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Spoilers What Movie Are You Watching?
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So, I'll go out on a limb here, and for the record, I thought the remake was decent. Assume it's completely different, and keep an open mind. I didn't care for Thor's character, but Hemsworth can play an idiot like nobody's business.Thanks for this report. I knew there was a reason I never went to see this.The original cast and story was supurb with just the right touch of comedy. I'll guess/assume the new players had trouble filling shoes, meeting audience expectations of those who saw the original, and the script was just too repetitive or not that good. One strike for me, I don't think Melissa McCarthy is funny. I can still remember seeing the original film for the first time, a knockout! I think if I had been an actor, I'd have been scared to death to be in this remake, i.e. living up to the original.
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Hmm (not a sexist statement)
Spoiler Clip from the original
I'm a fan of both Kirsten Wiig and Kate McKinnon, and although Wiig's character really seemed a little slow at times, I thought both finally pulled it off.
I'll agree about Melissa McCarthy.
Unless a continuation of the original story (sequel), I'd view reboot or reimagined as being synonymous. I did note this mommy is Ahmanet, so maybe it can be called a new story/sequel but she is appearing in our world to take over just like Imhotep did in the 1999 version which I loved, and with that title, I'm sticking with reboot.
Speaking of reboots... or reimagined.
Of note, it seems that either of these movies could be stinkers or not, hard to tell at this point. 
that looks better, and different, than the crap brendan fraser was in though
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It's never lupus (although always looks like it is!).he he he. it's not lupus..
and there is a tv binge thread...
Auto immune gets a mention most weeks to.
Oh and patience lie!
I miss that show.
he he he. it's not lupus..
and there is a tv binge thread...
Haha, one of my wife's bosses has Lupus and whenever she has to go in to the doctor, I always say, "It's never Lupus." Can't help myself.
Just once on the show I wanted for it to actually be Lupus so they all could stand around shocked.. "holy crap, it actually was Lupus."
I agree. First thought was: Wow, that was different and it hit more of the atmosphere I was hoping Sommers' films would maintain.
I confess I still dig Oded Fehr's guardian in those Mummy movies but otherwise nada.
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I was hoping they'd cast Stephen Lang as Cable in the Deadpool sequel. Heard good things about this film, may rent if I am in the mood for something like that. Fede's Evil Dead remake was actually a lot of fun in between being spectacularly gross in spots (then again the original ED was too but Fede's looked a lot more realistic).
It's just the fact they keep rebooting the franchise that gets on my nerves!
Enjoyable thriller. Great cast.
Central intelligence (2016)- Dwain Johnson spy farce, is he a good guy or bad guy? Eh. Get Smart was better as a comedy. Knight and Day with Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz was a serious/tongue'n cheek version of the same story, but actually worthy of watching imo.
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I saw Central Intelligence a month or two ago. It was alright but it left me blindsided with how weak the story was. Get Smart was good. Carrel did another film, I want to say Dinner with Shmucks that dealt with spies and that was very good. Knight and Day was alright, but I feel, and I might have the dates wrong here, that Red and the film with Ashton Kutcher as an assassin was better on the spoof front. There was this film years ago about a woman, her child and an airliner and I think that one scene from Knight and Day was borrowed from it.
I'll look for this!
Knight and Day imo is about 100x better than CI on all levels, comedy, action, story, intrigue, etc. The airliner scene was wow.
I liked the original.
That's kind of part of the storyline basically not to know what is happening or why and figure out where you are and more importantly how to work with others to get out.
To some it might not be, to others it certainly is--basically trying to figure out what's happening as the other characters in the movie are figuring it out.
thats like saying, im gonna make a pizza without cheese, substance is needed to attract intrest from the audience