Movie review thread...
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@MiketheSnow I thought it was a decent watch, but for me it falls short of the likes of Black Hawk Down, 13 Hours: Secret Soldiers of Benghazi...I expect there are many more similar stories like this one (Warfare) waiting to be told too.
That's obviously not to downplay what all those involved went through.
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@taniwharugby said in Movie review thread...:
@MiketheSnow I thought it was a decent watch, but for me it falls short of the likes of Black Hawk Down, 13 Hours: Secret Soldiers of Benghazi...I expect there are many more similar stories like this one (Warfare) waiting to be told too.
That's obviously not to downplay what all those involved went through.
I don't think it's a s good as Black Hawk Down, but to me it's much better than 13 Hours, that movie could have been improved markedly with a good editor.
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@taniwharugby said in Movie review thread...:
@MiketheSnow I thought it was a decent watch, but for me it falls short of the likes of Black Hawk Down, 13 Hours: Secret Soldiers of Benghazi...I expect there are many more similar stories like this one (Warfare) waiting to be told too.
That's obviously not to downplay what all those involved went through.
A very different movie
I’m always surprised that trained professionals waste so many bullets through missing the target, but when you watch a movie like Warfare you get a sense of the confusion that being in a gunfight must feel like
It’s great to watch war and cops & robbers movies where every bullet = death but the reality must be closer to ‘Warfare’
Holed down somewhere, under fire, no real idea of how many you’re up against and where they are, no real certainty of the exit strategy
So just keep firing
Like playing for Wales at the moment 😉
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@MiketheSnow said in Movie review thread...:
@taniwharugby said in Movie review thread...:
@MiketheSnow I thought it was a decent watch, but for me it falls short of the likes of Black Hawk Down, 13 Hours: Secret Soldiers of Benghazi...I expect there are many more similar stories like this one (Warfare) waiting to be told too.
That's obviously not to downplay what all those involved went through.
A very different movie
I’m always surprised that trained professionals waste so many bullets through missing the target, but when you watch a movie like Warfare you get a sense of the confusion that being in a gunfight must feel like
It’s great to watch war and cops & robbers movies where every bullet = death but the reality must be closer to ‘Warfare’
Holed down somewhere, under fire, no real idea of how many you’re up against and where they are, no real certainty of the exit strategy
So just keep firing
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Watching the first/original James Bond film Dr No
Different era, but it's a bloody good watch Misogyny abounds, but fascinating to see how race was portrayed in the film with Quarrel being seen in a positive way as a solid, dependable ally & friend. Probably ground-breaking 60 yrs ago. Oh, and there's the Ursula Andress scene..,,...
Four 1960's bikinis out of 5 Chinese villains
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Latest MI movie - The Final Reckoning.
I sincerely hope so.
There was possibly an OK movie in there somewhere, if they'd cut about an hour of what was a succession of bloated action scenes. Depressingly predictable - no action movie trope left unexplored.
Cruise is starting to look his age despite what appears industrial levels of botox which makes any expression other than moody deadpan a bridge too far.
2.5 subs teetering on the precipice / 5 maniacal villains in bi-planes
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Movie review thread...:
Watching the first/original James Bond film Dr No
Different era, but it's a bloody good watch Misogyny abounds, but fascinating to see how race was portrayed in the film with Quarrel being seen in a positive way as a solid, dependable ally & friend. Probably ground-breaking 60 yrs ago. Oh, and there's the Ursula Andress scene..,,...
Four 1960's bikinis out of 5 Chinese villains
Wow snap, just watched this with my boys a few days ago.
A few thoughts.......
A VERY dated film with a limited budget compared to subsequent entries.
Connery absolutely oozed coolness, confidence and swagger. Kinda funny how he got a bit fat, gave up trimming his eyebrows and didn't give a fuck by the time he did Diamonds are Forever though.
Ursula Andress was absolutely HAF. I'm 100% sure that Connery would have nailed her in real life at some stage.
It cracked us all up when he ordered Quarrell to "fetch his shoes" Cancel culture would have kittens at the casual racism on display.
Even for a movie of that era it was absolutely ridiculous that Dr No summoned someone to his island and his master plan to kill Bond was to.........put a spider in his hotel room.......
Three guys pretending to be blind are not the most intimidating of henchmen. Thank goodness they got scarier and more imaginative later on.
Dr No set a good standard for a lead villain which others surpassed down the line.
But yeah, it's the original and spawned one of the great film series of all time. Very good fun to watch it again.
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@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
It cracked us all up when he ordered Quarrell to "fetch his shoes" Cancel culture would have kittens at the casual racism on display.
What was interesting for me was how Bond came to treat Quarrel as a friend and comrade (which he is in the books) and wanted to kill Dr No in revenge for Quarrel's death.
Yeah, nothing like as slick as the later films, but a fun watch. Might watch From Russia With Love next
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
It cracked us all up when he ordered Quarrell to "fetch his shoes" Cancel culture would have kittens at the casual racism on display.
What was interesting for me was how Bond came to treat Quarrel as a friend and comrade (which he is in the books) and wanted to kill Dr No in revenge for Quarrel's death.
Yeah, nothing like as slick as the later films, but a fun watch. Might watch From Russia With Love next
Robert Shaw plays the best Bond henchman ever in FRWL. He spawned lots of inferior Blond imitators, the movie went downhill after he died ( in one of the best punch ups in movie history )
They were still getting the formula right, it was a very good movie.
Worth mentioning I think Goldfinger is fucken dated and overrated. Still entertaining but no where near as good as Bond fans make out. Connery was at his best in Thunderball and You only live twice. Diamonds are Forever was weirdly paced but ( sometimes unintentionally ) hilarious and a great watch.
