjoyed myself but holy shit was like 70% of the movie complete dog shit. {Spoiler}{SPOILER: CLICK TO SHOW} What I liked:
Kano and Kabal were great.
Most of the heroes were good.
Having the fan fiction, self insert character's power charge up by getting his ass kicked is pretty inspired.
...um, Goro was cool...
What I didn't like:
Cole sucked and looked like a wicker basket, which was apparently intentional!
Reptile...just Reptile.
Sonya: I'll pay you 2 million to help us.
Kano: Prove you have it.
Sonya: No.
Kano: Okay.
The whole Acondo crap was dumb.
So was needing to take characters who's abilities were tech based and making them magic.
Raiden and Shang Tsung were the best parts of the original movie, so how do you make them complete charisma vacuums in this?
You could have saved Kung Lao, Cole.
Goro and Scorpion had zero build up and just showed because they're popular and fights needed to happen.
Imagine coming back from the dead to get revenge, and your killer still kicks your ass.
You literally have 97 characters to choose from and you pick Nitara and Reiko?
Guys, stop trying to warm up Cole's family in the frozen building, JUST WALK OUTSIDE!
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Post by Stu on Apr 24, 2021 3:27:14 GMT -5
Was not impressed. Pacing was bad and they tried to squeeze in too much in too-little time.
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Post by xCompackx on Apr 24, 2021 8:29:59 GMT -5
One thing that did strike me as a little weird is that... {Spoiler}{Spoiler}For all the Fatalities they did work in, it seemed really weird to leave out the spine rip when it's arguably the most famous one other than maybe Toasty. {Spoiler}{SPOILER: CLICK TO SHOW}Supposedly, the reason Spine Rip isn't included is it was a bridge too far for the rating. Which, like I said in my thoughts on the movie, I kinda saw. Kung Lao and Jax's fatalities alone were probably pushing it. Which I really don't get about the MPAA; why is it cool to have a dude smash another dude's head or cut someone in half, but too much of that is bad? You're already doing it! I don't know.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Apr 24, 2021 9:21:08 GMT -5
One thing that did strike me as a little weird is that... {Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}For all the Fatalities they did work in, it seemed really weird to leave out the spine rip when it's arguably the most famous one other than maybe Toasty. {Spoiler}{Spoiler}{SPOILER: CLICK TO SHOW}Supposedly, the reason Spine Rip isn't included is it was a bridge too far for the rating. Which, like I said in my thoughts on the movie, I kinda saw. Kung Lao and Jax's fatalities alone were probably pushing it. Which I really don't get about the MPAA; why is it cool to have a dude smash another dude's head or cut someone in half, but too much of that is bad? You're already doing it! I don't know. Ratings boards are weird. Like you can have one use of the word "f***" in your PG-13 movie and a second will push it into an R? You can have as much bloody violence as you like and still get a lower rating, but show one female nipple and you'd better believe you're getting a higher rating.
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Post by Wilfred on Apr 24, 2021 9:53:04 GMT -5
This was a fun movie and pretty much what most expected. It wasn't perfect, I didn't care too much about any of the characters. Didn't seem like any really had much charisma except for Kano, and they could've cut his jokes down by 50%. This is one I'll go back and watch for years just like the '95 version. Even though personally, and it's probably nostalgia, I think I still prefer the 90's version over this one. But still a fun action movie and I look forward to seeing where they go if they get the chance. Especially who they would end up casting as that character teased in the final frame.
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Post by thechase on Apr 24, 2021 11:09:15 GMT -5
...My god, there is enough stuff in the first 20 minutes that could have filled up 58 with better pacing.
I'm 40 minutes in...
...This is the kind of movie I hoped and prayed it would be
This s*it's going to be taught in film classes on how not to do anything
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