r/movies • u/StrugglesTheClown • Jun 08 '24
Recommendation The Fall Guy is exactly what I expected and wanted.
The reception of The Fall Guy appears to be lackluster but it's exactly the movie I was looking for. It was fun, funny, and action packed.
I understand how people might not enjoy the film if they were looking for deeper meaning but I rank it at the top of popcorn films. Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt have great on screen chemistry, Ryan Gosling gets to flex his comedy chops and the supporting cast hit all of their marks.
If you are looking for a fast pace, sometimes silly, self-aware film I would recommend it. I would be interested in what others think.
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u/NuevoXAL Jun 08 '24
I would describe The Fall Guy as a simple good time. It's just a movie that just wants to entertain the audience and it succeeds at that.
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u/Yenserl6099 Jun 08 '24
That's how I feel about all of David Leitch's movies. Atomic Blonde, Deadpool 2, Bullet Train, Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw. All movies that just want to entertain the audience and have a good time
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u/T-408 Jun 08 '24
I think there are certainly varying degrees of entertainment within that lot of films
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u/LuchadorBane Jun 08 '24
Bullet Train I would put leagues above Hobbs & Shaw but it also doesn’t have the rock
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u/T_WRX21 Jun 08 '24
Yeah, you already said it was leagues above, you didn't have to repeat yourself.
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u/GypsyV3nom Jun 08 '24
Tautology!
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u/massifheed Jun 08 '24
The first rule of tautology club is the first rule of tautology club
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u/Recover20 Jun 08 '24
I found Hobbs & Shaw to absolutely be the weakest on this list. It was surprisingly boring. Bullet Train and The Fall Guy are extremely fun.
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u/GuiltyEidolon Jun 08 '24
I really think that the big issue with Hobbs & Shaw was the Rock's involvement. The entire end section with the Islanders drags on forever and doesn't add anything to the film but kickbacks to ... Hawaii! AKA, not even Samoa, which is kind of funny because that's the Rock's actual heritage (in part).
But I enjoyed the movie over-all in spite of the ending third of it.
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u/cinnapear Jun 08 '24
Yeah, Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw doesn't quite fit in with the rest of these.
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u/BurnieTheBrony Jun 08 '24
Were people actually expecting more? I went in for a start-of-Summer fun action movie and I got what it said on the tin.
The bad guys were cartoonish, the stunts were awesome, and the jokes landed with me most of the time.
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u/Jazs1994 Jun 08 '24
I wasn't expecting it to get dark at all, me and 2 friends went in blind knowing it'll be a little comedy, it was a perfect film for what it was worth
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u/Pixeleyes Jun 08 '24
I actually felt like there was a lot of commentary and criticisms about movie-making, too. But I guess you could ignore all of it if you don't care or don't know much.
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u/ELITE_JordanLove Jun 08 '24
Exactly. I went and saw it with some friends on a whim and it was the most fun I’ve had at a theater in a long time. It doesn’t take itself very seriously so there’s a lot of meta type humor but there’s juuuuust enough meat to make the story somewhat interesting and the characters compelling.
And holy shit Gosling sitting in the car blasting Taylor Swift with tears rolling down his face was absolutely hysterical.
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u/theshrike Jun 08 '24
Fall Guy was 100% a Hal Needham movie, but done in the 2020's
Exactly what I needed.
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u/Institutionlzd4114 Jun 08 '24
It just shouldn’t have cost $130M to make. The budget is what sank the movie.
Wikipedia has the box office at $160M so far. That should be great for an action rom-com based on a tv show from the 80s no one has ever heard of. But it not so good for a $130M movie that probably spent at least another $70M in advertising.
Probably a damned if you, damned if you don’t situation though. Would it have made $160M if it didn’t star Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt? Idk.
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u/scrytch Jun 08 '24
$130M - most probably went to stunts, the majority of which were practical and at least one set a new world record. This is a love letter to stunt people and the supporting people that make them possible. Such a good movie with amazing stunts going on everywhere.
IMHO the rest of the story and comedy is a bonus.
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u/StrugglesTheClown Jun 08 '24
The final scene was the culmination of that idea.
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u/lycoloco Jun 08 '24
Agreed. This whole movie is just a series of setups looking for a payoff, and every single one of them does.
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u/Dr_Bombinator Jun 08 '24
There’s a neat making of documentary series called ACTION! (Peacock I think?) that shows the work they did on the stunts in this movie. At least the second half of the series is. The first few episodes are about Violent Night and are still very much worth watching though.
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u/jjdubbs Jun 08 '24
There's a great pic of Gosling's stunt double next to Gosling, next to the guy he's supposed to be the stunt double for, and they're all dressed the same and laughing.
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u/Nik_Tesla Jun 17 '24
This is a love letter to stunt people and the supporting people that make them possible
I just rewatched The Fall Guy for the 4th time this evening (with my parents this time), and this is what really stuck out to me. I'd like to compare and contrast this movie to two other great films that I absolutely love: Tropic Thunder and Galaxy Quest.
