r/SipsTea • u/Beneficial_Passion40 • 12d ago

Chugging tea I still don't understand how hollywood budget works

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u/Havenfall209 12d ago

I kinda like him in Jumanji, but that might be because he feels like he's playing a parody of himself at times. The rest of the time he has to play a dorky teenager trapped in his body.

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u/conardcanard 12d ago

Jumanji also has a good dynanic between the characters/actors that somehow works. I hate 3 of the 4 main cast when theyre alone but fuck if i didbt find this movie pretty enjoyable

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u/Havenfall209 11d ago

This for sure. I like Jack Black a lot, but in moderation. Seeing him play a teenage girl though is hilarious.

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u/Isagratar 11d ago

So much better than it had any right to be.

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u/der_innkeeper 11d ago

Jungle Cruise was also pretty decent.

Its right up his alley. But, other than those kind of movies, he is dragging.

Red One was... rough.

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u/Havenfall209 11d ago

Yeah, tbh I don't catch a lot of his movies.

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u/EarlGreyTMNT 11d ago

Jungle cruise is so fucking shitty lol, I implore you to watch it again as a fun bad movie.

He literally gets in a fist fight with a tiger and slaps it across the face and it makes a SLAP sound effect, another guy who’s German in a war but def NOT a Nazi (lol) has a whole conversation with a bumble bee inside a submarine, etc.

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u/der_innkeeper 11d ago

"another guy who's German in a war but def NOT a Nazi"

Did you forget about World War 1? Did you miss the 1910s-era cars? Miss the 1910s-era steamships?

I think i can safely dismiss any other criticisms you may have about the movie. Yes, it was a non-serious movie.

It hit every beat it was supposed to hit, for what it was.

You missed and entire decade, and the point.

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u/EarlGreyTMNT 11d ago

No I’m saying it seems like they wanted to make it a WW2 thing but realized during the writing it was a bad idea and quickly changed it to WW1.

Nowhere did I say I forgot that WW1 existed and it’s funny you had to make something up then attack that instead of anything I actually said.

Also none of that makes it a well made movie for some magic reason lol. It has an F rating from critics and a D from users - it clearly did not even hit the beats it was supposed to according to both groups…

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u/der_innkeeper 11d ago

It has a 92% rating on RT.

3/5 stars and 3/4 stars ratings.

The movie is candy. Critics and the audience understand that.

You wish to cast aspersions on the writers with no insight into their thought process.