[Ammi]

…a remake of the 1989 Patrick Swayze movie and with Jake Gyllenhaal and featuring Conor McGregor also…it was released yesterday on Amazon Prime, I think…I haven’t read any reviews for it yet but the trailer….

Youtube video

[Niamh.]

I've actually never watched the original

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I've actually never watched the original

…do you still have Amazon Prime…?…the 1989 original and the current one are both on there and both free to watch…

[Ammi]

…from recollection, the Patrick Swayze original was a good watch…lots of kick ass…

[Soldier Boy]

FFS the original is (of course) a classic why have they remade it as incel porn.

[Ammi]

…why do you say that it would be that when it’s a remake…?…

[Kazanne]

I will always love the original,Sam Elliot was amazing and Patrick Swayze What can you say ?

[Niamh.]

Just watched it, Conor McGreger was seriously cringey but it was enjoyable I thought. I must watch the original now too though to compare

[Ammi]

…I’d forgotten that I’d made this thread so I’ll just copy and paste this from the what did you last watch thread…

…Road House 2024…..I didn’t hate it, I worried that I might but I didn’t…I started off really liking it, it felt like a very nostalgic movie and the setting location made me want to go to live in the Florida Keys…(…although I don’t think it was filmed there…)…and Jake Gyllenhaal gave the vibe that he was just having a great fun time…but it didn’t really quite gel with its storyline and characters, I didn’t feel…it was like bits all joined together but with, I don’t know…an awkward fit…it wasn’t smooth, it didn’t flow…it just lept and jumped from scene to scene and it felt as though it was missing any hmmmm….soul, I guess….anyways, though…I didn’t hate it and I did like some bits of it…the fight scenes were quite brutal but well co-ordinated and choreographed…I don’t know if Conor McGregor himself had any part in the fight choreography …the beginning was enjoyable, the ending was ok and the middle went off a bit…but I’d still say around 6/10 and not a bad way to spend a little while…

[Vanessa]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Just watched it, Conor McGreger was seriously cringey but it was enjoyable I thought. I must watch the original now too though to compare

I love the original and it has Sam Elliott as well as Patrick Swayze.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Vanessa

I love the original and it has Sam Elliott as well as Patrick Swayze.

Yeah I love a bit of Patrick Swayze, surprised I never watched it back in the 80's/90's

[Vanessa]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Yeah I love a bit of Patrick Swayze, surprised I never watched it back in the 80's/90's

It's actually one of my favorites of his movies. Just so much fun!

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Vanessa

It's actually one of my favorites of his movies. Just so much fun!

I'm going to see if I can find it somewhere to watch later

[Ammi]

…the Patrick Swayze version is also streaming on Amazon Prime atm, Niamh….I'm going to give it a rewatch as well…I just didn’t want to do that before watching this version as I didn’t want to compare as such ….

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…do you still have Amazon Prime…?…the 1989 original and the current one are both on there and both free to watch…

… oh I said that already actually…….

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…the Patrick Swayze version is also streaming on Amazon Prime atm, Niamh….I'm going to give it a rewatch as well…I just didn’t want to do that before watching this version as I didn’t want to compare as such ….

Originally Posted by Ammi

… oh I said that already actually…….

I don't have Prime atm unfortunately but I may have another way to watch it, I'll check later

[Soldier Boy]

The realistic version of this film would feature him getting stabbed in the belly on his second night as a bouncer, and spending the rest of the movie in hospital with a life-altering serious abdominal wound. Or dead .

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

The realistic version of this film would feature him getting stabbed in the belly on his second night as a bouncer, and spending the rest of the movie in hospital with a life-altering serious abdominal wound. Or dead .

Or the thug guys would have just burned the pub down But ssshhh you

[Ammi]

….0i, keep your real world in SD…!!!!!..any real life is purely fictional and entirely kick ass guilty pleasure…

[Soldier Boy]

Originally Posted by Ammi

….0i, keep your real world in SD…!!!!!..any real life is purely fictional and entirely kick ass guilty pleasure…

To be fair Ammi I'm usually happy to suspend disbelief but I just find droopy Jake Gyllenhaal beating up gang after gang of coked-up MMA thugs a stretch too far . It's fine when they have super-powers or something but when it's just some "really well trained" bloke? It's too much!

I feel the same about the John Wick movies. Keanu as Neo effortlessly kung-fu-ing wave after wave of villains? That's fine he is after all The One. But Keanu as just... some ex hitman... who is super skilled buy just some guy? I can't buy it! He would be dead in 10 minutes!

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

To be fair Ammi I'm usually happy to suspend disbelief but I just find droopy Jake Gyllenhaal beating up gang after gang of coked-up MMA thugs a stretch too far . It's fine when they have super-powers or something but when it's just some "really well trained" bloke? It's too much!

I feel the same about the John Wick movies. Keanu as Neo effortlessly kung-fu-ing wave after wave of villains? That's fine he is after all The One. But Keanu as just... some ex hitman... who is super skilled buy just some guy? I can't buy it! He would be dead in 10 minutes!

Don't you come for John Wick

[bitontheslide]

i watched 1 john wick film for about 10 mins, and gave up on the whole thing

[Niamh.]

[Vanessa]

I watched it at the cinema when it came out. Brilliant.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Ammi

… oh I said that already actually…….

I got another 7 day trial so I'll watch it tonight