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Mortal Kombat 2021 - Spoiler Thread
- Thread starter CaptainKashup
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This was movie was only ok. If the fight scenes here were more intense instead of choppy and short, then I would challenge anyone here to still call it a bad movie. That's the number 1 thing to fix in the sequel, which I do think they'll make. Both of the big battles in Act 2 and Act 3 were cutting between multiple fights at once. I do not know if that was to cut them for time or a stylistic choice, but it was bad the first time then even worse the second.
If Cole Young had just gotten the damn Scorpion powers like he was set up to, then I'd say make him better in the sequel. But the armor crap is unsalvageable. After the Goro fight, it doesn't even do the glowing (Black Panther?) thing anymore.... Conceptually it's awful, appearance-wise it's awful, those goofy ass wobbly tonfas you cannot be serious. And that's cheating to wear armor anyways. The actor should blame the writers. Please write him off
If Cole Young had just gotten the damn Scorpion powers like he was set up to, then I'd say make him better in the sequel. But the armor crap is unsalvageable. After the Goro fight, it doesn't even do the glowing (Black Panther?) thing anymore.... Conceptually it's awful, appearance-wise it's awful, those goofy ass wobbly tonfas you cannot be serious. And that's cheating to wear armor anyways. The actor should blame the writers. Please write him off
He took Cage's place as the audience surrogate into this crazy world because the producers thought there were too many white people in MK. They also didn't think the audience could just roll with the story as-is without thoroughly explaining every little thing throughout the film. Even though in the 1995 film, Cage was exactly that audience surrogate who was figuring all this shit out as the film went along, and I never once had to explain what was going on to my Mom. Seems like they thought the audience was as stupid as the writers.
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I'm glad this exists, and hope that the next one can be closer to what I want but really this was just an R Rated CW Pilot. There were plenty of "HEY GUYS LOOK, WE SAW THIS IN THE GAMES" moments and those were nice, but then the story was just kind of... bleh.
Kept hoping Cole's family would get killed and he'd go Full Scorpion but here we are.
Kept hoping Cole's family would get killed and he'd go Full Scorpion but here we are.
I mean, it does. For one more than a few of the characters have much better, more fleshed out character arcs. Granted this is because it has the backstory of 9 and X to build off of, but the characters are much more complex in their motivations and character arcs. Take Jax or Raiden for example: much more going on with their characters than in this movie. Do characters even have arcs in this movie?
Like, MK11 aint winning any Oscars but it's at least trying with its characters.
Watched it last night. it was two good Sub Zero vs Scorpion bits with Kano in the middle.
It successfully made me want a stand alone Scorpion movie and a Kano movie.
It successfully made me want a stand alone Scorpion movie and a Kano movie.
I got through 80% of the game before I started skipping cutscenes, but I had to because they were so dull. Neither story is good, but at least the movie was quick about it and got to the fun stuff faster.
It's bad. I laughed through a lot of it. It's was comical to me. I watched it though. 🤷🏾♂️
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The Good:
Kano - Great casting, fun character
Sonya Blade - Great casting
Jax - Great casting
Kabal - Great voiceover, awesome fight scenes. Would have liked to see more of him in the movie.
Kung Lao - Great casting, fun character
Sub-Zero - I liked his character and his use of powers were pretty fun
Goro - It was fun seeing Goro and his fight scene was fine. I would have preferred he fought one of the other characters though.
Costumes - In general, most of the characters looked pretty cool
Special effects - The special effects were fine
The Bad:
The story - The story should have centered around the tournament and fighting. I never felt like the good guys were going to lose. There was no intensity to the story.
Scorpion - When he came back I would have preferred him to have white eyes and for the spear to come out of his hands.
Gaining powers through the dragon symbol - I didn't like this. Would have preferred it if everyone just had powers initially.
Reptile - I would have preferred human reptile or a human reptile who could turn into this beast. The fight was cool though.
The music - What a let down. They downloaded AvengersSoundaLike.mp3 and attached it to the movie. It just didn't fit and the orchestral music didn't hype up the fight scenes. The music completely deflated any sense of excitement I wanted to have while watching the fight scenes. I wish they would have gone with some music that actually had a pulse.
Raiden - Didn't like the casting. Maybe he should have been taller? He didn't look like Raiden to me.
The original character - Didn't like this character or care about him. I'm watching MK to see the characters I love, not someone new.
Liu Kang - I didn't like the accent and he looked too skinny
Shang Tsung - I didn't like the casting here. I didn't feel the intensity in his acting. They missed the mark here.
