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Better Michael Mann film: Blackhat or Miami Vice

Just realized Mann attempted to sexualize the fuck out of pr...
Razzmatazz Pistol
  12/24/18
the Miami Vice chink seemed force. would have made more sens...
barnabyjones
  01/23/26
I know you're joking but both movies are underrated arthouse...
cyan house-broken queen of the night idea he suggested
  12/24/18
There's more mood than plot and character and in both, but M...
Razzmatazz Pistol
  12/24/18
MV definitely does it better. Blackhat is also different tho...
cyan house-broken queen of the night idea he suggested
  12/24/18
I've never seen MV. Blackhat: kind of lulzy the super sm...
Multi-colored Lake Stain Becky
  12/24/18
He's only buff because he was in prison. That's the whole po...
cyan house-broken queen of the night idea he suggested
  12/24/18
come on dude, get your head out of the ass cave. no neet loo...
passionate ocher associate
  12/24/18
You're right they should've cast Neil Patrick Harris
cyan house-broken queen of the night idea he suggested
  12/24/18
if there wasnt an actor to fit the role, dont make the movie...
passionate ocher associate
  12/24/18
Gosling should have done it. Or gylenhal.
nighttime silver center
  04/29/19
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barnabyjones
  01/23/26
also cinema's pre-eminent AGWWG manifesto
fragrant narrow-minded cruise ship
  04/29/19
Both underrated
Opaque Resort
  12/24/18
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Matthias of Redwall Did Nothing Wrong #Cornflower
  01/23/26
H E A T
Contagious Confused Mediation
  12/24/18
Miami Vice is my favorite Mann movie, and one of my favorite...
Balding tantric filthpig
  12/24/18
heat is maybe my favorite movie of all time. definitely one ...
passionate ocher associate
  12/24/18
I can see the flaws in blackhat but DESCRIBE what makes miam...
Balding tantric filthpig
  12/24/18
miami vice - 6.0 i dont need to explain shit, BROTHER. ...
passionate ocher associate
  12/24/18
shes a shit actress and can barely speak english. the fl...
barnabyjones
  01/23/26
btw, imdb sometimes is dead on, especially when excluding cg...
passionate ocher associate
  12/24/18
proles probably thought they were going to see comic book mo...
Contagious Confused Mediation
  12/24/18
ok, ok, but im with the proles on this one.
passionate ocher associate
  12/24/18
Yes you are
cyan house-broken queen of the night idea he suggested
  12/24/18
sometimes the masses are right, and the people with their no...
passionate ocher associate
  12/24/18
It's cool man. Netflix has made a lot of tv shows for your k...
cyan house-broken queen of the night idea he suggested
  12/24/18
lol, you wish. although i must admit i also adore tarantino ...
passionate ocher associate
  12/24/18
Tarantino is prole as fuck. Other than Djano and Jackie Brow...
cyan house-broken queen of the night idea he suggested
  12/24/18
lol. every movie hes done is gold.
passionate ocher associate
  12/24/18
...
Contagious Confused Mediation
  12/24/18
both underwhelming
misunderstood dragon
  12/24/18
both 40-50x better than capeshit
magical hideous senate
  04/29/19
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Razzmatazz Pistol
  07/07/19
...
passionate ocher associate
  07/07/19
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Razzmatazz Pistol
  04/10/25
THIEF, dumbasses 🙄
animeboi
  01/23/26
;-)
Matthias of Redwall Did Nothing Wrong #Cornflower
  01/23/26


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Date: December 24th, 2018 5:26 PM
Author: Razzmatazz Pistol

Just realized Mann attempted to sexualize the fuck out of prim asian chicks in both films

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4162828&forum_id=2.#37465136)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 12:07 PM
Author: barnabyjones

the Miami Vice chink seemed force. would have made more sense for the role to be cuban?

plus mance rayder plays a cop named Fujiyama or some shit like that. mann definitely was in an asain trim phase.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4162828&forum_id=2.#49611782)



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Date: December 24th, 2018 5:30 PM
Author: cyan house-broken queen of the night idea he suggested

I know you're joking but both movies are underrated arthouse masterpieces. Italians get it; they consider both to be classics.

