Movie review thread...
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The Nice Guys
Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe are a couple of fuck up investigators trying to find a girl who stumble on a conspiracy. Set in 1977, it's pretty fucking fun to watch. Gosling is a complete screw up, and is great fun. I laughed more than once, this movie does not at all take itself seriously. Well worth a watch. Good soundtrack too
4 Misty Mountains out of 5 mermaid strippers
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Arrival.
One of the best movies I've watched in a while. An intellectual sci-fi.
Denis Villeneuve has directed some very good films in recent years. Sicario is another. I'm interested to see how Blade Runner 2049 turns out.
Underworld: Blood Wars
Not as good as the first 2 movies in the franchise but Kate Beckinsale in leather. Nuff said!
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I watched Chasing Great on a the Virgin app on a flight to the GC and back. It's a movie that I had no interest in seeing, I read McCaw's book and found it to be boring (and he came across as boring) and he's never been one of my favourite players (no, I don't think he's shit, he's just not one of my favourites ...).
But, I found the movie to be great and McCaw to be much more interesting on film than on paper. The only issue I had was that the sound mix was a bit off and there were parts where I couldn't hear the talking over the game sounds/music. I had the subtitles on but midway through they just stopped.
I really liked the end when the ABs were partying in the changing sheds. A bit of singing, cheering, some dancing - it was good to see them enjoying the win.
4 GOATS out of 5 ABS.
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@Nepia said in Re: Movie review thread...:
I watched Chasing Great on a the Virgin app on a flight to the GC and back. It's a movie that I had no interest in seeing, I read McCaw's book and found it to be boring (and he came across as boring) and he's never been one of my favourite players (no, I don't think he's shit, he's just not one of my favourites ...).
But, I found the movie to be great and McCaw to be much more interesting on film than on paper. The only issue I had was that the sound mix was a bit off and there were parts where I couldn't hear the talking over the game sounds/music. I had the subtitles on but midway through they just stopped.
I really liked the end when the ABs were partying in the changing sheds. A bit of singing, cheering, some dancing - it was good to see them enjoying the win.
4 GOATS out of 5 ABS.
Was there nothing else on?
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@Nepia I'm keen to have a look at the McCaw documentary, most people I have spoken to that have seen it, said it was better than expected, guess this depends on where you set your bar...
Was speaking to someone on the weekend who has had a few beers and chats with him, and said he was a good bloke, different to the persona we see and hear (and obviously I know a couple of ferners on here who have met him say different to that as well) so I guess like anything there are people you can connect with and those you cant.
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@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Nepia I'm keen to have a look at the McCaw documentary, most people I have spoken to that have seen it, said it was better than expected, guess this depends on where you set your bar...
Was speaking to someone on the weekend who has had a few beers and chats with him, and said he was a good bloke, different to the persona we see and hear (and obviously I know a couple of ferners on here who have met him say different to that as well) so I guess like anything there are people you can connect with and those you cant.
Plus they're in the public eye so can't be in top form all the time. Reminds me of my mate telling me a story of when he was in the Koru lounge at 6am and some bloke accosted Murray Mexted on the couch opposite him to vent his frustrations at a couple of ommissions in the AB squad cos, you know, ex All Blacks love talking rugby with any old random 24/7.
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I haven't seen Chasing Great either and have had no real urge to watch it. The criticism I've read is that they missed the opportunity to show more "behind the scenes" stuff. That would be of interest to me because you only see snippets on various websites, TV shows. Those that have seen it may have a different opinion.
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@Bovidae said in Re: Movie review thread...:
I haven't seen Chasing Great either and have had no real urge to watch it. The criticism I've read is that they missed the opportunity to show more "behind the scenes" stuff. That would be of interest to me because you only see snippets on various websites, TV shows. Those that have seen it may have a different opinion.
I quite enjoyed it, didn't pay to watch it though. Still got a bit dusty watching Richie win the cups. I reckon Weight of a Nation was more gripping but you get some insight into the mind of the man
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If you're a rugby nut and love the ABs then Richie's movie is worth a watch. I thought they would focus more on Richie behind the scenes and what he did to achieve greatness I.E. his mental strength, drive etc but quite a bit of the movie is about the WCs.
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