Movie review thread...
-
-
@nzzp yeah I'd give it a read first also. You won't lose anything from how the movie is shaping up. Dune is a book I read every couple of years and I always pick something new up, or look at something a bit different with the benefit (?!) of age.
-
-
@voodoo said in Re: Movie review thread...:
cheers fellas, though I actually meant the original movie - or should I skip that altogether?
Should I order the trilogy or the 6 series books?
Fuck yeah watch the original movie. If only to marvel at what happens when a movie tries to stay TOO faithful to a book...
The books - I haven't read them for years. Decades, actually. But from memory: the main book - an excellent stand-alone book. Then as you spread out to the trilogy, then the entire 6-book Original Series... it just becomes more and more of an effort, and less and less "fun".
But - saying that - I've just downloaded the entire fucking canon in ePub, and will give them another go myself at some point. -
@voodoo said in Re: Movie review thread...:
cheers fellas, though I actually meant the original movie - or should I skip that altogether?
Should I order the trilogy or the 6 series books?
Original movie is available on YouTube and worth a watch even if it is a bit strange and uneven. Give it a hoon
-
@mn5 I watched about 40 mins last night, not sure I was in right mood, will come back to it.
-
@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mn5 I watched about 40 mins last night, not sure I was in right mood, will come back to it.
Yeah it’s definitely a ‘sit and pay attention’ type movie. Some real deep thinking nerd shit involved too !
-
-
-
@kruse said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@snowy well it has dropped to 5.5/10 from 84 people, so trending in the right direction for @Kruse
Wow... it's trending FAST.
Now: 1.7/10 from 103 people. (103 people watched this? WTAF?)
The one person who bothered to write anything about it has this to say:by far THE most original, the most amazing, easily the best film of 2021. NOT.
When somebody with that level of smarts gives you 1/10 - you know you've done something wrong.
Unfortunately - although the rating is that low - it looks like it's terrible because it's boring and unimaginative... rather than the twisted genius of Sharks of the Corn or The Velocipastor. I'm afraid I'm going to have to give it a miss.House of Quarantine Ratings
Watching the IMDB rating of this movie is more interesting than the movie itself (I assume).
10 ratings - 7.2/10
84 ratings - 5.5/10
103 ratings - 1.7/10
480 ratings - 6.7/10 (45.6% of ratings are 10/10 ?) -
watched JOLT on amazon on the weekend
very much comic book action, Kate Beckinsale still looks good but think other actresses could have made this better.
2.5 electric shocks out of 5 evil bosses
-
@bayimports I liked it, would give it half a point more than you, good fun.
Agree with your comic book comment though.
-
@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@bayimports I liked it, would give it half a point more than you, good fun.
Agree with your comic book comment though.
I also watched Nobody as a back to back blow your brains out.. all villains must die shoot em up fest. Body count on Saturday night was huge. lol and I gave this the extra .5 point
I rated this one as 3 accountants out of 5 thousand empty shell casings
both lose points for lack of nudity, especially the one that had Kate, as that was one that should have had revealed her assets ..and doubled the movies score
-
@bayimports said in Re: Movie review thread...:
watched JOLT on amazon on the weekend
very much comic book action, Kate Beckinsale still looks good but think other actresses could have made this better.
2.5 electric shocks out of 5 evil bosses
Sheesh, are you trying to get shunned from the Fern? You can’t say anything even slightly negative about Beckinsale (or Elizabeth Hurley) …
-
@nepia said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@bayimports said in Re: Movie review thread...:
watched JOLT on amazon on the weekend
very much comic book action, Kate Beckinsale still looks good but think other actresses could have made this better.
2.5 electric shocks out of 5 evil bosses
Sheesh, are you trying to get shunned from the Fern? You can’t say anything even slightly negative about Beckinsale (or Elizabeth Hurley) …
lol, that is true but in context..she is still great to look at, but her acting (may have been bad before, but I didnt notice) seems to have got worse. I did mention that if she took her top off, score gets doubled but unfortunately she did not. But alas yes, there will be those that even think this is a lot of criticism..
-
@bayimports tbf when I saw the trailer and Kate in it, I knew it wasn't likely to be up for any acting or best film awards, she has never been a top actress, but then she is still better than others, has done well with the roles she has had (Selene being a big 'un)
