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

    @canefan wait until you see the TV Series...

    Better or worse? Wait there is no series šŸ™„

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

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

    @canefan wait until you see the TV Series...

    Better or worse? Wait there is no series šŸ™„

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

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

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

    @canefan wait until you see the TV Series...

    Better or worse? Wait there is no series šŸ™„

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    I was talking about 6 underground. As for the Equaliser TV show? Ugh

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  • BovidaeB Offline
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    I'd rather just rewatch the original TV series with Edward Woodward.

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  • Crazy HorseC Offline
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    @bovidae said in Re: Movie review thread...:

    I'd rather just rewatch the original TV series with Edward Woodward.

    When I was a kid there was a saying that "Edward Woodward would." I still find it amusing for some reason.

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  • KiwiwombleK Offline
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    @canefan said in Re: Movie review thread...:

    6Underground. I'm not sure the film knew what it wanted to be. Lots of big stunts, almost deadpool-like gore, Reynolds with his usual comic notes. The story wasn't great, action was quite entertaining albeit totally implausible. Two hawt birds in the team. 3 supermagnets out of 5 coups

    i really enjoyed it for an effectively free (already paid for), its like a new category ive had to come up with, might have been disappointed if id paid $40 to go see in the cinema...but pleasantly surprised to just come across it on Netflix, same with "Old Guard" with Charlize theron, hapy to be a bit more forgiving if i just find it on netflix

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  • NepiaN Offline
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    Snake Eyes colon something something.

    I was a huge GI Joe fan as a kid, started out reading Battle Action Force comic which was the British version (using the same toys but renamed Action Force) in the British comic style (Judge Dredd etc). They eventually became GI Joe as well so I started collecting the US comics too.

    I didn't expect much from this movie, but they managed to make it worse. I think they used a storyline closer to a modern version of the comic (I haven't read modern version, but have read about them on wiki). But it was just average.

    I hate the lack of time depth, where they could easily show the passing of a long time (for Snake Eyes to train as a ninja) but they don't. It's one of the key issues with I have with the Departed, mild spoilers for anyone who for some silly reason has not yet seen it, the timeframe is compressed compared with Infernal Affairs which it is based on. Leo is barely embedded with the gangsters long enough, whereas in Infernal Affairs he was there for years so you really felt why they would trust him etc. This was the same, the movie seemed to take place over a few weeks and Snake Eyes went from streetfighter to full on Ninja with crazy sword skills in this time.

    The martial arts action is flat, especially in comparison to the work of some of the main actors - Iko Uwais (The Raid) and Andrew Koji (Warrior). It seems US movies don't know how to use Iko Uwais and hamstring him with set pieces that don't compare to his Indo work.

    It also has Samara Weaving as Scarlett, and the main chick from Money Heist as the Baroness.

    I shouldn't be that disappointed as I'd lowered my expectations for it but I was still secretly hoping they'd make a decent movie. The sequels they nod at in the final scene definitely aren't happening.

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    @nepia up vote for Battle Action Force

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  • MiketheSnowM Offline
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    Small Engine Repair
    4.5 pancakes out of 5 sausages

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    12 Mighty Orphans

    4 dusty eyes out of 5 Dust Bowl Games

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    More Dune wank, gosh I hope this is as awesome as it looks.

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  • ToddyT Offline
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    Dune would have made an epic TV series (mini series) I reckon.

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

    Dune would have made an epic TV series (mini series) I reckon.

    There was one in 2000. Never seen it myself.

    Dune (TV Mini Series 2000) ⭐ 6.9 | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

    Dune (TV Mini Series 2000) ⭐ 6.9 | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

    4h 25m | Not Rated

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  • ToddyT Offline
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    @bovidae I never even knew it existed. I was more thinking if HBO were to pull out one of their specials

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

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

    Dune would have made an epic TV series (mini series) I reckon.

    There was one in 2000. Never seen it myself.

    Dune (TV Mini Series 2000) ⭐ 6.9 | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

    Dune (TV Mini Series 2000) ⭐ 6.9 | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

    4h 25m | Not Rated

    I tried. It was pretty shit.

    Phenomenal book, really hard to get a good film out of it

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  • MN5M Offline
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    @nzzp said in Re: Movie review thread...:

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

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

    Dune would have made an epic TV series (mini series) I reckon.

    There was one in 2000. Never seen it myself.

    Dune (TV Mini Series 2000) ⭐ 6.9 | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

    Dune (TV Mini Series 2000) ⭐ 6.9 | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

    4h 25m | Not Rated

    I tried. It was pretty shit.

    Phenomenal book, really hard to get a good film out of it

    The 1984 film was inconsistently awesome if that makes sense. I have massive hopes for this years version.

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  • KiwiwombleK Offline
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    So, watches matrix reloaded yesterday

    All in all…better than expected, cgi holds up better than most +20 year old films and the fight scenes are awesome

    Biggest criticism is the convoluted exposition, they could have simplified the language but I went in expecting it so really tried to pay attention

    I’m one of those that on rewatch thinks the phantom menace isn’t as bad as it’s reputation and I think reloaded at least might be the same…still flaws but the 70% it gets on rotten tomatoes might be about right

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  • TimT Away
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    The Big Turnaround (1988)

    Bryan Cranston
    Ernest Borgnine
    Ty Randolph

    Two trained men, one angry local woman and the local priest take on the local crime lord and his crew of narcotic smugglers and human traffickers in a small town next to the US-Mexico border.

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    @tim and... Amazing? Terrible? What was the review?

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  • TimT Away
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    @nzzp I dunno, I just saw Cranston on the poster and did a double take.

    Maybe @Kruse can take the hit for the team.

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