“Carry On” new Netflix movie 12/13/24

Is this a continuation of the Carry On films?

Link for the idiot who always bitches about links

r1 I was wondering the same thing. Those movies were the brain fodder of my teen years.

Something tells me this is NOT a continuation of those movies.

Stefon, is that you?!

The director is hot.

How could I forget?

Big Head (from “Silicon Valley”) as a tech expert!

I would like to see Dean Norris nude.

[quote] A brilliant, sassy Black lady

Now that's some creative writing ! You never see a brilliant, sassy Black lady on any TV show or movie. How did they ever come up with a character like this ?

Netflix has me on some list that I preview films in production, then answer surveys about them (basically critique the film), and participate in a forum. Earlier this year, "Carry On" was one such film.

It's a good thriller with some interesting twists, but it became predictable and somewhat unbelievable at the end.

It’s my new “Die Hard” Christmas movie.

Just watched it. It was zzzzz.

"YOU KILT UNKA HANK!"

("UNKA HANK NOT DEAD???!!!)

I love Dean Norris. He is sexy as hell for a stout guy.

New York Times review

...Jason Bateman is chilling. A lot of actors who’ve spent their careers playing relatively amiable characters, as Bateman has, can barely restrain themselves from winking at least a little when they take on a bad guy role. But the actor only ever knuckles down at being loathsome.

Trailer

I watched this last night. It was ok - average. Some parts were overdone. It seemed a little John McClane-ish and hoping to be the new Die Hard series. It's nowhere near as good. Bateman must have had fun playing the baddie. The girlfriend was badly cast and detracted from the film.

I've never had a chance to share my Dean Norris gossip, so now I will.

i went to college with him: he was a senior when I was a sophomore. He was well known on campus for being a big actor in college theater productions, and he was also known for having a great body at the time and for being very handsome, although even then he was losing his hair.

He was quite the horndog back then, and one time some incredibly bitchy girl he was fucking on the side walked up in the dining hall to his regukar girlfriend, and announced loudly so everyone could hear: "I just wanted you to know that the nights you're not [bold]fucking[/bold] Dean, [bold]I am![/bold]"

I started it but gave up at the 30 minute mark. It seemed very formulaic.

Watch the first 10 minutes to get the drift, then FF for 10 minute increments. You can get through the entire movie in less than an hour.

When the bad guy calls the hero a loser you know the bad guy is going down.

R20 Kinda like what I do when watching my employer’s mandatory ethics and harassment videos?

It was OK. Taron was good as a "loser" who finally steps up but I agree the GF was distracting. Our hero needed more "action". The FBI lady got the most exciting sequence. I was hoping he would take off his uniform and be in a nice tight tank for at least a couple scenes. Where was our strip search? !

Also, the gay guy that was forced to help had more fight in him than our hero (up until he didn't). I liked how his partner saved the day at the end tho.

The audience burst out laughing when the red dot appeared on the girlfriend's head. Why not go take your girlfriend who's been threatened away from the windows?

Dean Norris was so fucking hot on "Breaking Bad." There was a scene where he's in the shower in Season 3 (I think) which I jerked off to many a time.

R24 even more hilarious that the red dot appeared on her face despite the shooter being on her left and therefore the red dot should have been on the side of her head.

The red dot scene was the big head scratcher scene for me too for many reasons.

So there’s a gay guy but he’s not played by Taron…?

The sniper is called upon to threaten the girl and not only does he park in the perfect spot, but she casually stops slap bang in front of him with nobody interfering with the view.

The lead looks really similar to Ben Mckenzie on the poster

R8. About 15 years ago, there was a play by Paul Rudnick, in which one of the characters complained that every movie or TV show has a gay best friend. "They're taking jobs away from black women" (I may not have gotten the quote just right.....)

It was fun, despite how much you have to suspend your disbelief, and the numerous plot holes. Egerton and Bateman are great, but the idiot playing Egerton’s girlfriend was an absolute cipher. An AI generated version of a woman would have been better than that vocal fried, Kartrashian looking, mannequin reciting her lines.

R4, No, it's Roman J. Israel, Esquire!

Bateman was the best thing about this film. The concept was there, but poorly executed. All the shmaltzy crap about the hero and his pregnant girlfriend and their incredible love story could have been scrapped. *SPOILER ALERT* the scene where his pregnant girlfriend evades a ruthless killer in a parking lot was fucking bogus. I wanted her to be shot in the face.

Theo Rossi was nice eye candy.

Taron Egerton makes me think of Brad Renfro for some reason. Maybe poor, beautiful Brad would have been cast in things like this if his life hadn't been fucked by pervy Hollywood creeps.

I agree that using a Plastic Fantastic actress for the role of the cop's girlfriend was a huge mistake. Her face was so devoid of real human features that it was impossible to get emotionally connected to her in any way as a character.

Agree with much that has already been said, but it was still a nerve-wracking experience.

A tight, screwed-down thriller with interesting plot twists, but action movies always turn me on, no matter how formulaic.

Taron's biggest gift is being able to look 25 and 45 at the same time.

Is Taron gay?

Taron interview

It's ok. I enjoyed watching it. It made he think of Die Hard 2. It's not deep, the whole story is kind of stupid.

[quote]Egerton and Bateman are great, but the idiot playing Egerton’s girlfriend was an absolute cipher. An AI generated version of a woman would have been better than that vocal fried, Kartrashian looking, mannequin reciting her lines.

That was a LOT of Botox, fillers, and plastic surgery for someone in her twenties.

I'm glad Egerton is getting another chance. The Elton John biopic was not a success, but he is an appealing actor with some genuine talent.

I felt that it was a rare opportunity for me as an actor to be involved in something that could reach a really, really wide audience.

Translation: my past work has been for sophisticated palates.

"I don’t think people look glamorous or sexy in stressful situations. I’m not the guy that you call to look amazing, and composed, and hyper-sexy all the time. There are a number of actors who are very, very good at it. I think I’m the guy you call if you want it to feel like a guy that you believe is real. I’m a bit more of an everyman, so I think when I read the script, I was like, “Yeah, I’m the right guy to do this.” I hope that I’m someone that you relate to as an ordinary person."

The movie is stupid. It would be nice to have a storyline is at least remotely believable.

I was most distressed to see how badly Logan Marshall-Green has aged. His face looks like it's melting. He's the guy fighting with the sassy Black lady cop in the racing car in that one truly thrilling scene in this woe begotten film.

I don't get the hate the actress who plays the girlfriend gets. This is what straight American women want to look like and act like.

My dad thought Theo Rossi looked like Groucho Marx