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<blockquote>Why?</blockquote>
"The search for more money."
<blockquote>I remember Red Letter Media recorded a commentary for Alien and they kept complaining the movie was boring.</blockquote>
No they did not. The only thing they trashed was computer room due to it looking like a bunch of Christmas lights but otherwise they were very favorable to the movie. In fact Rich was the only one that preferred Aliens over the original.
For me the big problem with Covenant was it seemed like it really wanted to be a movie about a questionably functioning android dealing with a God/creation complex but due to the reaction to Prometheus, also had to include a bunch of traditional Alien elements and really failed to marry them both into a solid story. The fact that it heavily deviates from where (it appeared) Prometheus was leading and doubling down on things happening due to extreme character stupidity didn't help either.
Someone to Watch Over Me was painfully boring after a provocative opening and his recent Napoleon film was largely devoid of merit outside of some performances and a scene or two.
Indiana Jones was much worse. It being a gigantic property(Accounting for inflation they were all the equivalent of billion dollar movies) yet Dial of Destiny with it's absurd $387m budget only pulled in $383m worldwide. Even an un-adjusted Crystal Skull made nearly $800m and that was back in 2008 without all the current price inflation.
Furiosa is a major bomba but not at that level.
When she comes up on the other bike, the one she's riding has a very "rickety" and metal grindy sound to it, so I assume she switched the other due to it being in better condition; just needed a new front wheel which she swapped out from the one she was on.
I'm guessing anyway. =P
It was as you surmised, Sosa was too large and powerful for Frank to take on. Later we saw the level of connections Sosa had, even people within the US government. Frank would have no chance taking on Sosa.
Also the "made man" thing is an Italian mafia concept but we're dealing with the cartel in this movie.
<blockquote> But I don't think Omar deliberately set up Tony to get killed by the Colombians. I believe it was more likely a suicide mission, with little chance of success. Which isn't exactly the same.</blockquote>
One would arguet he did. Notice when Tony starts shouting at him, Omar goes for his gun with the intention of outright shooting Tony then and there. He's stopped by his associate who whispers something to Omar, which suddenly gives him the idea to send Tony to handle the deal with the Colombians. It's clear the idea is to send Tony to a bad deal, where he will meet his end. And if he doesn't well then hey, they got the stuff.
It was theoretically win-win for Omar, though he never imagined Tony would return from said deal and also be very "business savvy" about delivering the drugs and money to Lopez.
<blockquote>China is the reason Terminator Genisys became a hit (2nd biggest Terminator ww unadjusted) and bc of the huge China haul the franchise got another bite at the cherry (Dark Fate, not so lucky in china)</blockquote>
Not exactly. It made good money in China but Hollywood only receives 25% of the revenue made from China and it made poor returns elsewhere, hence them not continuing from Genisys and attempting yet another soft reboot with Dark Fate (Which did considerably worse). If the foreign money was satisfactory they would have continued Genisys. China money ain't saving shit.
It's not amazing or anything but if you're a Mad Max fan it's a pretty good videogame. It's somewhat minimalist on story so in that regard I wouldn't expect anything on the level of the 2009 Ghostbusters game.
<blockquote>Not so sure about Scrotus. Was that character meant to be some Hunter Biden joke? </blockquote>
He was the main villain from the Mad Max videogame that took place between this and Fury Road. I'd imagine he's a very confusing inclusion for anyone not familiar with said game.
It would be a fair comparison if that plot point wasn't largely dropped after (Or rather, within) the first act and just became about Furiosa surviving the world and showing the surrounding events that led to Fury Road.
I'm not even sure why Furiosa tattooed a map on her arm since she didn't need it and it never really factors into the rest of the movie. I guess just for a brief moment where Jack can notice it and give them an excuse to attempt to elope somewhere?
Gordon, of course.
At best it's ok. It's a comedy but I'd argue most of the time it's more irritating than funny, though if you're into over the top "fun" gore then the big ending finale is certainly worthwhile.
<blockquote>4 didn’t suck though as I think it did fairly well in theaters and is still liked by many..? I think it’s a very average Halloween sequel - really didn’t add much to the series .. oh and that mask was god awful
Halloween 5 was dogshit though</blockquote>
4 was something of a flop as despite the return of Michael it barely did better than Halloween 3, which was considered a flop some 6 years earlier. And yes, the mask was indeed horrible.
<blockquote>I also think Burke figured that Ripley would be his ally in bringing back some live aliens. He wrongly assumed that she would be happy to assist him in smuggling back the eggs and "we will be set for life". She had lost her license and he figured that she would be happy to make money off the aliens.</blockquote>
Yeah I think you may be right on this. When Ripley confronts him he basically blames his "mistake" on a situation where he could have lost out on money, as if Ripley would be understanding of that. When she rebukes him he then says he's disappointed in her and thought she'd be smarter than this. So I do think he was slimey enough to believe she'd see it his way where the potential money made off the situation would make it all worthwhile.
Not a sequel. It's a spin-off movie starring the Furiosa character and chronologically a prequel to Fury Road as well.
Movie is decent though like the Max movies, it's different enough to be it's own thing. Like it's almost comparable to Thunderdome in that it's much heavier on the world building and has a sizable helping of the absurd but it still retains the Fury Road world and tone (No kids or family friendly stuff).
Action is still very good but the best sequences are mid-movie and there's no big action scene finale like in the other movies. So if you're not into the characters or world then one might find the back-end kinda flat.
I've only seen it once so my opinion could change over time but as of right now, if Road Warrior and Fury Road are in the 9-10 range then this would be like a 7.5.
Also kinda odd the movie ends right where Fury Road begins. Flies in the face of casting a younger actor for Furiosa when for a large amount of the movie her character seems to only be about a year or so removed from her age in Fury Road. Might as well have just had Charlize reprise the role (Assuming she'd want to).
That one is fun though I prefer Warrior of the Lost World =P
Yeah despite some qualms I still enjoyed Furiosa overall. It's just disappointing it being a massive flop has probably killed any chance for another outing with Max and perhaps the series overall. Considering Miller's age we probably only had one more of these with him too. Oh well.
Yeah Mel is no longer a box office draw and Max isn't big enough for a "one last time" nostalgia movie. Like Rocky is a gigantic series compared to Mad Max but Balboa only did decent box office relative to it's budget. If it was budgeted like modern Max movie it would have been a flop.
Possibly they could have pulled a James Bond with successive leads but the Max movies are too infrequent to run that endless adventure formula.