GracieX3:



The thing is surprising and shocking to me. The man is old (37-40sat a minimum) and knowledgeable, yet, he is behaving as if nairaland is his only refuge. The guy cannot leave this thread alone even though 99% of the people on the thread dont like him

Thanos was right.

alexistaiwo:
You are very much correct, in fact, the fans should be the first to go.


Oni ori e kope ni

GracieX3:



I also just remembered another annoying thing about the old guard- the misplaced and cringey soundtracks within the film.

The sound guys too should be executed

GracieX3:



Oh....so you prefer that the villain should keep the captured immortals in an office building that is not secure in the middle of the city, and with mercenaries equipped with normal guns.

Note that the building was in the middle of the city, surrounded by other tall buildings. So many places for snipers and paragliding.


Please, use your brain. What I posted was far better than the movie. If not, post your reasons against. Dont just make claims then run

pu7pl3:


You posted trash bro... quicksand and armour piercing bullets..wtf...mtchew go and sit down jor

GracieX3:


Just admit that you lack creativity. Armoured piercing bullets, quick sand or lava traps are reasonable tools in incapacitating immortals.

Please, stop mocking things you dont want to understand.

GracieX3:
See as the napkin just brought silence to the thread. ^^

Soon, he will come back in a few days time to rate an ancient, cadaverous movie that no one will ever watch in the 21st century.

Gmajor:


You do realize that they were held captive in a RESEARCH FACILITY, as such, the villains location makes sense.

Your so called creativity is quite laughable.

GracieX3:



This center of gravity has come again.

Ogbeni, the keyword is "secure". A secure facility. That building was far from secure. A skyscraper in the middle of the city. wow.

Gmajor:
The truth is that a lot of people don't really know how to criticize movies. Oftentimes, you'll hear people say that a movie is filled with plot holes or that the characters don't make good decision and thus the movie is bad.

Even in real life, people make poor decisions and unless the poor decisions are so bad, extremely unfantomanly or incredibly dumb, it doesn't necessarily make a movie bad.

* Most people are not geniuses, thus, they make shitty plans and decisions
* People get outsmarted thus thwarting their plans or decisions
* Sometimes plans have to be made on the fly or amid stressful circumstances thereby jeopardizing the efficacy of the plan. Etc

Movies require some suspension of disbelief in order for you to enjoy them. When you go through most movies with a fine tooth comb, you'll see a lot of things that don't make sense. Someone mentioned Avengers and the MCU recently on this thread as regards Old Guard, but I bet that the person doesn't admit that there are a lot of things in the MCU that doesn't make sense.
For instance, why is everyone who doesn't have super powers not wear an Iron Man suit?

GracieX3:


Just admit that you lack creativity. Armoured piercing bullets, quick sand or lava traps are reasonable tools in incapacitating immortals.

Please, stop mocking things you dont want to understand.

Damn it bro you are just loud, with good vibes here and there but zero sense or creativity

So its inside quicksand or larva that they would be able to extract their DNA and use it for whatever nefarious agenda they wanted to ..e fit even be say you no even watch the movie sef, you just read synopsis come here come dey yarn dust.. quicksand, really?? Smh

pu7pl3:


Damn it bro you are just loud, with good vibes here and there but zero sense or creativity

So its inside quicksand or larva that they would be able to extract their DNA and use it for whatever nefarious agenda they wanted to ..e fit even be say you no even watch the movie sef, you just read synopsis come here come dey yarn dust.. quicksand, really?? Smh[img]https://media./images/3d278beee96d9808160372e38f3f0919/tenor.gif[/img]

Logic007:


Ogbeni, use sense. The lava option is to deal with immortals you want to terminate.

You can still get DNA from quicksand. Simply cut off the flailing hand of the immortal victim as the nigga is sinking.

pu7pl3:


Damn it bro you are just loud, with good vibes here and there but zero sense or creativity

So its inside quicksand or larva that they would be able to extract their DNA and use it for whatever nefarious agenda they wanted to ..e fit even be say you no even watch the movie sef, you just read synopsis come here come dey yarn dust.. quicksand, really?? Smh[img]https://media./images/3d278beee96d9808160372e38f3f0919/tenor.gif[/img]

GracieX3:



Internal logic! INTERNAL LOGIC!!!

center of gravity, my nigga.

Movies can never be 100% realistic or logical. This is even more true for science fiction movies like avengers and the old guard. However, even if a movie does not have to be 100% logical, it must adhere to its internal logic.

ILLUSTRATION;
In avengers, we have illogical things like Thor's hammer that can fly and produce lightning. Odin put a spell on the hammer such that only righteous people are worthy to lift the hammer. Now, if Thor uses his hammer to deflect a missile, it would be illogical in real life but still consistent with the internal logic of the film, as the hammer can produce immense lightning powers. However, if Black Widow lifts Thor's hammer, it would be against the internal logic of the film as only righteous people can wield the hammer.


Applying internal logic to The Old Guard film;

1. How is it that these immortals who have lived for a thousand years could not even afford a decent/secure safe house? All that knowledge and wealth that could be accumulated within those many years....and they couldnt love-vendor out safe houses with laser security and reinforced walls?

2. How is it that the CEO of a billion dollar company (it must be because of its skyscraper building at a city centre) did not have helipad? Seriously.

3. The CEO must have been a genius since he said he was the youngest CEO in the pharmaceutical industry. Now, after seeing that there were immortals who were legendary soldiers, why didnt he take security measures after capturing 2 out of 4? If I knew that an immortal soldier could come for me, I would take my research to a far more secret/secure location.

4. Why did they assume that they were only 4 immortals. Surely, 4 out of 7 billion people is unlikely. The four were not even the same race meaning, there could be Asian or Black immortals spread across the world. I would keep my research top secret. Just look at the secrecy in the research and development of Iphones. Surely, a pharmacologist would be thinking about the spread of the immortality gene across the globe.

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Also try to understand the flaws of the movie before you claim that others do not know how to critique films

1. The movie was predictable and cliched. I knew that they were going to fight in the CEO's building last last

2. The soundtracks were cringey. How could they play a slow pop/RnB song before a fight scene? Generally, the song choices were ill-fitting.

3. The action scenes were mediocre. It lacked creativity. Someone mentioned better fight scenes in Atomic Blonde. Also why couldnt we get interesting fight scenes where they used their immortality? Like chopping off a hand and throwing it as a decoy? Surely the hand will grow back? Yay, Immortality ati regeneration.

4. Personally, the black girl was too ugly. Damn. I could find better looking used oloshos in alexistaiwo's ghetto.



I know that you will disregard my comment and then claim that I like to argue.

Logic007:


I find your lack of creativity disturbing

abduleez1:


LMAO......

I'm ENTERTAINED. Una back and forth argument just hilarious AF!!

Una go soon start dey pay for ticket and Popcorn o