Sephiroth
Wade Wilson
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Post by Sephiroth on Jul 15, 2024 6:49:48 GMT -5
Poe really did get a raw deal with that awful public defender suggesting he plead guilty. Genuinely one of the worst cases of "Hollywood Law" ever put to film. IRL Poe wouldn't have even seen the inside of a courtroom, much less serve time. That’s why it’s the best-for all the worst reasons. Terrible writing, completely implausible scenario, cornball dialogue, ridiculously over the top action scenes, and a cast all hamming it up gloriously.
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Dr. T is an alien
Patti Mayonnaise
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Post by Dr. T is an alien on Jul 15, 2024 9:13:22 GMT -5
Genuinely one of the worst cases of "Hollywood Law" ever put to film. IRL Poe wouldn't have even seen the inside of a courtroom, much less serve time. That’s why it’s the best-for all the worst reasons. Terrible writing, completely implausible scenario, cornball dialogue, ridiculously over the top action scenes, and a cast all hamming it up gloriously. Armageddon is similarly fun but I have to switch off my brain to watch it. It’s not like The Martian where all I have to do is ignore the initial issue (Mars’ atmosphere is to thin to generate the forces shown in the beginning of the film) and then the rest is simply just a good film where actual thought was put into it. It’s just dumb fun where science and common sense was blatantly ignored for the rule of cool.
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Post by Hit Girl on Jul 15, 2024 12:13:46 GMT -5
I only trust two men, one of them's me, the other ain't you,
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schma
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Post by schma on Jul 15, 2024 12:37:15 GMT -5
I loved this back in the day, still have my DVD of it. It's ridiculous brainless fun.
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BorneAgain
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Post by BorneAgain on Jul 15, 2024 16:03:03 GMT -5
Con Air seems to know exactly how absurd it is and has fun with the entire story as a result.
It's also amusing to have a film with enough over the top performances that Nicholas Cage's schtick actually feels pretty restrained by comparison.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Jul 15, 2024 16:08:11 GMT -5
It's also amusing to have a film with enough over the top performances that Nicholas Cage's schtick actually feels pretty restrained by comparison. Nic's accent more than compensates for his relatively restrained performance. I mean, could you imagine that accent combined with his Castor Troy performance?
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Post by Citizen Snips on Jul 15, 2024 16:15:09 GMT -5
I think the voice Cage uses in Longlegs has finally surpassed his Con Air accent as his greatest crazy vocalization.
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Scoops
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Post by Scoops on Jul 15, 2024 18:25:21 GMT -5
It's also amusing to have a film with enough over the top performances that Nicholas Cage's schtick actually feels pretty restrained by comparison. Nic's accent more than compensates for his relatively restrained performance. I mean, could you imagine that accent combined with his Castor Troy performance? He also didn't need to have it. The choice to make his character be from Alabama was his. He wanted to do the accent.
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Sephiroth
Wade Wilson
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Post by Sephiroth on Jul 15, 2024 18:42:03 GMT -5
Con Air seems to know exactly how absurd it is and has fun with the entire story as a result. It's also amusing to have a film with enough over the top performances that Nicholas Cage's schtick actually feels pretty restrained by comparison. On any other day, it might seem strange
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