I mean, those are certainly some big issues, but I don't think it still dampened the fun I had with the movie.
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And I really do not know how to explain it, but I feel that a lot of you might feel the same if you watch the movie as well. That's the thing, the teens are exactly the opposite of who they actually are in the game. And lastly, the shy, but cynical girl is the Lara Croft-ripoff. The self-absorbed teen is the overweight, middle-aged man.
The jock is the short, unathletic, basically, glorified backpack. The shy, geeky teen is the big, strong and handsome man. That's obviously supposed to be the gimmick. I think one of the big problems the film suffers from, and perhaps I'm clearly overanalyzing what's, ultimately, a really silly movie, but there's a certain disconnect between the real-life characters and their in-game avatars. The plot borrows slightly from the original, as Alex Vreeke has been stuck in the game for 20 years, like Robin's character in the original, except he thinks he's only been in the game for a few months. And the thing is, while I appreciate the film trying to give its characters some some sort of growth, it all, essentially, boils down to 'we're not so different after all', learning to work together as a team (in spite of those 'differences') and forming generic bonds of friendship. And this is, typically, when movies normally slow down, but I would have thought that this would have been kept to a short and sweet 95 minutes, in order for it to be more of a sprint to the finish, but that's not what happened. I don't wanna say that the movie dragged horribly, but it did drag after the first 2/3rds or so of it. Chief among them being that I don't think there was enough material in this movie to justify a near two-hour runtime.
Having said that, I do believe that the movie has some flaws. But I definitely would say that I enjoyed my time with this movie quite a bit. I don't know if I would say that I was pleasantly surprised by this movie as it's not like I thought that this was the second coming of action adventure movies. So I think you could have, quite easily, predicted that this movie, at the very least, would have a great cast. Though, to be fair, I think that, at the highest level, the casting is rarely ever a problem. I know I like Jack Black and Karen Gillan, but I did not know how these four would come together and mesh in this type of setting. I know I liked Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart in Central Intelligence. Honestly, I can't really tell you what I was expecting out of this movie. I think a mix of nostalgia, the strong casting and really positive word-of-mouth was the driving force for this film's success. I was, quite literally, in the dark at the time of this film's release last year, so I do not have any knowledge as to how it was actually promoted. But, realistically speaking, for this to be the fifth-highest grossing movie of last year, there has to be something more at play here than nostalgia. I suppose that nostalgia had SOMETHING to do with that, given that it's, again, the sequel to a somewhat beloved movie starring Robin Williams. Whereas this was a sequel/soft-reboot to a movie that was released, at this point, over 23 years ago. All three of these movies are based on established, long-running franchises. Ahead of such movies like SpiderMan: Homecoming, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. To put it into perspective, this was the FIFTH highest grossing movie of 2017. I'd say that I'm more surprised at the fact at how massively successful this movie ended up being. I don't know if I'd say I was surprised at the fact that this movie was, you know, actually good. Like I've mentioned a few times before, I thought the trailer to Serenity was awful and that movie, realistically speaking, ended up being one of my favorite sci-fi movies of all time. I've always tried to be open-minded when it comes to that, but that doesn't mean that I'm not bound to judge a movie based on my reaction to its trailer. First impressions are really important and, really, in a lot of cases, that can make or break your movie for some people. Though, if I'm being fair, in regards to these people, they may have still thought that the movie was terrible even after watching it, if they did bother to watch it. I saw a few people comment on how awful the movie actually looked in its trailers. I think that that would be the perfect way to describe this movie and people's reactions toward it. When's the last time you've been surprised, in general? Like say you were expecting to hate a particular experience that you ended up pleasantly surprised by how much you actually came to enjoy it.
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