When I spend most of the movie reading stuff on my iPad...you know its a bad movie.
And the weird thing is they had almost a year to re-edit it. The sound was bad. The action was bad. Wiig was horrible.
Gadot is drop dead gorgeous, and I always liked Chris Pine’s mischievous attitude...but it was a SJW fest and the writing was bad. The cinematography was great. But the script must have had 20 hands in it. And the director was shooting all of the different re-writes.
Gadot is drop dead gorgeous, and I always liked Chris Pine’s mischievous attitude...but it was a SJW fest and the writing was bad. The cinematography was great. But the script must have had 20 hands in it. And the director was shooting all of the different re-writes.
Agreed for the most part. I personally didn't think Wiig was terrible, though I didn't think her character was very cohesive and I understand other people have trouble seeing past her as a comic actor. There were just so many parts and aspects to the movie that seemed lazy and amateurish (the costumes didn't even feel like 80's clothes except in the most superficial of ways, like they were all at an 80's party and some people didn't want to look too uncool), and like you mentioned, they had plenty of budget to get it right the first time and after the shooting wrapped, plenty of time for reshoots or editing to improve it.
I think the studio knew pretty early on they had a turd on their hands and were hoping that a summer blockbuster marketing plan leaning heavily on girl power and friendly media critics afraid to speak out against girl power to keep people from turning against the movie.
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Yeah, that did him well in Star Trek. However, if you want to see what acting chops he has, "Hell or High Water" is it. Plus Jeff Bridges' and Ben Foster's parts were well done and it's not a super-hero movie. Just a couple ole Texas boys robbing branches of one main bank that is trying foreclose on their family ranch. The ending dialog between Pine and Bridges is worth the admission. Maybe not an original concept, but a few surprises and great direction. Check it out.
I, and now my wife have often picked up on your points above. It's the difference between a mediocre director and great director. I can't say how many times a scene could have been cut to create a better flow of the story.
It's a shame that most movie fans don't get the difference in directors. The reason our favorite TV series is SEAL TEAM is that everything works every time. Another series is Yellowstone, although they have such long breaks between their seasons. Doesn't start up again until June. Also, we've been binging on the Netflix series, LONGMIRE.
Didn't know it existed until the wife bought Netflix. We have spent entire days starting from season 1 to get caught up. It has no commercials where you can see and hear from the music there would be a commercial insert. It's seamless. It also goes from one episode to another with pushing just one button to continue. Really worth checking out if you have Netflix. Just be prepared to stop shaving, doing lawn work, etc., it's that addictive.