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[Mr_Danger]

4 hours ago, FelatioLips said:

I think The Rock is one of those people where the more you see of him the more apparant his flaws are, both as an actor and as a person. I don't think I've seen anything from him in the last several years where he doesn't come across as the most disingenuous meathead. I think as wrestling fans we can spot a promo miles off and it's shocking to me how quickly the movie industry and the public fell for a wrestler cutting promos and thought it was the person.

You know how Hulk Hogan spent so long in character he forgot how to be Terry Bollea?
I get the same vibes from The Rock. He spent so long trying to not be The Rock yet at the same time Dwayne Johnson is a faker personality and a bigger carny than The Rock was.

Ha, I started typing up this exact point about him earlier. He’s spent so much time working the public and being ‘The Rock’ that he either can’t be a natural presence or doesn’t want to be. Not surprising for where he comes from but even Arnie and Stallone were more relatable than him, shit RoboJohn even is. The only time he’s ever hinted there might be an actual person behind the persona was when he was beefing with Vin Diesel and that’s mostly because Vin is a massive weirdo.

It’s funny because we all thought he was such a naturally charismatic funny guy, one of the all time great promos that he would be a good actor even outside of the action and comedy genres but he’s never tested himself in a serious role other than that one where he’s a truck driver. Can’t blame him for sticking to his lane when that lane has made so much money.

[DavidB6937]

5 hours ago, Hannibal Scorch said:

The Rock certainly suits certain roles (the Jumanji films and Jungle Cruise are good examples), but unlike people  like Batista, there just seems to be no range with him and he is absolutely limited to certain roles.

There's also absolutely no interest in having that range unlike Batista who wants to be an actor and genuinely seems to love the craft and pushing himself. The Rock is basically The Rock in everything which can be entertaining but has its limits.

[Loki]

I thoroughly enjoyed Hobbs and Shaw but I don’t disagree that he’s not very good.  His film choices aren’t good, that’s half of it.

[StrongStyle]

I think The Rock suffers more from 'main character syndrome' than just about anyone you could mention. For all of his charisma and talents (they're definitely there), he doesn't have the innate leading man qualities that the likes of Tom Cruise, Clint Eastwood, Harrison Ford or Arnold Schwarzenegger have. The wrestler in him cannot help but compensate for this in other ways by grabbing as much TV time as he can. Donating $1m to the strike fund is very kind and charitable, but if you heard that an A-list actor had done this before you read the name, you would have put your mortgage on Dwayne. 

He also hyped a ten-year (or what felt like it) build for Black Adam that changed the entire direction of the DC product. When it went utterly tits up, what was his response? A meandering, messianic promo about how important the process was. I think Tom Cruise did it a lot more succinctly when he said in the M:I press junkets that he was only interested in making movies that got people into the cinema - I think that's the kind of outcome Dwayne craves and feels that he can offer. To everyone else, he's a big A-list action star. I think in his head he feels that he can affect change in the industry to Arnold/Stallone levels and is probably getting frustrated that it's not happening, despite his billions.

[SaitoRyo]

I watched Every Which Way But Loose last night. 

I swear I saw it many moons ago, as I remembered bits of it. What an absolute stone-cold classic it is. Clint Eastwood. A middle-finger-giving orangutan. Brawls with biker gangs. Country and western music. Just great stuff from Clint and the lads and the lasses. You can really tell it was written with Burt Reynolds in mind for the lead, and that's no bad thing since the best films are Burt and the boys having a laugh. 

Tonight (hopefully): Any Which Way You Can. 

[Jazzy G]

The original King Kong from 1933 is on the iPlayer at the moment, and it's a heck of a romp. For 90+ years old those effects must have been pretty mind blowing at the time. The giant animatronic Kong head is cool. 

I did have a giggle at the bit where Ann Darrow has been whisked away to safety, and the guy's saying "You'll be safe here" while Kong's head bumbles into view outside the window. I know it's supposed to be menacing, and it would have been if his eyebrows and eyes weren't twitching like he'd done a load of drugs and was trying to remember when it was his turn to join the scene. It felt like it was a conceit to the 1930s animation style where something had to be moving in every frame. The dinosaurs were cool. It's such a wheel made movie, and it's pacy as well. There's also a great false finish where tease that it's all about them rescuing Ann, then suddenly they're actually in New York doing all that stuff. 

Highly enjoyable. 

Edited August 13, 2023 by jazzygeofferz

[Just Some Guy]

Original Kk is great.

Son of Kong isn't bad either.

[Jazzy G]

Same year isn't it? I hear the 1976 one is pretty bad, and don't think I could handle three hours of Peter Jackson exploring the emotional context of King Kong.

[Just Some Guy]

You could try the feminist version, Queen Kong where the gorilla runs off with a bloke called Ray Fay played by Robin Asquith.

No, really.

[Hannibal Scorch]

5 hours ago, jazzygeofferz said:

Same year isn't it? I hear the 1976 one is pretty bad, and don't think I could handle three hours of Peter Jackson exploring the emotional context of King Kong.

Yeah the 76 one is pretty weird. Not awful but not as enjoyable as the OG. Jackson’s is interesting in that it adds lots of things that were cut from the 33 version or not filmed due to budget. But it’s far too long and effects are patchy. All of those are better then King Kong Lives, the one where he has a heart transplant and starts a family.

Kong: Skull Island is probably my 2nd favourite Kong film, that one’s great.

[Jazzy G]

There are some Toho King Kong movies as well. Godzilla Vs King Kong from 1963, and King King escapes, which features MechaniKong. 

 

[RIDDUM_N_STYLE]

The OG Kong is one of my all time favourite films, the stop motion and practical effects are still amazing to look at even for a 90 year old film and honestly I prefer that to a lot of the overly CGI reliant movies of the modern era

[air_raid]

14 hours ago, jazzygeofferz said:

 

I'm not sure what's going on, but I don't fancy the Megazord's chances. I'll be surprised if they don't need Mega Dragonzord power to get out of this one.

Edited August 14, 2023 by air_raid

[Jazzy G]

It's the ape ninjazord,. The others haven't been called forth to form the Ninja Megazord yet. This is season 3, there'll be no dragonzord as the green power coin has gone back in time with Tommy's clone. 

[SuperBacon]

Fucking hell.