The inclusion of Kitana felt handled nicely albeit a little lost in the rushed inclusion of a reluctance Johnny Cage, albeit lifted by the magnificence of Karl Urban. Good fun but at least it leaned into just giving us some excellent fights. Interested to see how Street Fighter turns out... if the trailer is anything to go by it looks like its just gone full blown silliness and fun which may just be what it needs to be.
I had the same feeling about the Street Fighter trailer - it turned me away. But after watching MK2 (and the 2021 version again) I wonder SF stays in a clear lane then it might be what we need. Let’s see.
I want to see the 3rd movie stay close to the game's identity like you stated and for Slater to feel the need to write more compelling relationships. The fate of Earth realm relies on these characters and at times the dialogue just read more sitcom comedy. Sonya needs to smack the hell out of Johnny Cage a few times because he isn't taking it seriously, more intensity from everyone in the next installment would give it more of the original films essence. I really loved Adeline Rudolph's performance as Kitana.
Let the fight scenes have the outrageous, goofy fatalities to bring in the ridiculousness Slater said he wanted to capture. Make the jokes funnier. I thought the movie was visually stunning. We have all this wonderful technology to build fantastical worlds, but I fear we are losing fantastical writers. I wanted more blood & gore. I think Street Fighter will get better reception. It seems to be more in line with the type of film Slater described to want to write, but he had to fill the plot holes and try to wrap up in a rushed manner Cole. I think Cole could have been a good device to set up more of Johnny Cage’s backstory. Like he got into MMA because he watched his films, he gets upset when Johnny doesn't take it seriously, etc. They could have trained together for a scene and did some outrageous movies/silly lines. All in all, I think we are on a similar page about the film, I just leaned on the negatives in my review.
Thanks for giving me more perspective and giving me a frame to enjoy the film more.
I agree with everything here and your creative ideas to merge Cole and Cage are way more inventive than what we saw in the film. Let's hope the next movie fulfills this 🥷
The inclusion of Kitana felt handled nicely albeit a little lost in the rushed inclusion of a reluctance Johnny Cage, albeit lifted by the magnificence of Karl Urban. Good fun but at least it leaned into just giving us some excellent fights. Interested to see how Street Fighter turns out... if the trailer is anything to go by it looks like its just gone full blown silliness and fun which may just be what it needs to be.
I had the same feeling about the Street Fighter trailer - it turned me away. But after watching MK2 (and the 2021 version again) I wonder SF stays in a clear lane then it might be what we need. Let’s see.
The best part is we have something else to look forward to at the very least.
I want to see the 3rd movie stay close to the game's identity like you stated and for Slater to feel the need to write more compelling relationships. The fate of Earth realm relies on these characters and at times the dialogue just read more sitcom comedy. Sonya needs to smack the hell out of Johnny Cage a few times because he isn't taking it seriously, more intensity from everyone in the next installment would give it more of the original films essence. I really loved Adeline Rudolph's performance as Kitana.
Let the fight scenes have the outrageous, goofy fatalities to bring in the ridiculousness Slater said he wanted to capture. Make the jokes funnier. I thought the movie was visually stunning. We have all this wonderful technology to build fantastical worlds, but I fear we are losing fantastical writers. I wanted more blood & gore. I think Street Fighter will get better reception. It seems to be more in line with the type of film Slater described to want to write, but he had to fill the plot holes and try to wrap up in a rushed manner Cole. I think Cole could have been a good device to set up more of Johnny Cage’s backstory. Like he got into MMA because he watched his films, he gets upset when Johnny doesn't take it seriously, etc. They could have trained together for a scene and did some outrageous movies/silly lines. All in all, I think we are on a similar page about the film, I just leaned on the negatives in my review.
Thanks for giving me more perspective and giving me a frame to enjoy the film more.
I agree with everything here and your creative ideas to merge Cole and Cage are way more inventive than what we saw in the film. Let's hope the next movie fulfills this 🥷