Movie review thread...
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Lou.
Older, cranky woman with a past is landlady to a woman whose kid gets kidnapped. There is the premise for a good film here, but this misses it by a bit of a margin.
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Rambo (First Blood to Americans).
This is a guilty pleasure. But in 2022 it really doesn't stand up, which isn't a fatal flaw given that's also true of many of its peers from that time. The problem here isn't the action scenes so much, it's the clunky dialogue and ridiculous acting. Richard Crenna is about as believable as some random who walks out of a disposal store off to a fancy dress party. The only thing that saves this is Brian Dennehy - without him it would certainly have been a bargain bin straight to video job.
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There is an amazing 4K restoration of Fritz Lang's 1927 film Metropolis on YouTube:
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@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
Rambo (First Blood to Americans).
This is a guilty pleasure. But in 2022 it really doesn't stand up, which isn't a fatal flaw given that's also true of many of its peers from that time. The problem here isn't the action scenes so much, it's the clunky dialogue and ridiculous acting. Richard Crenna is about as believable as some random who walks out of a disposal store off to a fancy dress party. The only thing that saves this is Brian Dennehy - without him it would certainly have been a bargain bin straight to video job.
Still delivering for me
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Bullet Train
Good turn your brain off action movie!
Does a decent job of keeping you guessing of who is and isnt involved, some good chemistry between the cast with humorous banter
3.5 ladybugs out of 5 diesels
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Movie review thread...:
@Tim said in Movie review thread...:
Just because he got his dick sucked and put his tail in a blue horses' vagina, that doesn't stop him being human.
Don't think I've spit my muesli out so much since someone (forget who) said Clive Woodward was the sort of bloke who kept a freezer full of woman's feet in his garage.
Clive Woodward is @Snowy
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@MN5 Big Liam did his career in reverse to lots of actors. Did a range of roles in his younger days and then became an action star as a pensioner, whereas other guys do the action when (relatively) younger and then try to do more character roles when older to prove they can act.
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@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 Big Liam did his career in reverse to lots of actors. Did a range of roles in his younger days and then became an action star as a pensioner, whereas other guys do the action when (relatively) younger and then try to do more character roles when older to prove they can act.
I think his performances in Schindlers List and Rob Roy were outstanding but yeah, his career trajectory is a funny old one as mentioned on here numerous times.
This scene here gets me EVERY time. So powerful.
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@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 Big Liam did his career in reverse to lots of actors. Did a range of roles in his younger days and then became an action star as a pensioner, whereas other guys do the action when (relatively) younger and then try to do more character roles when older to prove they can act.
I think his performances in Schindlers List and Rob Roy were outstanding but yeah, his career trajectory is a funny old one as mentioned on here numerous times.
This scene here gets me EVERY time. So powerful.
Never seen either of those movies (hangs head in shame)
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@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 Big Liam did his career in reverse to lots of actors. Did a range of roles in his younger days and then became an action star as a pensioner, whereas other guys do the action when (relatively) younger and then try to do more character roles when older to prove they can act.
I think his performances in Schindlers List and Rob Roy were outstanding but yeah, his career trajectory is a funny old one as mentioned on here numerous times.
This scene here gets me EVERY time. So powerful.
Never seen either of those movies (hangs head in shame)
How do you block someone on here ?
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@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
I don’t think there’s an actor alive with such range and versatility as Liam Neeson.
I’ve never EVER seen him in a role like this. Ever.
That looks awful, even by recent Liam Neeson standards.
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@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
I don’t think there’s an actor alive with such range and versatility as Liam Neeson.
I’ve never EVER seen him in a role like this. Ever."First they came for his daughter, then they came for his wife, then his dog and his family. But now Bryan Mills faces his greatest danger yet. This his time he must fight for his sanity and soul."
"Taken 9: The Budgie In Danger"
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@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 Big Liam did his career in reverse to lots of actors. Did a range of roles in his younger days and then became an action star as a pensioner, whereas other guys do the action when (relatively) younger and then try to do more character roles when older to prove they can act.
I think his performances in Schindlers List and Rob Roy were outstanding but yeah, his career trajectory is a funny old one as mentioned on here numerous times.
This scene here gets me EVERY time. So powerful.
This one is good for showing managers how to motivate for higher performance
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@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 Big Liam did his career in reverse to lots of actors. Did a range of roles in his younger days and then became an action star as a pensioner, whereas other guys do the action when (relatively) younger and then try to do more character roles when older to prove they can act.
I think his performances in Schindlers List and Rob Roy were outstanding but yeah, his career trajectory is a funny old one as mentioned on here numerous times.
This scene here gets me EVERY time. So powerful.
This one is good for showing managers how to motivate for higher performance
It cut the bit where the topless hottie had a whinge at him and called him a child.
Gosh that gun sure was powerful.
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How Ralph Fiennes didn't win an Oscar for that performance is beyond me. Staggering acting.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Movie review thread...:
How Ralph Fiennes didn't win an Oscar for that performance is beyond me. Staggering performance.
All three main actors deserved some sort of award. Feinnes was SO hatable. It really threw me seeing him as such a nice guy in the English Patient…..
….and conversely it threw me seeing Ben Kingsley go from a mild mannered accountant to this !!!!
All the supporting actors were amazing too.
Tom Hanks won that year I believe. So woke.
Spielberg is a movie making genius.
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@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
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@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
Gratuitous nudity and Ana de Armas
plot twist, all you see is JFK's cock
Ahh, fuck it, I'm still in
I’m a bit concerned. Are her tits big enough ?
No. but neither were Ashley Judd's/ Mira Sorvino's and I still liked that movie.
A mate of mine wants to know when they got their boobs out?