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This is *exactly* the content we've all been waiting for. I'm glad the movie didn't let you down. I'm really looking forward to it!

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Hopefully my local big-screener will make good on its tease that it'll rock up there, even if it's just a perfunctory one screening a day and gone after a week - window enough, surely. Just looked on imdb to see what my last cinematic Cager would've been - answer: LORD OF WAR in - bloody hell - 2005.

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Despite being a big Cage guy, I am hesitant to see this in theaters, due to audience response.

I saw FaceOff last week in the theater and people were constantly laughing at EVERYTHING. Sure some of the stuff Cage does is hilarious, but often it was people just finding things to laugh at, and much out of some sense of irony.

I had the same experience a few years back seeing Blue Velvet in the theater and it was a horrible experience. (Legit have no idea why people were laughing, that movie is horrifying)

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That's always a chance you take with any repertory screening, unfortunately. I remember movies as disparate as The Exorcist and The Searchers inspiring very incongruous laughter. Since this film is actually a comedy, hopefully it will resist some of that performative laughter.

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The worst are Douglas Sirk screenings. I was relieved when, years ago, a professor who was using a Sirk screening for discussion warned folks in advance not to do it. Made for a much better experience.

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I had a similar reaction to seeing FACE/OFF as the second half of Keith's Cage double-feature at Music Box. Obviously the film is over-the-top and funny, deliberately so, but there are moments-- like every time Travolta with the touching-of-the-face thing-- that got these annoying explosions of mocking laughter. It's just one of those phenomenons that can't be controlled.

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YES same here with the face touching thing. It's cheesy yes but c'mon (this was not in Chicago). Some of it also felt a little off like people were laughing at John Woo's style, not being familiar with HK action movies.

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A style that's been completely ripped off by Hollywood-- to lesser effect!

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I just finished the book this morning, and it was wonderful. Thanks for inspiring a week of revisiting some of my favorite Cage performances, some of which I hadn't seen in 15 or 20 years.

When I first heard about this movie, I was happy Cage was trying to take control of the exhausting ironic internet meme aspect of his career, but had no expectation the movie would be any good. When I saw the trailer, I was surprised to find it looked pretty solid. Your recommendation pushes it to the top of my list when it opens next week.

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