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Apparently NEXT isn't so bad... at least according to this reviewer!!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. I was tricked this week... I skipped this very screening in order to attend the new Curtis Hanson flick LUCKY YOU, but then I realized, a little too late, that the LUCKY YOU screening was NEXT Wednesday.
And if there was any movie I'd love to have seen for free, it'd be this one. The trailers don't impress me at all. But we have a reviewer below who says the flick ain't so bad. We'll see.
hey there Quint. Just got back from a screening at the barton creek cinema. I saw "Next", starring Nic Cage Julianne Moore, and (oh so fine) Jessica Biel.
I must say that I wasn't going to go see it until this wonderful free pass fell into my lap. It didn't seem like much. Cage's character has an ability to see the future and the FBI needs him to track down a nuke that was snuck into the U.S. He doesn't want to help.
What was good:
The story was a bit dare I say unique and fun. It is basically spidey sense maxed out to super ultra fuckin groovin mode. The story about Nic Cage's character was very cool. I wanted to know more about him. I wish the movie was more about his character and his abilities, not so much witht he nuke thing. If it were then I think it would have been much much better. Cage's character wasn't much of a stretch for him but he was still like-able and funny. I wish that Nic would have gone a bit further with it though.
Biel's character didn't call for much so she didn't really have much to work with. However I do think that she is improving. Not good by any means, but better than past roles...yes even though this isn't too far off from what she has done before.
Moore's character was BADASS. She was just as fricken cool as Cage's. I wanted to know more about her. Why is she so damn focused and driven? Everytime she came on screen I was completely engaged. But she is a very good actress, I have always liked her. The story outside of Cage's character
Story: Outside of the nuke thing it was actually a cool story. I think they could have done a much better job that a "nuke" storyline. But its not a big deal, it was still fun. I really really loved the way they handled Cage's abilities. That was the STRONGEST part of the film. It was fricken HILLARIOUS almost every time he used his ability. Sure there was some interesting and unique things he did with them, but there were a lot of funny moments that made the entire theater get the giggles big time. Even during the action scenes.
So I was really happy with the way it ended. I was left feeling, "Great way, how else would you end it without it dragging on forever?" There was also a damn cool twist at the end! Yes, I said a twist. it was badass too cause your totally blindsided by it.
All in all I wouldn't say it was great but it was really fun. And people listen to me here. We don't go to see movies like this to get some greater understanding about life, or to see academy award worthy performances. This type of movie we go to see to BE ENTERTAINED. Pure and simple. You can't go this movie expecting some amazing thing, which is why I think I was surprised by how I was left feeling. It wasn't bad at all. I would categorize it under what I call "Assembly line film making". No super great shots (although there were a few fun ones), No super great lighting, or the real stuff that separates a film from a movie.
Go have fun or wait until rental.
Thank you Quint and if you use this call me Ocean.
www.anthonyocean.com
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NEXT!
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Meh.
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But this movie looks like it would be fucking horrible no matter who was in it
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He needs to take a cue from what Bruce Willis did almost a decade ago and let the leading lady be the daughter rather than the love interest. Old ass Foo Man Choo motherfucker.
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Looks like he's writing movie reviews now.
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Maybe it would be a lot easier to read and more informative if the reviewer took the time to learn a couple of cool new words...
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Nothing looks remotely interesting from what I've seen. But I do agree with mr ahole that his power is by no means crappy. I would abuse the hell out of it: casinos, picking up chicks...possibilities are endless!
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I love is style of acting. He shakes his head, waves his arms, spits when he talks, emphasizes the wrong syllable in every sentence. He cracks me up every time.I can't say he's been in anything great since Face/Off, but he's always funny. I really want him to reteam with John Woo.
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Bring it on!
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Next is already playing here in the Netherlands so it here sooner than in thUS. The last time that happened was with The Wicker Man...
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I would rather be able to see 12 hours into the future so I can actually do something about the future...terrorists going to blow up a nuclear device in my city? I could be on the other side of the world by the time it goes off.
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actually looked better than Next. At least, his acting and hairstyle did. I love how in the 80s we had Jean Claude VanDame's movies needing a new cleaver way to explain his accent and how that has almost morphed into the same game with Nic Cage and his locks.
