I didn't even hear about this one
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I saw something for it somewhere once and it seemed interesting until the title came up, then I was given the impression it'll be lame and never thought about it again.
Based on the 2002 documentary The Smashing Machine: The Life and Times of Extreme Fighter Mark Kerr
They should have included the subtitle
Aaay. That would've made a lot more sense.
With no context, the impression I got was like watching a brief trailer for Sully, except Tom Hanks has a reputation for things like Fast and Furious, and the trailer ends with, "Redemption Most Fowl, in cinemas blah blah..."
I think it's another movie about people punching people? Seems to be the big trend these days ...
It's more like a biopic that deals with addiction, personal loss, AND punching people. I don't think it was ever expected to make big bucks at the box office.
Benny Safdie doesn't make box-office-numbers kinds of movies.
Besides, Johnson's producing it. It's his money. He wanted Oscar bait and got Oscar bait.
He's going for his WWEGOT.
Yeah, from what I've seen it looks great, it's just not a blockbuster or even trying to be one.
Looked cringe to me. Throwing on a wig doesn’t automatically make you a “serious actor”. And a bad wig at that. Like someone else said, the whole thing reeks of Oscar bait.
Probably could have been good, but casting Johnson seems insane knowing what Mark Kerr looked like.
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If Dewayne gets an Oscar then the whole thing is a sham.
Hollywood running its own rewards shows has always been the Obama putting a medal on Obama meme...
In fact, rewards ceremonies for most things are nothing but BS. Very, very few are actual rewards that seriously considered all applicable content, and even fewer serve a purpose beyond ego inflation.
I think it's more about increasing perceived value. I've definitely seen professionals literally just paying for awards.
Oh, perceived value... I guess that would be the outward side of ego for individuals like celebs. lol Only so many careers where those two can go hand in hand. (although under very much NOT meritocratic capitalism, ego goes a lot further than it should...)
lol, that’s your line? The whole thing has been a sham from the beginning.
What are these comments? This is a comm for people who like movies? It's a Safdie movie that by all accounts is at least decent, even if it flirts with "Oscar bait". Weird to almost revel in its box office failure.
I think a lot of people here just don't like The Rock.
Personally, I'm indifferent to him.
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Was this worse than Black Adam, because that was so bad it damaged a franchise’s stability.
/boggle
The rest of that franchise damaged that franchises stability…
almost anything johnson have been in damaged that franchise.
As someone who is a fan of pro wrestling it's kinda funny and a bit weird how quickly The Rock allowed his mask to slip.
for years and years he was seen as a nice guy, giving people homes and trucks and what have you, even in the wrestling biz he was considered a nice guy. then the failures started happening and his demeanor and personality started to change or maybe his true nature started coming to light.
Ends up he's not a good person. Ends up he's more like Hulk Hogan.
Wait, a person looking for fame and fortune via glorifying themselves turned out to be a bad person?!
... Holy shit celebrity culture has cooked peoples' brains... cannot even finish my mock surprise.
John Cena seems to be a genuinely good dude. And he's a good actor and funny
I do think this kind of tendency is fairly common. Most humans find it easier to be kind and giving when everything is going well for them. And conversely most humans, when their life starts going to shit, really find it difficult to care about other people's problems.
Of course there are examples of people who are going through the worst time ever and still manage to muster up empathy and patience for others. I think people like that are remarkable because they are not the usual.
(Not to defend Dwayne Johnson, I have no feelings at all about him or knowledge about what he has and has not done. Just a side note thought)
Saw it this weekend. The acting was good, but the movie in general was boring and anticlimactic. Definitely a snoozer.
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I know I saw an advertisement or two about this movie, I just couldn't tell you what it was about. Like it did no work at drawing me in and making me want to see the film. The only thing I remember about the ad was the rock looked like he had a weird shaped head in it. That's it that's all I got. I think he was a boxer and his head was weird that's it.
Havent seen it. But I've heard good things. Like its obvious Oscar bait, but one of the better performances by him.
Think of the niche market that an MMA sports movie is appealing to
Johnson's not even MMA. His claim to fame is wrestling. The goofy older brother of MMA lets you abuse steroids until you're a giant muscle balloon just to lose to a guy called "The Transphobic Tickler"
That’s what I mean.. the movie is about MMA. I don’t have any particular interest in MMA, and I am sure lots of people out there like me might watching a boxing movie but don’t care about MMA. Anyway, just seems a very niche movie with a limited audience to be whinging about box office
Niche is honestly being nice about this movie.
no, you're just not a good actor, and many other people had problems with you, cavil, vin disesal. plus you try to strongarm the DCU by trying to hijack it.
Two things that I just don’t give a shit about are The Rock and MMA. I may check this out when it gets to the streaming platforms, but that won’t. Be until football season is over.
Or, just realize that simply having a famous name like yours doesn't make people automatically want to shell out $30+ a person to watch whatever slop you've decided to star in.
"No one wants what I'm selling" ..Maybe stop making crap lol
Ironically, I'd imagine this is his best movie. Certainly the most grown up one. As far as I know, no explosions, almost certainly no cars flying off/through buildings etc. Just a drama for adults aka the kind of movie that hasn't done well at the box office for the last quarter century or so.
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Oooh that smashing machine, what did I watch
Dwayne "The Scorpion King" Johnson complaining about the box office opening of his latest movie?
You can't controll box office results and believe me, we tried.
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