In its defense, at least Argyle is clearly a Matthew Vaughan movie. It features some of his trademarks, including gimmicky acrobatic fights accompanied by upbeat pop songs, references to his supermodel wife Claudia Schiffer, and a hotel room set. In the scene, her name is written on the back of the book.
It’s also clear that Vaughan has significant influence in the music industry. Elton John made a cameo appearance in the second Kingsman film, but Argyle makes notable use of the Beatles song “Now and Then,” which was released in November, but the movie In the world of , this song has been out for several years. It feels sacrilegious. Now and Then will likely be the last new release to bear the name of the greatest pop group of all time. Were the surviving Beatles really so broke that they were forced to license their stupid spy farce? Suddenly, the internet rumor that Taylor Swift wrote a spinoff novel to the movie doesn’t seem so ridiculous.
The only trademark of Bourne missing from Argyle is the manager’s usual adolescent aggression. He’s stripped out all the sex, gore, and swearing, which may be a sign of belated maturity, but it’s also why Argyle is no stranger to Ghosts, Shotgun Weddings, Freelance, Murder Mysteries, and other types of action films. It looks like it’s too close to. A romance movie, a type of comedy movie, that has been distributed on streaming services for the past few years. They’re all empty, anonymous blocks of content, but at least the others offer something vaguely appealing to lounge around in front of in your living room when you can’t find anything else worth looking at. . Argyle, on the other hand, is being released in theaters, so the shoddy, derivative nature of the undertaking is inexcusable.
The worst part is that according to the internet, Bourne is preparing another Argyle movie and two more Kingsman movies. he can’t stop himself. Bond He should not be far off from having Bond pastiches within pastiches within pastiches.
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