Unblievably absurd plot! Mindblowingly idiotic!
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Derrickku — 12 years ago(September 18, 2013 04:04 PM)
Don't get me wrong this and salt are bad movies, but clearly you haven't seen a 10 000$ action movie Where actors are not only bad but don't have the time to do the scenes again and again. Effects are less convincing than what you see on youtube and so on.
At least hollywood is technically up to standards, cgi is professionally done and actors can work on the scenes.
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testinator — 12 years ago(September 06, 2013 06:24 PM)
I should have turned this movie off as soon as the bank robbery in France took place. The acting by the "extra" who opens the real vault to find all the money is gone is absolutely horrendous. "Oh beep in French as though this was just a casual every occurrence. It really set the tone for what a shallow movie this was.
Also the plot was awful. There were what felt like 2 love stories - Ruffalo and Laurent + Eissenberg and Fisher. Both were pretty bad, but the Eissenberg and Fisher one didn't even go anywhere. What was the point in having all those little meaningless conversations?
Oh, and we start off with the movie having the 4 horsemen as the main characters - we're following them. For no reason at all, Ruffalo is now the main character, and the 4 horsemen are now tricking the viewer for no real reason at all in a pathetic manner ("oh, boohoo, poor pickpocket friend is dead.oh wait, he's not, PSYCHEEEE, we got you viewer" - p.s. I'm not referring to their Youtube video, but their actual body langauge and demeanour when watching news of their friend supposedly dying DESPITE BEING THERE AND KNOWING HE WAS FINE).
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lostn — 12 years ago(September 14, 2013 04:15 AM)
p.s. I'm not referring to their Youtube video, but their actual body langauge and demeanour when watching news of their friend supposedly dying DESPITE BEING THERE AND KNOWING HE WAS FINE).
Well they had to do that or else the audience will know right away his death was faked. You gotta take some liberties there. What else were they going to do? If they dropped the facade straight away when no one else is watching you'll blow one of the surprises. -
testinator — 12 years ago(September 15, 2013 06:21 PM)
Just not have that scene. It wasn't needed - as theCurlyone says, just go straight to their Youtube video.
You can't have characters specifically act in a certain way purely to fool the viewer and for no other reason at all and still hope to maintain credibility. I'd understand if they were in a bugged room or were being watched on CCTV or something, but they're not - there's absolutely no reason for the characters to act sad/devestated at the "death" of their colleague when noone is watching them, and therefore it makes absolutely no sense for the characters to be acting like that. It's just an exceptionally stupid thing for the writers/director to include in this movie (amongst many, many others).
When you watch good movies with twists in them, there's always a justifiable or understandable reason why a character who is involved in the twist gives the viewer the wrong signals. E.g. Usual Suspects, Sixth Sense, The Others, Fight Club, Identity - at no point do you have instances the plot the characters do something purely to trick the viewer and for absolutely no other reason. -
rex-reyesiii — 12 years ago(October 21, 2013 01:54 AM)
and the 4 horsemen are now tricking the viewer for no real reason at all in a pathetic manner ("oh, boohoo, poor pickpocket friend is dead.oh wait, he's not, PSYCHEEEE, we got you viewer" - p.s. I'm not referring to their Youtube video, but their actual body langauge and demeanour when watching news of their friend supposedly dying DESPITE BEING THERE AND KNOWING HE WAS FINE).
I liked this movie but you have a good point.
After reading all of the comments/pages(6 of em?). I think this is THE ONLY VALID point of the you Haters of this movie.
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ooragoth — 12 years ago(September 07, 2013 10:43 PM)
Three words for anyone and everyone who psted here tearing this movie down: Suspension of disbelief.
you slam th acting which wasn't as bad as many of the movies that have come out recently, Identity Thief, The Colony to name two. The plot while convoluted and complex is followable and agree or not realistic in our world, you just have to actually pay attention to the subtleties and the background to see whats going on. I will admit the tricks they did were less than what I expected and perhaps would not have worked in the real world as well but could have worked. Someone mentioned the mirror box as an example of a crazy trick that wouldn't work. That trick is about dimensions and angles, it doesn't matter if your in the room as long as you are far enough back that no one is in the area of reflection, right under the mirror. If you atch though its the fith horseman who is in front of all the cops and stops first, as a rule when the first person into a dead end stops so do the rest. All he had to do was make sure he was far enough back in a room built to allow unloading of a truck into the safe, with the cage closed.
As for the twist at the end it does make sense if you look at it carefully, rewatch the movie for instance, you'll see the foreshadowing. From his age he is looking towards FBI retirement and needs to induct new members into the eye, he needs a test for them, wants to retire early, and still wants justice for his father, because, keep in mind they do point out the people he goes after are still doing the same things, ruining carrers and lives, skipping out on paying what they owe and doing dirty business practices.
As for his persona, it wasn't that hard to see, an FBI agent who is also a gaurdian and one who brings justice to those who are decived by magic? A ten year old orphan who's father appeared to be a failed magician choosing to cover up his past? Even change his name? Someone who is from a long line or at least good enough to be induced into the eye being willing to give up his old life for something bigger than all of them?
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Burning_Sosobra — 12 years ago(September 09, 2013 09:34 AM)
I was told by certain people that this movie was well worth the money I spent renting it. While I would not say this movie was "brilliant" by any stretch of the imagination, I was fairly entertained. I gave it a 6/10 for it being halfway decent. However, I did figure out it was Mark Ruffalo well before the "surprise" twist ending revealed it, so there was some predictability in the film. All in all, you could do worse. Olympus Has Fallen would be an example.
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