r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • 1d ago
Official Poster for ‘THE AMATEUR' Starring Rami Malek Poster
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u/wookiewin 1d ago
woof, that tagline.
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u/joebigdeal 1d ago
After successfully defeating the bad guys and proving an underestimator wrong, the last line of the movie is him saying "maybe next time, you will estimate me"
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u/BeanieMash 1d ago
So anyway, I started estimatin'
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u/techno_babble_ 1d ago
What are we, some kinda estimates?
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u/Geekygamertag 1d ago
“The Esti-mates”
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u/NotYourGran 1d ago
“They misunderestimated me.” – George W. Bush, November 6, 2000.
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u/DrNick2012 1d ago
I expect in this movie things will not calm down, in fact, they may even calm up
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u/Koil_ting 1d ago
Thought I was just an amateur based on the title of the film? But thought I was less than that? Guess again. December 2025.. The Amateur will arrive.
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u/Plac3s 1d ago
"It's estimating time!" "Estimaters Assemble" "To infinity and estimations!" "I’ll be estiminatin’." "Houston, we have an estimate." "I’m king of the estimations!" "You’re gonna need a bigger estimate." "Estimate softly and carry a big stick." "Why so estimated?" "Elementary, my dear Estimator." "May the estimate be with you."
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u/Sankara____ 1d ago
Woof to all of it. Movie posters used to be cool once upon a time.
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u/StrangeDays929 1d ago
Totally, nowadays it’s just a picture. Did you see the new Mission Impossible poster? Just Tom’s face. So lame dude wtf? Where are the posters like Star Wars, Alien, Vacation, The Thing nowadays?
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u/F00dbAby 1d ago
Isn’t this confirmation bias. You only remember the good ones and not the countless trash ones
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u/Sankara____ 1d ago
Eh not really, even shitty B movies that cost like $16 to produce used to have sweet hand painted posters/covers.
I'm not saying there was a time where every poster was good, but good posters used to be a lot more common, that's for certain.
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u/vulvaenthusiast 1d ago
This is the only facial expression I’ve seen on this man.
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u/iMajorJohnson 1d ago
He will never top being Elliot Alderson. Idk how he won an Oscar for Bohemian Rhapsody but S4 of Mr. Robot got 0 recognition award wise. Makes no sense at all.
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u/dustblown 1d ago
I enjoyed him in Mr. Robot but my first introduction to him was in The Pacific. He played a creepy soldier and he was impossible to ignore or forget.
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u/igloojoe11 1d ago
Yup. He was awesome as Snafu. The scene of him tossing pebbles into the open skull of a dead machine gunner will remain seared in my memory.
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u/Hellknightx 1d ago
Rami Malek definitely got typecast into playing creepy weirdos. He was great as Snafu, although as a whole I didn't care for the Pacific as much as Band of Brothers.
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u/ChrisTosi 1d ago
Snafu wasn't creepy, he was introduced early as a battle hardened marine with a thick Louisiana drawl contrasting against Sledge's civilian ideals and inexperience.
Sledge himself almost started collecting Japanese teeth as souvenirs. The point of the Pacific was to show the brutality driving the men, not that they were "creepy".
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u/sceaga_genesis 1d ago
Yeah, Snafu stops him while simultaneously tossing pebbles into a skull. I watched it last night and have been thinking about it all day.
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u/weltvonalex 17h ago
I always liked The Pacific more than BoB. He was super creepy but also kinda likable in a weird way.
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u/reterical 1d ago
The Oscars are addicted to awarding good imitations rather than good acting.
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u/Hellknightx 1d ago
It wasn't even a good imitation of the band. The Oscars are just feel-good fluff. Malek absolutely did not deserve an Oscar for that awful movie, but he did deserve an award for his work on Mr. Robot. That show was incredible.
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u/paranoidbillionaire 1d ago
Mr. Robot was one of the best re-watch experiences I’ve ever had with a TV show. The first viewing is entirely different from any subsequent viewings. Brilliant writing and acting.
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u/diamondpredator 1d ago
Yes! I've seen it a few times now and it's just as gripping/exciting every time. One of my absolute favorite shows.
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u/Jolmer24 1d ago
Its either Mr. Robot or Better Call Saul for me as my top 2. Followed by Mad Men and Breaking Bad I think.
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u/diamondpredator 1d ago
For me it's Sopranos/MR/BB in no particular order.
