Movie review thread...

Nepia

Fruitvale Station: This was a great movie. It had been recommended to me a bunch of times but lived up to the hype.
 
It's not a fast paced movie though so if you don't like slow movers this may not be the movie for you.
 
If you've heard the story:
[spoiler] It's basically just what Oscar does in the day before he gets killed at Fruitvale Station. And then the last 20 odd minutes deals with the incident - it was quite hard watching really [/spoiler]
 
The star of the movie is Michael B Jordan, who was Wallace on The Wire and was in Friday Night Lights last few seasons. I think he's the new Denzel.

red terror

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No Avengers review yet so I'll go first.
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I finally saw it last night. I like the series and will probably line-up-and-pay to see the next installment, but it's feeling like it's treading water. 6.5/10

taniwharugby

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Razbra" data-cid="493030" data-time="1432809816">When? I'm disappointed you felt the need to ask and that you haven't already..</blockquote>
 
He is 9...I guess with PG will be fine, he's seen Star War, Indiana, back to the futures, goonies, princess bride...long weekend coming up.

Kirwan

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I finally saw it last night. I like the series and will probably line-up-and-pay to see the next installment, but it's feeling like it's treading water. 6.5/10 
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Seems like Marvel and Wheddon were fighting over the final cut, so some of the movie didn't make sense as it was cut. Thor's arc in particular.

Hooroo

I actually liked it a touch better than the first (which I loved) as there seemed to be more story to it and we learnt more about the characters (even more so than their individual movies)

red terror

I'll probably enjoy it more the next time I see it. I enjoyed the Olsen kid, and Renner was excellent.
 
Semi-related...
 
 
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote"> <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://io9.com/whats-behind-marvels-campaign-to-remove-the-x-men-from-1707514860'>What's Behind Marvel's Campaign To Remove The X-Men From Merchandising?</a>
 
Itâ€™s not too surprising that Marvel and Fox are engaged in a little â€œsecret warâ€ of their own, over the licensing of the X-Men and the Fantastic Four. But as Fox presses forward with movies based on both properties, that war is slowly becoming public. Hereâ€™s a guide to how Marvel is trying to erase two of its biggest superhero teams.
 
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<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://io9.com/whats-behind-marvels-campaign-to-remove-the-x-men-from-1707514860'>http://io9.com/whats-behind-marvels-campaign-to-remove-the-x-men-from-1707514860</a>

Nepia

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I actually liked it a touch better than the first (which I loved) as there seemed to be more story to it and we learnt more about the characters (even more so than their individual movies)
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Agreed.
 
 
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I'll probably enjoy it more the next time I see it. I enjoyed the Olsen kid, and Renner was excellent.
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As I noted in my earlier post I was most impressed they made Hawkeye interesting, if Whedon gets any credit it should be for that!
 
 
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Seems like Marvel and Wheddon were fighting over the final cut, so some of the movie didn't make sense as it was cut. Thor's arc in particular.
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There's an Empire podcast with Whedon where he discusses some of the changes and why he left stuff in/out - IIRC he made the decision to cut most of the Thor stuff. It's a decent listen.

antipodean

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Sneakdefreak" data-cid="492744" data-time="1432706174">No, no, no, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

</blockquote> Action is clearly better. Acting appears to be the same - particularly how bad Johnny Utah is. I echo the thoughts of why call this Point Break when you could change the names and it would be fine(ish). Then the propeller heads could talk about how it's a ripoff/ homage to Point Break.

Nepia

Jupiter Ascending: So I was expecting the worst movie in the world and I watched an ok sci fi movie that had some decent action scenes, Mila Kunis, and was a little bit bonkers storyline-wise. Better than some 'blockbusters'. TBF, I watched if after the Chiefs got smashed every which way so maybe anything would seem good?

Kirwan

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Nepia" data-cid="493491" data-time="1433028191">Jupiter Ascending: So I was expecting the worst movie in the world and I watched an ok sci fi movie that had some decent action scenes, Mila Kunis, and was a little bit bonkers storyline-wise. Better than some 'blockbusters'. TBF, I watched if after the Chiefs got smashed every which way so maybe anything would seem good?</blockquote>
 
Oh come on, that was a mess. It reminded me of Dr Moreau with Tatum playing a half dog. 
Special effects were incredible, only reason to watch. Acting, story, casting all terrible. 
They even repeated themselves by copying the farm idea from the Matrix (which is looking more and more like a fluke every movie they make since)

Nepia

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Oh come on, that was a mess. It reminded me of Dr Moreau with Tatum playing a half dog. 
Special effects were incredible, only reason to watch. Acting, story, casting all terrible. 
They even repeated themselves by copying the farm idea from the Matrix (which is looking more and more like a fluke every movie they make since)
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Meh, I thought it was fine - as I said story was bonkers, but I'm not too fussed by Kunis' acting. I can't stand Redmayne though, not sure if I'll be able to sit through Theory of Everything now as that was my first real exposure to him.
 
I haven't seen Dr Moreau but it definitely would have been better if Tatum didn't have pointy Spock ears.

Nepia

So I finally coughed up the cash and went and saw Mad Max.
 
While it was a decent enough action film and was better than the trailers presented it, there was no way it was as good as the reviews made it out to be.
 
For a start, it wasn't really a Mad Max film, he was just a supporting character. It was really Theron's movie. And it seemed to end quite abruptly.
 
So a good film, but nowhere near living up to the hype.

red terror

Any they're missing...?

<strong><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/the-definitive-history-of-arnold-schwarzeneggers-greatest-action-movie-quips/'>The Definitive History of Arnold Schwarzeneggerâ€™s Greatest Action Movie Quips</a></span></span></strong>

mariner4life

"What happened to Sully?"
 
"I let him go"
 
 
Commando is so fucking excellent.

mariner4life

oh oh, from Red Heat
 
"Do you know Miranda?"
 
"Never heard of the bitch!"
 
whack
 
"Americana" shakes head

jegga

I should put this in the right thread, I'd be interested to hear any reviews. If it looks even half as good as the trailer I'll be stoked.

Nepia

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Ex Machina - dumb garbage. Don't waste your time.
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Watched it and thought it was quite good. I thought it was much better than Her - which drawing a longish bow it's kind of similar to. I think it helped that I really had no idea what it was about going in aside from a pic of Ava.
 
And boys yes there was nudity (from two pretty attractive chicks too).
 
Also, the three stars of that movie are in everything these days. Domnhall Gleason, Oscar Issac and Alicia Vikander (less so, but I didn't know she existed 2 weeks ago and now I've seen 2 movies with her in them).

NTA

Had a bit of Google Credit, so we decided to have a family movie night with Into the Woods - the screen adaptation of the stage musical, apparently (personally have never seen it on stage).
 
Now I've seen a few of these musicals brought to film, but jeez this one would have to be the singingest fucking version of any of them (though I haven't seen Les Mis which is apparently all singing).
 
The production values were great, and I though the weaving together of several fairy tales was reasonably clever, but at two hours it dragged on a little further than was enjoyable.
 
EDIT: Depp's Big Bad Wolf character was paedo-creepy. Like M4L levels of creepy.

Crucial

Finally got around to watching Kingsman last night. Gets a rating of â€˜Bloody Goodâ€™. It is rare to get one of those movies where even though you can tell what is about to happen in nearly every scene it still manages to entertain you. Itâ€™s a story done plenty of times before with a different premise but this one works.

NTA

That one is on my list. Any norks?

The Silver Fern

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