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What if Office Space came out in 1989?
How plausible is the setting?
This film's reputation as a dark comedy
After Drax is defeated, I rapidly lose interest in the film
Minor plot point involving the "11" on Primo's shoulder
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Audiences presumably preferred Donald Pleasence or Savalas as Blofeld, which means portraying a bald guy. Plus, since the character in this film isn't explicitly mentioned as Blofeld, the baldness in addition to the cat makes it abundantly clear who he's supposed to be.
Merely being "in some good films" implies you could replace him with another actor and the result would be just as good if not better. But I struggle to imagine anyone taking Sandler's place in, say, Billy Madison or Happy Gilmore. He clearly contributed more to those roles than just having a pulse.
Steve, insofar as you could accuse Korshunov of being blinded by faith in a cause, whereas Steve just seemed like an utterly selfish individual who was going to be rich but decided to kill his partners in crime merely to get even richer.
Of course, you can argue that Korshunov's cause succeeding would have caused far more death and destruction, but in purely personal terms I'd still say Steve is "more evil."
I wouldn't say she killed Sam by overpowering him. She got lucky by hitting his eye with the stiletto in just the right spot that it ended up going into his brain like an orbitoclast.
Having just seen the film, the impression I got is that the cop was going to haul him to the detective, thus ruining his ambition to go into space (aside from all the legal trouble he'd be in.) So he beat and kicked the cop to the ground in order to escape the nightclub.
I think one factor is that Batman, Superman, etc. can pretty easily be detached from the decade they originated in. I can't imagine Dick Tracy in a modern setting without the character either becoming a generic "badass cop" or being comically out of place.
IMO Beatty gives off a "larger than life" personality to his roles: a comic book hero (Dick Tracy), a criminal that was getting romanticized in his own time (Clyde Barrow), a radical journalist who got to witness the October Revolution (John Reed), a politician whose shocking honesty makes him a viable Presidential candidate (Bulworth), a quarterback ready for the Superbowl (Heaven Can Wait), etc.
Paul Sheldon is a guy who has written light romance novels for a living. He seems like a pretty standard human being otherwise, and I think James Caan did a good job portraying that, providing plenty of contrast with Annie obsessing over him. Caan also looks more like an average Joe, whereas Beatty looked like a fashion model who has to fend off women.
I'm 31 years old and know of Beatty as someone who starred in (and/or directed) famous old films like Bonnie and Clyde, Reds, etc., but aside from the 2017 Academy Awards screwup he hasn't come up much in pop culture recently.
I don't think Beatty's lack of "productivity" can be entirely blamed for this. Jack Nicholson hasn't been in anything of note for many years either, yet I'd bet far more young people have watched The Shining than any Beatty film. Having played the Joker also helps keep Nicholson's name going, at least among Batman fans.
To be fair, Hard to Kill was a box office success and is generally considered one of Seagal's better films. I'm sure it had plenty of unironic fans at the time, although within a decade Seagal's reputation went from promising action star to punchline.
I remember it was on IMDB's Bottom 100 list circa 2003, and yet when I looked at the negative reviews so many could be summed up as "MICHAEL MYERS ISN'T IN THIS OMG WTF."
I saw it years later and thought it was fine. Unique plot, reasonably entertaining villain, certainly enough gruesome imagery, and a memorable ending.
I didn't mind the "robots" stuff given the already supernatural nature of the villain and his scheme.
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