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My wife and I went to a movie theater today for the first time in a year-and-a-half or more. We saw the new Angelina Jolie movie “Those Who Wish Me Dead.” She plays a smoke jumper or a shot crew leader (it got a little confusing) who was traumatized the previous fire season and was spending this new fire season in a fire lookout tower.

Taylor Sheridan is the director and he also shares a screenwriter credit. He’s been on a roll with screenwriting credits for both the “Sicario” movies, “Hell or High Water,” and both screenwriter and director for “Wind River.” Pretty impressive stuff.

I thought this one was bad. It involves assassins, and a raging wildfire on what was apparently the first day of fire season. I won’t give anything away because a movie centered around Angelina Jolie, the Forest Service, and wildland fire is almost impossible to resist (at least for those of us who are/were FS). Still, there was at least one scene that caused me to literally laugh out loud—it wasn’t meant to be funny.


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So, it’s a thumbs down don’t watch?




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i can't get past she weighs like 105 lbs

not a frame conducive to the hard physical requirements of that job

so many more women could be 'believable'...

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I really like a lot of what Taylor Sheridan has done but shes on my "Do not watch list"


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i can't get past she weighs like 105 lbs

not a frame conducive to the hard physical requirements of that job

so many more women could be 'believable'...

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Oddly enough, there’s a scene about her weight/frame. Believe me, that’s not a factor in the credibility of this movie.


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We saw it last night on HBOMax. I guess they're doing some early release. I can't recommend it. I thought it was terrible. Unrealistic story, and I couldn't stand any of the characters. My wife thought it was a watchable action film though, so I guess some people may like it. I definitely wouldn't pay money to see it though.



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I'm looking forward to it, though after Sheridan's involvement in "Without Remorse" I'm wary.

As for Jolie's build, the wildland firefighters I know are all wiry, rangy lean types.
 
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Sounds like Cliffhanger but with fire instead of snow.



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I'm looking forward to it, though after Sheridan's involvement in "Without Remorse" I'm wary.

Keep in mind, he's one of a handful of screenwriters for Without Remorse, the director and producer will also affect the final product. Then there's the time honored task of putting-out some something, anything, to keep your resume flowing, making sure you're in the eye of the studio bosses and making sure you have a steady cashflow. All of which will help securing funding and the creative freedom to make the projects you really want to make in the future.
 
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I'm looking forward to it, though after Sheridan's involvement in "Without Remorse" I'm wary.

Keep in mind, he's one of a handful of screenwriters for Without Remorse, the director and producer will also affect the final product. Then there's the time honored task of putting-out some something, anything, to keep your resume flowing, making sure you're in the eye of the studio bosses and making sure you have a steady cashflow. All of which will help securing funding and the creative freedom to make the projects you really want to make in the future.

Sheridan is both producer and director on this one, as well as one of the screenwriters. Like I said in my OP, he’s been part of some good stuff. Without Remorse and this one makes him, 0-2 in his last two at bats.


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I get how a writer and director are key in bringing a story to life. What does a producer do?




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I saw the trailer and knew it was gonna be garbage, Was expecting her to franchise the "Salt" movie as she survive on the money and i would love to see what happens from there. Sadly she didn't go that route. I won't see the movie as i know is gonna be a waste of my time and money.
 
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Saw it this afternoon, wasn't bad, wasn't great. The special effects were decent.

Would have been better with airtankers. Aircraft make everything better.
 
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I’ll watch in my HT at some point over the next week. New releases are still slow but I can put up with this home much more so than going to a commercial cinema. Thanks for the heads up. I’ll just lower the expectations and won’t have the disappointment.



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Worth the watch on HBOMax but definitely not a theater trip. I will say this, the punisher’s six month pregnant wife was a cool under pressure.


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Saw it this afternoon, wasn't bad, wasn't great. The special effects were decent.

Would have been better with airtankers. Aircraft make everything better.


I still get asked with some regularity if flying tankers is like the movie Always.

No, and I've yet to see a hangar dance in the middle of fire season, white dress, or no.

Wouldn't hurt my feelings to see Holly Hunter or Angelina Jolie though.

I was portrayed in the last fire movie, about Yarnell, and have yet to see it. Don't intend to. There's plenty of action at the fire ground, without any need for Hollywood to add more. Not even if it had featured Ms. Jolie.
 
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Bored. Wasn’t up to a thinker like tenet. Watched this. It’s meh at best. It’s like eating generic clam chowder. You could eat it in a pinch when you got nothing else but it sure ain’t Tony’s.




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I get how a writer and director are key in bringing a story to life. What does a producer do?

The producer oversees the entire production, not only are the representatives from the company/studio, but they coordinate all the pre- and post- production (sound, music, lighting, editing, marketing, etc) but, they also oversee the marketing and financials. They work together with the Executive Producers who are the financial backers of the project, that's why you usually see established movie stars bank-rolling various films.

In the case of Sheridan, he might have a contract stipulating he supposed to pump-out x-number of films. He knocks-out whatever the studio wants, then he gets the green light to do whatever he wants to make.
 
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I’m glad we didn’t pay money to see this movie in the theater, as it was just barely OK on HBO Max.


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I’m glad we didn’t pay money to see this movie in the theater, as it was just barely OK on HBO Max.


Same. First act was good. Then it went tits up. The last act was terrible. Then a terrible ending. We never even find out what all this was about.

And it's reflective of the pandemic. I've seen a number of new films where it's a limited number of actors and plots due to the pandemic and filming rules.



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