Least promising Sequel/Remake/Franchise Flick of 2022

lol

this could easily become "most promising" if they do the right thing and cast danny devito as the title character

A live-action film is in development based on the classic arcade game with an endless appetite, #PacMan https://t.co/Z6nBd7qgmD pic.twitter.com/aG98LUtTym

— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) August 8, 2022

predator 5 best predator

Y’all have almost convinced me to watch it.

All the manbabies on Twitter whining about the ending has convinced me to watch it.

I thought Prey was...well, I didn't much like the original Predator to begin with (never saw any of the other sequels). Liked the girl, liked the dog, liked the setting, but I found a lot of the action hard to follow, to the extent that I had to rewind a couple of scenes to be sure what was going on. I'm happy that people are happy, though.

it definitely feels like it's being overrated just for not being bad. it isn't bad, but it isn't particularly good either. acting was fine, the effects were pretty good, i didn't have a problem with the action, but there was nothing in particular in it that excited me or seemed especially interesting.

i do agree that i enjoyed it more than the o.g. Predator, which i rewatched recently and is a very unpleasant movie

the animal disembowelment in Prey i found extremely unpleasant. was going to watch it with the boys but the 10 yo loves animals of all kinds and i think would be pretty upset by it

that said it looks absolutely amazing on a good tv (brag brag)

Today in S/R/F news…

"Disney+ added that the new series, TWO GIANT GORILLAS FUCKING, will most likely reside behind the age-restriction barriers on the streaming service." https://t.co/oX3GVdcnIx

— DrewMcWeeny (@DrewMcWeeny) August 23, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imn_gHwvUmc

"fletch, confess" with jon hamm as fletch

preview is promising? feels like they're trying to cash in on "knives out" kinda but a few lines made me chuckle

sorry "confess, fletch"

I...kinda want to see that.

The novel (and the whole Fletch series) are drier and smarter than the Chevy Chase movie suggests. And solid plots. Hamm seems like a great choice.

I read three or four of the novels as a teenager, around the time the movie came out. They were good; I wonder if they'd stand up now.

I seen Confess, Fletch this week and it was dreadful. Enough very good or competent people involved to wonder why it fell so flat.

i thought it was pretty ok! i lol’d throughout, maybe too loudly on the plane. i will not remember a thing about it by tomorrow

The actual mystery plot itself was fine but 98% of the jokes just died horribly. It wasn't even that they were terrible jokes but something about the delivery felt really off. One of the worst films I've seen in a while.

Not gonna go to bat very hard for it but my experience was more like Brad's: amusing and diverting enough, and I lolled several times. I'd watch another sequel, though I have doubts this was successful enough to make another

loved the rookie detective getting constantly outfletched by fletch

Not as good as a Fletch book, but a good modern adaptation of a Fletch book. Would happily watch two a year.