Movie review thread...
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@Catogrande Very clever, I assume that you will appear on a panel show soon.
Though he could be pretty good at portraying an ageing man who has gotten by because of his charm and looks ...
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Napoleon is terrible. Avoid. Only watched because I have Apple TV. A tedious train wreck of a film.
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@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
King of Killers
Ah yeah, just leave your brain at the door with this one.
In fact skip it altogether…..
Ridiculous plot, boring overchoreographed fight scenes and the acting is more wooden than a lumber yard.
Not even any funny one liners, the ONLY saving grace was the main bad guy being vaguely interesting.
Avoid.
1.5 surviving multiple stab wounds out of 5 bullshit exploding traps
So a typical Frank Grillo special?
I’ve never seen him in anything so I don’t know
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@bayimports said in Movie review thread...:
@Nepia lol its ok for you to like Poor Things, you are a true cinephile (certainly not for me), even the music irked me.
Unless you were in a coma, you could not have missed Barbie mania and the global media hype that came with it I know lots of people who did love it and good for them. With hype so big, there is always an expectation that the movie delivers on that, that is where there is a gap. My wife and I both enjoyed it but neither thought it was a truly great movie.
Again, it's a good movie, never said it wasn't. In terms of relevant for Oscars, given its popularity it was always going to be there, where I joined the cult or not. Also helped by the fact that there were very few unique new mainstream movies released and likely to happen this year too. Fun, but not wow. So I maintain, don't believe the hype.
I don't have an issue with you not thinking Barbie is an Oscar film, I only had an issue with the implication it was being rated highly due to "politics".
Despite being a cinephile I dislike the focus on "worthy" movies for Oscars (or Oscar bait movies) so I was quiet happy to see Barbie nominated and Oppenheimer win as I think it should be about all movies, the arty, and the blockbuster. Plus, I found Barbie to be genuinely funny (the SPR beach scene nearly made choke on my M&Ms) which was why it rated highly on my ranking of the Oscar noms.
On Poor Things, I think I'm more open to that type of film now, I remember seeing some of the same directors earlier films and thinking WTF.
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@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
King of Killers
Ah yeah, just leave your brain at the door with this one.
In fact skip it altogether…..
Ridiculous plot, boring overchoreographed fight scenes and the acting is more wooden than a lumber yard.
Not even any funny one liners, the ONLY saving grace was the main bad guy being vaguely interesting.
Avoid.
1.5 surviving multiple stab wounds out of 5 bullshit exploding traps
So a typical Frank Grillo special?
That Frank Grillo video game/time loop style movie was great - Boss Level. But, I think that's the only film I've seen with him as the lead though.
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Saw The Burial on a recent flight to NZ. Tommy Lee Jones as a funeral director business owner and Jamie Foxx as an ambulance chaser personal injury lawyer that represents him in case that will determine his future and that of his wider family. Surprisingly good. 3 stiffs out of 5 bottles of embalming fluid
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Watched the following on my return from Japan
All three movies 4 out of 5
Started watching
Got half way though. Really enjoying it.
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Very, very good
4 inhalers out of 5 bailers
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@Tim said in Movie review thread...:
![Violent.Cop.1989.1080p.BluRay.x264.AAC-[YTS.MX].mp4_snapshot_00.49.56.377.jpg](/assets/uploads/files/1711042638272-violent.cop.1989.1080p.bluray.x264.aac-yts.mx.mp4_snapshot_00.49.56.377-resized.jpg)
Same cinematographer as several episode of ...
... Tokyo Vice.
Is that any good?
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Your discussion reminds me of what's so good about movies - there is something for everyone and we don't need to agree on what's "good" or not.
See, I really enjoyed Poor Thing, and I'm totally good with her winning accolades for her performance. I thought it was a terrific watch.
Barbie on the other hand was kinda meh - the first hour was fun, the costumes, the music, Ken's performance, the message even. The rest then just draaaaaggggged on, as they forced more of the same message down my throat and made me sit through overblown and over-long hammed-up scenes. The fight one being case in point, it did nothing for me. Nothing about that movie screamed "award-winner" to me.
As an aside - re-watched Dune 1 it this week. It's pretty good. You're welcome.
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@voodoo absolutely, have your own opinion and enjoy what you like, you don't have to get others to change theirs
funnily enough found Barbie very similar to your view..but
Interesting you both like arguably a type of necro-paedophilia in the name of art..glad you both enjoyed it
Dune 1 was good ha ha
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@voodoo Obviously like because I agree on your first sentence, but obviously I don't agree with your Barbie assessment and Stone's performance. I'm not saying it wasn't good, it's just a 3/10 on the difficulty scale, as long as you don't go full retard (as prescribed by black RDJ) the Academy laps that shit up.
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@Billy-Tell said in Movie review thread...:
Napoleon is terrible. Avoid. Only watched because I have Apple TV. A tedious train wreck of a film.
I caught 1970's Waterloo with Rod Steiger & Christopher Plummer a week or so back. Vastly superior.
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Dune Part 1. Almost bailed after 30 minutes as it was suspiciously looking like a cross between Star Wars and Game of Thrones. And the the music, special effects and dialogue volumes were out of kilter and either too loud or too bloody low to understand.
Glad I stuck with it though - really, really enjoyable and will book another decent bottle of red for Part 2.
4 Jabba the Hutt's out of 5 Baron Vladimir Harkonnen's
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Movie review thread...:
Dune Part 1. Almost bailed after 30 minutes as it was suspiciously looking like a cross between Star Wars and Game of Thrones. And the the music, special effects and dialogue volumes were out of kilter and either too loud or too bloody low to understand.
Glad I stuck with it though - really, really enjoyable and will book another decent bottle of red for Part 2.
4 Jabba the Hutt's out of 5 Baron Vladimir Harkonnen's
i dont know what to make of that review, is it satire, are you really old..
Also Dune inspired Star Wars and probably elements of GOT as well
Small Town Wisconsin (2020) ⭐ 6.6 | Comedy, Drama
