Movie review thread...
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el Camino - finally got around to watching this. Was ok, nothing special, just lacked something to make it really good.
3 oh right, thats a flashback out of 5 bags of cash
Ford v Ferrari - didnt have much expectation going into this, but thought it was pretty good. No idea how well it sticks to the truth, but story flows pretty well with some good acting.
4 overheated brakes out of 5 cnuty execs
Jojo Rabbit - had avoided reading too much about this, and it was not what I expected (trailers paint it like a bit of a comedy, not too disimilar to how Boy looks like it should eb a comedy from the trailers) but was a pretty good flick.
4 ways of killing Nathan out of 5 robots
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@Nepia said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Zombieland: Doubletap
Same crew back, plus Rosario Dawson, Thomas Middlemarch, Luke WIlson, Zoey Deutch
I enjoyed it, bit of fun, some great lines.
3.5 nut allergies out of 5 T800s
Agreed, thought it was a good fun movie ... just like the original.
The Farewell: This is about a Chinese family not telling their mother/grandmother she has cancer (apparently a thing in China) but organising a wedding so overseas family could travel back to see her. For some reason on hearing the premise I thought it would be a full on comedy (it stars Awkwafina) but it was actually a drama. Still was pretty good - 3.5 dumplings out of 5 crabs but not lobsters.
That’s a true story about the lady with cancer it’s on radiolab I think .
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@jegga said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Nepia said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Zombieland: Doubletap
Same crew back, plus Rosario Dawson, Thomas Middlemarch, Luke WIlson, Zoey Deutch
I enjoyed it, bit of fun, some great lines.
3.5 nut allergies out of 5 T800s
Agreed, thought it was a good fun movie ... just like the original.
The Farewell: This is about a Chinese family not telling their mother/grandmother she has cancer (apparently a thing in China) but organising a wedding so overseas family could travel back to see her. For some reason on hearing the premise I thought it would be a full on comedy (it stars Awkwafina) but it was actually a drama. Still was pretty good - 3.5 dumplings out of 5 crabs but not lobsters.
That’s a true story about the lady with cancer it’s on radiolab I think .
Yeah, I think they had a shot of the actual lady at the end.
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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...:
@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Zombieland: Doubletap
Same crew back, plus Rosario Dawson, Thomas Middlemarch, Luke WIlson, Zoey Deutch
I enjoyed it, bit of fun, some great lines.
3.5 nut allergies out of 5 T800s
Agreed, thought it was a good fun movie ... just like the original.
The Farewell: This is about a Chinese family not telling their mother/grandmother she has cancer (apparently a thing in China) but organising a wedding so overseas family could travel back to see her. For some reason on hearing the premise I thought it would be a full on comedy (it stars Awkwafina) but it was actually a drama. Still was pretty good - 3.5 dumplings out of 5 crabs but not lobsters.
That’s a true story about the lady with cancer it’s on radiolab I think .
Yeah, I think they had a shot of the actual lady at the end.
It’s a cool story but after listening to the podcast I’ll probably pass. They did mention they were hoping to make a movie about it, stoked for them that they did
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@antipodean said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Rembrandt interesting, a colleague of mine say it yesterday and said if you don't expect DC, it's really good and Phoenix is brilliant in his portrayal of the character. Real underlying menace.
So I finally got to this on a recent flight. "Real underlying menace" is fine, but what bothered me is his clear mental illness. I mean, all psychopathic killers probably have a little cray-cray in them I guess, but this guy started out seeing a psych, he is on all manner of medications, he is hallucinating throughout, and is obviously schizophrenic .
I prefer my serial killers to be more calculating and in control than this.
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@voodoo said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@antipodean said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Rembrandt interesting, a colleague of mine say it yesterday and said if you don't expect DC, it's really good and Phoenix is brilliant in his portrayal of the character. Real underlying menace.
So I finally got to this on a recent flight. "Real underlying menace" is fine, but what bothered me is his clear mental illness. I mean, all psychopathic killers probably have a little cray-cray in them I guess, but this guy started out seeing a psych, he is on all manner of medications, he is hallucinating throughout, and is obviously schizophrenic .
