Turns out “what if you tied a rope to a hatchet” is the great action movie innovation of 2022
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No Way Out 1987
The 80s were a better time for movies because a major plot point could be “this giant computer console is going to take twelve hours to download this photo”
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The Big Chill 1983
My friends and I are approaching the age of these characters, and on the one hand we’re not as rich and successful, but on the other hand I guarantee we are more fun to hang out with
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The Heroic Trio 1993
This movie understands that every scene is better with fog and wind machines, even if those scenes are set inside offices and hospitals
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Jagged Edge 1985
Absolutely bonkers that a major story beat here is all the characters going “*GASP* He said ‘bitch!’ And the killer said ‘bitch!’ No other person has ever used that word before so he MUST be the killer!”
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L.A. Confidential 1997
Read the book then rewatched the movie and this has gotta be the ultimate example of an adaptation discarding massive amounts of the source material (ya gotta, it’s a dense book) but keeping the heart and spirit of it and managing to make something just as good
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