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  • MN5M Offline
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    @Nepia said in Movie review thread...:

    @MN5 said in Movie review thread...:

    @Nepia said in Movie review thread...:

    @Kruse said in Movie review thread...:

    I've got Platoon downloaded, ready to re-watch... I'd forgotten he was even in it.

    Platoon is a giant step up from the usual (deliberate) quality of your movie watching. But have you actually seen it, how do you forget the main actor in the movie?

    It's probably the movie I've seen the most in my life (along with True Romance) as my mates and I used to come from the pub, grab all night KFC, and watch Platoon.

    One of the absolute best movies ever.

    That ensemble cast was fucken awesome.

    Yep, even down to Living Colour's Corey Glover.

    I don’t recall seeing him

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    @MN5 said in Movie review thread...:

    @Nepia said in Movie review thread...:

    @MN5 said in Movie review thread...:

    @Nepia said in Movie review thread...:

    @Kruse said in Movie review thread...:

    I've got Platoon downloaded, ready to re-watch... I'd forgotten he was even in it.

    Platoon is a giant step up from the usual (deliberate) quality of your movie watching. But have you actually seen it, how do you forget the main actor in the movie?

    It's probably the movie I've seen the most in my life (along with True Romance) as my mates and I used to come from the pub, grab all night KFC, and watch Platoon.

    One of the absolute best movies ever.

    That ensemble cast was fucken awesome.

    Yep, even down to Living Colour's Corey Glover.

    I don’t recall seeing him

    He wasn't in bike pants with coloured braided hair. 😉

    He's Francis, the one in the chopper at the end who says "we're gonna have a high high" (might be slightly paraphrased).

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    Charlie Sheen's character was also the narrator so hard to forget.

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  • MN5M Offline
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    I was talking about True Romance. Awkward

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    @MN5 said in Movie review thread...:

    I was talking about True Romance. Awkward

    Haha, well both work really when it comes to good casts.

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  • KruseK Offline
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    @Nepia said in Movie review thread...:

    @Kruse said in Movie review thread...:

    I've got Platoon downloaded, ready to re-watch... I'd forgotten he was even in it.

    Platoon is a giant step up from the usual (deliberate) quality of your movie watching. But have you actually seen it, how do you forget the main actor in the movie?

    It's probably the movie I've seen the most in my life (along with True Romance) as my mates and I used to come from the pub, grab all night KFC, and watch Platoon.

    It's been a LOOONG fucking time since I've seen it. (Platoon)
    I think. I'm pretty sure I've seen it. Or maybe I've just created a memory of it from the constant pop-culture references to it? Fuck - now you've got me doubting myself.

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  • CatograndeC Online
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    Platoon was a great film, but not because of Charlie Sheen.

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    @Catogrande said in Movie review thread...:

    Platoon was a great film, but not because of Charlie Sheen.

    @Catogrande said in Movie review thread...:

    Platoon was a great film, but not because of Charlie Sheen.

    However he was bloody good in it. Not Elias or Barnes good, still good. All round awesome movie

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    @Machpants said in Movie review thread...:

    @Catogrande said in Movie review thread...:

    Platoon was a great film, but not because of Charlie Sheen.

    @Catogrande said in Movie review thread...:

    Platoon was a great film, but not because of Charlie Sheen.

    However he was bloody good in it. Not Elias or Barnes good, still good. All round awesome movie

    He was playing a good character in a very good film but he was still wooden. However I will give you that he was very good for his usual standards.

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    Downsizing

    Intriguing premise and quite thought provoking even if it is 100% bullshit. Matt Damon ( very bland as he often is ) volunteers to shrink down to five inches tall in a bid to not consume so much of the earths resources, do the humanitarian thing etc……

    Starts promisingly but really boring as fuck unfortunately

    It would have been so much better if……

    A rogue normal sized person or at least a bunch of rats attacked the settlement ?

    Christoph Waltz is pretty good fun playing the same character he always does and the Vietnamese woman is a bit of a hoot but ultimately this flick is not worth your time.

