Movie review thread...
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Movie review thread...:
The Northman.
Not really sure what to make of this. Some really cool scenes, but very arty in terms of its focus on Norse mythology. Just a very different film I guess.
You know it was directed by the guy who made The Lighthouse right?
I was deciding between this, the Cage movie, and Everything Everywhere All At One which is supposed to be good - this after I struggled to find a movie to watch for two weeks running pre Easter (I have vouchers that need to be used by the end of June).
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@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Movie review thread...:
The Northman.
Not really sure what to make of this. Some really cool scenes, but very arty in terms of its focus on Norse mythology. Just a very different film I guess.
You know it was directed by the guy who made The Lighthouse right?
I was deciding between this, the Cage movie, and Everything Everywhere All At One which is supposed to be good - this after I struggled to find a movie to watch for two weeks running pre Easter (I have vouchers that need to be used by the end of June).
That means zip to me. I just saw Viking soaked in blood and that was good enough for me.
I believe the other 2 are also good value. Rare to actually have a choice for once!
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@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Nicholas Cage stars as Nic Cage an actor hired by Pedro Pascal's character to visit him in Spain for his birthday. It's an action/comedy/parody.
This was great fun. Cage and Pascal are really good together and it stays just on the right side of going too far into parody.
I know there's some Kate Beckinsale obsessives on here (skinny horsey middle aged English women seem to be the flavour in this place - see Elizabeth Hurley too
), they'll be interested to know her daughter (with Michael Sheen) plays Cage's daughter in this. Also stars Tiffany Haddish, Neil Patrick Harris and that Irish comedy actress who pops up in lots of US shows/movies (Sharon Horgan according to Wiki).Shanes sister. He was a good player.
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@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Nicholas Cage stars as Nic Cage an actor hired by Pedro Pascal's character to visit him in Spain for his birthday. It's an action/comedy/parody.
This was great fun. Cage and Pascal are really good together and it stays just on the right side of going too far into parody.
I know there's some Kate Beckinsale obsessives on here (skinny horsey middle aged English women seem to be the flavour in this place - see Elizabeth Hurley too
), they'll be interested to know her daughter (with Michael Sheen) plays Cage's daughter in this. Also stars Tiffany Haddish, Neil Patrick Harris and that Irish comedy actress who pops up in lots of US shows/movies (Sharon Horgan according to Wiki).Shanes sister. He was a good player.
Interesting factoid
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Watched Cape Fear (Scorsese, 1991) recently in my Covid haze. Aggrieved defendant seeks vengeance on his lawyer after serving 14 years. Great cast headed by DeNiro (channeling his innermost evil f*cker), Nolte, Jessica Lange, Juliette Lewis. 3.5 fat cigars out of 5 ‘you talkin to me’s?’
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@scribe said in Movie review thread...:
Watched Cape Fear (Scorsese, 1991) recently in my Covid haze. Aggrieved defendant seeks vengeance on his lawyer after serving 14 years. Great cast headed by DeNiro (channeling his innermost evil f*cker), Nolte, Jessica Lange, Juliette Lewis. 3.5 fat cigars out of 5 ‘you talkin to me’s?’
Watched it last week.
A classic
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Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
As is always the way with Tarantino movies they demand multiple viewings to pick up little things you might have missed and gauge where they sit in his list, ie closer to Pulp Fiction ( probably still his best overall ) or Death Proof ( still surprisingly ok at times )
So my findings after watching in the lounge as opposed to the Movie theatres are……
Brad and Leo are both just absolutely cool as fuck in this, the chemistry is as great as you’ll ever get with two straight men. Margot Robbie is hot as a hot thing playing the equally hot Sharon Tate, the Spahn ranch scene is great, the Bruce Lee scene is silly but fun, the overall “feel” for 60s Hollywood is absolutely bang on…..
BUT……
It has some scenes that are boring and just drag……Al Pacino is less than dynamic, the scene with the little kid actress is boring and unnecessary, there was scope for a much more compelling storyline involving the hippies and their motives ( or a storyline full stop ) also why does Tarantino have to shoehorn Zoe Bell into all of his movies !?!?!?!
So yeah, after having a think my list would be something like this
PF
IB
D
JB
H8
RD
OUATIH
KB 2
KB 1
DPOverall in the bottom half but still a fun watch. Says a lot about QT and the quality of his flicks.
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anyone interested in the new avatar? cant say im worried one way or the other, even though its "see in the cinema" kind of film...will probably wait and watch at home
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@Kiwiwomble said in Movie review thread...:
anyone interested in the new avatar? cant say im worried one way or the other, even though its "see in the cinema" kind of film...will probably wait and watch at home
the first one was one of the most amazing things i have ever seen in a cinema. Just visually stunning.
yeah the story was a bit naff. And it's not something i have watched that many times over the however many years it's been.
But that trailer looked like it could have been from the same movie, and the visuals are suddenly not as impressive as they are no longer new.
Will wait until it hits Netflix
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@Kiwiwomble Never saw the original.
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@mariner4life yeah, sums things up pretty well
i wasn't even super blown away with the effects back then, i think because its this alien world...it almost moved too close to just being animated. I think the effects in movies like dr strange are more impressive because theyre real world things doing things they shouldn't be able to do if that makes sense
...and i just couldn;t get past sitting there thinking..."this is just dances with wolves or the last samurai in space"
@antipodean i honestly dont think you missed much, i think its probably one of the few blockbusters ive never bothered to watch again
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@Kiwiwomble said in Movie review thread...:
this is just dances with wolves or the last samurai in space
oh
you're one of those
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@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
@Kiwiwomble Never saw the original.
Neither. That probably makes two of us.
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@Bovidae said in Movie review thread...:
Avatar was probably the last movie I saw in 3D in the cinema.
Same here.
I fucking loved it. I've watched it at least 5x since. Have shown the kids.
If you didn't get goose bumps when he flies in on the giant-flying-dragon-to-end-all-other-flying-dragons, you're not human.
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@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
@Kiwiwomble Never saw the original.
Neither. That probably makes two of us.
Three of us. I've been waiting for the re-release before the new ones so I could go see it as there doesn't seem to be any point in watching it not in 3D.
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Speaking of James Cameron films, this is a cool interview with the guy who played Drake in Aliens.
Will definitely have to rewatch that film. Scared the shjt out of me as a kid.