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Terminator Salvation
This to me sits a very comfortable third in the list of Terminator flicks ( first two being the best obviously ) and well above any of the others.
Post apocalyptic setting, some awesome action scenes, Christian Bale very cool, even Sam Worthington goes ok too.......no convoluted time travel nonsense.
I loved the massive one that had motorbikes come out of it's feet.
Not sure why it got panned by the critics ?
4 half human hybrids out of 5 early T800 models
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@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
Terminator Salvation
This to me sits a very comfortable third in the list of Terminator flicks ( first two being the best obviously ) and well above any of the others.
Post apocalyptic setting, some awesome action scenes, Christian Bale very cool, even Sam Worthington goes ok too.......no convoluted time travel nonsense.
I loved the massive one that had motorbikes come out of it's feet.
Not sure why it got panned by the critics ?
4 half human hybrids out of 5 early T800 models
I didn't mind that one either
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@canefan said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
Terminator Salvation
This to me sits a very comfortable third in the list of Terminator flicks ( first two being the best obviously ) and well above any of the others.
Post apocalyptic setting, some awesome action scenes, Christian Bale very cool, even Sam Worthington goes ok too.......no convoluted time travel nonsense.
I loved the massive one that had motorbikes come out of it's feet.
Not sure why it got panned by the critics ?
4 half human hybrids out of 5 early T800 models
I didn't mind that one either
I started watching Dark fate a few years back and to this day haven’t bothered finishing it
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Tinā
Didn't quite live up to expectations.
Read/saw/heard some reviews and was expecting Boy/Hunt for the Wilder People type emotions, but just didn't reach those heights.
My recommendation is not to not go and see it, was OK, but just didn't reach the heights it could have.
Firstly, for those who missed it, like I did, "Tinā" means mother. (Mrs Boo explained to me later.). Didn't know how that fitted in.
Main character, Samoan music teaacher who lives in very run down suburb of Aranui, loses daughter in 2011 Christchurch quake.
3 years later she ends up teaching something (one of many unexplained story lines) in snobby Chch churchie school. As there were seemingly no jobs in State schools (another story line ... but don't ask too many questions ... ).
Connects with troubled, but very talented musical chick.
Decides to create a choir.
First XV dudes joins.
Think "Glee" with Rugby, choral singing and Samoan humour.
Lot's of good singing ensues.
Bad bits:
- cartoonish racist bad guys
- unresolved loose ends ... lots of those
- too long
- given title was about "Mother"
||how Sophie didn't explicitly reconcile with mum|| - why did
||Sio attempt suicide ... "he had a hard childhood"?|| - the white "English" headmaster was Indian
- having to read Wikipedia afterwards to work out why she didn't wear the lavalava
- they could have connected the main chick and the the Rugby dude to explain her trauma (but see good bit below), just as mates
Good bits:
- how they never explicitly resolved the main character's trauma (but you could work it out ... I think)
- the character connections
- the singing
- the young cast (looked like they had fun)
- it was nevertheless a little dusty.
3 harmonies out of 5 unnecessary plot twists.
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Hmm, spoilers not working
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@MiketheSnow said in Movie review thread...:
Madden or Daly?
Needs happy pants for the latter.
Good likeness though
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Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning: So I checked the RT and IMDB ratings of this and am absolutely flabbergasted that it is rated fairly highly. I think the final two Reckoning movies have been a pretty average end to a a pretty good series of movies.
Every action sequence in this film goes for at least double the length of time it needs to. It's a nearly three our movie that should only be two at most.
Oddly enough, despite the fact I didn't enjoy it, it was the closest to the type of MI film I've always wanted to see more akin to the TV show, where the team is not rogue.
They way overdid the Ethan is a real man struggling to do stuff. I mean a little bit of realism is fine, but not when you've got a guy swimming in the arctic multiple time and not dying.The story is fucking silly, especially the big bad, it would even seem silly in the Marvel universe.
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@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning: So I checked the RT and IMDB ratings of this and am absolutely flabbergasted that it is rated fairly highly. I think the final two Reckoning movies have been a pretty average end to a a pretty good series of movies.
Every action sequence in this film goes for at least double the length of time it needs to. It's a nearly three our movie that should only be two at most.
Oddly enough, despite the fact I didn't enjoy it, it was the closest to the type of MI film I've always wanted to see more akin to the TV show, where the team is not rogue.
They way overdid the Ethan is a real man struggling to do stuff. I mean a little bit of realism is fine, but not when you've got a guy swimming in the arctic multiple time and not dying.The story is fucking silly, especially the big bad, it would even seem silly in the Marvel universe.
I still think the first M:I film was the closest in spirit to the original series
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@canefan said in Movie review thread...:
@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning: So I checked the RT and IMDB ratings of this and am absolutely flabbergasted that it is rated fairly highly. I think the final two Reckoning movies have been a pretty average end to a a pretty good series of movies.
Every action sequence in this film goes for at least double the length of time it needs to. It's a nearly three our movie that should only be two at most.
Oddly enough, despite the fact I didn't enjoy it, it was the closest to the type of MI film I've always wanted to see more akin to the TV show, where the team is not rogue.
They way overdid the Ethan is a real man struggling to do stuff. I mean a little bit of realism is fine, but not when you've got a guy swimming in the arctic multiple time and not dying.The story is fucking silly, especially the big bad, it would even seem silly in the Marvel universe.
I still think the first M:I film was the closest in spirit to the original series
Yeah, me too, but conversely it also set the template for the series of them operating as a rogue group.
