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Post by alexanderblanchett on Sept 14, 2017 23:49:23 GMT
Good film. No masterpiece but a well written biopic and definitely a career saving project for Tom Cruise, who finally gives an interesting performance again. He was not Award-Great or anything, in fact there were some mannerisms about his performance that were not quite fitting or sometimes a bit annoying or unbelievable BUT it was still a fine performance in its whole essence and if he keeps doing those projects he might redeem himself. Domhnall Gleason gave the best performance in the film as CIA Agent who recruites Cruise and makes one mistake after the other hence to his adorable naivety. Gleason is perfect for that role. Sarah Wright was miscast. First of all she was far too sexy and beautiful for that role second of all far too young to play Cruise's wife. Was not believable. Always good to see Jesse Plemons although he was a bit wasted in a short and not so important role. The screenplay was clever, funny, had some nice twists and room for entertaining action sequences, that were not over the top but smoothly fit into the whole thing. I think it deserves a more talented director than Doug Liman but besides that a nice con biopic set in nice 70a/80s nostalgia.
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Rating: 8/10
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Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Sept 14, 2017 23:54:46 GMT
I'm not expecting the movie to be anything more than a fun romp, but I'm looking forward to it if only because I keep reading people saying it's the best performance Tom Cruise has given in a long time.
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Post by AKenjiB on Sept 15, 2017 20:47:33 GMT
I'm honestly just excited to see Tom Cruise do a non-action hero role again. And I find everything related to the Medellin cartel to be super fascinating so this'll probably be my cup of tea.
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Post by countjohn on Sept 15, 2017 21:29:21 GMT
I'm also looking forward to this to see Cruise play an actual character again. The dude's given some incredible performances. Hopefully it turns out to be really good, but your review sounded more in the "good but not great/pretty good" territory.
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Post by alexanderblanchett on Sept 15, 2017 22:14:25 GMT
I'm not expecting the movie to be anything more than a fun romp, but I'm looking forward to it if only because I keep reading people saying it's the best performance Tom Cruise has given in a long time. Yes it surely is. |
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Post by alexanderblanchett on Sept 15, 2017 22:15:44 GMT
I'm honestly just excited to see Tom Cruise do a non-action hero role again. And I find everything related to the Medellin cartel to be super fascinating so this'll probably be my cup of tea. Well its a Tom Cruise action anti hero role ;-) But yeah the huge focus is on the Medelllin cartel |
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Post by alexanderblanchett on Sept 15, 2017 22:18:49 GMT
I'm also looking forward to this to see Cruise play an actual character again. The dude's given some incredible performances. Hopefully it turns out to be really good, but your review sounded more in the "good but not great/pretty good" territory. Yeah its not on par with his classic performances. But really better than most he did in the past 5-10 years. |
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Post by AKenjiB on Sept 15, 2017 23:27:34 GMT
I'm honestly just excited to see Tom Cruise do a non-action hero role again. And I find everything related to the Medellin cartel to be super fascinating so this'll probably be my cup of tea. Well its a Tom Cruise action anti hero role ;-) But yeah the huge focus is on the Medelllin cartel Yeah but the trailer gave me the vibe that he's not really engaged in the action himself. Like he's running away from getting shot, not doing the shooting. And the MPAA rating made no mention of violence so I assume it's somewhat minimal. Is this accurate? |
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Post by alexanderblanchett on Sept 16, 2017 12:56:08 GMT
Well its a Tom Cruise action anti hero role ;-) But yeah the huge focus is on the Medelllin cartel Yeah but the trailer gave me the vibe that he's not really engaged in the action himself. Like he's running away from getting shot, not doing the shooting. And the MPAA rating made no mention of violence so I assume it's somewhat minimal. Is this accurate? Yeah that is pretty accurate.. it is far from a violent film… the action is rather plane chasing / crashing kind of stuff ;-) There is just a minimum of violence… mostly towards the end. |
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Post by alexanderblanchett on Sept 19, 2017 20:14:22 GMT
Good film. No masterpiece but a well written biopic and definitely a career saving project for Tom Cruise, who finally gives an interesting performance again. He was not Award-Great or anything, in fact there were some mannerisms about his performance that were not quite fitting or sometimes a bit annoying or unbelievable BUT it was still a fine performance in its whole essence and if he keeps doing those projects he might redeem himself. Domhnall Gleason gave the best performance in the film as CIA Agent who recruites Cruise and makes one mistake after the other hence to his adorable naivety. Gleason is perfect for that role. Sarah Wright was miscast. First of all she was far too sexy and beautiful for that role second of all far too young to play Cruise's wife. Was not believable. Always good to see Jesse Plemons although he was a bit wasted in a short and not so important role. The screenplay was clever, funny, had some nice twists and room for entertaining action sequences, that were not over the top but smoothly fit into the whole thing. I think it deserves a more talented director than Doug Liman but besides that a nice con biopic set in nice 70a/80s nostalgia. Nominations: Best Original ScreenplayRating: 8/10 I was going to guess Sarah Wright was miscast something seems off about her. Yeah, one of the worst casting decisions of the year… |
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Post by countjohn on Oct 7, 2017 5:02:10 GMT
Finally saw it today when everyone else was seeing the Blade Runner sequel. I think it's this year's Black Mass, a very good performance from a big star who hadn't had one for a while, but just a solid movie on the whole.
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Post by alexanderblanchett on Oct 7, 2017 20:04:27 GMT
Finally saw it today when everyone else was seeing the Blade Runner sequel. I think it's this year's Black Mass, a very good performance from a big star who hadn't had one for a while, but just a solid movie on the whole. Yes pretty much that. But its a good enough movie. Would probably have been a hit end of 90s , early 00s. But audiences changed. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2017 0:12:59 GMT
I said it in another thread but I thought it sucked. It was dull, bland, I wasn't a fan of the "humorous" narrative they tried to incorporate with Cruise, and frankly, I'm kind of sick of Cruise himself. I don't think this performance stands out among anything he's done in the last few years, and I'm actually quite baffled some reviews talk about it like it's his best performance in a while. I liked this better when it was shown in the first season of Narcos. Also, Caleb Landry Jones is becoming that actor that I'm getting legitimately nauseated with seeing. He's always either a creep or an obnoxious shit, or both.
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Post by getclutch on Oct 24, 2017 4:16:48 GMT
The story is so incredible that it manages to be a fascinating experience. Cruise does great acting as always, and there are funny scenes to spice things up. Definitely worth watching.
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Post by AKenjiB on Oct 30, 2017 17:25:43 GMT
Overall, I thought it was pretty fun. Not a masterpiece, but an entertaining dramatization nonetheless. Cruise was appropriately charismatic and it was nice to see him in a non-action role (the film felt sorta deconstructive of his other films, as he thinks he's a badass but is really just a pawn). Domnhall Gleeson was solid and the story moved at a good pace.
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Post by avnermoriarti on Nov 3, 2017 3:37:03 GMT
While watching it the only thing that came to my mind continuously is that Tom Cruise haven't been this fun in probably more than a decade, it's the best performance he's given in quite a long time, and he's always good but there was more substance into what he was doing and bringing to the character, but for the film overall, as entertaining as it is it doesn't have the bite of recent sly/economical driven films.
I really like the rythm, the attitude and thinking about it is a risky subject for a mainstream movie. I just wish there was more because at times Barry Seal looks like he doesn't have any kind of judgement or conscience, and certainly at the beginning, the movie promises that, at least it's present in my favourite sequence, when Seal is having a "meeting" while also interweaving scenes of her wife giving birth. Wish there was more like that.
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