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Magic Mike
Anyone else interested? Its getting pretty good reviews. Im a big Soderbergh fan.
IM starting to think this is going to be a big sleeper hit. Ive had about 5 or 6 of my female FB friends post something to the effect of: "I cant wait to see Magic Mike!" http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/magic_mike/ |
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I thought it was just some softcore porn for ladies. |
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02-05-2015, 08:18 PM | #137 |
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Thats the marketing "hook" and yes of course theres eye candy for the ladies.
But with Soderbergh at the helm, theres something smarter below the surface.
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Magic Mike was an interesting film. It showed a little bit of the darkness associated with strippers (male and female) but it didn't go dark enough, IMO. I thought that the male actors were very good, with Olivia Munn as awesome as usual, but wow, was Cody Horn unwatchable. Just garbage.
I know her father ran the studio the time but good grief, she had absolutely no business in this film and singlehandedly brought her scenes to a dead halt. She made Hayden Christensen look like Brando in comparison. Just so unbelievable, so wooden and so lame. I was most impressed by Alex Pettyfer. He's a damn good actor. |
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02-05-2015, 10:03 PM | #140 |
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I may have mentioned this earlier in this thread, but Magic Mike is a complimentary piece to a film Soderbergh directed a few years prior: The Girlfriend Experience. That one stars Sasha Grey (yes, THAT Sasha Grey) as an escort, and the film is similarly about the American economy in a downturn more than it is about hooking (or, in Magic Mike's case, stripping).
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IIRC, the video quality was poor, which was another turnoff, but I'll check it out again sometime on Amazon Prime or Netflix. |
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