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Skyscraper (2018)


@earfulof.bsky.social May 17, 2025

Look up! A third 2018 watch for the day, let's see how The Rock dangles from this building

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#skysthelimit #skyanddry #watchhimdangle

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

Hello, I'm Alan and I'll be commenting on Skyscraper tonight. Let's get elevated! #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

Hi, I'm Hervey and I'll be commenting on this film today

I was curious about this back in 2018, and am looking forward to seeing the Rock dangle #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

Dreamy atmosphere in these opening credits #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

This film is Legendary! #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

Ray in Ash Lake, MN runs a hard bargain #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

Send in The Rock! #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

This is the coziest damn cabin, looks like damn lincoln logs #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

The Rock really messed that one up. #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

Damn! Rock's face got fucked up! #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

They should have taken dot Ray when they had 27 different laser pointers on his face #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

That is SUCH A GOOD SKYSCRAPER! #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

I love this skyscraper so much! This is so sick! #sickskyscraper #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

THE PEARL!!! #ilovethepearl #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

I need to know a LOT more about The Pearl. #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

I had no idea Neve Campbell was in this, or that Rock lost a leg to perform this role #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

Are they in The Pearl? I hope they're in The Pearl. #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

If I were flying The Rock out to interview for some sort of Pearl-related job, I'd put him up in The Pearl for sure #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

Everyone here looks like a real-life video game character. #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

Nighttime panda feeding!!! #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

Fuck yes! I'm going to be fucking pissed if anything goes wrong in this beautiful building #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

I like The Rock's shoulder bag. Very stylish but understated. #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

Great security lions #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

Dragons are a type of lion #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

One of these minions is definitely evil. #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

Everything is so stylish and slightly off in a wonderful way

This is very Cloud Atlas-core #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

Common rubes refer to the whole building as "The Pearl"; truly sophisticated people know that only the weird ball on top is The Pearl #thepearl #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

Why does The Sphere need to be so high in the sky? I hope there's a good lore reason for this. #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

My god, I loved that sequence so much

Just isolating The Rock and this businessguy in extremely unrealistic CG works so damn well #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

His bomb buddy clearly has a grievance and will clearly try to kill him #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

Now *this* is Hong Kong cinema. #HongKongCinema #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

Bag down #bagdown #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

Uh oh, The Pearl has structural issues. #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

We got spalling! #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

Big watch game all around. What are those, like 46mm? #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

The Rock knows how to take care of a tablet #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

We better get closure on the makeup nighttime panda feeding session #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

The Rock's family is the dearest thing in the world to him, and they're about to be in jeopardy. #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

"You should've just left it in the bag" #ClassicMovieLines #SkyscraperLines #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

Always good to have a fake leg to take the bullets. #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

Ben picked his friend The Rock because he knows The Rock gets his bags stolen all the time #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

Never get in a wrestling match with The Rock if you can avoid it. #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

I'm genuinely enjoying this a lot #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

An indoor fireworks show, a feast for the eyes #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

"We're perfectly safe here, I assure you" #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

The Pearl is looking quite safe, only the 96th floor is on fire #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

I really wish we could've spent more time in The Pearl before it caught on fire. Alas. #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

Tablet has been compromised, and virtual The Rock has been logged in, a true disaster #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

I'll be honest that I don't really understand why a company would give out a tablet that has security clearance for a new job applicant, of all people #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

Unclear why they couldn't use the tablet of the other guy they had already compromised? #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

I think the CEO/Pearl designer has enough sense to only trust The Rock, and not some damn skunks and finks #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

Kind of nuts this film is PG-13. We've seen like 40-50 people die in the past 5 minutes. #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

The Offsite Control Facility was the weak link all along! #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

This is the worst thing that can happen to your Offsite Security Panel #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

They're turning off the anti-fire measures and turning on the pro-fire measures #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

The assumption that the fire would stay constrained to the 96th floor is now in question #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

The crane is the key! #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

The logarithmic base cycle was the key #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

Beautiful bird! #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

The climb begins! #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

We're already delivering on most of the promises of the poster art #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

Aha! Now the highly regarded documentary Free Solo begins. #FreeSolo #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

Many consider this the most difficult part of the crane to climb #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