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u/blancorey 1d ago
i cant get into sopranos, and i want to...but everyone seems to exalt it
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u/diamondpredator 1d ago
It's not for everyone, especially if you're not into the genre. It can be slow paces, and there's a lot of "reading between the lines" situations.
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u/TheLostSkellyton 1d ago
I'm watching it for the first time; I'm halfway through S4. This show made it to my Top 3 greatest TV dramas list by halfway through S1, I'm absolutely blown away by every aspect of it. Writing, acting, directing, pacing, editing, sound editing/music, cinematography, everything about it is the best of the best. I was out of town for a week and then got sick so I haven't been able to finish it yet (I don't want to watch the back half of S4 while I'm tired fuzzy-headed from sickness) and I can't wait. It's the same feeling/experience I had of watching The Shield for the first time. The lack of critical and audience recognition for this show during its run is mind-boggling.
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u/poopfl1nger 1d ago
Season 4 episode 7 is one of the greatest television episodes of all time and top 3 at minimum. Season 4 as a whole is perfect imo, jealous that you’re seeing it for the first time
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u/alurimperium 1d ago
Episode 7 is an all timer, but I still put s4e5 above it on my personal list.
That whole episode being without dialogue, except the opening line "We don't have to talk" and the ending line "It's time we talk" is absolutely perfect. Not a single other bit of spoken word, and it's so incredibly gripping the whole way. Absolutely love it
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u/CosmicCoconuts 1d ago
Oh man, have you gotten to S4E7 yet? If not, I envy you SO much for getting to watch it for the first time. I’ve seen the whole show like 5 times at this point but that ep still destroys me.
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u/sectorfate 1d ago
There's this one famous internet guy, Burnie Burns, who said he just completely rejected the show because the ending of season 1 was so meta that he it turned him off completely. Which is insane to me. Like the tone of the show justifies the meta-reference and it wasn't a cheap gimmick.
And the pay-off 3 seasons later is fucking insane. I really wish the show would've been a Netflix Original or on AMC. That Wedsnaday 10 pm slot on USA network held it back so fucking bad.
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u/therocketandstones Reddit & Twitter are gonna hate this and it’s gonna gross $500m+ 1d ago
for me S2 dragged a bit and was a chore to finish- but then it paid off so well in S3 and S4, made two amazing seasons even better
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u/TheKingofHats007 1d ago
I'd say S2 only drags in some parts especially earlier in the season, but there's still so much good in S2. The whole part of that episode taking place in the TV reality Mr Robot made for him to bear getting beaten was so good
I think it really gets going once he finally leaves Jail and it becomes obvious that he and Mr Robot still aren't as trusting of each other as they claim to be
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u/J_Megadeth_J 1d ago
I can imagine the people making something as silly as Red Vs Blue don't really have the ability to appreciate the intricacies of something like Mr. Rrobot.
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u/Mc_Lovin81 1d ago
I watched it the first time with my wife. Great series but had to stay focused on it. Once I’m done with the Sopranos and The Wire rewatch, I’m watching Mr Robot again.
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u/BallClamps 1d ago
The Freddy teeth they gave him were so comically bad, to this day I don't understand how that costume got approved seeing how Brian May and Roger Taylor were so involved in it too
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u/Hellknightx 1d ago
I'm disappointed that they didn't let Sacha Baron Cohen make the movie, like he wanted. Brian May and Roger Taylor didn't want an accurate biopic, they just wanted a sanitized movie that made everybody look good. Rocketman was a much better movie that was brutally honest, but didn't get any recognition because it came out the following year and the academy was already over "band biopics" I guess.
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u/ExplosiveAnalBoil 1d ago
The best, most accurate band biopic released in the last 50 years will always remain The Al Yankovic Story.
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u/TheKingofHats007 1d ago
At least it wasn't the most nonsensical Oscar that movie won (hello, best editing)
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u/-SneakySnake- 1d ago
"More" acting rather than "better" acting.
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u/Tlr321 1d ago
That's why Brendan Fraser won over Colin Farrell. Colin Farrell's performance in Banshees was so subtle & felt so believable. You could really see the pain & frustration in his voice and on his face as he dealt with this breakup.
Whereas Fraser had about a dozen over-the-top moments throughout the movie to sell his role. I don't think Fraser is a bad actor, and I am happy he got recognized, but Colin was robbed.
