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I’m in. The Waylon Jennings t-shirt is just icing in the cake.

With James Gunn moving from the MCU to taking over the DCU, glad to see we are getting a Punisher and Batman crossover.

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sounds like a lot of you enjoyed the first one.

i've only seen a few minutes of the first movie. in one scene, affleck had an accent. in another scene, he did not have an accent. i thought this trailer might clear up the mystery, but it did not.

were there some scenes in the first movie where he faked an accent?

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27 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

sounds like a lot of you enjoyed the first one.

i've only seen a few minutes of the first movie. in one scene, affleck had an accent. in another scene, he did not have an accent. i thought this trailer might clear up the mystery, but it did not.

were there some scenes in the first movie where he faked an accent?

Hmm...don't remember the accent variance, I just know the character has severe OCD. Maybe that's it.

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42 minutes ago, semitired said:

Hmm...don't remember the accent variance, I just know the character has severe OCD. Maybe that's it.

Autism as well.  I have a middle schooler with it.  This thread reminded me I need to get him to watch it with me.

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In, I really liked the first one but need to rewatch.  I don't think I've seen it since it came out.

No Anna Kendrick in the new one?

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In.  The first one surprised me -- I did not expect much given the premise, and it was better than I expected.

That means I'll have higher expectations for this one.  Hope that doesn't fuck up the viewing experience for me.  

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1 hour ago, henrygandorf said:

sounds like a lot of you enjoyed the first one.

i've only seen a few minutes of the first movie. in one scene, affleck had an accent. in another scene, he did not have an accent. i thought this trailer might clear up the mystery, but it did not.

were there some scenes in the first movie where he faked an accent?

Hey Mr. Michael Chekhov you must not be familiar with the actorship stylings of one Mr. Ben Affleck

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33 minutes ago, mr. sunshine said:

Hey Mr. Michael Chekhov you must not be familiar with the actorship stylings of one Mr. Ben Affleck

Accent changes aside, Affleck's typically wooden acting fit the movie pretty well.  He's believable as someone on the spectrum. 

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15 hours ago, Carl Spackler said:

Accent changes aside, Affleck's typically wooden acting fit the movie pretty well.  He's believable as someone on the spectrum. 

We watched the movie last night and I mentioned to the misses that it might be his best role because he didn't have a tremendous amount of dialog and none of it had any emotion (by design, not by terrible acting).

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Hate to admit really liking an Affleck film, but I was mostly all-in on the first one. Well crafted script, decent cast, above average Affleck. This one looks even better.

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I saw this yesterday.  I thought it was utterly ridiculous but still somewhat entertaining.  Autist Affleck speed dating and line dancing and the army of kid hackers were all really out there.

Bernthal was barely in the first one but pretty good here.  Brining back J.K. Simmons's boring no-personality assistant and having her carry like half the screen time was a weird choice.

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saw it this weekend.  you might be tempted to go see it based on the strength of the first one, and the fact that you know a bunch of dudes are going to get wasted in the movie.  save yourself the time and money.  "utterly ridiculous" as commented above is probably a big understatement.  its pretty bad.  

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17 hours ago, Jack Straw said:

saw it this weekend.  you might be tempted to go see it based on the strength of the first one, and the fact that you know a bunch of dudes are going to get wasted in the movie.  save yourself the time and money.  "utterly ridiculous" as commented above is probably a big understatement.  its pretty bad.  

I take it you won’t see the third one?  

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On 5/4/2025 at 11:40 AM, WBT said:

I saw this yesterday.  I thought it was utterly ridiculous but still somewhat entertaining.  Autist Affleck speed dating and line dancing and the army of kid hackers were all really out there.

Saw it this afternoon and this is accurate.  Fuckload of massive plot holes, but whatever.  Entertaining enough, especially for a $5 matinee.

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This seemed like a “straight to Amazon Prime” movie that they decided deserved a theatrical release last minute. The things I liked about Ben Affleck’s character in the first one is really nowhere to be found here. So many plot holes. I have AMC A-List so i don’t require that much to get my moneys worth - so based on that I was entertained enough I guess.

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Did Affleck add a regard lisp in the sequel? Haha, holy shit I think he did. No notes Ben.

Bernthal is great because he’s great in everything.

The Copperhead Road scene was great. Something tells me Steve Earle didn’t foresee that song becoming the most popular line dancing song of all time when he wrote it.  

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I had fun watching this, but mostly I was curious to see Affleck portraying someone on the spectrum since I am on it. I never saw the first one as that was a time in life where I did not watch many movies, but I enjoyed this one. I saw some of the same things I deal with on a daily basis so I found it interesting overall. 

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The first one might be even more appealing to you.

I would find it interesting if you watch it and enjoy the "prequel" aspects, as it most definitely had material that plays in the 2nd one.

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1 minute ago, Iceman said:

The first one might be even more appealing to you.

I would find it interesting if you watch it and enjoy the "prequel" aspects, as it most definitely had material that plays in the 2nd one.

I will take your recommendation on this. The part of not having a relationship with his brother hit home with me, but for different reasons. I will go check out the first one though. 

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1 hour ago, UpperWestside said:

I will take your recommendation on this. The part of not having a relationship with his brother hit home with me, but for different reasons. I will go check out the first one though. 

Definitely watch the first one. I enjoyed this one, but more of a buddy movie and a way to get to the third one. I thought the first one was outstanding. 

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I went back and re-watched the 1st one yesterday before watching 2 this afternoon.  The 1st one was excellent, the 2nd, meh.   I was entertained but not like I was with the 1st one.  

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On 6/7/2025 at 1:23 AM, Kennythetiger said:

Definitely watch the first one. I enjoyed this one, but more of a buddy movie and a way to get to the third one. I thought the first one was outstanding. 

I started it late last night. Honestly it’s kinda cool watching the 1st one after seeing the 2nd one. I saw some things already in the first one that I manage in my life that Affleck’s character does as well. I’m excited to watch more when I get home tonight from the beach. 

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Watched this weekend with my son back from college - halfway through he was like, was the first one this bad?  How did they make another one?

It was hella-bad, and this type of movie is my jam for a restful weekend with not much else to do.  

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I saw #2 at the theater, mostly because wife had free tix.  I thought it was about a 4 out of 10.  I enjoyed #1 and have rewatched it more than once.  I thought it was about a 6.5 or 7 out of 10.

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Also, the special needs facility transforming from one non-verbal girl with a nice computer to the CIA war room with no one asking any questions was particularly humorous.

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