Movie review thread...
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The Deep Ones - based on a H P Lovecraft story.
Pretty crap production values and average acting, but they captured the impending-doom atmosphere in Lovecraft's books pretty well and way better than most big budget films based on Lovecraft's work.
3 Nyarlathotep's out of 5 Shub-Niggurath's...
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@kruse well it has Ms Beckinsale, so I was sold before learning what the movie was about, so once I did, yippie kai-ay MF!
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@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@kruse well it has Ms Beckinsale, so I was sold before learning what the movie was about, so once I did, yippie kai-ay MF!
Yep, same reason I watched Atomic Blonde!
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@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@kruse well it has Ms Beckinsale, so I was sold before learning what the movie was about, so once I did, yippie kai-ay MF!
Pretty much what I was going to say!
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Watched a couple of older movies that for some reason I missed.
The Lives of Others: German film about a Stasi operative monitoring some theatre people. Was a little worried it wouldn't live up to the hype, but it was really good.
Sunshine: A Danny Boyle film I missed for some reason with a pretty decent cast (Captain America, Cillian Murphy, Rose Byrne, Uncle Bully, Michelle Yeoh, Mark Strong). I enjoyed it although I think there were narrative choices in the third act that didn't really fit with the tone of the rest of the film.
And a more recent one:
Irresistible: Essentially a movie about how fucked up Super Pacs are in the US from John Stewart. Starring Steve Carrell, Rose Byrne (interesting to see her go from cute hot in her younger days in Sunshine, to more sexy hot as she's aged), the annoying blond girl from Halt and Catch Fire (who was also in the most recent Terminator), Chris Cooper and then a few other well known actors in bit parts. It was a slight movie but an enjoyable enough hour and 45 minutes.
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@antipodean I've had this on my watchlist on IMDB since pre-production, thats how sad I am
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@nepia said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Watched a couple of older movies that for some reason I missed.
The Lives of Others: German film about a Stasi operative monitoring some theatre people. Was a little worried it wouldn't live up to the hype, but it was really good.
Sunshine: A Danny Boyle film I missed for some reason with a pretty decent cast (Captain America, Cillian Murphy, Rose Byrne, Uncle Bully, Michelle Yeoh, Mark Strong). I enjoyed it although I think there were narrative choices in the third act that didn't really fit with the tone of the rest of the film.
And a more recent one:
Irresistible: Essentially a movie about how fucked up Super Pacs are in the US from John Stewart. Starring Steve Carrell, Rose Byrne (interesting to see her go from cute hot in her younger days in Sunshine, to more sexy hot as she's aged), the annoying blond girl from Halt and Catch Fire (who was also in the most recent Terminator), Chris Cooper and then a few other well known actors in bit parts. It was a slight movie but an enjoyable enough hour and 45 minutes.
She was good in Peter Rabbit when I watched with my sons little siblings. Bloody nice derrière I must say.
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@kirwan Crank!
Top movie, great scene where he has sex with Amy Smart in public to achieve required heart rate
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@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@kirwan Crank!
Top movie, great scene where he has sex with Amy Smart in public to achieve required heart rate
Funnily enough, that's the scene I remember the most clearly
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@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@kirwan Crank!
Top movie, great scene where he has sex with Amy Smart in public to achieve required heart rate
i would not need a reason to do that.
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@mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@kirwan Crank!
Top movie, great scene where he has sex with Amy Smart in public to achieve required heart rate
i would not need a reason to do that.
She would....chloroform..
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@virgil said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@kirwan Crank!
Top movie, great scene where he has sex with Amy Smart in public to achieve required heart rate
i would not need a reason to do that.
She would....chloroform..
fucking ouch!
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@bones said in Re: Movie review thread...:
The Poison Rose (released internationally as Eye for an Eye) is a 2019 American thriller film starring John Travolta and Morgan Freeman. The film was directed by George Gallo and Francesco Cinquemani.
So, so fucken bad, that I couldn't press stop. What a cast! All performing without an ounce of talent in a completely ridiculously formulaic yet bizarre script.
I don't even know how to rate it.
@kruse, please do your best.
Okay. So... yeah.
The Poison Rose
Firstly, the most important bit:- Tit-watch: zero. But some spectacular cleavage. Jeez I do love some inside-of-boob. I also like outside-of-boob and under-boob, but this movie - you're just getting inside-of-boob.
And then the other bits...
- Opening scene: an old-school theatre sign displaying "The Maltese Falcon"
This is apropos of nothing, other than saying "this is going to be SOOO film noir - Opening voice-over... I shit you not:
My name is Carson Phillips, I'm a PI. I like to drink, I like to smoke, I like to gamble.
Sometimes a little too much. But you know what they say... 'Everything in moderation, including moderation'- And THEN the heavy-handed-ness starts, for a good ten minutes of "this is fucking film-noir, you fluffybunnies!"
- Oh, and Brendan Fraser appears. He's heard of "Beer and Pie July"... he heard of it several years ago. And his calendar's faulty.
- And then an hour of pretty much just nothing. Just... take a nap through this bit if you like
- A big "reveal" (spoiler) - the protagonist has an adult daughter. So upon them realising this, there's a scene where he pretty much assumes she's a 7-year old. "Here's how to eat a donut". Fuck. Just... fuck.
- There's a gunfight in the football stadium. Hero has a revolver, tries using it against a guy in the commentary box with a sniper rifle. No luck, funnily enough. Uses the tackle-pads (bullet-proof) as a shield, until remembering he used to be a famous quarterback, so... use a football as a weapon! Awesome.
- Immediately into next action-scene/gunfight. No words for this.
- Closing voice-over, I shit you not:
I wasn't in a hurry to go home. Then I realised... I already was.
Fuck you John Travolta. Fuck you slightly less @bones for making me watch this.
1.5 attempts at a modern jaded P.I. from 5 unresolved storylines.
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Ginned up watching the new The conjuring... Ahhh jeez some good jumps so far!!
The Deep Ones (2020) ⭐ 4.1 | Horror, Sci-Fi
