Movie review thread...
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Looking forward to this
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@antipodean when did the m16 get the upgrade to help clear the chamber? 47 seconds in the guy has an early version , thats decent attention to detail. Looks good, the doco made a few years ago and voiced over by Sam Worthington is on youtube now.
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@jegga said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@antipodean when did the m16 get the upgrade to help clear the chamber? 47 seconds in the guy has an early version , thats decent attention to detail.
I believe the M16A1 (with the assist) went into production a year after Long Tan.
If it hadn't been for the work of (New Zealander) Captain Maurice Stanley's FO party, D Company would've been overrun. There's a reason artillery is called the King of Battle.
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@antipodean said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@jegga said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@antipodean when did the m16 get the upgrade to help clear the chamber? 47 seconds in the guy has an early version , thats decent attention to detail.
I believe the M16A1 (with the assist) went into production a year after Long Tan.
If it hadn't been for the work of (New Zealander) Captain Maurice Stanley's FO party, D Company would've been overrun. There's a reason artillery is called the King of Battle.
Yeah we talked about him when he died a few years back . He was the only thing keeping them alive till the apcs turned up.
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Destroyer with Nicole Kidman
Watched an hour then bailed.
Anyone finish it? Worth it?
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Avengers Endgame.
Very epic and long, felt like a farewell from the start.
Hard to say much without spoilers.Will say it was sad to say goodbye to so many favourites, I’m going to miss The Hound, Arya, Jamie, Tyrion, The Night King and Sansa..
4.5 favourite avengers out of 5 fat jokes
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The Highwaymen - Netflix film which tells the tale of the two Rangers who hunted down Bonnie & Clyde.
Only chose to watch this film because I've always enjoyed Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson films and it's probably the best film I've watched all year.
What makes it good (apart from Kev & Woody) is that I've never heard this story before since most stories always portrayed Bonnie & Clyde as lovable rouges and those chasing them as the bad guys (also the Rangers made a pact to never talk about it).
We don't really see the faces of Bonnie & Clyde until the final confrontation so we spend most of the movie watching the Rangers chase a boogyman through dusty roads and homeless camps. The way the director shoots it makes this work and adds some tension to the hunt.
The final confrontation is a great scene in terms of acting and cinematography.
4 out of 5
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@Sneakdefreak Yeah was a good watch, although a slow burn. Worth the effort though
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Arctic - Mads Mikklesen survives a plane crash in the Arctic.
Movie is about his survival and his decision to stay or go find civilisation.
Was ok.
3 square meals of raw fish out of 5 fucking more meals of raw fish
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Endgame
Pretty epic. Liked it. Had to piss just at the bit where Tits catches up with The Arrow in Asialand. Fucking long movie. Felt a few of the emotional bits could have been hurried along a touch.
Two things bug me about this particular story arc - no spoilers as this is derived from the previous movie:
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Thanos took out half the living population without doing the maths. Some nerd figured half the population could be back in a few generations.
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I'm not convinced the entire world would come to a standstill in the fashion described with half the population gone.
Anyway, with a solid 5 out of 5 fat jokes
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Bohemian Rhapsody. What can I say. I couldn't believe that it could be that good. I was wrong. Great casting, they weaved a great story amongst the facts, the movie elevated Queen above mere documentary into something so much more. The Live Aid gave me goose bumps, the whole portrait of Freddie and his relationships was very humanizing. 5 severe overbites out of 5 stadium anthems
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End Game
As a movie it's pretty bloody good
As a wrap to 11 awesome years it's pretty bloody great.
No rating, if you like Marvel go see it.
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@mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:
No rating
Hipster
I shaved my beard a year ago
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@mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@NTA said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:
No rating
Hipster
I shaved my beard a year ago
And the waxed moustaches?
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I too am in the pro camp for Endgame. I liked that the continued the comedy common to the MCU now. It had a Return of the King style ending, but this time I wasn't chomping at the bit for it to finally end (sorry Sir Peter).
4 waxed moustaches out of 5 beards.
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@antipodean said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Looking forward to this
Lots of familiar looking faces (from American shows but obviously Oz actors). The terrain doesn't look right to me though, looks like planted gum trees (I haven't been to that area of Vietnam so not sure if that is how it looks but I thought it would be more jungly).
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@Nepia said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@antipodean said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Looking forward to this
Lots of familiar looking faces (from American shows but obviously Oz actors). The terrain doesn't look right to me though, looks like planted gum trees (I haven't been to that area of Vietnam so not sure if that is how it looks but I thought it would be more jungly).
Its supposed to be a stand in for a rubber plantation , they plant them out like that and cut them down if they stop producing rubber sap.
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@jegga said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Nepia said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@antipodean said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Looking forward to this
Lots of familiar looking faces (from American shows but obviously Oz actors). The terrain doesn't look right to me though, looks like planted gum trees (I haven't been to that area of Vietnam so not sure if that is how it looks but I thought it would be more jungly).
Its supposed to be a stand in for a rubber plantation , they plant them out like that and cut them down if they stop producing rubber sap.
Cheers, that makes sense then.
