Current Events > Sleight was the best superhero movie since the Dark Knight trilogy

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And that ending was intense
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That movie was ass.
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That movie sucked.
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maybe if you're racist
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mortimerjames posted...

maybe if you're racist

Or if you saw the second half of the movie.
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like you even stayed for the second half
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mortimerjames posted...

like you even stayed for the second half

I wouldn't blame anyone who didn't.
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mortimerjames posted...

like you even stayed for the second half

I watched it in my home while in bed at like 2 am. So yeah, I stayed... And considering I paid for it I wasn't going to turn it off, I've plowed through double digit hours of video games I didn't like simply because I bought them and wanted to get my money's worth of time out of it

It was an interesting premise with interesting characters that was just executed really poorly. And honestly the first half isn't great either but if you've seen it you know where it jumps the shark and becomes a shit show for whatever it had going for it.

To act like that turd is good simply because it's a predominantly black cast and to act like the only reason not to like it is because you're a racist is an insult to the legitimately great movies with predominantly black actors but actual legs to stand on aside from that fact.
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the two leads were good, and of course it was gonna jump the shark it was a superhero movie

in the same style as unbreakable, but it was just more on the nose
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mortimerjames posted...

the two leads were good, and of course it was gonna jump the shark it was a superhero movie

in the same style as unbreakable, but it was just more on the nose

And I also don't like most Superhero movies, or at the very least their climax. Things like The Avengers and Man of Steel where the ending just becomes mindless action, GIANT BLUE SPACE LASER!!!, and omg literally the entire world is on the line right now! Which are stakes I can't get into because I can't suspend my disbelief to thinking there's any chance a movie, let alone one with planned sequels, would let the world get destroyed or whatever but I digress. Being a superhero movie doesn't excuse something becoming mind bogglingly stupid halfway through and throughout the climax, and getting a little dumb or absurd is one thing because it can still be done well/enjoyably, but Sleight wasn't even enjoyably dumb, just "holy shit how did anyone think this was a good idea and how did this get made?" dumb.

Again, saying it's racist not to like a shitty movie not only delegitimizes actual claims of racism, but is also extremely offensive to the movies with black cast that are actually good and have more more legs to stand on for why they're great.
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mortimerjames posted...

maybe if you're racist

How would they be racist?
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