Movie review thread...

MN5

[quote name='TeeJay'][quote name='Kirwan']Just back from seeing the awesomeness of Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino. Only he could get away with playing just a bastard and be so damn likable.[/quote] 
 
Just seen the dvd. Terrific movie. xzxgood Didn't expect the outcome but it was a great way of finishing the story. 
 
I've added "Get off my lawn" to my other favourite one-liners.[/quote] 
 
I want some ethnic minorities to loiter outside my house so I can tell them that back in ( insert country of origin here ) I used to stack fucks like them five feet high and use them as sandbags but sadly no one has yet. Probably a bit hard to pull off given I've never fought in any wars but I am tall and menacing lke clint eusa_whistle eusa_whistle eusa_whistle 
 
I think I may have posted this already.... eusa_think

Kehua o Jury

Gran Torino was all class. Really enjoyed it. The bit I liked (or one of them) was when he gobbed at the old lady and she did that huge gob back ... xzxsarcastic

MN5

[quote name='Jury']Gran Torino was all class. Really enjoyed it. The bit I liked (or one of them) was when he gobbed at the old lady and she did that huge gob back ... xzxsarcastic[/quote] 
 
The scene with the black dudes is probably my favourite. Interestingly the young white boy walking Sue home is Clints real life son, have a look at him the resemblance is pretty strong.....

LAKiwi

Wonder if he talks to him like that at home. Hassling him for dressing like a gangster!

Kehua o Jury

[quote name='MN5'][quote name='Jury']Gran Torino was all class. Really enjoyed it. The bit I liked (or one of them) was when he gobbed at the old lady and she did that huge gob back ... xzxsarcastic[/quote] 
 
The scene with the black dudes is probably my favourite. Interestingly the young white boy walking Sue home is Clints real life son, have a look at him the resemblance is pretty strong.....[/quote] 
 
Yeah. That scene was frigging excellent. My other fave (a bit more serious) was when he locked the lad in the basement and made his confession about what he'd done in Korea. It acted like a confessional and I thought it was a very clever scene. 
 
I must go buy that film when it comes out. It is brilliant. 
 
Never picked the ending but thought it was pretty powerful.

Kirwan

I was fully expecting a massive shootout and hoping it wasn't going to get too corny. Was disappointed for a nano second and thought: brilliant ending.

Catogrande

[quote name='Kirwan']I was fully expecting a massive shootout and hoping it wasn't going to get too corny. Was disappointed for a nano second and thought: brilliant ending.[/quote] 
 
Absolutely - first thought was Nooo, Clint always wins but then, second thought - Clint did win, just in a different way. Class.

Kehua o Jury

[quote name='Catogrande'][quote name='Kirwan']I was fully expecting a massive shootout and hoping it wasn't going to get too corny. Was disappointed for a nano second and thought: brilliant ending.[/quote] 
 
Absolutely - first thought was Nooo, Clint always wins but then, second thought - Clint did win, just in a different way. Class.[/quote] 
 
Yep. Me too. Thought it was going to be Dirty Harry but it wasn't - more like Million Dollar Baby's notion of self-sacrifice. All class and thought after the initial "holy sh#t" had worn off I thought it was perfect. I guess if he'd gone DH on them the media would have made it out to be a racial crime (God knows Clint's character provided them with plenty of ammo on that one), but this way they were nothing but dirty wannabe gang-bangers.

raznomore

This was nothing more than me feeling nostalgic....I decided to watch some old school movies I watched and loved as a kid. None of which are regarded as major cinematic achievements. No anthropology type human nature piece here.... 
 
American Ninja 1 and 2. My favourite action movies for a long time. I would watch them over and over. Once revisited...utter crap. Some unintentional laughs but crap all the same. Steve James what a legend. Of the two the second was the most enjoyable to laugh at. 
 
Tango and Cash. Loved it especially for Terri hatcher. Revisited...Terry still wortha look other wise Shite! Stallone and Russell just aren't Riggs and Murtaugh. 
 
Best of the best. A martial arts movie starring absolutely no martial artists in any of the starring roles. Eric Roberts and Chris Penn. Revisited surprisingly still worth watching. 
 
They Live. Roddy piper the wrestler in a John Carpenter alien conspiracy movie. Still fantastic and has what might be the greatest street brawl ever on film. Apparently getting a remake. 
 
