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Post by abbey1227 on Oct 1, 2024 10:30:43 GMT
So this past week I've watched Rebel Ridge and Wolfs
While both were entertaining, I gotta say I disagree with the imdb ratings of 6.9 and 6.5 respectively.
Rebel missed the mark in a few ways. imo And Wolfs was funny and enjoyable all the way through.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Oct 1, 2024 10:49:41 GMT
Wolfs looks so weary.
And anyway, shouldn't it be wolves?
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Post by abbey1227 on Oct 1, 2024 10:58:29 GMT
Wolfs looks so weary. And anyway, shouldn't it be wolves?
it's a part of the joke set-up
Sorta like pluralizing the Lone Ranger
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Post by [--Leviathan--] on Oct 1, 2024 11:59:11 GMT
Wolfs looks so weary. And anyway, shouldn't it be wolves?
it's a part of the joke set-up
Sorta like pluralizing the Lone Ranger
Someone in the comments suggested that it might be a tipping of the hat to Tarantino? Didnt know it was out. How was Wolfs? Still need to see the extended cut of Napoleon that was recently released too |
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Post by jeffersoncody on Oct 1, 2024 12:01:04 GMT
So this past week I've watched Rebel Ridge and Wolfs
While both were entertaining, I gotta say I disagree with the imdb ratings of 6.9 and 6.5 respectively.
Rebel missed the mark in a few ways. imo And Wolfs was funny and enjoyable all the way through.
I gave REBEL RIDGE - which is lean, exciting, well cast and acted, action packed and skillfully written and directed (by Jeremy Saulnier - who made GREEN ROOM and BLUE RUIN - which were cracking flicks, and a few episodes of the excellent TRUE DETECTIVE Season 3) an imdb rating of 8. I thoroughly enjoyed the film and was absorbed in it for all of its over 2-hour running time. In the lead, British actor Aaron Pierre - who voices Mufasa in the upcoming Disney animated blockbuster Mufasa: The Lion King, gives a star-making performance and makes for a seriously fucking cool action hero. Don Johnson makes a terrific corrupt, arrogant, but wily and dangerous small town sheriff - the film is well researched on a legal level as to what's possible (legally) for sheriff's department's in a rural small town in America to , playing the system, give a full bore performance. As I said, good casting, the likes of a spectacularly slimy and surly Emory Cohen, David Denham, AnnaSophia Robb and the marvelous James Cromwell (now 8,4 but still popping up in movies and on TV) as the judge.do full justice to their characters. Of the film's I've seen premier direct to Netflix, REBEL RIDGE is one of the strongest, most commercial, most cinematic pictures since that Sandra Bullock film THE UNFORGIVABLE (2021). Unfortunately, I won't have time to give as much detail about WOLFS - the cannabis edibles I took an hour ago are kicking in , which was quite entertaining - with good chemistry and banter between the veteran stars (Clooney is 63, Pitt 60), and which is very well made too by an extremely capable director in Jon Watts; Apple have a lot of money to throw around, but it didn't engage me emotionally; I wasn't that invested in the characters. It wasn't a waste of time or boring, but it felt disposable, and maybe 10 or 15 minutes too long. Its a somewhat above average film, but I am not surprised Apple shelved their original plan of giving it a theatrical release and went straight streaming. The imdb rating seems about right, because I might have given it a 6 and a half if I could, but one can't, so after some measured thinking I gave it an imdb rating of 6.
If either of these films "missed its mark in a few ways" it was WOLFS, not REBEL RIDGE.That, dear abbey, is my humble opinion.     |
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Post by abbey1227 on Oct 1, 2024 12:04:12 GMT
it's a part of the joke set-up
Sorta like pluralizing the Lone Ranger
Someone in the comments suggested that it might be a tipping of the hat to Tarantino? Didnt know it was out. How was Wolfs? Still need to see the extended cut of Napoleon that was recently released too
I was surprised it wasn't a Tarantino flick. Did you forget about Mr. Wolf from Pulp Fiction? The guy they call when things need to be fixed?
I thought it was a pretty good watch. Like the Oceans movies, you still see that these 2 guys like acting together and teasing one another.
