rewatched it recently and it’s kinda wild how much he stands out even in a small role. the movie itself is great, and the writing deserves more credit. it actually takes time to build the characters and makes the whole powers thing feel real instead of over the top.
crazy to think this was way before creed and everything that came after. anyone else remember watching this the first time and thinking the same thing?
I really like him in that, a rare occasion of the jock character having some depth.
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Savings_Safe1090Mar 23, 2026
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great point! they still rarely get that right even now which makes his character stand out even more looking back
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ConradFazzaMar 23, 2026
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I remember being in college and my English lecturer told me to watch it so I checked it out and I remember being so surprised it wasn't a bigger hit.
Probably one of the better of the latter found footage style movies that were all the hype during that era of cinema.
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Savings_Safe1090Mar 23, 2026
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yeah that’s exactly how it felt at the time. it kinda came and went but everyone who actually watched it got it. and agreed, it’s easily one of the better found footage ones. it actually used that style to build tension instead of just being a gimmick which is why it still holds up now, imo
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callthepoeliceMar 23, 2026
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I agree that it's an excellent movie and a very good depiction of telekinesis in a universe otherwise grounded in reality.
My biggest gripe with it is how forced the "found footage" angle felt. Nothing about that movie demanded to be told from that POV. Hell, once Andrew had come into his powers, we started getting a more appropriately expansive view of the world.
I get that they were trying to capture a sense of realism, but it very much felt like doing it for the sake of doing it because it was a popular trend at the time
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Savings_Safe1090Mar 23, 2026
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i get that for sure. it did feel like they were leaning into a trend at the time but i think it worked more than it didn’t. early on it makes everything feel super personal, and then once his powers grow and the camera opens up, it kinda mirrors that shift. like it stops feeling small at the same time the story does.
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StillStanding_96Mar 23, 2026
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Nah man. Try 10 years earlier. He was a standout in The Wire
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Savings_Safe1090Mar 23, 2026
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fair! I saw him in this before I saw the wire tho. but that whole series was epic
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StillStanding_96Mar 23, 2026
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Little Wallace didn’t deserve to go out like that. He weren’t no snitch. 😭
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Savings_Safe1090Mar 23, 2026
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LOL facts
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StarbuckWoolfMar 23, 2026
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It was his turn as the villain in “Black Panther” that convinced me.
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Savings_Safe1090Mar 23, 2026
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such a great role!!!! i can kind of see that in him in chronicle too
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Accomplished_Store77Mar 23, 2026
+1
For me it was Fruitvale Station.
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SilkkTheShockeMar 23, 2026
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Yeah, I watched this and knew immediately he was a star. Bought it after I rented it.
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rjmacreadyMar 23, 2026
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>the writing deserves more credit
Look up who wrote it and realize that it actually deserves *less* credit.
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AyaddMar 23, 2026
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Good writing deserves credit, a person being a bad person doesn’t mean their writing is now worse.
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rjmacreadyMar 23, 2026
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It has nothing to do with his quality as a person, and everything to do with his shitty writing. This movie works because Josh Trank, who has problems of his own, not nepo-dipshit Max Landis and his mediocre writing.
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AyaddMar 23, 2026
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You wrote, “look up who wrote it…it actually deserves less credit.”
Now if you want to change the reason you believe it deserves less credit, that’s fine, but that’s not what you started with.
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rjmacreadyMar 23, 2026
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It absolutely is. His writing is shit, the movie is good *despite* his writing. His writing deserves less credit for that movie's success.
It's really not that hard to understand.
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AyaddMar 23, 2026
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You wrote, “look up who wrote it…it actually deserves less credit.”
Now if you want to change the reason you believe it deserves less credit, that’s fine, but that’s not what you started with.
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rjmacreadyMar 23, 2026
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Good job
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AyaddMar 23, 2026
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Glad we confirmed you don’t know how to parse the difference between good or bad person and good or bad writing.
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rjmacreadyMar 23, 2026
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How are you not understanding what I said while being able to use words like *parse*.
Jesus f****** christ, like...is there something wrong with you? Is English your first language?
HIS WRITING F****** SUCKS. LOOK UP WHAT HE'S WRITTEN AND REALIZE HE DESERVES LESS CREDIT FOR THIS MOVIE.
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AyaddMar 23, 2026
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Hey,
I deleted my original response. I was being a bit of a d***.
Let me clarify, I get what you mean, he has a bad track record, there are other reasons unrelated to the script that make that movie stand out. All fair points. Maybe that’s what you intended from the beginning and it just came across differently.
But as you clearly know, Max Landis did some pretty things, so when a comment goes, “look up the writer, he doesn’t deserve credit.” It comes across as saying “don’t give credit to his writing, he is a bad person.”
I think that’s a bad position. That’s my only point. If you agree, cool, if you don’t, I’d be genuinely interested why, if you wish to discuss that particular aspect.
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