Ultimately, this film pirouettes elegantly on the surface but stumbles where the narrative heart should beat strongest. It’s a cinematic recital that, while skillfully orchestrated, fails to hit the truly resonant notes expected from a story of vengeance and identity.

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[–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

Wasn't there a martial arts flick out of Asia somewhere by the same name, recently?

That looked promising, but this? I couldn't make it through the first fight scene (first scene, FWIW) without losing all faith in its ability to come back from its numerous wtf moments. 🙄

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    Ballerina is a 90's action movie, and in that respect it's pretty awesome. The story doesn't matter, because it's so over the top and ridiculous.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    That flamethrower fight though...

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    It was a legitimate depiction of a firefighting technique, and I think we can all respect realistic action in films.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I'd be interested to know if that works in real life.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I probably enjoyed that the most! But the part where fire vs water...

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago*

    That was actually the most realistic part. Everything else was a bit less so. The fight is only possible with Hollywood unreal bravery, they grossly undermine the scariness of heat and smoke. I get that they were mostly murderous psychopaths, but fear of fire is very primal. Even in war flamethrowers were mostly to create area denial to flush troops out of entrenched positions. Fighting flame against flame is guaranteed mutual suicide.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I mean, it's in line with everything else John Wick. Nothing too far from belief, action scenes are solid. My only 'wtf' was why the sister plot point was at all needed since they killed her literally 2 minutes after the 'big reveal'

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Your only gripe and yet you don't mention the absolute bullshit of the first fight scene w/ paramilitary raiding the defended chateau? Pfft. There's so much simply half-assed & masturbatory in that first 10 minutes of the flick, I'm confident the rest of the movie was jerkily dribbled out and getting cold by the time they sent it to production.

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

    That's a lot of letters to say "PoS" 🤪

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    NGL, an action flick with the hero fighting his way up the Fluffy ladder would be worth a watch. (Ballerina is not.)

    I mean, you could even cast Iglesias for a bit part as a Fluffy villain wannabe (if he's ready to laugh at himself yet), and Butterbean for the Big Bad. (That one's for you.)

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    I very much liked the movie, it was what I expected of it.

    This article does read like a GPT generated text because of the way it's paragraphed, titled and worded. Doesn't read very comfortably.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Hello,

    Feel free to share on !movies@piefed.social for wider reach

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    Fluffy fight film.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    The funny thing I noticed was that she was extra brutal to the Asian henchmen. It was obviously coincidental.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (5 children)

    Wasn't there a martial arts flick out of Asia somewhere by the same name, recently?

    That looked promising, but this? I couldn't make it through the first fight scene (first scene, FWIW) without losing all faith in its ability to come back from its numerous wtf moments. 🙄

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago* (4 children)

    Yep, a Korean movie from 2023. I really enjoyed that movie. If I had to choose between both Ballerina's, definitely the Korean one.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    Awesome! I'm gonna go hunt that down right now!

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    She was awesome, and it was very much in the vein of the John Wick saga formula of a light story to set the tone and then finishes with non-stop brutal action. I kept thinking, these movies must be exhausting to film for both the actor and stunt people. If you like John Wick, you will most likely like this one.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Thank you for sharing here

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Who cares about reviews. Ana de Armas.

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