Movie review thread...
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@Nepia said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Well this thread has gone slightly off topic.
Hmm, so I watched The Irishman and I liked it. I also felt the same as some critics out there in that after a few scenes I mostly forgot about the de-aging. At least until I got to the scene where they made the dude from The Wire an old man ... that was just strange.
It was probably too long, but I thought the performances were pretty good, although they should have used a younger body for De Niro, especially in the stomping scene everyone is rightfully taking the piss out of. Pesci and Pacino were great and De Niro was good despite having the worst of the de-aging effects.
A much better movie than Silence (bonus points for not having Andrew Garfield in it) of Scorcese's recent output.
Andrew Garfield irritates me but not as much as Eddie Redmayne who has an immensely punchable face imho .
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@jegga said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Nepia said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Well this thread has gone slightly off topic.
Hmm, so I watched The Irishman and I liked it. I also felt the same as some critics out there in that after a few scenes I mostly forgot about the de-aging. At least until I got to the scene where they made the dude from The Wire an old man ... that was just strange.
It was probably too long, but I thought the performances were pretty good, although they should have used a younger body for De Niro, especially in the stomping scene everyone is rightfully taking the piss out of. Pesci and Pacino were great and De Niro was good despite having the worst of the de-aging effects.
A much better movie than Silence (bonus points for not having Andrew Garfield in it) of Scorcese's recent output.
Andrew Garfield irritates me but not as much as Eddie Redmayne who has an immensely punchable face imho .
Personally, Garfield is worse for me, at least Redmayne usually plays weird dudes which kind of suits his face ... Hollywood seems to think Garfield is a leading man.
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@Nepia said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@jegga said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Nepia said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Well this thread has gone slightly off topic.
Hmm, so I watched The Irishman and I liked it. I also felt the same as some critics out there in that after a few scenes I mostly forgot about the de-aging. At least until I got to the scene where they made the dude from The Wire an old man ... that was just strange.
It was probably too long, but I thought the performances were pretty good, although they should have used a younger body for De Niro, especially in the stomping scene everyone is rightfully taking the piss out of. Pesci and Pacino were great and De Niro was good despite having the worst of the de-aging effects.
A much better movie than Silence (bonus points for not having Andrew Garfield in it) of Scorcese's recent output.
Andrew Garfield irritates me but not as much as Eddie Redmayne who has an immensely punchable face imho .
Personally, Garfield is worse for me, at least Redmayne usually plays weird dudes which kind of suits his face ... Hollywood seems to think Garfield is a leading man.
Can’t say I’ve seen Garfield in anything since Spider-Man. Redmayne is high on my list of effete stuttering twats who annoy me immensely right behind Hugh Grant .
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Joe Versus the Volcano.
Slow and terrible. If you haven't seen it, don't.
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@antipodean said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Joe Versus the Volcano.
Slow and terrible. If you haven't seen it, don't.
There were worse movies in 1990 but not many. Ghost Dad, Dances with Wolves...
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@jegga said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Jesus this still has ensured I will never watch this shite
Hang on... Biggy, sabre?? Please tell me these are fake names?
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@R-L Don't forget Sockie !
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Escape Room on Netflix
I really like puzzle solving movies like this and Cube. This doesn't disappoint, the set design is very good, the acting is on point. The puzzles leave a little to be desired, but that's part of the genre.
Looks like they'll be making a sequel.
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@jegga said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Can’t say I’ve seen Garfield in anything since Spider-Man.
The only other movie that I've seen him in was Hacksaw Ridge. He was pretty good in that and worthy of the oscar nomination.
I couldn't stand that performance from him, I initially thought the mouth thing he was doing was just to 100% match the real life guy, but then he did something similar in Silence too. I think it was one of those overacting performances than win awards so agree he probably should have been nominated.
21 Bridges: Decent by the numbers action thriller starring Black Panther and Sienna Miller without make up. It's funny how a hot actress gets taken a bit more seriously when they get a bit older and start to lose some of their hotness.
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@Nepia said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Bones said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Nepia she wasn't even recognisable in the Roger Ailes mini-series.
Is that the Crowe one? Is it any good.
@Bovidae I'm torn, on the one hand there's my no watching trailers rule, on the other:
It looks pretty awesome. That version of blue Monday is cool too .
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I love sled dogs, a couple of years ago I was at a mate of mines place for lunch. He's a fair bit older than me and he gave me this black and white photo of three guys and a bunch of sled dogs in snow and asked me who I thought the teenager in the picture was. Of course it was him, he'd scored a trip to Antarctica through the boys scouts and got to help run a dog team. At the wharf in Lyttleton they'd been told they couldn't leave unless they paid a $1500 bill for the dogs they hadn't been told about. It was in the 1960s and credit cards were all swiped over paper and the guy in charge of the dogs realised they'd be halfway to Antarctica before they figured out he ripped them off and happily pulled out his Amex .
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Wow. Kirk Douglas celebrated his 103rd birthday today! Sure he overacted a bit in some movies, but when he nailed a role he nailed it (“Paths Of Glory”, “Seven Days in May”...) and he starred in one of my all-time fave movies “Ace in the Hole“ (aka “The Big Carnival”) (dir. Billy Wilder). If you haven’t seen, put it on your list. It’s about the news media, and it’s incredible.
This is good fun, too. Spike shows the original lobby card he got signed by Wilder and Douglas.
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@Salacious-Crumb He's in my dead pool for next year.
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@antipodean said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Salacious-Crumb He's in my dead pool for next year.
And has been for the last ten years.
