He also got his ass handed to him in that scene…
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RedSnt@feddit.dk 3 weeks ago
That’s how I feel about Nobody, the action movie with Bob Odenkirk. A 59 year old beating up a bus of young punks, such a power fantasy, but it’s just so hard to believe.
eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
FenrirIII@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Skill + strength. It’s not always about how hard you hit someone but where and how.
Fizz@lemmy.nz 3 weeks ago
As the old boxers say, timing beats speed. Precision beats power.
Bennyboybumberchums@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
So is pretty much every movie, mate. The point is to make it believable as you possibly can, without tipping over into farce. You can believe that an experienced fighter can beat an inexperienced one. Thats not an issue. The issue, for me anyway, usually comes when they take a hit. Thats usually when I start blowing big watery farts at the screen. See also small women beating up massive built dudes. Like The Woman King, seeing 50something Viola Davis taking haymakers from 25 year old heavy weight like they are nothing. Each punch enough to knock just about anyone on the planet out cold.
John Wick is another one. The gun play and stuff is fun, but as a tactical exercise, John Wick regularly gives up good cover for more sensational action shots that should have gotten him killed a million times over. The trick is making it fun. If you can do that, the audience forgives any bullshit. If you cant make it fun, the audience will nitpick it to fuck.
LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah I feel like movies in general wayyyyy downplay how bad taking a full force bare-knuckle punch right to the chin is. Irl you’re very likely getting knocked out and also whoever threw the punch has a good chance of breaking their hand.
KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
I like the one in Secondhand Lions. Similar theme. Perhaps more believable.
RedSnt@feddit.dk 3 weeks ago
Ohh, young Haley Joel Osment and Robert Duvall. I don’t know how I missed this movie! As in, I didn’t see it when it came out. Might be worth a watch later today.
KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
It’s a quite enjoyable watch!
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Yeah but it’s fun anyway, because Bob Odenkirk is awesome.
Skanky@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
This, plus the brutality of the fight scenes were incredible