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  • 10-03-2017 1:06pm
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    Cantona's Collars
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    New Charlize Theron action flick.Unrated trailer drops today. Apart from that,I hadn't heard of the movie until now.


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    Agent Coulson
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    Directed by one half of the John Wick team David Leitch so expect action lots of action.


    A female John Wick.


    He will also be directing Deadpool 2.


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    Slydice
    Registered Users Posts: 10,501 ✭✭✭✭Slydice


    NOT SAFE FOR WORK

    but saying that..

    TAKE ALL MY FREAKING MONEY, RIGHT NOW!


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    Agent Coulson
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    I think I fcuking love her.

    giphy.gif


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    Sad Professor
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    Hopefully those are unfinished sound effects in the fight scene, but otherwise this looks awesome.


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    DrumSteve
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    That looks great.


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    Slydice
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    I've watched the trailer many times.

    Many many times.

    Regardless of the film. Something about the trailer just feels so new or something.

    Well done trailer maker.


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    bnt
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    Sofia Boutella in there too, as the "French operative". Me likey. ;)

    From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch’.

    — Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut



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    JP Liz V1
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    bnt wrote: »
    Sofia Boutella in there too, as the "French operative". Me likey. ;)

    She is Robert Sheehan's real life lady
    https://forumofgames.com/




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    Agent Coulson
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    New Trailer :D



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    Slydice
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    Also an international one...
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKDNg-m56ic


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    pixelburp
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    Man, that's one slick, stylish looking thriller.

    Crazy how much the action genre has morphed over the years. Spin back to the 80-90s and its stars were the musclebound meat puppets such as Arnie with zero acting ability. Now, arguably, the biggest action stars are also legitimate acting stars in their own right, such as Theron or Scarlett Johansson.


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    DrumSteve
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    pixelburp wrote: »
    Man, that's one slick, stylish looking thriller.

    Crazy how much the action genre has morphed over the years. Spin back to the 80-90s and its stars were the musclebound meat puppets such as Arnie with zero acting ability. Now, arguably, the biggest action stars are also legitimate acting stars in their own right, such as Theron or Scarlett Johansson.

    ...And Keanu Reeves.


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    Sad Professor
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    I think what distinguishes them from earlier action stars is that they aren't macho guys. Reeves was a bit of trailblazer in this regard. You wouldn't exactly call his character in The Matrix tough, would you? He has more in common with Asian action stars. Reeves is also the link between the two recent Theron and Johansson films - which are heavily influenced by John Wick and The Matrix respectively.


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    Agent Coulson
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    Those tow women still have a long way to go till they hit China O' Brien levels :) Cynthia Rothrock was boss.


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    Agent Coulson
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    Final Trailer

    August 9th release in the UK so I'd guess same here.



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    Slydice
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    AWESOME!

    .. trailer..

    Like.. mustn't get too hyped until I've seen the film obvs... :)


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    Shelga
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    I want Charlize Theron's life.


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    Harry Palmr
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    Hmm, looks very derivative - take Jason Bourne make him a sassy girl friendly blonde, add a bit of Diva and Ronin.

    Why are the cops driving about in 20 year old cars or is it set in the past?


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    pixelburp
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    Harry Palmr wrote: »
    Hmm, looks very derivative - take Jason Bourne make him a sassy girl friendly blonde, add a bit of Diva and Ronin.

    Why are the cops driving about in 20 year old cars or is it set in the past?

    It's set in Berlin during the 1980s.

    It still looks very slick & stylish, and that could yet be both its greatest strength and weakness. The film looks to be reaching for a very polished approach to a 1980s grunginess. Hopefully it doesn't get too lost in its 80s playlists, and the action & charisma is also there.


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    Sad Professor
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    Harry Palmr wrote: »
    Hmm, looks very derivative - take Jason Bourne make him a sassy girl friendly blonde, add a bit of Diva and Ronin.

    Why are the cops driving about in 20 year old cars or is it set in the past?

    Set in the late '80s during the last Cold War.


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    Harry Palmr
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    Cheers, beyond the cars it was hard to tell anything about era (though I suppose I should have noted no one had a mobile phone or laptop) and often you see suspiciously elderly vehicles in modern films which you know are going to get written off!


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    bnt
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    Fights Featurette:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdB1XP8rpx8

    From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch’.

    — Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut



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    Harry Palmr
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    Anyone else struck that it's "hot" to have a film based around a heroine who is hot for the girls, if Bourne were bi curious or just proper gay the films would never have been made. Maybe it's time for Hollywood to grow up a bit.


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    Sad Professor
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    Harry Palmr wrote: »
    Anyone else struck that it's "hot" to have a film based around a heroine who is hot for the girls, if Bourne were bi curious or just proper gay the films would never have been made. Maybe it's time for Hollywood to grow up a bit.

    What strikes me more about Theron's character in this is that she's interested in sex at all. With the exception of Bond, most male action heroes these days are practically asexual. And even Bond seems to have to remind himself.


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    Slydice
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    Grace got to see it already! Says it's really good!

    First reaction:
    https://twitter.com/GraceRandolph/status/889643087160594432

    Full review (she avoids spoilers)


    Arrggh!! The film isn't out here for ages!!!
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2406566/releaseinfo
    Like, It's out loads of places weeks and/or days ahead of us (we're 11 August)


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    Slydice
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    Bob is in (though says it's a lot more Spy film that advertised):


    Stuckman says it lags where there isn't violence:



    The overwhelming message I'm getting is that there is a whopper of a fight at the end and the elevator trailer is a part of it.


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    Agent Coulson
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    Theron was on The Daily Show last night in the States she as been trying to get this to screen for 5 years and they finished filming it 2 years ago.

    She told about breaking two of her back teeth from clamping down her jaw to much during a fight scene.



    It's set 6 days before the fall of the wall.


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    silverharp
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    it seems to tick off all the progressive cliches while pretending to be innovative and fresh.

    A belief in gender identity involves a level of faith as there is nothing tangible to prove its existence which, as something divorced from the physical body, is similar to the idea of a soul. - Colette Colfer



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    TheDoc
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    Saw the Trailer this week and it looked like a mix between Taken,John Wick with some James Bond feelings to it also. I was enjoying the trailer, then it got to a point where I had to cross my legs, and my misses let out an audible "oh for **** sake". :D


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    Slydice
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    Seen it. The big fight and other action scenes are its strengths. The 80s were well referenced *scratches head* ... as best I can remember :).

    The story was like.. you know .. a spy story. It seemed to be missing something. Something to really bring the audience in. It was solid enough... like.. it dotted the i's and cross the t's.

    Really though
    it was centered on the stairwell fight and everything led to it. The trailers advertised it, they set the scene, tensed things up, cut the music and just plain let rip.
    That sold me :)


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