When I was 16, I dated a 20-year-old, so I felt connected with the film’s central relationship. I also thought that Aylana was lying about her age at the beginning of the movie to seem older than she actually was, but I’m not sure if that was confirmed one way or the other.
The episodic nature of the plot reminded me of the random shit I would get up to with my friends in high school, including dangerous things that we were lucky to get away with, like the scene where they coast a speeding truck down a hill at night in reverse and then make a J-turn.
I would describe myself as a big PTA fan and I really did not like Licorice Pizza. Age gap was definitely creepy. I did watch it on a plane which didn’t help I’m sure. IMO it’s easily PTA’s worst. And for the record I liked Punch Drunk Love and think it’s underrated by a lot.
Coincidentally, I rewatched There Will Be Blood this week. I think the movie is an achievement, and Daniel Day Lewis’s performance is incredible. But imo it’s not really an enjoyable watch, and I doubt I’ll see it again.
Watched it today, pretty much agree with this. It actually kind of hooked my wife in halfway through which i didn’t expect, she has no idea what Predator is.
Prey is pretty great. I love me a movie that does exactly what it says on the tin and you’re getting just what you’re expecting from this. Some solid panoramic nature shots and very competent action scene direction make this a cut above your usual Sunday morning action flick. CGI animals are kind of dodgy but you will cheer when a grizzly fucks up a Predator. Heck yeah, I am here for that.
Salt of the Earth is an amazing bit of US history that you guys might like: a 1954 movie from a blacklisted director, this is a labor drama loosely based on a miner’s strike in New Mexico. Ramon is a strike leader who refuses to let his pregnant wife Esperanza join the picket line, until she convinces him that the strike won’t work without women. Some of the most woke shit I’ve ever seen, themes of antiracism, police violence, and feminism. I can see why the director got cancelled.
A girl I know’s (works in set dec / costume for BCS and Rez Dogs) aunt did all the Comanche language work for the film. Is the entire film subtitled with spoken Comanche dialogue?
Well fuck me, somehow Hulu is only giving me English options. Man, I am hyped to rewatch this in the Comanche version, are you kidding that sounds amazing.
I just watched Prey and I agree that it is pretty good. Sure the story beats are somewhat predictable but they basically nailed what they were trying to do. It just works.
I am like this too because I learned how to like movies by watching Roger Ebert. This was basically his whole “deal” in a nutshell. Did they achieve what they set out to achieve?
I haven’t liked any of the Predator material since the first movie. That film had some definite Weird Movie Chemistry that make it way better than it should have been. In some ways it reminds me a bit of the recent Jaws discussion where there is so much build up and suspense before the showdown that it really makes the movie better. It also benefits from just the right amount of peak Arnie cheese. KNOCK KNOCK! GET TO DA CHOPPA!
I agree with this mostly but would give a 6/10. There were just too many annoying elements which kept taking me out of it.
I know it’s just a dumb action movie and I’m not expecting subtitles or anything approaching authenticity but the American accents and super cliche modern gender dynamics were ridiculous at times. At one point one of the guys is like “why don’t you go back to the kitchen” or something. There’s something so weak about having a female lead but then constantly congratulating yourself for it.
All of the outfits and props looked like something you’d buy in a halloween store. Like pristine bows and arrows, super clean outfits with perfectly cut ribbons and every character seems to have like a full accompaniment of toy store Indian gadgets.
The CGI was some of the worst I’ve ever seen. There’s a fucking cartoon bear at one point.
ETA - shit grunched without reading the rest. This was dubbed in English? It certainly didn’t seem like it. Agree watching in Comanche would have significantly changed the experience.
I read an article the other day about the Comanche stuff.
Prey wasn’t dubbed in English. The Comanche version has some of the lines dubbed into Comanche and some scenes re-shot and actually spoken in Comanche.
Didn’t want to bother getting Hulu login from my sister last night, so I watched Total Recall for the first time instead. What an excellent sci-fi popcorn movie. They don’t make big budget stuff like this anymore that works on multiple levels.
Kind of funny that I was debating between that and Starship Troopers. Guess Robocop has to be next.
