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Mickey 17 (lemmy.zip)
submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by IWW4@lemmy.zip to c/movies@piefed.social
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Man I really wanted to enjoy this movie and just struggled with it from the start. Nothing works in this thing, the “Marty McFly” esque narration is just grating. I am not sure if is the break neck speed of the story or just how obvious and trite the social commentary is, all the jokes don’t land. Subtly has never been Bong Joon Ho‘s strength but man this thing just made my eyes roll and man it was tough being stuck with the biggest looser in the known universe..

The production values are spectacular.

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[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Not as good as other Bong Joon Ho movies. But still decent. I just didn't like the "sauce made from tails" subplot, whatever that was. And Shovelface was a delight, as always.

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I didn't love it but did like it, was entertained, didn't feel like I wasted my time watching it.

[–] GlassHalfHopeful@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

Yep. This.

I particularly liked Mark Ruffalo's ridiculous and horrible character.

[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

That’s cool, I made it just over an hour into the movie and quit. I found it to be a total waste of time.

[–] Thorry@feddit.org 11 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Read the book, it's 1000x better. The movie isn't very good, which is sad since I was looking forward to it.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

The book sequel, while quite different IIRC, was also pretty enjoyable.

[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago

It is called Mickey7, I am pulling the audio book down now.

[–] jagermo@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago

Agree, the book is great.

[–] scytale@piefed.zip 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It definitely ran much longer than it should have. An uncommon miss from Bong Joon Ho for sure.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

He defanged the actual meaningful themes so hard in favor of "Trump bad" I was left wondering if he thought the parasites in Parasite were poor people.

There has to have been something else going on. Maybe he just thought Americans were too dumb to understand subtlety on even Mickey 7's level?

On the other hand, I do think the Creepers worked better as individuals instead of a hive mind.

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The Creepers are a gestalt intellegence, not a hive mind.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 points 16 hours ago

Gestalts are generally considered a kind of hive mind as far as I understand these vaguely defined terms but if you have a credible professional source that has the general consensus lay it on me.

I think you're probably right about the specific kind of group mind they've got going on.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Yeah, I hated it personally. I was very intrigued when I saw the trailer but as you said, nothing about it worked.

[–] UKFilmNerd@feddit.uk 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I recently found this in a charity shop for £2, snapped it up straight way. Although I haven't got around to watching it yet.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago

Burn it. It'll last longer and you'll get more out of it.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Loser* 😅

[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hehe

Looser in a weird way works for that character though..

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

True. As in, on-the-loose like a puppy in a doofus suit.