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@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
Moonfall
Do you like obvious green screen, CGI and implausible, idiotic science disaster movies? Then this is for you.
I'm a third of the way through and this is a
blatant rip offhomage to When Worlds Collide, Armageddon and Deep Impact. Less than the sum of those parts too. Much less.I had to look this one up, props for busting out a 70 year old film as a reference.
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@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
There weren’t many black dudes in Nelson in the 80s
"There weren’t many black dudes in Nelson in the 80s"
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@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
Moonfall
Do you like obvious green screen, CGI and implausible, idiotic science disaster movies? Then this is for you.
I'm a third of the way through and this is a
blatant rip offhomage to When Worlds Collide, Armageddon and Deep Impact. Less than the sum of those parts too. Much less.I'm now halfway through and it has managed the previously thought unachievable; gotten way worse. I'm compelled to see just how bad it gets. Perhaps that was their intent all along.
Unfathomably this is the worst disaster movie I've seen in a very long time. It is ludicrously stupid and yet comes from the same director responsible for Universal Soldier, Stargate, Independence Day...
The best way to describe it would be to remove it from the high budget disaster genre and call it its own disaster.
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@Tim said in Movie review thread...:
Emily the Criminal was pretty good. First 30 minutes were very good. The rest strained belief, but was entertaining and engaging.
Enjoyed the way it was shot.
3.5 out of 5.
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@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
Moonfall
Do you like obvious green screen, CGI and implausible, idiotic science disaster movies? Then this is for you.
I'm a third of the way through and this is a
blatant rip offhomage to When Worlds Collide, Armageddon and Deep Impact. Less than the sum of those parts too. Much less.I had to look this one up, props for busting out a 70 year old film as a reference.
It's a great movie though.
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Top Gun : Maverick
I saw all the gushing here about it from you fluffybunnies, but couldn't see how it would live up to that hype.
But yeah - pretty fucking good.
So many moments of reference back to the original that should have been cringe - but... somehow weren't.
Pleasantly surprised..
Tit-watch: zero.Those tones in the credits - Currently trying to hold myself back from downloading an Amiga emulator, and playing F/A-18 Interceptor
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@canefan said in Movie review thread...:
I watched Thor: Love and Thunder. I went in with pretty low expectations based on the media coverage surrounding the movie. It was typical quirky Taika stuff. But it was a reasonable watch despite failing to scale the heights of better Marvel films
fair enough, I thought Christian Bale was great but let down by the rest of the movie which really wanted to be a slapstick collection of skits. And the Guardians got virtually zero character development. Wasted potential there IMO.
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@nostrildamus said in Movie review thread...:
@canefan said in Movie review thread...:
I watched Thor: Love and Thunder. I went in with pretty low expectations based on the media coverage surrounding the movie. It was typical quirky Taika stuff. But it was a reasonable watch despite failing to scale the heights of better Marvel films
fair enough, I thought Christian Bale was great but let down by the rest of the movie which really wanted to be a slapstick collection of skits. And the Guardians got virtually zero character development. Wasted potential there IMO.
It was a low key watch which I didn't feel required my full attention at all times. Certainly no Endgame
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Falling Down
I’m really going through a phase ( which has lasted years ) of accidentally stumbling across movies I haven’t seen in years, watching them and in some cases hating them or loving them. This is firmly in the latter category…..
Michael Douglas has never been better and the supporting cast is terrific as well. When I saw this as a teenager I thought “Fuck what a psycho”…..now as a bloke of 45 who has had a divorce and worked jobs I absolutely hated I find him, well a bit more relatable…….
Pretty far fetched and a few too many coincidences but shit it still holds up and is wonderfully entertaining ( horrifying to realise this movie is nearly THIRTY years old !!! )
4 D Fens out of 5 Bust up my store.
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@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
Falling Down
I’m really going through a phase ( which has lasted years ) of accidentally stumbling across movies I haven’t seen in years, watching them and in some cases hating them or loving them. This is firmly in the latter category…..
Michael Douglas has never been better and the supporting cast is terrific as well. When I saw this as a teenager I thought “Fuck what a psycho”…..now as a bloke of 45 who has had a divorce and worked jobs I absolutely hated I find him, well a bit more relatable…….
Pretty far fetched and a few too many coincidences but shit it still holds up and is wonderfully entertaining ( horrifying to realise this movie is nearly THIRTY years old !!! )
4 D Fens out of 5 Bust up my store.
Had a simliar view and reviewing of it around 3-4 years ago.
very under rated film in my view.
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6 Underground
Had never heard of this and found it on Netflix last night. I enjoyed it myself, although to say its' a bit far fetched is one hell of an understatement. Been looking at Auto Trader today for bright green Alfa Romeo's ...
I mean, it's Michael Bay crossed with Ryan Reynolds. You know what your going to get. A shit load of over the top action, complete bullshit scenes with some perfectly delivered dialogue.
4 Green Alfa Romeos out of 5 Can't stop thinking about that cars
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And on topic: Started watching American Gigolo. Didn't bother finishing it as the sound production was so bad. Comically so.
Moved on to Fatal Attraction. I can see how this unnerved men when it was released, but the idea a successful man would bump uglies with Glenn Close sober threw me, until I remembered Arnie and his maid...
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@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
And on topic: Started watching American Gigolo. Didn't bother finishing it as the sound production was so bad. Comically so.
Moved on to Fatal Attraction. I can see how this unnerved men when it was released, but the idea a successful man would bump uglies with Glenn Close sober threw me, until I remembered Arnie and his maid...
The movie or the new TV series?
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The Telegraph Fourcast
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@MiketheSnow said in Movie review thread...:
@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
And on topic: Started watching American Gigolo. Didn't bother finishing it as the sound production was so bad. Comically so.
Moved on to Fatal Attraction. I can see how this unnerved men when it was released, but the idea a successful man would bump uglies with Glenn Close sober threw me, until I remembered Arnie and his maid...
The movie or the new TV series?
1980 movie. If it was ever good, it didn't age well.
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@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
@MiketheSnow said in Movie review thread...:
@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
And on topic: Started watching American Gigolo. Didn't bother finishing it as the sound production was so bad. Comically so.
Moved on to Fatal Attraction. I can see how this unnerved men when it was released, but the idea a successful man would bump uglies with Glenn Close sober threw me, until I remembered Arnie and his maid...
The movie or the new TV series?
1980 movie. If it was ever good, it didn't age well.
The TV show is definitely worth a watch
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@MiketheSnow said in Movie review thread...:
The Telegraph Fourcast
I can’t read the whole thing but I see John Boyega is not going to be playing Bond which is certainly a reason to rejoice.
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@MajorRage said in Movie review thread...:
6 Underground
Had never heard of this and found it on Netflix last night. I enjoyed it myself, although to say its' a bit far fetched is one hell of an understatement. Been looking at Auto Trader today for bright green Alfa Romeo's ...
I mean, it's Michael Bay crossed with Ryan Reynolds. You know what your going to get. A shit load of over the top action, complete bullshit scenes with some perfectly delivered dialogue.
4 Green Alfa Romeos out of 5 Can't stop thinking about that cars
we stumbled across it on netflix last year, fun mindless action film, even better when its "free"
Watched Uncharted on the plane last night (magnetic island in queensland, very nice), that was really fun too, gets rubbish reviews but i really enjoyed it, fun treasure hunting movie, hope they make more