I watched Last Action Hero a few years ago for the first time, and it honestly didn't even feel that dated. It held up!
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I think Last Action Hero is an overall good movie with some flaws.
It takes a little too long to get going, the bit at the front that mostly establishes that his life is kind of dull and he prefers to go to the movies drags a bit. They play the "BECAUSE THIS IS A MOVIE" note a little too often and Slater just outright doesn't believe him for a little too long, he should have started to buy it before they go out into the real world. And the ending kind of just putters out? The bits where it's a send-up of action flicks is really fun and it's worth seeing for that, though I think True Lies is a better loving send-up of action flicks.
Haha, we need to open source movies before production. Put the script on GitHub and check those pull requests!
The butterfly effect.
I saw it when I was rather young but I thought it was pretty good, apparently people thought itβs edgy.
Should watch it again now and see if it holds up.
I saw a version with a different ending (cuz piracy) than that what was widely released in theaters and i really liked it. Have you seen both? Do you know what I'm talking about?
No, I saw it in theatres, what happens?
I've heard in the theatrical version he goes back and ends his friendship right? In the version i saw
seriously cw warning i warned you
He goes back in to the womb using a sonogram and wraps the umbilical cord around his neck killing himself so he instead never meets her
I saw that version too! Apparently it's the director's cut.
I saw it when I was rather young but I thought it was pretty good, apparently people thought itβs edgy.
That's me, I'm people. Same as you, I remember watching it when I was young and thinking it was a cool mature thriller, but I rewatched it last year for the first time and I was honestly a little shocked at how edgy it seems. Like the first 30 minutes really hammer how much trauma Evan went through, and it just felt really heavy handed.
edit: to be clear I don't hate The Butterfly Effect, I just remember distinctly thinking how edgy it was on review
Yeah... I don't care. I watch a movie and accept it for what it is. If I'm entertained for a few hours, great. If not, meh. I don't need critical opinion.
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Conan the Destroyer. I absolutely love it and won't apologize for it.
I did a deep dive into pre-2000's Schwarzenegger movies recently and they're basically all good.
True Lies is truly great. There are a bunch of other good choices in there too, but true lies really sticks in my head.
End Of Days is basically saved single handedly by that MP5.
Observe And Report starring Seth Rogan.
It's a movie about a mall security guard and it often gets confused for the awful Paul Blart movies by people, which is why I think it gets dismissed. But it's genuinely darkly funny. It leans into the hero complex of the main character and it gets weird and off putting in the best kinds of ways. If you like Death To Smoochie, you will probably like it.
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