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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2021 19:18:06 GMT -5
Say what you want about the Mk Rebirth pitch being so heavly set in grounded reality but that casting was pretty much dead on.
Michael Jai White as Jax? - Absoloutley born to play the role
Jeri Ryan as Sonya - Not originally one to come to mind but it really f***ing worked
Matt Mullins as Johnny Cage - Again not one I would have originally cast but it worked especially as playing a washed up martial arts actor
Lateef Crowder as Baraka - This ended up being the weirdest bit of casting but I will never complain getting to see Lateef getting cast to do his thing.
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Post by Scoops on Apr 25, 2021 5:02:47 GMT -5
Everyone has the right to an opinion.
Except this person, they just lost theirs.
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Post by thechase on Apr 25, 2021 5:35:01 GMT -5
Huh, been reading up on the script drafts for this movie and {Spoiler}In the first draft, Cole does become Scorpion
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Apr 25, 2021 7:21:35 GMT -5
I enjoying turning my brain off for two hours. Wasn’t perfect but it was fine. Cole is kinda lame, though.
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Post by xCompackx on Apr 25, 2021 10:19:00 GMT -5
Everyone has the right to an opinion. Except this person, they just lost theirs. I didn't see anything wrong with this review. Saying the movie is great while also acknowledging the flaws (which from a first time director, are expected) that will hopefully be addressed in the future installments; what's the problem?
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Post by "American Cream" Dusty Loads on Apr 25, 2021 10:26:07 GMT -5
Huh, been reading up on the script drafts for this movie and {Spoiler}{Spoiler}In the first draft, Cole does become Scorpion I was worried that’s what was gonna happen.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2021 13:06:13 GMT -5
So on my first watch I kind of just took it in for what it was a Mortal Kombat movie but I did not want to judge it immediately so I watched it again.
And after two viewings and stewing on it for a bit....this movie is a complete incoherent mess and validated in pretty much every way what I expected.
There are cool visuals and that is where the positives end.
The acting , the editing (oh my gawd the editing on the fight scenes) the writing just all of it is a complete off the railts mess.
Say what you will about the 95 movie being an obvious product of its time but that movie in comparison is so much better put together than this , this is the very definition of things happen because they need to and with no rhyme or reason.
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Post by chrom on Apr 25, 2021 13:11:15 GMT -5
Cole it sounds like has really no place in this. Shoulda just kept in Cage
I expect in the next DLC Batch he gets unceremoniously killed off
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Post by lildude8218 on Apr 25, 2021 13:16:03 GMT -5
I was explaining this movie to a friend yesterday and he made a great analogy.
"It's like if they made a Super Mario Bros. movie that spent the whole movie telling the story of them being plumbers."
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Apr 25, 2021 13:18:40 GMT -5
I was explaining this movie to a friend yesterday and he made a great analogy. "It's like if they made a Super Mario Bros. movie that spent the whole movie telling the story of them being plumbers." So like the first half of the Super Mario Bros movie? >_> <_< But would that be somewhat accurate to the Mario Bros video game... where they are just plumbers... fighting turtles, bees and crabs >_>
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Post by chrom on Apr 25, 2021 14:50:26 GMT -5
{Spoiler}{SPOILER: CLICK TO SHOW} So Nitara is alluded to as Shang's strongest warrior and yet she goes down even faster than Glass Joe
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Post by thechase on Apr 25, 2021 14:54:38 GMT -5
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Post by xCompackx on Apr 25, 2021 15:12:45 GMT -5
Cole it sounds like has really no place in this. Shoulda just kept in Cage I expect in the next DLC Batch he gets unceremoniously killed off Eh, in fairness, Cole is literally just the vehicle so stuff can keep moving. I've seen criticisms elsewhere about Cole being a vanilla, boring character and I mean, he kinda is, but dude at least got some decent fight scenes.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2021 15:26:09 GMT -5
I thought Cole was fine. Not great by any means but he got some alright fights, his powers are fine, and he served his job of being the guy everyone exposits at without really getting in the way of the more interesting characters.
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Post by Zone Was Wrong on Apr 25, 2021 15:30:09 GMT -5
I thought Cole was fine. Not great by any means but he got some alright fights, his powers are fine, and he served his job of being the guy everyone exposits at without really getting in the way of the more interesting characters. I will say his gear at the end was weird looking. Not sure how I felt about it. Other than that he was just there to me. Sonja and Kano were my MVPs
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2021 15:31:32 GMT -5
Saw the movie and straight up, my main issue with it is Cole. Initially I started hating him and no, his character arc isn't bad, I'm cool with that. Yall know why I hate him and that's the fact that his powers were lame as hell. Shit was ugly and just out of place. Felt like something you'd see in a mid-00s game. Like something outta The Prototype. Overall tho I say it's a good movie and they definitely know what they gotta do with the next one. Given what's been setup, what the next will entail, what'll happen, yeah, they'll pull it off. And lastly... {Spoiler}{Spoiler}{SPOILER: CLICK TO SHOW} Cole is definitely becoming Scorpion in the sequel. Scorpion saying his job is done here and Cole will carry the bloodline, Cole's power being lame, part of his powers sorta looking similar to Scorpions to a degree with the fire stuff, I mean it'll happen.
I mean...Cole was straight up using the same moves as Scorpion does in the games. My people who play modern MK knows this, guy did similar moves, he's striking the same. He's clearly going to become that man in the sequel and if so? I'm ok with it. I'm cool with it. Gimme that.
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Post by BatPunk on Apr 25, 2021 15:32:51 GMT -5
I’m REALLY not on board with Miz as Johnny Cage. Johnny Cage is a lovable douche. Miz has the douche part down to a science, not so much the lovable part lol. I think Miz is really quite likeable in Miz & Mrs.
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Apr 25, 2021 16:02:13 GMT -5
$22.5 mil in pandemic times should be enough to get a sequel. Give me Miz as Johnny Cage!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2021 16:12:20 GMT -5
$22.5 mil in pandemic times should be enough to get a sequel. Give me Miz as Johnny Cage! My least favorite wrestler as my favorite fighting game character.. No thank you.
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Apr 25, 2021 16:19:42 GMT -5
$22.5 mil in pandemic times should be enough to get a sequel. Give me Miz as Johnny Cage! My least favorite wrestler as my favorite fighting game character.. No thank you. Not my favorite either, but think he’d be able to pull it off.
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