Check out this clip as an example.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=thMQQVxf3zw

In 1.5 minutes Mann gets more emotion out of 2 actors and a few exterior cutaways of Hong Kong than whoever won best director last year did in a 2 hour movie about human lizard.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4162828&forum_id=2.#37465153)



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Date: December 24th, 2018 5:34 PM
Author: Razzmatazz Pistol

There's more mood than plot and character and in both, but MV does it better. I don't mind shit just looking nice but crime thrillers need better structure. I like MV the more I watch it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4162828&forum_id=2.#37465175)



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Date: December 24th, 2018 5:39 PM
Author: cyan house-broken queen of the night idea he suggested

MV definitely does it better. Blackhat is also different though. It tried to be cinema's first pure techno thriller. Thematically it's different than anything else he's done. Miami Vice is an arthouse film disguised as a traditional run and gun shoot em up movie. It's like a 2 hour digital Art Deco painting with a riveting plot and a brilliant soundtrack. It's fucking genius.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4162828&forum_id=2.#37465199)



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Date: December 24th, 2018 6:31 PM
Author: Multi-colored Lake Stain Becky

I've never seen MV.

Blackhat: kind of lulzy the super smart hacker bro is also a buffed Hemsworth. I mean lol.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4162828&forum_id=2.#37465368)



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Date: December 24th, 2018 6:33 PM
Author: cyan house-broken queen of the night idea he suggested

He's only buff because he was in prison. That's the whole point of his character. He was a NEET geek several years before the movie started and being jailed and isolated made him even more weird and autistic.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4162828&forum_id=2.#37465377)



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Date: December 24th, 2018 7:11 PM
Author: passionate ocher associate

come on dude, get your head out of the ass cave. no neet looks like hemsworth, even without the muscles. hes a greek god.

hemsworth playing weird and autistic = massive fail.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4162828&forum_id=2.#37465536)



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Date: December 24th, 2018 7:15 PM
Author: cyan house-broken queen of the night idea he suggested

You're right they should've cast Neil Patrick Harris

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4162828&forum_id=2.#37465558)



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Date: December 24th, 2018 7:17 PM
Author: passionate ocher associate

if there wasnt an actor to fit the role, dont make the movie. films have to contend with practical matters.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4162828&forum_id=2.#37465568)



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Date: April 29th, 2019 8:24 AM
Author: nighttime silver center

Gosling should have done it. Or gylenhal.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4162828&forum_id=2.#38158645)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 12:09 PM
Author: barnabyjones



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4162828&forum_id=2.#49611792)



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Date: April 29th, 2019 7:17 AM
Author: fragrant narrow-minded cruise ship

also cinema's pre-eminent AGWWG manifesto

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4162828&forum_id=2.#38158522)



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Date: December 24th, 2018 5:31 PM
Author: Opaque Resort

Both underrated

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4162828&forum_id=2.#37465164)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 10:19 AM
Author: Matthias of Redwall Did Nothing Wrong #Cornflower



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4162828&forum_id=2.#49611384)



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Date: December 24th, 2018 6:22 PM
Author: Contagious Confused Mediation

H E A T

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4162828&forum_id=2.#37465345)



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Date: December 24th, 2018 6:38 PM
Author: Balding tantric filthpig

Miami Vice is my favorite Mann movie, and one of my favorite movies ever.

Blackhat is underrated but its not as beautifully filmed as Vice, the soundtrack is worse and Helmsworth was miscast/poorly written.