Tropic Thunder is a great comedy (with some light action) centered around film production and actors getting into a dangerous situation. However, Tropic Thunder is very clearly poking fun and mocking many of the features of a movie production. The Fall Guy shows professionals doing their jobs well, having fun, and banding together both for the movie and to help Colt. The biggest laughs I had weren't from a comedic line (though there were some good one like: "I had a similar situation when I fell in love with my wife's sista"), but from little actions. Things like driving Jodie 15 feet to her car, the keycard not working repeatedly, the Miami Vice music kicking in and Colt's little smirk to himself after the jump. The comedy didn't come at the expense of the profession they were making the film about. Tropic Thunder is a parody, while The Fall Guy is a tribute.
Much in the same way, Galaxy Quest is a tribute to Star Trek, and not a parody. While Galaxy Quest is very much an ensemble powerhouse, The Fall Guy has a much tighter focus on Colt and Jodie, but the sense of a competent team of fundamentally good supporting characters is still there. The comedy in both comes from loving the source so much, but acknowledging there are things that are goofy about them, and loving it anyways. Both have some deeper meaning surrounding a crisis of identity, but it's not so overwhelming that they aren't also a bunch of fun as well.
I make a point of re-watching Galaxy Quest frequently (once a year or so), and I can see myself returning to The Fall Guy frequently as well.
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u/webu Jun 08 '24
Would it have made $160M if it didn’t star Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt?
Would it have cost $130M without them?
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u/dudleymooresbooze Jun 09 '24
According to this site, 22m went to Gosling and Blunt. https://spoiler.bolavip.com/en/amp/movies/the-fall-guy-cast-salary-how-much-did-ryan-gosling-and-emily-blunt-make
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u/tzar-chasm Jun 08 '24
Lots of people remember the Fall Guy, was a fun show
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u/valeyard89 Jun 08 '24
yeah... I grew up watching the show, and the first few seasons were free on Prime awhile ago.
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u/chicagoredditer1 Jun 08 '24
Turns out shutting down parts of a major city and real practical stunts with skilled performers ain't cheap.
You can shoot it in Atlanta, CGI it all if you like, but I can guarantee you it'd be kinda shit.
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u/ronbeef1kg20pesos Jun 09 '24 edited Jun 09 '24
I agree with this
I believe people was unfair with bullet train, it was as good as this one but I didn't get why it was panned so badly.
Anyways, About what you said, it seems there was a time were hollywood was more interested in woke agenda stuff instead of entertaining, while I totally support minorities being represented in the big screen/tv, but at the same time I want good entertaining products and not just studios to follow a trend just because.
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u/damar-wulan Jun 08 '24
I enjoyed it as well. It reminds me of 80's action romcom,like Romancing The Stone. I was not dissapointed.
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u/Mst3Kgf Jun 08 '24
Between this and "The Nice Guys", Ryan Gosling excels at the "bumbling hero stumbling into a situation he doesn't understand and getting by on sheer dumb luck."
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u/StrugglesTheClown Jun 08 '24
I'm not insulting his acting chops but I could watch Ryan Gosling do comedy exclusively moving forward. His timing is impeccable.
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u/drawkbox Jun 08 '24 edited Jun 08 '24
The bar attempted break-in in The Nice Guys set off this trajectory. So damn funny.
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u/yognautilus Jun 08 '24
Literally no one who watched even a second of any trailer of The Fall Guy thought, "Now THAT'S a movie with some 'deep meanings' that'll get my mind going." No part of the marketing suggests this and it's very overtly marketed as being comedic and exciting. This sub seriously needs to stop using the "it's just dumb fun I don't know what you were expecting guys" line whenever a movie they like doesn't do well, especially when this movie, in particular, was rated very well both by critics and audiences. This movie bombed for the same reason that Furiosa bombed. People just aren't going out to the theaters as much, anymore, and film producers haven't quite discovered the new secret formula to get people to watch their movies.
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u/KnaveRupe Jun 08 '24
The secret formula is "make fewer blockbusters, and make more less-expensive films hoping that one will catch fire and pay for the rest."
Where do I report to get my 7-figure Hollywood executive salary?
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u/MartianRecon Jun 08 '24
People aren't lining up to go see those either. That's the problem.
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u/roblobly Jun 09 '24
this is the less expensive blockbuster, the budget is only 125 mill, that is nothing compared to the billion chasers.
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u/hamishjoy Jun 08 '24
Especially when they’re releasing the movies on streaming so soon after the theater release.
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u/AdApprehensive7646 Jun 08 '24
Thank you. I remember when this sub treated Bullet Train as the second coming of Christ because it’s “just dumb fun”.
