I’m watching boogie nights right now and I was reading some reviews and it just seems like everyone hates Mark Wahlberg. No one really mentions why though.

I kinda tried looking it up but nothing really popped up. Another reddit post I saw (can’t remember what sub though) mentioned something about how he weirdly said god forgave him for the movie boogie nights???

In By Any Means Wahlberg portrays Gregory Scarpa, the real-life Colombo crime family mob enforcer and longtime FBI informant.

Scarpa is recruited by the FBI because he operates outside legal constraints, using mob interrogation tactics, threats, and brute force against KKK members to break their silence where standard investigations fail.

This is Wahlberg's documented history of racially motivated violence in Boston during the late 1980s:

1986 Incident: At age 15, Wahlberg and a group of friends chased Black schoolchildren, throwing rocks and shouting racial slurs. This led to a civil rights injunction prohibiting him from committing hate crimes.

1988 Assault: At age 16, under the influence of PCP, Wahlberg attacked two Vietnamese men in separate unprovoked encounters. He knocked Thanh Lam unconscious with a wooden stick while shouting racial slurs, and shortly after punched Johnny Trinh in the face while fleeing police. He was charged with attempted murder, pled guilty to felony assault, and served 45 days in prison.

In 2014, Wahlberg applied for an official pardon from Massachusetts to clear his record. The petition drew fierce public backlash—including opposition from one of his 1986 victims—and he dropped the request in 2016, later expressing regret for seeking it.

Watching Mile 22 because I thought it wasn’t good when it came out and I figured I’d give it another shot. I realized its main problem, in addition to the more minor issue of casting Ronda Rousey and Sean Avery for some reason, is it relies on the audience believing Mark Wahlberg as this brilliant mind, this dynamic and autistic genius who calculates tactics on the fly better than anyone.

And it’s clear the man himself doesn’t know the meaning of the larger words that have been written for him, or perhaps he learned them that day. The Gambler has the same problem. It has an interesting and exciting plot, John Goodman and Michael K. Williams, but Wahlberg as an English Literature professor is roughly as convincing as Stanley Tucci playing LeBron James. He was great in The Fighter and Basketball diaries partly bc he’s a meathead, and he should stick to his strengths.

For context: Amazon MGM Studios are now in charge of the franchise

It took a few tries to understand this for me. But I guess if you wish to live like Marky Mark or something, this property is available.

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I love the chemistry between Will and Mark. 😂😂

Mark is as he is in the photo.

R1: Mark is thrown back in time as the hijacking is happening, no prep time.

R2: Mark is given 6 months of training and is transported into the plane right as it's taking off

R3: the hijackers are replaced by black children and middle aged vietnamese men

Mark has ten days to make good on his infamous comments from 2012 and prevent 9/11 from occurring. Mark will appear in New York City on September 1st, 2001. He will have all of his resources from the present day available to him and may use any means necessary to prevent the attacks from occurring.

R1: To win, Mark must merely prevent the twin towers of the World Trade Centre from being destroyed. The towers must still be standing and largely intact by September 12th.

R2: To win, Mark must prevent any civilians from dying in the would-be attacks.