Guest Bosstones Fan Report post Posted August 9, 2002 Am I the only one that hopes this movie just absolutely, flat-out BOMBS??? I know that it won't because the most of the teenaged crowd will eat it up with a spoon, but seriously, this movie is gonna suck. Vin Diesel is not a big star (what's he done, like 2 movies?), nor is this movie any different from any of the other 12 million action/stunt flicks already out there. Anyway, I know there's no point to this thread at all, and if you feel like you've wasted your time reading it, then I apologize, but I just had to vent. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest LooseCannon Report post Posted August 9, 2002 I hope it bombs too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Angle-plex Report post Posted August 9, 2002 I hate Van Diesel. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest chirs3 Report post Posted August 9, 2002 I got duped into seeing it this weekend, so I'll give you all the gory details. I hope it bombs too, only because I HATE Vin Deisel. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest razazteca Report post Posted August 9, 2002 I am a big Vin Diesel mark and will predict $25 million opening weekend in sales. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Retro Rob Report post Posted August 9, 2002 I like Vin Diesel from TFATF and I'll probably see the movie next week. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest bps "The Truth" 21 Report post Posted August 9, 2002 It'll make money. And they best enjoy it while it lasts...as the Vin backlash is going to be huge in a few months/next year or so. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Big McLargeHuge Report post Posted August 10, 2002 He doesn't bother me. I actually hope it does well, he seems like a nice guy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest redbaron51 Report post Posted August 10, 2002 i predict about the 40 million range probably. i don't know... Vin Disel is okay, but having Samuel L. Jackson in it...well i want to go see it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest El Satanico Report post Posted August 10, 2002 I've liked Vin since The Iron Giant. So while i don't really want it to bomb i don't really want him to get typecasted as a "big money making action star". If XXX becomes his second straight hit he will get typecast even quicker then he already has been. Once he gets that typecast he won't ever be given any good roles that gives him the ability to show that he is capable of more. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest LexLugerRules Report post Posted August 10, 2002 Vin Diesel's no big star, despite having 9054890840895489043089903908 teenage girls dream about him. I dont hate Diesel. I enjoyed alot of his movie. Like TFAF, Iron Giant, Boiler Room etc. I have to go see it with my girlfriend tonight. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Karnage Report post Posted August 10, 2002 Imagine if WWE Films ripped off XXX with HHH. Guy: How long have you been an agent? Triple H: Two days-uh. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest What? Report post Posted August 10, 2002 Diesel is cool, but I hate his last two movies (XXX and The Fast and The Furious) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest chirs3 Report post Posted August 10, 2002 Imagine if WWE Films ripped off XXX with HHH. Guy: How long have you been an agent? Triple H: Two days-uh. Hah! Even better... (scene from the trailer) HHH backing up, saying "I don't know what kinda game this, I don't play this game..." "I AM THE GAME!" *poses, spits water, gets KO'd by tranquilizer dart* Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Shaved Bear Report post Posted August 10, 2002 or he gets blown up, and no sells it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest kkktookmybabyaway Report post Posted August 10, 2002 I have no prob. with Vin, although it will be interesting to see how XXX does with the competition around it... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest evenflowDDT Report post Posted August 10, 2002 I saw xXx today, and I enjoyed it very much. It was the most satisfying action movie I've seen recently (there were some pretty cool spots), and probably the best summer blockbuster this year by far. Why do so many people on the board hate Vin Diesel so much? He's a pretty good actor, and as a former bouncer he fits the characters he plays well. Even when xXx got silly (like ALL action and spy movies get silly), I never stopped believing Diesel as Xander Cage. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Man in Blak Report post Posted August 10, 2002 Vin Diesel's got the talent, but I don't think playing a watered-down X Games ripoff of James Bond is really going to do his career any favors...in fact, I'd say that the Diesel backlash is probably going to hit in about two months, once everybody's seen the movie and realized how much of a blatant vehicle it was. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest massivHEDtrauma Report post Posted August 10, 2002 I fucking hate Vin Diesel because he's Vin Diesel. In every interview I've ever seen him involved with he comes off as a pompous, stupid, self-idolizing jerkoff. He has no acting talent. The Fast And the Furious and Pitch Black were both total wastes of time. He has no business being billed as a big star, because he isn't a big star. He's just a pumped-up flavor of the week/day/hour/minute/second. And I will never be able to believe anyone who is named Xander Cage and who is a car-stealing extreme sports enthusiast who just so happens to become a secret agent. What drivel. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ravenbomb Report post Posted August 10, 2002 I'd like to see how badly he's exposed when he's not surrounded by people as average-at-best as he is, or worse. I hope Sam Jackson makes him look like a total hack Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Bricks Report post Posted August 10, 2002 I like Vin. I don't know. It's probably the name and the cool voice. "Imagine if WWE Films ripped off XXX with HHH. Guy: How long have you been an agent? Triple H: Two days-uh." HAHAHAHA!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest NoCalMike Report post Posted August 10, 2002 Personally I think Vin Diesal is a talent-less bulk of muscles that just happens to have "the look" So he will get these types of roles just because they call for that same cardboard "badass" guy. The only badass character I really enjoyed over time was Die Hard's Bruce Willis/John McClane. Since that, no one else can compare. I just don't see how many people can think Vin Diesel has that much talent, he basically has played the same character in every movie. Fast and the Furios was about the most overrated overhyped crapfest ever. Then again, I am not into the "car culture" and even so, why did everyone have a suped up Honda Accord? Really though, just crap. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Lethargic Report post Posted August 10, 2002 My only problem with the movie is that they've been showing commercials and trailers for it since about 1992 and it's just now coming out. It feels like it shoulda came out 6 months ago but it's just NOW out. I'm sick of it and haven't even seen it yet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Hogan Made Wrestling Report post Posted August 10, 2002 Vin Diesel was great in "Boiler Room" but he's just letting himself get typecast now into movies where he is just eye candy for chicks by looking sweaty and not wearing a shirt. Pitch Black was ok but TFATF was horrible. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest redbaron51 Report post Posted August 10, 2002 TFATF was an awesome movie because it had kick ass cars and Michelle Rodriguz. Vin was awesome in boiler room, but what some people think here, and i agree with them is that is two one dimensional character and will be known as an action hero. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest fairtoflair7 Report post Posted August 10, 2002 I saw it and I was expecting it to be horrible. However, it actually was an entertaining movie. Diesel fits the descriptiion perfectly for the character he plays. Basically, I was very entertained by this movie and its not as bad as you think it would be. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Big McLargeHuge Report post Posted August 10, 2002 ...he basically has played the same character in every movie. But then again so have Deniro and Nicholson, but nevermind. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest evenflowDDT Report post Posted August 11, 2002 What's Boiler Room about? That's the only movie of his I've never seen... is that the one that he wrote and directed as well as starred in (who is he, Woody Allen?)? Is it on DVD? Also, the mere fact that Jean Claude Van Damme is still making movies shows that "cardboard cutout action stars" have career longevity, so get used to it guys! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Karnage Report post Posted August 11, 2002 ...he basically has played the same character in every movie. But then again so have Deniro and Nicholson, but nevermind. Add Adam Sandler to that list. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Lethargic Report post Posted August 11, 2002 Boiler Room is like the teen movie version of Glengarry Glen Ross with him, Giovanni Ribisi and Ben Afleck. Strays is the movie he wrote and directed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