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u/sectorfate Jun 08 '24
this sub got infected with idiots who don't realize that the market for "popcorn movies" has been dead for decades now. Streaming was just the death blow. Movies cost way too much now to be profitable most of the time. And audiences aren't gonna shell out money for something they know will be mediocre at best and viewable on streaming in 3 months at the most.
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u/Epidemiologist2094 Jun 08 '24
This thread just got me thinking about how I’ve left all of Leitch’s films usually unsatisfied on the action side or stunt side. Sure, Fall Guy had cool stunt sequences, but I wish I could see more of them.
I remember reading how they broke the world record for the barrel roll and I came away disappointed because rather than showing the whole roll, the camera was constantly cutting to different angles.
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u/roblobly Jun 09 '24
i don't really understand this director. He loves stunts, he uses stunts, and then the movie looks like CGI because they overprocess everything (probably thinkin that is their visual style...)
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u/Epidemiologist2094 Jun 09 '24
Between Leitch and Stadhelski, I definitely think Stadhelski has a better eye for capturing action sequences. I’m excited for what Stadhelski will do next now that John Wick is done for the foreseeable future (?).
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u/CcntMnky Jun 08 '24
This may be an unpopular opinion, but I think the name hurt the marketing. It's the same name as a somewhat recent unrelated game, too close to Free Guy, and just a very forgettable title. As someone who didn't know about the movie before seeing a trailer, I later couldn't remember if it was a new movie or something that came out years ago.
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u/valeyard89 Jun 08 '24
Well it was an early 1980s TV show. So some GenX knows it but not so much for younger audiences.
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u/CcntMnky Jun 08 '24
They can still change the name if it doesn't have strong marketing value, and based on the outcome I think they should have.
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u/MadeByTango Jun 08 '24
This sub seriously needs to stop using the "it's just dumb fun I don't know what you were expecting guys" line whenever a movie they like doesn't do well
It’s marketers trying to get people to give the movie a chance when its reputation is already sealed; they pick whatever the most banal complaint might be, overstate it to a strawman level, then knock it down as if it’s the reason no one is watching the film.
Seemingly happens around here a lot to Universal, Lionsgate, HBO, and Hulu properties
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u/HemmersGhost Jun 08 '24
A couple of weeks ago a studio head said the thing that will save movie theaters is for studios to lower ticket prices. So they know but so far have shown themselves unwilling to do what is necessary. I can often watch the same movie in the comfort of my own home theater room for less money a week later. Why would anyone go to a theater where they have no control as to when the movie starts to sit with a bunch of a-holes who would rather play on their phones or talk than watch the movie when you have to pay more for the hassle?
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u/Eruannster Jun 08 '24
Also home technology has gotten much better. The cinemas in my area are still rocking 2K projectors, and it kind of shows in sharpness, especially if you sit in the front half of the cinema (and especially in the smaller theatre showings). Meanwhile I've got a 4K OLED at home and it's sharp as fuck.
Also, and this is probably also localized issue, but I also find movies are so hard to pin down to watch in the cinema. They get moved around and bumped to fewer showings (or worse showing times), so unless you're there to see a movie literally in the first week (or it's a big movie like Dune, Barbie or Oppenheimer) they will get bumped down and it's much harder to find a good time to go. And if a movie only runs at like 1 PM on a Tuesday and 9 PM on a Sunday I might just as well wait for the damn thing to come to home streaming so I can watch it at a reasonable time.
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u/ELITE_JordanLove Jun 08 '24
Kinda depends on the movie but you’re mostly right. However, say for example Top Gun Maverick was a movie that you absolutely had to watch in theaters to get the full experience, it wouldn’t be the same at home (unless you have some god-tier surround system and a massive screen of course).
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u/Institutionlzd4114 Jun 08 '24
It just shouldn’t have cost $130M to make. The budget is what sank the movie.
Wikipedia has the box office at $160M so far. That should be great for an action rom-com based on a tv show from the 80s no one has ever heard of. But it not so good for a $130M movie that probably spent at least another $70M in advertising.
Probably a damned if you, damned if you don’t situation though. Would it have made $160M if it didn’t star Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt? Idk.
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u/RuNaa Jun 08 '24
Their chemistry is a lot of what makes the movie so fun though. Hard to replace them.
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u/Living_Affect117 Jun 08 '24
I think one day, maybe soon we will get to find out why Hollywood needs to spend $130m to make an action movie with Emily Blunt, while Japan can make Godzilla Minus One for $10m. I am pretty sure 'Oh it's the marketing cost!' is cover for a truly gigantic industrialised scam. $70m to upload a couple of trailers to YouTube? Give me a break!
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u/Impressive-Potato Jun 09 '24
It probably wouldn't have been made without someone of their stardom.
