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<p>The Equaliser - Denzel Washington, Martin Csokas</p>
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<p>Great popcorn action flick, lotsa shooting, blowing shit up, fighting, just a bit more eye-candy and it woulda been awesome!</p>
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<p>I hope they dont, but ended like they were setting it up for a sequel+ kinda deal...</p>
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<p>I genuinely liked it. Not quite so preposterous as to have you shaking your head saying tone it down a bit.</p>
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<p>Watched that Lucy movie. As suspected it got rapidly worse to the point it was a steaming pile of shit at the end. Pity, because the underlying premise could have been good.</p>
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<p>One more review: Predestination. Think Six Monkeys + Looper + Crying Game.</p> -
<p>Yeah I thought the same of Lucy, promised so much, failed to deliver, but Scarlett.</p>
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<p>Besson must be laughing all the way to the bank with Lucy, it raked in huge dollars. TBF to him he wrote 80% of a decent movie, if he'd stuck with the generic story instead of trying to go - wherever the fudge he went - it would have been awesome. I'm not the biggest Scarlett fan around here, but she was mighty tasty in this.</p>
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Interesting to see some negative reviews of Lucy from what I can only assume are the wives/partners of regular posters here. <br><br>
It had Scarlett in it and she looked really hot so I stand by my original review . My only quibbles with the movie were her not dealing to the crime boss when she had the chance and the gunfight in the museum was a tad silly. I thought the ending was quite good, had me thinking for a while afterwards about what she became and what she gave. Morgan. And she looked smoking hot. -
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The imitation Game: I thought this was bloody good, obviously they took some liberties with the 'true story' but that's to be expected with this type of movie - which might annoy some people but it didn't effect my enjoyment of it like The Butler. Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightly were bloody good (Knightly seems to have figured out how to act in the past couple of years) and the supporting cast were good as well.<br><br>
I think it was a good overview of Turing without being a complete life story obviously.</p></blockquote>
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My trainspotter review.<br>
I read the book about enigma last year and was looking forward to this, I'm pretty sure Turing didn't have the degree of power they claimed he had in the movie and his team was much bigger .People like to slag off movies like U 571 for the yanks claiming credit they aren't due and I think there was a fair degree of that in this movie . Obviously he was a genius and the work on the machine was way ahead of its time but the initial work was done by Czechs and Poles most of which were evacuated to France early in the war and some of them never saw their families again. Also the Germans changed the codes a couple of times which meant that new wheels and code books had to be captured at great risk to the sailors involved- at least one sub sank with British sailors inside hunting for the codes. <br><br>
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<p>My trainspotter review.<br>
I read the book about enigma last year and was looking forward to this, I'm pretty sure Turing didn't have the degree of power they claimed he had in the movie and his team was much bigger .People like to slag off movies like U 571 for the yanks claiming credit they aren't due and I think there was a fair degree of that in this movie . Obviously he was a genius and the work on the machine was way ahead of its time but the initial work was done by Czechs and Poles most of which were evacuated to France early in the war and some of them never saw their families again. Also the Germans changed the codes a couple of times which meant that new wheels and code books had to be captured at great risk to the sailors involved- at least one sub sank with British sailors inside hunting for the codes.<br><br>
Apart from that it was a decent film , with a great cast in particular the guys who were in Tinker tailor soldier spy.</p>
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<p>I agree with all that, as I said they took some liberties with the story, but not to the extent of the Butler. TBH, I think that they actually attempted to show that others were involved in it while focusing on the role that Hut 8 played.</p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="jegga" data-cid="467360" data-time="1420615474"><p>Interesting to see some negative reviews of Lucy from what I can only assume are the wives/partners of regular posters here.<br><br>It had Scarlett in it and she looked really hot so I stand by my original review .</p></blockquote><br>My internet comes with porn. Yours is obviously different.
