A drop of water in a desert of cash-grab remakes that are significantly worse than the originals because everyone in production knows it's a cash grab and has no creative input other than pumping another one out.
The new Jumanji movies aren't really a remake, more a reimagining. Really pretty much the only thing kept from the original source material (book or movie) is "jungle game called Jumanji that becomes real".
Yeah, but I often wonder if this has more to do with the original coming out during my childhood?
Nah, it's probably Robin Williams that makes the OG so good.
This is the answer right here.
Robin Williams was amazing. The range of emotions just can’t be topped. He was the most believable actor of all time.
I do think Robin Williams carries a lot of weight for that movie...but most is the rose-tinted nostalgia goggles. Not saying it was a bad movie by any means.
New ones are Johnson/Hart buddy duo with Jack Black sprinkled on top. That's quite a team and it's really hard to compare to just Robin.
People write roles for him to be that way
People aren’t paying for him to be someone else
Nothing about his acting ability
I ain't paying shit to see a brick wall make funny faces but y'all do you, I just don't get it. Moana is the only movie I can think of that his lack of acting ability wasn't distracting to me. There are plenty of people I like as people but who can't act and I wouldn't pay to see them ... Try
Haha so true! I only actually liked him in that movie with marky mark where he’s a coked out body builder
Watch Poor Things if you want risk taking and creativity. It was weird in the best of ways, imo.
The Lighthouse, Barbie, Oppenheimer, Infinity Pool, Beau is Afraid, the animated Spiderverse Movies, Jordan Peele's movies, Talk to Me, and definitely more I haven't seen.
There's risk taking and creativity, but they're much harder to find because they don't get the advertising budget of the standard boring action-adventure bull crap.
Dune 2 sticks out like a lighthouse in a sea of mediocrity. One of the greatest, and boldest movies I have ever seen.
You mean the third adaptation of a very popular book? Not exactly wildly original.
Still a great movie though.
Not original exactly, but the 1984 version was critically panned, and most people don't even know the scifi miniseries even exists. It was said by most people to be unadaptable after those attempts. Taking the step to out that kind of money behind it is pretty bold, and it's original in that there's nothing else like it in the cinema right now, or in a while.
Shirtiverse. You can imagine the dimensions clashing crossover where they team up.
So you're The Rock in the grey-green t-shirt.
Ah you're The Rock in the short-sleeved grey-green shirt.
Let's swap tops to confuse our enemies!
I'm imagining End Game final battle but every protag is just The Rock with the similar outfit, exact expression, and exact pose
Crisis of Infinite Rocks
One turns up as Black Adam and goes "sorry guys, I'll just nip home and change."
What I love about The Rock: he's only got, like, three facial expressions and I don't even care - I know he's gonna make it worth it to watch him anyway! :D
Edit: a word
I think he wears a snappy hat and sharp vest in that one. Decent costuming, it's a Disney film after all. They put all thought into details, and let the plot follow predictable tropes.
Good call, i forgot about that one! Also i just looked up stills of walking tall and the rundown, and he had hair in the rundown, and a buzzcut in walking tall, so add another movie that could be just like the ones pictured.
Journey to the center of the Earth and probably The Rundown one of the better movies The Rocks been in. Christopher Walkens the villain
Obviously top left is a different movie, he's got a different shirt on. The jury's out on the other three though...
You mean you've never seen a movie with Dwayne The Rock motherfucking Johnson. Have you seen Moana?
He's apparently completely shameless in promoting himself or the numerous products he shills for but he's a very charismatic guy and his movies aren't horrible for what they are.
I'm old enough to remember The People's Elbow and that eyebrow so it's fun seeing him doing other things and finding more success.
I recognize the characters in the poster. I don't know if I saw it or not because that came out at a time when I was suffering crippling depression and I was self-medicated pretty much 24/7. Let's say I might have seen a movie with The Rock and didn't know it at the time.
It's all good. He has some nice songs in that movie, and it's hilarious to think of a pro wrestler singing Disney. You should check it out if you have time :-).
Some of them are pretty bad, but some are okay.
No like timeless classics to go on the list with 'blade runner' and 'Casablanca', watch if you want to watch something movies.