Movie review thread...
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@taniwharugby I'm lost on the ranking system, I'm sure it's obvious somewhere but this is a long thread
I'm also lost on fern upvote etiquette, sometimes I upvote just not to be rude..
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@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Catogrande said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Cold Blood Legacy.
Similar in premise to Polar with Mads Mikkelson, this one stars Jean Reno, one of my favourite actors. So many good things about this movie on paper but on film it is a Shiloh Pitt. Zero worthwhile dialogue, no coherent plot, appealing continuity and the action sequences are missing out on any actual action.Watch this film at your peril.
5 levels of canard out of 5.
Not sure you have this ranking thing sorted, or you need to reword your summary...
Sorry. Autocorrect. Cafard. That should read cafard.
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@R-L typically 0 anything out of 5 whatever's ain't good...but 5 whatevs out of 5 things is the business
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@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@R-L typically 0 anything out of 5 whatever's ain't good...but 5 whatevs out of 5 things is the business
yeah, i was plenty confused
I watched Alita Battle Angel last night, and you know what? I liked it. It's deliciously violent, and the animation looks amazing. Also, Jennifer Connelly. The teen love story was a bit naff, but overall i was impressed.
3 "surprise I'm a killer!" out of 5 "wait, this body isn't cut out for this"
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@Nepia said in Re: Movie review thread...:
The Gentleman: A return to the London gangster style movie for Guy Ritchie(more Lock Stock/Snatch than Revolver) that I thought was an enjoyable couple of hours. Colin Farrell was hilarious in this, he has a smallish role but had me in hysterics the entire time. Quite a decent cast: Mathew McConaughey, Hugh Grant, Farrell, Henry Golding, Eddie Marsan and Charlie Hunnum.
I watched this last night, thought it was a good watch!
I have (had) a strong dislike for Hugh Grant as an actor, but thought he was superb in this, and as Nepia says, so was Farrell!
4 wagyu steaks out of 5 bad lip reads
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@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Nepia said in Re: Movie review thread...:
The Gentleman: A return to the London gangster style movie for Guy Ritchie(more Lock Stock/Snatch than Revolver) that I thought was an enjoyable couple of hours. Colin Farrell was hilarious in this, he has a smallish role but had me in hysterics the entire time. Quite a decent cast: Mathew McConaughey, Hugh Grant, Farrell, Henry Golding, Eddie Marsan and Charlie Hunnum.
I watched this last night, thought it was a good watch!
I have (had) a strong dislike for Hugh Grant as an actor, but thought he was superb in this, and as Nepia says, so was Farrell!
4 wagyu steaks out of 5 bad lip reads
I'm watching this tonight
Watched Crocodile Dundee with the kids last night. It's dated as fuck, but still an entertaining watch. I always preferred the 2nd one.
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@mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Nepia said in Re: Movie review thread...:
The Gentleman: A return to the London gangster style movie for Guy Ritchie(more Lock Stock/Snatch than Revolver) that I thought was an enjoyable couple of hours. Colin Farrell was hilarious in this, he has a smallish role but had me in hysterics the entire time. Quite a decent cast: Mathew McConaughey, Hugh Grant, Farrell, Henry Golding, Eddie Marsan and Charlie Hunnum.
I watched this last night, thought it was a good watch!
I have (had) a strong dislike for Hugh Grant as an actor, but thought he was superb in this, and as Nepia says, so was Farrell!
4 wagyu steaks out of 5 bad lip reads
I'm watching this tonight
Watched Crocodile Dundee with the kids last night. It's dated as fuck, but still an entertaining watch. I always preferred the 2nd one.
We sat down to watch CD about 30mins ago until we realised it wasn't on Netflix - so went with Happy Gilmore instead
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@voodoo said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Nepia said in Re: Movie review thread...:
The Gentleman: A return to the London gangster style movie for Guy Ritchie(more Lock Stock/Snatch than Revolver) that I thought was an enjoyable couple of hours. Colin Farrell was hilarious in this, he has a smallish role but had me in hysterics the entire time. Quite a decent cast: Mathew McConaughey, Hugh Grant, Farrell, Henry Golding, Eddie Marsan and Charlie Hunnum.