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Columbo is in it for fucks sake! But nobody talks about it! The world needs more films with Peter Falk!
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why can't people write anymore? I mean...at all. text messages have ruined the next generation's ability to write. it's like a stew that has been left to boil way too long, all that's left are the bare essentials. the joy and beauty of writing has evaporated.
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Would that include the loss of proper capitalization?
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Knowing that this is based on a PK Dick story ("The Golden Man") is the only thing that possibly compels me to see this. Like everyone else has said, the trailers just give me a big "meh" feeling. I have a hard time imagining this is actually worth a $10 ticket.
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that this "reviewer" fixated on some part of the form that said "did this character make you want to know more about them, yes, no, I don't know"
I would call this reviewer "Seaweed" ... because it is a plant that grows in the ocean. -
(...with apologies to Colombo, heh)
We do need more films with Falk. -
I saw it in a packed Tempe theater on Wednesday and went in with no expectations at all. I recognized the director's name from Die Another Day and started to get worried but then ligthened up when I saw that it was based on The Golden Man and started to get interested. It's a solid B movie. Cage is Cage and Jessica Biel is just smoking hot. Julianne Moore looks old in this movie but she had a great part. I bought the whole premise and even Nic Cage's hair makes sense (he is a Vegas magician). It's worth a trip to the cinema
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full chub
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The trailer had some of the fakest-looking CGI I've ever seen. Then I saw that Lee Tamahori was directing and it all made sense. Nobody uses CGI worse than him. Not even Stephen Sommers. The digital airship in Die Another Day bumped that movie from awful to laughable, and the shot of the car jumping onto the train tracks in XXX2 looked about as real as the character intro scenes from Tekken 2. It's like the visual effects guys showed him the pre-vis for the shot and he said, "That's perfect! Print it!"
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i want a good movie, goddamit. if want "entertainment" i'll go to a titty bar
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I agree. I'm also sick of the "What did you expect? Shakespeare?" argument. I'm not grading on a curve here. Even the stupidest movies have to work on their own terms. I'm a pretty lenient moviegoer, but just because a movie has explosions in it doesn't mean I have to forgive gross incompetence. It's possible to make a movie that is both entertainingly retarded and well-made, but with certain exceptions (the Transporter films come to mind) it seems to be a lost art these days.
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"Ahhhhhhhhhhh, they're in my eyes, AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, AHHHHH-HHHHHHHH-HHHHHHHHHHH-HHHHHHHHHHHH-!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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Are any of the AICN staff going to get around to seeing this and post a review? I mean, that's kind of their job, right? Take one for the team, you friggin' gehbos!
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I don't capitalize at the beginning of sentences in support of feminist cyborg writing. long live bell hooks!and this movie is going to be terrible, come on people. this review has it right on:http://tinyurl.com/363ufj
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Ahh. Where do we start? He made one absolutely great movie (ONCE WERE WARRIORS), an interesting misfire (MULHOLLLAND FALLS), a neat little David Mamet two-hander (THE EDGE) with eye-rolling performances from Alec Baldwin and Anthony Hopkins, the dumb-but-fun ALONG CAME A SPIDER (Morgan Freeman is always good value, as is Michael Wincott, but the alleged mystery is more transparent than recently-cleaned glass on a particularly sunny day), the variable DIE ANOTHER DAY, now this. He's an entertainer, though he's shit with CGI. The Bond movie stands as testament to this, as does the opening scene of ALONG... which has a godawful CGI car-crash over a waterfall thing at the beginning. As for XXX: STATE OF THE UNION, I despair. Any movie whose best trick is a PIMP MY RIDE sequence needs taking out into the woods and shooting. Tamahori? Great with actors who have confidence (see WARRIORS, which is sublime throughout, and THE EDGE) but by no means whatsoever an action director with technical facility/the balls to demand the effects budget the script requires. As for NEXT, I'll be seeing it this weekend, cos I'm interested in the premise, the source material, the actors, but I won't hold out too much hope. Popcorn fun at best. As for Tamahori, word is, he looks great in a dress. Each to their own...
