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[โ€“] tetris11@lemmy.ml 17 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (7 children)

Christian Bale faking an actually decent London accent, Gerard Butler being a loveable scot, and Matthew McCaughnehey doing his best Norse/Spartan Warrior impression?

Horrible acting all around (except Bale at times), the lead female character was basically there to soothe/flirt with the lead (wish i was joking), you can barely understand anyone, and yet really impressive set/castle and overall atmosphere. You believe you are there, and that the world is gone.

Huge gaps in logic on the hunting patterns of dragons, helicopters seem to run on infinite fuel, and the final plan to take down the main dragon is just stupid at best.... but the execution of fighting dragons in the air with nets dropped by guys without parachutes was a phenomenal air sequence.

Also, the dragon CGI holds up. You never quite see it, but when you do, you believe it's there, and the CGI team did a great job with consistency in that the dragons are always depicted expelling fluid that they ignite, and you see it every time they cast fire.

Brilliant movie, and one of the best opening 5 minutes in terms of origin story. Just a lot of bad acting, and some questionable feats in logic plot-wise.

[โ€“] fartsparkles@lemmy.world 17 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

Christian Bale is English. His accent in Reign of Fire is not far off his normal accent.

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[โ€“] Banana@sh.itjust.works 14 points 6 days ago (6 children)

Show, but LOST, I remember what could've been...

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[โ€“] metaStatic@kbin.earth 14 points 6 days ago (38 children)

The Last Jedi was an amazing deconstruction of Star Wars. I don't think better execution would have helped it with a fan base that wants to be stuck in the past reliving the hero's journey ad nauseam but it had a lot more potential than you see on screen.

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[โ€“] phubarr@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago (7 children)
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[โ€“] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 13 points 6 days ago (8 children)

What was that anime where you wear a VR headset and if you die in-game, you die in real life?

Ya that one

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