Movie review thread...
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I didn't see it, but I heard that Mormon series he was in was pretty good.
Nobody going to rate his work in Twister or Mighty Joe Young? Ah well, the pay check was probably phenomenal.
Thought he was awesome in Aliens and was generally a big fan of his work. Real shame.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Re: Movie review thread...:
I didn't see it, but I heard that Mormon series he was in was pretty good.
Nobody going to rate his work in Twister or Mighty Joe Young? Ah well, the pay check was probably phenomenal.
Thought he was awesome in Aliens and was generally a big fan of his work. Real shame.
Yeah he went from a pussy who bitched and moaned into a genuine badass who took out a few Aliens.
Also great in Predator 2 as the smartass cop.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Re: Movie review thread...:
I didn't see it, but I heard that Mormon series he was in was pretty good.
Nobody going to rate his work in Twister or Mighty Joe Young? Ah well, the pay check was probably phenomenal.
Thought he was awesome in Aliens and was generally a big fan of his work. Real shame.
Or Titanic..
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La La Land.
I would have given this a solid 3.5 because I love Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling together, and when they weren't singing (I tuned out in the musical numbers, they just didn't grab me) this was a decent story and they are cute. But then came that last minute.
Fuck you, you fucking bastard fluffybunny writer director who gave a Stone/Gosling love marriage baby montage then ripped it away and ended the movie without a HEA. FUCK YOU.
May you be doused in syrup and staked to an anthill.
May your balls be crushed in a vice.
May you be forced to listen to Justin Beiber and watch reruns of Melody Rules UNTIL YOU DIE.Zero stars. Because FUCK YOU.
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Moonlight is a deserving winner (once they got around to it). I watched it a few nights ago and it is excellent.
I watched Manchester by the Sea last night and thought to myself it would be a tragedy if Affleck didn't win. An excellent portrayal of his character that kicks you right in the guts.
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Having the wrong envelope is such a simple mistake. So simple that one might even suspect the whole thing was staged. Great way to get people talking about the oscars...
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@No-Quarter A bit like Justin timberlake pulling the wrong part of Janet Jackson's top.....
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Jack Reacher Never Go Back.
Tom Cruise isn't big enough. But he does not a bad effort at trying to get the character from the books. But he's still not big enough.
Thought the movie adaptations was quite shit, honestly. There was no way they were going to match the book endings, that's just not hollywood. But to move around the scenes they did, was just frustration. The guy that played Colonel Morgan couldn't act his way out of a paper bag either. So yes, I know it's bog standard to say the movie isn't as good as the book ... but it really wasn't, it just really wasn't.
2 guys that are far to small to play Jack Reacher out of 5 hungover guys on a plane watching the movie.
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Z for Zachariah
Another one on the free Stan pass.
Margot Robbie - tick
Chiwetel Ejiofor - tick
Chris Pine - tick
Shot in NZ - tick
Somewhat different to the novel - tickSee, I read the novel in High School and thought it was fucked. Mainly because I don't understand the angst of a young, lonely girl like @MN5 does.
This was actually quite a good watch. I've seen reviews call it a bit slow paced but I think it has a meter to it that draws you through each stage of the movie quite nicely.
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Doesn't really bother going into detail about what happened. No fucking hope that anyone else is alive and/or could find the valley where they'll probably grow old and die or produce a bunch of offspring that eventually become inbred (perfect for West Virginia, I might add).
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4 out of 5 lonely hillsides in Banks Peninsula
EDIT: and I really liked the last song blending from the organ music through to the strings. Might try to locate that one and play it on loop.
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@NTA I watched that a few years back and enjoyed it too. It was interesting to see Margot Robbie in a very different, understated role.
I hadn't read the book so wasn't aware that Chris Pine's character was created for the movie until after watching the movie.