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@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
I can only think of two good movies he's been in:
- Heat
- Reservoir Dogs
You don't like Donnie Brasco and the rest of his Tarantino films?
His career is essentially a few high profile movies in the early 1990s, a bunch of QT, and lots of DTV.
IIRC he was also in Sin City.
Turns out I forgot he was in the following movies I also liked:
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Donnie Brasco
Mulholland Falls
The Hateful EightThat being said, he doesn't come to mind when I think of those movies.
He comes to mind when I think of The Hateful Eight.
Speaking of hate, Mullholland Drive is in my top 10 most hated list (but I like lots of other Lynch).
Though Drive IS different to Falls
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@Catogrande said in Movie review thread...:
@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
I can only think of two good movies he's been in:
- Heat
- Reservoir Dogs
You don't like Donnie Brasco and the rest of his Tarantino films?
His career is essentially a few high profile movies in the early 1990s, a bunch of QT, and lots of DTV.
IIRC he was also in Sin City.
Turns out I forgot he was in the following movies I also liked:
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Donnie Brasco
Mulholland Falls
The Hateful EightThat being said, he doesn't come to mind when I think of those movies.
He comes to mind when I think of The Hateful Eight.
Speaking of hate, Mullholland Drive is in my top 10 most hated list (but I like lots of other Lynch).
Though Drive IS different to Falls
Oh fuck, reading comprehension failure. Falls was the gangster movie right? I like that better than Drive.
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Considering he had money troubles ( apparently ) maybe lots of those crappy movies he made didn't pay well.
I wonder how his career would have gone if he'd starred in Pulp Fiction as he was supposed to do ? Scheduling conflicts with Wyatt Earp
A prequel with him and John Travolta as the Vega brothers was supposedly in the works but never happened.
He was also bloody good in The Getaway
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An innovative and wildly entertaining take on the music biopic
4 cheeky monkeys out of 5 thousand pound gorillas in the room
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Superman
Minor spoilers ahead maybe. I guess.
The Boy and I had a spare Sunday - Miss TA studying for exams, Mrs TA off catching up with her friends. I dropped some things at the rugby ground and then saw there was a Gold Class session in 40 minutes. Messaged The Boy, got home and showered up. Got to the counter - we had 2 free tickets in our loyalty thing, so we ordered food and headed in.
Love it when a plan comes together.
Had heard mixed things about the flick, despite the supposed press embargo, and it's DC so I set my expectations low.
I was pleasantly surprised. I liked how they jumped straight past the "Yep there are supes and yep they've revealed themselves so we're in that universe. Moving on".
I'm not up to date with the Gods And Monsters storyline. Nerd.
I liked this approach rather than the whole Superman-of-mystery thing, jumping right into an almost camp setting for big fucking lizards and seemingly invincible robots.
Helluva lot of fun IMHO and Gunn handled it well, giving a sense of humanity to the superhuman and blending the action and story telling reasonably well.
My favourite bit was the guitar playing the theme when Supes is getting his mojo back. About 30 seconds into the sound track clip below. Gave me goosebumps.
4 annoying dogs out of 5 pocket universes.
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I too enjoyed Superman but would only give it 3.5 hoha dogs out of 5 pocket universes.
I thought it took a while to get going and like most modern blockbusters had too many fight scenes.
But definitely a Gunn movie, very funny at times, and his trademark musical fight scene.
A welcome change from the Snyderverse, and DC looking good going forward.
@NTA You had two free Gold Class tickets????? Nice work.
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Dark and depressing
3 AKs out of 5 not OKs
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@MiketheSnow jesus double took on the poster photo, I have a vague memory of a very similar one of me next to my shit hot Honda Shuttle in the 90s.
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Seen 51
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Classic documentary in the āKing of Kongā vein
4 bandits out of 5 outlaws
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Yeah, the Superman movie is better than average, looks gorgeous and is very funny. Nicholas Hoult steals the show as Lex Luther.
The lead actor lacks Christopher Reeve's charisma and the last ten minutes felt like they were setting up future movies too much. But apart from that it was a fun way to spend two hours and a bit.
And I liked the bits with the CGI dog.
It's one of those films that if you are going to watch then see it on as big a screen as you can. I'm not sure I'd have enjoyed it half as much if I'd seen it on a plane or on an IPad.
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Happy Gilmore 2.
