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re: Tips for enjoying action movies?
Posted on 1/16/16 at 5:41 am to DollaChoppa
Posted on 1/16/16 at 5:41 am to DollaChoppa
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I'll try the John Wick thing. I guess it will "break" me?
John Wick is pretty good but its what you defined. A action movie.
And its a action movie with KR and he really doesnt do it for me as far as "Bad Asses" go.
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Posted on 1/16/16 at 6:02 am to DollaChoppa
Fair criticism.
Can't make someone like something they don't like.
Can't make someone like something they don't like.
Posted on 1/16/16 at 7:00 am to DollaChoppa
You try too hard
Posted on 1/16/16 at 8:14 am to DollaChoppa
They're not for everyone.
But I'm an action junkie.
My tip is don't be such a pretentious arse.
I don't like ultra serious dramas. I can appreciate them for script and direction and beauty, but I have a bunch of stress in my life. The last thing I want to do when I finally have a chance to unwind is watch some ultra realistic drama about how much life sucks.
I'd rather escape from reality for a little bit and just be entertained.
And this what action movies are at their core. They range but they're just mindless fun entertainment like Olympus has fallen to rooting for the underdog hero suspense like Die Hard.
Action movies can be a variety of things depending on the script and the acting.
But I watch movies to get away from reality.
I don't want to see a movie where everytime someone is shot they're out of action. Or every fist fight is a couple of punches or alot of grappling.
Real life is boring. Mad Max is chaotic fueled insanity at its best.
But I'm an action junkie.
My tip is don't be such a pretentious arse.
I don't like ultra serious dramas. I can appreciate them for script and direction and beauty, but I have a bunch of stress in my life. The last thing I want to do when I finally have a chance to unwind is watch some ultra realistic drama about how much life sucks.
I'd rather escape from reality for a little bit and just be entertained.
And this what action movies are at their core. They range but they're just mindless fun entertainment like Olympus has fallen to rooting for the underdog hero suspense like Die Hard.
Action movies can be a variety of things depending on the script and the acting.
But I watch movies to get away from reality.
I don't want to see a movie where everytime someone is shot they're out of action. Or every fist fight is a couple of punches or alot of grappling.
Real life is boring. Mad Max is chaotic fueled insanity at its best.
This post was edited on 1/16/16 at 8:17 am
Posted on 1/16/16 at 8:32 am to DollaChoppa
You know, the Matrix works under your nitpickiness...the setting allows for the type of action tropes you don't like.
Posted on 1/16/16 at 8:34 am to DollaChoppa
I'll suggest Predator and 13 Assassins. Predator may seem like a dumb action movie on the surface but there's a good bit of emotion involved. Once the group realizes they're being hunted by something stronger than them, you see fear and paranoia start to set it. The final Arnold vs Predator sequence has almost no dialogue or guns. Its a more cerebral movie than people give it credit for.
13 Assassins is a slow build but you get to know the characters and their motivations. The final action scene is wild but you get to see the planning that this small force did to fight a larger force. It helps if you know a little about this period of Japanese history too.
13 Assassins is a slow build but you get to know the characters and their motivations. The final action scene is wild but you get to see the planning that this small force did to fight a larger force. It helps if you know a little about this period of Japanese history too.
Posted on 1/16/16 at 10:13 am to DollaChoppa
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action movies
I hated Sicario
I hated Mad Max
Sicario wasn't an action movie and if you hated it then I have no answer for that. There's another thread in which people complain about Sicario not having enough action, which I think is absurd.
I agree with you on Mad Max, just incredibly tedious after a while and a waste of Hardy and Johannson's talent. It's purely a matter of personal preference and taste and I don't ever have any expectation of enjoying a movie like that. Or a pure musical.
Posted on 1/16/16 at 10:35 am to Breesus
Breesus nailed it.
I use my mind a lot, I watch movies/tv to turn off my mind for a little while and just enjoy the ride.
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don't be such a pretentious arse.
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escape from reality for a little bit
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just mindless fun entertainment
I use my mind a lot, I watch movies/tv to turn off my mind for a little while and just enjoy the ride.
Posted on 1/16/16 at 10:47 am to DollaChoppa
Calm down man. If you don't like action movies, don't watch them. You don't need dozens of posts on a message board to discuss.
I don't like foreign films....so I don't watch them.
I don't like foreign films....so I don't watch them.
Posted on 1/16/16 at 12:58 pm to DollaChoppa
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I cant stand the whole unlimited guns/unlimited ammo concept all these movies have
The thing that always gets me is that everyone is always the best marksman with their guns, specifically pistols.
I saw Dawn of the Dead the other night again. This random group of people from all walks of life are just destroying zombies left and right with pistols. Running around scared for their life and they are headshotting zombies from 30+ feet like its nothing. There were two people in the movie that you could maybe expect that from, the cop and the gun store owner, and neither of them used pistols.
The other one I saw recently was Zombieland. Ok maybe Woody's character can get away with it but you have a 20 year old dorky guy, a 20 year old girl, and a 12 year old girl all running around laying direct hits on running zombies like its their job.
This always bugged me about movies with a lot of gun usage
Posted on 1/16/16 at 4:04 pm to DollaChoppa
You ever try watching without your boyfriend's finger in your butt?
Posted on 1/16/16 at 4:06 pm to Deactived
So the good shots by random people you find unrealistic, but not the dead coming back to life. 
It's a fricking zombie movie, just enjoy it for what is is.
It's a fricking zombie movie, just enjoy it for what is is.
Posted on 1/16/16 at 4:08 pm to DollaChoppa
Having a Y chromosome for starters.
Posted on 1/16/16 at 4:14 pm to PsychTiger
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Breesus nailed it.
Posted on 1/17/16 at 8:03 pm to PsychTiger
Was just an example because I just watched them. Take any movie with guns and my point still stands
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