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I just finished watching the Old Guard. Good premise but ended up being a paint by numbers action flick. Not bad but not particularly good either.
Here are my thoughts and take aways:
- those two gay guys being in a committed relationship for over a thousand years is the most unrealistic part of the whole movie lol. You never want to take a break or see anyone else? They don't argue or ever need space?
- If I were immortal, I wouldn't spend my time fighting and other people's wars
- If The main goal of Charlize Theron's character is to die like a regular person because she's tired, why keep fighting? Why not just chill out on a beach someplace?
- For being around for over a thousand years, these guys aren't particularly good in combat. They're only advantage is that they don't stay dead. They relied too heavily on the "Good guys play dead, the bad guy stopped paying attention then the good guys pick up their guns and shoot back" trope
The main character is let Chiwetel Ejiofor character go from a bad guy to a good guy far too easily. Literally happened in one scene lol
Here are my thoughts and take aways:
- those two gay guys being in a committed relationship for over a thousand years is the most unrealistic part of the whole movie lol. You never want to take a break or see anyone else? They don't argue or ever need space?
- If I were immortal, I wouldn't spend my time fighting and other people's wars
- If The main goal of Charlize Theron's character is to die like a regular person because she's tired, why keep fighting? Why not just chill out on a beach someplace?
- For being around for over a thousand years, these guys aren't particularly good in combat. They're only advantage is that they don't stay dead. They relied too heavily on the "Good guys play dead, the bad guy stopped paying attention then the good guys pick up their guns and shoot back" trope
The main character is let Chiwetel Ejiofor character go from a bad guy to a good guy far too easily. Literally happened in one scene lol
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