Best thing you'll see all week: Mom and Dad

Movies
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All is not well among the comfortably affluent!
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at http://www.quartertothree.com/fp/2018/01/22/best-thing-youll-see-week-mom-dad/
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So you would recommend The Babysitter? (Mom and Dad is going on the list too but I don’t think it’s on Netflix.)

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I would. It’s not amazing or anything but it was solid, and has some great moments.

Also: on Mom and Dad being good: yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss so happy. By the way @tomchick I agree - the biggest problem with Cage is how directors use him. He’s been great in some things - e.g. Raising Arizona, or as I would argue Snake Eyes (and there are others, just naming two). He’s been a fine action star type in other things. And he’s been completely ludicrous to awful in things, sometimes perhaps deliberately (e.g. Ghost Rider 2 or Drive angry), and sometimes because of ego and a director who was fumbling or any number of things (Captain Corelli’s mandolin).

But when he’s properly channeled he’s a huge amount of fun. I cannot wait to see this.

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Fans of crazy Cage should be sure to check out Vampire’s Kiss and Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans. Grade A Prime Nic.

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Nick Cage is fucking awful in everything.

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Especially Adaptation. He’s the worst in that!

-Tom

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It’s got a very particular, uh, sense of humor. But even if it’s not your bag, Samara Weaving is really good.

-Tom

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I saw this yesterday.

Some of my favorite bits:

  • The opening credits. Brilliant. Just brilliant.
  • There were some musical transitions and scene-setting scenes with music that were just mesmerizing.
  • I loved that I hated the daughter. It made it so that later in the movie I didn’t know who to root for.

Unfortunately, I didn’t really enjoy the end much. All those beautiful music transitions were dropped in favor of abrupt scene-cuts and harsh electronic music near the end of the movie.

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Best. Alphabet. Recital. Ever.

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I’m pleasantly surprised this is good. Like the reception to his movies many describe, I am very hot and cold on Cage movies. Didn’t he do a “Left Behind” movie? For me, that’s almost unforgivable, but you gotta pay those tax bills.

Now what’s this then? More well reviewed “Crazy” Cage so close together?

Mandy

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Do they Save the World?

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Another solid recommendation. It was a really interesting twist on a genre that I thought had been done to death.

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Uh…what?

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This was delightful.