Movie review thread...
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In an effort to try and actually do things together in spite of a newborn in the family we've watched a couple of movies lately:
Deadpool 2
Fucking awesome, heaps of funny moments and some nice mocking of the PC culture. Julian Dennison was good too, the kid has some talent. 4.5 X-people out of 5 robust teenagers from NZ.
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Fucking fantastic film, and not what I expected. Some great humour mixed in with some dust in your eye moments. Woody Harrelson was excellent and Frances McDormand was absolutely superb. 4.5 racist cops out of 5 unsolved murders.
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@no-quarter said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Deadpool 2
Fucking awesome, heaps of funny moments and some nice mocking of the PC culture. Julian Dennison was good too, the kid has some talent. 4.5 X-people out of 5 robust teenagers from NZ.
Laughed out loud a number of times watching this film. Thought it was a good continuation of the original, and thoroughly enjoyed it.
Solid 4.5 XFORCE out of 5 XMEN
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@no-quarter said in Re: Movie review thread...:
In an effort to try and actually do things together in spite of a newborn in the family we've watched a couple of movies lately:
Deadpool 2
Fucking awesome, heaps of funny moments and some nice mocking of the PC culture. Julian Dennison was good too, the kid has some talent. 4.5 X-people out of 5 robust teenagers from NZ.ha, pretty sure my rating of that movie included robust teenagers form NZ too
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What was the verdict on here around Justice League?
I love it. Just watched it again last night and it made me realise why I love these DC and Marval movies and am no longer fussed on the rubbish star wars is producing (in my mind) is that it's unrealistic but relatable.
I like what's his face as Batman too.
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Small Town Crime
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@mikethesnow said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Small Town Crime
Really enjoyed itSame here , the main character has been really good in everything I’ve seen him in
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@hooroo said in Re: Movie review thread...:
What was the verdict on here around Justice League?
I love it. Just watched it again last night and it made me realise why I love these DC and Marval movies and am no longer fussed on the rubbish star wars is producing (in my mind) is that it's unrealistic but relatable.
I like what's his face as Batman too.
Can agree with all of that. While I don't think the DC movies are up to the Marvel standard (for whatever reason) they're still quite entertaining.
I thought Justice League was great
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@hooroo said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@bovidae said in Re: Movie review thread...:
We won't talk about Henry Cavill's moustache.
DC is a mess but I agree, you can just enjoy the movies for what they are - entertainment.
How come DC is a mess?
Look how marvel have set up their universe. They started with 4 or 5 individual super hero movies first then lead into Avengers 1
They actually have all the movies mapped out into phases, Avengers 1 was the end of phase 1 etc
They build up hype and the cool factor of seeing the likes of iron man sharing the screen with the hulk and most recently the guardians of the galaxy.
Not to mention they have a lighter more humouris tone.
DC have pretty much done the opposite.
Much darker, variety of directors who seem to be doing their own thing.
There was no build up with individual hero’s doing their own thing. Straight up we see Batman vs Superman with Wonder Woman thrown in.
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@hooroo said in Re: Movie review thread...:
How come DC is a mess?
Poor scripts and a clear lack of direction have meant DC movies have struggled at the box office compared to Marvel movies.
Cavill and Affleck have departed from future movies. There is going to be a reset in the DC universe.
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@bovidae said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@hooroo said in Re: Movie review thread...:
How come DC is a mess?
Poor scripts and a clear lack of direction have meant DC movies have struggled at the box office compared to Marvel movies.
Cavill and Affleck have departed from future movies. There is going to be a reset in the DC universe.
Is Cavill Superman? Oh that sucks.
I see what you mean there but as individual movies, I tend to like them.
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@nta said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@hooroo said in Re: Movie review thread...:
What was the verdict on here around Justice League?
I love it. Just watched it again last night and it made me realise why I love these DC and Marval movies and am no longer fussed on the rubbish star wars is producing (in my mind) is that it's unrealistic but relatable.
I like what's his face as Batman too.
Can agree with all of that. Will me I don't think the DC movies are up to the Marvel standard (for whatever reason) they're still quite entertaining.
I thought Justice League was great
The great thing about the marvel films is that can strip the cartoon stuff away and they are movies about interactions and relationships between interesting characters
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@jegga said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mikethesnow said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Small Town Crime
Really enjoyed itSame here , the main character has been really good in everything I’ve seen him in
Yep.
First saw him in From Dusk Til Dawn
He was great in Eastbound and Down.
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@mikethesnow said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@jegga said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mikethesnow said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Small Town Crime
Really enjoyed itSame here , the main character has been really good in everything I’ve seen him in
Yep.
First saw him in From Dusk Til Dawn
He was great in Eastbound and Down.
Haven’t seen eastbound and down but he was very good in three billboards , the perfect storm and the winters bone .
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@mikethesnow said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@jegga said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mikethesnow said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Small Town Crime
Really enjoyed itSame here , the main character has been really good in everything I’ve seen him in
Yep.
First saw him in From Dusk Til Dawn
He was great in Eastbound and Down.
Just had a look at his imdb profile, he was the postie in Everest too, he might be my new favourite “ that guy” actor now.
Sorry Garret Dillahunt , you had a good run . -
jegga the first series of Eastbound and Down is fucking absolute gold. Gold i tell you.
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@hooroo said in Re: Movie review thread...:
What was the verdict on here around Justice League?
I love it. Just watched it again last night and it made me realise why I love these DC and Marval movies and am no longer fussed on the rubbish star wars is producing (in my mind) is that it's unrealistic but relatable.
I like what's his face as Batman too.
I liked Justice League as a popcorn movie but I've never wanted to watch it again and actively despise Man of Steel and thought the best thing about Batman v Superman was the dream sequences. I'm not a fan of Zac Snyder so that likely plays a big part in it - and I expect the parts of justice League I really liked were Josh Whedon's contribution. I did like Batfleck but Cavill is wooden as fuck as Superman despite being pretty good in everything else he does.
Wonder Woman was really good, I didn't hate on Suicide Squad like everybody else did, and am kind of looking forward to Aquaman.
I wish that they would make a really good DC movie up to the standards of the best Marvel movies though, but only Wonder Woman has got close and that could be 95% due to Gal Gadot being hot.