A Must See? - "80 For Brady" Movie

Surprised at how much he liked it.

It’s 65% on Rotten Tomatoes and is projected to make about $15 million this weekend. It’s gonna end up making a very healthy profit when it’s all said and done lol

Don't care what people say, I'll see it this weekend

Yeah I still ain’t seeing this **** but I’m smug that it’ll actually be a success.

I’m sure it’s a fun movie for older ladies to go see. They are all very good actresses, so I doubt it will be a dud. I watched bits and pieces of Grace and Frankie with my girlfriend a while back so Fonda and Tomlin have really good chemistry together


As a 30 y/o guy though, this is a hard pass.

But man, I can’t wait for it to be on streaming so I can fast forward to Brady and Gronk and Edelman doing their schtick. It’ll be like Patriots porn of old times!

Steve:Section 102 said:

Yeah, sometimes a killer cast can't save a dogshit story or lousy direction.

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I think people use the movie Ishtar (my God was that really 35 years ago) as an example of that.

RobertWeathers said:

Just like football. Need great players but also need good coaching and a good gameplan.

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We don't disagree much but we do here. There's no way that a football coach is anywhere near the same level as a Hollyweird writer.

bresna said:

The Globe gave it 2 out of 4 stars: '80 for Brady' is partially saved by its four leading ladies

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People still read the Boston Globe?

1960Pats said:

We don't disagree much but we do here. There's no way that a football coach is anywhere near the same level as a Hollyweird writer.

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Director=Coach
Producer=GM

James Cameron and Steven Spielberg are the BB and Bill Walshs of directors

VectorPrime said:

It’s 65% on Rotten Tomatoes and is projected to make about $15 million this weekend. It’s gonna end up making a very healthy profit when it’s all said and done lol

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People are starved for entertainment and don't have many choices. I can't remember the last time a truly great movie was made. Let's look at the last few best picture winners:

CODA - I haven't seen this yet but I will.
Nomadland - The worst movie I've ever seen
Parasite - Decent
Green Book - Haven't seen it yet but it's on my list.
The Shape of Water - A stupid idea and a lousy movie.
Moonlight - Oh boy, a movie about racism and homosexuality. No wonder it won.
Spotlight - Decent
Birdman - Lousy movie with a fairly poor rating for a winner.
12 Years a Slave - More of the evil America story line that Hollyweird loves so much. Pass
Argo - ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
The Artist - Another snooze-fest, only in black and white.
The King's Speech - Decent

Very few of those movies have a high rating on IMDB but I bet they all made money. There's certainly no classics there.

I loved Argo. Just saw it last month.
Green Book is good.
Kings speech was decent.
Never saw and likely never will see the others.

mike_usagisan said:

The Shocking Truth About '80 for Brady': A Spoiler-Free Review

When this trailer for 80 for Brady dropped in November, I was, to say the least, stunned by what I'd just seen:I … I just … have no words. I'm struck dumb. As Egon Spengler put it, I'm beyond the capa...

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Surprised at how much he liked it.

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Wow.

The guy spent the first 2 paragraphs reviewing a blog that reviewed it. I left about 5 paras in and didn't see word 1 about the movie, just the poll about whether he should see it, what a blog said, something about his wife wanting to see it, something about women his own age (from the looks of it) wanting to see it. He had at least a half dozen grammatical errors in that span that would never have seen the light of day in the world of print journalism, but I suppose for us old folks, the lower standards of the internet age make everything ok on that front.

I mean, I'm not in a hurry to see it either, I'm not this thing's biggest fan, but wtf.

As for @1960Pats list above... Argo *** yourself. Truth is, I haven't seen that many of the films above. I agree on Nomadland. I would have to see it again to get an idea of the plot, if there was one other than "I strongly believe myself to be the John Steinback of early 21st century dispossessed white people." Maybe I was just half asleep when I saw it. But I don't think that's the direction the arrow of causality went on that one.

I thoroughly enjoyed Argo, and both me and the Mrs. loved the weird af "The Shape of Water." As soon as I see 12 Years A Slave I'll tell you specifically why that's a dumbass thing to say for that movie, but for now I'll stick with that's a dumbass thing to say in general. A movie about slavery is a "hate America" movie? Dude, it happened. Both history in general and the upfoggery that happened to the protagonist. I mean, is history supposed to be history or what feels good? Do you automatically hate America just because you know America?

I'm also the only person I know who absolutely loved "Tenet" though, so there's that. And no it was never up for an oscar because that's definitely the stuff they can't stand because they really don't get it. I think.

PatsWickedPissah said:

I loved Argo. Just saw it last month.
Green Book is good.
Kings speech was decent.
Never saw and likely never will see the others.

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Whatever you do, don't watch Nomadland. When I watched it I knew it was nominated for best picture but it hadn't won yet. It was an amazingly slow and boring movie about a nomad going from place to place where nothing happens.
I'd recommend Parasite and Spotlight, which are rated as high as Green Book. The King's Speech and CODA are rated at the next level.

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I thought it was going to flop

ArchAngel007 said:

I thought it was going to flop

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It has flopped according to the IMDB. There it's a 5.8 which is a pitiful rating. For some perspective Back to the Future is 8.5, Green Book 8.2, Everything Everywhere All at Once 8.1 and A man Called Otto 7.6. The movies in the 4's and 5's that I found were political documentaries or lousy horror movies. One of my favorites was Winny the Pooh: Blood and Honey 4.8.

1960Pats said:

It has flopped according to the IMDB. There it's a 5.8 which is a pitiful rating. For some perspective Back to the Future is 8.5, Green Book 8.2, Everything Everywhere All at Once 8.1 and A man Called Otto 7.6. The movies in the 4's and 5's that I found were political documentaries or lousy horror movies. One of my favorites was Winny the Pooh: Blood and Honey 4.8.

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IMDB is not only a bad barometer because it's a site that can and does regularly get review bombed by trolls but the target audience for this movie are not people who go rate movies on IMDB.

The movie is apparently good for what it is and what it was trying to do.

1960Pats said:

It has flopped according to the IMDB. There it's a 5.8 which is a pitiful rating. For some perspective Back to the Future is 8.5, Green Book 8.2, Everything Everywhere All at Once 8.1 and A man Called Otto 7.6. The movies in the 4's and 5's that I found were political documentaries or lousy horror movies. One of my favorites was Winny the Pooh: Blood and Honey 4.8.

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You're comparing movies over 8 with it? Those are all oscar nominated movies I think. I don't think anyone had any delusions it would be in that category.

This is like arguing that the Price is Right isn't as great a show as Mad Men. Yeah obviously. That's not it's aim though.