Movie review thread...

[NTA]

Self/less

I really liked this. As someone else said: probably the best acting performance of Ryan Reynolds's career (outside Deadpool).

A tale of the struggle with mortality, and the consequences it can have, is pretty interesting in a society where science promises to conquer aging and decay. But like in this case, maybe only for the wealthy!

4 out of 5 flamethrowers.

[NTA]

Noted in the end credits:

[Tim]

[NTA]

Automata

Looked interesting - I'm a bit of a sucker for dystopia movies. Pace was a little slow, and Banderas obviously got pussy-whipped into putting then-wife Meg Ryan Melanie Griffiths into it. Probably why they're split up, as trying to make her old plastic head sound like a robotics engineer was always going to fail.

Anyway, I thought it could have used a bit more zing, but it was quite well shot and scored. Very interesting concepts around AI and whatnot.

3 out of 5 Pilgrim 7000s

[canefan]

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

Automata

Looked interesting - I'm a bit of a sucker for dystopia movies. Pace was a little slow, and Banderas obviously got pussy-whipped into putting then-wife Meg Ryan into it. Probably why they're split up, as trying to make her old plastic head sound like a robotics engineer was always going to fail.

Anyway, I thought it could have used a bit more zing, but it was quite well shot and scored. Very interesting concepts around AI and whatnot.

3 out of 5 Pilgrim 7000s

Antonio was married to Melanie Griffiths

[Bovidae]

@canefan With plastic surgery it's an easy mistake to confuse the two nowadays.

[taniwharugby]

@Bovidae Meg Ryan used to be hawt...Griffiths wasnt!

[Tim]

@taniwharugby She was when she played a pornstar in Body Double.

[taniwharugby]

@Tim dont think I've ever watched that...

Could be worth seeking out

[jegga]

She was pretty tidy in Cherry 2000 which was one of the more amusing early 80s post apocalyptic films that came after mad max

[Milk]

John Wick 2. Incredible. Maybe even better than the first.

[jegga]

RIP Bill Paxton , toss up between Aliens and One false move as my favourite of his films

[Bovidae]

@jegga The only actor to be killed by an alien, the terminator and the predator.

I'm a big fan of Tombstone but also like Aliens and True Lies.

[raznomore]

@NTA Nah theres that Buried movie. He's excellent in that.

[raznomore]

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

@jegga The only actor to be killed by an alien, the terminator and the predator.

I'm a big fan of Tombstone but also like Aliens and True Lies.

Wasn't Lance Hendrickson liked by all 3 too?

[jegga]

@Bovidae lance Henrikson shares that dubious distinction. He was great in edge of tomorrow too.

[NTA]

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

@NTA Nah theres that Buried movie. He's excellent in that.

Huh?

[Bovidae]

I haven't watched Aliens in a while but did Bishop die? I thought he survived despite being ripped in half.

[jegga]

He was briefly revived in aliens 3 but he was pretty much fucked after being torn up

[Kirwan]

Guess I've got to the age where my childhood favourites are starting to get old enough to start dieing regularly. Another real shame, hard not to like Bill Paxton in anything he does.