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I'm making this post to bring attention to original movies being released that people here might not have heard about. If it's recieved well, perhaps I'll make this a weekly series of posts about originals being released.
Okay, technically, A Working Man is based on a book, but for all intents and purposes, it's original.
Working Man is technically original but its also Jason Statham shooting a million dudes while acting like Billy Badass so its kinda just derivative of all his other movies.
You see Statham on the poster, you know exactly what you are getting.
Oi, I'm from fackin landan you, cant. jump kick to the head
So aufentic it makes me omesick, innit?
Jason Statham is like his own IP now, similar to superhero or star wars movies. Should we call it the "Jason Statham universe"?
He had all kinds of jobs. First a transporter, a mechanic and then a bee keeper.
And an extensive military career as a highly trained operative in every private and government special program.
Sounds like... a working man π
He's like the AC/DC of acting: you know exactly what you're getting each time.
"From the director of The Beekeeper" is enough to make me uninterested in this.
That movie sucked, even for a "Jason Statham kills people for 90 minutes" movie.
Sounds VERY original.
And we love to see it!
It looks so generic π
If you told me that these posters were parody artwork I would belive you.
It's a pity Statham has been typecast and can't seem to escape it or doesn't care to.
It's what I like about him, you know exactly what you're getting with a statham movie.
you know exactly what you're getting
That's my problem. Knowing is not fun. Being surprised is the fun part.
But some people only go to the movies to see something they know they will like, so there is a market for him.
A pity? The guy is a modern day Jackie Chan making an absolute killing doing exactly the types of movies he loves to make. His production company is called Punch Palace Productions... pitying him feels like pitying a world class Sushi chef that doesn't also make Chicken Tikka Masala.
I do wish he'd be in more comedies, though. He was fantastic in Spy with Melissa McCarthy.
I don't really hate Jason playing only one kind of role, if the universe around him is interesting.
if the universe around him is interesting
π Is it ever
What you don't love his generic action movies like:
Beekeeper
Wrath of Man
Working Man
Wild Card
Hummingbird
Parker
Beekeeper 2
Of the many accusations that you can hurl at it, I don't know if "generic" applies to The Beekeeper. Like, the plot in that movie really goes places. Most of them ridiculously stupid,
Never seen it, but I've heard it described as "dollar store john wick", so I figured it fit into this list.
Don't get me wrong, it absolutely is that, but that's the surface level shit that got the movie financed. Underneath those obligatory trappings (which the film itself seems relatively uninterested in exploring) is a film so ridiculous, I have to question if they are pulling a sneaky and engaging in knowing parody. I refuse to spoil where the second act of that movie leads, because it was a wonderful surprise while I was watching what I figured was going to be, as you said, "dollar store John Wick".
I gotta be clear though, it still isn't better than a 3/5 even with an aggressively charitable attitude, but it should be criticized for its actual faults, not for what people assume it is.
Perhaps it is an easy role for him and it makes a lot of money?
What about Snatch? I liked that he played a loser who was always just one step away of getting murdered.
Original movies come out all the time. Any given week, if you look up what's currently playing, there are some original movies. I'm so sick of people constantly complaining there's nothing original because they'd know about all the original movies coming out if they actually cared. It's like hearing someone complain there's nowhere to buy groceries while on a street with three grocery stores.
nobody advertising originals means nobody will see them since they might sa well not exist. Not everyones browser home page is the imdb released today list. Basically nobodies is. Most people are casual viewers. I'd say its very good casual viewer is getting exhausted of capeshit or sequels and wants something new. Unless you want only films people see to be disney cashgrabs or marvel copy pastes, I don't see why you complain people bringing attention to different films, especially ones not from hollywood.
I'm not complaining about bringing attention to original films. I'm just saying if all the people whining "there's nothing original" actually wanted original, they'd bother to look up what's playing
Tomorrow I'm seeing The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie before it leaves theaters. I like to support 2D animation on the big screen, and I'm not really into horror movies or Statham action movies.
For those who might be interested, Paul Rudd stars in Death of a Unicorn, and David Harbour and Michael PeΓ±a are in A Working Man.
A24 and Blumhouse will always get the benefit of the doubt from me, at least for me checking them out. Paying for a theater experience has to be for a movie I'm super hyped for, however.
A Working Man has Jason Statham. Is it original if heβs just the same character in every movie?
Do you like Jason Statham?
Do you like seeing people being beaten up for 90 minutes?
Then you'll love Jason Statham in Jason Statham Beats People Up For 90 Minutes starring Jason Statham.
Planning on seeing A Working Man and Death of a Unicorn this weekend.
A fresh horror movie to watch that I have never heard of before?
Yes please!
Two, if one counts Death of a Unicorn as well, in spite of its comedic elements.
If itβs horror comedy like The Menu Iβd probably like it. Tough category to pull off though
I go out of my way to watch as many original movies at the theater as i can so they make and release more. This is a great post to keep tabs on new ones to see. Thanks
These are the types of movies I want to watch. Consider this post received well (by me).
Went to see Unicorn just as it came out - purely by chance, I was in town and needed to kill a couple of hours.
You'll find this out if you look at most reviews, but it's a solid 6/10 movie. It's competent and has an interesting premise, but it doesn't do anything terribly original with it. The "scare" moments were predictable to even a passive fan of horror, though not unearned.
What brings it out of mediocrity are the performances; the whole cast is bringing their A game. Even if the characters never really surprise you, they're still somehow believable and it's easy to root for (or against) them.
I have heard about one and a half of these.
There are no longer gatekeepers, which means there are no longer promoters outside of narrowly defined online niches associated to specific brands or viral hits.
It... kinda sucks. I miss when we all heard about the same things. There were pros and cons to all the centralied control of dicourse, but man, do the pros sound increasingly better than the cons this century.