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  • mariner4lifeM Offline
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    Watched Deadpool again last night. And was happy to see it held up on the 2nd viewing, and wasn't just entertaining due to being different the first time. Still funny, the violence is still awesome. Loved it.

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    25 years since The Addams Family movie was released. Watching tonight, and still great story, casting, acting and soundtrack. One of the few movies where the sequel was even better than the original - bigger part for Wednesday.

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    Watched "The Martian" last night. Well to be honest I finished watching it last night. I was able to do this because it is easy to pick up the thread of things because bugger all happens. Also as it was so dull I found I could not watch it all in one sitting.

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    @Catogrande said in Re: Movie review thread...:

    Watched "The Martian" last night. Well to be honest I finished watching it last night. I was able to do this because it is easy to pick up the thread of things because bugger all happens. Also as it was so dull I found I could not watch it all in one sitting.

    I really enjoyed The Martian, however I read the book first which goes into far more detail which I think helped with my enjoyment of the movie. E.G. the trip to go and get Pathfinder was pretty epic in the book, but uneventful in the movie. They also changed the final sequence from the book which took away from the ending a bit IMO (massive dust storm, accidently flipping the rover etc, unsure why they left that out).

    Thought Matt Damon was very good though, he's a quality actor.

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    @mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:

    Watched Deadpool again last night. And was happy to see it held up on the 2nd viewing, and wasn't just entertaining due to being different the first time. Still funny, the violence is still awesome. Loved it.

    I saw it for the first time the other night. Outrageous awesomeness is probably the best way I can describe it. Dealpool's girlfriend is outrageously hot as well.

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  • KirwanK Offline
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    @No-Quarter said in Re: Movie review thread...:

    @Catogrande said in Re: Movie review thread...:

    Watched "The Martian" last night. Well to be honest I finished watching it last night. I was able to do this because it is easy to pick up the thread of things because bugger all happens. Also as it was so dull I found I could not watch it all in one sitting.

    I really enjoyed The Martian, however I read the book first which goes into far more detail which I think helped with my enjoyment of the movie. E.G. the trip to go and get Pathfinder was pretty epic in the book, but uneventful in the movie. They also changed the final sequence from the book which took away from the ending a bit IMO (massive dust storm, accidently flipping the rover etc, unsure why the left that out).

    Thought Matt Damon was very good though, he's a quality actor.

    That could have happened to me to, filling in the blanks. I was disappointed that they skipped over the journey to the other rocket too. Lots happened on that.

    Worth checking out the book, it's very funny and each chapter is like a cliff hanger (what did he fuck up this time).

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    @No-Quarter said in Re: Movie review thread...:

    @mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:

    Watched Deadpool again last night. And was happy to see it held up on the 2nd viewing, and wasn't just entertaining due to being different the first time. Still funny, the violence is still awesome. Loved it.

    I saw it for the first time the other night. Outrageous awesomeness is probably the best way I can describe it. Dealpool's girlfriend is outrageously hot as well.

    Morena Baccarin, she was Brody's wife in Homeland too

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    @canefan she is also in Gotham, which has lots of eye candy.

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    @canefan Don't forget Firefly.

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  • NTAN Online
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    The Postman

    Old Kevin Costner flick on Netflix, based on a book (really a trilogy of novellas) by David Brin.

    I have read Brin's book Earth (http://www.davidbrin.com/earth.html) and its pretty good, and very prescient, given it was released in 1990.

    The movie was released in that period of Costner being in blockbusters that were kind of shit, so I wasn't expecting much.

    You could see the bare bones of Brin's writing in there, but it was let down by trying to cram too much into the movie. The plot was actually not bad, but some average editing and a lack of flow probably let it down.

    Olivia Williams gets the girls out, and is in top shape during that shoot being about 29 or 30.

    2.5 out of 5 pony express riders.

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    @NTA Does it gain or lose a point for the Tom Petty cameo?

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  • NTAN Online
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    @canefan said in Re: Movie review thread...:

    @NTA Does it gain or lose a point for the Tom Petty cameo?

    Look, I was tempted to give it EDIT: another half a star, particularly for the "Hey I know you; you're famous" thing, but he didn't lay down any tunes... so I opted out of any judgement.

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    @NTA If they'd had the whole travelling wilburys it might have been worth a point

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    @canefan said in Re: Movie review thread...:

    @NTA If they'd had the whole travelling wilburys it might have been worth a point

    Yep - suspect Tom had a bit to do with the music though.

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  • canefanC Offline
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    I felt at the time it was like a Waterworld re-write

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  • NTAN Online
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    Certainly had that feel - like Costner was trying to find his soft Mad Max epic.

    But there was too much "MURICA!" in it

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    @NTA been a fair few years since I saw that movie, is it about 15 hours long like all his others around that time too?

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  • NTAN Online
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    @taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:

    @NTA been a fair few years since I saw that movie, is it about 15 hours long like all his others around that time too?

    Yeah close to that. 2.5 hours or something for the Netflix version? Had to watch it in three sittings.

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    @canefan said in Re: Movie review thread...:

    @No-Quarter said in Re: Movie review thread...:

    @mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:

    Watched Deadpool again last night. And was happy to see it held up on the 2nd viewing, and wasn't just entertaining due to being different the first time. Still funny, the violence is still awesome. Loved it.

    I saw it for the first time the other night. Outrageous awesomeness is probably the best way I can describe it. Dealpool's girlfriend is outrageously hot as well.

    Morena Baccarin, she was Brody's wife in Homeland too

    That show lost all credibility for me when she stopped being topless in it.

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  • mariner4lifeM Offline
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    @jegga so, 25 seconds in to Season 1 Episode 1?

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