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@nepia said in Movie review thread...:
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@nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@canefan said in Movie review thread...:
13 Hours: The secret soldiers of Benghazi
I vaguely remember the incidents in Libya that the movie was based on. Its Michael Bay, so there was a lot of action. To me it was very well done and captured the tension of the incident and imparted it on the viewer effectively, in a similar way to another favourite of mine Black Hawk Down. 4 firefights out of 5 bands of lawless locals
Funnily enough I've always wanted to make an edit of this film as a straight up wall to wall action movie instead of the original bloated version.
To be clear, I enjoyed it, I just think there was a better tight action movie in there.
It was a poor man's Blackhawk Down
Blackhawk Down is a great war films about things going to shit. Others I've liked with similar things going pear shaped fighting are The Siege of Jadotville and The Outpost.
I'd put Danger Close in there too
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@canefan said in Movie review thread...:
@nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@canefan said in Movie review thread...:
@nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@canefan said in Movie review thread...:
13 Hours: The secret soldiers of Benghazi
I vaguely remember the incidents in Libya that the movie was based on. Its Michael Bay, so there was a lot of action. To me it was very well done and captured the tension of the incident and imparted it on the viewer effectively, in a similar way to another favourite of mine Black Hawk Down. 4 firefights out of 5 bands of lawless locals
Funnily enough I've always wanted to make an edit of this film as a straight up wall to wall action movie instead of the original bloated version.
To be clear, I enjoyed it, I just think there was a better tight action movie in there.
It was a poor man's Blackhawk Down
Blackhawk Down is a great war films about things going to shit. Others I've liked with similar things going pear shaped fighting are The Siege of Jadotville and The Outpost.
I'd put Danger Close in there too
Au contraire, that's a terrible movie.
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@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
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@nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@canefan said in Movie review thread...:
@nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@canefan said in Movie review thread...:
13 Hours: The secret soldiers of Benghazi
I vaguely remember the incidents in Libya that the movie was based on. Its Michael Bay, so there was a lot of action. To me it was very well done and captured the tension of the incident and imparted it on the viewer effectively, in a similar way to another favourite of mine Black Hawk Down. 4 firefights out of 5 bands of lawless locals
Funnily enough I've always wanted to make an edit of this film as a straight up wall to wall action movie instead of the original bloated version.
To be clear, I enjoyed it, I just think there was a better tight action movie in there.
It was a poor man's Blackhawk Down
Blackhawk Down is a great war films about things going to shit. Others I've liked with similar things going pear shaped fighting are The Siege of Jadotville and The Outpost.
I'd put Danger Close in there too
Au contraire, that's a terrible movie.
Odd one. I didn’t think it was a particularly good film but I still enjoyed it. Probably due to the historical context
See also: The Great Raid.
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@taniwharugby said in Movie review thread...:
Spiderman - No Way Home
Excellent movie, even at 2.5 hours long, great seeing all the old faces too.
4.5 I'm Peter Parkers out of 5 He's Peter Parker
Spiderman - No Way Home
I don't think they needed to make to that long, the story was dragged out near the end with all the bro love and long drawn out emotional scenes that didn't need to happen.Well put together though and great links to all those who came before him, great respect to how a multiverse could play out, which made for a fun movie still
I also like how they linked Venom to New York like the comics as well, and potentially how they would do it.
4 spider tingles out of 5 blips
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@catogrande said in Movie review thread...:
@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
@canefan said in Movie review thread...:
@nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@canefan said in Movie review thread...:
@nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@canefan said in Movie review thread...:
13 Hours: The secret soldiers of Benghazi
I vaguely remember the incidents in Libya that the movie was based on. Its Michael Bay, so there was a lot of action. To me it was very well done and captured the tension of the incident and imparted it on the viewer effectively, in a similar way to another favourite of mine Black Hawk Down. 4 firefights out of 5 bands of lawless locals
Funnily enough I've always wanted to make an edit of this film as a straight up wall to wall action movie instead of the original bloated version.
To be clear, I enjoyed it, I just think there was a better tight action movie in there.
It was a poor man's Blackhawk Down
Blackhawk Down is a great war films about things going to shit. Others I've liked with similar things going pear shaped fighting are The Siege of Jadotville and The Outpost.
I'd put Danger Close in there too
Au contraire, that's a terrible movie.
Odd one. I didn’t think it was a particularly good film but I still enjoyed it. Probably due to the historical context
See also: The Great Raid.
