Movie: The Smashing Machine
Running Time: 2:03
Nominated for: Make Up & Hair Styling
How I watched: HBO Max
When it had me: Brief random moments
When it lost me: Insurance Discussions!
What systems does it challenge: Unsure
The Smashing Machine is about a fighter who played a big role in the establishment of MMA fighting. But I didn't really understand that from watching it.
The movie has weird pacing and a pointed lack of emphasis on some content over other. For example, there is a scene where we watch the fighter talk about how to submit his bill to insurance in order to get the best coverage. That's delivered with the same urgency as scenes of steroid and opioid addiction.
The Rock is playing an extremely nice guy. He talks gently and calmly in almost every scene. It's quiet and unhurried and it feels like the whole movie just wants to match that freak.
So many of the decisions just left me confused. It was a film that felt caught somewhere between serious biopic, comedic take on history and afterschool special.
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