I watched this last night, thought it was a good watch!
I have (had) a strong dislike for Hugh Grant as an actor, but thought he was superb in this, and as Nepia says, so was Farrell!
4 wagyu steaks out of 5 bad lip reads
I'm watching this tonight
Watched Crocodile Dundee with the kids last night. It's dated as fuck, but still an entertaining watch. I always preferred the 2nd one.
We sat down to watch CD about 30mins ago until we realised it wasn't on Netflix - so went with Happy Gilmore instead
yeah, it's on Stan
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Behold Dune: A New Look at Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, and More
Feuding royals. A deadly planet. Before Star Wars or Game of Thrones, there was this legendary story.
This is starting to look pretty interesting. Glad that's two movies too.
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@Kirwan I hope it's excellent. I loved reading Dune as a kid.
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@antipodean hes a great director, makes interesting films.
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Saw a thriller on Netflix with Henry Cavill, Bruce Willis and Sigourney Weaver and wondered why I'd never heard of it. Watched it. Now I know why I never heard of it cos it might just be the worst thriller ever. The Cold Light of Day.
Basically one long car chase around Madrid with lots of bullets flying except none of it makes sense, don't even think the actors knew wtf was going on. Terrible, terrible tell script where two people keep having a conversation to remind everyone what is happening and what they should do next. Poor Henry got shot and beaten up multiple times. And ran. He ran a lot, when not in a speeding vehicle. Bruce karked it fairly early on, which he probably asked for when faced with the rest of the script. Oh, and if you think any plot points go anywhere or mean something later on...nope. Actions are explained 'hold this rope!' 'look over there!' but motivations and explanations get nada.
1 star for Henry getting his shirt off out of 5 the director and/or writer had serious blackmail content to get those names for this dog.
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@Mokey I have stopped watching stuff just cos Bruce is in it, he has taken on alot of shit roles last few years, and I started to watch one with him on the cover, killed inside 5 mins, I bailed about 10mins later (despite the hot female lead)...but you'd have thought with him, Cavill and Weaver, expectation of quality would be there.
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Mad Max 2
Much better than the original. You can tell that the budget was higher as the stunts and effects are a huge step up.
The supporting cast were better too, including two that don't even say a word (Dog and the Feral kid). I'd forgotten how hawt Virginia Hey was in this movie.
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@taniwharugby You know the script is terrible when not even Weaver can make it sound ok.
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Once Upon a Time in London
Looking for something to watch, saw this, '30s gangster flick about the rise of organised crime in London. I liked Legend, and i do like a good gangster film, so i gave it a nudge.
It is not a good gangster film. It's really quite shit. There is fuck all in the way of a coherent story. The characters lack the charisma you always attribute to a gangster in a movie. But on top of that, it's terribly made. At least 2 key conversations are not heard, as they play the soundtrack over the top, i n a montage like scene. So you sort of jump forward while missing a link.
2 bashed bookies out of 5 wait, how did that just happen?
Avoid.
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Had this recommended to me, so finally watched the Indian 2012 fantasy movie "Eega".
The story is about a man who is killed by a rich jealous rival for his girl. He then gets reincarnated as a fly, and spends the rest of the movie getting revenge. The film is well balanced with action, humour, suspense, and (in the first 30 minutes) romance. The CGI is well done, and does not detract from the well plotted storyline.
This is the most enjoyable movie I've seen in the past 5 years. At one point, both the missus and I were crying with laughter. Before Iast night I would not have thought that I could identify and cheer along with a fly as a character, but the movie was so immersive, that it was easy to do that.
5 compound eyes out of 5 revenge fantasies
The full length movie (dubbed) is on YouTube (disclaimer, I watched the subtitled version)
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already...
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Polar
Good romp
3.5 Mads out of 5 Madcap Shoot Em Ups