Martial arts - I didn't feel like the fighting was particularly interesting. I would have liked to see better karate style fight choreography
Kano - Great casting, fun character
Sonya Blade - Great casting
Jax - Great casting
Kabal - Great voiceover, awesome fight scenes. Would have liked to see more of him in the movie.
Kung Lao - Great casting, fun character
Sub-Zero - I liked his character and his use of powers were pretty fun
Goro - It was fun seeing Goro and his fight scene was fine. I would have preferred he fought one of the other characters though.
Costumes - In general, most of the characters looked pretty cool
Special effects - The special effects were fine
The Bad:
The story - The story should have centered around the tournament and fighting. I never felt like the good guys were going to lose. There was no intensity to the story.
Scorpion - When he came back I would have preferred him to have white eyes and for the spear to come out of his hands.
Gaining powers through the dragon symbol - I didn't like this. Would have preferred it if everyone just had powers initially.
Reptile - I would have preferred human reptile or a human reptile who could turn into this beast. The fight was cool though.
The music - What a let down. They downloaded AvengersSoundaLike.mp3 and attached it to the movie. It just didn't fit and the orchestral music didn't hype up the fight scenes. The music completely deflated any sense of excitement I wanted to have while watching the fight scenes. I wish they would have gone with some music that actually had a pulse.
Raiden - Didn't like the casting. Maybe he should have been taller? He didn't look like Raiden to me.
The original character - Didn't like this character or care about him. I'm watching MK to see the characters I love, not someone new.
Liu Kang - I didn't like the accent and he looked too skinny
Shang Tsung - I didn't like the casting here. I didn't feel the intensity in his acting. They missed the mark here.
Martial arts - I didn't feel like the fighting was particularly interesting. I would have liked to see better karate style fight choreography
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Yeah what the fuck? My friends and I said "Jesus christ" collectively when he flexed that one time.
If we pay attention to The Immortals album from the mid 90s we will remember that Liu Kang is the youngest and also the fastest warrior in the tournament. 😂
So, lean but ripped fits.
Re-quoting myself from earlier in the thread:
I wasn't feeling him at all until that scene when he was training Kano
I was like "DAAAAAAAAAAAAMN"
In my estimation, the entire point of Johnny Cage is that he isn't likable at all. Especially fresh from Hollywood Johnny Cage. He's the fucking worst. Wanting to see Cage get killed off or beat up is my opinion of Johnny Cage any time he's on screen. And Miz is perfect for that.
He was ripped with an ounce of muscle. Looked like his punches would tickle. Honestly he looked absurd.
He was going for the Bruce Lee/Rocky 3 "I don't eat food or drink water" look.
I personally thought he looked incredible, too bad he was so boring, though.
Thanks for the explanation.
I want to say if anyone else has the sudden urge to play MK Mythologies Sub Zero: don't play on easy. The game throws you to a game over screen before heading to the Netherrealm with a "play on a harder difficulty, nerd" message.
I gave up. For me it ended with Raiden hiring Sub Zero to fix his mistake in aiding Quan Chi.
Sort of interesting how this new movie mostly kept to the formula of the old movie and original games. The lore seemed to go in a broader direction at a point. Maybe a bit too far? Feels like no one cared much for those PS2 era MK games. But the 2011 reboot of sorts with MK(9) and onward is well liked.
Maybe one day they do a MK vs DC movie. I think Sub Zero becomes Batman in one of the endings.
Kinda standard to add new blood to a reboot. Plus children of the main roster showing up to the fight happens all the time. That's how we get gems like Johnny Cage getting murdered by his daughter.
You got some dysphoria going on here. Plenty of heavy hitters in real life(mma, boxing) that aren't even as thick as angelface Liu Kang. He looked good
I saw the movie earlier. I loved it, it had all the violence and brutality I was hoping for.
I very much want a sequel.
Only problem I really had was Cole Young. Not a fan of the OC Do not steal. I was actually hoping he Shang Tsung was going to claim his soul. I was so disappointed that it was instead Kung Lao. Man had the best fatality in the film and he got his soul stolen by Shang Tsung. Hopefully Cole and his family get killed off in the opening 5 minutes of the sequel. Everything else about the movie was a ton of fun.
I do wish Scorpions face went full skull when he burned Sub Zero Alive. I got plenty of the fatalities I wanted and I liked the characters saying the announcers lines like "Kano Wins" and "Flawless Victory".
Hyped for Jonny Cage in the sequel. Also probably Noob Saibot. Hoping for Kitana, we saw her fan in the temple. Also hoping for Smoke, Rain, and all the Ninjas.
