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  1. 05-11-2010, 09:53 AM #1
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    Ong Bak 3

    I'm glad to report this movie is fucking terrible. Interesting enough, the trilogy suffers and enjoys the same faith as the Matrix trilogy. The original is innovative and game-changing. The highly anticipated sequel can't help but un-deliver. Yet it's proficient enough on the technical level to be commendable. The finale is anti-climatic to a fault. It comes as a relieve to both audiences and film-makers alike. So we can all move on and do something else with our lives.

    Really Ong Bak 3 is horrible. In fact it's so horrible that already some critics find joy in how bad it is.

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    Quote Quoting lovejuice (view post)
    For people who don't mind being spoiled...

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    ...But why?
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    I was actually just reading about Matt Damon and he’s like, ‘There’s a culture of outrage.’ I’m like, ‘Well, they have a reason to be outraged.’ I think it’s a lot of dudes just being scared. They’re like, ‘What if I did something and I didn’t realize it?’ I’m like, ‘Deal with it.’
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    I have no choice but to watch this.
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    Aren't all Thai action flicks besides Ong bak pretty much on the "so bad it's good" area?

    The Protector and Born to Fight are terrible, but still fun to watch.
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    Are you suggesting that Ong Bak is somehow superior?
    Quote Quoting Donald Glover
    I was actually just reading about Matt Damon and he’s like, ‘There’s a culture of outrage.’ I’m like, ‘Well, they have a reason to be outraged.’ I think it’s a lot of dudes just being scared. They’re like, ‘What if I did something and I didn’t realize it?’ I’m like, ‘Deal with it.’
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    Yes, it is. Protector doesn't make sense and Born To Fight is bordering on Troma levels sometimes, it's obvious that Ong bak is hardly high cinema, but it's still a better movie than those.
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    Quote Quoting number8 (view post)
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    I don't think the first Ong Bak is so bad that it's good. It's ligitimately as well-crafted as any movie of its genre, I'll say. Born to Fight is different. The concept is already too ridiculous to be true -- putting all Thai national sport heroes in an action movie and having them fight terrorists with their skills -- so the movie's already borderline comedy/fantasy. (Imagine a Hollywood movie in which Michael Phelps fights with his swimming skill or a Korean with Kim Yuna kicking ass by ice skating.)

    The charm is not exactly "so bad that it's good." Rather, these movies only focus on their area of strength -- fight scene -- and don't care about any other aspect.
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    I'll probably see Ong Bak 3 knowing it's gonna be awful, but I'll be going in hoping at some future point Seanbaby will write a hilarious review of the movie like the one he did for Ong Bak 2
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