"The Fall Guy (David Leitch, 2024)" Wed May-01-24 10:52 PM by bwood
Highly entertaining all the way through even if it's a little too long. Ryan Gosling & Emily Blunt sell this. Definitely David Leitch's best (solo) movie. This love letter to stunt people proves we need a Best Stunts category.
You know this movie works as a four quadrant blockbuster when the women are swooning, the men lean forward during the action, and the 14 year old kid next to me was quiet the entire time.
Romance, good romantic stories that aren't corny, are making a big comeback in 2024 across all genres. And so far outside of one film, they've all been various levels of bangers across the board.
Frank Longo Member since Nov 18th 2003 86944 posts
Thu May-09-24 06:02 PM
1. "Thought it was fine. *Definitely* long, paceless at times." In response to Reply # 0
I was also disappointed in some respects by how the stunts were shot and cut, given that they're supposed to be the focus. Some of them also seem to have that digital sheen and glaring green screen/background replacement, which is a shame given how pro-practical and anti-CGI the story is.
It's also got this thing where it's *very* smug and cynical about movies-- and while Shane Black has the skills to balance that level of cynicism with enough wit and genuine affection to make it all hum, it feels unwieldy in the hands of this team.
That said, the stars definitely shine, and enough of the stunt work gets a chance to pop that you could do worse at a matinee. I honestly wish we could've just watched more of the actual stunt montage during the end credits-- why in the movie did they keep cutting away to the movie-within-the-movie? You're a love letter to stunt guys! Show me the stunts!!
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2. "I'm 50 mins in and just muttered "Jesus" and stopped to post here " In response to Reply # 0
during another interminable dialogue scene between Gosling/Blunt.
It has all the ingredients to be good but Drew Pearce's dialogue is so fucking tedious that it undermines any chemistry between the leads and the screenplay is so plodding that it strips the narrative of any momentum.
It's not sharp, it's not breezy, and it's not funny. It definitely thinks it's all those things though which makes it all the worse.
Pearce should have called in a favor and let Shane Black fix this shit since that's clearly what he's going for.
Glad this got rushed to streaming so I didn't end up wasting money on this like I'd originally planned to. Shame, I'd really been looking forward to this too.
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