Bad Boys for Life

Agent Coulson · 10-05-2018 1:50pm #1

Bad Boys Bad Boys what you gonna do...Get out the zimmer frames.

Sony Pictures Entertainment has just dated two of its more high-profile films. The first is Bad Boys for Life, the action comedy directed by Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah that reunites the team of Will Smith and Martin Lawrence with Jerry Bruckheimer for another round of action. That one has been slated for Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday weekend on Jan. 17, 2020.

Bad Boys for Life releases on the same date as and . The original Bad Boys which launched Will Smith as internationally known star, bowed in April 1995 while the second in the franchise was released in July of 2003. Sony is hoping to catch box office magic on the new installment. The first two together grossed $314.7M worldwide.

http://deadline.com/2018/05/bad-boys-for-life-will-smith-martin-lawrence-tom-hanks-you-are-my-friend-release-dates-sony-1202386904/

McLoughlin · 10-05-2018 2:53pm

Bad Boys for Life title should be saved for the fourth film and renamed Bad Boys 4 Life

Agent Coulson · 16-01-2019 8:08pm

First day of filming.

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Gwynplaine · 17-01-2019 12:14am

For me, Will Smith is like Bono. I don't want to know, and I wish he'd just go away.

The Davestator · 17-01-2019 10:40am

Gwynplaine wrote: »

For me, Will Smith is like Bono. I don't want to know, and I wish he'd just go away.

Two of my fave 'watch again' movies.

Cant wait for this

BrookieD · 17-01-2019 11:48am

So long as it has an "R" or 16/17's i am in, if its 12's to appeal to young snowflakes then see ya later

Goodshape · 17-01-2019 12:23pm

Jesus. It'll either be R rated or it won't. What's "snowflake" got to do with that?

johnny_ultimate · 17-01-2019 12:34pm

Nobody’s talking about the real story here, and that’s the affront to decency that is replacing the letter ‘e’ with the number ‘3’.

Such outrageous actions should not go unregulated.

Penn · 17-01-2019 12:36pm

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Nobody’s talking about the real story here, and that’s the affront to decency that is replacing the letter ‘e’ with the number ‘3’.

Such outrageous actions should not go unregulated.

That's why they're Bad Boys. They don't play by your rules.

johnny_ultimate · 17-01-2019 12:38pm

Penn wrote: »

That's why they're Bad Boys. They don't play by your rules.

They’re 2 Bad 2 Boys, quite frankly.

BrookieD · 17-01-2019 2:21pm

Goodshape wrote: »

Jesus. It'll either be R rated or it won't. What's "snowflake" got to do with that?

The need for a studio to bow to the pressure of the snowflake and produce a family friendly, non-swearing, violence-free ****show :rolleyes:

brevity · 17-01-2019 2:23pm

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Nobody’s talking about the real story here, and that’s the affront to decency that is replacing the letter ‘e’ with the number ‘3’.

Such outrageous actions should not go unregulated.

Setting themselves up for B4d Boys.

Goodshape · 17-01-2019 2:33pm

BrookieD wrote: »

The need for a studio to bow to the pressure of the snowflake and produce a family friendly, non-swearing, violence-free ****show :rolleyes:

I think that narrative is getting a bit old-hat at this stage tbh. Nobody's more triggered these days than the butt-hurt "anti-PC-brigade" when they don't get the manly men stuff they think they're so entitled to.

Not that I'd want (or expect) a PG-13 Bad Boys movie. That'd be dumb.

johnny_ultimate · 17-01-2019 2:42pm

BrookieD wrote: »

The need for a studio to bow to the pressure of the snowflake and produce a family friendly, non-swearing, violence-free ****show :rolleyes:

What pressure? Is there some sustained anti Bad Boys campaign? Sounds like you’ve just manufactured an outrage tbh.

