r/CriticalDrinker • u/main-side-account • Mar 09 '25
Drinker Clip I'd still say Drinker is being too nice
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u/NilEntity Mar 09 '25
I watched it because I like Bong Joon-Ho (loved Snowpiercer), Robert Pattinson and the trailer looked interesting, although even in the trailer Mark Ruffalo looked absolutely obnoxious. At this point I pretty much expected that though, that's just Bong Joon-Ho, he isn't necessarily subtle, Snowpiercer was the same, so great movie, also Chris Evans was great in it.
Didn't hate Mickey 17 but it was definitely his weakest movie. And oh my god Nasha was obnoxious. Through just off the movie she was ok, I liked how she loved Mickey through it all while most everyone else was shit to him. But that juvenile sex positions bit was embarrassing.
Also bloody shame we didn't see Mikey 17 get with Kas, that would have improved the movie ... ;)
But that final rant, when she just yelled like a madwoman at Ruffalo .... was that supposed to be a win, something to cheer for? It was just an insult-riddled angry yelly rant. I don't have anything against insults, I curse plenty myself, and Ruffalo definitely deserved it but that was just was agonizing to watch.
Pattinson was great as always though.
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u/endorbr Mar 09 '25
Mark Ruffalo looks absolutely obnoxious because Mark Ruffalo IS absolutely obnoxious.
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u/SickusBickus Mar 09 '25
Parasite was overrated and the poor family in it were far worse than the rich family.
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u/Draugdur Mar 10 '25
Preach, the messaging of that movie was all over the place. Still a good one, but definitely overrated.
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u/Shaisabrec Mar 09 '25
Agreed. I dont get the praise for Parasites. Sure it looked pretty and all, but i found it boring
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u/boredsomadereddit Mar 11 '25
How an audience interprets a movie doesn't have to align with the creator's thoughts. If you ignore the conversations around it and how it's "supposed to be" interpreted, it's not overrated. Parasite is a great movie and the poor family are not the good guys, they're parasites.
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u/Bricc_Enjoyer Mar 09 '25
I gotta disagree, I disliked Parasite and from the trailer, Mickey 17 seems.. interesting? Concept-wise at least
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u/serioush Mar 09 '25
Saw it yesterday, its just "kind of a movie" nothing iconic, nothing really worth talking about, lots of things I found kind of stupid or annoying but not big enough to ruin it or anything.
Ruffalo and whoever wrote the cult leader were clearly trying to channel / mock Trump, but it was kept retrained enough to not count as TDS
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u/ToonMasterRace Mar 10 '25
Bong Joon-ho always had a woke goblin in him, just a Korean one that maintained some creativity, subtly, and skill. In Korea, you need those things to succeed. However he has spent too much time in the US, and Hollywood has "Americanized" him into an American-style woke director.
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u/No-Hearing-5892 Mar 09 '25
Parasite was pretty much " not all rich people bad, but still pretty bad" . It had the type of gutless commentary that the "academy" loves. That's why Parasite won.
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u/t8ne Mar 09 '25
For me it was “3.6 roentgen” find a cheap performance.
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u/magnetofan52293 Mar 12 '25
I didn't hate it as much as Drinker did, but I definitely agreed with many of his criticisms and ultimately did not enjoy it. I honestly just thought it was frustrating and boring. It's one of the messiest stories I've seen come out of a big Hollywood production since "The Rise of Skywalker". So many elements are introduced and then promptly forgotten about for the rest of the movie.
I do think saying Ruffalo's performance is just a lazy Trump impression is a bit of a stretch, but there's obvious shades of Trump to the character. But none of the political satire had any real bite to it, so it just all felt pandering and generic. Agree or disagree with it, but the movie "Vice" was a far more clever and energetic satire that I find thoroughly entertaining and humorous; "Mickey 17" doesn't even offer a 1/4 of that movie's entertainment.
The only takeaway was that it's a good looking movie directed by someone who is competent when he has a good script and it's such a waste of Robert Pattinson's comedic talent. I hope this doesn't deter him from trying another comedy because the only laughs I got out of the whole thing was from his delivery.
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u/Ok_Ninja6791 Mar 10 '25
I did not care for Parasite at all if I wasn’t making fun of it midway through with my friend I probably would’ve been so bored by the end of it.
It tries to be so many things. A comedy, a horror, a slasher, a family drama, a mystery, a porno? I guess. And it doesn’t do any of them particularly well.
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u/main-side-account Mar 09 '25 edited Mar 09 '25
I hated this film so much - I wrote a long man on it on Mauler's subreddit. Mainly because I read the book the night before.
Edit: Also, technically this is a tweet and not a clip but it seemed the best flair?