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Might be the worst blockbuster I've seen in the past couple years


I like Matthew Vaughn, but this shit was horrendous. Nearly walked out during the 3rd act.

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Agreed, it's truly terrible, the screenplay deserves a Razzie award. It might be the worst blockbuster I've seen since Jurassic World Dominion.

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I've seen a lot of negativity surrounding the film but I just got out of the theater and thoroughly enjoyed it. It is silly and absurd, but it was clearly meant to be. My only complaint is that it's just a little longer than it needs to be. But other than that, it's a fun film with a great cast, and a very charming performance from Bryce Howard.

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It is silly and absurd, but it was clearly meant to be

Kind of like a joke that goes over most peoples heads , only in this case its a 200m movie

(e.g wouldn't it be funny if we made out Cavill is the James Bond type star of the film , but he's barely in it! lol)

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I might have been disappointed at the lack of Cavill if I hadn't read beforehand that this was the case, and that the focus of the story is on Rockwell's and Howard's characters, but I did and so I was prepared for it. It's true that the advertising may have been a little deceptive but I thought Rockwell and Howard both did great so I didn't much mind.

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The James Bond Action doesn't work in any sense, it always feel off and just as a knock off. I was happy, that we left this as soon as possible. The rest of the movie has the same style, but there I buy it by embracing it. Outside of the Argylle Fictional World they never try to be James Bond and this works.

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The film cost far less than $200 million to make, and Cavill is a substantial presence in the film. It's not a very good movie, but at least get your facts straight.

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Apple still acquired it for $200 million though.

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Yet another sign of Apple's post-Jobs decline. What are the odds Disney purchases Apple in the next 3 years?

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Won't shock me if it happens.

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The movie is fine. It drags as soon as they go to the keeper of secrets. Plus, I don't find a woman with blonde dyed hair, in a gold dress with mom bod and cleavage appealing to look at.

I move of Wisconsin for a reason.

That dress, makeup, and hair ruined the third act for me.

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She is a little chubby in this film for sure, but I still found BDH attractive, though I will agree that she was more attractive with her natural look before the third act. I think her drastically changed appearance, however, was supposed to help us also accept the drastic change in her character.

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Yeah, it's meant to mirror the outfit from the opening. It really bothered me. She has the wrong complexion for those colors.

All she needed was a green jacket and it's Sunday football all over again.

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I agree. I loved it. It is absurd, cartoonish, and over-the-top in action and acting; and I don't care. It wasn't taking itself seriously at any point. It was a spoof of the genre and succeeded as such.

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Glad to here someone else say something positive about the film. I think if they clipped about 15 minutes out of it it would be a stronger film but, especially after seeing the poor critics' score and lackluster audience score on RT, I found the movie to be a pleasant surprise. Maybe it helped that I went in with tempered expectations and I already knew that Cavill was barely in the movie.

The film is on track to lose money at the box office and that's a shame because I think Vaughn and everyone else involved deserves a win here.

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Madame Web, Morbius, new Star Wars movies, Jurassic World movies, Eternals, etc are 1000x worse

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This could be lumped in with the movies you mention. None greater or less than. All sucked.

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I couldn't agree more. This was horrible. I mean, I'd expect the need to suspend some belief for movies of this type. But holy hell, this was ridiculous. Nothing in this movie made any sense at all. Just a waste of time and money. Glad it's not my money.

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just turned it off during another over the top cgi action scene
came here to make sure everyone hated it

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This was one of the worst I’ve seen in the last three years.

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