PG-13 films tend to be solely a commericial decision from studios in a bid to increase the audience - not because of the reaction to any outrage (been a long time since the Christian ‘think of the children’ brigade have had much sway when it comes to Hollywood filmmaking), merely because lower ratings mean more potential audience members and more screens to show it. I mean, it’s often flawed logic in practice (because such films are often hack jobs), but that’s capitalism for you.

Guy:Incognito · 17-01-2019 3:20pm

When I opened the thread on the phone I could only see the top bit of the pic. Was thinking "**** me, the 2 lads are looking well" , then I saw the whole pic. Old boys for lif3.

I still want it and I'll still go see it.

Sad Professor · 17-01-2019 3:24pm

Bay isn't returning, I see. He's being replaced by the duo who directed Black, which I vaguely remembering seeing at DIFF a few years ago. Romeo and Juliet crossed with City of God as I recall. It was okay.

razorblunt · 17-01-2019 3:51pm

I'm really looking forward to Martin Lawrence pretending he's going to be sick, said nobody!

Agent Coulson · 17-01-2019 3:58pm

Looks like they are moving from Miami to Atlanta as well.

BrookieD · 17-01-2019 4:00pm

Goodshape wrote: »

I think that narrative is getting a bit old-hat at this stage tbh. Nobody's more triggered these days than the butt-hurt "anti-PC-brigade" when they don't get the manly men stuff they think they're so entitled to.

Not that I'd want (or expect) a PG-13 Bad Boys movie. That'd be dumb.

Not about being anti-pc (which i am not) or looking for manly men stuff (whatever that is) but taking a well played out formula and changing it up to suit a demographic in order to try and appease them and try to gain more money for this type of film is just plain wrong..

pixelburp · 17-01-2019 4:13pm

Wasn't even aware this is happening; I guess Martin Lawrence needs a paycheque?

Never even seen Bad Boys 2, 'cos there's only so much Michael Bay a body can put up with. The first film was decent enough though, I always wondered if Don Simpson was the magic formula in keeping Michael Bay relatively restrained; Bad Boys & The Rock almost seem like different beasts compared with the garbage that came later.

w/s/p/c/ · 17-01-2019 4:26pm

Bad Boys was good. Bad Boys 2 not so much (felt like it went on for about 7 hours). Will probably give this a watch.

They missed a trick and should have saved this title for the next film. Bad Boys 4 Life !

Agent Coulson · 17-01-2019 4:37pm

w/s/p/c/ wrote: »

Bad Boys was good. Bad Boys 2 not so much (felt like it went on for about 7 hours). Will probably give this a watch.

They missed a trick and should have saved this title for the next film. Bad Boys 4 Life !

That's what the one they make in 10/15 years time will be called.

smurf492 · 17-01-2019 5:09pm

Bad Boys 4eva!

Fysh · 18-01-2019 9:14am

BrookieD wrote: »

Not about being anti-pc (which i am not) or looking for manly men stuff (whatever that is) but taking a well played out formula and changing it up to suit a demographic in order to try and appease them and try to gain more money for this type of film is just plain wrong..

In that case, the question you should be asking is "How much is the studio relying on Chinese takings for this to be deemed a success?" Because in recent years the increasing importance of Chinese box office, coupled with China's comparatively strict regulations of what foreign films will be allowed licences for distribution, appears to be having an effect on the financial planning of these sorts of productions.

I mean, blame your idea of snowflakes if you want, but it has very little bearing (outside of twits arguing on social media) on the actual decisions that get made...

p to the e · 18-01-2019 11:30am

pixelburp wrote: »

Wasn't even aware this is happening; I guess Martin Lawrence needs a paycheque?

Never even seen Bad Boys 2, 'cos there's only so much Michael Bay a body can put up with. The first film was decent enough though, I always wondered if Don Simpson was the magic formula in keeping Michael Bay relatively restrained; Bad Boys & The Rock almost seem like different beasts compared with the garbage that came later.

