Movie review thread...
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<p><em>Poltergeist</em> has not aged well.</p>
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<p>The original? Havent seen it for a while but always thought of it as a classic.</p> -
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Watched the original Terminator and Terminator 2 recently. First time in a good 15 years or so. Terminator has aged very poorly with the special effects and some of the acting but still a reasonable watch. T2 still holds up really well, the t1000 special effects are looking a little dated but not too bad. Makes me wonder if they might re-release down the line redoing some of the effects, surely couldnt be that hard in this digital age.
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<p>Saw Get Hard on the plane, and yes they go there with gusto. Basically an entitled Wall Street Banker (Will Ferrell) is sentenced to 10 years prison and enlists the help of an honest hard working car wash owner (Kevin Hart) to help him prepare for prison.</p>
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<p>No laugh out loud moments, but I chuckled along with the movie and enjoyed it. Ferrell practicing his cursing is pretty funny</p> -
<p>Beautiful and Twisted (aka The Novack murders) - Rob Lowe. Paz Vega. Candice Bergen</p>
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<p>Based on a true story of Lowe, the son of a hotel billionaire, who falls for the hot stripper Vega. Short (about 80mins excluding credits) sharp story, unsure how close to actual facts, but I liked it.</p>
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<p>Watched the original Terminator and Terminator 2 recently. First time in a good 15 years or so. Terminator has aged very poorly with the special effects and some of the acting but still a reasonable watch. T2 still holds up really well, the t1000 special effects are looking a little dated but not too bad. Makes me wonder if they might re-release down the line redoing some of the effects, surely couldnt be that hard in this digital age.</p>
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<p>I'm working my way through tehm at the moment in anticpation of seeing the new one. I still think T1 was a good movie, especially considering its age and budget, but T2 was still bloody awesome. Holds up really well. I watched the orginal Jurassic park recently and that was still great too.</p>
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<p>T3 wasn't as bad as I remembered, but still a pretty poor addition.</p> -
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<p>Beautiful and Twisted (aka The Novack murders) - Rob Lowe. Paz Vega. Candice Bergen</p>
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<p>Based on a true story of Lowe, the son of a hotel billionaire, who falls for the hot stripper Vega. Short (about 80mins excluding credits) sharp story, unsure how close to actual facts, but I liked it.</p>
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<p>I also see Paz Vega is in a good few movies being made, that is good.</p>
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Went to see Jurrasic Park yesterday, good fun movie, TR Jnr enjoyed it. <br><br>
Jessica Chastain looked hot in it...<br><br>
My only issue is after the first 3 movies, when will they realise you can't keep these dinosaurs contained, something is bound to go wrong! -
<p>Due to a combination of bad weather and the inability in my old age to drink two nights in a row and being on a plane 4 different times I watched a few older (but still recent) movies while up in Raro.</p>
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<p>Pride: The movie about the gay and lesbian group who supported the striking Welsh miners. This was a pretty funny movie with the culture clash stuff with the Welsh women and the gay guys often being laugh out loud funny. </p>
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<p>The Theory of Everything: An ok movie that actually could have been good. After watching Redmayne in Jupiter Ascending I was pleasantly surprised to see that he can actually act. My issue with this movie is that they seemed to skip over parts and the narrative point of view kept changing and not for the better. I know it was based on the wife's story, but at times it was his story and at times it was hers and it didn't mesh well. Also, the children went from being prominent parts of the story and then were non existent until the final scene.</p>
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<p>While We're Young: Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts are a middle aged couple who hang out with a younger couple. Was pretty good, but then again I've always had a thing for Naomi Watts and Amanda Seyfried was the younger girl in it. </p>
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<p>Enough Said: One of James Gandolfini's final roles alongside Julia Louis-Dreyfus. They play an elder couple who get together and Louis-Dreyfus' character is the masseuse for Gandolfini's former wife. It's kind of half a drama and half a farce. Was ok.</p> -
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<p>Went to see Jurrasic Park yesterday, good fun movie, TR Jnr enjoyed it.<br><br>
Jessica Chastain looked hot in it...<br><br>
My only issue is after the first 3 movies, when will they realise you can't keep these dinosaurs contained, something is bound to go wrong!</p>
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<p>Saw Jurassic World in 3D IMAX recently. The only way to see many (new release) movies I think.</p>
<p>Still, makes you thinkm this must be based on something, and with all the advances made in the noughties regarding DNA, forensic studies I can easily see something like this happening, Loved the bikes/pods and monorail.</p>
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<p>Yeah those gyro-pods were awesome!! </p>
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<p>Godzilla (2014): shit.</p>
<p>300: Rise of an Empire: shit with tits.</p>
<p>Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: shit with apes (yet none flung).</p> -
<p>Straight from the San Diego Comic-Con, just released...</p>
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<p> </p><span style="margin:0px;">Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice - Comic-Con Trailer [HD]</span> -
<p>Also, this...</p>
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<p> </p><span style="margin:0px;">The Very Best Moments of the Star Wars Panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2015</span> -
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<p>Godzilla (2014): shit.</p>
<p>300: Rise of an Empire: shit with tits.</p>
<p>Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: shit with apes (yet none flung).</p>
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<p>Agree with the first two just so much.</p>
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<p>I just snotted a little bit because of the awesomeness!!</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/70170724/ben-affleck-debuts-batman-vs-superman-trailer-at-comic-con'>http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/70170724/ben-affleck-debuts-batman-vs-superman-trailer-at-comic-con</a></p>
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<p>I can now wait!</p> -
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<p><span style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Agree with the first two just so much.</span></p>
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<p style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">But i didn't think DotPotA was thaaat bad. </p>
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<p>It wasn't as bad as the other two but it was still bad.</p>
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<p>Nightcrawler: Was pleasantly surprised by this film. Jake Gllynhoweveryouspellhisname puts in an amazing performance. His character reminded me of several people I've worked alongside and the story doesn't go the way you expect it to. 9/10</p> -
<p>Devil: Bunch of people trapped in an elevator and you can guess who is among them. Like cluedo for religious people. It is a M.Night Shalalala movie but if you treat it as a b-grade horror flick it isn't that bad.</p>