Big trouble in little China. Loved this movie then love it now. Some of the special effects stuff is great for the time it was made though the monster affects are all a bit "guy in a gorilla suit". 
Would love to see a remake of this.

Kehua o Jury

Riggs and Murtagh - best 80s pair on film. Almost pipped by Crockett and Tubbs, but not quite. 
 
I liked Big Trouble in Little China too. Bloody hoot. Tango and Cash - oh yeah. Terry was excellent. 
 
They live ... bored me then, would bore me now. Street brawl went on too long. Strangely I do wish this had had a follow on because it had the genesis of something quite cool, but it didn't work as a stand alone for me.

raznomore

[quote name='Jury']Riggs and Murtagh - best 80s pair on film. Almost pipped by Crockett and Tubbs, but not quite. 
 
I liked Big Trouble in Little China too. Bloody hoot. Tango and Cash - oh yeah. Terry was excellent. 
 
They live ... bored me then, would bore me now. Street brawl went on too long. Strangely I do wish this had had a follow on because it had the genesis of something quite cool, but it didn't work as a stand alone for me.[/quote] 
 
Roddy Piper "I came here to do two things. To kick ass and chew bubble gum...and I'm all out of bubble gum" thats brilliant!

MN5

[quote name='Razbra']This was nothing more than me feeling nostalgic....I decided to watch some old school movies I watched and loved as a kid. None of which are regarded as major cinematic achievements. No anthropology type human nature piece here.... 
 
American Ninja 1 and 2. My favourite action movies for a long time. I would watch them over and over. Once revisited...utter crap. Some unintentional laughs but crap all the same. Steve James what a legend. Of the two the second was the most enjoyable to laugh at. 
 
Tango and Cash. Loved it especially for Terri hatcher. Revisited...Terry still wortha look other wise Shite! Stallone and Russell just aren't Riggs and Murtaugh. 
 
Best of the best. A martial arts movie starring absolutely no martial artists in any of the starring roles. Eric Roberts and Chris Penn. Revisited surprisingly still worth watching. 
 
They Live. Roddy piper the wrestler in a John Carpenter alien conspiracy movie. Still fantastic and has what might be the greatest street brawl ever on film. Apparently getting a remake. 
 
Big trouble in little China. Loved this movie then love it now. Some of the special effects stuff is great for the time it was made though the monster affects are all a bit "guy in a gorilla suit". 
Would love to see a remake of this.[/quote] 
 
Big Trouble in little China, man I haven't seen that in years !!! 
 
Another they should look at remaking is "The Warriors". Total class that movie. It would stand up well I reckon.

raznomore

Another they should look at remaking is "The Warriors". Total class that movie. It would stand up well I reckon.[/quote] 
 
I had a copy of Warriors for years and never watched it. I remember dad getting it out once when I was really young and seeing about 20 min of thugs running round the streets before mum gave me the heave ho and said it was not a kids film(dad was old school and didn't care what i watched..I saw alien with him when I was six,nightmares and thoughts of face huggers under my bed for most of my early childhood). I am going to go have a look in the garage and see if its mixed in with my stuff the wife won't allow in the house!

MN5

[quote name='Razbra']Another they should look at remaking is "The Warriors". Total class that movie. It would stand up well I reckon.[/quote] 
 
I had a copy of Warriors for years and never watched it. I remember dad getting it out once when I was really young and seeing about 20 min of thugs running round the streets before mum gave me the heave ho and said it was not a kids film(dad was old school and didn't care what i watched..I saw alien with him when I was six,nightmares and thoughts of face huggers under my bed for most of my early childhood). I am going to go have a look in the garage and see if its mixed in with my stuff the wife won't allow in the house![/quote] 
 
Worth a watch dude, definitely a cult classic. Cast is full of no names except for maybe James Remar ( Ajax ). Hes one of those guys you've seen in a million movies but can't place him....aw and the guy who plays Luthar is David Patrick Kelly otherwise known as Sully from Commando who Arnie lets go.... 
 
Very fun PS2 game as well !

red terror

[quote name='Jury']They live ... bored me then, would bore me now. Street brawl went on too long. Strangely I do wish this had had a follow on because it had the genesis of something quite cool, but it didn't work as a stand alone for me.[/quote] 
 
They Live might just be the best b-movie of all time.

