Matthew was experienced in the field. He had been kicking around an idea for quite sometime, and was looking for a buyer. This wasn’t his usual ask, this was an investment. An idea to change all future ideas. He needed a buyer, and one with deep pockets. luckily enough, he knew just the mark. They never saw it coming.
When Matthew exited the meeting, he had carte Blanche. He had hoped for maybe a solid 75, maybe 100 million, but they blew that out of the water with double his expectations. Confused, Matthew started to wonder how he would use all that extra money. He had certainly done more with less before, but perhaps this time it was fate that he could expand on some of the ideas he already had, bring in the best, pay for the top talent. This was the beginning of Matthew’s mission.
Oh, sorry, i got a little caught up in the whole nonsensical bullshit of Argylle i forgot that not everything is a story within a story, with a twist ending. though, I suppose in this regard, I’d have to be Matthew Vaughn, which I’m not. but, Argylle, which is overstuffed with talent, ranging fro Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell, and Henry Cavill, all the way down to Samuel l Jackson and Ariana Debose. Vaughn’s cast alone probably took up at least a fifth, if not a fourth of the budget.
The problem with being desperate to attract auteurs is that you give them a leash to hang themselves with, and frequently these directors have not been actually making their best work. While Scorsese certainly has had better success with The Irishman and Killers Of The Flower Moon, those films aren’t Goodfellas, Raging Bull, or Casino. David Fincher might have impressed some with The Killer, but that certainly was a far cry from seven or Fight Club. Bradley cooper’s Maestro wasn’t A Star Is born, Antoine fuqua’s emancipation isn’t Training Day, and Matthew vaugn’s Argylle isn’t Kingsman, X-Men First Class, or anything else he has touched.
It’s a story of a novelist (Howard) who writes really good spy novels, and then gets sucked into a spy lifestyle. Things keep happening, twists and turns, people are never what they seem, and this is a mess.
The audio description The audio description, well produced by Pixel Logic and Tansy Alexander, was likely a bit of a challenge to watch, and the movie at a certain point exists to make you laugh, I didn’t hate any of the performances, and the twists are kind of interesting, but the movie between them really is dull and predictable.
Final Grade: C-
Final
The world will be just enough.,.
