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So I watched The Rip. A Miami cop movie with Affleck and Damon.

I liked the first half quite a bit. Really intense opening scene, good mystery setup, high emotional stakes, etc. Always happy to see Affleck and Damon together.

The second half lost me a bit. Some aspects seemed unrealistic enough to distract me and pull me out of it. And I felt the heavy hand of the writers/director in terms of character choices not really making sense, convenient scene changes, etc.

But, all together a solid cop movie. Glad I watched it.

So far out of this recent run of movies, Sinners is comfortably my top choice even though I had some issues in the third act.

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Gabe 1d ago

The MattFleck pairing is the only incentive for this one imo. Might take a break from my current binge of The Wire to check it out.

HoloKat 1d ago

Saw this as well. Good entertainment but too many annoying unrealistic things happening. Distracting.

Willheim 1d ago

Do they tell you the plot three times in the first 10mins because you're likely scrolling your phone (as Damon said is "the Netflix Way")?

Cruz 1d ago

Decent watch to fill in a couple of hours. Not likely to watch a second time.

EMoney 1d ago

I feel like every movie or series these days is a struggle in the final third. Haven’t seen this one though.

Bison 1d ago

I’ll have to check this one out. Interested to get your take on Weapons when you get to it

cadayton 1d ago

To me Hollywood executives have booted out any creative talent in favor of go along to get along. We need more Clint Eastwoods out there who refuse to put up with their shit.

I wonder whats going on with all these high-end actors doing commercials now days. They'll loose me forever if they start doing vaccines commercials.

HoloKat 1d ago

It’s not about talent anymore, it’s all about keeping people engaged while they are on their tiny screens interrupted by whatever is going on around them. Netflix literally tells directors where the films drop audiences and they have to figure out how to cut them to retain viewers. The old days of everyone going to a movie theater to give a film undivided attention are gone.

Havok 1d ago

Is it weird I read that first sentence as "It's not about telnet anymore"

Kurt 1d ago

Listen to their interview on JRE. They explain the background of the money.

e40ae8ce... 1d ago

I enjoyed the second half! Mainly because during the first half I was a bit annoyed that the plot might end up as (imho) a shallow ‘Ben and Matt are on opposites sides of morality! And now must fight to the death!’

Curious what you thought was the biggest unrealistic aspect?