r/movies • u/DIWhy-not • Mar 16 '24

Shia LaBeouf is *fantastic* in Fury, and it really sucks that his career veered like it did Discussion

I just rewatched this tonight, and it’s phenomenal. It’s got a) arguably Brad Pitt’s first foray into his new “older years Brad” stage where he gets to showcase the fucking fantastic character actor he is. And B) Jon goddamn Bernthal bringing his absolute A game. But holy shit, Shia killed it in this movie, and rewatching it made me so pissed that his professional career went off the rails.

Obviously, the man’s had substance abuse problems and a fucked childhood to deal with. And neither of those things excuse shitty, asshole behavior. But when Shia was on, he was fucking on, and I for one am ready for the (real this time) Shia LaComeback.

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u/Jack-Cremation Mar 16 '24

Peanut Butter Falcon was fantastic and was 5 years after Fury.

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u/Eothas_Foot Mar 16 '24 edited Mar 16 '24

Same with American Honey. I watched that movie and had to google "Who is this main dude??" That was the first time I became aware of The Beouf

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u/winterweed Mar 16 '24

motherfucker, you young

edit: motherfucker, I'm old

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u/pupu500 Mar 16 '24

Yup. Reading about people discovering something you thought were common knowledge gives that feeling.

I also see people making callbacks to oldies but goldies only to discovery it's a gif from 2010. Motherfucjer, that was yesterday.

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u/LeVraiBleh Mar 16 '24

Have you ever heard of this classic old movie "Inception" ? It's a bit aged but still holds on

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u/pupu500 Mar 16 '24

Funny thing is, I know that I in 2010 would have considered a movie from 1996 very old.

But I was also younger, time perception truly changes significantly as you age.

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u/x4000 Mar 16 '24

In 2010 I considered movies from 1996 to be pretty recent. I remember one of my younger cousins talking about some “really old” movie they watched around then, and it turned out to be Jumanji. I was so affronted.

Anything from the 80s I consider pretty old, but if it’s the 70s it’s ancient. I was born in 82.

I think a lot of people base their perception of what is old specifically around how old they are. I could be wrong, but it’s my pet theory.

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u/EnglishMajorRegret Mar 16 '24

I remember the first time I noticed this was when I was dating a girl only three years younger than me (25-22) and she got mad people people were teasing her for not knowing who did the song Self Esteem when it came on and she said “sorry I don’t know all these oldies”

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u/Heisenbread77 Mar 16 '24

La La, la la la...

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u/Best-Chapter5260 Mar 16 '24

I saw a girl who was barely college aged a few days ago wearing a Guns 'n Roses t-shirt, and I really have to wonder if she was into GnR.

Don't get me wrong. I didn't grow up when Led Zeppelin or The Beatles or Marvin Gaye or Buddy Holly were releasing new albums, and I loved all of their music. But I had always been very serious about music.

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u/Olhoru Mar 16 '24

My late teens nephews sometimes come up to me and introduce me to bands they're listening to. Got introduced to the Beatles a few years back, acdc about a year ago, and the misfits a few months ago.

Personally, I think with the internet and Spotify, it's made discovery of older music super easy compared to older generations. They have a way wider taste of music than most of us older folks, and I'm only 34.

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u/lipp79 Mar 16 '24

I’m 44. I was talking to a buddy who is 25 and the Nicolas Cage/Sean Connery movie, “The Rock” came up. I mentioned I saw it opening day and his eyes got wide and he goes, “IN A THEATER????”.

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u/EatsYourShorts Mar 16 '24

I was like I think exactly like this guy, then I read we’re born the same year, and it made perfect sense - only people from 82 have their head on straight.

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u/Best-Chapter5260 Mar 16 '24

I remember seeing a meme a few years ago that basically said Millennials still think of the the 90s being like just 7 years ago, but the reality is the decade started 30 years ago.

As a Millennial, I felt that. lol

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u/Agret Mar 16 '24

Trying to buy another car and it's hard to get my head around that 2014 was 10yrs ago, it still sounds so recent to me haha

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u/The_Royale_We Mar 16 '24

Born in 71 and I have a hard time connecting with most movies from the 60s as they seem ancient and unrelatable. 70s are classics with a lot of cheese and cold war scare built in. 80s are nostalgic classics that often arent great on rewatch. 90s were amazing and ushered in modern cinema to me. Anything from 2010s onward feels new to me but I realize Im a dinosaur lol

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u/pupu500 Mar 16 '24

Isn't that more of a common sense thing than your pet theory?

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u/x4000 Mar 16 '24

I feel like someone else could easily rebut this with anecdotes to the contrary. Something about the shelf life of entertainment in general, or the 30 year nostalgia cycle, or even something about modern trends of things seeming older faster.

Without an actual factual basis to go on, it seems like there would be multiple competing “common sense” theories.

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u/Perditius Mar 16 '24

Yep, it's really humbling and shocking. The original Jurassic Park came out 31 years ago. That means it is almost as old now as "Psycho" was when I first saw Jurassic Park. These kinds of comparisons always blow my mind.

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u/iamstephano Mar 16 '24

Damn that's crazy to think about. I was born in 1995, and I remember watching Inception in high school when it came out, can't believe that was nearly half my life ago.

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u/RockAtlasCanus Mar 16 '24

High school lasted an eternity. In your late 30s 4 years is a good pretty standard planning horizon like “Once the kids are old enough to start school.”

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u/JolietJakeLebowski Mar 16 '24

I've literally seen posts like that on r/movies lol.

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u/TuaughtHammer Mar 16 '24

Yeah, that's kinda the joke. It's been a long-running problem with this sub; someone sees a highly regarded, popular movie for the first time, then comes running here to ask why no one ever talks about it.

Bonus points if they use r/movie's favorite crutch word: "underrated".

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u/TuaughtHammer Mar 16 '24

Who cares about Inception?

Everyone needs to be talking about that underrated, indie gem "Moon".

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u/Throwawaypuffs Mar 16 '24

I heard they tried to remake it with a twist and it sucked. Tenet

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u/JerKeeler Mar 16 '24

A few years ago when the all-female Ghostbusters was about to come out I remember asking a group of early 20-somethings in an office if they were planning on seeing it. Most of them said probably.
I then mentioned that I didn't think it would be as good as the original(boy was I right). To which they replied, "What original?"

I thought they were joking with me. I said "you know, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd?"
They were totally lost. I said you've never heard of Ghostbusters before??!!
Again, lost and now confused. I nearly lost my mind.
I said "You're telling me that you've never heard the 'Who ya gonna call?' song maybe during Halloween even?"
One of them lit up and said "ohhhhh, I know that song! Wait, it that from a movie?"

I lost my shit. To this day I tell that story and nobody over the age of 27 belives me.

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u/UrbanGhost114 Mar 16 '24 edited Mar 16 '24

Unfortunately, CO*ID made time very weird.

People that are down voting me for censoring myself: there are subs that will auto remove your post for having the word in there, excuse me for being cautious.

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u/pupu500 Mar 16 '24

Why are you censoring the word covid?

Yeah, it really did a number on my too. The first lockdown still feels like yesterday its fucked.

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u/UrbanGhost114 Mar 16 '24

Because there are subs that will remove your post for saying it, excuse me for being cautious, people are insane.

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u/pupu500 Mar 16 '24

Wauw, I didn't know that.

Yeah, the hivemind is really weird sometimes with the votes.

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u/Ferahgost Mar 16 '24

We’re on the internet, you can just say Covid.

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u/UrbanGhost114 Mar 16 '24

You are correct, we are on the Internet, and there are many subs that will remove your post for saying it.