Movie review thread...
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@Nepia said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@NTA said in Re: Movie review thread...:
There are introduced Chinese actors (Mile 22) in largely whitewashed casts
Who are the Chinese actors in Mile 22?
My bad - I was thinking of something else I started watching recently (another Cruise film?). The guys in Indonesian and I think Philippino.
But it IS interesting to see a large pivot to Asian locations for these films, and looking at the list of financiers, it isn't surprising.
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Searching
Interesting premise.
16yo daughter goes missing and Dad searches for her through her technology.
Story is seen entirely through the lens of a device, be it Facegram, instabook, twittime, etc. A little forced in places where they had to bring in tv network choppers to film the outside stuff. But i quite liked it generally.
Quite cute that the Windows interface when the on screen daughter was born was the same as when Ms boo jr (now 15) was born - I remember coz that's when we got our first home pc.
Interesting watch with Ms boo jr as it showed how easy it is for naive teens to get sucked into the vortex of deception.
Also highlighted the worst behaviours on line like the trolling of the parents, competing to be most upset on Facebook, Alex Jones type conspiracies.
Ending was a touch forced, but a couple of plot twists - that threw me off track (after nailing it fleetingly in the middle) - kept me guessing.
4 traceable social media platforms out of 5 socially disconnected teenagers.
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Ravenous
French Canadian atmospheric zombie stuff. Makes you watch - unless you speak French of course and don't need subtitles - but a LOT of atmospheric i.e. dead air.
Also a lot of the standard things for a zombie film in terms of bad decisions e.g. splitting up, failing to use the resources you have correctly, not having enough bladed weapons to start with.
In any case, it was a bit of a different slant on things, and Quebec looks nice.
2.5 stacked chairs out of 5 amazingly stealthy zombies.
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The Asian market is huge, makes sense to get some of their film folk involved.
Close - Noomi Rapace
A Netflix film.
Noomi takes on a bit of a female Jason Bourne type role when asked to babysit a rich girl.
3 special ops body guards out of 5 spoilt brats
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@NTA said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Ravenous
French Canadian atmospheric zombie stuff. Makes you watch - unless you speak French of course and don't need subtitles - but a LOT of atmospheric i.e. dead air.
Also a lot of the standard things for a zombie film in terms of bad decisions e.g. splitting up, failing to use the resources you have correctly, not having enough bladed weapons to start with.
In any case, it was a bit of a different slant on things, and Quebec looks nice.
2.5 stacked chairs out of 5 amazingly stealthy zombies.
Zombie films have taken a downward spiral this decade. I blame the Walking Dead and that fucken horrific one that Arnie made.
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@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@MN5 still been some good ones, but more of the lower budget stuff.
I thought HIdden was pretty good, seen a number of other good ones too, but agree there have also been some shite ones!!
I guess but nothing up there with the early Resident Evils, Day/Dawn of the Dead or 28 days/weeks etc.
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@MN5 might have to watch 28 Days Later again, been a while...other issue is, like Vampires films and those genres, is they are fucking with tradition...vampires walking in daylight, running zombies and shit...trying to reinvent the genres!
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@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@MN5 might have to watch 28 Days Later again, been a while...other issue is, like Vampires films and those genres, is they are fucking with tradition...vampires walking in daylight, running zombies and shit...trying to reinvent the genres!
Just to whet the appetite.....how awesome is this scene ?
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also watched Hunter Killer...ooh-rah USA, USA vs Russia sub marine movie where a maniacal Russian MInister kidnaps the Russian president intent on starting war!
Gerard Butler, Gary Oldman and a few other familiar faces.
Decent enough action flick, switch off your smarts for large parts though.
3 rogue ministers out 5 daring US Special Forces rescues
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The Last Sharknado: It's About Time
Finn and many of the participants from previous movies (calling them actors is a bit of a stretch) use a time travel machine to travel through history and prevent sharknados from ever happening.
Lots of guest musicians, scientists and actors with bit roles, so was sorta fun spotting them. Like previous installments, the special effects budget was not stretched.
3 Novas riding pterodactyls out of 5 robot April's heads
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Errementari: The Blacksmith and the Devil
This is on Netflix. Basque is like listening to Greek crossed with Spanish and French to my untrained ear.
But this was quite good. Very stylistic, and dark, with a good healthy dose of Middle Ages superstition brought forward into the 1800s. Little bit of panto in there too.
3.5 pitchforks out of 5 hammers
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@Stockcar86 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
The Last Sharknado: It's About Time
Finn and many of the participants from previous movies (calling them actors is a bit of a stretch) use a time travel machine to travel through history and prevent sharknados from ever happening.
Lots of guest musicians, scientists and actors with bit roles, so was sorta fun spotting them. Like previous installments, the special effects budget was not stretched.
3 Novas riding pterodactyls out of 5 robot April's heads
This pretty much sounds like the best movie ever.
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Cliffhanger
Why do most of Arnies 80s/90s movies hold up pretty well but Sly does basically the same thing and it ages like a pint of milk ? Some pretty awesome mountain climbing sequences but overall just an embarrassing crap fest all round, the 'hot' chick looks like a boy and the guy from that crap 90s sitcom about Aliens ( 3rd rock from the sun, thanks Google) tries to convince us he is a badass megalomaniac. Sly......you try so hard, you're jacked and clearly did loads of your own stunts but why do I get the impression you just ended up with the rubbish Arnie turned down ?
Don't reminisce, avoid at all costs
1.5 Tango and Cashes out of 5 Red Sonjas
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Well what can I say about a bona fide absolute stonking fucken classic that hasn't been said ? Cheesy, dated, a few plot holes ( how does Tuco know who Angel Eyes is ? Would Blondie really dissolve a partnership that's getting him 3 grand a pop ? ) but holy shit.....I love this movie. Clint is fucken magnificent but Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach are just as, if not better than he is. Luckily cos many of the supporting characters are horribly wooden and badly dubbed.
Best part of this is my boys loved it too. I can't imagine enjoying a movie made 11 years before my old man was born....it gives me hope for this generation.....
5 stogies out of 5 ponchos
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There's been a few old Clint's on foxtel recently. Watched High Plains Drifter the other night.
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@mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:
There's been a few old Clint's on foxtel recently. Watched High Plains Drifter the other night.
That's a goody but still probably not even his top five westerns.
Actually it's definitely not.
I'd go for....
Good the Bad and the Ugly
For a few dollars more
Unforgiven
Outlaw Josey Wales
Pale RiderFuck, there's some seriously good flicks that miss out. No room for Fistful of Dollars ( great fun but the 'sequels' just got better and better ) Joe Kidd, Hang em High or indeed High Plains Drifter...