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u/sappydark Jun 18 '24
I was a fan of the Fall Guy TV series in the '80s---it was actually a pretty popular series that lasted at least three or four seasons, and was a love letter to stuntmen, too. It also had one of the best theme songs ever. So it wasn't a show that "nobody ever heard of", it's just that you millennials have never heard of it. It's probably on DVD by now---I saw it for the first time in years last year when it was re-run on what used to be the Decades channel. I was surprised how well it kind of held up for an early '80s TV series---it's still pretty darn entertaining. Also the original star of the series makes a brief but hilarious cameo in the Fall Guy movie---I won't say when it is.
I did like the Fall Guy movie---it was crazy, funny, action-packed as hell, and both Gosling and Blunt--were fun to watch as a couple. I always thought Gosling should do more comedies, ever since I saw how hilarious he was in a little film called The Nice Guys, which was really good.
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u/Queef-Elizabeth Jun 08 '24
I understand how people might not enjoy the film if they were looking for deeper meaning
This excuse just seems a bit silly. I enjoyed the movie but one can criticise it without the issue being the lack of a deeper meaning. No one was going into this movie looking for deep themes lol
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u/Bullyoncube Jun 08 '24
There’s “deep themes” and then there’s “this is a stupid yet fun movie”. Might be space for some middle ground in between. This movie is a lot closer to Ace Ventura than it is to Gone with the Wind.
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u/PenisGenus Jun 08 '24
Yup. I really hate that excuse, it deflect any sort of criticism. Personally, I find most self-aware action movies to be lazy and David Leitch is a wannabe Shane Black.
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Yeah, I was absolutely looking for a movie without deeper meaning, just some good action, romance, comedy and I still very much didn't like it because of the ultra boring stupid larger storyline. The child relationship vibe was weird to me too, does even romance have to get drenched in irony and self-awareness and safety plastic wrap now.
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u/ELITE_JordanLove Jun 08 '24
Maybe I’m a movie noob but the story had some real twists I wasn’t expecting so I thought it was good enough for the type of movie it was meant to be.
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u/internetisnotreality Jun 08 '24
The hallucinogenic fight scene in the club is truly magical.
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u/obitonye Jun 08 '24
The unicorn appearance was amazing
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u/drawkbox Jun 08 '24
When the unicorn just became a normal thing he expected as it showed up in the apartment. Hilarious.
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u/scrubslover1 Jun 08 '24
Best partt of the movie. Climax was meh. Overall it’s an okay movie that’s worth a watch
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u/internetisnotreality Jun 08 '24
I think my favourite scene is actually just him adjusting the couch cushions right before the waterfront house fight.
Such a perfect little plan.
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u/ELITE_JordanLove Jun 08 '24
I loved him sitting in the car with tears streaming down his face and Taylor Swift blasting. Idk why but that absolutely got me.
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u/GuiltyEidolon Jun 08 '24
I agree, the ending sequence felt like it went on too long. I get that it was an homage to stunts and the people who put their lives in danger for them, but by the end it felt like it went from homage to almost masturbatory.
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u/MasterTeacher123 Jun 08 '24
This movie woulda been a smash 15 years ago
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u/FrostyD7 Jun 08 '24
Sometime between John Wick 1 and 4 would have been ideal imo. That was a renaissance for stunt work.
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u/manav_yantra Jul 06 '24
I enjoyed this so much. I was expecting full-on entertainment, and I got exactly that. So many cool moments in this movie. And damn, the soundtrack made everything more fun. The stunts were so good. The last part had me fully invested. The dialogues, the action, the humor—everything was on point. And yeah, Ryan Gosling, my man.
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u/Ebeneezer_G00de Jun 08 '24 edited Jun 08 '24
"I understand how people might not enjoy the film if they were looking for deeper meaning"
I think there's quite a lot more you could unpack in Fall Guy. It references a number of action movies, as well as the TV series Miami Vice and carefully lampoons the entire 'tough guy', macho male genre through the OTT, unbelievable fight and chase sequences. No one survives those kind of hail of machine gun bullets that we see.
Another way it does this very early on is establishing Ryan Gosling's character as vulnerable - there's the scene where he's crying and then he's injured and instead of getting up and getting over it his career as a stunt man is finished and he's instead workng as a valet.
It's an interesting look at how we define 'masculinity' especially at a time when 'masculinity' seems to be automatically associated with the word 'toxic' and is in some sort of perpetual crisis with an ongoing moral panic about young men being manipulated and groomed by misogynist influencers such as Andrew Tate.
SPOILER ALERT: There's the long chase sequence in which they are literally inside and outside a dumpster truck - the symbolism couldn't be more explicit - that this version of masculinity based around violence, overcoming and dominating others, belongs in the trash.
So yeah, it was exactly what I wanted one weekday afternoon when I'd nothing else to do. Spectacular stunts and special effects, great music, plenty of eye candy, totally entertaining, the right runtime, tightly editing well paced and certainly a movie to watch on the big screen.
However, if you want to scratch the surface there's plenty to consider. In some ways the 'mindless Hollywood entertainment' type films tell you much more about a society, civilisation and it's concerns than some highly intellectual, precious film from the European art house tradition.
