The Naked Gun (2025)

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I've been rewatching Veep this past week. It's way too accurate
There’s so much hilarious stuff in the first 4 episodes I had forgotten about, like the hoisted by your own retard, anything involving Jonah.
 

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Veep and Idiocracy need to be granted their own special category of "Films and shows which STARTED as a comedy and BECAME documentaries"

Do not forget PCU... that was very much a prophetic movie.
 
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There’s so much hilarious stuff in the first 4 episodes I had forgotten about, like the hoisted by your own retard, anything involving Jonah.
I really don't know who my favorite character was but I fell like it was Ben and Kent. The show had way to many funny characters
 

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$42m budget, not the worst but it'll struggle to make a profit. comedies are kinda dead for theatrical release and have been for a long time

not really a shock though, there are literally an infinite source of comedic bits on social media so paying to see a movie makes little sense for younger audiences. no one is (yet) making crazy CGI action movies but with AI that day is coming...
 

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I wouldnt say comedies are dead, more like a remake of a 40 year old comedy that no one cares about anymore is going to flop
 

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I've seen interviews of Him and Pam and it kind of seemed odd but I guess they might be an item?
 
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Just got back from seeing this. Wife and I were only 2 in the theater.

They caught the spirit of the Naked Gun movies. Had some great head nods to the originals and some pretty good gags. It was... Off. But given some of the jokes...if Hollywood uses this as a spring board to bringing back actual funny comedies I'm all for it.

I was expecting a Taken joke but they didn't do that. Which I appreciate.

Over all... 6/10 it had me laughing and the background jokes were on par.
 
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Nielsen used facial expressions and body comedy a whole lot more+better than Nisson. Did he even try? I was watching the same old tired face.
 

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Nielsen used facial expressions and body comedy a whole lot more+better than Nisson. Did he even try? I was watching the same old tired face.
Liam doesn't use the facial expressions too much. He does some but for the most part it's just...his resting bitch face I guess.
 

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We saw this today, it was fine. I'll give it a solid B. Not great, but they really did try to honor the original.

Some was a bit much (infrared scene), some was more traditional (crane), some more lonely Island (black eyed peas), and the rest somewhere in between it all.

Not a bad theater watch, not a must see.
 
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Still haven't managed to make time to go see this, which at this point probably means waiting for VOD or the high seas.

One reviewer that tends to have the same opinions as I do about films said this and it has given me some pause...

"It's a great imitation of a Zucker and Zucker film, but it's an imitation."

But in this day and age that's probably enough for a good time at the theater I guess. heh
 

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Still haven't managed to make time to go see this, which at this point probably means waiting for VOD or the high seas.

One reviewer that tends to have the same opinions as I do about films said this and it has given me some pause...

"It's a great imitation of a Zucker and Zucker film, but it's an imitation."

But in this day and age that's probably enough for a good time at the theater I guess. heh
Are your local theaters cultural enrichment zones?
 
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Are your local theaters cultural enrichment zones?
They're ghost towns.... On the border between my neighborhood and a more Latino/Asian one. Not too many active jogging trails around though. When we recently went to see FF, it was second weekend and there were maybe a dozen total people in the theater. But at least it has an IMAX screen for the occasional thing we want to see in huge ass screen mode.
 
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They're ghost towns....
I wouldn't be surprised if this is the case across America.

Since everybody's favorite pandemic I have only seen my theater PACKED and mean, parking lot full, long lines for food and to get into the theater itself...twice. Two! Top Gun Maverick and Deadpool and Wolverine. That's it. Everything else is as you said... Ghost town. Can count on one hand the number of people in the building and most of them are employees.
 
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I wouldn't be surprised if this is the case across America.

Since everybody's favorite pandemic I have only seen my theater PACKED and mean, parking lot full, long lines for food and to get into the theater itself...twice. Two! Top Gun Maverick and Deadpool and Wolverine. That's it. Everything else is as you said... Ghost town. Can count on one hand the number of people in the building and most of them are employees.
What does a primetime movie or a weekday matinee even cost now? Do you have to take out a second mortgage for popcorn and a drink?
I just remember when I was younger we probably went to the movie theater every week, whether it be in younger with my parents going to the dollar cinema, or in high school or college with my friends, and even as I got older just going to buy myself to catch a film that I wanted to see.

I think it's been almost 6 years since I've been to a theater.
 

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Fandango and/or Cinemark are now including a convenience fee straight in the ticket price. On top of the typical raises for the premium theaters that's basically +$2+$3 on each ticket compared to 24 months ago.

Neither convenient nor affordable and they wonder why we don't go.
 
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Fandango and/or Cinemark is now including a convenience fee straight in the ticket price now. On top of the typical raises for the premium theaters that's basically +$2+$3 on each ticket compared to 24 months ago.

Neither convenient nor affordable and they wonder why we don't go.
They went full Tickermaster
 
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