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And buckle the eff up for the best indescribable experience you've ever had. I hope you walk away questioning if you ever knew how to judge if something was good, and if what you just saw was good, because damn you enjoyed it, but if it's good that means so much other shit might be good, but there's no way anything set up to be that shitty could ever be good again... Is it the exception that proves the rule, or does the rule need to be re-defined? But there's no way a Dwayne 'the rock'Johnson led movie could ever be rule defining, that would just be silly...
Anyways report back, even if you hated it! (I'll compensate you for time lost if you didn't enjoy it)
Full Report: Acquired the movie right after we messaged.
My wife was working on our book and about ten minutes in wound up putting it down and watching it with me. This is notable because I haven't been able to convince her to watch known great movies with me. She will not watch Lord of the Rings and hasn't found the time to watch Edge of Tomorrow with me since release. She gives no fucks about any Godzilla or King Kong movies. This? Well... the moment the gorilla flipped off The Rock, we were in.
She had a hard out at 11 PM due to work, but requested I stop and watch the rest with her tomorrow. What the fuck kind of magic shit is this?
I don't know how to describe it. Maybe it's a bad movie very well told and sold by everyone involved? Everyone was likeable and seemed to be having fun. There were a bunch of solid actors in it we both knew from other things, and (most surprising of all) the comedy actually worked. I'd actually say it was probably one of the best 3 video game movies ever, and I've seen all but 2. I know that may not seem like a lot, but... 14 year old me loved Mortal Kombat at the time, so it's some kind of praise.
The Nick Cage movie "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (and maybe also Drive Angry) is one of the only other movies in my collection that I consider in this camp. It's not great cinema, but it's a really awesome ride.
You sold it 100% accurately, and I really appreciate it!
My wife says we saw the preview before Jurassic world 2, and it was the best thing that was on the screen that night.
I just had her read this thread and we're watching it again this Friday!
How does it do that? "It's a big arm".
I'm so glad you enjoyed it, it may have just become my life's goal to bring as many people as possible to experience it for themselves. Loved hearing about your (and your wife's) experience!!
Just as an FYI, I'm a mod of the sub !actual_discussion@lemmy.ca
Based on our interaction, I've made our new Weekly Thread. You may be able to snag a few more converts... Your post was great and you could always repost it in the thread if you'd care to!
https://lemmy.ca/post/20869108