Movie review thread...
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@r-l said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@nepia said in Re: Movie review thread...:
I don't watch trailers
They contain too many spoilers. I'll watch the odd big blockbuster one as they usually jjst have a bunch of action, but too many times plots have been spoiled so I just stopped watching them.
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hmmm...it would be just like the Wachowskis to include an obscure game in their canon rather than conveniently ignore it to give the people what they want
Morpheus isn’t in Matrix Resurrections, and 2005’s The Matrix Online may explain why
Most people missed this key bit of Matrix lore
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@hooroo said in Re: Movie review thread...:
The older Keanu and I get the more I like Keanu.
Pumped for this new Matrix despite not ever really getting into the previous ones (Even though I have seen them all due to FOMO)
The 1st one is unbelievably good IMO - storyline, execution, action - just amazing. Up there with Pulp Fiction for uniqueness. I loved it
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and there is only one agent smith.. pity
According to Weaving, the Matrix star had originally agreed to return for the next instalment in the series after a script reading with fellow cast members. But, due to scheduling conflicts, the director “pulled the plug”.
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@bayimports said in Re: Movie review thread...:
and there is only one agent smith.. pity
According to Weaving, the Matrix star had originally agreed to return for the next instalment in the series after a script reading with fellow cast members. But, due to scheduling conflicts, the director “pulled the plug”.
its stuff like that that reminds me that these movies often/generally mean more to the fans than the actors, lots of us would be like, "one of the biggest movies ever, one of his biggest roles ever...what could be more important" but for the actors its often just a job and something new is often more important
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Finish the first, the matrix still holds up, wife enjoyed it too
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6Underground. I'm not sure the film knew what it wanted to be. Lots of big stunts, almost deadpool-like gore, Reynolds with his usual comic notes. The story wasn't great, action was quite entertaining albeit totally implausible. Two hawt birds in the team. 3 supermagnets out of 5 coups
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@canefan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@bones said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@canefan wait until you see the TV Series...
Better or worse? Wait there is no series 🙄
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@bones said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@canefan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@bones said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@canefan wait until you see the TV Series...
Better or worse? Wait there is no series 🙄
I was talking about 6 underground. As for the Equaliser TV show? Ugh
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@bovidae said in Re: Movie review thread...:
I'd rather just rewatch the original TV series with Edward Woodward.
When I was a kid there was a saying that "Edward Woodward would." I still find it amusing for some reason.
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@canefan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
6Underground. I'm not sure the film knew what it wanted to be. Lots of big stunts, almost deadpool-like gore, Reynolds with his usual comic notes. The story wasn't great, action was quite entertaining albeit totally implausible. Two hawt birds in the team. 3 supermagnets out of 5 coups
i really enjoyed it for an effectively free (already paid for), its like a new category ive had to come up with, might have been disappointed if id paid $40 to go see in the cinema...but pleasantly surprised to just come across it on Netflix, same with "Old Guard" with Charlize theron, hapy to be a bit more forgiving if i just find it on netflix
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Snake Eyes colon something something.
I was a huge GI Joe fan as a kid, started out reading Battle Action Force comic which was the British version (using the same toys but renamed Action Force) in the British comic style (Judge Dredd etc). They eventually became GI Joe as well so I started collecting the US comics too.
I didn't expect much from this movie, but they managed to make it worse. I think they used a storyline closer to a modern version of the comic (I haven't read modern version, but have read about them on wiki). But it was just average.
I hate the lack of time depth, where they could easily show the passing of a long time (for Snake Eyes to train as a ninja) but they don't. It's one of the key issues with I have with the Departed, mild spoilers for anyone who for some silly reason has not yet seen it, the timeframe is compressed compared with Infernal Affairs which it is based on. Leo is barely embedded with the gangsters long enough, whereas in Infernal Affairs he was there for years so you really felt why they would trust him etc. This was the same, the movie seemed to take place over a few weeks and Snake Eyes went from streetfighter to full on Ninja with crazy sword skills in this time.
The martial arts action is flat, especially in comparison to the work of some of the main actors - Iko Uwais (The Raid) and Andrew Koji (Warrior). It seems US movies don't know how to use Iko Uwais and hamstring him with set pieces that don't compare to his Indo work.
It also has Samara Weaving as Scarlett, and the main chick from Money Heist as the Baroness.
I shouldn't be that disappointed as I'd lowered my expectations for it but I was still secretly hoping they'd make a decent movie. The sequels they nod at in the final scene definitely aren't happening.
