Movie review thread...
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I cant read...my wife reads posts and I tell her what to type/// xzxshok
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How Cohen is still alive is beyond me. -
[quote name='Kirwan']Waitress is a great flick, shame that director/writer/actor got murdered. Besides the obvious, she was very talented.[/quote]<br />
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Shit thats awful, just looked her up. Interrupted a guy robbing her apartment and was strangled.<br />
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We just happened to flick over when Waitress just began and were hooked. Never been a big fan of Keri Russell but she was very good in this one. -
[b]Watchmen - [/b] 7.5/10<br />
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Liked it, though kept thinking that they should have split it up into two or three films instead of one. The "Times they are a-changing" scene was wicked.<br />
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[quote name='Virgil'][quote name='Kirwan']Waitress is a great flick, shame that director/writer/actor got murdered. Besides the obvious, she was very talented.[/quote]<br />
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Shit thats awful, just looked her up. Interrupted a guy robbing her apartment and was strangled.<br />
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We just happened to flick over when Waitress just began and were hooked. Never been a big fan of Keri Russell but she was very good in this one.[/quote]<br />
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The director Adrienne Shelley (who was killed) was also a funny quirky actress, she was the star in a couple Hal Hartley movies about 20 years ago, those are worth watching. -
Saw The Damned United last Monday. It's a semi-fictional account of Brian Clough's 44 days in charge of Leeds United at the start of the 74/75 season and it's based on David Peace's book of the same name. Probably better not to have read the book before seeing the film as the focus of the film seems quite different and is too short to deal with the complexities of the book. Still it has some excellent moments and Michael Sheen is superb as Brian Clough. I'd give it 7/10.<br />
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The book is 10/10 though and is a must read if you're interested in any one of football, the 70's, Brian Clough, the psychology of being a manager or you just can't stand Leeds United. -
Watched rambo lasty night on tele. Never watched any of this franchise, but did mainly coz I seem to recollect it getting rave reviews here when it came out.<br />
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Quite possibly the most pointless waste of 75 mins of my life ever and easily in my top 10 worst movie experiences. Having fire ants stuffed down yr trousers would be a more entertaining way to spend and hr and a 1/4 IMO. -
[quote name='dogmeat']Watched rambo lasty night on tele. Never watched any of this franchise, but did mainly coz I seem to recollect it getting rave reviews here when it came out.<br />
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Quite possibly the most pointless waste of 75 mins of my life ever and easily in my top 10 worst movie experiences. Having fire ants stuffed down yr trousers would be a more entertaining way to spend and hr and a 1/4 IMO.[/quote]<br />
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Watch First Blood, that's the best one, one of the great action films and much less comic book than Rambo. As for the last one, you have to watch that in context after seeing 2 and 3 (3 is a guilty pleasure, just for the sight of Rambo helping out future Bin Ladens). <br />
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Then the excess begins to make sense and you don't go in looking for plot (only the first one had one) and you can enjoy it for the comedy value as opposed to being annoyed by it. But I can completely understand why you would hate it.<br />
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For me, I hadn't had such a good laugh in years. It's an 80s no-brain action film made with modern special effects. -
Cannot understand people who go into Rambo 4 looking for a plot, and cannot understand how you can't enjoy it as a well made, quick paced, action-fest (unless you don't like simple action type movies, of course). Was one of my fav movies of the last few years. Awesome combat gore!
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[quote name='Tim']Cannot understand people who go into Rambo 4 looking for a plot, and cannot understand how you can't enjoy it as a well made, quick paced, action-fest (unless you don't like simple action type movies, of course). Was one of my fav movies of the last few years. Awesome combat gore![/quote]<br />
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If anything Rambo 4 was too short. Could have used another 20 odd minutes to build up the supporting characters.
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[quote name='Parcy Dal Païs']If anything Rambo 4 was too short. Could have used another 20 odd minutes to build up the supporting characters.[/quote]<br />
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that way they coulda added some story...<br />
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Sometimes mindless violence and plain action is all that is needed in a movie!<br />
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I recall the uproar of people who went and watched the South Park movie...why would you go to South Park, unless you knew what South Park was, therefore, you dont go unless you like it! -
[quote name='gavynz']Taken <br />
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8/10<br />
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Gripping action film along the lines of the Bourne films. Ex cia operative's daughter gets kidnapped, cia guy kills the bad guys.<br />
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Very well done I thought.[/quote]<br />
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As I think I mentioned earlier taken was awesome to start with before it got all Commando in the end. I would have liked it better if Neesons character was a bit more fallible rather than the Arnie/Van Damme killing machine who nevers gets a scratch. Hes got great presence though, no denying that. -
[quote name='taniwharugby'][quote name='Parcy Dal Païs']If anything Rambo 4 was too short. Could have used another 20 odd minutes to build up the supporting characters.[/quote]<br />
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that way they coulda added some story...<br />
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Sometimes mindless violence and plain action is all that is needed in a movie!<br />
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I recall the uproar of people who went and watched the South Park movie...why would you go to South Park, unless you knew what South Park was, therefore, you dont go unless you like it![/quote]<br />
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People were not expecting the all out gore I think. Mind went to a film festival and they had a preview of "A History of Violence" and a couple with young kids got upset with the "violence" in the movie ... go figure, the title wasn't a give a away then xzxunknown -
[i]When Evil Reigns[/i] - ultra cheap Aussie Indie movie reputably made for $5k. Some interesting ideas, a nice take on the zombie thing in a [i]28 Days Later[/i] fashion, plot holes galore, and crap effects. Reasonably enjoyable if you don't mind amateur movie making. Actually a lot better than some of the Boredwood zombie flicks infecting (see what I did there) our cinemas recently.<br />
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DVD available from [url="http://www.whenevilreigns.com"]www.whenevilreigns.com[/url] for $10 with international postage of $7 (all AUD). Worth a look, and heck if you live in the UK or the States that about a buck fifty given the Aussie peso exchange rate. My apologises to the site Admins if mentioning a url is against board rules, please note I have no affiliation to the movie makers in any shape or form.
