Black Bag was Good, not Great. I Fucking Hated MIckey 17

[Rod Hagen]

Title says it all, did you see them?  I blame Nothing, Everywhere, all at once for overlong over narrated horribly plotted movies like Mickey 17.

 

 

Edited March 20 by Rod Hagen

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

I mean, you can dislike something, but tell us why you 'hated' it.

[Rod Hagen]

On 3/23/2025 at 3:28 PM, BenjaminNicholas said:

I mean, you can dislike something, but tell us why you 'hated' it.

From above: "overlong over narrated horribly plotted"

[d.anders]

I saw it last night on Peaock. The movie reminded me of Allied with Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard. It kept me to the end. During previews, I thought I was going to hate it, with Kate Blanchett running around in that ridiculous wig. Actually, the wig wasn't so bad (they credited the wig maker), although I have no idea why they felt the need to wig her. Aren't professional assassins blonde?

I tend to enjoy Steven Soderbergh movies. It wasn't fabulous. The characters are far too incestuous at the workplace, and behave like fantasies. I did not know who the mole was until the very end. I think it's worth a watch. It's a 96 on Rotten Tomatoes.

[MikeBiDude]

I just streamed Black Bag, I enjoyed it.

[TonyDown]

Reasons for liking Mickey 17

The cast.  I am drawn to Steven Yeun, Mark Ruffalo and Robert Pattinson.

The Sci Fi element/space creatures during the climax was pretty good, and I'm not really a Sci Fi geek.

A reflection of the world today, and the false idea of Failing Upwards to Perfection.

Yeah, it's not a movie I'd watch again, but was interesting.

[d.anders]

4 hours ago, TonyDown said:

Reasons for liking Mickey 17

I forgot Mickey 17 was in the title. I'm with Rod on this one. Did not like it. I never made it through. I think I gave it 40 minutes, and then got angry that I lost 40 minutes of my life.