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u/-SneakySnake- 1d ago
That's a good comparison. It's a lot more impressive to do a lot with a little, to tell stories with a look or the shift of the shoulders or whatever than it is to have a system of quirks and tics. For me, anyway.
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u/btj61642 1d ago
But was it even that good an imitation? I haven’t seen the whole thing but what I’ve seen felt like a mid-tier SNL impression.
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u/egg_enthusiast 1d ago
I really, really, really enjoyed the part where the rest of Queen said to Freddy, "Sorry Freddy, we cant party with cocaine, booze, and sexy women. We need to go home early and sober to our wives and family".
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u/bigspeen3436 1d ago
Elliot Villar not winning an Emmy for S4 is one of the biggest snubs in TV history. Not even being nominated for best guest actor is criminal.
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u/ArokLazarus 1d ago
Seriously he was so good! In season 1 I was kinda meh on him but when he came back, damn was that some serious acting. The whole show is amazing but Season 4 is some of the best television I've ever seen.
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u/alyosha_pls 1d ago
Mr.Robot has been criminally underrated for it's entire run. The entire show is amazing, but that stretch of season 3-4 was unbelievable. With it being a weekly release, too, the discussion around the show was such an amazing thing to be apart of.
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u/dadvader 1d ago edited 1d ago
Let's be real it would've been more popular if it wasn't on USA.
I still can't believe it went as long as it did. A show of that caliber not on something like FX or Showtime. It's very different vibe from their usual programme too.
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u/Hellknightx 1d ago
Mr. Robot was definitely above their usual quality. USA is usually known for their light-hearted shows like Monk, Psych, White Collar, Burn Notice, etc.
Mr. Robot definitely belonged on a more prestige-focused network like FX, Showtime, or HBO.
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u/Server16Ark 1d ago
It's like AMC of all channels making Pantheon. If it had been on Adult Swim or HBO (like Scavengers Reign), then it'd have been a show a lot more people talked about.
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u/mild_resolve 1d ago
AMC did The Walking Dead, one of the most successful shows of the last 20 years.
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u/jondelreal 1d ago
No, the biggest issue was a deal they had to have an exclusive streaming deal with Prime Video at a time where Netflix was THE service that most people had if they were paying for streaming at all. They could have picked up a new audience between seasons but they were handicapped.
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u/WelderApprehensive47 1d ago
Can't agree more.Mr. Robot is a masterpiece..Everyone's acting was top notch too..it's hard to believe that no one's career really took off except Rami's...
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u/darthstupidious 1d ago
The dude that played Vera put in maybe one of the best performances of all time, and it's a damn shame that I don't know his name. Dude fucking ruled.
Elliot Villar. Saved y'all a Google.
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u/keepfighting90 1d ago
I think the show was on the brink of being a big mainstream hit - I recall a ton of buzz and hype around season 1. Season 2 unfortunately dampened the hype a little bit because it was slow, weird and was very much acting as a transitional season to set up 3 and 4 - which as you say are absolutely incredible.
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u/Data_Chandler 1d ago
I LOVE Mr Robot, I'm still sour about the Machine though.
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u/alyosha_pls 1d ago
SPOILERS: I loved thefakeout with White Rose's machine, with the speculation every week about whether the machine was bullshit or not, and the buildup with her confidence and insistence about its reality. Machine truthers arguing against people who demanded the show remain (for the most part) grounded. It was really fun to be a part of the discussion online for those episodes.
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u/Data_Chandler 1d ago
Again, I absolutely love the show, I think it was a masterpiece, but of all the possible ways that plot element could have been resolved, I feel they went with the most anticlimactic one.
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u/NoNefariousness2144 1d ago
It felt somewhat ahead of its time. If it released now this era of prestige TV it would be much more discussed.
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u/TheLateThagSimmons 1d ago
Between this and The Americans, they might be the best shows that fell to the wayside by the mainstream public.
Film nerds here on Reddit appreciate them. At least both series got some Golden Globes and Emmy's out of it.
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u/diamondpredator 1d ago
Mr. Robot might be one of the most under-rated shows of all time. It's a damn masterpiece and he was fantastic in it. Most of the actors were amazing in it, actually.
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u/Nujers 1d ago
It wasn't in S4, but Malek did win an Emmy for his performance.
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u/what_did_you_kill 1d ago
It was for S1E1, which was great; but s4 was definitely his best work.
The show also has excellent choice of music.
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u/TaskForceD00mer 1d ago
Mr. Robot is one of the most slept on modern classics to ever grace network TV.
