I really can't believe the positive comments on "Ambulance"

Submitted by mikKiske t3_z6goh8 in movies

I watched the film after a specific comment: "it's like a 5-star GTA chase stretched into a movie". So that's what I was looking to see a stupid over the top fun action movie.

And in part that's what it delivers, but only in the first part of the movie. As the film develops it starts taking itself more and more seriously. It starts exploring the character's emotions as if someone would care about these stupid characters' backgrounds.

Finally, I realized it was not supposed to be a stupid movie. It's just another shitty Michael bay movie that Reddit mistakes for a self-aware movie, cause Michael Bay tricks the audience into thinking that.

It is not a fun movie. It becomes boring pretty quickly once you realize it is not what it promises in the first part of the movie.

It's like Michael Bay started making this stupid fun movie and it was going great, but then he starts thinking that he is actually talented and wants to make the movie a bit more coherent and not just a bunch of fun scenes put together and it fails miserably.

The drone abuse I am sure he thinks its something cool that the audience would think "oh this is great, such a talent", but in reality, it's just annoying. After 15 minutes you say "okay we get it you like drones".

This movie should have been a 70-80 minutes movie, take out all of the unnecessary dialogue that tries to resemblance something as "character development" and that's it.

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roto_disc t1_iy19mqg wrote

Counterpoint: it’s fuckin sick and should have had even more drone shots.

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mikKiske OP t1_iy1bv0z wrote

A movie that ends with this scene is not saying "this is a stupid movie", it's saying "you should be crying right now".

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roto_disc t1_iy1ces1 wrote

Self-aware action movies are allowed to have schlocky emotional bait in them, too. It’s kind of part of the formula.

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DentistsArentReal t1_iy2jie7 wrote

“Shitty movies are allowed to be shitty because it’s the formula”

- you, I guess

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Ok_Engineer_8611 t1_iy1asz3 wrote

Yeah, I ended watching it about half way in. Zzzz

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Buhos_En_Pantelones t1_iy1i7d7 wrote

I'm with you OP, I got so bored I checked to see if it was almost over, and saw that there was like an hour left until the end. Clicked it off, haven't tried to finish it.

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WalkerSunset t1_iy1l70g wrote

If you want an ambulance movie, you want Mother, Jugs, and Speed.

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dothingsunevercould t1_iy1nuwt wrote

The ending is the biggest BS ever. The wife gets the money and is just going to walk into a hospital, drop a bag of money on the table and they're just going to wheel her in for surgery? They'd take one look at her last name and make the connection to the highly publicized police chase which laid waste to the entire city and probably arrest her for attempting to use ill gotten gains.

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mountainhighgoat t1_iy1oo9b wrote

The hatred this movie gets is bizarre. It’s just a fun movie and finally a good Michael bay movie.

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mikKiske OP t1_iy1pqt6 wrote

I read the official discussion thread and most comments are positive.

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Annie0minous t1_iy2vmwc wrote

We knew what we were getting into when we agreed to watch it.

Sunsets, helicopters, power chords, completely unearned emotional manipulation and hardcore bromance - only this time with added drones.

It's the same shit he's been spewing out for years.

But with drones.

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mikKiske OP t1_iy3lnfk wrote

I thought it was different due to the comments I've read before hand.

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Annie0minous t1_iy41v66 wrote

Yeah I get you. People maybe talked it up too much.

It's not a terrible film - it's just not as elevated from standard Bay output as some may have suggested.

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anunfriendlytoaster t1_iy342r4 wrote

A lot of comments are generated by the studios these days. Not saying there isn’t one person who liked it but I saw some pretty suspicious positive commentary for black Adam.

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WatchMoreMovies t1_iy4zug2 wrote

I hated this move way more than I thought I would. It absolutely reeks of a dude in his late 50s thinking he's cooking up the coolest and most revolutionary action spectacle set pieces because people used to love them in 1996 but he hasn't progressed an inch since then.

He's painfully out of touch with storytelling, camera work and action choreography. This was a miserable experience to endure.

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Odd_Advance_6438 t1_iy1tol4 wrote

I feel like people criticize Michael Bay after only watching the transformer movies. Forgetting about his actual good movies. Pain and Gain, the Rock, Bad Boys, 13 hours

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my20cworth t1_iy1vkvu wrote

The movie was crap. All over the place and way over the top.

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polologo1 t1_iy26yqy wrote

But Wale was great, wasnt he???

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mickeyflinn t1_iy3m0u9 wrote

> Finally, I realized it was not supposed to be a stupid movie. It's just another shitty Michael bay movie that Reddit mistakes for a self-aware movie, cause Michael Bay tricks the audience into thinking that.

Michael Bay doesn't trick anyone. R/movies beloves so many shit movies. It is just bizarre how many terrible movies have rabid fans on this sub.

Generally if this place raves about a movie you should be very skeptical.

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Ccaves0127 t1_iy58cg7 wrote

"Someone said I 'make movies for teenage boys.' Oh dear, what a crime."

  • Michael Bay
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Nobodycares2022 t1_iy1fw9l wrote

I thought it was decent movie despite it involving Michael Bay, a no talent hack

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