Edge Of Tommorrow Discussion (lemmy.zip)
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I am not a Tom Cruise fan at all, but on a whim I decided to rewatch this movie. I was pleasantly surprised by the rewatch.

I remembered that the movie started with a bang and was doing great until Cruise and Blunt got to the farm house then it stalled.

That was not my experience this time around. This was a really fun movie. The production values were top notch, the action was spectacular and the movie did a really good job of sticking to its logic. I also really loved the mech suits. I list this as the best use of a mech suit in a movie with District 9 and Avatar as a close second and third.

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[–] 9 points 1 year ago (10 children)

The best action movie of the 21st century so far, IMO.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Ehhhhhhh....

    I'm still personally giving that to Dredd (2012).

    Its... basically the distilled, platonic ideal of 'a dumb action movie', at least to me.

    Extremely simple in general concept, not a complex story at all.

    But executed fucking brilliantly.

    Don't get me wrong, other movies have better combat, more intricate and realistic choreography, crazier stunts, more mind bending stories.

    But Dredd?

    The movie is ... literally like the character.

    Efficient, decisive, to the point, with exactly the right amount of spectacular violence, world building, action movie 'zinger' type lines, plot and character developement, with near perfect timing/pacing...

    ...and holy shit that soundtrack.

    Oh, you want to convey furious intensity restrained into controlled bursts of maximally efficient destruction?

    Cool!

    Lets make the entire soundtrack out of angry sawtooth waveforms.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Not a complete list but here's a selection of movies that have come out since the turn of the century that I feel beat it out in ranking for "best action movie":

    Matrix Reloaded

    Lord of The Rings trilogy

    John Wick 4

    Logan

    Mad Max: Fury Road

    Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

    House of Flying Daggers

    Dredd

    Everything Everywhere All At Once

    But yeah, I mean it's up there in rarefied air.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago*

    I'm pretty sure I watched John Wick 4. I would totally disagree with that one. The further they went the more stupid it got, and it drove me crazy. It stopped being entertaining when everything just turned into gun magic (particularly for the good guys) instead of gun fu. The first one is great, is grounded, and it has stakes. Then they lose it, especially when they're walking around with their suit coats that block any bullet and can't be harmed. I'd rather watch Wanted or something if I want gun magic. At least it's willing to have fun with the idea.

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