Stupid plot, low brow humour, lots of references to the original and a cast of all star golf talent. It is what it is and I actually enjoyed it. Would have preferred to see more of Paige though.3 chubbs Petersons out of 5 shooter McGavins
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@bayimports said in Movie review thread...:
Happy Gilmore 2.
Stupid plot, low brow humour, lots of references to the original and a cast of all star golf talent. It is what it is and I actually enjoyed it. Would have preferred to see more of Paige though.3 chubbs Petersons out of 5 shooter McGavins
Downvote. Itās fucking awesome.
5 out of 5. Laughed my arse off and so cleverly done. So many cameos.
Rory canāt act at all, part of the charm of it.
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@MajorRage I just watched it, and agree!
Always a battle being a sequel to a cult classic, but I think it hit most of the marks retaining alot of the silly humour, returning characters, new ones, cameos, poking fun at LIV, enjoyable!
4.5 Charlie Hulls out of 5 Paige Spiranacs
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I gave Once upon a time in Hollywood another watch.
Probably 4-5 times in total now.
Gee whiz itās the hardest Tarantino movie to rate in my opinion.
Leo is fucken cool and Brad is even cooler. Their chemistry is awesome. Margot Robbie is lovely to look at. It is full of snappy dialogue ( of course ). The period is captured brilliantly. The Spahn ranch scene and finale are awesomely violent.
BUTā¦..
There is heaps of pointless filler, it really, really drags at times. I really drifted off in some scenes. There is fuck all in terms of actual storyline
I still canāt decide where it ranks overall, at its absolute best itās well up thereā¦ā¦but at its worst itās down thereā¦ā¦
So itās probably about 5th out of 10 ( assuming you rank Kill Bill as two films )
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@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
I gave Once upon a time in Hollywood another watch.
Probably 4-5 times in total now.
Gee whiz itās the hardest Tarantino movie to rate in my opinion.
Leo is fucken cool and Brad is even cooler. Their chemistry is awesome. Margot Robbie is lovely to look at. It is full of snappy dialogue ( of course ). The period is captured brilliantly. The Spahn ranch scene and finale are awesomely violent.
BUTā¦..
There is heaps of pointless filler, it really, really drags at times. I really drifted off in some scenes. There is fuck all in terms of actual storyline
I still canāt decide where it ranks overall, at its absolute best itās well up thereā¦ā¦but at its worst itās down thereā¦ā¦
So itās probably about 5th out of 10 ( assuming you rank Kill Bill as two films )
Whatās really impressive about it is itās stacked cast of unknowns at the timeā¦
Austin Butler, Mikey Madison, Sydney Sweeney, Margaret Qualley. Maya Hawke
All pretty big now (pun intended re Sydney Sweeney)
And of course it wouldnāt be a Tarantino movie without feet -
@Virgil said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
I gave Once upon a time in Hollywood another watch.
Probably 4-5 times in total now.
Gee whiz itās the hardest Tarantino movie to rate in my opinion.
Leo is fucken cool and Brad is even cooler. Their chemistry is awesome. Margot Robbie is lovely to look at. It is full of snappy dialogue ( of course ). The period is captured brilliantly. The Spahn ranch scene and finale are awesomely violent.
BUTā¦..
There is heaps of pointless filler, it really, really drags at times. I really drifted off in some scenes. There is fuck all in terms of actual storyline
I still canāt decide where it ranks overall, at its absolute best itās well up thereā¦ā¦but at its worst itās down thereā¦ā¦
So itās probably about 5th out of 10 ( assuming you rank Kill Bill as two films )
Whatās really impressive about it is itās stacked cast of unknowns at the timeā¦
Austin Butler, Mikey Madison, Sydney Sweeney, Margaret Qualley. Maya Hawke
All pretty big now (pun intended re Sydney Sweeney)
And of course it wouldnāt be a Tarantino movie without feetHow THE FUCK did I miss her !?!?!?
Sheās about the hottest chick in Hollywood at the moment.
Pulp Fiction
Inglorious Basterds
Django
Reservoir Dogs
OUATIH
Jackie Brown
KB2
H8ful 8
KB 1
Death ProofEven then Iām not sure how accurate this list is ( I havenāt watched Pulp Fiction in years, is it still number one ? Django improves every time I see it, Jackie Brown is great but others have surpassed it etc ) the only sure thing is the one that sits last and even that has some awesome moments.
Better Man (2024) ā 7.5 | Biography, Fantasy, Music
