Movie review thread...
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@Machpants said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Watch out @Snowy ! Thankfully she didn't mention Navs/RIOs so I'm safe
I'm more Nick "Goose" Bradshaw looking (and that was some time ago in my dreams) than the other two so I doubt that I am going to get stalked although I'm sure @R-L would be a lovely stalker.
That movie actually started me flying so I can understand the fandom. I'm too tall to fit in an Skyhawk so couldn't go RNZAF (fast jets anyway). Think Jester flew a Skyhawk in the movie didn't he?
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@mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:
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@mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Danger Close
Seemed like an appropriate weekend to watch it. Not bad at all. Black Hawk Down-esque in its faceless enemy. Not a big budget war movie by any stretch, but a pretty good movie none the less.
3.5 mates out of 5 i wish i had more bullets
Wrong. It's shit.
didn't like it then?
It was billed here as being an accurate representation of the Battle of Long Tan. It's not and the portrayal of Smith and Stanley is utterly ridiculous, just to give two examples.
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@R-L said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Hi. My name is R. L and I am a Top Gun fan....
Finally watched it. I am now Hot for pilots. Like seriously hot...
Jeeeeeeesus that was good, had it all, action, sexiness, sweatiness, tears, that old bird. I mean Val was obviously the highlight but I even fancied Tom a bit too,which is an absolute first. His laugh still annoys me, but you can't have it all.Pheeeeew Hot.
Especially loved this little moment..
5 loving feelings out of 5 danger zones.Watch out @Snowy ! Thankfully she didn't mention Navs/RIOs so I'm safe
On a Families Day, I was showing kids around the cockpit of the Tornado. I was explaining the ejection seat to a kid around 8 I guess.
Me 'So when you pull the handle both seats fly out of the plane on rockets, and you have a parachute to land'
Kid 'Yeah I know, the guy in the back hits the canopy though and dies'Good incentive not to be the RIO
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@antipodean said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@antipodean said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Danger Close
Seemed like an appropriate weekend to watch it. Not bad at all. Black Hawk Down-esque in its faceless enemy. Not a big budget war movie by any stretch, but a pretty good movie none the less.
3.5 mates out of 5 i wish i had more bullets
Wrong. It's shit.
didn't like it then?
It was billed here as being an accurate representation of the Battle of Long Tan. It's not and the portrayal of Smith and Stanley is utterly ridiculous, just to give two examples.
i know nothing about it, i just enjoyed it.
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@Bones said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@RoninWC see @Scorz was saying Extraction is utter shit. Are you more trustworthy by still being on the fern or is it vice versa?
I watched it last night, it wasn't great, had some good action sequences though so I enjoyed it enough in that respect. As @RoninWC says not as good as a Wick film though.
Mild spoiler, doesn't really give away the story etc but up to you if you read:
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The 'baddies' are basically cops or army of the nation they're in rather than the drug kingpins men ... so that was a bit strange. I thought they could have made an effort to make it dodgy cops/army.
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Had a hot chick fire a rifle.
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@Machpants it was short lived you are both safe, I suspect its just Val Kilmer sweaty that did it
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@R-L said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Machpants it was short lived you are both safe, I suspect its just Val Kilmer sweaty that did it
Judging from recent pics of Val I suspect he'd get sweaty walking from the couch to the cupboard to get some more chocolate biscuits.
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Beastie Boys Story
Ch-Check it out
5 Brass Monkeys out of 5
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@MiketheSnow said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Beastie Boys Story
Ch-Check it out
5 Brass Monkeys out of 5
Better than I was expecting. I only liked a few of their songs (So watcha want, Root down, 3 MC's and 1 DJ...) so I'm hardly a fan
That scripted stage show format could have been a disaster but it worked well enough
They really repeated a few points over and over though. Yes, yes I get it, you didn't treat that girl very well
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@Bones said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@RoninWC see @Scorz was saying Extraction is utter shit. Are you more trustworthy by still being on the fern or is it vice versa?
Hahaha, fair call.
I did only give it a decent rating, especially after watching the other two movies.
I thought it was a pretty decent action movie with good gun fights. There is a lot worse dross out there but sure, there are many far better movies.
