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  1. 18-Aug-2022 #1
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    Nope (film)

    Seeing this tonight...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJKNxP-tjIQ

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    Hmmm... Mixed bag for me.

    Visually beautiful. Interesting story. Nice tension. But it had that air of desperation trying to be far more clever than it needed to be, which almost ended up just being 'wanky' IMHO. It also meant that there were bucket loads of plot holes and handwavium.

    But overall a good ride...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Neil View Post
    But it had that air of desperation trying to be far more clever than it needed to be, which almost ended up just being 'wanky' IMHO. It also meant that there were bucket loads of plot holes and handwavium.
    Did you see "Us"? Riddled with that shit.

    My interest in seeing "Nope" is pretty darn low, and all because of how bad "Us" turned out to be (i.e. a load of old wank).

    "Get Out" was seriously over-praised, but was quite good.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MinionZombie View Post
    Did you see "Us"? Riddled with that shit.

    My interest in seeing "Nope" is pretty darn low, and all because of how bad "Us" turned out to be (i.e. a load of old wank).

    "Get Out" was seriously over-praised, but was quite good.
    Yeh... Guilty... Saw both of them. Enjoyed both, but both were riddled with the same sort of 'wankyness'...
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