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Post by Pasquale on Mar 31, 2022 23:11:54 GMT
Bay at his most consistent.
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Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on Apr 9, 2022 21:24:50 GMT
This was a blast. So ridiculous and over the top but kept me entertained. And Jake G was SOOOOO much fun in this.
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Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Apr 13, 2022 3:34:50 GMT
Had fun with this in parts, but thought it overstayed its welcome and became exhausting after a certain point (a Michael Bay movie, in other words). Unlike other films that are basically one long car chase like Speed or Mad Max: Fury Road, where there's an ebb and flow to the action - a rhythm or steady crescendo - this is pretty much set at the same pitch for 2+ hours, so you're worn out long before the end. Gyllenhaal was entertaining though and I lol'd at some of his lines and reactions.
It's been a while since I've watched a Bay film in a theater, so I forgot just how much his manic visual aesthetic nearly gives me eye strain, though I still get a kick out of his trademark camera swoops, circling/spinning shots, and lightflashes behind actors.
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Post by eyebrowmorroco on Apr 13, 2022 16:09:45 GMT
It turns out that this is in fact not a shot-for-shot remake of The Ambulance.
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Post by Film Socialism on Apr 17, 2022 2:32:12 GMT
insane, loved it
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Post by DeepArcher on Apr 18, 2022 22:39:20 GMT
As ludicrous and exhilarating as I hoped it would be. TNT-core in the best way possible, just as advertised.
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Post by JangoB on Apr 26, 2022 18:43:03 GMT
What a fucking ride.
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Post by JangoB on Apr 27, 2022 1:22:25 GMT
A couple things: - This is Bay returning to his 90s roots but with a fuckton of new technology. Those drone shots are amazing stuff which seems to breathe new life into The Baymaster. Take a shot every time you see a drone shot and you'll probably die before the film ends  - Even more proof that this is Bay's return to the 90s: he directly references his 90s movies not once but twice, he practically doesn't use CGI at all (and he himself called the CG shots crappy) and he doesn't indulge in women objectification and tasteless humor both of which kinda came to him later in his career. It's as if he actually listened to the criticisms! - I was a bit weirded out that Gyllenhaal decided to stop his attempts to win awards and switched them for starring in action flicks but you know... this is among my favorite of his performances  He's just so OTT and hilarious and clearly having a blast. I couldn't help but have a blast right there with him. - The action is astonishing and exhilirating, and the sound design is particularly incredible. The awards will shamefully forget it but they really shouldn't. - The temp score for this was so obviously "Tenet". Lorne Barfe didn't bother to hide it much. That said, I didn't mind. The bargain bin version worked for the movie. - Not too many Baysplosions in this one but it's awesome and very funny to me that one of them is a spleen  |
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Post by themoviesinner on Apr 27, 2022 8:10:16 GMT
This was great. Bay's best film by far.
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Post by LaraQ on Apr 27, 2022 11:28:04 GMT
This was a blast and I'm pretty sure the camera was on coke.
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Post by Viced on May 4, 2022 19:31:45 GMT
Lots of quality Bayhem... but it goes on for a good half hour too long, has some of the worst dialogue in years (that sometimes got strangely repeated multiple times for no reason), and the closing stretch is kind of terrible. Leaving the hideout while still in the neon green ambulance... wtf. Will's shoulder injury randomly being life threatening... until it wasn't... until it was again. Though the cheesy ass final moments definitely took the cake. If only the whole movie had the spontaneity of Will going to Danny for a loan and winding up en route to a heist literally 5 minutes later... lmao. Gyllenhaal was definitely a lot of fun (IT'S CASHMERE!)... rest of the cast outside of the solid Eiza González was pretty lame. not nearly Bay's best... but still a lot of fun and I'm glad I saw it before it left theaters. |
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Post by doddgerhardt on Jan 23, 2023 4:21:16 GMT
I am the furthest thing from a Michael Bay fan, defender or apologist, but I genuinely enjoyed this. It’s silly, dumb and melodramatic like any Bay film, but it’s not offensive, sexist, mean spirited and excessive in the way that a lot of his work tends to be. Still a little excessive. It’s a simple concept generally well executed and I think Bay having less resources forced him to actually be more resourceful. It moves along a good clip. Gyllenhaal is having too much fun and is completely in sync with Bay and I think his work only works when you have a quiet anchor like Mateen to balance Gyllenhaal. I’d honestly think this would be a worthy editing nomination if the academy nominated it.
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Post by Nikan on Jan 23, 2023 11:13:04 GMT
I found it unexpectedly engaging and really enjoyable - for the most part... what keeps me from placing it beside something like Speed (Die Hard is definitely too much) is the last 20-30 minutes where it becomes too serious (in Bay's hands that translates to "ridiculous") and full of itself.
Still glad I watched it, and with this and Love and the Other Drugs I'm convinced that Jake Gyllenhaal could sell me an.y.thing.
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He's just so OTT and hilarious and clearly having a blast. I couldn't help but have a blast right there with him.