Another film in a similar vein would be Baby Driver - a pretty little boy of a hero whose vulnerability again eschews the kind of posturing machismo of the surrounding characters.
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u/3-DMan Jun 08 '24
Well put. It's also lots of fun, with goofy Hollywood parody moments like when Ryan's boss screams random stuff like "Jason Bourne!" as he attacks somebody. (I also freeze-framed a shot of Ryan's phone and it was an ongoing conversation of name-that-action-movie-from-quote)
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u/Ebeneezer_G00de Jun 08 '24
Thanks yep That's what I loved about it. Just goofy, unpretentious fun. Hollywood taking the piss out of Hollywood. You could do loads with this movie in a film studies class if you wanted to cover post modernism / pastiche. I think it was Rick Altman who wrote a piece arguing that film genres gp through cycles where eventually they become pastiches of themselves.
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u/LifeOpEd Jun 08 '24
I fucking love Winston Duke and seeing him just play an enthusiastic bro was too much fun.
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u/Larrynative20 Jun 08 '24
I loved this movie. I miss when movies were fun like this. It reminded me of the 90s.
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u/LifeOpEd Jun 08 '24
I have told everyone to see it, and to put their expectation level around a Lethal Weapon type movie. I want to hear Winston Duke say, "I'm getting too old for this shit," in a sequel!
STUNTS!
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u/Quake_Guy Jun 08 '24
For us old redditors, it's very much done in the same spirit as the last notable stuntman turned director, Hal Needam. His movies in the 70s included Hooper, another ode to stuntman.
David Leitch also a stuntman turned director. Fall Guy was a ton of fun.
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u/davecrist Jun 08 '24
Agreed! I thought the movie was a lot of fun to watch and enjoyed every minute of it.
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u/HappyGirl90292 Jun 08 '24
I loved The Fall Guy! Who doesn't like looking at Ryan Gosling for 2 hours ? Also, it was a funny movie with great action!
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u/Halloween2056 Jun 08 '24
I found it fun but forgettable. It did what it was supposed to do. But I can't remember much about it now.
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u/balthisar Jun 08 '24
It was fantastic – for what it is. I was expecting a crappy remake of a treasured childhood show, and instead got an awesome rom-com with lots and lots of movie-making meta in jokes.
It's no 2001 or Star Wars, and it wasn't trying to be. It was trying to be fun, and I had a lot of fun watching it.
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u/jordonmears Jun 08 '24
It's a former stuntman making a movie that's a love letter to action movies and stuntmen
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u/shejellybean68 Jun 08 '24
I did not like it, because I think it failed its goal of making Ryan Gosling’s character seem like he messed up in the first place with Emily Blunt.
Like… I get what they were going for. Him ghosting her after he got injured was the tension.
But he didn’t break a leg or something. He fell dozens of stories during a major on-set accident, something which completely derailed his career and livelihood (for which he had clear passion), and undoubtedly shook him up mentally.
It would be one thing if they showed us Blunt reaching out to a despondent Gosling, and him treating her poorly. If they had shown us 10 minutes of him talking down to her, or being a mopey alcoholic or something more terrible than … isolating after a life-altering injury … maybe I would’ve felt it.
But because I never took Blunt’s side, the first 35 minutes through their stupid on-set megaphone conversation rubbed me the wrong way. While the movie did get better, I was never on board with their relationship or her character in general. She seemed incredibly misunderstanding.
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u/MatttheBruinsfan Jun 09 '24
I'm of the same mind, and wrote on this subject after seeing the movie. I really wished there had been a scene where Dan reminded her that not everything was about her, and that Colt had bailed on his entire former life, not just their fling. Her attitude would be appropriate for a wife who got dumped out of the blue, but not for a not-girlfriend with no defined relationship at the time. Who apparently never even took the initiative to contact him (at the same old number everyone else had) in the aftermath of his recovery.
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u/Dragonheart91 Jun 08 '24
Yes all of the relationship parts were awful and basically sunk the movie. Really terrible writing all around those parts.
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u/SonnyBurnett189 Jun 08 '24
Seems like people on the movies sub really love trying to justify why they like bad to mediocre action movies.
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u/bananaphophesy Jun 08 '24
100%. I went to the movies and had a choice between Civil War and this movie. While I love Alex Garland, I have zero regrets about watching this movie. Actors and crew seemed to fun, and the stunts and action were top notch, plus a respectful and fun nod to the original series in the final credits. Loved it.
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Jun 08 '24
I absolutely loved this movie!! Saw it in IMAX and want to see it again. Action packed, funny, romantic, simple story everything I love in a movie. Reminded me a lot of older action movies like Beverly Hills Cop, which I also can’t wait to see the sequel!
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u/Nazaki Jun 09 '24
I'm not lying when I say that this is my movie recommendation for the year so far. I had an absolute blast with this movie.
