Skipper
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It is, The Peanut Butter Falcon.
If you have not seen this, you’ve not been paying attention to your Prime Video queue because they have been pimping it for some time now. I wanted to NOT like this movie.
Mostly for this same reason. In fact, as I sat at my gaming PC and my GF told me who stars in it, my very first thought was, “nah, I’ll pass.” She talked me into it. I’m so glad she did.
I don’t want to spoil this if even a single one of you has not seen it. Watch it if so. The plot isn’t some grandiose thing, it’s a buddy movie at heart. There is some play on the heartstrings. You may shed a manly tear. But for any actual review attempt, the star stands out so much that the movie is literally his, and it’s such a fun journey you’re saddened at the end of it. That star is not LaBouf, btw.
I can’t knock the other stars in this movie either because for all the things I tend to not like them in, they shined here. It worked, and then some.
I’ll reiterate: watch this movie.
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MrTibbs
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I’ve never seen a performance by Shia that wasn’t distractingly mannered or seemingly shooting for an award for most acting, even in films I enjoy like American Honey, but I’ll give this one a shot Skipper.
Skipper
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I take the heat if you don’t like it, no worries. LaBouf is his own crazy mess. His character here works for the most part and I have to admit I was surprised. I think it helped that I got the feeling he truly was/is that type of character. I could walk through some of the small towns along the Carolina coast and see -plenty- of people like that. But he also tended to get out of the way of the main character and support him, to that I give him credit.
I will give it a go, bc its free on prime. But if I gotta LaBeouf-Rage-Quit, I am coming for you, Skip.
Skipper
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Give it a bit to get rolling. Maybe 1 1/2 Scotch glasses.
If it’s a fail you guys can call me Skipper LaBouf for a month.
I liked The Peanut Butter Falcon well enough, but it really lost me at the end when it decided to portray pro wrestling as a competitive sport. I think that’s what they were going for at least. It felt like they didn’t want to commit. You either have Zak believe it’s real, before having to face the truth; or he knows what the deal with pro wrestling is from the start and just really wants to play a larger than life character. I would have preferred option two, but either would be better than not broaching the subject at all, because this isn’t otherwise a fantastical movie. And the LaBeef death fakeout at the end was dumb. So: good movie until they meet Thomas Haden Church.
New frames tonight (Pacific), probably.
Skipper
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I agree. It was a good story and tale which was sidelined by an ending that threw us out of believability. It then wanted us to swallow a future with the three just rolling into Florida. But I’ll give it credit for what it was trying to do, show the struggle to accept and believe in something that your friend is attempting to achieve, no matter how lofty, stupid, or outside of reality that might be. Taylor knows it won’t end well for Zak. He supports him anyway. We took the journey from distrust and, “slowing me down,” all the way to that point. I think they wanted to commit to that, and unfortunately it ends up coming off as outlandish. As for Tyler’s injury, I’m more inclined to write it off since they did show a hospital visit, massive wound on his face, and they already committed to the fact that apparently despite weapons in the movie, the bad guy couldn’t just knife him, shoot him or otherwise. They extended that belief that things would be okay. For Zak and Tyler both. I’m willing to forgive the ending for the Huck Finn-like friendship journey. After all, it was not dissimilar to Huck’s not-fantastic ending, and probably better overall.
You’re now Skip LaBeouf. A Young Bruce Dern should have played that part. They teased me with his presence.
The kid was fine. Everything else was meh. And being 1/2 North Carolinian myself, the surrounding cast were all California Carolina, Skip, so I dunno bout your authenticity claims there. It had me for a bit but lost me at the beach scene at night. There were about 15 minutes of a good film in there, somewhere.
Skipper
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Oh very much so. I meant the absolute portrayal of poor and destitute. Not so much his accent. It’s like he listened to every southern accent ever but mashed them all together. It wasn’t as horrible as I’ve heard, just not coastal. But many scenes did ring true.
No emotional attachment to the bonding part of it? Zak was hard not to like as a character.
Oh, the locations, costuming and natural environments were correct and on point (and beautiful). But beyond LaBadactor’s accent and mannerisms, every bit part was California Carolina. Zero authenticity, to include the blind preacher.
Like I said I liked Zak and his initial bonding with LaBadaccent and Zak’s entire character. But I think I’d have enjoyed it more if it just told of his adventures with the good naturalistic actors at the nursing home. Certainly not the adventures he did have in Orange County, North Carolina. And the completely unbelievable stuff in the plot from when it lost me prevented me from caring about any more bonding moving forward. Cause it went off any relatable track there, because all the plot twists were so unbelievable. Gotta relate to care.
I tried.
@crispywebb. crispywebb. crispywebb.
Not Another Teen Movie, @crispywebb! We’ve done like four this week!
That’s John Hughes High School, which leads me to think it’s a parody, which leads me to think NOT ANOTHER TEEN MOVIE.
Yeah, the banners are hilarious. Great choice. Nice frame too.
‘tis. Chris Evans’ masterpiece. Unfortunately we don’t get any shots of America’s Nipple Cream here.
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Don’t let the subtitles obscure the important bits, @Navaronegun!
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Magnificent Seven remake?
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