Movie review thread...
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@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
Rewatched the Deer Hunter on TVNZ on demand.
It is an absolute masterpiece.
I mean, still with its flaws ( Wedding scene went on too long, historically slightly inaccurate, ending is a real downer.....)
but yeah.......Despite all that just a brilliant piece of filmmaking. De Niro and Walken have never been better. Streep and the supporting cast were excellent too, it's crazy that the guy who played Axel wasn't even a trained actor and he held his own with some Academy Award winning heavyweights. John Cazale never saw the finished movie, he died before it was released.
5 single shots out of 5 games of Russian Roulette.
I went completely the other way on my rewatch and just found it bollocks with really good actors.
Also, wow I didn't know that about Axel, and he didn't act again.
I’m not necessarily gonna disagree with that, it was a product of its time. I loved watching it again.
The acting absolutely makes it cos the storyline isn’t amazing if you break it down.
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Accountant 2
Good script, albeit a minimal use of violence. Only criticism is the Bourne / CSI use of hacking everything/ rotate and enhance etc.
Other than that, it's a worthy sequel.
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The Substance, I um don’t know where to start.
You have to see it for yourself.3.5 older asses out of 5 younger asses ( there is ALOT of ass shits, seriously I don’t know why Demi Moore attracted so much award buzz while Margaret Qualley‘s ass didn’t)
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@Virgil said in Movie review thread...:
The Substance, I um don’t know where to start.
You have to see it for yourself.3.5 older asses out of 5 younger asses ( there is ALOT of asses, seriously I don’t know why Demi Moore attracted so much award buzz while Margaret Qualley‘s ass didn’t)
Edit : for @Bones, sorry no shits…
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Novocaine: Jack Quaid from The Boys plays a guy who can't feel pain, and therefore has to be wary in life. For reasons he has to become John Wick, Liam Neeson, the Stath despite having none of the skills. Was a pretty fun film. Also stars Amber Midthunder from Prey.
A Working Man: I genuinely like most of Staths action movies, even if they're mostly the same movie. But this was one was pretty bad.
Warfare: A US Seal team gets into a firefight in a house they're in while supporting some marines. It goes a bit pear shaped. I thought this was a good war film, reminded me a lot of Black Hawk Down. Stars the main kid from Reservation Dogs, Will Poulter and a bunch of other familiar faces. Written by one of the members of the real life team.
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@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
Novocaine: Jack Quaid from The Boys plays a guy who can't feel pain, and therefore has to be wary in life. For reasons he has to become John Wick, Liam Neeson, the Stath despite having none of the skills. Was a pretty fun film. Also stars Amber Midthunder from Prey.
A Working Man: I genuinely like most of Staths action movies, even if they're mostly the same movie. But this was one was pretty bad.
Warfare: A US Seal team gets into a firefight in a house they're in while supporting some marines. It goes a bit pear shaped. I thought this was a good war film, reminded me a lot of Black Hawk Down. Stars the main kid from Reservation Dogs, Will Poulter and a bunch of other familiar faces. Written by one of the members of the real life team.
This whole review is a complete contradiction. Can you go into more detail so I can be sure to avoid the movie ? cheers
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@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
Novocaine: Jack Quaid from The Boys plays a guy who can't feel pain, and therefore has to be wary in life. For reasons he has to become John Wick, Liam Neeson, the Stath despite having none of the skills. Was a pretty fun film. Also stars Amber Midthunder from Prey.
A Working Man: I genuinely like most of Staths action movies, even if they're mostly the same movie. But this was one was pretty bad.
Warfare: A US Seal team gets into a firefight in a house they're in while supporting some marines. It goes a bit pear shaped. I thought this was a good war film, reminded me a lot of Black Hawk Down. Stars the main kid from Reservation Dogs, Will Poulter and a bunch of other familiar faces. Written by one of the members of the real life team.
This whole review is a complete contradiction. Can you go into more detail so I can be sure to avoid the movie ? cheers
Let's use this analogy, if his movies were songs then most of them, although they're pretty much the same song are written and performed by the Beatles. This one was written and performed by Nickleback. In other words best to avoid, but in all honesty don't listen to me, if you don't mind lesser Stath then you'll likely be entertained, I wasn't for the most part.
