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Phentex

(16,526 posts) Mon Apr 12, 2021, 09:45 AM Apr 2021

Thunder Force on Netflix got bad reviews but we liked it...

It stars Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer as Superheroes in Chicago. It's cheesy fun if you like that sort of thing. Is it an Oscar nominee? No, but it was entertaining.

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Thunder Force on Netflix got bad reviews but we liked it... (Original Post) Phentex Apr 2021 OP

It was silly fun. Lunabell Apr 2021 #1

I watched it late Saturday night - I liked it... NewDayOranges Apr 2021 #2

Saw it. Truly light entertainment. RainCaster Apr 2021 #3

I was hesitant to watch it. Rotten Tomatoes panned it bif Apr 2021 #4

We started watching it and my husband turned it off after I fell asleep watching it! kimbutgar Apr 2021 #5

Ha! Phentex Apr 2021 #6

Movies with women super heroes always get bad reviews. I will watch it ...and thanks. Demsrule86 Apr 2021 #7

That was pretty dumb, I must say. bif Apr 2021 #8

Lame humor but watchable stars nuxvomica Apr 2021 #9

So true. Kind of a waste of their talents. bif Apr 2021 #10

The writing wasn't horrible but the pace was awkward. hunter Apr 2021 #11

Lunabell

(7,003 posts)

1. It was silly fun.

Reply to Phentex (Original post)

Mon Apr 12, 2021, 09:58 AM

Apr 2021

Octavia Spencer should have gotten more funny lines, but she played the straight "man" so...
I love Melissa McCarthy's physicality and facial expressions. They are just comedy itself. We enjoyed this movie knowing full well it would just be plain silly and it was.

NewDayOranges

(731 posts)

2. I watched it late Saturday night - I liked it...

Reply to Phentex (Original post)

Mon Apr 12, 2021, 10:03 AM

Apr 2021

And I will prolly watch it again...

RainCaster

(11,594 posts)

3. Saw it. Truly light entertainment.

Reply to Phentex (Original post)

Mon Apr 12, 2021, 10:12 AM

Apr 2021

Both the wife and daughter love Melissa Mccarthy. I wouldn't go to a theater for this, it's TV quality, though.

bif

(24,141 posts)

4. I was hesitant to watch it. Rotten Tomatoes panned it

Reply to Phentex (Original post)

Mon Apr 12, 2021, 10:19 AM

Apr 2021

Maybe I'll give it a chance. I'm always up for some mindless entertainment. Especially at bedtime.

kimbutgar

(23,469 posts)

5. We started watching it and my husband turned it off after I fell asleep watching it!

Reply to Phentex (Original post)

Mon Apr 12, 2021, 11:13 AM

Apr 2021

Phentex

(16,526 posts)

6. Ha!

Reply to kimbutgar (Reply #5)

Mon Apr 12, 2021, 11:14 AM

Apr 2021

I guess that says it all!

Demsrule86

(71,033 posts)

7. Movies with women super heroes always get bad reviews. I will watch it ...and thanks.

Reply to Phentex (Original post)

Mon Apr 12, 2021, 05:55 PM

Apr 2021

bif

(24,141 posts)

8. That was pretty dumb, I must say.

Reply to Phentex (Original post)

Tue Apr 13, 2021, 09:46 PM

Apr 2021

nuxvomica

(12,934 posts)

9. Lame humor but watchable stars

Reply to Phentex (Original post)

Thu Apr 15, 2021, 10:04 AM

Apr 2021

McCarthy and Spencer probably got hernias from carrying that thing. All I could think of was how come with all the struggling writers in this world they couldn't find someone to write actually funny dialogue.

bif

(24,141 posts)

10. So true. Kind of a waste of their talents.

Reply to nuxvomica (Reply #9)

Thu Apr 15, 2021, 08:08 PM

Apr 2021

hunter

(39,005 posts)

11. The writing wasn't horrible but the pace was awkward.

Reply to nuxvomica (Reply #9)

Mon Apr 19, 2021, 09:07 AM

Apr 2021

It followed the format of comic book superhero movies but most of the gags were Airplane!

It worked in Airplane! because the pacing was so fast. If a joke fell flat another joke immediately followed, no time to groan.

Except for the action scenes the pace of superhero movies tends to be a little slow.

Thunder Force was poking fun at scenes like this:

That's where things went wrong. They did it at the same pace. If they'd doubled the pace it would have been funnier.

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