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Wkd BO 0421-2317 - F8 leads the box office, and drags those who resist
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ryutaro's mama
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Well, Bay likes unlikable douchebags characters (IMO) as leads in those flicks. Shia was awful and although I haven't seen the last Wahlberg one (or this upcoming one) he looks kinda douchey too.
The leads in the FF movies are fun to watch.
In the last film, Mark Wahlberg's character makes it a point to taunt a human villain that he's not going to be able to see his family again before blasting him out of a window. Everyone is a full-blown sociopath in that film.
ryutaro's mama
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Oh my god.
BronsonLee
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Ok now HANG ON that requires this context
Also he blasts him with a football first so, you know, pragmatism!
Also he blasts him with a football first so, you know, pragmatism!
ryutaro's mama
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Why did the football make a metal CLANK! sound when it hit his head?
I forgot about the football. What is a football doing in China?
Opening here next weekend. Looking forward to it.
NealMcCauley
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Gotta give props to the guy for making that sound like a credible threat.
ryutaro's mama
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Those two clips from you and Bron Bron cement any chance of me seeing this film...into the the NOPE column.
These are probably the most watchable scenes in the film, too. The last half hour or so is so polluted with visual garbage being strewn about that it causes genuine eye strain. One gets the distinct sensation that Bay hated making this film and took it out on his audience.
NealMcCauley
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Probably won't change your mind at all but it's a lot like ROTF in that you get a decent idea about Bay's headspace. It's funny and horrifying at the same time.
PhoncipleBone
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Oh, god. That is horrible.
That's because it is Titus Fucking Welliver. I didn't know he was in that, but his mere presence makes me want to watch it now.
CassidyIzABeast
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That's the distinct sound of a dodgeball
ryutaro's mama
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Your clip is like Bay trying to get the tension that we had in the scene in Logan where they come for the little girl...only Bay made it hilarious for all the wrong reasons.
NealMcCauley
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I kinda want to watch it too. I only saw it once opening weekend but I remember him and Kelsey Grammer being very good at being Bay bad guys.
……forgetit
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I would if the closest theater playing it wasn't in fucking midtown. Tons of theaters on South side and it isn't playing in a single one
Atlanta btw
Incendiary
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Just got back from it. It was good! Not what I was expecting at all, but good!
Damn shame Free Fire isn't doing much better considering how great of an action movie it is and the excellent cast. If you haven't seen it, do so.
Glad to hear this is good too - gonna go see it this week sometime.
OrangeAtlas
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Man that scene is an absolute mess of aspect ratios. Why does a shot of a football on a shelf need to be in IMAX?
And just like in Logan, the heroic figure absolutely decimates the humans coming after him.
AnotherDayAnotherDollar
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Goddamn it. ROTW is gonna keep the sucky ass F&F franchise going forever.
ClosingADoor
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You're welcome! Can't leave anything to the US these days it seems
pixelation
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Only good FF movie so far is Tokyo Drift... come at me.
Is it going wide? I figured it was going to hang just under it, since it's an Amazon film.
Stop burning down your highways
It's not our fault that we've got a graboid infestation going on, and Michael Gross isn't anywhere to be found!
Everyone likes action, not just China. And with foreign language movies, action has an obvious advantage over ones relying on dialogue. Zootopia also did really well there, more so than Kungfu Panda even. It's not a particular strange audience. F8 probably got a lot of screens. Also, comic book movies and franchises like Star Wars rely a bit on nostalgia and embedded knowledge that isn't embedded in China. F8 doesn't have that, it's all in the movies from the last decade or so.
GraveRobberX
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Umm... LOLWAT?
starchild excalibur
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Umm... LOLWAT?
Joke? Or is this supposed to be real? I see Sung Kang in the credits.
GraveRobberX
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No clue think Tyrese trolling, but that's legit on his twitter and instagram feed
Tyrese knows photoshop
ryutaro's mama
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Tyrese gaslighting fans with retweeted fan art?
starchild excalibur
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I'd be surprised if it's real (not that he posted it, but that the image is accurate, real, and official) given how recently the writer suggested that even he didn't know whether he'd be able to bring Han back or if he'd want to go that route.
I imagine any poster released this early wouldn't have such firm casting announced either. It would probably just be a teaser image.
I believe it.
ryutaro's mama
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The Transporter vs. The Pacifier vs. The People's Champ vs. The Martian
Who wins?
Who wins?
broncobuster
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Tyrese spent months posting photoshops of himself as Green Lantern to will it into happening. Now he's onto this mess. The Secret doesn't work that way.
lol I was thinking the same thing
ryutaro's mama
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I want to but this shit isn't playing anywhere near me
BronsonLee
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I mean I didn't think Tyrese would do anything after Transformers
Look how stupid I look now
Look how stupid I look now
ryutaro's mama
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Hahahaha...that shit still makes me so happy. He prolly looked at that 'shop and was like, "Yeah...Yeah...Yeah...that's what's up."
ryutaro's mama
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Dude was straight up getting his Sean Young as Catwoman on.
DC turns actors into stalkers.
YES!!! Hell of reference...but not that far off
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