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Post by [--Leviathan--] on Oct 1, 2024 12:05:50 GMT
Someone in the comments suggested that it might be a tipping of the hat to Tarantino? Didnt know it was out. How was Wolfs? Still need to see the extended cut of Napoleon that was recently released too
I was surprised it wasn't a Tarantino flick. Did you forget about Mr. Wolf from Pulp Fiction? The guy they call when things need to be fixed?
I thought it was a pretty good watch. Like the Oceans movies, you still see that these 2 guys like acting together and teasing one another.
needs to be made aware of this imo. It would be a crime not to include him |
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Post by abbey1227 on Oct 1, 2024 12:08:17 GMT
So this past week I've watched Rebel Ridge and Wolfs
While both were entertaining, I gotta say I disagree with the imdb ratings of 6.9 and 6.5 respectively.
Rebel missed the mark in a few ways. imo And Wolfs was funny and enjoyable all the way through.
I gave REBEL RIDGE - which is lean, exciting, well cast and acted, action packed and skillfully written and directed (by Jeremy Saulnier - who made GREEN ROOM and BLUE RUIN - which were cracking flicks, and a few episodes of the excellent TRUE DETECTIVE Season 3) an imdb rating of 8. I thoroughly enjoyed the film and was absorbed in it for all of its over 2-hour running time. In the lead, British actor Aaron Pierre - who voices Mufasa in the upcoming Disney animated blockbuster Mufasa: The Lion King, gives a star-making performance and makes for a seriously fucking cool action hero. Don Johnson makes a terrific corrupt, arrogant, but wily and dangerous small town sheriff - the film is well researched on a legal level as to what's possible (legally) for sheriff's department's in a rural small town in America to , playing the system, give a full bore performance. As I said, good casting, the likes of a spectacularly slimy and surly Emory Cohen, David Denham, AnnaSophia Robb and the marvelous James Cromwell (now 8,4 but still popping up in movies and on TV) as the judge.do full justice to their characters. Of the film's I've seen premier direct to Netflix, REBEL RIDGE is one of the strongest, most commercial, most cinematic pictures since that Sandra Bullock film THE UNFORGIVABLE (2021). Unfortunately, I won't have time to give as much detail about WOLFS - the cannabis edibles I took an hour ago are kicking in , which was quite entertaining - with good chemistry and banter between the veteran stars (Clooney is 63, Pitt 60), and which is very well made too by an extremely capable director in Jon Watts; Apple have a lot of money to throw around, but it didn't engage me emotionally; I wasn't that invested in the characters. It wasn't a waste of time or boring, but it felt disposable, and maybe 10 or 15 minutes too long. Its a somewhat above average film, but I am not surprised Apple shelved their original plan of giving it a theatrical release and went straight streaming. The imdb rating seems about right, because I might have given it a 6 and a half if I could, but one can't, so after some measured thinking I gave it an imdb rating of 6.That, dear abbey, is my humble opinion.
I just didn't see nearly as many totally implausible things in Wolfs, but Rebel Ridge?
It's a shame, too because the lead really looked the part............but they hardly let him loose to shine.
They even had a great theme of discussion when it comes to police agencies and money confiscation policies. But they were more interested in pushing olde themes of Good Old Boy racism. No wonder you enjoyed it more. ![[grin]](http://storage.proboards.com/6870873/images/CBubFSUbXfyoLMZUjeBb.gif) |
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Oct 1, 2024 12:16:42 GMT
With the exception of that foot chase sequence that lasted WAY too long, Wolfs was great.
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Post by Lux on Oct 1, 2024 12:21:56 GMT
Wolfs looks so weary. And anyway, shouldn't it be wolves? Knew there was something incorrect about that title. |
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Post by abbey1227 on Oct 1, 2024 12:47:35 GMT
With the exception of that foot chase sequence that lasted WAY too long, Wolfs was great.
Yeah, that was one part I thought "Brad's got shoes on! This should be over by now!"
But it did play into the both of them being 'too old for this shi..."
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Post by abbey1227 on Oct 1, 2024 12:49:05 GMT
Wolfs looks so weary. And anyway, shouldn't it be wolves? Knew there was something incorrect about that title.
A funny personal memory..........after my older brother moved to Texas and lived there for a few years, he came home and was pronouncing the plural as 'woofs'?
Instead of wolves? ![[straightface]](http://storage.proboards.com/6870873/images/X0xvEuKqIvpjcwikdJVq.gif) |
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