It was almost all over right there! Ready for the credits to roll at any point here. #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

Crane enabled #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

Game over for The Rock #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

The Rock's inability to speak Chinese is really hindering his progress here. #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

The common people support The Rock's goal to enter The Pearl, why can't the hifalutin law enforcement agencies show similar sense #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

Oh no, the clearly evil guy is evil! #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

Really enjoy spending this time in the atrium, even under these trying circumstances #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

I appreciate that the entire movie has a film grain effect applied to it. #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

I agree #testreply #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

Why is weird tweed man evil, he's so fucking offputting I thought he couldn't be simply evil #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

A novel solution to the problem of having a helicopter available. #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

The red thingy is safe! #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

Mr Pearl was a genius of security: he created at least one room that can't be unlocked remotely by the tablet he gave to a job applicant #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

"If you can't fix it with duct tape, then you're not using enough duct tape." #ClassicMovieLines #SkyscraperLines #RockLines #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

This movie is kinda fascinating, it's like Die Hard half-rewritten by unimaginative hacks, and half-rewritten by demented dreamers #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

Tweed man really played this poorly. He could've led with "come with me, you'll be safe" instead of pulling a gun on them. They don't know he's evil. #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

Tweed man has been casually knocked into the fire! #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

This movie is a platformer #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

What is this, The Super Mario Bros. Movie? #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

Great job saving the son, just have to cut your losses and forget about the daughter though #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

"In order to be brave, we've gotta be a little scared." #ClassicMovieLines #RockLines #SkyscraperLines #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

There's a time in every father's life when he has to let his kids know that free-falling down an elevator shaft is totally normal #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

Someone's about to get steam-vented. #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

Confirmed steam venting. #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

These two goons look like Randall "Tex" Cobb and Paul Reubens #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

The fact the building has its own wind generator is a good way to explain why all the power is still on. #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

Game over for The Rock. #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

Clueless white woman responds in perfect chinese, shocks police #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

Just searching some parachutes on Baidu. #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

This has become a film about where to drop in Fortnite: Hong Kong. #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

I love how they're trying to get away by talking cantonese behind her back, just minutes after they know she can speak it #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

Wind turbine lookin real slicey here. #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

This is the 5th scene in the movie that feels like a Mario 64 level #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

This is basically the "chompers" scene from Galaxy Quest, but played seriously. #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

The Rock is dangling #wow #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

Very nice large Sharp brand television in the town square. #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

Hiding tracking software inside a wire transfer is very clever! #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

People are calling it "the worst wire transfer of all time" #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

This is some really unnecessarily convoluted setup, but I'll accept it. #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

I'll accept it, and also relish it #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

If I were in this situation, I'd make a bunch of replica red gizmos #bunchagizmos #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

PEARL TIME, BABY #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

Show the Pearl in Act 1, use the Pearl in Act 3. #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

I knew this businessman was a genius to build an orb which is also a mirror labyrinth #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

The tablet! #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

Wow, Kores has a grenade *and* a hole in the ground

One is manageable, but you just gotta surrender when he has both #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

"I'm behind you." YESSSSSSSS #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

So fucking stupid (but it mostly works) #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

Building looking good atm. #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

The Pearl was built to withstand minor mishaps like this, it will be back to normal within 2-3 weeks #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

Reboot the building! #RebootTheBuilding #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

This is such a smart movie, and taught people the importance of power cycling #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

I really hope this film ends with a nice, cleaned-up The Pearl and people spending lots of time having fun in it for another 20 minutes or so. #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

We deserve it #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

The Rock's got a big scorched head #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

Playing some Burnin' Tower Blues #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

Really sucks that the whole movie is stopping the building from being on fire, and now we have to see the building on fire again during these closing credits

#makeitmakesense #getscraped25

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

That was entertaining, but I wanted a lot more of a functional The Pearl and a lot less of an on-fire The Pearl. I think this will be hard to dig too much into as an Earful film. #getscraped25

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

I frankly had a great time with this, but it is a *very* stupid action movie that has a bunch of big sloppy sequences that don't mean much and the details are kinda fake

But it's dense and antic, I wouldn't be heartbroken to cover via earful #getscraped25