I prefer my serial killers to be more calculating and in control than this.
In the comics he has the skin on his face peeled off, displayed in a frame then stapelled back on. Yep, sounds in control and not at all crazy....
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@voodoo said in Re: Movie review thread...:
I prefer my serial killers to be more calculating and in control than this.
for me it was more he was came across as a bit simple, rather than the criminal mastermind he is...I think the lack of control is something that separates him from other criminals, but it is usually combined with his genius which makes him more menacing.
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@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@voodoo said in Re: Movie review thread...:
I prefer my serial killers to be more calculating and in control than this.
for me it was more he was came across as a bit simple, rather than the criminal mastermind he is...I think the lack of control is something that separates him from other criminals, but it is usually combined with his genius which makes him more menacing.
One big thing to remember is that final scene;
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It's pretty much pulling the Usual Suspects twist. We can't trust anything we've just heard, and as the director was basing this on parts of the Killing Joke, this past/origin may be just one of the multiple choice histories that the Joke aludes to in that story (same as Ledger's Joke telling different origin stories).
Arthur may not even be the Joker.
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@Kirwan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@voodoo said in Re: Movie review thread...:
I prefer my serial killers to be more calculating and in control than this.
for me it was more he was came across as a bit simple, rather than the criminal mastermind he is...I think the lack of control is something that separates him from other criminals, but it is usually combined with his genius which makes him more menacing.
One big thing to remember is that final scene;
:::
It's pretty much pulling the Usual Suspects twist. We can't trust anything we've just heard, and as the director was basing this on parts of the Killing Joke, this past/origin may be just one of the multiple choice histories that the Joke aludes to in that story (same as Ledger's Joke telling different origin stories).
Arthur may not even be the Joker.
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Bloody hell Kirwan, that angle went entirely over my head
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@voodoo Yeah, it supposed to work however you like. But it also works if you know more of the source material or think it ends another way.
The director says he'll confirm what they intended at some point, but he's not confirmed anything other than this Joker will not be in a Batman film.
I think it's a pretty smart film.
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@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@voodoo said in Re: Movie review thread...:
I prefer my serial killers to be more calculating and in control than this.
for me it was more he was came across as a bit simple, rather than the criminal mastermind he is...I think the lack of control is something that separates him from other criminals, but it is usually combined with his genius which makes him more menacing.
I'm cool with the lack of control, I just didnt like what seemed to be a progression from mental illness to happy psycho killer
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@Kirwan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@voodoo Yeah, it supposed to work however you like. But it also works if you know more of the source material or think it ends another way.
The director says he'll confirm what they intended at some point, but he's not confirmed anything other than this Joker will not be in a Batman film.
I think it's a pretty smart film.
Too damn clever for this simpleton clearly 😅
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Sorry To Bother You: So this was a decent but weird little movie about call centres, well kind of... Stars Lakeith Stanfield who has a very watchable screen presence, Tessa Thompson who I just don't like for some reason, Danny Glover, Armie Hammer and the Korean dude from The Walking Dead.
@voodoo said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@voodoo said in Re: Movie review thread...:
I prefer my serial killers to be more calculating and in control than this.
for me it was more he was came across as a bit simple, rather than the criminal mastermind he is...I think the lack of control is something that separates him from other criminals, but it is usually combined with his genius which makes him more menacing.
I'm cool with the lack of control, I just didnt like what seemed to be a progression from mental illness to happy psycho killer
I felt the same, and I think they walked a tightrope morally with how he has his first kills - but my main issue with it is that I don't think it matches the films it pays homage to.
It certainly a film that evokes a lot of discussion though. The Empire podcast have had some good debates between those who love it and those who hate it.
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Dedicated his win to indigenous children everywhere.
You children of refugees and immigrants, Taika says GFYs
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@jegga said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Dedicated his win to indigenous children everywhere.
You children of refugees and immigrants, Taika says GFYs
Rare to see him almost lost for words. I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt (he's trying to be an inspiration to others like him). It is a big achievement to win an Oscar, good on him
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Does a Maori and Korean winning an award not count toward this much talked about diversity?