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I think something like 80% of all his stories involve a nuclear explosion.
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fuck you this movie looks like S-H-I-T.
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I'm afraid our oxygen farting friend here has made it all too obvious about his real agenda. What with all the fake "i was pleasantly surprised because i expected nothing from the movie" crap. How's this for a metaphor: The other day i was pleasantly surprised that a mobster only CUT OFF my LEFT testicle and MURDERED my little brother with an iron, because i expected him to cut BOTH my testicles off, and FEED them to me, and then set my whole family on fire. So, yeah, I was pleasantly surprised about that. SEE, plant? How the logic in your argument fails completely? Utterly? So are we supposed to lower our expectations when going to the cinema in order to gain our money's worth? In order to not feel ripped off? I think not, my starch smelling friend. I'd prefer to have none of my testicles removed, and my whole family alive, if you get my drift. So, no. I won't see the movie. HAHAHAHHAHHHHAAAAAA
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Ads look so bad. "Its happening." "When?" Now!" and I offically have had my fill of twist endings.
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But I have to admit, the previews I've seen make me wanna see this.
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I'm ever so pleased this reviewer enjoyed "Next". Specifically because he's apparently the only other person on Earth who did. It's currently tracking at 29% over at RottenTomatoes.
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Don't ask me why. Bored. Anyway, it's like watching a Jean Claude Van Damme DTV type of thing on the big screen, but with Cage in a ludicrous wig instead of the muscles from Brussels. Not tremendously awful, but I was baffled as to how it became a major motion picture. This is really the kind of thing you expect Vern to be reviewing (no disrespect to Vern, of course).Also, the ending is not remotely badass. Unless by badass you mean horrible cop out. In that case, yes it's badass as all hell.
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Like they couldn't just end it without the "twist" It would have been better, and definately an ending you would never expect, if they didn't tack those last 10 minutes on. Otherwise it was a decent movie. The relationship between Biel and Cage grew way too quickly... one minute she's offering him a ride, the next they're in bed together. Plus the fact that he's got to be at least twice her age, and looked like he hadn't shaved/showered/slept in days, just made them laying in bed together wrong. But ultimately it was the ending that made me leave the theatre feeling cheated, and wishing I had gone to see the Invisible (which was our other choice.) Plus there was about 20 people in the theatre for an opening night, and for a Friday the theatre as a whole seemed empty.
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That AICN's main page is dominated by two big ads for Next, and yet the only page for the movie is full of negative comments, including those by a site contributor.
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Possibly because I hadn't read any reviews beforehand. Sure, the effects aren't top-notch and it's not searingly intelligent in the way that Children Of Men was. But, for an action film, I was pleasantly surprised. I agree that it would have been a far more interesting film without the nuke angle (and terrorists with no discernable motivation or identifiable background). The opening scenes with Cage just just schlepping around in Las Vegas were admirably seedy. A movie dedicated to low-grade hustles and his life with his father (Peter Falk) would have been intriguing. But the way in which his powers are used throughout the movie are internally consistent without (thank god) a huge deal of exposition. A movie which actually assumes that its audience is reasonably smart and paying attention! I did like the ending, although I think a lot of people will be crying "cop out". But, again, it was entirely in keeping with the rest of the film and I liked the fact that it effectively ended in the middle. I thought there was going to be a whole lot of unnecessary stuff just to build to another climax. So I was happy to have a Hollywood action film with that rarest of things - an open ending. Definitely worth checking out.
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that poops on itself.
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so I guess it wasn't so bad.
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Man I just wish I could seal the deal.
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Gazizza.
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if the Matrix was made w/o any money. i swear i watched the "bullet dodge" in the trailer at least 50 times and never stopped laughing. cheapest shit ive ever seen.
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Ah ha ha ha!
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If you guys are going to let kids with downs syndrome to write reviews, shouldn't there be a disclaimer?
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Is so bad that it's hysterically funny. Maybe two good moments.. I wouldn't even say it's rentable unless you plan on fast forwarding.
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Everyone be sure to check out the reviewers sick-ass Star Wars art... oh wait, I mean "High School Star Wars Art"
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