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@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
Novocaine: Jack Quaid from The Boys plays a guy who can't feel pain, and therefore has to be wary in life. For reasons he has to become John Wick, Liam Neeson, the Stath despite having none of the skills. Was a pretty fun film. Also stars Amber Midthunder from Prey.
A Working Man: I genuinely like most of Staths action movies, even if they're mostly the same movie. But this was one was pretty bad.
Warfare: A US Seal team gets into a firefight in a house they're in while supporting some marines. It goes a bit pear shaped. I thought this was a good war film, reminded me a lot of Black Hawk Down. Stars the main kid from Reservation Dogs, Will Poulter and a bunch of other familiar faces. Written by one of the members of the real life team.
This whole review is a complete contradiction. Can you go into more detail so I can be sure to avoid the movie ? cheers
Let's use this analogy, if his movies were songs then most of them, although they're pretty much the same song are written and performed by the Beatles. This one was written and performed by Nickleback. In other words best to avoid, but in all honesty don't listen to me, if you don't mind lesser Stath then you'll likely be entertained, I wasn't for the most part.
Still doesn't work as I tend to avoid the Beatles and Nickelback.
Statham is good as a smart ass geezer in an ensemble cast. I've never found a movie of his I enjoy with him as the lead.
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@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
Novocaine: Jack Quaid from The Boys plays a guy who can't feel pain, and therefore has to be wary in life. For reasons he has to become John Wick, Liam Neeson, the Stath despite having none of the skills. Was a pretty fun film. Also stars Amber Midthunder from Prey.
A Working Man: I genuinely like most of Staths action movies, even if they're mostly the same movie. But this was one was pretty bad.
Warfare: A US Seal team gets into a firefight in a house they're in while supporting some marines. It goes a bit pear shaped. I thought this was a good war film, reminded me a lot of Black Hawk Down. Stars the main kid from Reservation Dogs, Will Poulter and a bunch of other familiar faces. Written by one of the members of the real life team.
This whole review is a complete contradiction. Can you go into more detail so I can be sure to avoid the movie ? cheers
Let's use this analogy, if his movies were songs then most of them, although they're pretty much the same song are written and performed by the Beatles. This one was written and performed by Nickleback. In other words best to avoid, but in all honesty don't listen to me, if you don't mind lesser Stath then you'll likely be entertained, I wasn't for the most part.
Still doesn't work as I tend to avoid the Beatles and Nickelback.
Statham is good as a smart ass geezer in an ensemble cast. I've never found a movie of his I enjoy with him as the lead.
Then why are we having this conversation? It's a Stath action movie, of course he's the lead.
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@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
Novocaine: Jack Quaid from The Boys plays a guy who can't feel pain, and therefore has to be wary in life. For reasons he has to become John Wick, Liam Neeson, the Stath despite having none of the skills. Was a pretty fun film. Also stars Amber Midthunder from Prey.
A Working Man: I genuinely like most of Staths action movies, even if they're mostly the same movie. But this was one was pretty bad.
Warfare: A US Seal team gets into a firefight in a house they're in while supporting some marines. It goes a bit pear shaped. I thought this was a good war film, reminded me a lot of Black Hawk Down. Stars the main kid from Reservation Dogs, Will Poulter and a bunch of other familiar faces. Written by one of the members of the real life team.
This whole review is a complete contradiction. Can you go into more detail so I can be sure to avoid the movie ? cheers
Let's use this analogy, if his movies were songs then most of them, although they're pretty much the same song are written and performed by the Beatles. This one was written and performed by Nickleback. In other words best to avoid, but in all honesty don't listen to me, if you don't mind lesser Stath then you'll likely be entertained, I wasn't for the most part.
Still doesn't work as I tend to avoid the Beatles and Nickelback.
Statham is good as a smart ass geezer in an ensemble cast. I've never found a movie of his I enjoy with him as the lead.
Then why are we having this conversation? It's a Stath action movie, of course he's the lead.
"Levon Cade, an ex-Royal Marine Commando, works as a construction foreman in Chicago and is close with the Garcia family that runs the company. When the family's teenage daughter Jenny is kidnapped by Russian traffickers, Levon takes matters into his own hands to bring her back home."