Rancid Schnitzel

[quote name='MN5'][quote name='Razbra']This was nothing more than me feeling nostalgic....I decided to watch some old school movies I watched and loved as a kid. None of which are regarded as major cinematic achievements. No anthropology type human nature piece here.... 
 
American Ninja 1 and 2. My favourite action movies for a long time. I would watch them over and over. Once revisited...utter crap. Some unintentional laughs but crap all the same. Steve James what a legend. Of the two the second was the most enjoyable to laugh at. 
 
Tango and Cash. Loved it especially for Terri hatcher. Revisited...Terry still wortha look other wise Shite! Stallone and Russell just aren't Riggs and Murtaugh. 
 
Best of the best. A martial arts movie starring absolutely no martial artists in any of the starring roles. Eric Roberts and Chris Penn. Revisited surprisingly still worth watching. 
 
They Live. Roddy piper the wrestler in a John Carpenter alien conspiracy movie. Still fantastic and has what might be the greatest street brawl ever on film. Apparently getting a remake. 
 
Big trouble in little China. Loved this movie then love it now. Some of the special effects stuff is great for the time it was made though the monster affects are all a bit "guy in a gorilla suit". 
Would love to see a remake of this.[/quote] 
 
Big Trouble in little China, man I haven't seen that in years !!! 
 
[b]Another they should look at remaking is "The Warriors". Total class that movie. It would stand up well I reckon.[/quote][/b] 
 
Yes yes, that movie is brilliant. Some of the fighting scenes are incredible. Not sure how they could make it today though. The clothes most of the gangs wore in that film would be laughed at today. The funniest were the guys dressed as mime artists, very scary.... 
 
Saw 2 interesting films recently. 
The Winter War - a Finnish war movie about the war with the Ruskies in 39-40 and one of the best and most realistic war movies around. 
 
Dead Snow - A Norwegian zombie film in which a group of skiiers staying in a mountain cabin are attacked by Nazi zombies. CrÃ¥p but very entertaining.

TeeJay

Just had a `Transporter' fest. A recap of I and II and the recently released III. 
 
Jason Statham is the poor man's Bond. 
 
It's really the same movie with different fight scenes but they are lots of fun with great scenery, fast cars and great fight scenes. He's not too bad either. <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />

TeeJay

[quote name='Razbra']Tango and Cash. Loved it especially for Terri hatcher.......Big trouble in little China. Loved this movie then love it now.[/quote] 
 
If you like Kurt Russell (with a cameo part for Steven Segal) you might like the movie Executive Decision'. It's not a kick-butt movie; it's more along the lines of Airforce One' but quite gripping. Kurt Russell would be the most underated actor of our time, I'd say. 
 
The Bourne Identity' movies are great too as are the Die Hard' series. I watched each series back-to-back over a couple of weekends. Just tell everyone you're going away for the weekend, take the phone off the hook, get plenty of goodies in and blob out. My kind of weekend. eusa_whistle

raznomore

[quote name='TeeJay'][quote name='Razbra']Tango and Cash. Loved it especially for Terri hatcher.......Big trouble in little China. Loved this movie then love it now.[/quote] 
 
If you like Kurt Russell (with a cameo part for Steven Segal) you might like the movie Executive Decision'. It's not a kick-butt movie; it's more along the lines of Airforce One' but quite gripping. Kurt Russell would be the most underated actor of our time, I'd say. 
 
The Bourne Identity' movies are great too as are the Die Hard' series. I watched each series back-to-back over a couple of weekends. Just tell everyone you're going away for the weekend, take the phone off the hook, get plenty of goodies in and blob out. My kind of weekend. eusa_whistle[/quote] 
 
Exec decision is a good watch [spoiler:3w090yum]very suprised when Segals character bought farm[/spoiler:3w090yum] 
 
I gotta say though, I agree with the Die hard and Bourne movies, but the transporter movies mate i am seriously not a fan. I think Luc Besson produced them. That guy started out so well. Leon is a massive movie and 5th element was bloody good fun too. But its been all down hill from there. But each to their own. If you like them and they made 3 of the bloody things other people must too.

Kehua o Jury

Nope, Raz - I'm with you. The Transporter films weren't for me. I liked Leon (The Professional) too. One of my favourite movies from the 1990s and has a particular cool factor with the brilliant Gary Oldman playing the villain.

The Silver Fern

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