01-08-2024, 06:43 AM
Triple Frontier
On the movie itself, it’s pretty good. Subversive in a compelling way for a ex-military heist movie. The cast credibly felt like pros and old buddies. Whenever it throws out cliches, they’re almost red herrings for what you’d expect from this type of movie. For the most part, they handle complications like adults.
The story around the movie is interesting. What I remembered about it back in 2019, it was one of the earlier big Netflix streaming movies. The movie had been circling around studios for a decade before Netflix picked it up. When you look at where we are, after all these streaming services popped up and COVID, it’s not really anything special. But at the time it was a movie that was going to be in theaters with major studio backing. How quickly things have changed.
Ben Affleck’s part is also interesting as it’s the point before he got sober. So he’s bloated, tired, sad, and it really fits the character. Before delays, they would’ve been filming it when he was in Batman shape. Wouldn’t have worked. This is where that image of him wistfully looking at the ocean with his Yakuza tattoo is from.
On the movie itself, it’s pretty good. Subversive in a compelling way for a ex-military heist movie. The cast credibly felt like pros and old buddies. Whenever it throws out cliches, they’re almost red herrings for what you’d expect from this type of movie. For the most part, they handle complications like adults.
The story around the movie is interesting. What I remembered about it back in 2019, it was one of the earlier big Netflix streaming movies. The movie had been circling around studios for a decade before Netflix picked it up. When you look at where we are, after all these streaming services popped up and COVID, it’s not really anything special. But at the time it was a movie that was going to be in theaters with major studio backing. How quickly things have changed.
Ben Affleck’s part is also interesting as it’s the point before he got sober. So he’s bloated, tired, sad, and it really fits the character. Before delays, they would’ve been filming it when he was in Batman shape. Wouldn’t have worked. This is where that image of him wistfully looking at the ocean with his Yakuza tattoo is from.