The Official NBA Season Thread: NBA Cup Night

[rolaholic]

And After CR. That was the high mark. The rest sort of reverted to that cheesy mad villain schlock.

I dunno, I really loved Skyfall

Did enjoy Spectre too. They're better than the others others besides Skyfall and CR for me though

 

[pmatic]

Overall pacing and action sequences of TDK is better. I did love The Batman as well but a little bit could have been shaved off.

I could've done without the Riddler blowing up Gotham/mass shooters like I could've done without the boat-people choice plot.

 

[g-time]

If Ben was sober and locked in man would have probably made the best Batman movie of all time

Nah

Not with Snyder directing.

There's no Batman movie in the same class as TDK, although Battinson was excellent.

Ben was supposed to write and direct the solo Batman films. The sauce and a ton of interference from the studios made him step away.

 

[elpablo21]

I can't take Pattison yet. Young Emo Bruce needs a few more in his bag to develop the overall skillset

 

[spiderjericho]

Overall pacing and action sequences of TDK is better. I did love The Batman as well but a little bit could have been shaved off.

TDK has the benefit of being a better movie with an amazing performance by a dead actor. It featured comic book characters but was a Nolan film through and through. It wasn’t marred by the stuff ya see in 1917 or Tenet.

I dunno, I really loved Skyfall

Did enjoy Spectre too. They're better than the others others besides Skyfall and CR for me though

I watched them. And had high hopes. They were just cheesy. And a waste of the villains acting chops. The dude from Django and Inglorius or Mr Robot and Freddy Mercury? They did not deliver great performances a la Heath Ledger in TDK.

Casino Royal gave me Bourne vibes. It was down to Earth, gritty, fast paced, and intrigue. Perfect. Next thing ya know we got boat cars, jacket buttons with lasers, deadly viruses, etc.

 

[earldagoat]

 

[wavycrocket]

More info on that JB movie coming out

Crime movies set in Boston, is like the only thing these cats are 100% money on

If it is some criming, white hood **** and corruption, sign me up.

 

[MVP]

I can't take Pattison yet. Young Emo Bruce needs a few more in his bag to develop the overall skillset

Just wait until this Mr. Freeze adaptation comes to live action.

 

[MIKE LOWERY]

Pattinson was better than expected, but would've been a much `better Terry McGinnis.

 

[illicit305]

the dark knight trilogy > anything ive ever watched bruvs

heath in 2nd

anne hathaway in the 3rd idc what anyone says shorty finest of the finest

 

[DripNick]

Young Battiman will never touch Bale's bat man (pause)

 

[wavycrocket]

This is why 22 been bluffin huh.

 

[wavycrocket]

They need to make Tariq from power the lead character in everything going forward. Dead serious.

 

[elpablo21]

I know I'm supposed to separate the character from the actor but man...

 

[RustyShackleford]

They need to make Tariq from power the lead character in everything going forward. Dead serious.

Get outta here with that, b.

 

[rbk93]

Love the Rui trade for LA.

Still a long shot, but rooting for them to go all the way.

 

[rolaholic]

Wizards West

 

[wavycrocket]

I know I'm supposed to separate the character from the actor but man...

Get outta here with that, b.

Young
Denzel

 

[dman14]

Lakers got a squad
Love the rui trade. Showing they want to be contenders

 

[tay1]

That lil Tariq ***** can’t act for ****

 

[elpablo21]

 

[Based Jesus]

Nasty day in here today but gotta say finding out Mike won't be in the movie about his brand in favor of shining a light on the often underappreciated white CEOs is pretty funny

Matt and Ben Get Into the Sneaker Game

The old friends are shooting a movie about Nike’s pursuit of Michael Jordan for his iconic shoe deal.

www.gq.com

When the world’s operating at full tilt, it’s reassuring to spot something remaining constant—like old pals Matt Damon and Ben Affleck happily working together.

The pair, who were seen strolling around set in sunny Los Angeles yesterday, are on official business filming their as-yet-untitled movie about Nike’s quest to secure a shoe contract with Michael Jordan, which would sire the Air Jordan empire that sparked sneaker culture as we know it. Affleck and Damon, who co-wrote the screenplay (Ben directs), respectively co-star as Nike co-founder Phil Knight and former Nike exec Sonny Vaccaro, a sneaker salesman who set his sights on Jordan in the ’80s. Damon, spotted in character as Vaccaro, clearly has the era’s polo-shirt-and-beeper-clip look down.

The project—their third script collaboration since 1997’s Academy-Award-winning Good Will Hunting and 2021’s The Last Duel—also marks Ben’s first time directing his longtime buddy.


Joining them in the cast, Variety reports, are a slew of big names: Jason Bateman co-stars as Rob Strasser, the longtime Nike executive who oversaw Jordan’s marketing, and Chris Tucker plays junior exec and former University of Maryland basketball player Howard White. On Team MJ are Viola Davis as Michael Jordan’s mother Deloris, Chris Messina as his original agent David Falk, and Marlon Wayans as legendary basketball coach George Raveling, a mutual friend of both Jordan and Vaccaro’s, who helped move the deal into motion.


Michael Jordan himself, per The Hollywood Reporter, functions as a “mythic figure” in the film, and won’t appear on screen.

 

[tay1]

Since the Kings are no longer dumpster status, it’s a fight between Washington and Indiana for bottom tier ran orgs.

 

[wavycrocket]

That lil Tariq ***** can’t act for ****

Spoken like a true Anthony Mackie fan.

 

[lawdog1]

Making a movie about the creation of Air Jordans without Air Jordan himself actually appearing in the film is a bold creative choice.