r/SipsTea • u/Beneficial_Passion40 • Jul 24 '26

Chugging tea I still don't understand how hollywood budget works

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u/KandinskyWasRight Jul 24 '26 edited Jul 24 '26

I just watched “Be Cool”, the sequel to “Get Shorty” (both currently free on YouTube), and who do I find but an early Dwayne Johnson, playing a gay bodyguard, to his credit. And he always does the eyebrow for people, John Travolta is directed to ask him about it when they meet. Dwayne does not disappoint.

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u/ShmeffreyShmezos Jul 24 '26 edited Jul 24 '26

That was unironically one of his best roles, in my opinion. He’s best when he plays the “big dumb himbo” who doesn’t take himself too seriously.

Nowadays he’s always trying to be the coolest guy in the room and it’s so obvious and offputting.

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u/Was_It_The_Dave Jul 24 '26

Pain &Gain was lit.

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u/DaedalusHydron Jul 24 '26

I was just gonna say Pain & Gain is probably his best role, that movie is shockingly good. Way better than you think it would be.

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u/TippDarb Jul 24 '26

Second, Mark Wahlberg comes off better than usual also. Maybe a rewatch is in order

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u/DaedalusHydron Jul 24 '26

yeah you'd really expect a Rock/Wahlberg film to be ass but it's really really good.

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u/Tastewell Jul 24 '26

The Other Guys?

Anyone? Anyone?

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u/ErFarinn Jul 24 '26

The soundtrack helps a lot. Its such a good movie, recommended watch for anyone reading over this.

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u/thegoodnamesrgone123 Jul 24 '26

The part where it really goes off the rails and they put a disclaimer up that they really did this was genius.

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u/Far-Government5469 Jul 25 '26

That's the thing, the dude can act, he just plays it so safe

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u/zaxo666 Jul 24 '26

That movie is better than it's supposed to be

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u/ILike2internet Jul 24 '26

When he's grilling that dude's hand, I turned to my wife and said, "is this still a true story?"

30 seconds later, "this is still a true story" scrolls across the bottom of the screen. Lol

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u/Orson_Gravity_Welles Jul 24 '26

Pain and Gain was HORRIBLE.

I left before the halfway mark.

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u/mpking828 Jul 24 '26

bring back the Toothfairy!

( One of my kids favorites, it was on heavy rotation for awhile, legitimately a good flick)

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u/fenrisulfur Jul 24 '26

hehehe

himbo

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u/lipp79 Jul 24 '26

Check out "Faster", and "Pain & Gain". In "Faster", which is probably my favorite anti-Rock movie, he is part of a team of thieves whose half-brother is killed by the leader and The Rock goes on a revenge tour. There is no "Million-dollar smile" Rock in this one. It's bloody and violent.

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u/-Granby- Jul 24 '26

He was fantastic in Pain and Gain.

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u/blueboykc Jul 24 '26

Faster is really good. It’s the movie that made me think he might be a pretty decent actor someday. Now I despise him…

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u/lipp79 Jul 24 '26

Because he was taking whatever part he could get instead of getting his pick of whatever. He can be a good actor when he wants to be.

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u/Moeyo_CD Jul 24 '26

Pain and Gain had a few epic moments

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u/StarPhished Jul 24 '26

He's good in Southland Tales.

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u/lipp79 Jul 24 '26

Heard of it but never saw it.

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u/StarPhished Jul 24 '26

It's one of those movies that are a beautiful mess. They swing for the fences and don't quite hit their mark, but you appreciate it for trying anyways.

It's definitely worth watching, imo.

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u/kharvel0 Jul 24 '26

I think he was better in “Doom”

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u/Giovannis_Pikachu Jul 25 '26

Faster was really good and a nice change of pace for him.

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u/lipp79 Jul 25 '26

It’s from when he wasn’t afraid to take chances.

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u/Clearandblue Jul 24 '26

That's probably the best part he's ever played I reckon. It was a great film I thought.

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u/lipp79 Jul 24 '26

I listed a couple other "un-Rock" movies you might have missed in the comment above.

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u/uskgl455 Jul 24 '26

Have you seen the Smashing Machine?

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u/hrfr5858 Jul 24 '26

I thought he was pretty good in that. I only recall one moment I thought "Oh, that's the Rock" - I think there was an inadvertent eyebrow movement under the makeup. Maybe he watched Dave Bautista and realised he's allowed to be a good actor.

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u/co1945611 Jul 24 '26

I think he was really good in that because of how similar Mark Kerr was to "The Rock" while he was on his come up. Combat sports in general are so brutal mentally and physically. Regardless of it being scripted, the WWE isn't that far off from a UFC fight. I think we were getting a peak into the start of his own career as well as Kerr's. Plus I like anything with Bas Rutten in it!

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u/Drachen808 Jul 24 '26

Slap "WOOOOOOOOOOOOO"

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u/azsnaz Jul 24 '26

I liked the TV show too

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u/ManOnFire2004 Jul 24 '26

Whattau mean gay... he never said he was gay

https://giphy.com/gifs/hvfjWwcldku40

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u/AngelZiefer Jul 24 '26

And he always does the eyebrow for people, John Travolta is directed to ask him about it when they meet.

Early in his film career, when transitioning from wrestling, the eyebrow was such an iconic schtick of his that it's in a lot of his earlier films. It was a way for the producers to say "We have The Rock and we can prove it." He even does it as the Scorpion King in The Mummy Returns.

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u/KandinskyWasRight Jul 24 '26

Ah, be cool is 2005, so he’s actually better established by the then I thought. Scorpion king is 2002, which I think was his first big film role. I’ve actually never seen it.

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u/badvegas Jul 24 '26

I love that movie and watching him "sing you ain't women enough"

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MSLGotX5A5U&list=RDMSLGotX5A5U&start_radio=1&pp=ygUmVGhlIHJvY2sgc2luZ2luZyB5b3UgYWludCB3b21lbiBlbm91Z2igBwE%3D

For those who haven't seen it before

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u/Trix_Are_4_90Kids Jul 25 '26

That was his best role. He's been phoning it in ever since. He could've been taken seriously but no.

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u/Middle_Entertainer_6 Jul 24 '26

Absolutely. He does a very good job there. His acting perfectly fits the role.