Well, the plot certainly sounds original I'll give it that.
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@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
Novocaine: Jack Quaid from The Boys plays a guy who can't feel pain, and therefore has to be wary in life. For reasons he has to become John Wick, Liam Neeson, the Stath despite having none of the skills. Was a pretty fun film. Also stars Amber Midthunder from Prey.
A Working Man: I genuinely like most of Staths action movies, even if they're mostly the same movie. But this was one was pretty bad.
Warfare: A US Seal team gets into a firefight in a house they're in while supporting some marines. It goes a bit pear shaped. I thought this was a good war film, reminded me a lot of Black Hawk Down. Stars the main kid from Reservation Dogs, Will Poulter and a bunch of other familiar faces. Written by one of the members of the real life team.
This whole review is a complete contradiction. Can you go into more detail so I can be sure to avoid the movie ? cheers
Let's use this analogy, if his movies were songs then most of them, although they're pretty much the same song are written and performed by the Beatles. This one was written and performed by Nickleback. In other words best to avoid, but in all honesty don't listen to me, if you don't mind lesser Stath then you'll likely be entertained, I wasn't for the most part.
Still doesn't work as I tend to avoid the Beatles and Nickelback.
Statham is good as a smart ass geezer in an ensemble cast. I've never found a movie of his I enjoy with him as the lead.
Then why are we having this conversation? It's a Stath action movie, of course he's the lead.
"Levon Cade, an ex-Royal Marine Commando, works as a construction foreman in Chicago and is close with the Garcia family that runs the company. When the family's teenage daughter Jenny is kidnapped by Russian traffickers, Levon takes matters into his own hands to bring her back home."
Well, the plot certainly sounds original I'll give it that.
"I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for acting skills I can tell you I don't have Oscars on the mantelpiece, but what I do have are a very particular set of Blue Steel scowls. Scowls I have acquired over a very long career. Scowls that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my daughter go now that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you, but if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you and I will torture you with my Mockney accent."
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@Mr-Fish said in Movie review thread...:
Watched The Green Mile for the first time last night (I know, I know).
Lived up to the hype. Roughly knew the story anyway but that didn't deter from an incredibly powerful film.
You should read the book or even listen to the audiobook. The film is great but so much was left out from Stephen King’s story
..”I’m tired boss..”
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Death of a Unicorn: This is a batshit maybe horror comedy. I don't watch horrors so think it was listed as a black comedy but all the trailers were horror. Anyway it was a fun way to spend an hour and a half. Stars Paul Rudd, Jenna Ortega, Richard E Grant, Tea Leoni, Will Pouter and Noho Hank from Barry.
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@Virgil said in Movie review thread...:
@Mr-Fish said in Movie review thread...:
Watched The Green Mile for the first time last night (I know, I know).
Lived up to the hype. Roughly knew the story anyway but that didn't deter from an incredibly powerful film.
You should read the book or even listen to the audiobook. The film is great but so much was left out from Stephen King’s story
..”I’m tired boss..”
The book's definitely on the to-read list but will give the movie a bit of space to breathe first! Actually assumed it was a novella like Shawshank so was pleased to see it's basically a full novel when all the serials are compiled.
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@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
Novocaine: Jack Quaid from The Boys plays a guy who can't feel pain, and therefore has to be wary in life. For reasons he has to become John Wick, Liam Neeson, the Stath despite having none of the skills. Was a pretty fun film. Also stars Amber Midthunder from Prey.
I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. The premise is well treated and it doesn't take itself seriously.
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@Mr-Fish said in Movie review thread...:
@Virgil said in Movie review thread...:
@Mr-Fish said in Movie review thread...:
Watched The Green Mile for the first time last night (I know, I know).
Lived up to the hype. Roughly knew the story anyway but that didn't deter from an incredibly powerful film.
You should read the book or even listen to the audiobook. The film is great but so much was left out from Stephen King’s story
..”I’m tired boss..”
The book's definitely on the to-read list but will give the movie a bit of space to breathe first! Actually assumed it was a novella like Shawshank so was pleased to see it's basically a full novel when all the serials are compiled.
I've always had the opinion that the best Steven King based movies are better than the books, but the books are better than the shit Steven King based movies. If that makes sense?