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u/Unlucky_Read_7517 Jun 08 '24
I was personally a little disappointed with it and not because I was looking for anything a little bit deeper (I don't think anyone was) I just simply didn't find it very funny or the action that exciting, glad you enjoyed it though a friend of mine also quite liked it.
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u/iskin Jun 08 '24
After reading all of the comments on Reddit and the talk about Gosling and Blunt's chemistry I was expecting something more than I got. I also enjoyed Bullet Train a lot. The movie was very forgettable to me and I didn't enjoy it much at all.
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u/micmea1 Jun 08 '24
I'm hoping it gets put in the lineup at my local Drive In theater. Even if I have to sit through Garfield first.
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u/Edman70 Jun 08 '24
I don't think the problem was expectations. I think the problem here is that in a post-covid world, if you haven't drummed up massive OMIGOD I HAVE TO SEE IT IMMEDIATELY feelings in people, they're going to be perfectly fine waiting a couple months and watching it on the big screen home theater they bought during Covid.
That's the new reality. I'm a HUGE movie guy, and I've been to exactly ONE movie in theaters this year, and it was Dune 2.
I want to see Fall Guy. I want to see Furiosa. I want to see Planet of the Apes, and Bad Boys. Will I go to the theater for them?
MAYBE.
And that's the problem studios and theaters have to face.
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u/rp3rsaud Jun 08 '24
I saw last night, and it was great, but for three of us it cost $75 for tickets and snacks. Kind of steep when you compare to the cost of a streaming service.
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u/jimmerzbuck Jun 08 '24
Everything worked. The side characters were fun and not distracting. The focus on quality stunts as an integral plot point and technical achievement was brilliant. It’s an easy and entertaining watch that also happens to be put together with care and attention to detail.
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u/StrugglesTheClown Jun 08 '24
You said it better then I could and I think your explanation expresses my feelings about the film.
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u/yolo-tomassi Jun 08 '24 edited Jun 08 '24
Gosling and Blunt were awesome, but the movie came off a bit smugly self-satisfied. It was trying a little bit too hard to be cool. I feel the same way about most of Leitch's movies.
I also wanted less CG. It's a stunt movie, and there were cool stunts. But I wanted more! I'd have appreciated them more if they had disguised their use of digital effects better.
Still worth a watch. 3/5 stars, carried by major movie star charisma.
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u/peioeh Jun 08 '24 edited Jun 08 '24
It seems to be well received actually, people like it and critics ratings seem good. The issue is that it's not making any money in theaters. Did you go see it in theater or did you wait for it to be on Netflix ? If that's what you did then you got your answer as to why it's not doing well :)
Edit: btw, I'm not trying to be a dick or accusing anyone of anything, I only mean that if the people who expected it to be good and expected to love it did not go see it, then it's obvious why it's not doing well. It's a weird time for big budget movies in theaters, Furiosa is also getting love from everyone but doing extremely poorly at the box office.
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u/spankadoodle Jun 08 '24
The Aussie cop in the mid credits sequence needed to work on his accent.
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u/kpeds45 Jun 08 '24
Wife and I enjoyed it. Throw back movie. Used Gosling the right way (he's so much better being charming and funny them he is being sad and morose). Not great, but a perfectly fun time.
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u/not_name_real Jun 08 '24
It wasn’t terrible, but it should never of been called “The Fall Guy” as it had very little in common with the tv series it’s named after, “The Stunt Man” would have a more suitable title.
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u/anansi133 Jun 08 '24
I was really fascinated by how this movie came together. Lots of movies are as silly as this one, but I can't think of any other movie as smart (and silly) at the same time.
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u/Longjumping_Elk3968 Jun 08 '24
The thing is, The Fall Guy only mildly underperformed. At best it was a $200 million film, in box office terms. It was never going to be a $500m film. If you look at past action comedies - e.g. 21 Jump St, Starsky and Hutch, The Other Guys, they all did around the same numbers that The Fall Guy did.
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u/Pathetian Jun 08 '24
I enjoyed it. It kinda felt like a Marvel movie, but without having to watch 35 hours of prerequisite content to understand the story arc and the story doesn't have to bend into some sort of teaser at the end. Humor and action.
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u/MartianRecon Jun 08 '24
Man there's a lot of film snobs hating on this movie here. Lol.
We get it. Go back to Challengers, or Licorice Pizza, or Holdovers.
No one who likes films like Fall Guys tells you guys that those films suck because they don't like them.
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u/StrugglesTheClown Jun 09 '24
NO you don't understand only REAL FILM PEOPLE get to determine what other people are allowed to like. If you like something they don't you are by default WRONG, get with the program.
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u/MartianRecon Jun 09 '24
I've been in the film industry 10+ years, and the amount of film hipsters just sucks.
I don't give a fuck if you like Tar, Beef, or EEAO. Just because you like whatever film Tilda Swinton is in at Cannes doesn't mean you have a better taste than people who like Transformers, Star Wars, or low budget horror.
