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[NewMarketSean]

I watched Triple Frontier last night. What an odd movie. It felt like one of those late 90's action movies dumped in February. The actors have decent chemistry but the script is strangely weak considering the people behind it and the movie had very little suspense or tension. There were a few decent moments, but everything happened kind of matter-of-factly. And it ended with a "really?"

 

I've been reading about this movie being in development for years. It was written by Mark Boal and was going to be directed by Katheryn Bigelow of the Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, two of some of the best movies of the new millennium. It was going to star Will Smith or Tom Hanks when they still had clout. It had a real sense of place, in the crime-ridden jungles of Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. But this movie has none of that. The script is dumb. The pacing is strange.

 

It's one of those "what could have been" kinda movies. Instead it feels more like Proof of Life.

 

Rewatched it again last night. I think I liked it more the second time around. Especially the first 2/3 of the movie. The movie does loose steam in the final third and ends with a whimper. Still, it's one of the better Netflix movies but that ain't saying much.

 

Cast is great though. I think Affleck was awesome in this.

[NewMarketSean]

I watched Marathon Man for the first time last night. Pretty good movie. Hoffman and Olivier were great in it. God I love 70s movies.

[DuffMan]

Don't know what the movie is about, but damn it's great seeing Jackman in the yellow and blue.

[NewMarketSean]

Don't know what the movie is about, but damn it's great seeing Jackman in the yellow and blue.

 

I've sworn off Marvel movies after Endgame but Deadpool & Wolverine does look good. And the Deadpool movies have always done their own thing.

[NewMarketSean]

Yeah they're making another Alien movie. And yeah the trailer is awesome.

 

[NewMarketSean]

So The First Omen was actually pretty great! Didn't see that coming! It's a slow burn for the first hour or so but there are some really disturbing scenes that are pretty shocking and an incredible bit of acting in the final act. I was really impressed.

[DuffMan]

Took the whole fam to see Inside Out 2 last week. Not as good as the first but still a fun flick. Shout out to pouchy!

[NewMarketSean]

Just got back from seeing Longlegs. Pretty solid...definitely has a creepy and suspenseful tone. Nicholas Cage creates a horror villain for the ages. But despite good performances, good script, good direction...I couldn't help but feel a little let down by it. 

 

It loses some momentum toward the end and the twist is kind of a letdown and not all that surprising. Still, worth checking out. 

 

And before you do, check out the director's first film, The Blackcoat's Daughter. It's very similar in tone and in some ways I think is the better film.

[Pedro Cerrano]

Seeing Longlegs likely today and Fly Me to the Moon tomorrow

 

I usually do a movie or two during the days after the All Star Break since there is nothing sports-related on.

[Nigel Tufnel]

I had no idea that Everybody Wants Some! was a baseball movie.