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One Battle After Another: Latest Paul Thomas Anderson movie and a welcome return to form after the dogshit Licorace Pizza. Stars Leo as a member of an underground revolutionary movement (Weather Underground type) hiding out with his daughter and Sean Penn as a detainment camp commander come ICE style Colonel looking for them.
It's the most action movie that PTA has made, but is still pretty funny in parts. It will likely be in the running for the best picture Oscar.
I also rewatched We Were Soldiers the other night. I remember this being a good action movie. I was wrong, it's a fucking terrible movie, it's essentially Christian propaganda and Murica is the best ever propaganda with fairly shitty action scenes. Younger Nepia was an idiot.
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Here's my hot take, Leo is massively overrated as an actor.
He will always be Jim from Basketball Diaries to me, showcasing his terrible shooting form and earning $5 for his troubles in the mens room.
I just never feel any gravitas from him in a character.
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@voodoo said in Movie review thread...:
Here's my hot take, Leo is massively overrated as an actor.
He will always be Jim from Basketball Diaries to me, showcasing his terrible shooting form and earning $5 for his troubles in the mens room.
I just never feel any gravitas from him in a character.
Of all the nonsense I've read on here this will take some beating.
If anything if you look back on his entire catalogue and range of characters he's underrated.
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@MiketheSnow said in Movie review thread...:
Sinners
Two hours of my life I'm not getting back
1 Dusk out of 5 Dawns
behind the times but watched on the flight...and loved it, jordan plays the brothers well, they feel different, the music is cool and no one is safe
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@Kiwiwomble said in Movie review thread...:
@MiketheSnow said in Movie review thread...:
Sinners
Two hours of my life I'm not getting back
1 Dusk out of 5 Dawns
behind the times but watched on the flight...and loved it, jordan plays the brothers well, they feel different, the music is cool and no one is safe
How cool is the scene with the mix of music genre's from the past present and future.
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i liked how Hailee Steinfeld turns pretty early, you kind of assume as a bigger name she might make it...but no and is the one to utter "we're going to kill you all!"....i also thought Stack was the good twin but its actually Smoke that ends it, i do wish the daughter from the shop was working in his club at the end though, he went and looked after her
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For me it was a 2.5/3 out of 5 kinda film.
I did think it had a good end, different for that genre.
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@booboo I just finished listening to it.
Having watched the movie, it was painted slightly better, although none of the characters were really likeable, which ties in with the podcast.
What I didnt get from the Movie (or missed) was that the main couple, Dr. Friedrich Ritter and Dore Strauch (Law & Kirby) were having an affair in Germany, and when they decided to buggar off, for thier partners, to save face, they moved in together.
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@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
If anything if you look back on his entire catalogue and range of characters he's .. good for a meme or two...
Show us some proof!
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@nostrildamus said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
If anything if you look back on his entire catalogue and range of characters he's .. good for a meme or two...
Show us some proof!
Google his filmography ( yes, my two favourite roles are probably the Tarantino ones especially the one that launched a million memes ) also brilliant in This Boys life, Gangs of New York, Shutter Island, Blood Diamond, Wolf of Wall Street......
He is a fucken good actor. One of the best in my opinion. He's done a fair few movies I'm not a fan of ( Whats Eating Gilbert Grape in particular was pretty shite ) but you can't ever fault his performances.
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@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@nostrildamus said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
If anything if you look back on his entire catalogue and range of characters he's .. good for a meme or two...
Show us some proof!
Google his filmography ( yes, my two favourite roles are probably the Tarantino ones especially the one that launched a million memes ) also brilliant in This Boys life, Gangs of New York, Shutter Island, Blood Diamond, Wolf of Wall Street......
He is a fucken good actor. One of the best in my opinion. He's done a fair few movies I'm not a fan of ( Whats Eating Gilbert Grape in particular was pretty shite ) but you can't ever fault his performances.
Thank you for giving examples.
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@nostrildamus said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@nostrildamus said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
If anything if you look back on his entire catalogue and range of characters he's .. good for a meme or two...
Show us some proof!
Google his filmography ( yes, my two favourite roles are probably the Tarantino ones especially the one that launched a million memes ) also brilliant in This Boys life, Gangs of New York, Shutter Island, Blood Diamond, Wolf of Wall Street......
He is a fucken good actor. One of the best in my opinion. He's done a fair few movies I'm not a fan of ( Whats Eating Gilbert Grape in particular was pretty shite ) but you can't ever fault his performances.
Thank you for giving examples.
Always happy to help pal, you know that.
Ironically enough I took him more seriously after I saw him in Titanic in between looking at Kate Winslets boobs.
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@canefan said in Movie review thread...:
He was very good in Catch me if you can as well
Haven't seen that in years......but concur from what I remember.
.....and even though he wasn't really too similar to the real Jordan Belfort he absolutely smashed that role out of the park. Such a huge performance ! Maybe his best ever ?
Sinners (2025) ⭐ 7.6 | Action, Drama, Horror
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