I always said it was Jerry Bruckheimer who kept Bay in check but yeah they were two sides of the same coin. Except Don Simpson was insane. Read the book "High Concept" a few years back about him. Cocaine is a hell of a drug.

Also I don't think it's only Lawrence that needs this. Smith's career has been in free-fall for a while and he looks ridiculous in the new Aladdin.

Stone Deaf 4evr · 18-01-2019 1:51pm

smurf492 wrote: »

Bad Boys 4eva!

fingers crossed, the next marvel movie will be Th4r.

JP Liz V1 · 19-01-2019 10:40pm

Sad Professor wrote: »

Bay isn't returning, I see. He's being replaced by the duo who directed Black, which I vaguely remembering seeing at DIFF a few years ago. Romeo and Juliet crossed with City of God as I recall. It was okay.

Who?

I thought Joe Carnahan was writing and directing

Sad Professor · 19-01-2019 11:02pm

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Who?

I thought Joe Carnahan was writing and directing

No, Carnahan left the film in 2017.

EoinMcLovin · 04-09-2019 5:25pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9x4cb7P-hI

pixelburp · 04-09-2019 6:21pm

Say what you will about Michael Bay, he has a style and approach all of his own, so when others try to copy it the end result comes off wanting and a poor copy. For example, the above trailer; for me it just came off as a limp copy of that hyperactive energy & ludicrous spectacle.

This video essay from the sadly now-ended channel 'Every Frame a Painting' warrants a repost by dint of explanation:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2THVvshvq0Q

brevity · 04-09-2019 6:28pm

Martin Lawrence bringing big momma is a crossover no one expected

Agent Coulson · 04-09-2019 7:24pm

brevity wrote: »

Martin Lawrence bringing big momma is a crossover no one expected

Yup it looks like he are Big Momma.

expectationlost · 04-09-2019 9:24pm

honestly not sure if they've added flesh to him to play up him being over the hill, they seeming to let his neck/face look fat and sweaty

JP Liz V1 · 04-09-2019 10:53pm

At least Joe Pantoliano is back too as their Captain

Littlehorny · 04-09-2019 11:02pm

God that looks sh**e!

Arghus · 05-09-2019 1:35am

This will probably do pretty well - even though absolutely nothing in the trailer looks in any way enticing to me - it won't have a whole pile of competition in mid January.

Dades · 05-09-2019 12:02pm

pixelburp wrote: »

Say what you will about Michael Bay, he has a style and approach all of his own, so when others try to copy it the end result comes off wanting and a poor copy.

They tried to emulate it and get us back in Bay mode in the first scene with the low camera angle... not buying it. I'd watch (and frequently do) any MB movie up to, and including the first Transformers. After that, only 13 Hours is any good.

The subsequent Transformers ($$$) obsession has robbed us of a brilliant maker of popcorn fare for a decade.

Will probably watch this movie though, as the chemistry is always good between Big Willy and Big Momma.

p to the e · 05-09-2019 12:20pm

Dades wrote: »

They tried to emulate it and get us back in Bay mode in the first scene with the low camera angle... not buying it. I'd watch (and frequently do) any MB movie up to, and including the first Transformers. After that, only 13 Hours is any good.

The subsequent Transformers ($$$) obsession has robbed us of a brilliant maker of popcorn fare for a decade.

Will probably watch this movie though, as the chemistry is always good between Big Willy and Big Momma.

I enjoyed Pain and Gain.

My little "Bad Boys factoid is that the MIAMI sign we see in the first two films doesn't actually exist. They (apparently different signs) were made by a set designer.
https://www.cracked.com/article_19168_6-myths-about-famous-places-you-believe-thanks-to-movies.html

Homelander · 07-09-2019 8:16pm

p to the e wrote: »

I enjoyed Pain and Gain.

That's a great movie, one of his best in a long time I thought.