All in all my expectations were exceeded.
I very much want a sequel.
Only problem I really had was Cole Young. Not a fan of the OC Do not steal. I was actually hoping he Shang Tsung was going to claim his soul. I was so disappointed that it was instead Kung Lao. Man had the best fatality in the film and he got his soul stolen by Shang Tsung. Hopefully Cole and his family get killed off in the opening 5 minutes of the sequel. Everything else about the movie was a ton of fun.
I do wish Scorpions face went full skull when he burned Sub Zero Alive. I got plenty of the fatalities I wanted and I liked the characters saying the announcers lines like "Kano Wins" and "Flawless Victory".
Hyped for Jonny Cage in the sequel. Also probably Noob Saibot. Hoping for Kitana, we saw her fan in the temple. Also hoping for Smoke, Rain, and all the Ninjas.
All in all my expectations were exceeded.
God it was such a piece of shit. The action wasn't even good. I honestly have no idea what the hell they were thinking with a lot of the story.
Also, I loved the shit out of it.
Also, I loved the shit out of it.
He really didn't. Especially when he flexed and his shoulder blades winged out. Idk his character was a shadow of the original movies to me.
The guy who played Kano was awesome. Kano is supposed to be an unlikable piece of shit and he did a great job of that.
ya but Kung Lao didn't get covered in the grey smoke and also got his SOUL SUCKED.
I recall him being bigger in Black Mirror, where funny enough he played a video game fighting character. But he's a lot more cut here.
Kung Lao was awesome. Especially how deranged he looked during the fatality. My guy was enjoying it a bit too much.
Really hope we dont get a sequel.
No Kung Lao and Liu Kang team ups in the future films is a major bummer.
If there is a sequel they better just get The Miz to be Johnny Cage.
No Kung Lao and Liu Kang team ups in the future films is a major bummer.
If there is a sequel they better just get The Miz to be Johnny Cage.
Movie kinda sucked. I liked Kabal and Scorpion's introduction at the end, but that's about it.
All the stuff they created for the movie sucked. Every conceivable aspect of Cole sucked. A super generic character, poorly acted. Hopefully if they do ever add him to a game for whatever reason they change his godawful costume.
The whole thing with the dragon markings and everyone getting a "special power" was so dumb. Both were clearly invented just for plot or "character development" purposes. Was Kung Lao's power literally hat-throwing? What was Jax's power, exactly?
Actually, I did also like whenever they would just cut to Shang Tsung's throne bridge just to go "and here are some more cannon fodder weirdos you may recognize!"
All the stuff they created for the movie sucked. Every conceivable aspect of Cole sucked. A super generic character, poorly acted. Hopefully if they do ever add him to a game for whatever reason they change his godawful costume.
The whole thing with the dragon markings and everyone getting a "special power" was so dumb. Both were clearly invented just for plot or "character development" purposes. Was Kung Lao's power literally hat-throwing? What was Jax's power, exactly?
Actually, I did also like whenever they would just cut to Shang Tsung's throne bridge just to go "and here are some more cannon fodder weirdos you may recognize!"
Yeah, no one really dies in Mortal Kombat.
There should be a running gag, Kano is resurrected and brutally killed in every sequel.
Robin Shou will always be my Liu Kang but I'm willing to see what Magic Mike can do with better material.
Nah, if that was the case he would have been a bland white dude.
The more I think about it the more Cole bugs me. I can understand wanting to leave your own stamp on the material, but creating your own OC and basing the whole story around him is just too much. Especially when his story isn't even particularly original or compelling.
Still dont understand how they were pressed for time before the tournament to get this group ready, but now they have time to go champion hunting and get a new group ready. The story is really thin in this movie and they still made it seem useless. And to make it worse, they could have pretty much told the same story as the start of the tournament, instead of having Outworld go to Earthrealm. Pretty much just use the same setup as MK95.
I'm really hoping they bring him back with the metal face plate and laser eye. Mileena better come back as well. Kung Lao seems like the most difficuot to really bring back, which sucks since I think he was the movies best character. If they make him a revenant it won't be the same.
I really missed the "mysterious kung-fu island" setup. Going into a strange location and gradually finding out what's going on is inherently more interesting than the Harry Potter / Slasher movie they ended up making. And that info-dump from Sonya.. ugh.
It felt like the Dolph Lundgren Masters of the Universe movie. Just some nobodies in budget-conscious urban environments.
It felt like the Dolph Lundgren Masters of the Universe movie. Just some nobodies in budget-conscious urban environments.