Movie review thread...
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@taniwharugby thats fair, i filed the first one away as "fun" rather than "good" so will happily watch the second at home with some takeaways knowing i didn't pay to see it in the cinema
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@Kiwiwomble said in Movie review thread...:
Not going to sugar-coat this: That looks shit. Like the writers at Disney got lazy. Even though I'm making allowances for my bad mood right now, I can't accept children cutting straw scarecrows is a match against an enemy that can amass an interstellar (I assume) fleet.
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Scott Bakula's gotta be one of our least transformational actors. I like him fine but he completely overwhelms anything he's a part of, transforming the work itself rather than allowing himself to become subsumed, humbled. This is a type of Star power. Brando had it. Welles had it. But where those men would pull their films into their gravitational pull like planets orbiting a star, Bakula pulls all of his projects in the direction of a TV movie from 1994.
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@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
@Kiwiwomble said in Movie review thread...:
Not going to sugar-coat this: That looks shit. Like the writers at Disney got lazy. Even though I'm making allowances for my bad mood right now, I can't accept children cutting straw scarecrows is a match against an enemy that can amass an interstellar (I assume) fleet.
Sounds like someone missed the battle of Endor back in 83
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@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
@Kiwiwomble said in Movie review thread...:
Not going to sugar-coat this: That looks shit. Like the writers at Disney got lazy. Even though I'm making allowances for my bad mood right now, I can't accept children cutting straw scarecrows is a match against an enemy that can amass an interstellar (I assume) fleet.
lol I think the writers of John Carter will be feeling like they are ahead of someone
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Really enjoyed it
3.5 twists out of 5 turns
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@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
@Kiwiwomble said in Movie review thread...:
Not going to sugar-coat this: That looks shit. Like the writers at Disney got lazy. Even though I'm making allowances for my bad mood right now, I can't accept children cutting straw scarecrows is a match against an enemy that can amass an interstellar (I assume) fleet.
Sounds like someone missed the battle of Endor back in 83
No, and even as a child I hated the ewoks.
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@MiketheSnow said in Movie review thread...:
Really enjoyed it
3.5 twists out of 5 turns
Yeah, that was much better than I thought it would be.
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@antipodean Just once I would like to see an interstellar fleet advance upon a planet protected by a rag-tag group of rebels, and vaporize the surface with relativistic velocity asteroids.
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Surprisingly, one of the best movies I've seen this year was Godzilla Minus One. The boy is a huge Godzilla fan so went to see it with him and was blown away by how good it was. Don't need to be a Godzilla fan to enjoy it. It's Japanese with subtitles though.
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@Tim said in Movie review thread...:
@antipodean Just once I would like to see an interstellar fleet advance upon a planet protected by a rag-tag group of rebels, and vaporize the surface with relativistic velocity asteroids.
who wouldn't though
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@Tim said in Movie review thread...:
@antipodean Just once I would like to see an interstellar fleet advance upon a planet protected by a rag-tag group of rebels, and vaporize the surface with relativistic velocity asteroids.
The Empire might have done that if Admiral Ozzel hadn’t come out of hyperspace so close to the system.
Honestly, he’s as clumsy as he is stupid.
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@MiketheSnow said in Movie review thread...:
Really enjoyed it
3.5 twists out of 5 turns
I had to check it wasn't a remake of the seminal '77 Roger Donaldson film. It isn't, looks good and will watch
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@No-Quarter said in Movie review thread...:
Surprisingly, one of the best movies I've seen this year was Godzilla Minus One. The boy is a huge Godzilla fan so went to see it with him and was blown away by how good it was. Don't need to be a Godzilla fan to enjoy it. It's Japanese with subtitles though.
The first movie in the Japanese reboot series was also amazing so shouldn't have come as that much of a surprise!
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Great watch
A very understated but compelling thriller4 say hellos out of 5 wave goodbyes
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@Tim said in Movie review thread...:
@antipodean Just once I would like to see an interstellar fleet advance upon a planet protected by a rag-tag group of rebels, and vaporize the surface with relativistic velocity asteroids.
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Caught up on a couple of films on my (long) film bucket list this week.
Sunset Blvd from 1950. Blew me away. Simply brilliant film which has to be one of the best about Hollywood ever made. Acting, writing, design, photography and music all outstanding from one of the great directors, Billy Wilder. Don't be put off by the fact it's over 70 years old - its as fresh as ever.
In the Realm of the Senses (1976). Been recommended to me by lots of people but I thoroughly disliked it. Well made and directed (Nagisha Oshima) but just provocative for the sake of it. Over-blown and underwhelming
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First one. Spot on everything. Just a great film.
Second one. Soft porn masquerading as art house. Not worth getting the Kleenex out for.
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@Catogrande said in Movie review thread...:
Soft porn masquerading as art house. Not worth getting the Kleenex out for.
Good summary.