EoinMcLovin · 05-11-2019 6:30pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3SW4xWhvEE

Homelander · 05-11-2019 6:32pm

brevity wrote: »

Martin Lawrence bringing big momma is a crossover no one expected

Saw a new trailer in the cinema lately, and second I saw Martin Lawrence I thought of this comment and burst out laughing.

Slydice · 19-01-2020 10:32pm

Wow, people seem to love this film.

Worst score is on IMDB with 7.5/10 from 8,582
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1502397/

Moving up to 76% from 171 Critics on RT:
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/bad_boys_for_life
BUT
97% Verified Audience Score from 9,238!!

and then an A CinemaScore (people who've seen the film):
https://twitter.com/CinemaScore/status/1218558601502982147

The takeaway I've gotten from reviews is that it's got a lot of the stuff that fans of Bad Boys want to see in a Bad Boys films.

So I'm guessing the trailers were a lil misleadingly on the comedic side.. though.. if I remember the other films correctly .. there was a comedic element in their advertising too.

Theboinkmaster · 20-01-2020 11:11am

Went to see it last night as a fan of the franchise and loved it, very enjoyable.

Does exactly what it says on the tin.

Only 2 hours long which is nice, most seem 2.5hrs these days which is excessive.

pixelburp · 20-01-2020 11:14am

Yeah, I've been reading some surprised reviews that divorced of Michael Bay's trashy misanthropy, the characters really work this time around & make the film work.

Still imagine this will bomb hard; can't be that much of a resting demographic champing at the bit for a third Bad Boys film.

Theboinkmaster · 20-01-2020 11:53am

pixelburp wrote: »

Still imagine this will bomb hard; can't be that much of a resting demographic champing at the bit for a third Bad Boys film.

It's actually already a huge commercial success.

EoinMcLovin · 20-01-2020 12:22pm

Theboinkmaster wrote: »

It's actually already a huge commercial success.

Yeah its made an estimated $68 million in the last 4 days in the US, the budget was $90 million so they will clearly make a profit

pixelburp · 20-01-2020 12:36pm

Fair enough; that's a strong opening, guess we'll see how and if subsequent weekends hold up. $90 is absolute peanuts though, so a box-office of about $200 million+ should be the start of profit (going by the yardstick that budgets these days are more like 2x what's given)

EoinMcLovin · 20-01-2020 12:46pm

pixelburp wrote: »

Fair enough; that's a strong opening, guess we'll see how and if subsequent weekends hold up. $90 is absolute peanuts though, so a box-office of about $200 million+ should be the start of profit (going by the yardstick that budgets these days are more like 2x what's given)

It was also a Holiday weekend (Martin Luther King Day) so that probably helped with the earnings.

Agent Coulson · 21-01-2020 6:17pm

That was great I loved every Bad Boy minute of it.

WrenBoy · 21-01-2020 7:04pm

I mean you know going in what your going to get and it delivers. Explosions, shoot outs some good jokes along the way. Martin Lawrence shows some great comedic timing on his delivery and the chemistry with Smith is still there, the movie never really takes itself too seriously as a lot of the heavy dramatic bits get hit with a line from Lawrence to lighten the mood. The last line left a sour taste in my mouth though as it really made no sense when you think of everything else that happened but this is Bad Boys, its an explodey-shooty-bikini-car chase-turn your brain off and enjoy the fun kind of movie.

Only negatives if your nit picking, some bad cgi moments and I was expecting a big over the top sequence a-la the chase through the Shanty town in BB2. The big chase in this lacked the same excitement/mayhem, maybe due to budgetary constraints or no Bay.

Agent Coulson · 21-01-2020 7:20pm

I will say seeing Don Simpsons name on the opening credits was a good nod back to when 90's action films were fun.

Also a nice cameo introducing the Mike

at the wedding... Michael Bay so at least he is involved the right way not behind the camera.

I say it every time I see her on screen in anything Paola Nunez is a stunning looking woman.

Bad Boys for Life

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