Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: Shaft (2019)

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Posted by Sam Graham (Member # 2889) on 06-19-2019, 01:18 PM:

CINEMA: Fridley Palms & IMAX, Waukee, IA
AUDITORIUM: 4, SEAT: E8 (which is really B8 but there's no A, B, or C rows)
PRESENTATION: Fridley Recline-o-Vision stadium seating with butt warmers, really hard to figure out seat controls, Dolby Atmos, and mystery meat digital
PRESENTATION PROBLEMS: None [Cool]

RATING: Three stars (out of four)

THING I LEARNED TODAY: Apparently EVERY AUDITORIUM IN THE BUILDING that isn't the IMAX has Dolby Atmos. ALL OF THEM. Freaky, man.

THE PLOT: Metrosexuals are stupid. Wackiness ensues.

The movie opens with a flashback backstory that has more Shaft to it than Samuel L Jackson's entire first Shaft movie. We lead into Shaft's estranged son enlisting his father to help him figure out what happened to his friend. That leads to a loose plot wrapped around outdated jokes when the modern man and a blaxploitation legend's worlds collide. You'll either roll your eyes or you'll laugh a lot.

I laughed. A lot.

Expecting something deeper? Remember this going in...IT'S A FREAKING SHAFT MOVIE.

Posted by Jonathan Goeldner (Member # 4854) on 06-25-2019, 11:20 PM:

I thought the interactions of Shaft and Junior, and the mom were the best parts of the movie, the plot was pretty generic and not very surprising but the unPC humor was a riot. Wished there were more scenes with Richard Roundtree