Movie review thread...
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Couple of older ones
Shock and Awe
Story of a couple of journalists who never bought the Iraq WMD line from day one, and reported it constantly but no one listened.
It's not bad, but ultimately it just isn't a good enough story to make a movie about. There is zero payoff, and it just sort of ends. I hoped for more because I like those type of moviesDen of Thieves
Heist movie that tries very hard to be better movies. The director wants to be Michael Mann. And it wants to be Heat. And they were quite taken with the ending of The Usual Suspects.
Also I think Gerard Butler has half the lines in the movie.
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Falling Inn Love. (The NZ-set Netflix one)
Yikes. Ok, scenery is gorgeous, and a bunch of ex-Shorties got a paycheque. Other than that, ummmmmm. If you took a shot for every NZ slang term shoehorned in, you would die. The plot is beyond ridiculous (one contractor and one newbie renovate an entire derelict two-storey BnB...in two months.) Also, the small town folk do shit like offer a foreigner 90 day store credit to rack up bills to pay for renovation supplies. And they are all clumsy.
Don't even bother with this, it's not fit to smooch Always Be My Maybe's boots. Unfunny, terrible dialogue, idiot plot is not saved by aforementioned gorgeous scenery and a few cute moments.
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@Mokey said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Falling Inn Love. (The NZ-set Netflix one)
Yikes. Ok, scenery is gorgeous, and a bunch of ex-Shorties got a paycheque. Other than that, ummmmmm. If you took a shot for every NZ slang term shoehorned in, you would die. The plot is beyond ridiculous (one contractor and one newbie renovate an entire derelict two-storey BnB...in two months.) Also, the small town folk do shit like offer a foreigner 90 day store credit to rack up bills to pay for renovation supplies. And they are all clumsy.
Don't even bother with this, it's not fit to smooch Always Be My Maybe's boots. Unfunny, terrible dialogue, idiot plot is not saved by aforementioned gorgeous scenery and a few cute moments.
But are there tits? That's the clincher for this audience.
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@Mokey This has been advertised on my Netflix home page for the last three days so I watched the trailer, and it's weird that in an era where we have two Kiwis starring in an Amazon show they use an Australian as the main male star of this.
The main actress looked a bit of all right ... I didn't see any boobies in the trailer sorry @Crucial.
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@Crucial said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Crucial you are so basic
And?
No and. No judgement either.
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@mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Den of Thieves
I saw it described as "If Heat was directed by a can of Red Bull."
Good fun with some mid-aughts style douche bag cops.
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Have been told that the Dark Crystal series Iis worth a watch so in preparation I rewatched the movie which is also conveniently on Netflix.
I hadn't watched it in some 30 years but those bad guys are still creepy af. A part from vague memories of scary bad guys and a glowing crystal I didn't remember much from that first viewing.
Pretty basic story, not as dark as I thought it was. For the most part the puppetaring has aged surprisingly well, naturally the special effects haven't. I guess it kept me entertained well enough for a 30 year old kids movie. Will be interesting to see how good the series is..Will be a test on the taste of the person who recommended it.
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Horrible Bosses.
Epic performance from Aniston. Some great lines. Spacey pretty good as well, although a bit creepy seeing him like that since all the allegations on him broke. Pretty shitty plot really, saved by some great performances.
3.5 sexual harassments out of 5 lines of coke.
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@MajorRage said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Horrible Bosses.
Epic performance from Aniston. Some great lines. Spacey pretty good as well, although a bit creepy seeing him like that since all the allegations on him broke. Pretty shitty plot really, saved by some great performances.
3.5 sexual harassments out of 5 lines of coke.
Bad rating. Jennifer Aniston alone should have bumped it up to 4/5
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@Billy-Tell got around to watching Tuntematon Sotilas (Unknown Ssoldier)
Was a good watch, but long, so watched over 2 nights.