Movie review thread...
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<p>300 Rise of an Empire. Not even a topless Eva Green can save this mess</p>
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<p>Yep. That was a huge great steaming pile of dog's eggs.</p>
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<p>I just couldn't follow the scant narrative at all.</p>
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<p>it was just terrible. It was all over the shop in terms of timing. The voice-over was fucking annoying. It looked terrible (took the style of the first one, and fed it half a dozen really tacky energy drinks, like Monster, or Mother, or any of those other bogan beverages and let it loose). What the fuck was that blood effect for?</p>
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<p>I love Strike Back, but Sullivan Stapleton is a fucking terrible actor. Eva Green is pretty ordinary as well really, and doesn't even look that great in it. Shit movie, avoid. I wish i had followed my instinct and not bothered. </p>
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<p>Fuck, it's made 3 times it budget world wide! That almost guarantees another one of these fucking things doesn't it? Will this be the story of Themistocles being accused of treason by political rivals, and exiled to Persia? I somehow doubt it, given they already left out the best bit of his story.</p> -
<p>The Equalizer: Denzel Washington was pretty kick ass in this film about a former black ops agent who starts doing good deeds to make up for all the bad shit he did. Good deeds means he maims a lot of people. 8/10</p>
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<p>World War Z: I like zombie films and I love apocalyptic films but I didn't like this one. Way too many gaps in the plot and Brad Pitt still can't act. 3/10</p> -
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<p>300 Rise of an Empire. Not even a topless Eva Green can save this mess</p>
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<p>Does Eva Green ever get in front of a camera and not get her girls out?</p> -
22 Jump Street. No expectations, but man this was shit.
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<p>Does Eva Green ever get in front of a camera and not get her girls out?</p>
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<p>She's certainly not shy, that's for sure.</p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote">22 Jump Street. No expectations, but man this was shit
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<p>Does Eva Green ever get in front of a camera and not get her girls out?</p>
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<p>Dark Shadows, if she had of it might have made watching the yawnfest slightly worthwhile. If a movie has Tim Burton, Johnny Depp and Helena bonham Carter involved just ignore it, if enough of us do it they might get the message. </p> -
<p>Kill the Messenger - Jeremy Renner, Robert Patrick, Ray Liotta</p>
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<p>Based on a true story of an investigative jounalist who gets given some information that leads him to finding out about the CIA funding the war in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into the streets of America...</p>
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<p>Thought it wasnt too bad, 7/10</p> -
Open Range. Early 2000s Western with Kevin Costner, Robert Duvall and Michael Gambon.<br><br>
I have started watching this movie maybe 10 times and something always came up. Tonight the kids are in bed early and the mrs is at a friends. Fuck what a boring fucking movie. Almost no redeeming features. To think all that time I spent alone tonight watching this snooze fest could have been spent at pornhub.. -
<p>Ruthless Reviews has an ebook on 80's action movies out.</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.ruthlessreviews.com/28498/our-80s-action-e-book-is-here/'>http://www.ruthlessreviews.com/28498/our-80s-action-e-book-is-here/</a></p> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="dK" data-cid="479598" data-time="1427145447"><p>Finally managed to watch The Dark Horse. Cliff Curtis is such a great actor and the rest of the cast were pretty damned good as well.</p></blockquote>
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<p>If a movie has Tim Burton, Johnny Depp and Helena bonham Carter involved just ignore it, if enough of us do it they might get the message. </p>
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<p>Upper-middle class teenage goths with issues* won't. Because it speaks to them.</p>
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<p>Open Range. Early 2000s Western with Kevin Costner, Robert Duvall and Michael Gambon.<br><br>
I have started watching this movie maybe 10 times and something always came up. Tonight the kids are in bed early and the mrs is at a friends. Fuck what a boring fucking movie. Almost no redeeming features. To think all that time I spent alone tonight watching this snooze fest could have been spent at pornhub..</p>
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<p>Funny. I quite liked the film. A slow start that's for sure and a bit too much of a feel good ending but overall I thought it was worth a watch.</p> -
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<p>Upper-middle class teenage goths with issues* won't. Because it speaks to them.</p>
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<p>*Those whose parents bought them a 3 series instead of a 5 series.</p>
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<p>I liked Dark Shadows.</p>
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<p>I'm not upper middle class, teenage, or goth, I likely have issues but a remake of a cult 60s soap likely doesn't speak to them.</p>
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<p>As for Green, she does frequently get the goods out, but unfortunately for her she's got that Bertolucci movie where she was fully starkers most of the running time back when she was young so her later nudity is always in comparison to that.</p>
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<p>I agree with M4L re: the guy from 300 and Strikeback. I stopped watching that show as I couldn't only take his 'acting' in small doses.</p> -
<p>OK, I'm preparing to be ridiculed utterly for this, but unlike M4L I'm comfortable with my sexuality.</p>
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<p>Tonight the wife and I went Gold Lounge (had gift cards from Xma) for Ken Branagh's retelling of Cinderella.</p>
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<p>I'll let the uncouth comments and raucous laughter die down ....</p>
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<p>Aaaaaaand that's about enough. Go do the rest of it on your own time.</p>
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<p>So the movie itself was actually alright - light hearted, well acted, and of course being Disney the production values were fucking spectacular. Cate Blanchett didn't have to stretch herself, but really was the stand out as the wicked stepmother and had several LOL moments actually. Makes such a great bitch.</p>
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<p>I don't know that I'd take the kids though. It just wasn't... I dunno... <em>kiddie</em> enough like your Frozen or your Tangled animated gigs. Wife agreed with me: "kids would probably get bored" was her comment.</p>
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<p>Was a good, easy viewing movie for a Friday date night with a little bit of heart string pulling (around death of a character) and the bloke who played Robb Stark being a fairly decent prince.</p>
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<p>Now, I'm off to see if a root is in the offing, or whether my cosmic plea for a win over India the other night has basically ruined that shit.</p>