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My internet comes with porn. Yours is obviously different.</p></blockquote>
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<p><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">We Still Kill the old way – an old fella stops a street gang from raping a young girl and gets killed...only thing is, he is the brother of a former old school Gangster himself, who returns to the UK for a bitof old fashioned revenge.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">a few recognisable faces through the movie.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Was odd really, despite some average acting and alot of clichéd stuff in it, I actually liked it! </span></span></p> -
<p>I'd seen a few of <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.blastr.com/2015-12-30/8-box-office-flops-2014-were-actually-pretty-good'>these</a> already, but those I hadnt have proved very enjoyable</p>
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<p>I, Origins - bit of a sci fi meets spirituality meets one true love type stuff (I think its called romance). Enjoyable when all signs suggested it shouldnt have been. </p>
<p>The One I Love - loved this movie. A couple go to a retreat and some really fking strange "twilight zone" shit goes down. Evokes alot of really interesting questions around relationships and boundaries. </p>
<p>The Congress - Robin Wright stars as her self. Strong performance from her and Harvey Keitel, and a super trippy 2nd half to the movie. </p>
<p>Honeymoon - a couple on their honeymoon in the middle of nowhere and the hubby starts to suspect his wife isnt the dream he thought she was. Bit of a weak ending, but I really enjoyed the ride. </p> -
<p>Finally watched "Enders Game" last night. About as "5-out-of-10" as a movie can get i reckon. I didn't hate it, but then i didn't think it was any good either. Fucking predictable, and the problem with bring a story to life based on a complex child is children are fucking terrible actors, so it falls flat. </p>
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<p>I know it's been done to death, but i thought Ben Kingsley was the best English/South African/Australian Maori i have ever seen/heard. Superb blending as i assume accents will get as the world becomes more and more mixed. </p> -
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<p>Finally watched "Enders Game" last night. About as "5-out-of-10" as a movie can get i reckon. I didn't hate it, but then i didn't think it was any good either. Fucking predictable, and the problem with bring a story to life based on a complex child is children are fucking terrible actors, so it falls flat. </p>
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<p>I know it's been done to death, but i thought Ben Kingsley was the best English/South African/Australian Maori i have ever seen/heard. Superb blending as i assume accents will get as the world becomes more and more mixed. </p>
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<p>I enjoyed that movie because I filled in all the gaps from reading the book.</p>
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<p>The book was told from the point of view of Ender, and as you read it you realise he's a nasty piece of work/something is wrong with him. And it's disturbing because he's younger in the book than in the movie.</p>
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<p>And the real kicker is when they have the final battle, he thinks it's the last test not a real battle and the adults are horrified when he decides to wipe them out and commits genocide. It's all pretty dark.</p> -
<p>Chef - seriously do not watch this movie on an empty stomach. I had just had a huge feed of ribs, churros for desert and sat down to watch this and I still felt hungry all the way through. Decent little movie with Jon Faverau, Scarlett J, and Sofia Vergara looking way hotter than she does on Modern Family.</p>
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<p>The Grand Budapest Hotel - I'm sure Wes Anderson's style aren't to everyone's liking but I really enjoyed this film. Ralph Fiennes was good and Adrien Brody wasn't as annoying as usual as to ruin it for me.</p> -
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<p>I enjoyed that movie because I filled in all the gaps from reading the book.</p>
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<p>The book was told from the point of view of Ender, and as you read it you realise he's a nasty piece of work/something is wrong with him. And it's disturbing because he's younger in the book than in the movie.</p>
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<p>And the real kicker is when they have the final battle, he thinks it's the last test not a real battle and the adults are horrified when he decides to wipe them out and commits genocide. It's all pretty dark.</p>
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<p>yea, i got that (i haven't read the book), but i didn't realise the kid was supposed to be younger. Harrison Ford's character seemed hell bent on wiping them out, did they give him more motivation in the book? Adults didn't seem too horrified in the movie, seemed like a lot of back-slapping going on.</p>
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<p>I was disappointed with Enders Game, thought it sounded like it was gonna be a great film, and didnt inspire me to want to read the book either.</p>
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<p>yea, i got that (i haven't read the book), but i didn't realise the kid was supposed to be younger. Harrison Ford's character seemed hell bent on wiping them out, did they give him more motivation in the book? Adults didn't seem too horrified in the movie, seemed like a lot of back-slapping going on.</p>
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<p>Any movie that needs the book to have it make sense isn't much chop as a movie. </p>
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<p>yea, i got that (i haven't read the book), but i didn't realise the kid was supposed to be younger. Harrison Ford's character seemed hell bent on wiping them out, did they give him more motivation in the book? Adults didn't seem too horrified in the movie, seemed like a lot of back-slapping going on.</p>
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<p>Any movie that needs the book to have it make sense isn't much chop as a movie. </p>
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<p>It felt like whole bits were missing, and didn't get the point of the story.</p>
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<p>In the book the adults end up being happy that the war was over but shocked at the choice Ender made. Ford's character in the book was supposed to be manipulating Ender, they were looking for a Napolean with a certain mix of morals to mold. Even before Ender is recruited he near kills a bully to "not win the fight, but all the coming fights". He's a pyscho.</p>
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<p>And Nepia, yep the movie failed because of that. I was just explaining why I enjoyed it.</p>
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<p>In the sequels it gets worse, the "invasion" ends up being an interspecies misunderstanding and once they realise that individual human units were valued, they wanted to leave humans alone. So the genocide weighed on Ender even more and he becomes a sort of priest "Speaker for the Dead". An awful hippy basically :)</p>
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<p>I was disappointed with Enders Game, thought it sounded like it was gonna be a great film, and didnt inspire me to want to read the book either.</p>
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<p>It's a short book, I'd recommend it. </p> -
<p>Does it have pictures? TR doesn't do books without pictures</p>
