"Midnight Special" Trailer....WE BACK BREHS
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oh! my man Michael "I can be in any movie and make that shyt look good" Shannon
I'm watching for Michael Shannon, could care less about little Cyclops nikka
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Silver Surfer
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Saw it last night..hreat movie....had a few questions...but still liked it
I was expecting to love it but there was just something not really connecting with me. It was still a good movie but didn't wow me like I thought it would.
TheGodling
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Felt the same way, kind of the same experience I also had with Mud. Jeff Nichols is like an inch removed from capturing that one thing that pushes his movies from good to great (I actually would call Take Shelter a great movie, but after his last two movies that one starts to feel more and more like Nichols just hit the perfect storm, no pun intended). Anyway, this felt a lot like No Country For Aliens. I liked how the story dropped us right in the middle, but I thought Nichols didn't do a good enough job following up on it by never really revealing what preceded (specifically, Tomlin's past on "The Ranch"). I think the lack of such character building details (same for Lucas, who gets like two sentences of exposition to explain why he's there) kept the movie from becoming engrossing.
I think the movie would have benefited greatly from digging deeper into the Ranch stuff. I always get intrigued by religious cults and showing Roy's connection to it a bit more would have probably pulled me in a bit more.
TheGodling
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Yeah, I think Roy and Lucas could have both been explored more as characters, and Roy's past on The Ranch in particular would've made a very interesting subplot. Kinda wasted Sam Shepard too in that role of the cult leader when the character is gone fifteen minutes into the movie.
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I really liked this film and I do agree with the sentiment that it needed something more. I would've wanted maybe 5-10 mins on FBI/Ranch interaction and investigating.
I felt Altons powers weren't consistent after he went super saiyan. After being captured he basically showed that he can interact will all tech and control it. Given the powers he could've shut down everything except their car or something like that but nope, instead his dad and his friend went to jail.
I was lukewarm on this film as well and wanted to love it.
Anyone else think that was an odd jump forward with the kid in the room and then all of the sudden they're out on a random street on the payphone. I get he has powers but still that was a The Walking Dead type edit
Anyone else think that was an odd jump forward with the kid in the room and then all of the sudden they're out on a random street on the payphone. I get he has powers but still that was a The Walking Dead type edit