Movie review thread...
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@Tim said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Finally saw Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Really good!
I struggle to believe that you a. saw a movie made after 1990 and that had a budget of more than $10m or b. that you liked it.
Knives Out: Riaan Johnson's next movie after some little sci fi thing he did that sent people into a tizzle.
A murder mystery. I knew nothing about this before going to see it, I didn't know who was in the cast, what it was about (thought it was a horror actually) and it turned out to be a bloody good and funny movie.
All the cast are having a blast. Daniel Craig almost redeemed himself for Spectre with his role as a Southern detective although it took me a few minutes to adjust to his over the top accent. Captain America is very un-Captain America, Michael Shannon was mostly un-Michael Shannon, and Don Johnson, Jamie Lee Curtis and Christopher Plummer were great as the oldies. Last but not least the main character was played by Ana De Armas.
The plot is silly and is mostly meant to be silly and it's punctuated with some belly laughs.
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@NTA said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Family movie night: The Lion King.
Great motion capture and CGI. Pretty good considering its almost a shot-by-shot remake with a couple of extra elements.
Yeah looks good, but missed out the crazy Hyena, which was the best part of the original
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Frozen 2.
Amazing visuals, music even better than the first film, lots of funny moments from Josh Gad's Olaf, a bold, dramatic plot and some great messages, this is a film that will make a lot of money and be talked about for years.
Very dark in places for a family movie, lacked the charm, innocence and narrative simplicity of the original Frozen.
4 Snowmen out of 5.
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@sparky said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Frozen 2.
Amazing visuals, music even better than the first film, lots of funny moments from Josh Gad's Olaf, a bold, dramatic plot and some great messages, this is a film that will make a lot of money and be talked about for years.
Very dark in places for a family movie, lacked the charm, innocence and narrative simplicity of the original Frozen.
4 Snowmen out of 5.
WTF? Seriously?
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@Toddy said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Crucial you reckon the first one is better?
just Let it Go
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@mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Toddy said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Crucial you reckon the first one is better?
just Let it Go
I just can't hold it back anymore
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Just watched about the grossest gross out comedy ever. The Brothers Grimsby. Criminally wasted supporting cast (two gorgeous gals in Penelope Cruz and Annabelle Wallis) some funny bits, some really unfunny bits. One of those movies that is annoying because you see the bones of a much better, funnier movie trying to escape the bog of stupid shit.
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@Mokey said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Just watched about the grossest gross out comedy ever. The Brothers Grimsby. Criminally wasted supporting cast (two gorgeous gals in Penelope Cruz and Annabelle Wallis) some funny bits, some really unfunny bits. One of those movies that is annoying because you see the bones of a much better, funnier movie trying to escape the bog of stupid shit.
some of it was pretty bloody good though. i didn't completely hate it
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@mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Mokey said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Just watched about the grossest gross out comedy ever. The Brothers Grimsby. Criminally wasted supporting cast (two gorgeous gals in Penelope Cruz and Annabelle Wallis) some funny bits, some really unfunny bits. One of those movies that is annoying because you see the bones of a much better, funnier movie trying to escape the bog of stupid shit.
some of it was pretty bloody good though. i didn't completely hate it
I thought it was a good way to waste an afternoon.
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@antipodean said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Mokey said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Just watched about the grossest gross out comedy ever. The Brothers Grimsby. Criminally wasted supporting cast (two gorgeous gals in Penelope Cruz and Annabelle Wallis) some funny bits, some really unfunny bits. One of those movies that is annoying because you see the bones of a much better, funnier movie trying to escape the bog of stupid shit.
some of it was pretty bloody good though. i didn't completely hate it
I thought it was a good way to waste an afternoon.
Yeah I thought it was fun, although disappointing to find out it's not based on a true story.
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@Tim said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Jane Leeves, aka Daphne from the sitcom Fraiser, played a saucy bisexual dancer, who had a threesome with Willem Dafoe, in the great film To Live and Die in LA.
Without wishing to be picky, she could not have a threesome with William Dafoe, it would have to be William Dafoe and...
I am only being this pedantic because 1) I absolutely loved this film and 2) I cannot remember Daphne being in it.
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@Catogrande said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Tim said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Jane Leeves, aka Daphne from the sitcom Fraiser, played a saucy bisexual dancer, who had a threesome with Willem Dafoe, in the great film To Live and Die in LA.
Without wishing to be picky, she could not have a threesome with William Dafoe, it would have to be William Dafoe and...
I am only being this pedantic because 1) I absolutely loved this film and 2) I cannot remember Daphne being in it.
Yeah, I had to look at IMDb as I couldn't remember her in the movie either (there is a photo of her character, which doesn't help me). But it is years since I've watched it.
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So..the Irishman. Despite the rave reviews I didn't like it. It just seemed to meander. I know Scorcese is a great but I'm getting the feeling he might be way past it, much like the over-the-hill A list actors in this flick. At the very least they should have cast some more realistic talent for these roles and maybe I could have stuck with it (I got to 2 hours in, Mrs was fast asleep and with a full 80 mins to go I figured life is too short to watch this). All the cgi in the world can't cover up the cringieness of an 82 year old man shuffling around the place with his pants pulled up to his chest but somehow inexplicably being respected as a feared gangster...don't even get me started on the fight scenes.
After the mainstream reviewers have had their wank over it, this thing is going to be torn to shreds by the next generation of movie reviewers.
Probably the most annoying thing is that there is actually a really good movie hidden here. There are glimpses of great scenes and build up but it is let down by some dreadful casting, a lack of focus and an almost obsession with trying to immitate great movies of the past rather than being a great movie in its own right.
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@Rembrandt It's one thing to age actors, but to make old actors look young is impossible. Sadly disappointed. A movie they should've made twenty years ago.
