Movie review thread...
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I watched Rogue 1, I'd give it 3.5 Dumb Storm Troopers out of 5 Fish Admirals
Thought the blind Ninja Jedi did well knocking all those helmeted Storm Troopers out with one blow too, mean as!
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I discovered my better half had never seen The Matrix which is outrageous as IMO it's the most important documentary ever made.
Still holds up bloody well, Keanu Reeves was the fucking man back then. 5 red pills out of 5 AI agents.
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@No-Quarter Best. Movie. Ever.
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@No-Quarter said in Re: Movie review thread...:
I discovered my better half had never seen The Matrix which is outrageous as IMO it's the most important documentary ever made.
Still holds up bloody well, Keanu Reeves was the fucking man back then. 5 red pills out of 5 AI agents.
Absolutely agree, absolutely cracker of a movie, just don't watch parts 2 and 3 to ruin the experience.
BTW, I disagree with the statement that Keanu was the fucking man back then which implies he is no longer of relevance.
One of my absolute favorite recent movies was "John Wick" which has been followed up by a sequel unsurprisingly titled "John Wick 2" which has yet to be released in Aus and I'm not sure about NZ.
After the first John Wick movie, Keanu "star" has been on the rise again including the recent announcement of another Matrix Sequal.
BTW, as I didn't do a John Wick review here, I will say to anyone, do yourself a favour and watch this. It was a sleeper hit and turned into a movie with a massive cult following hence the anticipation for JW2.
4.75 former assassins out of 5 russian mobsters
The only thing that stopped me from giving it a 5 out of 5 was the final car chase/big fight which was a bit stupid and little disappointing, but only a little.One of the funny things about the first John Wick movie was one of the main bad guys is none other than Game of Thrones Theon Greyjoy. His character is a real dick in this movie so quite fitting that his character had his removed in GoT!
Just did a quick Google search and finally... John Wick: Chapter 2 will be released in Australia (and New Zealand) on April 20th.
Read more at https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2017/02/john-wick-2-finally-has-an-australian-release-date/#aBAjR6QqZwFGfUdY.99 -
@RoninWC I saw Matrix: Reloaded on the IMAX screen in New Orleans when it was released. That was an experience with all the action on such a large screen. My head hurt by the end.
Agree, John Wick is a really good movie. I'm looking forward to the sequel. For fans of The Wire, you'll recognise a couple of familiar faces.
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John Wick is fucking great. Wall to wall mooks getting shot in the face.
The freeway scene in Reloaded is fucking ace, and i watch it over and over. I have seen Revolutions maybe twice.
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@mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:
John Wick is fucking great. Wall to wall mooks getting shot in the face.
The freeway scene in Reloaded is fucking ace, and i watch it over and over. I have seen Revolutions maybe twice.
m4l, John Wick was one of those surprise movies that you watch without any advance hype or anything and you just sit there and go "holly shit how good is this!".
I've watched a few YouTube videos on how Keanu trained for both movies in Krav Maga, martial art, and he spent an extraordinary amount of time and effort on weapons training so that everything he did with the weapons he handles in the movies comes across as completely natural and believable.
He was always an actor which I enjoyed in some of his movies, Speed, Matrix, etc but couldn't stand in others. But watching John Wick and then the YouTube videos gave me a much greater respect and admiration for someone who gets so completely immersed in his character and dedicates so much time and effort into his craft.
All due respect to Keanu for his complete dedication to his art.
As an aside, I'm a bit of a gun buff and really enjoy reading and watching anything with "cool" guns and/or military stuff. For those of you who haven't seen this, there is a Wiki site which gives all the details about the weapons used in pretty much any movie or even PC/Console game.
So if you ever see a weapon or weapons in a movie like 13 Hours or John Wiki and go "wow, cool, what sort of gun is that?" there is a place to go...
A potential waste of hours perusing this site for those interested in such things
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@RoninWC I got shown that site by one of the guys at Gun City when we were talking about what Chis Pratt was carrying in Jurassic world
http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Jurassic_World#Marlin_Model_1895SBL
A marlin 45-70 guide gun, I want one for the zombie apocalypse/mad scientist bringing back dinosaurs.
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Ghostbusters
Obviously I was strongly opposed to the idea of an all female team, not to mention one that included the Dugong from Gilmore Girls. The horrendous trailer seemed to confirm that. But, the film was free on Foxtel and I decided to watch it with an open mind and put aside my deeply ingrained misogynistic prejudices. It had a decent cast, director and budget so I thought it should at least be entertaining.
Well fark me. It was even worse than I could have imagined. What an absolute abortion of a film. The original Ghostbusters was essentially a horror film with subtle, clever humour. This shit had pathetic, corny jokes throughout the entire film. Even queefe jokes ffs. Chris Hemsworth was supposed to be awesome comic relief, but all he did was play some kind of fucking retard. Hilarious. I watched maybe 60% and had to stop. I doubt I'll watch the rest.
Let me make this clear. This film isn't shit because of the all-female cast. It's shit because it is unfunny and terribly made. The "jokes" are appallingly bad. What makes it even more shit is that it's a reboot of an absolute classic and a brand that has been absolutely trashed.
If I have to say anything positive about it, I would mention that I think Leslie Jones is a genuine talent. I should check out some of her SNL stuff.
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@mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:
John Wick is fucking great. Wall to wall mooks getting shot in the face.
The freeway scene in Reloaded is fucking ace, and i watch it over and over. I have seen Revolutions maybe twice.
What are you smoking?? Reloaded is a confusing plotline with some cool special effects. I'll give you the highway scene, but otherwise it's dire.
The best scene in the 2 sequels combined in the battle scene in revolutions when the sentinels breach zion. That's fucking awesome.
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@MajorRage sorry, possibly poorly worded. I watch the freeway scene over and over, the rest? not so much.
Actually, the whole bit from Monica pashing up Neo to him pulling them off the truck is pretty cool. Smashing those dudes in the head with medieval weapons, then guns.
I seem to remember that Sentinel battle being very cool, but as i said, I've barely watched it.
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@jegga said in Re: Movie review thread...:
The Shallows. 90 minutes of Blake Lively in a bikini fighting a shark .
6 broken surfboards out of five. Yes six.
Is this superlative score based on the cinematography, the plot, the writing. Or is it something more aesthetic?
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@Catogrande said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@jegga said in Re: Movie review thread...:
The Shallows. 90 minutes of Blake Lively in a bikini fighting a shark .
6 broken surfboards out of five. Yes six.
Is this superlative score based on the cinematography, the plot, the writing. Or is it something more aesthetic?
Through a well written and well paced plot along with effective use of cgi the movie manages to convey the idea that regardless of modern technology once we enter the water we are no longer at the top of the food chain and essentially at the mercy of Mother Nature once again.
Also , she has a smoking rack and sharks are awesome.