It's the liberties taken with the characters and their involvement that shat me. An issue with being intimately familiar with the topic. Something I can't say about The Great Raid, which was a favourite in the Antipodean household growing up.
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Both were great stories but not very well told/acted. Plus with the Great Raid, the one weak link just had to be played by a non-seppo
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@mariner4life said in Movie review thread...:Richard Jewell
One of the best movies of the last 5 years easy
Watched it with Mrs Meldrew tonight. Only realised it was a Clint film when the opening credits came on.
Great recommendation from you guys - outstanding.
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@Tim said in Movie review thread...:
@mariner4life said in Movie review thread...:Richard Jewell
One of the best movies of the last 5 years easy
Watched it with Mrs Meldrew tonight. Only realised it was a Clint film when the opening credits came on.
Great recommendation from you guys - outstanding.
I might watch it even if the great man is behind the camera as opposed to in front of it !
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Zombieland and Zombieland: double tap
I enjoyed these both. Good mindless fun, a cast including the hawt Emma Stone, Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson and the girl from Little Miss Sunshine. Lots of laughs, lots of cameos, 4 twinkies out of 5 zombie clowns
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@canefan said in Movie review thread...:
Zombieland and Zombieland: double tap
I watched Double Tap earlier in the week. Not as good as the original but fun.
The actress who played Madison is hawt although she looks much better as a brunette. Her mother is Lea Thompson.
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@Bovidae said in Movie review thread...:
@canefan said in Movie review thread...:
Zombieland and Zombieland: double tap
I watched Double Tap earlier in the week. Not as good as the original but fun.
The actress who played Madison is hawt although she looks much better as a brunette. Her mother is Lea Thompson.
agree with every word
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@Bovidae said in Movie review thread...:
@canefan said in Movie review thread...:
Zombieland and Zombieland: double tap
I watched Double Tap earlier in the week. Not as good as the original but fun.
The actress who played Madison is hawt although she looks much better as a brunette. Her mother is Lea Thompson.
Cool, must be awesome having a brother as famous as Marty McFly !!!!
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@Bovidae said in Movie review thread...:
@canefan said in Movie review thread...:
Zombieland and Zombieland: double tap
I watched Double Tap earlier in the week. Not as good as the original but fun.
The actress who played Madison is hawt although she looks much better as a brunette. Her mother is Lea Thompson.
Forgot about Rosario Dawson, who looked hawt as well
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The Batman
Aside from being fucking long, I liked it.
Not great, but just good.
I thought Pattinson was better than I expected, but then he was largely Batman rather than Bruce Wayne, which didnt detract from him not being a physically imposing person.
Also NIrvana's Something in the Way seems to have struck a chord with a new generation too.
3.5 didnt even realise that was Colin Farrell out of 5 Zoe Kravits is Hawt!
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3.5 chasers out of 5 Bays
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@MiketheSnow said in Movie review thread...:
3.5 chasers out of 5 Bays
Jeez Jake makes a lot of howlers.
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The Harder they fall Netflix
Produced by JayZ, this Western is quite stylised but gritty, has a great soundtrack and once it kicks off the action is excellent. Some strong acting from a star studded cast including Delroy Lindo and Idris Elba. 4 marshal's badges out of 5 vengeful cowboys
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@canefan said in Movie review thread...:
The Harder they fall Netflix
Produced by JayZ, this Western is quite stylised but gritty, has a great soundtrack and once it kicks off the action is excellent. Some strong acting from a star studded cast including Delroy Lindo and Idris Elba. 4 marshal's badges out of 5 vengeful cowboys
Directed by Seal's brother.
I have it in my watch list but the length always puts me off, I try to watch only 90-100 min movies at home.
Will have to try make a better effort to watch it soon.
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@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@canefan said in Movie review thread...:
The Harder they fall Netflix
Produced by JayZ, this Western is quite stylised but gritty, has a great soundtrack and once it kicks off the action is excellent. Some strong acting from a star studded cast including Delroy Lindo and Idris Elba. 4 marshal's badges out of 5 vengeful cowboys
Directed by Seal's brother.
I have it in my watch list but the length always puts me off, I try to watch only 90-100 min movies at home.
Will have to try make a better effort to watch it soon.
They tried to be quite cinematic, and I thought they did pretty well. It is long but I felt it paced well. Definitely worth a watch, a black dominated take on life in the wild west
Ambulance (2022) ⭐ 6.1 | Action, Crime, Drama
