The Reason The Movie Camera Was Invented: Michael Bay's "Pain And Gain" (2013)

haha yeah.

On the apparent (I haven't seen it yet) failure or lack of willingness of "Pain & Gain" to reflect upon its basis in reality, and also Spring Breakers. Interesting enough.

http://www.popmatters.com/pm/column/171180-spring-breakers-pain-gain-and-postmodern-folly-at-the-movies/

this was a lot of fun

Just re-watched this (I bought the DVD). The most utterly & perfectly American movie of 2013. The Rock deserves an Oscar.

i laughed my ass off, this was so much better than I thought. Not perfect, and agree upthread there was way too much voiceover and corny bullshit, but basically it's like bodybuilding serial killers star in Bad Boys III. I dunno if Bay was parodying himself because of the 90's setting or that's the only way he knows how to make movies set in Miami but hey, I'm not gonna look a gift horse in the mouth.
Mainly I dug it because this is the role that I've been DYING to see The Rock play. He was hilarious. And Wahlberg plays a good meathead.

i hear eeeenormously homophobic

well it's Michael Bay, who constructed an entire "comedy" scene around Martin Lawrence and Will Smith sounding "gay" in an electronics store.

Actually that could be indicative of what I find so troubling about P&G: The characters would be totally homophobic, so representing them as such isn't a problem. The actual problem is that it's one of the many aspects that Bay seems to really enjoy about them.

http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/6/5281542/watch-michael-bay-melt-down-onstage-at-ces

hahaha

aaaawkward

was hoping he'd say "fuck it we'll do it live"

hit EJECT after 33 minutes, i'm fine with that decision

"this kid's parents took him to Paris, and France"

haha i get it he's stoopit

did u finish it

Streaming on Netflix starting the 10th

Just started watching this, pretty fun.

"You love those big bitches, and they love to eat. It's okay!"

great movie