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Ok downvotes. Defend that movie. Especially the scene with the princess at the end. I can sort of understand how most people liked it because for most people th
by valuearb 9y ago
Ok downvotes. Defend that movie. Especially the scene with the princess at the end. I can sort of understand how most people liked it because for most people the bar is low on movies. But this is HN. How can smart people like a movie that treats the audience like idiots?
- jacquesm 9y agoI think that whole movie should be seen as a parody. Then it makes a lot more sense.
- zepto 9y agoEven that understates it - it was obviously intended to be a parody. It seems odd that anyone thought differently.
- valuearb 9y agoA parody of what?
- zepto 9y agoThe genre of spy/action movies.
- valuearb 9y agoFirst the spy/action movies are epitomized by the Bond series, and Kingsman has little to do with Bond. Sure it has gadgets, a megalomaniacal villain with a world destroying plan, and British agents. But Bond isn't a street urchin, never has a family, let alone family problems, never goes thru a recruitment or training process, rarely ever works on a team, and is entirely a governmental employee. And it's even farther away from Mission Impossible, and the Bourne Identity series. So it can only be a parody of Bond, and not only is it far from Bond, it's not even funny. How can you parody something without being funny? It really smells like they had an idea that was more serious, then realized they couldn't make it work midway through, and pivoted to a not very funny parody.
- zepto 9y agoWeird straw man. It is a parody of a genre - not individual movies.
- kgbier 9y agoLowest hanging fruit would suggest James Bond? The insane gadgetry, the dedication to Britishness, the utterly bonkers plot of the villain and "getting the girl" at the end were all mainstays of that type of film. Albeit turned up to 11 and taken in, as mentioned above, farcical directions.
- valuearb 9y agoIt's far closer to Austin Powers. You can't parody suave James Bond with a no class street thug who spends most of the film in training, which Bond has never done on film. Or moping about his mom, Bond doesn't even have have a mom. Bond works for the British government, and he works alone. And a parody is supposed to be funny.
- zepto 9y agoA parody is supposed to be entertaining. Nowhere is it required to be funny.
- CapitalistCartr 9y agoThat movie is intended more as a parody or farce. If you expected a serious movie, it would be disappointed. Although its been a long time since "action" movies were serious. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farce https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farce
- valuearb 9y agoYea, i didn't get it as a parody. What is it parodying? It's too far away from Bond movies to be a parody of them. A farce? It wasn't funny enough to be a farce. It was an action movie with a little humor sprinkled in.
- pavel_lishin 9y agoIt's not that kind of movie, bruv.