But if you want a 117 minutes of escapist entertainment, there are worse ways to do it.
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My new rating for Netflix movies: Is it better than The Last Thing He Wanted? If it can't meet that hurdle, it's a no.
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Bonnie and Clyde
Another classic movie that is appearing on one of the Sky movie channels at the moment. I hadn't seen this movie in a long time and was keen to watch again after viewing The Highwaymen last year (which I enjoyed). This movie is rated highly by the likes of Roger Ebert and received 10 Academy nominations, including for the 5 main cast. We also had Gene Wilder's film debut, as well as Uncle Jesse as Frank Hamer.
But somehow this wasn't as good as I remember. I really like some movies from this era but this isn't one I need to watch again.
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@antipodean said in Re: Movie review thread...:
The Italian Job - the 2013 version
How does Marky Mark get acting gigs? Pinocchio has more range and ability than that midget.
I remember reading somewhere he was a superb hustler when trying to work his way into the big-time. Networker, greaser extraordinaire.
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Thoughts from the movie buffs in here ?
âThe Shiningâ is perfect quarantine viewing
Not least because you will never work out what it meansIn stanley kubrickâs horror classic, âThe Shiningâ, Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) is hired as the winter caretaker of the cavernous Overlook Hotel, miles from anywhere in the Colorado Rockies. âPhysically itâs not a very demanding job,â the manager tells him before the start of what is supposed to be a five-month stint. âThe only thing that can get a bit trying up here during the winter is a tremendous sense of isolation.â Adapted from Stephen Kingâs bestseller, âThe Shiningâ was released 40 years ago in May, but it is spookily relevant to the worldâs predicament today.
Jack dismisses the managerâs warning. When he is left alone in the Overlook with his wife, Wendy (Shelley Duvall), and their son, Danny (Danny Lloyd), he is elated: he plans to knock out a novel in the peace and quiet. But like so many people who imagine that they will tick off a long-postponed project or two during the lockdown, Jack is mistaken. As far removed as âThe Shiningâ is from Kubrickâs philosophical science-fiction masterpiece, â2001: A Space Odysseyâ, the message of both films is that if three people are stuck in a confined space in the middle of nowhere, one of them will go mad and try to murder the others.
In 1980 âThe Shiningâ was not as well received as â2001â had been in 1968; Mr King himself was unimpressed. But the filmâs reputation improved with age. You need not have seen it to be aware of its brightly nightmarish images: the phantom sisters in blue dresses; the tidal wave of blood gushing from the lifts. The carpet pattern of red, orange and brown hexagons was reproduced in the foyer of the Design Museum in London for its Kubrick retrospective last year. No other floor covering in cinema history is so recognisable.
Famous imagery aside, the film is revered now for the same reason it was initially criticised: it refuses to spell out its themes or explain its plot twists. Is Danny summoning ghosts with his psychic powers? Is Jack insane before he comes to the Overlook? Is he the reincarnation of someone who was there 60 years earlier? And how come the vast hotel stays so gleamingly clean when nobody ever dusts?
Kubrick is known as an obsessive perfectionist, and so some fans believe that he answers all those questions and more in the movieâit is just that they canât agree on what the answers are. A documentary released in 2012, âRoom 237â, compiles some of the more imaginative interpretations, from the plausible (itâs about the slaughter of Native Americans) to the eyebrow-raising (itâs a cryptic confession that Kubrick faked the Apollo Moon landings).
That is why âThe Shiningâ is ideal viewing now. Not only is the Torrancesâ tremendous sense of isolation a gothic caricature of the lockdown, but you can watch the film again and again without ever working out what it all means.
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@voodoo For me, the shining, as a film, was ridiculous. Some of the scenes are fantastic, and the suspense / cinematography etc is brilliant. However, the plot is ludicrously dull and straight forwards.
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Family goes to hotel, dad goes mad, kid communicates (the shining) with a dude who goes all through the night to get there, only to get killed literally straight away by mad dad. Dad then dies in the snow when gets confused in a maze.
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Over-rated, weak, faff.
Beastie Boys Story (2020) â 7.7 | Documentary, Biography, Music