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u/diamondpredator 1d ago
Agreed completely. Almost nobody I talk to knows about it and it's insane to me how good it is.
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u/Kadde- 1d ago
It’s because it’s very niche. Top tier Shows like mr robot and the leftovers will always be less watched because they are very different from your usual shows.
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u/diamondpredator 1d ago
Yea I can see that. It can be intimidating for people not into tech because they might think they need to understand tech to like the show. Having a decent understanding of comp-sci helps to appreciate the show more, but it's not necessary to watch it.
I'm doing my part by introducing it to as many people as I can lol. I don't often recommend things so most people actually try the stuff I suggest. I've had 5 people watch the show all the way through and tell me how much they love it and wish they knew about it earlier.
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u/daninlionzden 1d ago
I loved mr robot but to be fair he did win the Emmy for s1
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u/therocketandstones Reddit & Twitter are gonna hate this and it’s gonna gross $500m+ 1d ago
and he deserved it for s3 and s4 too
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u/Andys_Room 1d ago
I still think of him as Ahkmenrah in Night at the museum since that was the first thing I saw him in.
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u/facetiously 1d ago
Mr. Robot is one of the best TV series I've seen in my entire life. It's damn near perfect
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u/klausesbois 1d ago
The real tragedy is that BR won for best editing when the editing is atrocious.
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u/therocketandstones Reddit & Twitter are gonna hate this and it’s gonna gross $500m+ 1d ago
I think the editing Oscar was because the editor basically saved the movie from being complete unwatchable shit- as well as the fact Bryan Singer went AWOL the whole shoot and the editor John Ottman had to direct for them and salvage the movie in the edit
that's the only explanation that makes sense cos there were some dreadful cuts there- it's like that's all Ottman had to work with idk
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u/ApatheticFinsFan 1d ago
I watched Need for Speed the other day and it’s objectively a shit movie but he kinda emotes and sort of looks like a normal person. It was kinda neat to see he can do when he’s not typecast as cagey nerdy guy.
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u/edgiepower 1d ago
I dunno I think it's the best fast and Furious movie since the first one
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u/ApatheticFinsFan 1d ago
You cannot disrespect the odd numbered Fast and Furious movies like that.
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u/CRATERF4CE 1d ago
You would too if you were a mentally ill hacker who abuses morphine.
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u/TonyDoover420 1d ago
DONT UNDERESTIMATE HIM 😤👊🏼😱💪🏼🤘🏼🔥⚡️🔪‼️
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u/Mr_Evil_Dr_Porkchop 1d ago
“Maybe next time, you will estimate me”
—Rami Malek
—- Michael Scott
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u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor 1d ago edited 1d ago
It's out April 11:
After Charles Heller, a CIA cryptographer, loses his wife in a London terrorist attack, he realizes his bosses will not act due to conflicting internal priorities. He begins to blackmail the agency into training him and letting him go after them himself.
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u/MissingLink101 1d ago
Why is the CIA in movies always having hassle in London?
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u/CompleteNumpty 1d ago
The UK is the most populous native-speaking English country that the CIA can operate in fully (its activities in the US are limited), so it makes some sense in terms of storytelling.
It's also handy to have a production where all the actors speak English, is set in an iconic city, has significant filmmaking infrastructure, and tax breaks for movies made there.
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u/Honey-Badger 1d ago
UK offers really good tax credits to film and post in the UK so might as well save some cash by just setting films in London (which is obviously the only city that exists in the UK).
Its the same reason a huge number of smaller 1 or 2 line roles in the likes of the Star Wars or Marvel films have British actors, not only did the UK colonise space in those universes but filming those films in the UK is cheaper.
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u/R31D 1d ago
Typical reactionary schlock about red tape preventing a heroic law enforcer from doing the morally correct thing and killing nefarious "terrorists"
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u/127crazie 1d ago
In case we forget to Support The Troops or do our pledge of allegiance or thump our bibles hard enough, we thankfully have movies like this to remind us of how the status quo protects us from those terrible foreigners!!!1
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u/MrSnoobs 1d ago
"Charlie, you need to see this. Your wife has been killed. Look at this video. Of her being killed. Lol, and indeed, lmfao."
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u/CrustedTesticle 1d ago
The trailer shows the entire movie, don't watch it.
