Is it weird that this Honest Trailer of MEGALOPOLIS kind of makes me want to see the movie now? I originally did, but then I didn’t, and then I did again. Then I heard the reviews and the audience reaction, which just made me appreciate it as a long, involved ‘it’s my money and I can do what I like with it’ exercise on the director’s part.
Now I dunno.
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Honest Trailers decided to play with fire. THE IRON GIANT is one of those movies. You are not required to like it, but by God and His Four Archangels you will not belittle it. Brawls have started over less grievous insults.
To quote James Lileks: this was a labor of hate. On the bright side, any urge I had to watch BORDERLANDS is really dead, now. I even hesitated to put up the link.
But only hesitated. Who knows? You might click the link, and while you’re there not buying it something else might show up that you will buy. The grind is the grind.
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As Honest Trailers notes: the Eighties were a different time. I say that not to condemn, but simply to note the fact. BEETLEJUICE was such a fun movie, in fact, that I am absolutely reluctant to see the sequel. How can it measure up?
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…Damn. Now I want to go watch THE CROW again. It’s a great flick. I don’t think Honest Trailers really disagrees with me on that, either.
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I don’t think Honest Trailers was being entirely fair to GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE, though. The movies are not there to be, well, GODZILLA MINUS ONE. They’re there to be big, sloppy fun, and they’re hitting their marks. There is virtue in picking an achievable goal, and striving your best to reach it. Not every film has to try to be the Greatest Movie Ever.
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I’m pretty sure I’m not gonna watch the new one, after all*. I’m remembering Beverly Hills Cop 3 again, and that was one of the movies that taught me the foolishness of hope. But BEVERLY HILLS COP itself? Yeah, I might go watch that.
*I suspect that neither will Honest Trailers.
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Mostly because Honest Trailers had the same “Toho Studios built this IN A CAVE! With a BOX OF SCRAPS!” reaction that I did, although they didn’t actually reference IRON MAN. More’s the pity. Catch GODZILLA MINUS ONE on streaming, if you haven’t yet. And no, it’s not out on DVD yet, which is also a pity.
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I agree with Honest Trailers: it’s… weird, having videogame movies/TV shows that don’t automatically suck. I still have to sit down and watch FALLOUT, though. Even if I did start a new campaign, dedicated around turning Sanctuary Hills into a full settlement before I even go to Concord.
Honest Trailers had virtually nothing bad to say about DUNE: PART TWO. I can’t blame them for that: it was a really freaking good movie. DUNE MESSIAH’s gonna be… well, there are no guarantees, but what the heck.
Also: they did a nice deep dive on one of the actors. You’ll know it when you see it.
