Movie review thread...
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@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@r-l said in Re: Movie review thread...:
do we really need another zombie film? I know I'll watch though.
If it is done properly, always yes
@r-l said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Has anyone even finished The Walking Dead series, and should I? I stopped at 7 I think.
Not I, there is a thread on here dedicated to TWD, think all bar @shark bailed on TWD several seasons ago.
I bailed when Negan arrived.
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@bones said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Dark Waters
Geez, pretty out there and rather depressing. Based on a true story and starring Mark Ruffalo, Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbins, Bill Pullman. How did I know fuck all about this?
A tenacious attorney uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths to one of the world's largest corporations. While trying to expose the truth, he soon finds himself risking his future, his family and his own life.
Great movie, and like you, very embarrassed to admit I knew nothing of it
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@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@voodoo yep, put my hand up there too!
@Kirwan I thought Negan was fantastic in his first season, but after that...might have been the 2nd season after he arrived I gave up, which was at least a few years ago.
I gave up after the first Negan season as he was so tiresome a character and the storylines reached peak stupid.
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Apparently he became almost a "goody" in later seasons.
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The Walking Dead went on FAR too long, As others have said Negan went from awesome to fucken ridiculous in one season.
Did he die in the end ? Actually I no longer care......Like GOT that part of my TV watching life is in the past never to be seen again.
I’d happily rewatch Banshee, Penny Dreadful and Breaking Bad though.
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The Little Things
It was either that or Wrong Turn and the other half won the coin toss and chose. Not too bad, good atmosphere and the three main actors ( Denz, Rami and J Dog ) are all terrific but it’s far too much like Seven ( and not as good ) and the ending left me a bit unsatisfied overall.
Worth a watch but not outstanding.
3 little things out of 5 big things.
Stay tuned for next weeks review, God bless cheap night at the movies.
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Sentinelle. English dubbed (badly) version of the French La Sentinelle. Female special forces soldier in gone wrong operation in the ME goes back home. Sister gets drugged and raped. Soldier goes on the rampage, heaping revenge on rich Russian rapist. Olga Kurylenko is the lead, looking hot and fit as a butcher’s dog. Mild sapphic sex scene. No tits. Poor story, writing and acting.
2 hot Olgas out of 5 predictable plots.
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Watched the Foreigner on Netlfix tonight. Jacky Chan plays the father out for revenge who has a hidden past, Pierce Brosnan channels his inner Gerry Adams to play a Northern Irish politician and one time IRA member. Set in London and Belfast, the movie has a gritty feel to it, Chan is quite the opposite to his usual smiling Rush Hour style character. Great action, suspense, and a high octane ending. A solid 4 soda bottle bombs out of 5 viet cong style death traps
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@r-l said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@kirwan do we really need another zombie film? I know I'll watch though.
This is quite fun....
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@canefan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Watched the Foreigner on Netlfix tonight. Jacky Chan plays the father out for revenge who has a hidden past, Pierce Brosnan channels his inner Gerry Adams to play a Northern Irish politician and one time IRA member. Set in London and Belfast, the movie has a gritty feel to it, Chan is quite the opposite to his usual smiling Rush Hour style character. Great action, suspense, and a high octane ending. A solid 4 soda bottle bombs out of 5 viet cong style death traps
This review makes it sound quite compelling. There’s tonight’s movie sorted. Brosnan is actually pretty decent when he’s not being James Bond.
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@mn5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@canefan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Watched the Foreigner on Netlfix tonight. Jacky Chan plays the father out for revenge who has a hidden past, Pierce Brosnan channels his inner Gerry Adams to play a Northern Irish politician and one time IRA member. Set in London and Belfast, the movie has a gritty feel to it, Chan is quite the opposite to his usual smiling Rush Hour style character. Great action, suspense, and a high octane ending. A solid 4 soda bottle bombs out of 5 viet cong style death traps
This review makes it sound quite compelling. There’s tonight’s movie sorted. Brosnan is actually pretty decent when he’s not being James Bond.
Give your take once you've seen it
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@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@canefan i enjoyed it, agree on Brosnan, does some good stuff outside on Bond.
The Matador is one of my favs
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@nepia said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Boss Level:
A video game repeat the same day/levels action film. An action Groundhog Day, or a more game orientated Edge of Tomorrow.
This was actually a fun action film. Stars Frank Grillo, Naomi Watts, Michelle Yeoh and Mel Gibson.
Yep, enjoyable film.
3.5 I am Guan Yin and I did this out of 5 K.Os
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@bovidae said in Re: Movie review thread...:
I've mentioned it before, The November Man is good fun if you like modern-day Pierce Brosnan. It also has Olga and is directed by another Kiwi, Roger Donaldson.
The godfather of NZ cinema. Directed & produced Sleeping Dogs - the first Kiwi feature film in decades and the first to be distributed internationally.
Still holds up today as a pretty OK film
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@bovidae said in Re: Movie review thread...:
I've mentioned it before, The November Man is good fun if you like modern-day Pierce Brosnan. It also has Olga and is directed by another Kiwi, Roger Donaldson.
Third Hottest Daniel Craig era Bond girl.
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@victor-meldrew said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@bovidae said in Re: Movie review thread...:
I've mentioned it before, The November Man is good fun if you like modern-day Pierce Brosnan. It also has Olga and is directed by another Kiwi, Roger Donaldson.
The godfather of NZ cinema. Directed & produced Sleeping Dogs - the first Kiwi feature film in decades and the first to be distributed internationally.
Still holds up today as a pretty OK film
I want someone to re-make Sleeping Dogs today. What was funny when first watching (on video/TV in the late 80s/early 90s) was I kept thinking that if it was made after 1981 they could have just substituted footage in from the Springbok tour.
Donaldson is also an Aussie poach for us to balance out the others going over the ditch.
I think his best film is No Way Out.
Also, I thought Brosnan was fine as Bond. Goldeneye is still the best Bond movie of the after Moore/Connery era.