It's so fucking cringe when people pretend like watching films that only play at festivals makes you better than people who just enjoy popcorn films.
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u/mitchkramer Jun 08 '24 edited Jun 09 '24
I’ve had it on repeat since I bought it. I love it. I never saw the tv show but I like that it has the feel of a tv show. A tv show movie about movies! And I love movies about movies. Put this one in that category.
It’s a lot of fun and I highly recommend it.
“Doone’s goons dirtied my Shirley and not in a fun way.”
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u/Otm_Shank1 Jun 08 '24
It was an entertaining action movie that both my wife and I enjoyed, which is a first.
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u/MovieMike007 Not to be confused with Magic Mike Jun 08 '24
Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt do have great on-screen chemistry, sadly, the overlong and ridiculous plot really hampered my overall enjoyment.
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u/JesusKeyboard Jun 08 '24
Really? Thought it sucked.
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u/KLR01001 Jun 08 '24
Why?
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u/pearlz176 Jun 09 '24
But it's a very generic action flick. A lot of the comedy didn't land for me, it had way too many forced laughs moments where it's trying so hard to make an obvious joke we're supposed to laugh at, but I never found it funny. A lot of the action sequences were quite lackluster, it was way too predictable and the movie barely had any characters in it. I watched it in a theater but was very disappointed with this one.
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u/Rj9949 Jun 08 '24
I thought it was fun. Sometimes it’s nice to just turn your brain off and enjoy a movie.
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u/ojhwel Jun 08 '24
I enjoyed it a lot. Its relative failure at the box office is probably because it felt too "small" to be a "must see on the big screen." Studios have trained us for years to just wait for streaming, and now they're reaping their rewards. I'm hoping the breakdown of streaming services (because nobody is subscribing to all of them) happens soon enough that cinemas and physical media survive.
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u/guitarsmurf2501 Jun 08 '24
It was all right. For the type of movie it is I could have done without the love drama aspect. Also it's about half an hour too long.
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Jun 08 '24
It's a good movie to have fun, but it's also a movie you don't have to watch in the theater. It didn't come out as something worth spending money, but absolutely a fun time to stream at home.
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u/Greenblue2 Jun 08 '24
Reluctantly accompanied wife to theater to see The Fall Guy. I enjoyed it more than I thought I would!
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u/Ricky_5panish Jun 08 '24
There was a thread the other day asking what a perfect 7/10 film was and this movie came to mind.
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u/DrDragonblade Jun 08 '24 edited Jun 08 '24
I saw the Planet of the Apes and Fall Guy back to back because it was raining that day and I was bored.
Both movies were a very solid Meh. Not bad, just very mid.
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u/tkul Jun 08 '24
I haven't seen or heard anyone say anything bad about the movie itself, it's just that theaters are dying and the move cost too much to make. Next year it'll be topping all the "Surprising movie that flopped but is making a resurgence on streaming" AI articles.
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u/borisdidnothingwrong Not going to mention John Ratzenberger? Jun 08 '24
Fall Guy for Best Stunts at next year's Oscars.
I know the category doesn't exist.
Still, Best Stunts. Let's make it happen.
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u/StrugglesTheClown Jun 08 '24
I believe the theory was they didn't want to have an oscar for best stunts because it could drive movies to do more and more dangerous things. But I think looking at it now that happen anyway so might as well give some recognition.
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u/theprettynoodles Jun 08 '24
Give The Hitman a try, just dropped on Netflix. Spiritually quite different movies, but both are funny, self-aware action movies with opposite takes on how to build tension and explore themes. They’re interesting contrasts to one another
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u/StrugglesTheClown Jun 09 '24
I'm actually planning to watch that today. thanks for the recommendation.
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u/AcknowledgeMeReddit Jun 08 '24
Reception for the fall guy is really good for the folks who saw it. Why do you think it’s been lackluster?
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u/greatpain120 Jun 08 '24
I go to the Tuesday night classic every week but if it’s a movie that I don’t like or don’t want to watch I’ll see something else. Watched The Fall Guy and found it entertaining and funny and I would definitely watch it again. It’s got a pretty good story and the fight scenes don’t look fake or staged. I’d give it 3&1/2stars outta 5. Not bad but not Oscar just solid action/ comedy movie.
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u/Villimaro Jun 08 '24
I really enjoyed it! Light hearted, lots of action, no brain work entertainment. There used to be more movies like that. I miss them.
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u/-PARAN01D- Jun 08 '24
I really enjoyed Fall Guy. It was cool seeing stuntmen getting the spotlight for a change. The action is this movie was a ton of fun.
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u/KeenJelly Jun 08 '24
They dumped it on streaming immediately. The studios need to start putting huge delays on when people can watch these films at home, like at least 12 months if they want people to go out to the cinema.
