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my favorite divas

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Friendly reminder now that the trailer for The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is out: Henry's uniform in this movie is not 'sexy'. It's a Nazi uniform. In this house we DO NOT objectify Nazi uniforms. Even if the guy wearing it is a hot actor. This has been a PSA.

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As was expected, because if two movies take place in the same time period they have to be exactly alike, reviewers keep comparing Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare to Inglorious Basterds. Saying "Well, in Inglorious Basterds, they did this..."

Guy Ritchie is not Quentin Tarantino, they are not going to make similar movies, they have vastly different directorial styles and go for vastly different genres of movies. And thank goodness for that because not everyone likes a misogynistic foot fetishist whose movies incels on the Internet use to call women stupid (while simultaneously complaining they won't sleep with them) because "they just don't understand the nuance and how smart it is".

I've seen From Dusk Til Dawn. It was shit. I've seen the Desperado trilogy. They were shit. I've seen Inglorious Basterds. Eh, it was okay. Christoph Waltz was the only good part of that movie.

Quentin Tarantino uses bloody ultraviolence to carry subpar plots and his main characters have absolutely no personality besides "violent". He's been called a "genius director" by people who mistake "shock value" for "genius". He's Michael Bay only instead of explosions, he uses blood and gore.

Guy Ritchie uses humor and wit. Tarantino wouldn't know wit if it kicked him in the face (though, to be fair, he'd be too distracted by his boner).

Am I saying Ritchie is a better director than Tarantino? No. I'm saying that Ritchie is a different director than Tarantino. I may not personally like Tarantinos' movies, but that's just my opinion. They don't make the same style of movie so their movies shouldn't be compared against each other.

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Just got back from watching The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

On the one hand, the historian in me is groaning about the numerous inaccuracies (long story short, it was a quiet, fully authorized boat theft with professional commandos, not a guns-ablazing suicide mission by a bunch of boxed crooks)

On the other hand, though, I can forgive all that because this was freaking awesome! Beautiful popcorn flick, great cast, awesome action scenes, genuinely hilarious moments scattered throughout, and plenty of guns and dead Nazis. Go watch it. Now.

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Y'all, if you need a movie to rest your brain with, go watch the Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. I mean this in the best way ever, you will not be confused, challenged, or forced to follow multiple plotlines. There is no clever twist or gotcha. It's an A to B, sidestep to C plot. The characters are cartoonish and lovely and friendly. There's no macho dude or overly serious genius. And, honestly, they looked like they had fun filming it.

10/10 would recommend for post-panic attack watching.

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Saw Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare last night and holy shit that movie was amazing! Could not recommend this movie more. Each scene really is a master class of whatever emotion they were trying to convey. You can tell that the crew had a blast making it

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“he was so dead Gail, he was super dead” oh this is gonna be good

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okay at what point can i post about the fall guy....

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And then we beat the shit out of him

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The Fall Guy is a love letter to filmmaking and the oft ignored stunt team community that is the genuine lifeblood of the action genre. I don’t want to say too much more because I think it’s a genuinely stunning trip to go into blind, but if you have a passion for filmmaking or stunt work, you’re sure to absolutely love this film. And of course it wouldn’t be a Gosling flick without many literally me moments, which trust me, there’s quite a good handful.

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Ryan and Emily saying goodbye to Barbenheimer with a Taylor Swift song is something I never knew I needed in my life.

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you cant convince me the fall guy and bullet train don't take place in the same universe. also colt and ladybug would get along so well but tom and tangerine would fucking hate each other. who's with me

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I watched The Fall Guy yesterday...

... and I would again without hesitation. At first I wanted to see it because of Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, but as soon as the movie started, I knew I would love it, no matter the actors (though Ryan and Emily made it even better).

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The shots, the cuts, the way they talked, the way it was built, just the whole vibe the movie was giving me within the first few minutes was perfect. I would have guessed that it was a funny movie, but for some reason I didn't expect it to be that funny. I laughed so much. It felt so good. And the best part: I didn't care if I was the only one laughing or not.

I loved every second of it. Most of it was funny, or action, that I couldn't take too seriously (like, I wasn't 'afraid' something bad would happen, for some reason not even when Jody kept on letting Colt set on fire), but then when it came to "real action", when it came to the part with Tom Ryder and his other stuntman, it actually also got thrilling for me. I even believed for a good minute or so that Colt actually died (well, I actually didn't allowed myself to believe he survived, so I wouldn't be too sad if he didn't).

Okay and next up, the unicorn. No matter how many times it appeared, it was still funny. And I believe it would've still be funny if it went on further for a little bit more. No seriously, it was so random, and it wasn't constantly there it just kept appearing. Until it didn't. Bye Bye unicorn.

Then: when the CCTV footage showed Colt leaving the hotel room of the dead stuntman and he covered his face with his jacket as soon as he spots the camera - funny. Though I probably laughed too hard.

The split screen talk. I mean the phone call as such was really nice, and a nice change from all the action. They started it as a business call, and went over to a personal conversation. And the split screen added comedy. I can't really say what made it so funny; that they talked about using a split screen while using one, or that they were mirroring each other's actions. Anyway.

Taylor Swift. I felt that so much. Not actually because I was never in a situation like that, like Colt was, but the look on his face when he started the car and All Too Well started playing? That was so true. Also I heard that was actually Ryan crying because he didn't know they were already filming. I love that even more. And that montage of Jody and Colt during All Too Well was just so sweet and beautiful, and then it's cut back to Colt in the car and he is crying. Give that man a hug, please.

Emily sure can sing. Just saying. That karaoke song/performance was beautiful.

Okay and now last but not least. Can I just say how good both Emily and Ryan looked in this movie? Even when Ryan was covered in blood stains. He was still looking so good. And Emily anyway.

Also now I kind of want to see Emily Blunt with Tom Cruise's face. But on the other hand I don't because that's probably disturbing.