    2 tiny settlements out of 5 parties at the neighbours house upstairs

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    True Romance

    • Yeah... the "ensemble cast" in that is fucking ridiculous. Watching the opening credits - name after name... it finally gets to "co-starring" - and the names keep fucking rolling.
      • FFS - Samuel L Jackson with maybe less screen-time than Deep Blue Sea
      • Gandolfini - pretty early in his career, being given a shot, and hitting it out of the park?
      • Then let's just throw Dennis fucking Hopper in there for a single awesome racist monologue
      • Never even realised that Val Kilmer was ghost-Elvis
    • Been a while since I've watched this too... bizarrely, I keep getting it mixed up in my mind with the one where somebody gets hired to kidnap his boss' daughter, then falls in love. Ewen McGregor and Cameron Diaz, now that I think about it - I think? And then I get these conflicting memories as to whether it's any good or not, and then shy away from watching it.

    But yeah - actually fucking good.

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  • MN5M Offline
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    @Kruse said in Movie review thread...:

    True Romance

    • Yeah... the "ensemble cast" in that is fucking ridiculous. Watching the opening credits - name after name... it finally gets to "co-starring" - and the names keep fucking rolling.
      • FFS - Samuel L Jackson with maybe less screen-time than Deep Blue Sea
      • Gandolfini - pretty early in his career, being given a shot, and hitting it out of the park?
      • Then let's just throw Dennis fucking Hopper in there for a single awesome racist monologue
      • Never even realised that Val Kilmer was ghost-Elvis
    • Been a while since I've watched this too... bizarrely, I keep getting it mixed up in my mind with the one where somebody gets hired to kidnap his boss' daughter, then falls in love. Ewen McGregor and Cameron Diaz, now that I think about it - I think? And then I get these conflicting memories as to whether it's any good or not, and then shy away from watching it.

    But yeah - actually fucking good.

    Ewen is great in a post Trainspotting pre Star Wars turn.

    Cameron Diaz is just hot.

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    @MN5 Fuck... so I'll just download that too, shall I?

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    Merry Fucking Christmas

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  • MN5M Offline
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    @Kruse said in Movie review thread...:

    @MN5 Fuck... so I'll just download that too, shall I?

    Yes

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  • Rancid SchnitzelR Offline
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    @MN5 said in Movie review thread...:

    Downsizing

    Intriguing premise and quite thought provoking even if it is 100% bullshit. Matt Damon ( very bland as he often is ) volunteers to shrink down to five inches tall in a bid to not consume so much of the earths resources, do the humanitarian thing etc……

    Starts promisingly but really boring as fuck unfortunately

    It would have been so much better if……

    A rogue normal sized person or at least a bunch of rats attacked the settlement ?

    Christoph Waltz is pretty good fun playing the same character he always does and the Vietnamese woman is a bit of a hoot but ultimately this flick is not worth your time.

    2 tiny settlements out of 5 parties at the neighbours house upstairs

    1000%. The premise is brilliant and the film could have been a classic, but is boring cråp. Hugely disappointing.

    Would you downsize you reckon?

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    @MiketheSnow Fucking sweet... Christmas Punisher, by John Woo.

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    @Rancid-Schnitzel said in Movie review thread...:

    @MN5 said in Movie review thread...:

    Downsizing

    Intriguing premise and quite thought provoking even if it is 100% bullshit. Matt Damon ( very bland as he often is ) volunteers to shrink down to five inches tall in a bid to not consume so much of the earths resources, do the humanitarian thing etc……

    Starts promisingly but really boring as fuck unfortunately

    It would have been so much better if……

    A rogue normal sized person or at least a bunch of rats attacked the settlement ?

    Christoph Waltz is pretty good fun playing the same character he always does and the Vietnamese woman is a bit of a hoot but ultimately this flick is not worth your time.

    2 tiny settlements out of 5 parties at the neighbours house upstairs

    1000%. The premise is brilliant and the film could have been a classic, but is boring cråp. Hugely disappointing.

    Would you downsize you reckon?

    No chance. Whilst living like a king just like Dougie Houser advertised might be appealing and the thought of 500 grams of steak lasting months would be terrific I’d be worried about cats, rats, spiders etc.

    Or just someone who I’ve wronged getting revenge and standing on me and squashing me, grabbing me and throwing me into a wall or just putting me in a glass jar and letting me suffocate.

    I’ve really thought this through way more than I should have.

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    @MiketheSnow said in Movie review thread...:

    Merry Fucking Christmas

    Looks terrific.

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  • voodooV Offline
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    I liked Downsizing. But I'm a sucker for anything Damon.

    Best Martian ever.

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