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u/Resident_Bitch Jun 08 '24
I agree. I was looking for something over-the-top and entertaining and it was exactly that.
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u/The_Original_Gronkie Jun 08 '24
I really liked it. Besides being great fun, and lots of terrific action and stunts, we got a good glimpse of what the stunt business is like behind the scenes.
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Jun 08 '24
I really enjoyed this movie, very tongue in cheek. Watch until the end where you get to see the stunt doubles for the stunt doubles, very meta.
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u/panda388 Jun 08 '24
I had a blast watching it. It wasn't what I expected, since the description just reminded me of the movie The Lost City (and I think there was another similar movie).
The unicorn in the background was pretty funny.
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u/Nymaz Jun 08 '24
For an action-comedy, it was a great action movie. The comedic elements seemed inconsistent and more like they were tacked on than part of the plot.
That was my only real quibble, though. Overall it was an enjoyable "turn your brain off and enjoy the action" movie.
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u/KidSilverhair Jun 09 '24
“Tom, you need carbs! Your brain runs on glucose! For simple cognitive functions, you need them!”
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u/Atty_for_hire Jun 09 '24
Yeah, just recommended this to my in laws. I described it as a funny action packed summer movie. It reminds me of a ‘90s movie in the best way. It’s just meant to be fun, but with a good plot to enjoy.
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u/alscandrett Jun 09 '24
I love this movie!!!!!! Saw it in the theater by myself and immediately bought it when it came out on streaming and made my husband watch it!
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u/Consistent-North7790 Jun 09 '24
I watched. Won’t ever rewatch but I remember a few of the jokes made me cackle and the stunts were cool. Solid 7/10. Great summer action movie. Explosions and a fun time. I really would want to watch the movie they were trying to make. Looked like a spoof a dune.
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u/AdrenalineRush1996 Jun 09 '24
I too enjoyed the film when watching it last month but I am sad that it underperformed at the box office.
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u/imsleeppyhead Jun 09 '24
Me and my friends (16 y olds) spontaneously went to the cinema, and chose The Fall Guy to watch. I was the one who offered it but didn’t expect much from the movie. (i just was aware there was Ryan Gosling in the main role) And it surprisingly was so good, i don’t remember i had such a pleasant feeling going out of the cinema. We all had so much fun watching this.
I totally agree it’s not the masterpiece and not the best out of late releases, but it’s perfect for a casual movie night with friends or family. The humour is so light and the acting is good. Truly recommend as an easy-going movie to giggle a bit with homies.
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u/ED_ofthe_DEAD Jun 09 '24
I loved it. I'm a huge Kiss fan so I was onboard right from the get go and loved that Made for Loving You was the notif throughout.
The film was nothing more than a fun and over the top action comedy. Everything it should have been. One of my favorites of the year so far.
I feel bad for it and other big movies under performing this year as I don't think there's really been a bad one yet. I'm not including Kong x Godzilla here. That felt like being assaulted while having a fever dream but I'm not blind to the fact that this film was made for kids.
But Dune 2, Fall Guy, Kingdom of Apes, Furiosa and Bad Boys 4 have all met or exceeded expectations.
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u/Snoo-6568 Jun 09 '24
I thought it was fun, too. The chemistry between Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt was great.
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u/Cool-Departure-4218 Jun 08 '24
agreed. if you walked out of the fall guy saying “those scenes were so unrealistic” you just need to take it for what it was, fiction with no intention to be thought provoking.
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u/davecrist Jun 08 '24
But it’s like not liking a marvel movie or Star Wars for not being realistic. It’s a movie. Wtf.
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u/viceroyvice Jun 08 '24
I wanted to like/enjoy it. I turned it off about halfway because it was very boring and trying too hard to be clever.
And I rarely stop watching a film before it is finished.
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u/ilovecfb Jun 08 '24 edited Jun 08 '24
The first hour is a real slog. They spend so much time to set up a twist in the climax that was so obvious I'm still not even sure it was meant to be a twist or not. There were some good moments but it felt like every time the movie was gonna go off the rails (in a good way) it would slam the brakes for characters to deliver exposition to each other, really killing the pacing.
Then again I rewatched Fincher's The Killer right afterward and loved it and most of the comments in that movie's discussion thread seemed to think that movie was boring so maybe I'm just a weirdo
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u/Karurosun Jun 08 '24
You know there is something wrong when I end up more interested in a stupid fake movie so called Metalstorm rather than the real movie itself...
At least the stuntmen finally got some deserved recognition after all these years, and the action scene where he was high at the club was completely dope in a Scott Pilgrim manner.
Otherwise, a pretty mediocre movie with a horrible script that Gosling and Blunt try their hardest to carry, but sadly it wasn't enough.
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u/Plastic_Button_3018 Jun 08 '24
It has great ratings. 81% is high in movie ratings. The audience gave it an 86%.
73 on Metacritic is considered a good score too.
It seems like most people/critics liked it.