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DevelopmentAdept7964 t1_j2eh4km wrote

Reply to comment by missingninja in Movies that had a great formula, story and cast, but executed badly? “Push” for example. by Stainless_Heart

I was obsessed with that movie as a kid. I’m sure it won’t be as good as I remember given how people tear it apart, but the couple scenes I’ve looked up aren’t that bad. The scene in the restaurant where they take cover and use telekinesis to float the guns closer and closer to each other is still badass.

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Stainless_Heart OP t1_j2ehytg wrote

The SFX are so bad. The floating guns are legitimately the 3D models you can buy through Hum3D with graphic overlay texture that looks weird when rotated and doesn’t match the scene lighting whatsoever.

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DevelopmentAdept7964 t1_j2exhex wrote

Yeah the guns don’t look good, but I give it some slack. It’s an action movie from 2009 without a huge budget. They aged pretty poorly but at least for me they aren’t bad enough to ruin it.

Especially in the context of a movie that I’m well aware is no masterpiece hahaha

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Stainless_Heart OP t1_j2f91ud wrote

I’d be willing to let stuff like that go unmentioned except there are so many major things, wooden acting, bad scripting, etc that keep pulling me out of the moment. It may be that I’m so disappointed; reading the synopsis and cast list had me excited for a really good movie, an undiscovered gem. I didn’t get that at all.

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missingninja t1_j2eoler wrote

I try to watch it every few years and I still really enjoy it. It does drag sometimes, but nonetheless it is still a fun watch.

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