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  • MiketheSnowM Offline
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    wrote on last edited by MiketheSnow
    #12143

    A really good watch

    Galaxy Quest is on my annual watch list along with such timeless gems as

    The Wizard of Oz
    Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
    Snatch
    The Princess Bride
    Midnight Run
    First Blood
    Out of Sight
    The Quiet Man
    Rio Bravo
    Heat

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  • BovidaeB Offline
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    @voodoo said in Re: Movie review thread...:

    So I'd never actually seen Waterworld until tonight.

    Admittedly it's only halfway through.

    But wow.

    Just wow.

    I watched Waterworld again a few years back and thought it was OK. Not great, but not the dud some say.

    I laugh every time Dennis Hopper says "Don't just stand there, kill something!".

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  • BonesB Offline
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    @voodoo said in Re: Movie review thread...:

    @Bones I wouldn't want to spoil it for you

    Seen it! Just been about a million years.

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  • TimT Away
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    Quentin Tarantino is posting movie reviews on the web:

    New Beverly Theater

    Tarantino’s Reviews | New Beverly Cinema

    Tarantino’s Reviews | New Beverly Cinema

    New Beverly Theater

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  • ? Offline
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    #12147

    @booboo said in Re: Movie review thread...:

    @MN5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:

    @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.

    Tiniest bit harsh

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    Anyway
    He was hot in Willow too....
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  • mariner4lifeM Offline
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    Two disappointing movies over the weekend

    Sicario: Day of the Soldado
    A shit follow up to a decent movie. This has nothing of what made the first one good. It's serious men "being forced" to do serious things. Except, you know, develop a coherent story that you might actually give any sort of a fuck about. And then try to cover up for that with excess blood. The end is ridiculous.
    2 dead mexicans out of 5 dead mexicans.

    John Wick 3
    The two great modern day action movies are John Wick, and Taken. Both suffer from a run of sequals that get progressively worse. And this was pretty bad. The first had heart, the 2nd had less heart, but some cool set pieces. This was basically like watching someone play a video game on YouTube. Set piece to set piece. The last bit was like watching you move through progressively harder minions to get to the boss battle.
    The worst bit? Watching fucking Halle Berry move through clearing a room even easier than John, suddenly made him seem much less badass
    2.5 dead mooks out of 5 wait, that guy is younger than Keanu, why is he calling him "my son"?

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  • MN5M Offline
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    @R-L said in Re: Movie review thread...:

    @booboo said in Re: Movie review thread...:

    @MN5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:

    @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.

    Tiniest bit harsh

    Redirect Notice

    Anyway
    He was hot in Willow too....
    alt text

    Good god what is Val doing ?????????

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  • canefanC Offline
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    @MN5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:

    @R-L said in Re: Movie review thread...:

    @booboo said in Re: Movie review thread...:

    @MN5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:

    @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.

    Tiniest bit harsh

    Redirect Notice

    Anyway
    He was hot in Willow too....
    alt text

    Good god what is Val doing ?????????

    Almost there......

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  • BovidaeB Offline
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    @mariner4life

    I watched John Wick 3 myself last night and Sicario 2 last week. Both have been on Sky Movies so I have recorded some films that interested me. I saw both of these at the theatre and agree they aren't as good as the first movies from the series. Halle's dogs are fuckin' cool though.

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    @mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:

    Two disappointing movies over the weekend

    Sicario: Day of the Soldado
    A shit follow up to a decent movie. This has nothing of what made the first one good. It's serious men "being forced" to do serious things. Except, you know, develop a coherent story that you might actually give any sort of a fuck about. And then try to cover up for that with excess blood. The end is ridiculous.
    2 dead mexicans out of 5 dead mexicans.

    John Wick 3
    The two great modern day action movies are John Wick, and Taken. Both suffer from a run of sequals that get progressively worse. And this was pretty bad. The first had heart, the 2nd had less heart, but some cool set pieces. This was basically like watching someone play a video game on YouTube. Set piece to set piece. The last bit was like watching you move through progressively harder minions to get to the boss battle.
    The worst bit? Watching fucking Halle Berry move through clearing a room even easier than John, suddenly made him seem much less badass
    2.5 dead mooks out of 5 wait, that guy is younger than Keanu, why is he calling him "my son"?