On the other hand, I think Farrell crushed it. People didn't appreciate Miami Vice in its time because they compared it unfavorably with the show, but I like that it was darker and grittier

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4162828&forum_id=2.#37465400)



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Date: December 24th, 2018 7:04 PM
Author: passionate ocher associate

heat is maybe my favorite movie of all time. definitely one of my top 20. i love collateral, thief, last of the mohicans, manhunter...

but honestly, miami vice and blackhat are fucking garbage. i dunno why he tried to do the chink fob thing, but it doesnt work for me, and a whole other stuff he did in those two movie doesnt sit with me at all.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4162828&forum_id=2.#37465503)



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Date: December 24th, 2018 7:09 PM
Author: Balding tantric filthpig

I can see the flaws in blackhat but DESCRIBE what makes miami vice terrible. I am not into asian women but i thought Gong Li was pretty appealing and also appropriately exotic for the material

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4162828&forum_id=2.#37465527)



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Date: December 24th, 2018 7:12 PM
Author: passionate ocher associate

miami vice - 6.0

i dont need to explain shit, BROTHER.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4162828&forum_id=2.#37465541)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 12:13 PM
Author: barnabyjones

shes a shit actress and can barely speak english.

the flow in MV was the title. people wanted bright colors and Don Johnson. Just change the name to "Tropic Snow" and its a hit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4162828&forum_id=2.#49611813)



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Date: December 24th, 2018 7:06 PM
Author: passionate ocher associate

btw, imdb sometimes is dead on, especially when excluding cgi cape shit

blackhat - 5.4

miami vice - 6.0

those are terrible, terrible scores if you arent familiar with the imdb scoring. maybe those italian film critics have their heads up their asses? ever thought of that?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4162828&forum_id=2.#37465510)



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Date: December 24th, 2018 7:18 PM
Author: Contagious Confused Mediation

proles probably thought they were going to see comic book movie because it had thor

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4162828&forum_id=2.#37465570)



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Date: December 24th, 2018 7:20 PM
Author: passionate ocher associate

ok, ok, but im with the proles on this one.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4162828&forum_id=2.#37465580)



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Date: December 24th, 2018 7:22 PM
Author: cyan house-broken queen of the night idea he suggested

Yes you are

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4162828&forum_id=2.#37465587)



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Date: December 24th, 2018 7:31 PM
Author: passionate ocher associate

sometimes the masses are right, and the people with their noses in the air, filled with cake residue, are dead wrong.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4162828&forum_id=2.#37465626)



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Date: December 24th, 2018 7:37 PM
Author: cyan house-broken queen of the night idea he suggested

It's cool man. Netflix has made a lot of tv shows for your kind. You'll never run into boredom.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4162828&forum_id=2.#37465650)



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Date: December 24th, 2018 7:39 PM
Author: passionate ocher associate

lol, you wish. although i must admit i also adore tarantino and carpenter.

i also love kubrick and david lynch. thats art, isnt it? whats so prole about those two?

or blade runner?

i love art! heat is art. blackhat and miami vice is FAILED art. i mean, at least he tried. its better than capeshit and dumb kevin hart comedies, but shit is shit. if you fail, you fail. thats the nature of the assignment.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4162828&forum_id=2.#37465659)



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Date: December 24th, 2018 7:42 PM
Author: cyan house-broken queen of the night idea he suggested

Tarantino is prole as fuck. Other than Djano and Jackie Brown I can't remember anything noteworthy he's done in 20 years.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4162828&forum_id=2.#37465674)



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Date: December 24th, 2018 7:49 PM
Author: passionate ocher associate

lol. every movie hes done is gold.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4162828&forum_id=2.#37465718)



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Date: December 24th, 2018 8:12 PM
Author: Contagious Confused Mediation



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4162828&forum_id=2.#37465785)



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Date: December 24th, 2018 8:31 PM
Author: misunderstood dragon

both underwhelming

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4162828&forum_id=2.#37465830)



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Date: April 29th, 2019 7:18 AM
Author: magical hideous senate

both 40-50x better than capeshit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4162828&forum_id=2.#38158525)



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Date: July 7th, 2019 11:34 PM
Author: Razzmatazz Pistol



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4162828&forum_id=2.#38498149)



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Date: July 7th, 2019 11:56 PM
Author: passionate ocher associate



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4162828&forum_id=2.#38498236)



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Date: April 10th, 2025 12:25 PM
Author: Razzmatazz Pistol



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 10:24 AM
Author: animeboi (.)

THIEF, dumbasses 🙄

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4162828&forum_id=2.#49611402)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 10:26 AM
Author: Matthias of Redwall Did Nothing Wrong #Cornflower

;-)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4162828&forum_id=2.#49611418)