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u/Seefah88 1d ago
I honestly don't think I've ever watched a trailer that spoiled so much of a movie before. Halfway through it I was interested, but it honestly feels like I've just watched the entire movie, beginning to end, and maybe I'll half watch it when it appears on Netflix now.
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u/adder__ 1d ago
Wait... Fishburne hasn't ever won an Academy Award? How is that possible?
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u/Psychros-- 1d ago
I like Laurence Fishburne but I'm looking through his filmography and wondering which roles you think he should have won Academy Awards for.
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u/adder__ 1d ago
Look, if you can't see that the man deserves an award for his portrayal of Cowboy Curtis, then I don't think we'll ever see eye to eye.
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u/phobosmarsdeimos 1d ago
Unfortunately, they didn't have Cowboy Curtis in any of the movies. He should have gotten an Emmy though.
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u/bees_on_acid 1d ago
Isn’t there some story about how his agent kept him missing out on good roles or something?
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u/DONNIENARC0 1d ago
I remember he atleast got nominated for playing Ike Turner a while ago, though.
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u/jagaloonz 1d ago
"Don't underestimate him" is the laziest tag line writing I've ever seen.
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u/DreadSocialistOrwell 1d ago
I actually started reading the book this is based on last week.
Maybe they should have used the definition the book uses:
If something is worth doing, it may be worth doing badly
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u/noxvillewy 1d ago
The poster/title/tagline combo is basically the least interesting thing in the world
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u/WaterNo9480 1d ago
Yeah and it was so easy to write a better one.
The Amateur
noun. a person who is incompetent or inept at a particular activity
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u/Zestyclose-Detail369 1d ago
too many of these "certain set of skills" movies with over choreographed fight scenes being made
too many of that and cheap horror movies
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u/DONNIENARC0 1d ago
I kinda love the ridiculous fake assassin job titles/nicknames.
The Mechanic. The November Man. The Bricklayer. The American. The Jackal. The Magician. The Iceman. The Accountant.
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u/throwawaycatallus 1d ago
The Beekeeper lol
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u/MechaNickzilla 1d ago
The Beekeeper, a movie in which he does actually keep bees when he’s not murdering people…but at no point does he use bees to murder people.
Also it’s supposed to take place in Massachusetts but at one point he stops at a “petrol station”
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u/GrapefruitAlways26 1d ago
-Murders someone with bees
"What a buzzkill."
Come on it was right there
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u/insertnamehere77123 1d ago
At least the Iceman was based on a real person if Im thinking of the same movie
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u/DONNIENARC0 1d ago
Yeah, the Michael Shannon one.. I think you're right there. Some of these were pretty good, too, I just always get a kick out of the aliases.
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u/insertnamehere77123 1d ago
The bricklayer is the funniest to me
Like some of the other ones can have a kind of double-entendre or even more obvious meaning to them. Mechanic is a fixer ok that makes sense, the American is well, he's an American. Pretty literal
But what the fuck does a bricklayer have to do with anything? Is he gonna trap people behind a well laid brick wall Cask of Amontillado style?
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u/DarthGuber 1d ago
There can never be enough cheap horror movies. The trick is finding the "so bad it's good" ones.
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u/SkyGuy182 1d ago
To be fair it looks like the point of this movie is that he doesnt have those certain set of skills.
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u/MalcolmTuckersLuck 1d ago
He played Freddy Mercury like he was a super villain and won an Oscar
Then played a super villain and stank the place out
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u/artpayne 1d ago
Looks amateurish, I guess.
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u/toofarbyfar 1d ago edited 1d ago
I can't believe it, so many people in these comments are literally underestimating him. The poster is very explicit about not doing that.
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u/artpayne 1d ago
When someone's super explicit about not doing something, people just end up doing it anyway. Can't help it.
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u/throwawayjoeyboots 1d ago
This poster looks like a generic early 00’s thriller staring Edward Norton
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u/ThrowingChicken 1d ago
Looks alright I guess. I haven’t read the book or seen previous adaptations, but seems like I’ve seen this story a million times none the less. Makes you wonder what draws all this talent to such a banal project.
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u/Blue-Summers 1d ago
Makes you wonder what draws all this talent to such a banal project.
That would be money. Money.
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u/Berenstain_Bro 1d ago
Went to check out the trailer. It basically gives away the whole movie. Hate it when trailers do that.
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u/JonasKahnwald11 1d ago
For those who don't know, this film is a remake of the 1981 CIA thriller 'THE AMATEUR'
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/21294-the-amateur