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[Heist Cinema] Steve McQueen's 'Widows'

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by percicles, Jun 4, 2018.

  1. heypartner

    heypartner Contributing Member

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    fwiw: this was a 2nd remake, right?...third time was not the charm.

    It's a classic heist movie where they put together an all-star cast, but it has zero substance. Not a heist that made sense to me (planning, roles, threats) nor was it exciting in execution.

    Had to look her up, right after that scene. She's a legit amateur sprinter. I think they just wanted some reason to have her take off. It was cool to watch, though.
     
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    It was the most intriguing part of the trailer, IMO. 60% of my interest in the movie was because of that one clip. I was pretty disappointed they couldn't use such a striking visual somewhere else in the damn movie.
     
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    Yeah, I borrowed my copy from the internet.
     
  4. Hippieloser

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    Had pretty modest expectations for this movie. They were not met.
     
  5. DCkid

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    This has to be the most overrated movie of 2018. Black Panther was overrated, but it was still a solid 7/10 movie. This was closer to like a 4/10. It had some moments of good acting and a few good moments of camera work and suspense. But Nothing about it is believable from the characters to the plot. I still don't really understand what went into anyone's decision making process. The heist itself is just an afterthought.

    Yes, it somehow has a rating of 91% on RT. Higher than Inception.
     
  6. NewRoxFan

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    We just watched and agree, the movie dragged for so long I was openly rooting that they just get the dang heist over with. Such a great cast wasted.
     

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