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- Jul 30, 2017
Free Guy is a far better movie than it had any right to be. Had it been just a little bit more polished, it could have easily been a new generation's WF Roger Rabbit. (kind of like how Wreck-it Ralph tried and got close)I've heard talk that this ending is shit on purpose because they are making fun of or some sort of statement on capeshit.
What I keep trying to explain to Taika is that payoffs need stronger set ups. And you can't just drop the set up 2 lines before the payoff. The further back you place it (and the better you disguise it) the more the pay off works.
Like had the movie done more about "product placements" and "corporate tie-ins" earlier in the film - maybe even done a couple of jokes about "paying for swag" before the climax, then the final reveal of getting the Marvel stuff would have worked much better. As it is, the movie just drops it in with a quick Chris Evans cameo to basically wink at the audience "oh yeah, we know how shameless we're being - isn't it hilarious?"
That and a couple of other writing missteps is what keeps the movie from outgrowing it's C+ rating into a truly great classic. Like my buddy says, it's cargo-cult writing - all of the flash, none of the substance. Which only heightens the irony because the very climax of the movie is supposed to be Free Guy (the substance) fighting his "all flash" counterpart. Hence the latter just uttering "Catchphrase" because it's supposed to be a joke on how surface level he is. (Which the movie then undercuts by having the "substance" character win with flash instead of substance - meaning he is essentially forfeiting the argument and agreeing with the enemy - flash is all that matters.)