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    @MN5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:

    @R-L said in Re: Movie review thread...:

    @booboo said in Re: Movie review thread...:

    @MN5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:

    @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.

    Tiniest bit harsh

    Redirect Notice

    Anyway
    He was hot in Willow too....
    alt text

    Good god what is Val doing ?????????

    alt text

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  • mariner4lifeM Offline
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    @Bovidae said in Re: Movie review thread...:

    Halle's dogs are fuckin' cool though.

    probable highlight

    And the Matrix throwback line, because The Matrix

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  • voodooV Offline
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    @mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:

    Two disappointing movies over the weekend

    Sicario: Day of the Soldado
    A shit follow up to a decent movie. This has nothing of what made the first one good. It's serious men "being forced" to do serious things. Except, you know, develop a coherent story that you might actually give any sort of a fuck about. And then try to cover up for that with excess blood. The end is ridiculous.
    2 dead mexicans out of 5 dead mexicans.

    John Wick 3
    The two great modern day action movies are John Wick, and Taken. Both suffer from a run of sequals that get progressively worse. And this was pretty bad. The first had heart, the 2nd had less heart, but some cool set pieces. This was basically like watching someone play a video game on YouTube. Set piece to set piece. The last bit was like watching you move through progressively harder minions to get to the boss battle.
    The worst bit? Watching fucking Halle Berry move through clearing a room even easier than John, suddenly made him seem much less badass
    2.5 dead mooks out of 5 wait, that guy is younger than Keanu, why is he calling him "my son"?

    Taken is a superb movie

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  • NepiaN Offline
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    replied to mariner4life on last edited by
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    @mariner4life I think I gave the same rating as you for Sicario 2 in this thead when I watched it, but I 'm pretty sure I would have said I thought that Sicario 1 was overrated and not a masterpiece as many make it out to be.

    I did a back to back re-watch of them both earlier in the year and I've decided I actually prefer 2. I think the Blunt character just weighs down the first one and the second functions better as a pure action film, despite it, like 1 having pretentions of being a weighty drama.

    I've also seen JW2 since then, just before JW3 came out and I rated it higher than when I first saw it too. Looks like I'm going to be rating Extraction higher in a years time.

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  • mariner4lifeM Offline
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    @Nepia said in Re: Movie review thread...:

    Sicario 1 was overrated and not a masterpiece as many make it out to be.

    i liked it, but wouldn't go close to rating it amazing. It was good, and i liked the moral ambiguity. I thought 2 failed even as an action movie, because it tried to be too serious.

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  • MajorRageM Offline
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    #12158

    Bridget Jones Baby

    Boom. It sucked. Actually it didn’t need to really. The first 30 mins was full of the comedy that made the first one a decent enough flick.

    But then it just got shit. Sort of a rom com, but not quite there. Zellweger swearing in a Brit accent always makes me laugh

    3 didn’t get laid out of 5 after watching this so pissed offs.

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  • MajorRageM Offline
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    replied to mariner4life on last edited by
    #12159

    @mariner4life ooo not seen John Wick but recorded it the other night. Happy with.

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    @MajorRage said in Re: Movie review thread...:

    @mariner4life ooo not seen John Wick but recorded it the other night. Happy with.

    the first John Wick is a masterpiece

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  • MN5M Offline
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    Watched Shawshank Redemption on Netflix last night. First time in around 20 or so years. Shit it's still a banger of a movie isn't it ?

    What ever happened to Tim Robbins as an actor ? Morgan Freeman is brilliant as always and the collection of supporting "know their faces if not their names" type performers are great support too particularly the warden and head officer.

    The movie is tense and bleak at times but the ending and twist is so worth it ( if a bit contrived and cheesy ). It works.

    4.5 dodgy tax returns out of 5 wrongful wife killing convictions

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  • BovidaeB Offline
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    @MN5

    A 5 out of 5 movie for me. The ending gets me every time.

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