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*sigh* I wish the IMDB trolls hadn't followed us here...
I kinda feel like this was "The Matrix Reloaded" for the new trilogy... But I don't REALLY mean that in a bad way... When Reloaded came out, everyone said it was a letdown, BUT... Reloaded was a necessary evil in order to bring the story to a close. In a similar way, Resurrections is the necessary evil in order to (I assume) make the next couple of films. And in that sense, yes, I think they did a decent job setting up a couple more films. I suspect that, as opposed to the original trilogy, there will be no need for "part 2" (which is essentially part 5 overall) of this new trilogy to be as clunky and full of exposition. Thus, I think part 2 and part 3 (aka parts 5 and 6 overall) of this new trilogy will be just as action packed and amazing as part 1 and 3 were in the original trilogy. The setup was taken care of in part 4, so there won't be nearly as much exposition driving the story in parts 5 and 6.
I think the best is yet to come for this reboot. The whole movie screamed "You ain't seen nothin' yet" to me. :-)
I'd give this movie an 8 easily... People just don't appreciate off-beat comedy... Anyone who gave this movie anything lower than 7 really has no idea how to enjoy a movie. I first saw this movie when I was probably 12-13, back after it came out. It was bizarre, sure... But it was funny as hell. :-)
Yeah, the ending was... Dare I say... Shameless? ;-)
Maybe that was the point?
I think the fact that it was something REALLY nice in a house full of shit was a huge indicator for me. :-p
Yes, she is. And she did a great job in that movie. :-)
Remember how Frank wanted to "get the old gang back together" to plan some great scam (that would presumably set them up for life)?
That was his plan, I guess. Steal and sell it.
I mean... it's done in the same manner, but you can't say it referenced Spies Like Us, since the time frame of this movie predates the cold war. And tbh I'm sure it's been done before in older movies too.
If you read the trivia on IMDB, you would know that this was a conscious choice from the beginning, based on the heavy references to Rosie's shoes, particularly how they were very often at his eye level. Like when she's pacing above him at the place he was getting physical therapy. The director is making the shoes a prominent feature of Rosie, so they would be easily recognizable when Jojo discovers them on a woman hanging from a noose. That and the director thought it would be too dark and traumatizing, both for Jojo and for the audience, to show Rosie's face. I liked the way they did it. You knew without having it spoon fed to you.
It's not that it was very popular... It's just... Lower-performing films like this one often get a renewed push for views around award season... Helps keep their movie in the mind of the Academy voters, and draw in some extra cash for the filmmakers. Movies often get a boost in ticket sales when they're being talked about for the Oscars and such.
Sooo... A guy named "Satan2016" is worried about a movie turning kids into Satanists...
Umm... Perhaps you're projecting? :-p
Or maybe it was intentional... I mean, the human race had (one would assume) been devastated by then... I know it may seem a huge risk... But a species still has an evolutionary need to continue despite whatever odds are thrown at them.
1. These kids basically LIVE in these places more so than they do at home... Of course they're pretty comfortable by now...
2. I think it's far more likely that the reason these characters spent a noticeable amount of time in their undies was because the Hollywood Pedos of the 80s/90s really just wanted some material to get off with later on.
That's a given... But in terms of who made it... Chbosky is WHY it's such a great movie. He's a powerful writer. If it had just been some unknown author, I'm not quite sure it would have been as great.
Actually, I'm gonna go one step further and say from the way he's acting, he's essentially "pretending" to be in denial of what happened. That's the only logical explanation to explain how he could allude to the fact that he's choosing to die as a good man. He knows full well what he did, but is pretending to live in this fantasy world because he can't face what happened... yet his memories still pop up from beneath a very shallow layer of "denial"